The impact of comorbidity on cancer survival: a review.

abstract：:The management of brain-dead organ donors is complex. The use of inotropic agents and replacement of depleted hormones (hormonal replacement therapy) is crucial for successful multiple organ procurement, yet the optimal hormonal replacement has not been identified, and the statistical adjustment to determine the best ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Mi Z,Novitzky D,Collins JF,Cooper DK

更新日期：2014-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Rotavirus (RV) is a leading cause of severe gastroenteritis (GE) in children across the world. As there is a lack of epidemiological data for RV gastroenteritis (RVGE) in Saudi Arabia, this hospital-based study was designed to estimate the disease burden of RVGE and assess the prevalent RV types in Saudi childr...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Khalil M,Azhar E,Kao M,Al-Kaiedi N,Alhani H,Al Olayan I,Pawinski R,Gopala K,Kandeil W,Anis S,Van Doorn LJ,DeAntonio R

更新日期：2015-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the emergence of new lipid-lowering therapies, more patients are expected to achieve substantial lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). However, there are limited data examining the clinical experience of patients with low (<1.3 mmol/L) or very low (<0.65 mmol/L) levels of LDL-C. To pr...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Schmidt SA,Heide-Jørgensen U,Manthripragada AD,Ehrenstein V

更新日期：2015-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Individuals with a family history of Parkinson's disease (PD) appear to have a higher risk of developing PD and other neuropsychiatric diseases. However, estimates of the relative risks (RRs) of PD and the roles of genetic and environmental factors in PD susceptibility are unclear. The aim of this study was ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Liu FC,Lin HT,Kuo CF,Hsieh MY,See LC,Yu HP

更新日期：2018-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Danish health care system provides partial reimbursement of most prescription medications in Denmark. The dispensation of prescription medications is registered in administrative databases. Each time a prescription is redeemed at a pharmacy, an electronic record is generated with information related to the user, p...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Johannesdottir SA,Horváth-Puhó E,Ehrenstein V,Schmidt M,Pedersen L,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To determine the association of individual antidepressants (ADs) with the risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the elderly. Patients and methods:We conducted a case-control study nested in a cohort of new users of ADs aged ≥65 years, identified in the German Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database durin...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Pisa FE,Reinold J,Kollhorst B,Haug U,Schink T

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To report completeness of registered surgeries in the Danish hip arthroscopy registry (DHAR) and proportion of patients completing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) prior to surgery and at 1-year follow-up. Patients and Methods:Completeness was determined as the number of surgeries registered in DHAR i...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Poulsen E,Lund B,Roos EM

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Large-scale observational studies based on existing medical databases may have an important role in studies of long-term effects of different treatments in prostate cancer patients if the coding of the treatment is valid. We therefore estimated the positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Jespersen CG,Borre M,Nørgaard M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To develop a self-administered diagnostic screening questionnaire for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) consisting of items with high content validity and to investigate the diagnostic value of the questionnaire and the items. Patients and Methods:A self-reported diagnostic LSS screening questionnaire was developed...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Jensen RK,Lauridsen HH,Andresen ADK,Mieritz RM,Schiøttz-Christensen B,Vach W

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Participation in cervical cancer screening varies by socioeconomic status. The aims were to assess if offering human papilloma virus (HPV) self-sampling kits has an effect on screening participation among various socioeconomic groups and to determine if two invitation strategies for offering self-sampling in...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Tranberg M,Bech BH,Blaakær J,Jensen JS,Svanholm H,Andersen B

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The primary objective of this study is to examine the race-specific associations between statin use and overall mortality, as well as cardiovascular and cancer mortality, among blacks and whites in the Southeastern United States (US). Little is known about these associations in blacks. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Lipworth L,Fazio S,Kabagambe EK,Munro HM,Nwazue VC,Tarone RE,McLaughlin JK,Blot WJ,Sampson UK

更新日期：2013-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Administrative data may be useful for epidemiological studies of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). However, the quality of the recorded diagnoses needs evaluation. AIM:We evaluated the validity in predicting chronic ITP of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 diagnoses of I...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Heden KE,Jensen AØ,Farkas DK,Nørgaard M

更新日期：2009-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National prescription databases are important tools in pharmacoepidemiological studies investigating potential long-term adverse events after drug use. Palivizumab is a biological pharmaceutical used as passive prophylaxis against severe infection with respiratory syncytial virus in high-risk children. OBJE...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Haerskjold A,Henriksen L,Way S,Malham M,Hallas J,Pedersen L,Stensballe LG

更新日期：2015-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, but little is known about the underlying factors. The aim of this study was to compare women with a history of pHPT and a reference population in terms of standard factors predictive of prognosis and response...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Norenstedt S,Granath F,Ekbom A,Bergh J,Lambe M,Adolfsson J,Warnberg F,Zedenius J,Nilsson IL

更新日期：2011-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Translational epidemiology studies often use archived tumor specimens to evaluate genetic hypotheses involving cancer outcomes. When the exposure of interest is a germline polymorphism, a key concern is whether the genotype assayed from tumor-derived DNA is representative of the germline. We evaluated the co...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Ahern TP,Christensen M,Cronin-Fenton DP,Lunetta KL,Rosenberg CL,Sørensen HT,Lash TL,Hamilton-Dutoit S

