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Implementing antimicrobial stewardship to reduce surgical site infections: Experience and challenges from two tertiary-care hospitals in Mumbai, India

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020
Objectives: Surgical site infections (SSIs) contribute significantly to post-surgical morbidity globally. Antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) are essential to reduce SSI rates and to curb antimicrobial resistance, especially in low-and-middle ...
Bhakti Sarang, Anurag Tiwary, Anita Gadgil, Nobhojit Roy   +3 more
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Improving the impact of menstrual health innovations in low- and middle-income countries: a theory of change and measurement framework [PDF]

, 2020
There exists growing global attention focused on tackling the menstrual management related challenges facing adolescent girls and women in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
Garazi Zulaika, Kristin Neudorf, Leeat Gellis, Margaret L Schmitt, Marni Sommer, Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Samantha Khandakji   +6 more
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Young, male, road traffic victims: a systematic review of the published trauma registry literature from low and middle income countries

SICOT-J, 2015
Background: Trauma contributes significantly to the global burden of disease. We analysed published trauma registries to assess the demographics of those most affected in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Boughton Oliver, Jones Gareth G., Lavy Christopher B.D., Grimes Caris E.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Growth divergence and income inequality in OECD countries: the role of trade and financial openness. LEQS Paper No. 148/2018 October 2019 [PDF]

, 2019
This paper analyses trade and financial openness effects on growth and income inequality in 35 OECD countries. Our model takes into account both short run and long run effects of factors explaining income divergence between and within the countries.
De Santis, Roberta, D’Elia, Enrico
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The effect of multi‐leaf collimator leaf width on VMAT treatment plan quality

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The advent of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in radiotherapy has made it one of the most commonly used techniques in clinical practice. VMAT is the delivery of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) while the gantry is in motion, and existing literature has shown it has decreased treatment delivery times and the ...
Gregory Sadharanu Peiris, Brendan Whelan, Nicholas Hardcastle, Suzie Lynn Sheehy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combination Therapy With Vigabatrin and Prednisolone Versus Vigabatrin Alone for Infantile Spasms

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The study evaluated the effectiveness of combination therapy with vigabatrin and prednisolone versus vigabatrin alone for treating infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS). Methods This single‐center, single‐blind, randomized trial enrolled infants aged 2–14 months with new‐onset IESS, randomly assigned them (1:1) to receive either
Rachata Boonkrongsak, Kantapon Trongkamolchai, Sirorat Suwannachote, Somjit Sri‐Udomkajorn, Raviwan Wittawassamrankul, Ravindra Arya, Kullasate Sakpichaisakul   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Access to training in neurosurgery (Part 2): The costs of pursuing neurosurgical training

Brain and Spine, 2022
Introduction: Opportunities for in-country neurosurgical training are severely limited in LMICs, particularly due to rigorous educational requirements and prohibitive upfront costs.
Deen L. Garba, Tarig Fadalla, Kwadwo Sarpong, Mazin Suliman, Myron Rolle, Adam Ammar, Haytham Hussein, Kee B. Park   +7 more
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Estimating Budget Impact and Joint Replacement Avoidance by Implementing a Standardized Education and Exercise Therapy Program for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis in a Publicly Insured Health Care System

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The study objective was to estimate the budget impact of funding a standardized education and exercise therapy program, Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLA:D) for people with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) waiting for total joint replacement (TJR) consultation in a universal publicly insured health care system in Canada.
Darren R. Mazzei, Jackie L. Whittaker, Peter Faris, Tracy Wasylak, Deborah A. Marshall   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building neurosurgical capacity in low and middle income countries

eNeurologicalSci, 2016
Neurosurgery capacity in low- and middle-income countries is far from adequate; yet burden of neurological diseases, especially neuro-trauma, is projected to increase exponentially.
Anthony Fuller, Tu Tran, Michael Muhumuza, Michael M. Haglund   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiovascular risk and events in 17 low-, middle-, and high-income countries [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: More than 80% of deaths from cardiovascular disease are estimated to occur in low-income and middle-income countries, but the reasons are unknown. METHODS: We enrolled 156,424 persons from 628 urban and rural communities in 17 countries
Anand, Sonia, Avezum, Alvaro, Bo, Jian, Chifamba, Jephat, Dagenais, Gilles, Diaz, Rafael, Gupta, Rajeev, Iqbal, Romaina, Islam, Shofiqul, Ismail, Noorhassim, Kelishadi, Roya, Kruger, Annamarie, Kumar, Rajesh, Lanas, Fernando, Lear, Scott, Li, Wei, Liu, Lisheng, Liu, Tianlu, Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio, Lou, Qinglin, Lu, Fanghong, McKee, Martin, McQueen, Matthew, Mohan, Viswanathan, Mony, Prem, Oguz, Aytekin, Puoane, Thandi, PURE Investigators, Rahman, Omar, Rangarajan, Sumathy, Rosengren, Annika, Swaminathan, Sumathi, Szuba, Andrzej, Teo, Koon, Vijayakumar, Krishnapillai, Wielgosz, Andreas, Yu, Liu, Yusoff, Khalid, Yusuf, Salim, Yusufali, Afzalhussein, Zhang, Shiying   +40 more
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