Associations between selected immune-mediated diseases and tuberculosis: record-linkage studies.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Participation in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) may be quite demanding and could represent an important burden for patients. We aimed to explore this research burden (i.e., the psychological, physical, and financial burdens) experienced by patients through their participation in a RCT. METHODS:We condu...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Naidoo N,Nguyen VT,Ravaud P,Young B,Amiel P,Schanté D,Clarke M,Boutron I

更新日期：2020-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The declining efficacy of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine against Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia, along with increasing numbers of recrudescent cases, suggests resistance to both artemisinin and piperaquine. Available in vitro piperaquine susceptibility assays do not correlate with treatment outcome. A nov...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Duru V,Khim N,Leang R,Kim S,Domergue A,Kloeung N,Ke S,Chy S,Eam R,Khean C,Loch K,Ken M,Lek D,Beghain J,Ariey F,Guerin PJ,Huy R,Mercereau-Puijalon O,Witkowski B,Menard D

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is a common practice to use a singleton fetal growth standard to assess twin growth. We aim to create a twin fetal weight standard which is also adjustable for race/ethnicity and other factors. METHODS:Over half a million twin births of low risk pregnancies in the US, from 1995 to 2004, were used to cons...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Zhang J,Mikolajczyk R,Lei X,Sun L,Yu H,Cheng W

更新日期：2015-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperlactataemia (HL) is a biomarker of disease severity that predicts mortality in patients with sepsis and malaria. Lactate clearance (LC) during resuscitation has been shown to be a prognostic factor of survival in critically ill adults, but little data exist for African children living in malaria-endemic...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Aramburo A,Todd J,George EC,Kiguli S,Olupot-Olupot P,Opoka RO,Engoru C,Akech SO,Nyeko R,Mtove G,Gibb DM,Babiker AG,Maitland K

更新日期：2018-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic significance of tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) in adult classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) remains controversial. Here, we report a meta-analysis of the association of CD68 and CD163 infiltration on the clinical outcome of adult cHL. METHODS:A comprehensive search to identify relevant artic...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Guo B,Cen H,Tan X,Ke Q

更新日期：2016-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common chronic liver illness with a genetically heterogeneous background that can be accompanied by considerable morbidity and attendant health care costs. The pathogenesis and progression of NAFLD is complex with many unanswered questions. We conducted genome-w...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Namjou B,Lingren T,Huang Y,Parameswaran S,Cobb BL,Stanaway IB,Connolly JJ,Mentch FD,Benoit B,Niu X,Wei WQ,Carroll RJ,Pacheco JA,Harley ITW,Divanovic S,Carrell DS,Larson EB,Carey DJ,Verma S,Ritchie MD,Gharavi AG,

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polypharmacy is an increasing challenge for primary care. Although sometimes clinically justified, polypharmacy can be inappropriate, leading to undesirable outcomes. Optimising care for polypharmacy necessitates effective targeting and monitoring of interventions. This requires a valid, reliable measure of ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Burt J,Elmore N,Campbell SM,Rodgers S,Avery AJ,Payne RA

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer (PaC) remains extremely lethal worldwide even after resection. PaC resection rates are low, making prognostic studies in resected PaC difficult. This large international population-based study aimed at exploring factors associated with survival in patients with resected TNM stage I-II PaC r...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Huang L,Balavarca Y,van der Geest L,Lemmens V,Van Eycken L,De Schutter H,Johannesen TB,Zadnik V,Primic-Žakelj M,Mägi M,Grützmann R,Besselink MG,Schrotz-King P,Brenner H,Jansen L

更新日期：2019-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, the use of mobile phones is rising, expanding the opportunities for the implementation of mobile phone-based health (mHealth) interventions. This review aims to understand how, why, for whom, and in what...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Opoku D,Stephani V,Quentin W

更新日期：2017-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is known that antimalarial drugs reduce the risk of low birth weight (LBW) in pregnant patients. However, a previous Cochrane review did not evaluate whether the level of antimalarial drug resistance could modify the protective effect of antimalarial drugs in this regard. In addition, no systematic review...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Muanda FT,Chaabane S,Boukhris T,Santos F,Sheehy O,Perreault S,Blais L,Bérard A

