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Real World Evidence Versus Randomised Controlled Trials: Is the Future of Nutritional Sciences Research in Electronic Health Records?

Nutrition Bulletin, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard of research studies. They aim to recruit participants with similar characteristics and randomly assign them to a treatment or control/placebo arm. Due to randomisation, RCTs provide comprehensive, unbiased evidence about treatment efficacy and safety and examine cause‐and‐effect ...
Kathryn V. Dalrymple
wiley   +1 more source

Pregnancy after heart and kidney transplantation: a case report

JHLT Open
Background: The risk of pregnancy-associated complications is considerably elevated in transplant recipients compared to the general population, and it should be managed aggressively to preserve the allograft function and avoid complications.
Farnaz Ahmadi, Farah Naghashzadeh, Zargham Hossein Ahmadi, Babak Sharif-Kashani, Seyed Mohammad Reza Nejatollahi, Shakiba Khodadad, Seyed Mohsen Mirhossein, Zahra Ansari Aval, Alireza Jahangirifard, Leila Saliminejad, Sourena Sharif-Kashani, Shadi Shafaghi, Sima Noorali   +12 more
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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease among Tuberculosis Patients at Penang General Hospital, Malaysia

Abstract Introduction: The worldwide burden of tuberculosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is extensive in developing countries. There is a contributive relationship between tuberculosis infection and CVD disease. Monocytes, macrophages, lymphocytes, and cytokines involved in cellular-mediated immune responses against Mycobacterium ...
Bheesham Kingrani, Amer Hayat Khan, Sabariah Noor Harun, Faiza Abdalla Saeed Khiery, Irfhan Ali Hyder Ali, Ali Qureshi   +5 more
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Antibiotic‐mediated immune modulation in periodontitis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.
Abstract Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the supporting structures of the teeth. Although initiated by dysbiotic microbial communities, its progression is largely driven by the host's uncontrolled inflammatory response. While antibiotics have conventionally been employed in periodontitis therapy for their antimicrobial ...
Lina J. Suárez, R. M. Arce, Camila Pinheiro Furquim, Cristiane Gonçalves, Alpdogan Kantarci, Magda Feres, Nidia C. Castro dos Santos   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cor Pulmonale an Overlooked Complication of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Annals of Medicine and Medical Sciences
Background: Cardiovascular complications are rare in tuberculosis. It causes severe morbidity and mortality. There is paucity of data on cor pulmonale as a complication of pulmonary tuberculosis in pediatric population in Nigeria.
Okeke Chinelo Vivian, Antia Samuel Edem, Ogoke Victor Ikechukwu, Eze James Ejikeme, Antia Grace Amarachi, Okoro Kenneth Johnson   +5 more
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Point‐of‐Care Testing by Multiplex‐PCR in Different Compartments in Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection After Lung Transplantation—Results of a Prospective Study

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
Use of POCtmPCR with noninvasive samples (NPS and sputum) in LTx recipients with viral LRTI are a viable alternative to invasive BAL sampling, ABSTRACT Background Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality following lung transplantation (LTx).
Susanne Simon, Merle Sophie Kaiser, Marcus Bachmann, Gérard Krause, Jens Gottlieb   +4 more
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Comparison of Rifampin and Isoniazid for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Kidney Transplant Candidates: Focus on Tolerability and Treatment Completion

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
This study comparing 4‐month rifampin with 9‐month isoniazid for latent tuberculosis in kidney transplant candidates showed higher treatment completion rates and no transaminase elevations in the rifampin group. However, some patients experienced an increase in blood pressure while taking antihypertensive medications known to interact with rifampin ...
Jacques Simkins, Julia Bini Viotti, Yoichiro Natori, Shweta Anjan, Adela Mattiazzi, Mariella Ortigosa‐Goggins, Giselle Guerra, David Roth, Warren Kupin, Javier A. Pagan, Franco Cabeza, Gaetano Ciancio, Mahmoud Morsi, Michele I. Morris   +13 more
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The Role of Belatacept‐Use and Senescence on Infectious and Mortality Complications After Kidney Transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Studies evaluating the incidence of infections after belatacept as a substitute for calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) or antimetabolite in kidney transplant (KT) yielded conflicting results. We compared infectious outcomes after belatacept‐use to no belatacept‐use in KT recipients.
Hareesh Singam, Abdinoor Abdi, Wyatt Tarter, Ben Langworthy, Adam Bregman, Karam M. Obeid   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tension Empyema Thoracis

The Annals of African Surgery, 2015
Tension empyema is a rare and life threatening complication of pleural space infection requiring emergent drainage to restore cardio-respiratory function.
Ooko PB, Ongondi M, White RE
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Overview of Australian Indigenous health status 2014 [PDF]

This Overview of Australian Indigenous health status provides information about: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations; the context of Indigenous health; various measures of population health status; selected health conditions; and health ...
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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