Maternal HIV exposure and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) due to placental insufficiency both carry major risks to early child growth. We compared the growth outcomes of children aged 18 months who had abnormal umbilical artery resistance indices (
Mothusi Nyofane +6 more
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Knowledge About the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among Employees at a Tertiary Cancer Center: Room for Improvement [PDF]
Introduction: The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for routine vaccination of boys and girls to protect against HPV-related cancers and genital warts. To meet the Healthy People 2020
Baum, George P +8 more
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Helmet use in equestrian athletes: opportunities for intervention
Background: Equestrian athletes (horse riders) are at high risk for head injury, including concussions. Materials & methods: Adults riders were recruited via social media posting to complete a branching survey collecting data on demographics, riding ...
Ansley Grimes Stanfill +7 more
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Early high flow nasal cannula therapy in bronchiolitis, a prospective randomised control trial (protocol): A Paediatric Acute Respiratory Intervention Study (PARIS) [PDF]
Background Bronchiolitis imposes the largest health care burden on non-elective paediatric hospital admissions worldwide, with up to 15 % of cases requiring admission to intensive care.
Andreas Schibler +13 more
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Background Cardiopulmonary resuscitation-related bleeding, especially internal mammary artery injuries, can become life-threatening complications after initiating venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation owing to the frequent involvement of ...
Toshinobu Yamagishi +8 more
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Scope and mortality of adult medical ICU patients in an Eastern Cape tertiary hospital
Background. The characteristics and mortality outcomes of patients admitted to South African intensive care units (ICUs) owing to medical conditions are unknown.
R Freercks +5 more
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Improving mental health service users' with medical co-morbidity transition between tertiary medical hospital and primary care services: A qualitative study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Mental health service users have high rates of medical co-morbidity but frequently experience problems accessing and transitioning between tertiary medical and primary care services.
Cranwell, K +2 more
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Objectives: Evaluation of a new surgical technique (Dutta’s) to prevent postpartum hemorrhage due to major degree placenta previa during cesarean section.
Dilip Kumar Dutta
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Access to diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease/infection in endemic and non-endemic countries in the XXI century. [PDF]
In this article, Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) Spain faces the challenge of selecting, piecing together, and conveying in the clearest possible way, the main lessons learnt over the course of the last seven years in the world of medical care for Chagas ...
Albajar-Vinas, P +4 more
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Gene-set distance analysis (GSDA): a powerful tool for gene-set association analysis
Background Identifying sets of related genes (gene sets) that are empirically associated with a treatment or phenotype often yields valuable biological insights.
Xueyuan Cao, Stan Pounds
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