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Linkage to HIV, TB and Non-Communicable Disease Care from a Mobile Testing Unit in Cape Town, South Africa [PDF]

, 2013
Background: HIV counseling and testing may serve as an entry point for non-communicable disease screening. Objectives: To determine the yield of newly-diagnosed HIV, tuberculosis (TB) symptoms, diabetes and hypertension, and to assess CD4 count testing ...
Bassett, Ingrid V., Bekker, Linda-Gail, Freedberg, Kenneth A., Govindasamy, Darshini, Kranzer, Katharina, Noubary, Farzad, van Schaik, Nienke, Walensky, Rochelle P., Wood, Robin   +8 more
core   +5 more sources

Evaluation and management of pediatric hypertensive crises: hypertensive urgency and hypertensive emergencies

Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2012
Nirali H Patel,1 Sarah K Romero,2 David C Kaelber31Division of Emergency Medicine, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, USA; 2Division of Emergency Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA; 3Departments of ...
Patel NH, Romero SK, Kaelber DC
doaj  

Management and outcome of severely elevated blood pressure in primary care

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012
OBJECTIVE: In primary care the management of patients with acute severely elevated blood pressure (BP) is challenging. The aim of the study was to evaluate the initial management and outcome of patients presenting to their general practitioner (GP)
Christoph Merlo, Klaus Bally, Benedict Martina, Peter Tschudi, Andreas Zeller   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A comparison of South Asian specific and established BMI thresholds for determining obesity prevalence in pregnancy and predicting pregnancy complications: findings from the Born in Bradford cohort [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: To describe how maternal obesity prevalence varies by established international and South Asian specific body mass index (BMI) cut-offs in women of Pakistani origin and investigate whether different BMI thresholds can help to identify women at
Bhopal, R, Bryant, M, Farrar, D, Lawlor, DA, Santorelli, G, Tuffnell, D, Wright, J   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Circadian Immunity and Vascular Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease Chronotherapy Windows: Time for a Re‐Assessment

Med Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circadian rhythms orchestrate cardiovascular physiology by regulating immune and inflammatory pathways. Disruption of these rhythms profoundly alters vascular homeostasis, thereby promoting the onset and progression of cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
Tian Zhang, Ge Zhang, Tian‐Ding Liu, Tianshu Gu, Fengyi Yu, Pengyuan Xu, Wunan Mi, Xuanjiang Zhao, Qian Guo, Honglin Zheng, Taiqi Zhao, Qiang Li, Di Lu, Mingxuan Duan, Chaoyang Yu, Ruhao Wu, Shiqian Zhang, Haonan Zhang, Zeyu Wang, Youyang Zheng, Yan Xiao, Zenglei Zhang, Ge Zhang   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Homeopathic and conventional treatment of hypertensive urgency

Acta Médica del Centro, 2020
Introduction: arterial hypertension is a health problem with high prevalence worldwide, considered one of the main cardiovascular risk factors, being a very frequent reason for consultation, both in primary care and in emergency services.
Belkys Ocampo Soto, Vianka María Momplet Pérez, Margarita Puerto Diaz, Ricardo Alfredo Carrillo Pérez, Maribel Castro Gutiérrez, Lay Salazar Torres   +5 more
doaj  

Increased expression of aromatase after focal cerebral ischemia: Relevance to neuroprotection and functional recovery

Neuroprotection, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim Aromatase is the key enzyme in the biosynthesis of 17β‐estradiol, the most potent estrogen, which has pleiotropic neuroprotective properties. Aromatase levels increase in the brain after stroke, and its gene variants increase susceptibility to stroke. This study aims to determine whether aromatase overexpression improves stroke outcome and
Lindsay Gallagher, Anna F. Dominiczak, Luis M. Garcia‐Segura, Nobuhiro Harada, J. B. Hutchison, James M. Mullin, Delyth Graham, Peter O'Shaughnessy, Hilary Victoria O. Carswell   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

US State Policy Index for Population Health Analyses

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Changes in states’ policy contexts since the 1980s may help explain why mortality rates among working‐age adults have risen and become more unequal across geographic areas. Investigating this pressing issue requires a new, industry‐standard measure of those contexts.
JENNIFER KARAS MONTEZ, ILIYA GUTIN, SHANNON M. MONNAT   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eclampsia Incidence, Management and Outcomes Across Multi‐Country Surveillance Cohorts: Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To estimate the incidence of eclampsia, characterise maternal and perinatal profiles, and document outcomes across seven countries within the International Obstetric Survey System and identify inter‐country differences that may improve maternal and perinatal care.
Silvia Salvi, Donatella Mandolini, Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp, Catherine Deneux‐Tharaux, Hilde Marie Engjom, Lachmi R. Kodan, Diane Korb, Alexandra Krištúfková, Kari Klungsøyr, Ann Langedock, Camilla Tjønneland Mentzoni, Liam McCullough, Rema Ramakrishnan, T. P. (Timme) Schaap, Aurélien Seco, Griet Vandenberghe, Kim J. C. Verschueren, Serena Donati, on behalf of INOSS Group (International Network of Obstetric Survey Systems)   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bariatric Surgery, Gestational Diabetes and Perinatal Outcomes: A Population‐Based Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the independent and combined associations of metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Design Population‐based retrospective cohort study. Setting New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
Tessa Weir, Ibinabo Ibiebele, Deborah Randall, Tanya Nippita, Siranda Torvaldsen, Felicity Gallimore, Jonathan Morris, Sarah Glastras   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source