更新日期：2015-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaccination has reduced the global incidence of measles to the lowest rates in history. However, local interruption of measles virus transmission requires sustained high levels of population immunity that can be challenging to achieve and maintain. The herd immunity threshold for measles is typically stipula...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Funk S,Knapp JK,Lebo E,Reef SE,Dabbagh AJ,Kretsinger K,Jit M,Edmunds WJ,Strebel PM

更新日期：2019-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Migraine aura may be difficult to differentiate from transient ischemic attacks and other transient neurological disorders in pregnant women. The aims of the present study were to investigate and diagnose all pregnant women with transient neurological disorders of suspected central nervous system origin, and...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Ertresvg JM,Stovner LJ,Kvavik LE,Johnsen HJ,Zwart JA,Helde G,Bovim G

更新日期：2007-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rapidly increasing number of activity-induced musculoskeletal injuries among adolescents and young adults is currently a true public health burden. The objective of this study was to investigate whether a neuromuscular training programme with injury prevention counselling is effective in preventing acute...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Parkkari J,Taanila H,Suni J,Mattila VM,Ohrankämmen O,Vuorinen P,Kannus P,Pihlajamäki H

更新日期：2011-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The UK, like a number of other countries, has a refugee resettlement programme. External factors, such as higher prevalence of infectious diseases in the country of origin and circumstances of travel, are likely to increase the infectious disease risk of refugees, but published data is scarce. The Internatio...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Crawshaw AF,Pareek M,Were J,Schillinger S,Gorbacheva O,Wickramage KP,Mandal S,Delpech V,Gill N,Kirkbride H,Zenner D

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a number of risk factors are known to predict mortality within the first years after myocardial infarction, little is known about interactions between risk factors, whereas these could contribute to accurate differentiation of patients with higher and lower risk for mortality. This study explored th...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： van Loo HM,van den Heuvel ER,Schoevers RA,Anselmino M,Carney RM,Denollet J,Doyle F,Freedland KE,Grace SL,Hosseini SH,Parakh K,Pilote L,Rafanelli C,Roest AM,Sato H,Steeds RP,Kessler RC,de Jonge P

更新日期：2014-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ancestral environmental exposures to a variety of environmental factors and toxicants have been shown to promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of adult onset disease. The present work examined the potential transgenerational actions of the insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) on o...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Skinner MK,Manikkam M,Tracey R,Guerrero-Bosagna C,Haque M,Nilsson EE

更新日期：2013-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is a correspondingly pervasive and strong culture of weight stigma. For example, representative studies show that some forms of weight discrimination are more prevalent even than discrimination based on race or ethnicity. DISCUSSI...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Tomiyama AJ,Carr D,Granberg EM,Major B,Robinson E,Sutin AR,Brewis A

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of primarily laboratory-based studies found attention bias modification in socially anxious participants to lead to reduced anxiety. It is argued that the failure to replicate the positive results of attention bias modification in the study of Carlbring et al. may be due to reasons other than the application ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Emmelkamp PM

更新日期：2012-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study investigated the extent to which approaches to work, workplace climate, stress, burnout and satisfaction with medicine as a career in doctors aged about thirty are predicted by measures of learning style and personality measured five to twelve years earlier when the doctors were applicants to medic...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： McManus IC,Keeling A,Paice E

更新日期：2004-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) has been shown to have a modest but statistically significant ability to predict aspects of academic performance throughout medical school. Previously, this ability has been shown to be incremental to conventional measures of educational performance for the first year of...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Tiffin PA,Mwandigha LM,Paton LW,Hesselgreaves H,McLachlan JC,Finn GM,Kasim AS

