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Differential recall bias in estimating treatment effects in observational studies [PDF]

, 2023
Observational studies are frequently used to estimate the effect of an exposure or treatment on an outcome. To obtain an unbiased estimate of the treatment effect, it is crucial to measure the exposure accurately. A common type of exposure misclassification is recall bias, which occurs in retrospective cohort studies when study subjects may ...
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Rare Complications of Cervical Spine Surgery: Pseudomeningocoele. [PDF]

, 2017
STUDY DESIGN: This study was a retrospective, multicenter cohort study. OBJECTIVES: Rare complications of cervical spine surgery are inherently difficult to investigate.
Ailon, Tamir, Arnold, Paul M., Buser, Zorica, Chou, Dean, Corriveau, Mark, Fehlings, Michael G., Fish, David E., Hilibrand, Alan S., Hsu, Wellington K., Lee, Sungho, Lord, Elizabeth L L., Massicotte, Eric M., Mroz, Thomas E., Mummaneni, Praveen V., Nassr, Ahmad, Pace, Jonathan, Riew, K. Daniel, Sasso, Rick C., Sebastian, Arjun S., Shaffrey, Christopher, Smith, Gabriel A., Smith, Justin S., Smith, Zachary A., Steinmetz, Michael P., Than, Khoi D., Traynelis, Vincent C., Wang, Jeffrey C.   +26 more
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IgG4-related hypophysitis: a retrospective cohort study

Acta Neurochirurgica, 2022
AbstractPurposeIgG4-related hypophysitis (IgG4-RH) is a rare chronic inflammatory condition of the pituitary gland. This study reports the presentation, management and outcomes for patients with histologically proven IgG4-related hypophysitis.MethodsA prospectively maintained electronic database was searched over a 14-year period from 1 January 2007 to
R. Bhargava, Z. Hussein, N. L. Dorward, J. P. Grieve, Z. Jaunmuktane, H. J. Marcus, I. Proctor, S. E. Baldeweg   +7 more
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Is clopidogrel better than aspirin following breakthrough strokes while on aspirin? A retrospective cohort study. [PDF]

, 2014
ObjectiveThere is insufficient evidence on which to base a recommendation for optimal antiplatelet therapy following a stroke while on aspirin. The objective was to compare clopidogrel initiation vs aspirin reinitiation for vascular risk reduction among ...
Chang, Ku-Chou, Lee, Hsuei-Chen, Lee, Jiann-Der, Lee, Meng, Lee, Tsong-Hai, Ovbiagele, Bruce, Rao, Neal M, Saver, Jeffrey L, Wang, Hui-Hsuan, Wu, Chih-Ying, Wu, Yi-Ling   +10 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 ...
Bvumi Tembo, Kathryn Hamling, Christopher C Mindiera, Kelias P. Msyamboza, Linly Chitete, Lucy Kishindo Finch, Chimwemwe Thambo, Geoffrey Manda   +7 more
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Characteristics of Homebirth in Hungary: A Retrospective Cohort Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Homebirth is legal and has been regulated by law in Hungary since 2012. Despite the obvious advantages of homebirth, it has not yet been broadly accepted, due to various opinions related to safety and risks associated with giving birth outside of a hospital.
Girma A. Wami, Viktória Prémusz, György M. Csákány, Kovács Kálmán, Viola Vértes, Péter Tamás   +5 more
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Early outcomes of gastrostomy feeding in paediatric allogenic bone marrow transplantation: A retrospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Nutrition support is an essential component of care for a child undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Enteral nutrition (EN) is becoming increasingly recognised as having advantages over parenteral nutrition (PN) and recommended as ...
Andersen, Arends, August, Azarnoush, Barron, Baumgartner, Bicakli, Cohen, Cole, Department of Health, Fuji, Fuji, Gonzales, Hastings, Haupt, Heimfeld, Hopman, Iestra, Kaur, Kim, Kudsk, Langdana, Lemal, Lipkin, Montgomery, Moore, Murray, Papadopoulou, Papadopoulou, Pedersen, Przepiorka, Sureda, Thompson, Walrath, White, Yilmaz   +35 more
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Infectious Mediastinitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Abstract Background This study aimed to characterize the demographics, microbiology, management and treatment outcomes of mediastinitis according to the origin of the infection. Methods This retrospective observational study enrolled ...
Thomas Lemmet, Jean-Philippe Mazzucotelli, Olivier Collange, Léa Fath, Didier Mutter, Cécile Brigand, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, François Danion, Nicolas Lefebvre, Morgane Bourne-Watrin, Victor Gerber, Baptiste Hoellinger, Thibaut Fabacher, Yves Hansmann, Yvon Ruch   +14 more
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Spondylodiscitis in Pediatric Age: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2022
Background: Pediatric spondylodiscitis is rare, hardly diagnosed and treated due to the nonspecificity of clinical presentation and laboratory investigations, difficulty of etiologic identification and lack of management guidelines. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 29
Cavalieri, Stefano, Pessina, Benedetta, Indolfi, Giuseppe, Galli, Luisa, Trapani, Sandra   +4 more
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XMI-ICU: Explainable Machine Learning Model for Pseudo-Dynamic Prediction of Mortality in the ICU for Heart Attack Patients [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Heart attack remain one of the greatest contributors to mortality in the United States and globally. Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with diagnosed heart attack (myocardial infarction or MI) are at higher risk of death. In this study, we use two retrospective cohorts extracted from the eICU and MIMIC-IV databases, to develop a novel ...
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