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Pattern of irritable bowel syndrome and its impact on quality of life: A tertiary hospital based study from Kolkata on newly diagnosed patients of irritable bowel syndrome attending general medical outpatient department

CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2015
Background and Aims: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a highly prevalent functional gastrointestinal disorder long considered a diagnosis of exclusion.
Uma Sinharoy, Keshab Sinharoy, Prasanta Mukhopadhyay, Amen La Longkumer, Indranil Sinharoy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The performance of community health workers in the management of multiple childhood infectious diseases in Lira, northern Uganda – a mixed methods cross-sectional study [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2016
Background: Community health workers (CHWs) have the potential to reduce child mortality by improving access to care, especially in remote areas. Uganda has one of the highest child mortality rates globally.
Phillip Wanduru, Moses Tetui, Doreen Tuhebwe, Michael Ediau, Monica Okuga, Christine Nalwadda, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Peter Waiswa, Elizeus Rutebemberwa   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The characterization, management, and future considerations for ErbB-family TKI-associated diarrhea. [PDF]

, 2019
PurposeDiarrhea is recognized as a common adverse event associated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), with those targeting the ErbB family of receptors being associated with the highest rate of diarrhea.MethodsThis paper reviews data on the ...
Bosserman, Linda, Bryce, Richard, Di Palma, Jack A, Moran, Susan, Olek, Elizabeth, Rugo, Hope S, Tripathy, Debu   +6 more
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Phenotyping Healthcare Use 2–3 Decades Before the First Multiple Sclerosis Demyelinating Event

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Phenotype hospital, physician, and emergency department (ED) visits by diagnoses and specialty up to 29 years pre‐multiple sclerosis (MS) onset versus a matched population without MS. Methods We identified people with MS (PwMS) using population‐based administrative data from Ontario, Canada (1991–2020).
Helen Tremlett, Karl Everett, Colleen J. Maxwell, Feng Zhu, Ayesha Asaf, Ping Li, Kyla A. McKay, Yinshan Zhao, Ruth Ann Marrie   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Household costs of seeking outpatient care in Egyptian children with diarrhea: a cross-sectional study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Addressing difficulties of seeking and getting health care would lower the burden of diarrhea among ill children from developing countries as Egypt.
Abeer Barakat, Eman Fawzy Halawa
doaj   +1 more source

Action of colloidal bismuth hydroxide gel and its commercial cream on enteropathogens and colonizers of the gastrointestinal tract

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background: Acute diarrheal diseases constitute a world public health problem because they are the second cause of death in children under 5 years of age.
Tomás Subils, Cecilia Casabonne, Agustina González, Virginia Aquili, Claudia E Balagué   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Augmented Curation of Unstructured Clinical Notes from a Massive EHR System Reveals Specific Phenotypic Signature of Impending COVID-19 Diagnosis [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Understanding the temporal dynamics of COVID-19 patient phenotypes is necessary to derive fine-grained resolution of pathophysiology. Here we use state-of-the-art deep neural networks over an institution-wide machine intelligence platform for the augmented curation of 15.8 million clinical notes from 30,494 patients subjected to COVID-19 PCR diagnostic
arxiv  

Colitis Following Initiation of Sofosbuvir and Simeprevir for Genotype 1 Hepatitis C. [PDF]

, 2015
Sofosbuvir and simeprevir are used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) genotype 1. Both drugs have been well-tolerated, with diarrhea noted in 6% cases with sofosbuvir, 16% with sofosbuvir plus simeprevir, and 0% with simeprevir.
Jakab, Simona, Lim, Joseph K, Mitchell, Kisha A, Oikonomou, Ioannis, Sarkar, Souvik   +4 more
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Patient Perceptions of Medication Therapy for Prevention of Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Qualitative Content Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) accounts for nearly 12% of osteoarthritis incidences and often occurs after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. Ensuring the uptake of preventive treatments for PTOA requires that investigators and clinicians understand factors influencing patients to seek preventive therapies.
Lily M. Waddell, Donald P. Mitchener, Kelly C. Frier, Morgan H. Jones, Elena Losina, Nick Bansback, Liana Fraenkel, Jason S. Kim, Jeffrey N. Katz, Faith Selzer, Adam Easterbrook   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source