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The Effect of Chlorhexidine Mouthwash on Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dental Hygiene, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study evaluated the effect of rinsing with a chlorhexidine containing mouthwash (CHX‐MW) on blood pressure (BP), as compared to rinsing with a control MW or no MW, based on (randomised) controlled trials and observational studies in humans. PROSPERO CRD42020222495.
Lars S. J. Toonen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are Measurement Readings of Hospital Sphygmomanometers Accurate?

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Nephrology, 2019
OBJECTIVE: An accurate sphygmomanometer should be used in the diagnosis and follow up of hypertension. The aims of this study were to evaluate accuracy of hospital blood pressure measuring devices and to inform health care staff measuring blood pressure.
Nevzat SELİM   +6 more
doaj  

Impact of obesity on incident hypertension independent of weight gain among nonhypertensive Japanese: the Ibaraki Prefectural Health Study (IPHS) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between BMI and risk of incident hypertension among Japanese men and women who are middle-aged and older.Design: Prospective, population-based cohort study.Patients: A total of 68 205 ...
Irie Fujiko   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Hypertension [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Defining hypertension in pregnancy is challenging because blood pressure levels in pregnancy are dynamic, having a circadian rhythm and also changing with advancing gestational age.
Han, Alice   +5 more
core  

Estimating Blood Pressure from Photoplethysmogram Signal and Demographic Features using Machine Learning Techniques

open access: yes, 2020
Hypertension is a potentially unsafe health ailment, which can be indicated directly from the Blood pressure (BP). Hypertension always leads to other health complications. Continuous monitoring of BP is very important; however, cuff-based BP measurements
Chowdhury, Moajjem Hossain   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Data‐driven cluster analysis of adults with prediabetes: Findings from the Japan diabetes prevention study

open access: yesJournal of Diabetes Investigation, EarlyView.
Unsupervised clustering of 295 Japanese adults with impaired glucose tolerance identified three distinct prediabetes subtypes based on HbA1c, HOMA‐β, HOMA‐IR, and HDL‐cholesterol. These subtypes showed different risks of developing type 2 diabetes and varied responses to lifestyle intervention over 6 years.
Naoki Sakane   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Manifestations and Case Management of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever caused by a newly identified virus strain, Bundibugyo, Uganda, 2007-2008 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A confirmed Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak in Bundibugyo, Uganda, November 2007-February 2008, was caused by a putative new species (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). It included 93 putative cases, 56 laboratory-confirmed cases, and 37 deaths (CFR = 25%).
A Grolla   +66 more
core   +3 more sources

Exercise Capacity and the Force Frequency Relationship in Multi‐Point Versus Single‐Point Pacing: A Randomized Trial

open access: yesPacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Quadripolar left ventricular (LV) epicardial leads capable of multipoint pacing (MPP) may have an advantage over conventional bipolar leads for delivering cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) by stimulating the lateral LV wall from two distinct locations simultaneously.
Nawaz Z. Safdar   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacologic Management of Pediatric Hypertension [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Hypertension in children is common, and the prevalence of primary hypertension is increasing with the obesity epidemic and changing dietary choices. Careful measurement of blood pressure is important to correctly diagnose hypertension, as many factors ...
Misurac, Jason   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Obesity and diabetes mellitus association in rural community of Katana, South Kivu, in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo : Bukavu Observ Cohort study results [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Factual data exploring the relationship between obesity and diabetes mellitus prevalence from rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa remain scattered and are unreliable.
AD Evaristo-Neto   +40 more
core   +2 more sources

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