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Influenza vaccination of health care workers [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2013
To support his argument in favour of compulsory influenza vaccination of health care workers, Flegel[1][1] cites a Cochrane review[2][2] as evidence of the vaccine’s benefit. However the following points should be noted: ![Figure][3] Image courtesy of © 2013 Thinkstock 1. [↵][4]1.
Peter, Doshi, Elia, Abi-Jaoude, Joel, Lexchin, Tom, Jefferson, Roger E, Thomas   +4 more
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Development and validation of a prediction model for the risk of postoperative renal dysfunction in patients with renal cancer based on machine learning

Guangxi Yike Daxue xuebao
Objective To construct a risk prediction model for postoperative renal dysfunction based on preoperative routine clinical data using machine learning techniques, providing decision support for the early identification of high-risk patients.
Ning QIU, Zihang HUANG, Xinghui SONG, Minhui GAN, Yan YANG, Meiling MO, Maoquan LUO, Dongwei PAN, Sheng SU, Fubo WANG   +9 more
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Contribution of community health workers to primary health care performance in Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2020
OBJECTIVE To associate the strength of community health workers interventions with primary health care strategies for women’s and children’s health, diabetes, and hypertension.
Alaneir de Fátima dos Santos, Hugo André da Rocha, Ângela Maria de Lourdes Dayrell de Lima, Daisy Maria Xavier de Abreu, Érica Araújo Silva, Lucas Henrique Lobato de Araújo, Isabela Cristina Carreiro Cavalcante, Antônio Thomaz Gonzaga da Matta-Machado   +7 more
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Utilization of dental health-care services by accredited social health activist and anganwadi workers in lucknow district: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2022
Background: Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and Anganwadi workers are grassroots-level health activists who are involved in health education and community mobilization and form a bond between the community and the primary health-care delivery ...
Dyashwari Devi Khoisnam, L Vamsi Krishna Reddy, Pooja M Sinha, B S Goutham, Sonali Saha   +4 more
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Good practice in mental health care for socially marginalised groups in Europe: a qualitative study of expert views in 14 countries [PDF]

, 2012
Background Socially marginalised groups tend to have higher rates of mental disorders than the general population and can be difficult to engage in health care. Providing mental health care for these groups represents a particular challenge, and evidence
Greacen, Tim, Macassa, Gloria,, Straßmayr, Christa, Jacek Moskalewicz, Kluge Ulrike, Macassa Gloria, Barry Margaret M, Gloria Macassa, Priebe, Stefan, Schene, AH, Gaddini, Andrea, Petra Holcnerová, Macassa, Gloria, Gaddini Andrea, Barry, Margaret M, Aleksandra Matanov, Margaret M Barry, Barry, Margaret M., Moskalewicz, J,, Barry, Margaret M,, Barros, H, Greacen, T, Schor, Ruth, Greacen Tim, Ruth Schor, Díaz-Olalla José, Matanov, Alexandra,, Moskalewicz, Jasec,, Barros, Henrique, Barry, Margareth M,, Kluge, U, Holcnerová, Petra,, Barros, Henrique,, Moskalewicz, Jacek, Lorant Vincent, Matanov, Alexandra, Aart H Schene, Schor Ruth, Priebe, S, Manuel Diaz-Olalla, J, Matanov, Aleksandra, Holcnerová, Petra, Schene, Aart H., Schene, Aart H,, Henrique Barros, Gaddini, Andrea,, Ulrike Kluge, Díaz-Olalla, José Manuel, Priebe, Stefan,, Strassmayr, C, Lorant, V, Lorant, V,, Barros Henrique, Barry, MM, Vincent Lorant, Tim Greacen, Macassa, G, Greacen, Tim,, Priebe Stefan, Gaddini, A,, Díaz-Olalla, José Manuel,, Gabor Edina, Stefan Priebe, Matanov Aleksandra, Gabor, E, Lorant, Vincent,, José Manuel Díaz-Olalla, Holcnerova, P, Holcnerová Petra, Matanov, A, Straßmayr, Christa,, Schene Aart H, Schor, R, Moskalewicz Jacek, Kluge, Ulrike,, Christa Straßmayr, Andrea Gaddini, Kluge, U,, Schene, Aart H, Gabor, Edina, Kluge, Ulrike, Lorant, Vincent, Edina Gabor, Moskalewicz, J, Straßmayr Christa, Gabor, Edina,, Gaddini, A, Schor, Ruth,, Schene, AH,   +88 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of Neonatal Health Care: Learning From Health Workers’ Experiences in Critical Care in Kilimanjaro Region, Northeast Tanzania [PDF]

, 2013
Neonatal deaths are generally attributed to suboptimal standards of health care. Health care worker motivation and adherence to existing guidelines are rarely studied.
Mbwele, Bernard, Ward, Sarah AP, Ide, Nicole L, Mrema, John G, Melnick, Joshua A, Manongi, Rachael   +5 more
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Decolonization of patients and health care workers to control nosocomial spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a simulation study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
Background Control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission has been unsuccessful in many hospitals. Recommended control measures include isolation of colonized patients, rather than decolonization of carriage among patients and/
Gurieva Tatiana V, Bootsma Martin CJ, Bonten Marc JM   +2 more
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Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
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Effects of Teaching Health Care Workers on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pesticide Poisonings in Uganda

Environmental Health Insights, 2017
Background: Acute pesticide poisoning in developing countries is a considerable problem, requiring diagnosis and treatment. This study describes how training of health care workers in Uganda affects their ability to diagnose and manage acute pesticide ...
Claudia Sibani, Kristian Kjaer Jessen, Bircan Tekin, Victoria Nabankema, Erik Jørs   +4 more
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