Kerala Atrial Fibrillation Registry: a prospective observational study on clinical characteristics, treatment pattern and outcome of atrial fibrillation in Kerala, India, cohort profile.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the proportion of patients who received a treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among those presenting a discordant C. difficile diagnostic assay and to identify patient characteristics associated with the decision to treat CDI. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Monocentri...

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authors： Lenggenhager L,Zanella MC,Poncet A,Kaiser L,Schrenzel J

更新日期：2020-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether the timing of hospital admission is associated with the risk of mortality for patients with COVID-19 in England, and the factors associated with a longer interval between symptom onset and hospital admission. DESIGN:Retrospective observational cohort study of data collected by the CO...

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authors： Alaa A,Qian Z,Rashbass J,Benger J,van der Schaar M

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The rate of total knee arthroplasty surgery (TKA) is rising in Australia despite varying impacts of TKA on physical function (PF) in population-based studies. There are potentially modifiable risk factors that could enhance PF after TKA, so we evaluated (1) the levels of PF in persons with TKA and the rest o...

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authors： Rogers KD,Blyth FM,March LM,Jorm L

更新日期：2013-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A cancer diagnose, for example, colorectal cancer, not only affects the cancer-person stricken, but also the surrounding family. Thus, this scoping review intends to identify appropriate models of support that will guide the development of a model of support to family members during the trajectory of color...

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authors： Samuelsson M,Wennick A,Jakobsson J,Bengtsson M

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Social participation is an important part of a young person's life. It influences the social experience, social-emotional development and dimensions of competence experience. This applies to people with or without physical disabilities or chronic diseases. Currently, there is no reliable assessment tool fo...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Baerwalde T,Gebhard B,Hoffmann L,Roick J,Martin O,Neurath AL,Fink A

更新日期：2019-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often have multiple hospitalisations because of exacerbation. Evidence shows disease management programmes are one of the most cost-effective measures to prevent re-hospitalisation for COPD exacerbation, but lack implementation and economic apprais...

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authors： Yan J,Wang L,Liu C,Yuan H,Wang X,Yu B,Luo Q

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Depression is associated with negative patient outcomes for chronic diseases and likely affects consistent physical non-communicable diseases (NCDs) care management in relation to clinic attendance and medication adherence. We found no published studies on the integration of depression management in physic...

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authors： Udedi MM,Pence BW,Kauye F,Muula AS

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Treatment patterns for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) outside clinical trials are not well described. Our objective was to evaluate treatment patterns and patient characteristics that influence time to disease-modifying therapy in patients with MDS in the USA. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS AND OUTCOME...

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authors： Ma X,Steensma DP,Scott BL,Kiselev P,Sugrue MM,Swern AS

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Generally, complete resection with cancer cell negative (R0) margin has been accepted as the most effective treatment of gastric cancer and positive resection (R1/R2) margin has been associated with decreased survival to varied degrees. However, the independent impact of microscopical positive (R1) margin ...

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authors： Jiang Z,Cai Z,Yin Y,Shen C,Huang J,Yin Y,Zhang B

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Tubal ectopic pregnancy (tEP) is the most common life-threatening condition in gynaecology. tEPs with pretreatment serum human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) levels <1000 IU/L respond well to outpatient medical treatment with intramuscular methotrexate (MTX). TEPs with hCG >1000 IU/L take a significant time...

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authors： Horne AW,Skubisz MM,Doust A,Duncan WC,Wallace E,Critchley HO,Johns TG,Norman JE,Bhattacharya S,Mollison J,Rassmusen M,Tong S

更新日期：2013-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The rising popularity of social media, since their inception around 20 years ago, has been echoed in the growth of health-related research using data derived from them. This has created a demand for literature reviews to synthesise this emerging evidence base and inform future activities. Existing reviews ...

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authors： Taylor J,Pagliari C

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:One of Africa's most important challenges is to improve maternal and neonatal health. The identification of groups at highest risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes is important for developing and implementing targeted prevention programmes. This study assessed whether young adolescent girls constitute a group ...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Mombo-Ngoma G,Mackanga JR,González R,Ouedraogo S,Kakolwa MA,Manego RZ,Basra A,Rupérez M,Cot M,Kabanywany AM,Matsiegui PB,Agnandji ST,Vala A,Massougbodji A,Abdulla S,Adegnika AA,Sevene E,Macete E,Yazdanbakhsh M,Krems

更新日期：2016-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the level of agreement between biomedical and self-reported measurements of hypertension and diabetes in a Chinese national community sample, and explored associations of the agreement and possible contextual effects among provinces and geographic regions in China. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of a...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Ning M,Zhang Q,Yang M

更新日期：2016-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore risks of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) after HIV infection among women with HIV in a postnatal care setting in Swaziland. DESIGN:A qualitative semistructured in-depth interview study, using thematic analysis with deductive and inductive coding, of IPV experiences after HIV infection...

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authors： Mulrenan C,Colombini M,Howard N,Kikuvi J,Mayhew SH,Integra Initiative.

更新日期：2015-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to longitudinally describe the history of tonsil surgery in Swedish children and adolescents regarding incidence, indications for surgery, surgical methods and the age and gender distributions. SETTING:A retrospective longitudinal population-based cohort study based on regist...

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authors： Borgström A,Nerfeldt P,Friberg D,Sunnergren O,Stalfors J

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rugby has a high injury incidence and therefore BokSmart introduced the Safe Six injury prevention programme in 2014 in an attempt to decrease this incidence. In 2015, BokSmart used a 'targeted marketing approach' to increase the awareness and knowledge of the Safe Six. Therefore, the aim of this study was t...

