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Immune responses upon Campylobacter jejuni infection of secondary abiotic mic...
Abstract Background Campylobacter jejuni infections are of rising importance worldwide. Given that innate immune receptors including nucleotide-oligomerization-domain-2 (Nod2)... -
Transient detectable viremia and the risk of viral rebound in patients from t...
Abstract Background Temporary increases in plasma HIV RNA ('blips') are common in HIV patients on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). Blips above 500 copies/mL have been... -
Sitagliptin does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalizati...
Abstract Background To examine the effects of the DPP-4i sitagliptin on CV outcomes during and after incident MI in the Trial... -
Decision aids to help older people make health decisions: a systematic review...
Abstract Background Decision aids have been overall successful in improving the quality of health decision making. However, it is unclear whether the impact of the results of... -
ELECtric Tibial nerve stimulation to Reduce Incontinence in Care homes: proto...
© The Author(s). 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License... -
Associations of tobacco smoking with body mass distribution; a population-bas...
Abstract Background Studies indicate an effect of smoking toward abdominal obesity, but few assess hip and waist circumferences (HC and WC) independently. The present study... -
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of research on the associa...
Abstract Background Existing evidence on the association between exposure to bullying and sleep is limited and inconclusive. The aims of this planned systematic review and... -
Estimating mean circulatory filling pressure in clinical practice: a systemat...
Abstract The bedside hemodynamic assessment of the critically ill remains challenging since blood volume, arterialâ venous interaction and compliance are not measured directly.... -
The effect of aerobic exercise on the number of migraine days, duration and p...
Abstract Background In patients with frequent migraine, prophylactic treatments are used. Patients often request non-pharmacological alternatives. One treatment option can be... -
Diagnosis, treatment, and response assessment in solitary plasmacytoma: Updat...
Abstract Solitary plasmacytoma is an infrequent form of plasma cell dyscrasia that presents as a single mass of monoclonal plasma cells, located either extramedullary or... -
Alcohol expenditure in grocery stores and their associations with tobacco and...
Abstract Background Alcohol consumption is a significant cause of disease, death and social harm, and it clusters with smoking... -
Pressure pain thresholds over the cranio-cervical region in headache: a syste...
Abstract Background Sensitivity of tissues can be measured by algometry. Decreased pressure pain thresholds over the cranio-cervical area are supposed to reflect signs of... -
A randomized, clinical trial to assess the relative efficacy and tolerability...
Abstract Background This study evaluated two doses of etoricoxib (60 and 90 mg) vs. naproxen 1000 mg in subjects with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods This was a 2-part,... -
The Start2Bike program is effective in increasing health-enhancing physical a...
Background: The sports club is seen as a new relevant setting to promote health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) among inactive population groups. Little is known about the... -
Genetic polymorphisms associated with sleep-related phenotypes; relationships...
Abstract Background In recent years, several GWAS (genome wide association studies) of sleep-related traits have identified a number of SNPs (single nucleotides polymorphism)... -
Basic critical care echocardiography training of intensivists allows reproduc...
© The Author(s) 2019. Background: Although pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) have been the reference standard for calculating cardiac output, echocardiographic estimation of...
