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Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization and mortality: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

Pediatric Pulmonology, 2016
Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major public health burden worldwide. We aimed to review the current literature on the incidence and mortality of severe RSV in children globally.
R. Stein, L. Bont, H. Zar, F. Polack, Caroline Park, A. Claxton, G. Borok, Yekaterina Butylkova, C. Wegzyn   +8 more
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A multicenter study on the appropriateness of hospitalization in obstetric wards: application of Obstetric Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (Obstetric AEP). Studio multicentrico sul protocollo di revisione dell’uso dell’ospedale in ostetricia: applicazione dello PRotocollo dell’Uso dell’Ospedale in Ostetricia (PRUO ostetrico) [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives This study has been based on the implementation of the Obstetric Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol in 7 Italian hospitals to determine inappropriate hospital admissions and days of stay. Design A cross-sectional study.
MANNOCCI, ALICE
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Inequalities in pediatric avoidable hospitalizations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in Australia: a population data linkage study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Australian Aboriginal children experience a disproportionate burden of social and health disadvantage. Avoidable hospitalizations present a potentially modifiable health gap that can be targeted and monitored using population data.
Banks, Emily, Eades, Sandra, Falster, Kathleen, Falster, Michael, Jorm, Louisa, Leyland, Alastair H., Lujic, Sanja, Lynch, John, Zwi, Karen   +8 more
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Prediction of Myasthenia Gravis Worsening: A Machine Learning Algorithm Using Wearables and Patient‐Reported Measures

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness with potential life‐threatening crises. Timely interventions may be delayed by limited access to care and fragmented documentation. Our objective was to develop predictive algorithms for MG deterioration using multimodal telemedicine data ...
Maike Stein, Haoqi Sun, Sophie Lehnerer, Lea Gerischer, Maximilian Mönch, Christian Meisel, Andreas Meisel, Pushpa Narayanaswami   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unmasking the mimic: lipoid pneumonia imitating primary lung cancer - a case report series of a diagnostic challenge

Frontiers in Oncology
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, Luca Bertolaccini, Mariano Lombardi, Clementina Di Tonno, Angela Sabalic, Monica Casiraghi, Monica Casiraghi, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Lorenzo Spaggiari   +8 more
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Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
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, Margaret J. Thomason, John Tembo, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan, Srinivas Reddy Pallerla, Liã Bárbara Arruda, Francesco Vairo, Chiara Montaldo, Francine Ntoumi, Muzamil M. Abdel Hamid, Najmul Haider, Richard Kock, Giuseppe Ippolito, Alimuddin Zumla, Timothy D. McHugh, the PANDORA-ID-NET consortium   +15 more
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Characterization of health care utilization in patients receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapies: An analysis of the managed ventricular pacing trial. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are effective in terminating lethal arrhythmias, but little is known about the degree of health care utilization (HCU) after ICD therapies.
Cheng, Alan, Ellenbogen, Kenneth A., Nahey, Tara, Peterson, Brett J., Rickard, John, Sherfesee, Lou, Tang, Anthony S., Whellan, David J.   +7 more
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Use of Symptomatic Drug Treatment for Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis and Patterns of Work Loss

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To describe the use of central stimulants and amantadine for fatigue in MS and evaluate a potential association with reduced work loss in people with MS. Methods We conducted a nationwide, matched, register‐based cohort study in Sweden (2006 to 2023) using national registers with prospective data collection.
Simon Englund, Johan Reutfors, Thomas Frisell, Fredrik Piehl   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO PERFORM THE PHYSIOLOGICAL COST INDEX IN ACTIVE INDIVIDUALS WITH UNILATERAL TRANS-TIBIAL AMPUTATION?

Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal, 2019
BACKGROUND: Physiological Cost Index (PCI) is a simple method used to estimate energy expenditure during walking. It is based on a ratio between heart rate and self-selected walking speed.
Stefano Brunelli, Andrea Sancesario, Marco Iosa, Anna Sofia Delussu, Noemi Gentileschi, Cinzia Bonanni, Calogero Foti, Marco Traballesi   +7 more
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Diagnoses and timing of 30-day readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2013
IMPORTANCE To better guide strategies intended to reduce high rates of 30-day readmission after hospitalization for heart failure (HF), acute myocardial infarction (MI), or pneumonia, further information is needed about readmission diagnoses, readmission
K. Dharmarajan, A. Hsieh, Zhenqiu Lin, H. Bueno, J. Ross, Leora I. Horwitz, J. A. Barreto-Filho, Nancy S. Kim, S. Bernheim, L. Suter, E. Drye, H. Krumholz   +11 more
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