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Self-reported prevalence of asthma and its associated factors among adult rural population in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study using WHO PEN protocol

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective For over a decade, the prevalence of asthma remained unchanged at around 7% in Bangladesh. Although asthma causes significant morbidity among both children and adults, updates on epidemiological data are limited on the prevalence in Bangladesh.
Riffat Ara Shawon, AKM Fazlur Rahman, Palash Chandra Banik, Lingkan Barua, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Mithila Faruque, Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Minhazul Abedin, Abrar Wahab   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Australian Nurses' Knowledge of Pressure Injury Prevention and Management

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing (WOCN), 2019
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess nurses' knowledge of pressure injuries in order to gather benchmark data, identify knowledge gaps, and based on results, implement educational strategies to improve practice.
P. Fulbrook, Petra Lawrence, Sandra J. Miles   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Autophagy in cancer and protein conformational disorders

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Autophagy plays a crucial role in numerous biological processes, including protein and organelle quality control, development, immunity, and metabolism. Hence, dysregulation or mutations in autophagy‐related genes have been implicated in a wide range of human diseases.
Sergio Attanasio
wiley   +1 more source

An early implementation assessment of Ontario’s Healthy Kids Community Challenge: results from a survey of key stakeholders

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In Ontario Canada, the Healthy Kids Community Challenge (HKCC) is a program intended to reduce the prevalence and prevent childhood overweight and obesity through community-based initiatives to improve health behaviours.
Michelle M. Vine, Jocelyn W. Jarvis, Eunice Chong, Rachel E. Laxer, Adam Ladak, Heather Manson   +5 more
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Circulating histones as clinical biomarkers in critically ill conditions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Circulating histones are emerging as promising biomarkers in critical illness due to their diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic potential. Detection methods such as ELISA and mass spectrometry provide reliable approaches for quantifying histone levels in plasma samples.
José Luis García‐Gimenez, Juan Carlos Ruiz‐Rodríguez, Ricard Ferrer, Raquel Durá, Antonio Artigas, Iván Bajaña, David Bolado López de Andujar, Irene Cánovas‐Cervera, Adrián Ceccato, Luis Chiscano‐Camón, Elena Climent‐Martinez, Georgia García Fernández, Gemma Goma, Verónica Monforte, Beatriz Quevedo‐Sánchez, Adolf Ruiz‐Sanmartín, Antonio Sierra‐Rivera, Nieves Carbonell Monleón   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Value of hospital resources for effective pressure injury prevention: a cost-effectiveness analysis

BMJ Quality & Safety, 2018
Objective Hospital-acquired pressure injuries are localised skin injuries that cause significant mortality and are costly. Nursing best practices prevent pressure injuries, including time-consuming, complex tasks that lack payment incentives.
W. Padula, P. Pronovost, M. Makic, H. Wald, D. Moran, Manish K. Mishra, D. Meltzer   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Single‐cell insights into the role of T cells in B‐cell malignancies

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Single‐cell technologies have transformed our understanding of T cell–tumor cell interactions in B‐cell malignancies, revealing new T‐cell subsets, functional states, and immune evasion mechanisms. This Review synthesizes these findings, highlighting the roles of T cells in pathogenesis, progression, and therapy response, and underscoring their ...
Laura Llaó‐Cid
wiley   +1 more source

Workers compensation-reported injuries among security and law enforcement personnel in the private versus public sectors

Injury Epidemiology, 2018
Background Private and Public security and law enforcement (SLE) sectors perform multiple overlapping job duties. Methods Workers’ compensation (WC) SLE first reports of injury (FROI) data (2005–2015) were analyzed to describe injuries, identify ...
W. S. Witt, T. L. Bunn, S. Slavova
doaj   +1 more source

Prescription characteristics associated with fall-related injury risk among older adults prescribed benzodiazepines: a cohort study

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Benzodiazepines (BZD) are widely prescribed to older adults despite their association with increased fall injury. Our aim is to better characterize risk-elevating factors among those prescribed BZD. Methods A retrospective cohort study using a
Donovan T. Maust, Amy S. B. Bohnert, Julie Strominger, Neil Alexander, Lillian Min, Geoffrey J. Hoffman, Jason E. Goldstick   +6 more
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Systematic review of methods used to measure training load in dance

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2023
Dance is a popular physical activity. Increased dance training has been associated with an increased risk of injury. Given the established association between training load (TL) and injury in sport, knowledge of how TL is currently being measured in ...
Anu Räisänen, Sarah J Kenny, Reed Ferber, Valeriya G Volkova, Lauren Christine Benson   +4 more
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