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Effectiveness of treatment of newly diagnosed hypertension in family medicine practices in South Croatia

BMC Family Practice, 2019
Background Uncontrolled blood pressure remains an urgent issue in clinical practice worldwide. This study aimed to compare the characteristics and effectiveness of hypertension control in family medicine pratice in the first treatment year, in relation ...
Diana Jurić, Ivančica Pavličević, Ana Marušić, Mario Malički, Ivan Buljan, Velen Šarotić, Nataša Mrduljaš-Đujić, Ante Komparak, Miona Vujević, Danijela De Micheli-Vitturi, Pjera Šušnjar, Tina Puljiz, Minka Jerčić, Dario Leskur, Matko Marušić   +14 more
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Unemployed individuals contact GPs more frequently but report lower satisfaction: results of the population-based DEGS1 and the GPCare-1 patient survey

Scientific Reports, 2022
Unemployment is associated with a variety of adverse health-related outcomes, yet little data on primary care services for this risk group exist. Using data from two surveys, we analyzed the frequency of GP contacts and patients’ experiences with GPs ...
N. Ikar, S. Sommer, M. Schmidt, C. Löwe, S. Kasten, B. Gavrilov, C. Hunzelar, F. Bockheim, J. Paños-Willuhn, L. Offenberg, M. Oberholz, B. Weltermann   +11 more
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Reviving Full-Service Family Practice in British Columbia [PDF]

, 2011
Describes innovative operational reforms made in the province's fee-for-service system to improve quality of care and reduce costs, including incentive payments for chronic disease management and enhanced training.
Garey Mazowita, William Cavers
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Nurse-Midwives’ Knowledge and Promotion of Lactational Amenorrhea and Other Natural Family-Planning Methods for Child Spacing [PDF]

, 2001
The purpose of this study was to describe and assess certified nurse-midwives’ (CNMs) knowledge and promotion of two modalities for child spacing, natural family-planning (NFP) and the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM).
American Academy of Pediatrics Work Group on Breast-feeding, Blake, Cooney, DeCherney, Doring, Family Health International, Fehring, Fehring, Frank, Frank-Herrmann, Geerling, Girotto, Gross, Hatcher, Hilgers, Howard, Joseph B. Stanford, Kazi, Kennedy, Kennedy, Klaus, Leader, Lisa Hanson, Oddens, Olds, Perez, Piccinino, Ramos, Richard J. Fehring, Scuphpolme, Snowden, Stanford, Stanford, Stanford, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Weimer, World Health Organization, World Health Organization Task Force   +37 more
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The Patient Enablement Instrument-French version in a family practice setting: a reliability study

BMC Family Practice, 2011
BackgroundPatient enablement can be defined as the extent to which a patient is capable of understanding and coping with his or her health issues. This concept is linked to a number of health outcomes such as self-management of chronic diseases and ...
C. Hudon, M. Fortin, Francis Rossignol, Susie Bernier, Marie-Ève Poitras   +4 more
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The immunological interface: dendritic cells as key regulators in metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects nearly one‐third of the global population and poses a significant risk of progression to cirrhosis or liver cancer. Here, we discuss the roles of hepatic dendritic cell subtypes in MASLD, highlighting their distinct contributions to disease initiation and progression, and their ...
Camilla Klaimi, WanTing Kong, Camille Blériot, Joel T. Haas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uniform distribution of $αn$ modulo one for a family of integer sequences [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
We show that the sequence $(\alpha n)_{n\in \mathcal{B}}$ is uniformly distributed modulo 1, for every irrational $\alpha$, provided $\mathcal{B}$ belongs to a certain family of integer sequences, which includes the prime, almost prime, squarefree, practical, densely divisible and lexicographical numbers. We also give an estimate for the discrepancy if
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Childhood Nonspecific Abdominal Pain in Family Practice: Incidence, Associated Factors, and Management

Annals of Family Medicine, 2011
PURPOSE Nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) is a common complaint in childhood. In specialist care, childhood NSAP is considered to be a complex and time-consuming problem, and parents are hard to reassure.
M. Gieteling, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, J. C. van der Wouden, F. Schellevis, M. Berger   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The [2Fe‐2S] cluster of mitochondrial outer membrane protein mitoNEET has an O2‐regulated nitric oxide access tunnel

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The mitochondrial outer membrane iron–sulphur ([Fe‐S]) protein mitoNEET is a target of the type‐2 diabetes drug pioglitazone. Its unknown molecular function is linked to respiratory complex activity and mitochondrial function. We discovered that O2 protects the mitoNEET [2Fe‐2S] cluster against NO oxidation and desensitization towards reduction by H2S.
Thao Nghi Hoang, Meritxell Wu‐Lu, Alberto Collauto, Peter‐Leon Hagedoorn, Madalina Alexandru, Maike Henschel, Shahram Kordasti, Maria Andrea Mroginski, Maxie M. Roessler, Kourosh H. Ebrahimi   +9 more
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Training, status and migration of general practitioners / family physicians within Europe [PDF]

, 2013
The survey intended to explore and identify the training background and status of general practitioners/ family physicians (GPs) in member countries within EURACT (European Academy of Teachers in General Practice/Family Medicine), and to gain an ...
Clarke, Owen, European Academy of Teachers in General Practice. Family medicine, Lindh, Monica E. B., O'Shea, Brendan, Price, Roger, Sammut, Mario R., Svavarsdottir, Alma Eir   +6 more
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