Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2019 Background The Japanese National Clinical Database (NCD) is a large‐scale, nationwide, web‐based data entry system that is linked to the surgical board certification system and covers almost all surgical cases carried out in Japan.
Hiroshi Hasegawa +17 more
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Protocol for a systematic scoping review of reasons given to justify the performance of randomised controlled trials. [PDF]
, 2019 IntroductionRandomised controlled trials (RCTs) are widely viewed to generate the most reliable medical knowledge. However, RCTs are not always scientifically necessary and therefore not always ethical.
Chevrier, Stephanie +7 more
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Grid Databases for Shared Image Analysis in the MammoGrid Project
, 2004 The MammoGrid project aims to prove that Grid infrastructures can be used for collaborative clinical analysis of database-resident but geographically distributed medical images.
Amendolia, S. R. +9 more
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2019 Background The aim of the present study was to develop a risk calculator predictive of postoperative pneumonia in patients undergoing gastroenterological surgery.
Yoshio Takesue +10 more
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Nontraumatic Dental Condition-related Visits to Emergency Departments on Weekdays, Weekends and Night Hours: Findings from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey [PDF]
, 2013 Objective: To determine whether the rates of nontraumatic dental condition (NTDC)-related emergency department (ED) visits are higher during the typical working hours of dental offices and lower during night hours, as well as the associated factors ...
Fischer, Melissa Christine +5 more
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Phenotype-based and Self-learning Inter-individual Sleep Apnea Screening with a Level IV Monitoring System [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: We propose a phenotype-based artificial intelligence system that can self-learn and is accurate for screening purposes, and test it on a Level IV monitoring system. Methods: Based on the physiological knowledge, we hypothesize that the phenotype
Hau-Tieng Wu +8 more
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2019 Aim Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Surgery is the mainstay treatment for gastric cancer. There are no prediction models that examine the severity of postoperative morbidity.
Yoshio Haga +8 more
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Southern African Treatment Resistance Network (SATuRN) RegaDB HIV drug resistance and clinical management database: supporting patient management, surveillance and research in southern Africa [PDF]
, 2014 Substantial amounts of data have been generated from patient management and academic exercises designed to better understand the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and design interventions to control it.
Bester, Armand +17 more
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2019 Aim To investigate the frequency and risk factors of perioperative, symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) after gastroenterological surgery. Methods We assessed the frequency of and risk factors for VTE after eight gastroenterological procedures ...
Taishi Hata +10 more
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Clinical outcomes of de novo metastatic HER2-low breast cancer: a National Cancer Database Analysis
npj Breast Cancer, 2022 The development of novel anti-HER2 drugs opens new treatment options for women with breast cancers, including lower expression of HER2. The epidemiology and clinical outcome of metastatic HER2-low breast cancer remain not well described.
Changchuan Jiang +4 more
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