更新日期：2010-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Smoking is a main risk factor for morbidity and mortality in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV), but its potential association with renal impairment remains to be established. METHODS:We did a nationwide population-based cohort study in Danish PLHIV to evaluate the association between...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Ahlström MG,Feldt-Rasmussen B,Legarth R,Kronborg G,Pedersen C,Larsen CS,Gerstoft J,Obel N

更新日期：2015-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The Swedish National Patient Registry (NPR) is a nationwide registry that is used extensively for epidemiological research. Using the NPR, we recently found a recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) incidence of 650/100,000 (0.65%) pregnant women in Sweden. It is of great importance that the quality of the coding i...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Rasmark Roepke E,Christiansen OB,Hansson SR

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The Swedish Quality Register for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (SWIBREG) contains clinical data for the study of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The Epidemiology Strengthened by histoPathology Reports in Sweden (ESPRESSO) cohort was recently established for the study of gastrointestinal histopathology. We aim...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Axelrad JE,Sachs MC,Ludvigsson JF,Olén O,SWIBREG Study Group.

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In 2008, the Danish National Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Registry was founded within the Danish National Hematology Database. The primary aim of the registry is to assure quality of diagnosis and care of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in Denmark. Secondarily, to evaluate adherence to national gui...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： da Cunha-Bang C,Geisler CH,Enggaard L,Poulsen CB,de Nully Brown P,Frederiksen H,Bergmann OJ,Pulczynski EJ,Pedersen RS,Nielsen LH,Christiansen I,Niemann CU

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was introduced over 30 years ago, but the application of SLNB in China is unclear. This study aimed to explore the real-world implementation of SLNB among early-stage breast cancer patients in China. Methods:A multi-center, retrospective study was conducted among primary br...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Zhang J,Wang T,Yan C,Huang M,Fan Z,Ling R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections worldwide. Since the global spread of MRSA in the 1960s, MRSA strains have evolved with increased pathogenic potential. Notably, some strains are now capable of causing persistent infections not only in...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Chatterjee SS,Otto M

更新日期：2013-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To evaluate the long-term risk of stroke and poststroke adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Methods:We used research data from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Program from 2000 to 2005 and identified 20,072 adults aged ≥30 years who were newly diagnosed with HF. Frequency matching based ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Tai YH,Chang CC,Yeh CC,Sung LC,Hu CJ,Cherng YG,Chen TL,Liao CC

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:The EPICHRONIC (EPIdemiology of CHRONIC diseases) project investigated the possibility of developing common procedures for French and Spanish electronic health care databases to enable large-scale pharmacoepidemiological studies on chronic diseases. A feasibility study assessed the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mel...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Moulis G,Ibañez B,Palmaro A,Aizpuru F,Millan E,Lapeyre-Mestre M,Sailler L,Cambra K

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Invasive bladder cancer (IBC) is a common urological malignancy accounting for 4%-5% of all cancers in Denmark. Our aim was to examine possible changes in short- and long-term survival of patients with IBC during 1998-2009. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Data on all patients (N = 4032) with an incident diagnosis o...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Lund L,Erichsen R,Nørgaard M,Larsen EH,Borre M,Jacobsen J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In medicine, many more prediction models have been developed than are implemented or used in clinical practice. These models cannot be recommended for clinical use before external validity is established. Though various models to predict mortality in dialysis patients have been published, very few have been v...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Ramspek CL,Voskamp PW,van Ittersum FJ,Krediet RT,Dekker FW,van Diepen M

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Association between psoriasis severity and cerebro- and cardiovascular comorbidities has rarely been investigated. Aim:We aimed to investigate differences in cerebro- and cardiovascular comorbidities by psoriasis severity. Materials and methods:Using Swedish nationwide health-care registers, new adult user...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Hajiebrahimi M,Linder M,Hägg D,Berglind IA,McElligott S,Valgardsson VS,Villacorta R,Sundström A

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Former studies have suggested that women with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) have a decreased chance of a live born child after assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment. It is debated whether corticosteroids before ART may improve outcomes, either by decreasing inflammatory bowel disea...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Nørgård BM,Larsen MD,Friedman S,Fedder J

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Obesity is an established risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE), while studies on physical inactivity and VTE risk show conflicting results. We examined whether physical activity modified the association between obesity and VTE. Patients and Methods:We conducted a population-based cohort study by combin...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Solli H,Olsen M,Larsen FB,Pedersen L,Schmidt M

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine may reduce the risk of cancer as they inhibit autophagy, in particular, in people with connective tissue diseases. Methods:The hazard ratios of cancers, metastases, and death were assessed in adults with connective tissue diseases prescribed hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Fardet L,Nazareth I,Petersen I

更新日期：2017-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory diseases are the most important determinant of health care service use and quality of life among older individuals. Adverse effects of medication are common among older people, but this age group is underrepresented in clinical trials. Finnish statutory health care and prescription registers, together with pers...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Tolppanen AM,Taipale H,Koponen M,Lavikainen P,Tanskanen A,Tiihonen J,Hartikainen S

更新日期：2013-08-07 00:00:00