Adults with diabetes residing in "food swamps" have higher hospitalization rates. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo examine the relationship between food swamps and hospitalization rates among adults with diabetes.Data sourcesBlue Cross Blue Shield Association Community Health Management Hub® 2014, AHRQ Health Care Cost and Utilization Project state ...
Phillips, Aryn Z, Rodriguez, Hector P
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Traumatic brain injury related hospitalization and mortality in California. [PDF]
ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to describe the traumatic brain injury (TBI) population and causes and identify factors associated with TBI hospitalizations and mortality in California.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study of 61,188 patients with TBI ...
Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad+4 more
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Mistletoe - From mythology to evidence-based medicine
This is the time of the precision medicine, as President Barak Obama addressed the Nation on January 20, 2015 in a State of the Union Address: Tonight, I'm launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer ...
Manuela Monti
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Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of growing concern globally and AMR status in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is undefined due to a lack of real-time data recording, surveillance and regulation.
Linzy Elton+15 more
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Studi Fenomenologi: Pengalaman Perawat Menerapkan Komunikasi Terapeutik Mengatasi Dampak Hospitalisasi Pada Anak Pra Sekolah Di Ruang Clara Charitas Hospital Km.7 Palembang [PDF]
Background: the number of hospitalized Chlidren in hospitals is still high, in 2015 as many as 2,78% of children in Indonesia were hospitalized, while the impact of hospitalizaton was un avoiddable.
Wahyusari, Dian
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IntroductionLipoid pneumonia is a rare inflammatory disease characterized by an abnormal deposition of lipids in the alveoli. It may manifest as pulmonary consolidation, simulating primary lung cancer on radiological imaging and an increased uptake on ...
Shehab Mohamed+8 more
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Hospitalization causes due to iron overload in beta-Thalassemia in Gorgan, Iran [PDF]
Objective: To evaluate causes of hospitalization (due to complications of iron overload and other causes) in beta-Thalassemic patients. Methodology: This study was performed on 244 patients with major beta-Thalassemia admitted in Taleghani hospital of ...
Jahazi, A.+2 more
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Budget impact of adding ivabradine to standard of care in patients with chronic systolic heart failure in the United States [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) costs $21 billion annually in direct health care costs, 80% of which is directly attributable to hospitalizations. The SHIFT clinical study demonstrated that ivabradine plus standard of care (SoC) reduced HF-related and all-
Borer, Jeffrey S.+10 more
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Preventing Hospital Acquired Infections Through a Workflow-Based Cyber-Physical System [PDF]
Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are infections acquired within the hospital from healthcare workers, patients or from the environment, but which have no connection to the initial reason for the patient's hospital admission. HAI are a serious world-wide problem, leading to an increase in mortality rates, duration of hospitalisation as well as ...
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