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Background Shenzhen has made great efforts to address the tobacco epidemic in the past decade. This study aims to evaluate the current status of the tobacco epidemic among adolescent in Shenzhen, China.
Bingliang Lin+8 more
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Dapagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
BACKGROUND Patients with chronic kidney disease have a high risk of adverse kidney and cardiovascular outcomes. The effect of dapagliflozin in patients with chronic kidney disease, with or without type 2 diabetes, is not known.
H. Heerspink+13 more
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Is “chronic kidney disease” a disease? [PDF]
AbstractSeveral philosophers of medicine have attempted to answer the question “what is disease?” In current clinical practice, an umbrella term “chronic kidney disease” (CKD) encompasses a wide range of kidney health states from commonly prevalent subclinical, asymptomatic disease to rare end‐stage renal disease requiring transplant or dialysis to ...
Smart, B, Stevens, R, Verbakel, J
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Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Background This study, the EMPA-KIDNEY trial, was designed to assess the effects of empagliflozin in a broad range of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at risk of progression. Methods We randomly assigned 6609 participants to empagliflozin (10mg
W. Herrington+38 more
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Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) was first described in the 1950s and has become a paradigm for genetic neutrophil diseases. It is characterized by recurrent infections with a narrow spectrum of bacteria and fungi as well as a common set of inflammatory complications most notably including inflammatory bowel disease. Over the last half century major
Paolo Puccetti+2 more
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This issue provides a clinical overview of chronic kidney disease, focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and patient information. The content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including ACP Smart Medicine and MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self-Assessment ...
Paul E. Drawz, Mahboob Rahman
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Chronic Disease and Injury Indicator Framework - Quick Stats, 2016 Edition
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Chronic granulomatous disease [PDF]
Chronic granulomatous disease is a clinical condition that stems from inactivating mutations in NOX2 and its auxiliary proteins. Together, these proteins form the phagocyte NADPH oxidase enzyme that generates superoxide. Superoxide (O2ċ-) and its reduced product hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) give rise to several additional reactive oxygen species (ROS ...
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