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Like a hotel, but boring: users’ experience with short-time community-based r...
Abstract Background The discharge process from hospital to home for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) is often complex, and most are in need of tailored and coordinated... -
Cortical vein thrombosis in adult patients of cerebral venous sinus thrombosi...
Abstract Background Cortical vein thrombosis (CVT) receives little attention in adult patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). This study aimed to investigate the... -
Vasoresponsiveness in patients with heart failure (VASOR): protocol for a pro...
Abstract Background Vasoplegia is a severe complication which may occur after cardiac surgery, particularly in patients with heart failure. It is a result of activation of... -
Comparative utility of frailty to a general prognostic score in identifying p...
Abstract Background Current guidelines recommend considering life expectancy before aortic valve replacement (AVR). We compared the performance of a general mortality index, the... -
Psychiatric symptoms and risk factors in adults born preterm with very low bi...
Abstract Background We aimed to examine psychiatric symptoms in adults born preterm with very low birthweight or born at term small for gestational age compared with normal... -
Influence of volatile anesthesia versus total intravenous anesthesia on chron...
Abstract Background Many patients develop chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) after cardiac surgery, which interferes with their sleep, mood, and quality of life. Studies have... -
Status of metered dose inhaler technique among patients with asthma and its e...
Abstract Objective In Asthma management, poor handling of inhalation devices and wrong inhalation technique are associated with decreased medication delivery and poor disease... -
Chronic pain after groin hernia repair: pain characteristics and impact on qu...
Abstract Background Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) after hernia repair research has mainly relied on unconfirmed self-reporting. We aimed to describe confirmed CPSP incidence,... -
Does a ketogenic diet have beneficial effects on quality of life, physical ac...
Abstract Introduction Despite recent interest in the use of ketogenic diets (KDs) for cancer, evidence of beneficial effects is lacking. This study examined the impact of a... -
Emotional and behavioral problems, quality of life and metabolic control in N...
Abstract Background Treatment with 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione (NTBC) and dietary phenylalanine and tyrosine restriction improves physical health... -
Baden Prevention and Reduction of Incidence of Postoperative Delirium Trial (...
Abstract Background Delirium is a neurobehavioural syndrome that frequently develops in the postoperative setting. The incidence of elderly patients who develop delirium during... -
Protocol for the Wessex AsThma CoHort of difficult asthma (WATCH): a pragmati...
Abstract Background Asthma is now widely recognised to be a heterogeneous disease. The last two decades have seen the identification of a number of biological targets and... -
Distinct immune responses of juvenile and adult oysters (Crassostrea gigas) t...
Abstract Since 2008, massive mortality events of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) have been reported worldwide and these disease events are often associated with Ostreid... -
Cardiorenal Anemia Syndrome and Survival among Heart Failure Patients in Tanz...
Abstract Background Cardiorenal anemia syndrome (CRAS) is an evolving global epidemic associated with increased morbimortality and cost of care. The management of patients with... -
One size doesn’t fit all: cross-sectional associations between neighborhood w...
Abstract Background Low-income African American adults are disproportionately affected by obesity and are also least likely to engage in recommended levels of physical activity... -
Facilitating action planning within audit and feedback interventions: a mixed...
Abstract Background Audit and feedback (A&F) is more effective if it facilitates action planning, but little is known about how best to do this. We developed an electronic... -
Polygenic risk for coronary heart disease acts through atherosclerosis in typ...
Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), yet the mechanisms involved remain poorly described. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) provide... -
Identification and validation of a Schistosoma japonicum U6 promoter
Abstract Background RNA polymerase III promoters have been widely used to express short hairpin-RNA (shRNA), microRNA (miRNA), and small guide RNA (sgRNA) in gene functional... -
Development of the WHO Antenatal Care Recommendations Adaptation Toolkit: a s...
Abstract Background Increasingly, WHO recommendations are defined by context-specific factors and WHO is developing strategies to ensure that recommendations are successfully... -
Men’s knowledge and involvement on obstetric danger signs, birth preparedness...
Abstract Background Men’s involvement in obstetrics care is an important strategy in reducing preventable maternal morbidity and mortality. This is particularly important in...
