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Comorbidity in cirrhosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2014
Cirrhosis patients' comorbidities are their other diseases than cirrhosis. Comorbidities are neither causes nor consequences of cirrhosis, but they can increase mortality and are therefore clinically important. They are also an important source of confounding in epidemiologic studies.
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Problem współwystępowania zaburzeń hazardowych z zaburzeniami psychicznymi. Przegląd literatury

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, 2016
Introduction: The problem of gambling and mental disorder comorbidity has been well documented. The aim of the review is to discuss issues concerning the comorbidity of gambling disorders and substance use and other mental disorders.
Katarzyna Dąbrowska, Łukasz Wieczorek
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Learning Decision Ensemble using a Graph Neural Network for Comorbidity Aware Chest Radiograph Screening [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Chest radiographs are primarily employed for the screening of cardio, thoracic and pulmonary conditions. Machine learning based automated solutions are being developed to reduce the burden of routine screening on Radiologists, allowing them to focus on critical cases.
arxiv  

The extent and determinants of diabetes and cardiovascular disease comorbidity in South Africa – results from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1)

BMC Public Health, 2017
BackgroundDiabetes is a major health problem and cause of death worldwide. It is predicted that the prevalence of diabetes will increase from 415 million in 2015 to 642 million in 2040.
C. Mutyambizi, L. Chola, W. Groot, M. Pavlova, D. Labadarios, C. Hongoro   +5 more
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Practical approach on frail older patients attended for acute heart failure [PDF]

, 2016
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. In addition to known cardiac dysfunction, non-cardiac comorbidity, frailty and disability are independent risk factors of mortality, morbidity, cognitive and functional decline, and risk of
Bueno, H, Christ, M, Cowie, Mr, Cullen, L, DI SOMMA, Salvatore, Maisel, As, Martín Sánchez, Fj, Masip, J, Mcmurray, Jj, Miró, Ò, Mueller, C., Peacock, Wf, Platz, E, Price, S, Vrints, C, Zeymer, U   +15 more
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Avoidable Hospitalizations in Persons With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population‐Based Study Using Administrative Data

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We estimated incidence rates of avoidable hospitalizations by persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relative to the general population. Methods We identified individuals meeting a validated case definition for RA based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD‐9‐CM) and ICD‐10‐CA codes in years ...
Dani G. Contreras, Claire E. H. Barber, J. Antonio Aviña‐Zubieta, Hude Quan, Seungwon Lee, James A. King, Cheryl Barnabe   +6 more
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Can scent-detection dogs detect the stress associated with trauma cue exposure in people with trauma histories? A proof-of-concept study

Frontiers in Allergy
IntroductionPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an impairing mental health condition with high prevalence among military and general populations alike. PTSD service dogs are a complementary and alternative intervention needing scientific validation.
Laura Kiiroja, Sherry H. Stewart, Sherry H. Stewart, Simon Gadbois   +3 more
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Risk of Hepatotoxicity in Patients With Gout Treated With Febuxostat or Benzbromarone: A Propensity Score–Matched Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the risk of hepatotoxicity associated with the use of febuxostat and benzbromarone in patients with gout. Methods New users of febuxostat or benzbromarone with monitoring of liver function at least three times in a year after initiation of the study drugs were identified from an ...
Wenyan Sun, Lingling Cui, Robert Terkeltaub, Ying Chen, Xinde Li, Xiaoyu Cheng, Tian Liu, Nicola Dalbeth, Changgui Li   +8 more
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Influence of Comorbidity on Endovascular Thrombectomy Outcomes for Medium‐Vessel Occlusion Stroke: A Nationwide Prospective Observational Study

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
Background Comorbidity burden may affect the outcome following endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for medium‐vessel occlusions. Since patients with high comorbidity burden are likely to be underrepresented in trials on EVT for medium‐vessel occlusions ...
Emma Hall, Johan Wassélius, Mats Pihlsgård, Teresa Ullberg, Bjorn M. Hansen   +4 more
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Analysis of pilot data assessing vaccine hesitancy in an urban clinic setting [PDF]

, 2018
Widespread use of childhood vaccination has significantly reduced the burden of childhood disease, however a subset of parents are choosing to delay or refuse available vaccines.
Williams, Amelia
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