Acta Médica Peruana, 2023 Objective: To describe the perioperative characteristics of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement; as well as complications, mortality, follow-up and survival.
Carlos Figueroa-Alfaro +2 more
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On-treatment follow-up in real-world studies of direct oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation: Association with treatment effects. [PDF]
, 2022 Background Numerous observational studies support the safety and effectiveness of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF), but these data are often limited to short duration of follow-up.
Siontis, George C.M. +6 more
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Challenges of Loss to Follow-up in Tuberculosis Research. [PDF]
, 2012 In studies evaluating methods for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB), follow-up to verify the presence or absence of active TB is crucial and high dropout rates may significantly affect the validity of the results.
Michala V Rose +18 more
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Options for early breast cancer follow-up in primary and secondary care : a systematic review [PDF]
, 2012 Background Both incidence of breast cancer and survival have increased in recent years and there is a need to review follow up strategies. This study aims to assess the evidence for benefits of follow-up in different settings for women who have had ...
Peter Donnelly +8 more
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Patients' views on follow up of colorectal cancer: implications for risk communication and decision making [PDF]
, 2003 Background: Medical views about the clinical value and potential detrimental effect on quality of life of postoperative follow up are divided. There is no literature on the views of British patients with colorectal cancer towards the follow up process.
Heyman, Bob +3 more
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Sense of coherence and attrition during four-year follow-up in cohorts of permanent and non-permanent Finnish employees [PDF]
, 2008 Background We studied whether health resources, measured as sense of coherence (SOC), are associated with participation in a follow-up survey among permanent and non-permanent employees who responded at baseline.
Vahtera, Jussi +19 more
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Cholesterol and the risk of grade-specific prostate cancer incidence: evidence from two large prospective cohort studies with up to 37 years' follow up [PDF]
, 2012 <b>Background</b> High cholesterol may be a modifiable risk factor for prostate cancer but results have been inconsistent and subject to potential "reverse causality" where undetected disease modifies cholesterol prior to diagnosis.<p ...
Khaver Qureshi +11 more
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COMORBIDITY IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING AFTER HIP FRACTURE: THE ROLE OF REHABILITATION [PDF]
Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2016 Objective: To analyze the impact of rehabilitation treatment on social functioning in elderly patients after hip fracture during a rehabilitation program. Methods: This study included 203 patients with hip fracture.
Natasa Radosavljevic +4 more
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Participant retention in follow-up studies of prematurely born children. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2019 Background: Follow-up studies of infants born prematurely are essential to understand the long-term consequences of preterm birth and the efficacy of interventions delivered in the neonatal period. Retention of participants for follow up studies, however,
MacBean V +4 more
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