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Brucellosis in Qatar: A retrospective cohort study

Qatar Medical Journal, 2014
Background: We conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, complications and treatment of brucellosis in the State of Qatar. Methods: The medical records of patients in Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar were ...
Rahil, Ali Ibrahim, Othman, Muftah, Ibrahim, Walid, Mohamed, Mohamed Yahya   +3 more
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Retrospective cohort study on risk factors for development of gestational diabetes among mothers attending antenatal clinics in Nairobi County

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: World Health Organization estimates that deaths resulting from diabetes will rise above 50% by the 2020; hence urgent action is needed to reverse the trend notably through nutrition and lifestyle intervention among populations at risks ...
Maureen Atieno Adoyo, Charles Mbakaya, Venny Nyambati, Yeri Kombe   +3 more
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The comparative effectiveness of NRTI-sparing dual regimens in emulated trials using observational data from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND Nucleoside (or nucleotide) reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) cause side effects in some patients, prompting the use of either partly or fully NRTI-sparing regimens. METHODS We used data from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study to estimate the
Swiss HIV Cohort Study, Calmy, A., Hachfeld, Anna, Günthard, Huldrych F, Young, Jim, Tarr, Philip E, Young, J., Cavassini, M., Scherrer, A.U., Günthard, H.F., Scherrer, Alexandra U, Vernazza, P., Vernazza, Pietro, Hachfeld, A., Bucher, H.C., Tarr, P.E., Calmy, Alexandra, Bucher, Heiner C, Bernasconi, Enos, Cavassini, Matthias, Bernasconi, E.   +20 more
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The swiss transplant cohort study: lessons from the first 6 years. [PDF]

, 2015
Prospective cohort studies significantly contribute to answering specific research questions in a defined population. Since 2008, the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS) systematically enrolled >95 % of all transplant recipients in Switzerland ...
Khanna, N., Cusini, A., Meylan, P., Manuel, Oriol, Hoffmann, Matthias, Garzoni, C., Manuel, O., Mueller, N.J., Hirsch, H.H., Hirsch, Hans H, Berger, C., Egli, Adrian, Bochud, P.Y., Meylan, Pascal, Transplant Infectious Diseases Working Group, Swiss Transplant Cohort Study, Cusini, Alexia, Nadal, D., Mueller, N. J., Mueller, Nicolas J, Berger, Christoph, Boggian, K., Weisser, Maja, van Delden, C., Hoffmann, M., Bochud, Pierre-Yves, van Delden, Christian, Weisser, M., Hirsch, H. H., Khanna, Nina, Garzoni, Christian, Bochud, P. Y., Nadal, David, Egli, A., Boggian, Katja   +33 more
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Cancer survival in Malawi : a retrospective cohort study

Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide with the burden in sub-Saharan Africa projected to double by year 2030 from 715,000 new cases and 542,000 deaths in 2008. However, cancer survival data to inform interventions for early detection, diagnosis and treatment are lacking.Cancer survival analysis was conducted on 842 cancer ...
Kelias Phiri Msyamboza, Geoffrey Manda, Bvumi Tembo, Chimwemwe Thambo, Linly Chitete, Christopher Mindiera, Lucy Kishindo Finch, Kathryn Hamling   +7 more
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Arsenic exposure and outcomes of antimonial treatment in visceral leishmaniasis patients in bihar, India:a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
Background: In the late twentieth century, emergence of high rates of treatment failure with antimonial compounds (SSG) for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused a public health crisis in Bihar, India.
Joris Menten (95438), Prajapati Vijay K., Raab Andrea, Feldmann Joerg, Perry Meghan R., Meghan R Perry, Sundar Shyam, Chakraborti, Dipankar, Joerg Feldmann (343233), Alan H Fairlamb, Fairlamb, Alan H., Joerg Feldmann, Albert Picado (194712), Picado, Albert, Fairlamb, Alan H, Joris Menten, Boelaert Marleen, Meghan R. Perry (343229), Dipankar Chakraborti (253671), Sundar, Shyam, Menten, Joris, Fairlamb, Alan H.; id_orcid, Boelaert, Marleen, Andrea Raab, Prajapati, Vijay K., Raab, Andrea, Marleen Boelaert (56961), Dipankar Chakraborti, Shyam Sundar, Vijay K. Prajapati (697028), Picado Albert, Fairlamb Alan H., Feldmann, Joerg, Albert Picado, Marleen Boelaert, Picado de Puig, Albert, Chakraborti Dipankar, Shyam Sundar (58354), Alan H. Fairlamb (118600), Perry, Meghan R, Perry, Meghan R., Andrea Raab (249766), Prajapati, Vijay K, Vijay K Prajapati, Menten Joris   +44 more
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There is no age limit for methadone: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2011
BACKGROUND: Data from the US indicates that methadone-maintained populations are aging, with an increase of patients aged 50 or older. Data from European methadone populations is sparse. This retrospective cohort study sought to evaluate the age trends and related developments in the methadone population of Basel-City, Switzerland.
Dürsteler-MacFarland, Kenneth M., Vogel, Marc, Wiesbeck, Gerhard A., Petitjean, Sylvie A.   +3 more
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Homicide as the first conviction: A retrospective cohort study

Aggressive Behavior, 2023
AbstractThe association between previous convictions and perpetrating homicide has been previously described but little is known about the characteristics of homicide offenders without previous convictions. By utilizing the unique database on homicide offenders held by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health, this ...
Lana Bojanić, Alison Baird, Kosturika Ash, Jenny Shaw   +3 more
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How soon after infection with HIV does the risk of tuberculosis start to increase? A retrospective cohort study in South African gold miners [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB), but no study has assessed how this risk changes with time since HIV seroconversion. METHODS: The incidence of pulmonary TB was estimated in miners with
Godfrey-Faussett, P, Murray, Jill, Glynn, JR, Fielding, Katherine, Sonnenberg, P, Murray, J, Sonnenberg, Pam, Godfrey-Faussett, Peter, Shearer, S, Glynn, Judith R, Shearer, Stuart, Fielding, K   +11 more
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High prevalence of physical inactivity among patients from the Swiss HIV cohort study

, 2017
Physical activity (PA) can improve cardiorespiratory status, strength, body composition and quality of life for patients infected with HIV. Evidence from HIV-uninfected populations also shows that PA is associated with a lower risk of mortality ...
Swiss HIV Cohort Study, Calmy, A., Schmidt-Trucksäss, A., Nicca, Dunja, Brun Del Re, C., Hasse, Barbara, Young, Jim, Schäfer, J., Young, J., Brun Del Re, Claudia, Cavassini, M., Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno, Swiss HIV Cohort Study,, Schäfer, Juliane, Hasse, B., Bucher, Heiner C., Bucher, H.C., Calmy, Alexandra, Bucher, Heiner C, Cavassini, Matthias, Bernasconi, Enos, Nicca, D., Bernasconi, E.   +22 more
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