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Anthropometric indices of Gambian children after one or three annual rounds of mass drug administration with azithromycin for trachoma control. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin, carried out for the control of blinding trachoma, has been linked to reduced mortality in children.
A Amza, A Amza, A Sommer, A Weisz, AE Roth, AJ Weisz, Ansumana Sillah, C Nokes, C Panter-Brick, CG Victora, CJ Whitty, CL Coles, CL Coles, D Stare, David C W Mabey, EJ Giamarellos-Bourboulis, EK Gough, EM Harding-Esch, EM Harding-Esch, Emma M Harding-Esch, EV Basilion, I Udan, JD Keenan, JH Humphrey, John Hart, KL Kotloff, KN Ryan, L Leonor Rodríguez, LS Stephenson, Martin J Holland, MG Rowland, MG Rowland, MP Eccles, P Aaby, PG Lunn, R Goto, RL Guerrant, Robin L Bailey, S Haug, Sarah E Burr, T Edwards, Tansy Edwards, TC Porco, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO   +46 more
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Spinal Cord Abnormalities in Early Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Spinal cord lesions and atrophy in the cervical region are common in adult multiple sclerosis (MS) and correlate with disability. Whether similar abnormalities occur in pediatric MS patients is largely unknown. Clinical and MRI evaluations were performed in 38 pediatric MS patients and 13 healthy controls (HC).
Monica Margoni, Paola Valsasina, Paolo Preziosa, Martina Rubin, Mor Gueye, Lucia Moiola, Maria Assunta Rocca, Massimo Filippi   +7 more
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Association between statin use and cataract formation in a retrospective cohort study using Japanese health screening and claims data

Scientific Reports
In this retrospective cohort study of data (recorded between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2017) from a commercially available health screening and insurance claims database of the working-age Japanese population, we examined the association of statin ...
Kazuhiro Kawabe, Kanako Izumi, Naoko Fukasawa, Momoko Takashina, Minami Taguchi, Hirofumi Koike, Yukiko Sahashi, Nobuhiro Ooba   +7 more
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Access and non–access site bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention and risk of subsequent mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events:Systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The prognostic impact of site-specific major bleeding complications after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has yielded conflicting data.
Buchan, Iain, de Belder, Mark A., Khan, Muhammad A., Kinnaird, Tim, Kwok, Chun Shing, Loke, Yoon K., Ludman, Peter F., Mamas, Mamas A, Nolan, James, Rao, Sunil V., Sperrin, Matt   +10 more
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Long‐Term Survival, Burden of Disease, and Patient‐Centered Outcomes in Maximally Treated Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Increasing evidence shows that patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) can achieve better‐than‐expected outcomes with aggressive therapy. However, real‐world long‐term data, patient‐centered outcomes, and societal measures after maximal ICH treatment are lacking.
Anne Mrochen, Maximilian I. Sprügel, Alexander Sekita, Stefanie Balk, David Haupenthal, Stefan T. Gerner, Hannes Lücking, Arnd Doerfler, Kosmas Macha, Stefan Schwab, Joji B. Kuramatsu, Jochen A. Sembill   +11 more
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Incidence of Gall Bladder Carcinoma after Cholecystectomy in Patient Attending Shorsh General Teaching Hospital in Sulaimaniyah

Advanced Medical Journal
Background and objectives: Gallbladder carcinoma is the most common biliary tract malignancy and the fifth most common cancer of the gastrointestinal tract. An incidental finding of carcinoma is incidental gallbladder carcinoma.
Zrng Aras Mahmoud, Kamal Ahmed Saeed, Farman Othman Hassan   +2 more
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ACR: A Benchmark for Automatic Cohort Retrieval [PDF]

arXiv
Identifying patient cohorts is fundamental to numerous healthcare tasks, including clinical trial recruitment and retrospective studies. Current cohort retrieval methods in healthcare organizations rely on automated queries of structured data combined with manual curation, which are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and often yield low-quality results ...
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Safety of medication use in primary care [PDF]

, 2015
© 2014 Royal Pharmaceutical Society.BACKGROUND: Medication errors are one of the leading causes of harmin health care. Review and analysis of errors have often emphasized their preventable nature and potential for reoccurrence.
Abramson, Abramson, Adubofour, Ahmad, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Alldred, Alldred, Aronson, Aronson, Ashcroft, Avery, Avery, Avery, Barber, Bayoumi, Berner, Bernstein, Beso, Boockvar, Boockvar, Booij, Braund, Bregnhoj, Britt, Brown, Buurma, Campbell, Carruthers, Chen, Chua, Coleman, Dallenbach, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean Franklin, Dean Franklin, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Devine, Dhabali, Eslami, Field, Fischer, Flynn, Gagne, Gandhi, Gandhi, Gandhi, Garfield, Ghaleb, Ginzburg, Glassman, Green, Gurwitz, Hazlet, Howard, Hume, Humphries, Hämmerlein, Janice O. Olaniyan, Kaushal, Kaushal, Kennedy, Khoja, Knudsen, Knudsen, Kohn, Kuo, Lafata, Lasser, Leape, Lemer, Lewis, Lisby, Lopez-Picazo, Lynskey, Maisoon Ghaleb, Martínez Sánchez, Marwaha, Miller, Moniz, Nanji, Nemeth, Norden-Hagg, Palen, Paul Robinson, Pirmohamed, Raebel, Reason, Royal, Runciman, Sarvadikar, Sayers, Shah, Singh, Soraya Dhillon, Sorensen, Stefanovic, Sweidan, Szczepura, Tam, Tamblyn, Teinilä, Thomsen, Varkey, Vincent, Warholak, Wetzels, Wild, Wong, World Health Organisation   +113 more
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Dysphagia and Mortality Risk in Individuals With Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Individuals with primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS) often develop parkinsonism and dysphagia. To evaluate the clinical correlates and impact of dysphagia in this population, we compared enrollment visit data between individuals with (n = 12) versus individuals without (n = 44) dysphagia symptoms.
Gabriela Meade, Nha Trang Thu Pham, Sarah M. Boland, Heather M. Clark, Joseph R. Duffy, Jennifer L. Whitwell, Hugo Botha, Keith A. Josephs, Rene L. Utianski   +8 more
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Robust Meta-Model for Predicting the Need for Blood Transfusion in Non-traumatic ICU Patients [PDF]

Objective: Blood transfusions, crucial in managing anemia and coagulopathy in ICU settings, require accurate prediction for effective resource allocation and patient risk assessment. However, existing clinical decision support systems have primarily targeted a particular patient demographic with unique medical conditions and focused on a single type of
arxiv   +1 more source