Health sciences topic list of research papers
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Vaccine effectiveness against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza in children: Results of two consecutive seasons in Italy
Abstract Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccine in preventing Emergency Department (ED) visits and hospitalisations for influenza like illness (ILI) in children. ...
2014 / Francesca Menniti-Ippolito, Roberto Da Cas, Giuseppe Traversa, Carmela Santuccio, Patrizia Felicetti, et al. -
Impact of obstructive sleep apnea and continuous positive airway pressure therapy on outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation—Results from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF)
Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Little is known about the impact of OSA on AF treatment and long-term outcomes. We studied whether patients with OSA have a greater likelihood of...
2015 / Fredrik Holmqvist, Ni Guan, Zhaoyin Zhu, Peter R. Kowey, Larry A. Allen, et al. -
Subtyping of Breast Cancer by Immunohistochemistry to Investigate a Relationship between Subtype and Short and Long Term Survival: A Collaborative Analysis of Data for 10,159 Cases from 12 Studies2010 / Fiona M. Blows, Kristy E. Driver, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Annegien Broeks, Flora E. van Leeuwen, et al.
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Distribution of invasive meningococcal B disease in Italian pediatric population: Implications for vaccination timing
Abstract Neisseria meningitidis group B (MenB) is a leading cause of meningitis and sepsis. A new vaccine has been recently licensed. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the epidemiology of MenB disease in pediatric...
2013 / Chiara Azzari, Clementina Canessa, Francesca Lippi, Maria Moriondo, Giuseppe Indolfi, et al. -
Trends in serotypes and sequence types among cases of invasive pneumococcal disease in Scotland, 1999–2010
Abstract Introduction The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevenar®, Wyeth; PCV7) was introduced to the UK paediatric immunisation schedule in 2006. This study investigates trends in serotypes and multi locus sequence...
2013 / Karen E. Lamb, Stefan Flasche, Mathew Diggle, Donald Inverarity, David Greenhalgh, et al. -
Long-Term Survival and Late Deaths after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases and Inborn Errors of Metabolism
It is uncertain whether late mortality rates after hematopoietic cell transplantation for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), non-SCID primary immunodeficiency diseases (non-SCID PIDD), and inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) return to rates observed in the...
2012 / Mary Eapen, Kwang Woo Ahn, Paul J. Orchard, Morton J. Cowan, Stella M. Davies, et al. -
Which leukocyte subsets predict cardiovascular mortality? From the LUdwigshafen RIsk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) Study
Abstract Objective White blood cells are known to predict cardiovascular mortality, but form a highly heterogeneous population. It is therefore possible that specific subtypes disproportionally contribute to the prediction of...
2012 / Bríain ó Hartaigh, Jos A. Bosch, G. Neil Thomas, Janet M. Lord, Stefan Pilz, et al. -
Limited effect of mild therapeutic hypothermia on outcome after prolonged resuscitation
Abstract Background Mild therapeutic hypothermia interferes with multiple cascades of the ischaemia/reperfusion injury that is known as primary mechanism for brain damage after cardiac arrest. First resuscitation attempts and the...
2015 / Christian Wallmüller, Christoph Testori, Fritz Sterz, Peter Stratil, Andreas Schober, et al. -
The impact of introducing new vaccines on the health system: Case studies from six low- and middle-income countries
Abstract Objective We aimed to explore the impacts of new vaccine introductions on immunization programmes and health systems in low- and middle-income countries. Methods ...
2014 / Helen E.D. Burchett, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Sergio Torres-Rueda, Ulla K. Griffiths, Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, et al. -
Predicting outcome in patients under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation due to cardiogenic shock through dynamic change of lymphocytes and interleukins
Abstract Objectives Peripheral blood parameters implicating the irreversible damages of cardiogenic shock under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support patients were investigated. ...
2014 / Tsai-Hsia Hong, Fu-Chang Hu, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Wen-Je Ko, Lu-Ping Chow, et al. -
Calorie intake, olive oil consumption and mammographic density among Spanish women2013 / Nicolás García-Arenzana, Eva María Navarrete-Muñoz, Virginia Lope, Pilar Moreo, Carmen Vidal, et al.
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Differences in Expression, Content, and Activity of 11-HSD1 in Adipose Tissue between Obese Men and Women2012 / A. Torres, G. Iñiguez, M. Ferrario, V. Mericq
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Longitudinal Changes in Body Composition in Patients After Initiation of Hemodialysis Therapy: Results From an International Cohort
Objective In patients with advanced kidney disease, metabolic and nutritional derangements induced by uremia interact and reinforce each other in a deleterious vicious circle. Literature addressing the effect of dialysis initiation on changes in...
2015 / Daniele Marcelli, Katharina Brand, Pedro Ponce, Andrzej Milkowski, Cristina Marelli, et al. -
Meat consumption and mortality - results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition2013 / Sabine Rohrmann, Kim Overvad, H Bueno-de-Mesquita, Marianne U Jakobsen, Rikke Egeberg, et al.
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Optimal timing of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome2013 / Emilio Paolo Alessandrino, Matteo G. Della Porta, Luca Malcovati, Christopher H Jackson, Cristiana Pascutto, et al.
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Ovarian response to recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone: a randomized, antimüllerian hormone–stratified, dose–response trial in women undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Objective To evaluate the dose–response relationship of a novel recombinant human FSH (rhFSH; FE 999049) with respect to ovarian response in patients undergoing IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment; and prospectively study the influence ...
2014 / Joan-Carles Arce, Anders Nyboe Andersen, Manuel Fernández-Sánchez, Hana Visnova, Ernesto Bosch, et al. -
Efficacy of a Viral Load-Based, Risk-Adapted, Preemptive Treatment Strategy for Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Disease after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) surveillance and preemptive therapy is the most commonly used strategy for CMV disease prevention in hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients. In 2007, we introduced a CMV prevention strategy for patients at risk for CMV disease using...
2012 / Margaret L. Green, Wendy Leisenring, Daniel Stachel, Steven A. Pergam, Brenda M. Sandmaier, et al. -
Regional differences in clinical care among patients with type 1 diabetes in Brazil: Brazilian Type 1 Diabetes Study Group2012 / Marília B Gomes, Roberta A Cobas, Alessandra S Matheus, Lucianne R Tannus, Carlos Negrato, et al.
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Dental Health and Mortality in People With End-Stage Kidney Disease Treated With Hemodialysis: A Multinational Cohort Study
Background Dental disease is more extensive in adults with chronic kidney disease, but whether dental health and behaviors are associated with survival in the setting of hemodialysis is unknown. ...
2015 / Suetonia C. Palmer, Marinella Ruospo, Germaine Wong, Jonathan C. Craig, Massimo Petruzzi, et al. -
Complicated intra-abdominal infections worldwide: the definitive data of the CIAOW Study2014 / Massimo Sartelli, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Davide Corbella, et al.