Biomedicines, 2022 Background: The standard treatment in postmenopausal women with estrogen- and progesterone-positive localized breast cancer consists of aromatase inhibitors (AROi).
Javier García-Sánchez +3 more
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Randomization-Based Confidence Intervals for Cluster Randomized Trials [PDF]
, 2020 In a cluster randomized trial (CRT), groups of people are randomly assigned to different interventions. Existing parametric and semiparametric methods for CRTs rely on distributional assumptions or a large number of clusters to maintain nominal ...
Rabideau, Dustin J, Wang, Rui
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Quality of life with conservative care compared with assisted peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis [PDF]
, 2018 Background. There is little information about quality of life (QoL) for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) choosing conservative kidney management (CKM).
Barendse +26 more
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Baseline Frailty Measured by the Risk Analysis Index and 30-Day Mortality After Surgery for Spinal Malignancy: Analysis of a Prospective Registry (2011–2020) [PDF]
NeurospineObjective To evaluate the prognostic utility of baseline frailty, measured by the Risk Analysis Index (RAI), for prediction of postoperative mortality among patients with spinal malignancy (SM) undergoing resection.
Rachel Thommen +4 more
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A single weekly Kt/Vurea target for peritoneal dialysis patients does not provide an equal dialysis dose for all [PDF]
, 2016 Copyright © 2016 International Society of Nephrology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Dialysis adequacy is traditionally based on urea clearance, adjusted for total body volume (Kt/Vurea), and clinical guidelines recommend a Kt/Vurea ...
Davenport, Andrew +4 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background For the diagnosis of Sarcopenia, European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) revised the algorisms in 2019, where they added computed tomography (CT) as an assessment tool not only for quantity but also for quality in ...
Hiroki Oba +10 more
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Beta-blockers and physical frailty in patients with end-stage liver disease. [PDF]
, 2018 AimTo investigate beta-blocker (BB) use in patients with cirrhosis and determine their effects on physical frailty and overall survival.MethodsAdult outpatients with cirrhosis listed for liver transplantation underwent testing of physical frailty using ...
Hayssen, Hilary +3 more
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Implant Treatment in the Predoctoral Clinic: A Retrospective Database Study of 1091 Patients [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: This retrospective study was conducted at the Marquette University School of Dentistry to (1) characterize the implant patient population in a predoctoral clinic, (2) describe the implants inserted, and (3) provide information on implant ...
Bansal, Naveen K. +5 more
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Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo +4 more
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Oxidative Stress and Cognitive Alterations Induced by Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs: A Scoping Review
Antioxidants, 2021 Cognitive impairment is one of the most deleterious effects of chemotherapy treatment in cancer patients, and this problem sometimes remains even after chemotherapy ends.
Omar Cauli
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