Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2019 Daiokanzoto (DKT) and lubiprostone (LPS) are drugs used for constipation, but few studies have compared them. This study examined the effectiveness, adverse events, and medical economic efficiency of DKT and LPS for constipation. Patients who received DKT (DKT group) and those who received LPS (LPS group) during admission to Ogaki Municipal Hospital ...
Ayaka Kuroda +10 more
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Routine Probiotic Use in Very Preterm Infants: Retrospective Comparison of Two Cohorts [PDF]
American Journal of Perinatology, 2012 Evidence supports the efficacy of probiotics in reducing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in very low-birth-weight infants, although concerns remain with regard to their routine use. Since 2008 in our neonatal intensive care unit, a low dose of probiotics (unique strain) is administered as standard of care in all preterm babies born at 24 to 31 weeks ...
Bonsante, Francesco +2 more
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Association between Sjogren's syndrome and respiratory failure: put airway, interstitia, and vessels close together: a national cohort study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 OBJECTIVES: Few studies have evaluated the association between Sjogren's syndrome (SS) and respiratory failure (RF). Thus, we conducted a retrospective national cohort study to investigate whether Sjogren's syndrome (SS) increases the risk of respiratory
Jun-Jun Yeh +6 more
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Kerala Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 Cohort studies are observational analytical studies and are placed just below randomized controlled trials in the hierarchy of scientific evidence. They are also called longitudinal studies and can be prospective, retrospective or ambidirectional.
Pankajakshan Vijayanthi Indu +1 more
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Outcome of anterior lumbar interbody fusion : a retrospective study of clinical and radiologic parameters [PDF]
, 2017 Objective. This study aims to critically evaluate the long-term results of stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF), without use of rhBMP-2, as a therapeutic option for symptomatic patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD).
Caemaert, Jacques +7 more
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Vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous versus alternative flaps for perineal repair after abdominoperineal excision of the rectum in the era of laparoscopic surgery [PDF]
, 2017 Aims: Plastic surgical reconstruction of the perineum is often required after abdominoperineal excision of the rectum. Options for this reconstruction include a vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous (VRAM) flap, gluteal fasciocutaneous flap, and ...
Johnstone, Mark Scott
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Comparison of cancer incidence among patients with rheumatic disease: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2014 Abstract Introduction Rheumatic diseases (RDs) are associated with different cancers; however, it is unclear whether particular cancers are more prevalent in certain RDs. In the present study, we examined the relative incidence of several cancers in a single homogeneous cohort of patients with different ...
Yeong Wook Song +6 more
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Predicting blunt cerebrovascular injury in pediatric trauma: Validation of the Utah Score [PDF]
, 2017 Risk factors for blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) may differ between children and adults, suggesting that children at low risk for BCVI after trauma receive unnecessary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and high-dose radiation.
Akbari, Hassan +13 more
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Non-fatal self-harm in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 matched non-veterans [PDF]
, 2019 Purpose: Although suicide risk in veterans has been widely studied, there is little information on the risk of non-fatal self-harm in this population.
Bergman, Beverly P. +3 more
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Neurosurgical Focus, 2018 OBJECTIVE With the continuous rise of health care costs, hospitals and health care providers must find ways to reduce costs while maintaining high-quality care.
Spencer Twitchell +7 more
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