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Evaluation of Association Between the Severity of Temporomandibular Disorders and Quality of Sleep in a Selected Iranian Population

Frontiers in Dentistry, 2019
Objectives: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD), as a prevalent condition, has been reported to be related to changes in sleep quality. This study aims to assess the association between TMD severities and sleep quality in a selected Iranian population by ...
Abdolaziz Haghnegahdar, Aisa Zamani, Mehrdad Vossoughi   +2 more
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Challenges for co-morbid chronic illness care and policy in Australia: a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: In response to the escalating burden of chronic illness in Australia, recent health policies have emphasised the promotion of patient self-management and better preventive care.
Dugdale, Paul, Glasgow, Nicholas, Jeon, Yun-Hee, Jowsey, Tanisha, Kljakovic, Marjan, Usherwood, Tim   +5 more
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Prognosis predictive value of the Oxford Acute Severity of Illness Score for sepsis: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Background The Oxford Acute Severity of Illness Score (OASIS) has shown fair prognosis predictive value in critically ill patients, but its predictive value has not been assessed in septic patients.
Qingui Chen, Lishan Zhang, Shanhui Ge, Wanmei He, Mian Zeng   +4 more
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What are the determinants of quality of life in people with cervical dystonia? [PDF]

, 2002
Background: Little is known about the quality of life in patients with cervical dystonia, although pain and depression are relatively common. Objective: To test the hypothesis that an individual’s ability to cope with the disease will modify the ...
Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Camfield, Laura, Warner, Tom   +2 more
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Validation of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index for risk stratification after acute pulmonary embolism in a cohort of patients in Brazil

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2019
Objective: To validate the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI), which was developed for risk stratification after acute pulmonary embolism (PE), for use in Brazil. Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study involving patients admitted to
Leonardo de Araujo Soriano, Talita Tavares Castro, Kelvin Vilalva, Marcos de Carvalho Borges, Antonio Pazin-Filho, Carlos Henrique Miranda   +5 more
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The mediating roles of disgust sensitivity and danger expectancy in relation to hand washing behaviour [PDF]

, 2010
Copyright © 2010 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive PsychotherapiesBackground: Recent interest in the role of vulnerability factors in obsessional washing has suggested that disgust sensitivity, danger expectancy and health anxiety may be ...
Beck, Julie Barnett, Kate Nottingham, Katy Friend, Nunnally, Rachman, Susan J. Thorpe   +6 more
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Disease Severity and Activity in Bronchiectasis: A Paradigm Shift in Bronchiectasis Management [PDF]

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Bronchiectasis has an increasing prevalence and substantial clinical and economic burden. Therefore, physicians should identify patients with bronchiectasis at high risk of disease progression to ensure optimal management in advance. The heterogeneity of
Yunjoo Im, James D. Chalmers, Hayoung Choi   +2 more
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25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Cardiovascular Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Pediatric Risk of Mortality III Scores in Critically Ill Children

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
Aim: Investigate 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and the correlation with cardiovascular sequential organ failure assessment (CV-SOFA) and pediatric risk of mortality III (PRISM-III) scores in critically ill children.Methods: This prospective ...
Hongxing Dang, Hongxing Dang, Hongxing Dang, Jing Li, Jing Li, Jing Li, Chengjun Liu, Chengjun Liu, Chengjun Liu, Feng Xu, Feng Xu, Feng Xu   +11 more
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Deaths certified as asthma and use of medical services: A national case-control study [PDF]

, 2005
This is an open access publication. The official published version can be accessed from the link below.Background: Studies have linked asthma death to either increased or decreased use of medical services.
Anderson, H, Ayres, J, Bland, J, Butland, B, Harrison, B, on, b, Peckitt, C, Sturdy, P, Victor, C   +8 more
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Criticality: A New Concept of Severity of Illness for Hospitalized Children.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2020
OBJECTIVES To validate the conceptual framework of "criticality," a new pediatric inpatient severity measure based on physiology, therapy, and therapeutic intensity calibrated to care intensity, operationalized as ICU care.
E. A. T. Rivera, Anita K. Patel, J. Chamberlain, T. Workman, J. Heneghan, Douglas F. Redd, H. Morizono, Dongkyu Kim, James E. Bost, M. Pollack   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source