Using health state utility values from the general population to approximate baselines in decision analytic models when condition specific data are not available [PDF]
Decision analytic models in healthcare require baseline health related quality of life (HRQoL) data to accurately assess the benefits of interventions.
Ara, R, Brazier, JE
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Qualidade de Vida e Dor no Doente com Úlceras Varicosas dos Membros Inferiores [PDF]
, 2014 Resumo A úlcera varicosa é uma situação extrema, responsável por elevada morbilidade, sofrimento físico e psicológico. Desta constatação surgiu a necessidade de estudar a Qualidade de vida e dor em doentes com úlceras varicosas dos membros ...
Campos, Sofia +2 more
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International Wound Journal, Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT The treatment of chronic wounds in the Aged is often difficult. Masquelet technique is used for the treatment of infected large segmental bone defects as it provides an adequate blood supply for bone and soft tissue reconstruction. In this study, a two‐stage wound management strategy was used, consisting of covering the initial wound with bone
Jianyuan Gao +5 more
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First Report of Myiasis Caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in a Diabetic Foot Ulcer Patient in Argentina [PDF]
, 2014 Myiasis is usually caused by flies of the Calliphoridae family, and Cochliomyia hominivorax is the etiological agent most frequently found in myiasis.
Centeno, Néstor Daniel +6 more
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Training the "clinical eye". Rubens' Three Graces: how many pathologies? [PDF]
, 2017 Art can serve as a powerful resource for medical students to both train the so called “clinical eye” and to better understand disease [1]. Herein a paleopathological analysis is performed on one of Ruben’s final artworks, “The Three Graces” (1630 ...
Giuseppe Familiari +3 more
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Supervised exercise training as an adjunct therapy for venous leg ulcers: a randomised controlled feasibility trial [PDF]
, 2018 Background Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are typically painful and heal slowly. Compression therapy offers high healing rates; however, improvements are not usually sustained.
Aboyans +30 more
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Risk Adjustment and Primary Health Care in Chile [PDF]
Chile´s primary health care (PHC) payment system uses income of the municipalities and the geographic location of health centres (HCs) to adjust current capitation payments.
Juergen Wasem, Verónica Vargas
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Terminal interruption of relux source technique in the treatment of active venous ulcers [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: The treatment for venous ulcers in most cases is unsatisfactory, with recurrences and poor healing. Objective: to evaluate adjuvant therapy in the treatment of active venous ulcers.
López Lugo, Omar Federico +3 more
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Effects of supervised exercise training on lower-limb cutaneous microvascular reactivity in adults with venous ulcers [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose: To investigate the effects of a 12-week supervised exercise programme on lower-limb cutaneous microvascular reactivity in adults with venous leg ulceration.
A Jull +42 more
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First record of Oestrus ovis Linnaeus, 1758 from Malta, and case reports of myiasis from the Maltese Islands (Diptera: Brachycera) [PDF]
, 2008 Oestrus ovis is reported for the first time from Malta. An account is given of four cases of myiasis in Malta, one nasopharyngeal in a sheep host involving O.
Gatt, Paul, Zammit, Trevor
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