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Short-term impact of the EuroPean Accredited Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment Training (EPACTT) program

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2018
Introduction The aim of this pilot study was to assess the short-term effectiveness of the EuroPean Accredited Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment Training intervention in improving health care providers’ knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy related to ...
Theodosia Peleki   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nasal Tuft Cell Markers Are Predictive of Overall Survival in Sinonasal Neuroendocrine and Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinomas

open access: yesInternational Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sinonasal neuroendocrine carcinoma (SNEC) and sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma (SNUC) are rare aggressive malignancies with no established prognostic markers. Because features of POU2F3+ small cell lung carcinomas have been identified in both tumors, we evaluated immunostaining for POU2F3, a tuft cell transcription factor, and ...
Nikolina Dioufa   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The problem of tobacco smoking

open access: yesBMJ, 2004
Cigarette smoking is the single biggest avoidable cause of death and disability in developed countries. Smoking is now increasing rapidly throughout the developing world and is one of the biggest threats to current and future world health. For most smokers, quitting smoking is the single most important thing they can do to improve their health ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Three‐dimensional geometric morphometric analysis of diaphragmatic dome motion in COPD patients

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Diaphragmatic dysfunction is a hallmark of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially in emphysema, where hyperinflation alters diaphragm geometry and impairs inspiratory mechanics. However, quantitative three‐dimensional (3D) assessments of diaphragmatic dome shape and motion across COPD phenotypes are limited.
José M. López‐Rey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Latarjet Offers Lower 2‐Year Reoperation Rate With Similar Rates of Nerve Injury Compared With Anterior Free Bone Block Procedure in a Large Insurance Claims Database

open access: yesArthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To compare the rates of reoperation and nerve injury between patients undergoing the Latarjet procedure and anterior free bone block procedures while also determining national utilization trends among these glenoid bone augmentation procedures. Methods A retrospective study was conducted using the PearlDiver database.
Natalie K. Kucirek   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Posterosuperior and Anterior Rotator Cuff Repairs Yield Comparable 1‐Year Constant Scores in Routine Clinical Practice: A Propensity Score‐Matched Study From LaTour Group

open access: yesArthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To compare clinical outcomes and ultrasound‐assessed healing rates between posterosuperior and anterior rotator cuff repairs using propensity score matching. Methods Consecutive patients undergoing rotator cuff repair between 2015 and 2021 by a single fellowship‐trained shoulder surgeon were included if they had posterosuperior or anterior ...
Mustafa S. Rashid   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fine Particulate Matter Constituents, Ozone, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Large General‐Population Cohort Analysis With Extended Quantile g‐Computation

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate whether exposure to mixture of individual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) chemical constituents is associated with incident systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and if ozone modifies this association and/or is associated with SLE onset.
Naizhuo Zhao   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco control and cessation in Romania – a situation analysis

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2016
Romanian expertise in tobacco control and cessation is relatively young, as it has effectively started in the early ‘90’s. Ever since, smoking prevalence in the general population has decreased from 36.1% (48% B/25%F) in 2000 to 26.7% (37.4% B/16.7% F ...
Antigona Trofor, Cornel Radu Loghin
doaj   +1 more source

Higher risk of Long COVID among patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases and immunomodulatory therapy: a retrospective cohort analysis of national US data.

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Background Little is known about the prevalence of and factors associated with Long COVID in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs). Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the National Clinical Cohort Collaborative (N3C).
Namrata Singh   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Varenicline in smokers with severe or very severe COPD after 24 weeks of treatment. A descriptive analysis: VALUE study

open access: yesMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2017
A large number of COPD patients are smokers. The particular characteristics of this group as well as their need to quit usually require psychological counselling and pharmacological treatment to achieve abstinence and, often, intensively.
Carlos A. Jiménez-Ruiz   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

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