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authors： Sewry N,Verhagen E,Lambert M,van Mechelen W,Brown J

更新日期：2017-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Since the 1990s, pregnancy hypertension rates have declined in some countries, but not all. Increasing rates of early planned delivery (before the due date) have been hypothesised as the reason for the decline. The aim of this study was to explore whether early planned delivery can partly explain the declinin...

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authors： Roberts CL,Algert CS,Morris JM,Ford JB

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects 10% of patients undergoing cardiac surgery and is an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality, ischaemic stroke and heart failure. Surgical AF ablation has been shown to significantly improve maintenance of sinus rhythm, however, small to medium size trials conducted...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： McClure GR,Belley-Cote EP,Singal RK,Jaffer IH,Dvirnik N,An KR,Fortin G,Spence J,Whitlock RP

更新日期：2016-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The typical approach of survey data collection is to use interviewers who are not from the study site and do not know the participants, yet the implications of this approach on data quality have seldom been investigated. We examine the relationship between interviewer-respondent familiarity and selected fami...

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authors： Anglewicz P,Akilimali P,Eitmann LP,Hernandez J,Kayembe P

更新日期：2019-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The health hazards associated with the use of smokeless tobacco (SLT) are similar to those of smoking. However, unlike smoking, limited initiatives have been taken to control the use of SLT, despite its widespread use in South and Southeast Asian countries including Bangladesh. It is therefore important to e...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Mia MN,Hanifi SM,Rahman MS,Sultana A,Hoque S,Bhuiya A

更新日期：2017-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:While postgraduate studies have begun to shed light on informal interprofessional workplace learning, studies with preregistration learners have typically focused on formal and structured work-based learning. The current study investigated preregistration students' informal interprofessional workplace learni...

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authors： Rees CE,Crampton P,Kent F,Brown T,Hood K,Leech M,Newton J,Storr M,Williams B

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Seasonal influenza vaccination is recommended for all individuals aged 65 years and over and in individuals younger than 65 years with comorbidities. There is good evidence of vaccine effectiveness (VE) in young healthy individuals but less robust evidence for effectiveness in the populations targeted for ...

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authors： Lone NI,Simpson C,Kavanagh K,Robertson C,McMenamin J,Ritchie L,Sheikh A

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to examine the impact of gender and expected gender roles on the career development of young female traditional Korean medicine (KM) doctors. DESIGN:We conducted semistructured interviews to examine the experiences of study subjects regarding early career choices, employment, job performance ...

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authors： Chun SE,Lee JH,Lee JE,Lee SMK,Leem J,Kim H

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite the availability of multiple uterotonic agents, the incidence of PPH continues to rise. Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been shown to be a safe, effective and inexpensive therapeutic option for the treatment ...

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authors： Alam A,Bopardikar A,Au S,Barrett J,Callum J,Kiss A,Choi S

更新日期：2017-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Physicians often refer patients with musculoskeletal conditions to physical therapy. However, it is unclear to what extent physical therapists' treatment choices align with the evidence. The aim of this systematic review was to determine what percentage of physical therapy treatment choices for musculoskelet...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Zadro J,O'Keeffe M,Maher C

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the burden of comorbidity, polypharmacy and herpes zoster (HZ), an infectious disease, and its main complication post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) in young (50-70 years of age: 70-) and old (≥ 70 years of age: 70+) patients. DESIGN:Post hoc analysis of the results of the 12-month longitudinal prospec...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Pickering G,Gavazzi G,Gaillat J,Paccalin M,Bloch K,Bouhassira D

更新日期：2016-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substantial amounts of public funds are invested in health research worldwide. Publicly funded randomised controlled trials (RCTs) often recruit participants at a slower than anticipated rate. Many trials fail to reach their planned sample size within the envisaged trial timescale and trial funding envelope....

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authors： Walters SJ,Bonacho Dos Anjos Henriques-Cadby I,Bortolami O,Flight L,Hind D,Jacques RM,Knox C,Nadin B,Rothwell J,Surtees M,Julious SA

更新日期：2017-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Estimate the prevalence of genital warts (GW) and GW-related healthcare resource use and costs among male and female patients seeking treatment in South Korea. DESIGN:To estimate GW prevalence, physicians in five major South Korean regions recorded daily logs of patients (n=71 655) seeking care between July...

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authors： Lee TS,Kothari-Talwar S,Singhal PK,Yee K,Kulkarni A,Lara N,Roset M,Giuliano AR,Garland SM,Ju W

更新日期：2017-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Labour induction in women with a previous caesarean delivery currently uses vaginal prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), which carries the risks of uterine hyperstimulation and scar rupture. We aim to compare the efficacy of mechanical labour induction using a transcervically applied Foley catheter balloon (FCB) with ...

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authors： Choo SN,Kanneganti A,Abdul Aziz MNDB,Loh L,Hargreaves C,Gopal V,Biswas A,Chan YH,Ismail IS,Chi C,Mattar C

更新日期：2019-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Among preterm infants, mother's own milk feeding reduces neonatal morbidity and decreases the length of hospital stay. However, breastfeeding rates and duration are lower than among term infants. It is reported that peer counselling is effective in increasing breast feeding in term infants in low-income an...

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authors： Laborie S,Denis A,Horsch A,Occelli P,Margier J,Morisod Harari M,Claris O,Touzet S,Fischer Fumeaux CJ

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00