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Training, executive, attention and motor skills (TEAMS) training versus stand...
Abstract Objective This study compared the effectiveness of manualised training, executive, attention, and motor skills (TEAMS) training versus standard treatment in preschool... -
The effect of postoperative gemcitabine on overall survival in patients with ...
Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy following curative resection is the standard treatment for pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PC). Randomized clinical trials using gemcitabine have... -
Cilostazol induced migraine does not respond to sumatriptan in a double blind...
Background Cilostazol is an inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 3 and thus causes accumulation of cAMP. It induces migraine-like attacks in migraine patients. Whether the cilostazol... -
Validation of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy in Spanish medical stu...
Background The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy is the most widely used instrument to measure empathy in the doctor-patient relationship. This work pursued cultural... -
Zika virus shedding in the stool and infection through the anorectal mucosa i...
Zika virus (ZIKV) has elicited global concern due to its unique biological features, unusual transmission routes, and unexpected clinical outcomes. Although ZIKV transmission... -
Long-term incidence and risk factors of cardiovascular events in Asian popula...
Background: Scientific studies on cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden and risk factors are predominantly based on short-term risk in Westerner populations, and such information... -
Preventable statin adverse reactions and therapy discontinuation. What can we...
Background: Statin treatment is often associated with poor adherence, which may be due to the onset of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). We investigated on potential risk factors... -
A complex intervention to improve implementation of World Health Organization...
Background To improve management of severely ill hospitalized patients in low-income settings, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a triage tool called “Quick Check”... -
Defining a core outcome set for adolescent and young adult patients with a sp...
Background and purpose - Routine outcome measurement has been shown to improve performance in several fields of healthcare. National spine surgery registries have been initiated... -
Mono, bi- and tri-exponential diffusion MRI modelling for renal solid masses ...
Purpose To compare diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM), and tri-exponential models of the diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal for... -
Evaluation of the Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) program in California
Author(s): McMenamin, Sara B; Cummins, Sharon E; Zhuang, Yue-Lin; Gamst, Anthony C; Ruiz, Carlos G; Mayoral, Antonio; Zhu, Shu-Hong | Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The... -
Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review...
Background The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a well-established tool to assess lower extremity physical performance status. Its predictive ability for all-cause... -
NIH Disease Funding Levels and Burden of Disease
BACKGROUND:An analysis of NIH funding in 1996 found that the strongest predictor of funding, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), explained only 39% of the variance in... -
Tolerability of the oral fluoropyrimidine S-1 after hand-foot syndrome-relate...
Tolerability of the oral fluoropyrimidine S-1 after hand-foot syndrome-related discontinuation of capecitabine in western cancer patients -
Efficacy of a New Educational Tool to Improve Handrubbing Technique amongst H...
INTRODUCTION: Hand hygiene is a key component of infection control in healthcare. WHO recommends that healthcare workers perform six specific poses during each hand hygiene... -
Patients Are Paying Too Much for Tuberculosis: A Direct Cost-Burden Evaluatio...
Paying for health care may exclude poor people. Burkina Faso adopted the DOTS strategy implementing "free care" for Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. This should... -
Defining Catastrophic Costs and Comparing Their Importance for Adverse Tuberc...
Tom Wingfield and colleagues investigate the relationship between catastrophic costs and tuberculosis outcomes for patients receiving free tuberculosis care in Peru. Please see... -
Men ask more questions than women at a scientific conference.
Gender inequity in science and academia, especially in senior positions, is a recognised problem. The reasons are poorly understood, but include the persistence of historical... -
Validity of Six Activity Monitors in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A...
Reduced physical activity is an important feature of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Various activity monitors are available but their validity is poorly... -
Adding left atrial appendage closure to open heart surgery provides protectio...
Background Open heart surgery is associated with high occurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF), subsequently increasing the risk of post-operative ischemic stroke. Concomitant...