更新日期：2016-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The focus of this study is to identify particular microRNA (miRNA) signatures in exosomes derived from plasma of 435 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive and triple-negative (TN) subtypes of breast cancer (BC). METHODS:First, miRNA expression profiles were determined in exosomes derived ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Stevic I,Müller V,Weber K,Fasching PA,Karn T,Marmé F,Schem C,Stickeler E,Denkert C,van Mackelenbergh M,Salat C,Schneeweiss A,Pantel K,Loibl S,Untch M,Schwarzenbach H

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoking is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Evidence on the relation of smoking to different subtypes of CVD, across fatal and non-fatal outcomes, is limited. METHODS:A prospective study of 188,167 CVD- and cancer-free individuals aged ≥ 45 years from the Aust...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Banks E,Joshy G,Korda RJ,Stavreski B,Soga K,Egger S,Day C,Clarke NE,Lewington S,Lopez AD

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Several factors contribute to the high mortality attributed to severe infections in resource-limited settings. While improvements in survival and processes of care have been made in high-income settings among patients with severe conditions, such as sepsis, guidelines necessary for achieving these improvements may lac...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Jacob ST,Lim M,Banura P,Bhagwanjee S,Bion J,Cheng AC,Cohen H,Farrar J,Gove S,Hopewell P,Moore CC,Roth C,West TE

更新日期：2013-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Off-label and unlicensed (OLUL) prescribing has been prevalent in pediatric practice. Using data from a prospective cohort study of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) among pediatric inpatients, we aimed to test the hypothesis that OLUL status is a risk factor for ADRs. METHODS:A nested case?control study was co...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Bellis JR,Kirkham JJ,Thiesen S,Conroy EJ,Bracken LE,Mannix HL,Bird KA,Duncan JC,Peak M,Turner MA,Smyth RL,Nunn AJ,Pirmohamed M

更新日期：2013-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polymorphism in antigens is a common mechanism for immune evasion used by many important pathogens, and presents major challenges in vaccine development. In malaria, many key immune targets and vaccine candidates show substantial polymorphism. However, knowledge on antigenic diversity of key antigens, the im...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Terheggen U,Drew DR,Hodder AN,Cross NJ,Mugyenyi CK,Barry AE,Anders RF,Dutta S,Osier FH,Elliott SR,Senn N,Stanisic DI,Marsh K,Siba PM,Mueller I,Richards JS,Beeson JG

更新日期：2014-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The original article [1] contained an error in the presentation of Figure 1; this error has now been rectified and Figure 1 is now presented correctly. ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Wesolowski A,Taylor AR,Chang HH,Verity R,Tessema S,Bailey JA,Alex Perkins T,Neafsey DE,Greenhouse B,Buckee CO

更新日期：2018-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objectives of this study were to understand the differences in mortality rate, risk factors for mortality, and cause of death distribution in three neonatal age sub-groups (0-2, 3-7, and 8-27 days) and assess the change in mortality rate with previous assessments to inform programmatic decision-making in...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Dandona R,Kumar GA,Bhattacharya D,Akbar M,Atmavilas Y,Nanda P,Dandona L

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the worldwide increasing burden of diabetes, there has been no corresponding scale-up of treatment in developing countries and limited evidence of program effectiveness. In 2002, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Cambodia, Médecins Sans Frontières initiated an outpatient program of subs...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Raguenaud ME,Isaakidis P,Reid T,Chy S,Keuky L,Arellano G,Van Damme W

更新日期：2009-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Involving adults lacking capacity (ALC) in research on end of life care (EoLC) or serious illness is important, but often omitted. We aimed to develop evidence-based guidance on how best to include individuals with impaired capacity nearing the end of life in research, by identifying the challenges and solut...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Evans CJ,Yorganci E,Lewis P,Koffman J,Stone K,Tunnard I,Wee B,Bernal W,Hotopf M,Higginson IJ,MORECare_Capacity.

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the fourth most common cause of cancer deaths globally. However, there is overwhelming evidence that a large proportion of CRC cases and deaths could be prevented by screening. Nevertheless, CRC screening programmes are offered in a minority of coun...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Brenner H,Stock C,Hoffmeister M

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00