Health sciences topic list of research papers
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Comparison of HIV incidence estimated in clinical trial and observational cohort settings in a high risk fishing population in Uganda: Implications for sample size estimates
Abstract Background Clinical trial participants may differ from the source population due to the demands of trial participation and self-selection, inadvertent selection of a lower-risk group, or both. We investigated the HIV risk...
2016 / Andrew Abaasa, Gershim Asiki, Matthew A. Price, Eugene Ruzagira, Freddie Kibengo, et al. -
Viral CNS infections in children from a malaria-endemic area of Malawi: a prospective cohort study
Summary Background Fever with reduced consciousness is an important cause of hospital admission of children in sub-Saharan Africa, with high mortality. Cerebral malaria, diagnosed when acute Plasmodium falciparum infection and coma ...
2013 / Macpherson Mallewa, Pam Vallely, Brian Faragher, Dan Banda, Paul Klapper, et al. -
Epidemiology of injuries, outcomes, and hospital resource utilisation at a tertiary teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
Introduction Injuries represent a global public health threat and that threat is disproportionally felt especially in low and middle income countries (LMICs) that experience 90% of global mortality from injury. Few LMICs have robust datasets...
2014 / Philip Seidenberg, Kathryn Cerwensky, Rae Oranmore Brown, Emily Hammond, Yona Mofu, et al. -
Risk factors for a poor outcome among children admitted with clinically severe pneumonia to a university hospital in Rabat, Morocco
Summary Objectives Data on prognostic factors among children with severe pneumonia are scarce in middle-income countries. We investigated prognostic factors for an adverse outcome among children admitted to the Hôpital d’Enfants de ...
2014 / Imane Jroundi, Chafiq Mahraoui, Rachid Benmessaoud, Cinta Moraleda, Houssain Tligui, et al. -
Associations between ambient air pollution and bone turnover markers in 10-year old children: Results from the GINIplus and LISAplus studies
Abstract Negative associations between bone turnover markers and bone mineral density have been reported. In order to study the association between ambient air pollution and bone turnover markers, as indicators of bone loss, we investigated...
2014 / Chuang Liu, Elaine Fuertes, Claudia Flexeder, Lorenz C. Hofbauer, Dietrich Berdel, et al. -
Different transmission patterns in the early stages of the influenza A(H1N1)v pandemic: A comparative analysis of 12 European countries
Abstract Following the emergence of a novel strain of influenza A(H1N1) in Mexico and the United States in April 2009, its epidemiology in Europe during the summer was limited to sporadic and localised outbreaks. Only the United Kingdom experienced...
2011 / Stefan Flasche, Niel Hens, Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Joël Mossong, W. Marijn van Ballegooijen, et al. -
Impact of ketamine on dynamic compliance and airway resistance of sedated and mechanically ventilated ICU patients2009 / E Elamin
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Prenatal exposure to phthalates, bisphenol A and perfluoroalkyl substances and cord blood levels of IgE, TSLP and IL-33
Abstract The fetal time period is a critical window of immune system development and resulting heightened susceptibility to the adverse effects of environmental exposures. Epidemiologists and toxicologists have hypothesized that phthalates,...
2015 / Jillian Ashley-Martin, Linda Dodds, Adrian R. Levy, Robert W. Platt, Jean S. Marshall, et al. -
Does frequent residential mobility in early years affect the uptake and timeliness of routine immunisations? An anonymised cohort study
Abstract Background There are conflicting findings regarding the impact of residential mobility on immunisation status. Our aim was to determine whether there was any association between residential mobility and take up of...
2016 / Hayley A. Hutchings, Annette Evans, Peter Barnes, Melanie A. Healy, Michelle James-Ellison, et al. -
Late onset sepsis in newborn babies: epidemiology and effect of a bundle to prevent central line associated bloodstream infections in the neonatal intensive care unit
Abstract Aim We assessed late onset sepsis (LOS) rates of neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) before and after implementing an evidence-based bundle to prevent these infections in a country with poor resources. ...
2014 / Daiane Silva Resende, Anna Laura Gil Peppe, Heloisio dos Reis, Vânia Olivetti Steffen Abdallah, Rosineide Marques Ribas, et al. -
International Study to Evaluate PCR Methods for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients2011 / Alejandro G. Schijman, Margarita Bisio, Liliana Orellana, Mariela Sued, Tomás Duffy, et al.
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Children's exposure to second hand smoke at home: A cross-sectional study in Portugal
Abstract Second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS) is a major indoor pollutant that causes serious health problems for all exposed, especially children. Children are often exposed to SHS at home, due to parental or other households’ or guests’ smoking. This...
2015 / Paulo D. Vitória, José Cunha Machado, Ana Carolina Araújo, Sofia B. Ravara, Catarina Samorinha, et al. -
Evaluación urodinámica y comparativa de la calidad de vida en pacientes con trastorno de vaciamiento vesical sometidos a terapia InterStim, Medtronic®
Resumen Antecedentes Desde 1980 la terapia de neuroestimulación sacra ha demostrado ser una terapia válida y alternativa en el manejo de los trastornos miccionales por patología del tracto urinario bajo, siendo sus principales...
2014 / J.J. Torres-Gómez, J.G. Campos-Salcedo, A. Sedano-Lozano, J.J. Torres-Salazár, S.C. Arreortua, et al. -
USA300-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone is the predominant cause of community and hospital MRSA infections in Colombian children
Summary Objective Community-genotype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CG-MRSA) isolates are known to be more virulent and clinically aggressive in children. The goal of the present study was characterize the molecular...
2014 / Ricaurte Alejandro Márquez-Ortiz, Martha I. Álvarez-Olmos, Javier Antonio Escobar Pérez, Aura Lucia Leal, Betsy Esperanza Castro, et al. -
Repeat cross-sectional data on the progression of the metabolic syndrome in Ossabaw miniature swine
Abstract Ossabaw miniature swine were fed an excess calorie, atherogenic diet for 6, 9, or 12 months. Increased body weight, hypertension, and increased plasma cholesterol and triglycerides are described in Table 1. For more detailed interpretations ...
2016 / Mikaela L. McKenney-Drake, Stacey D. Rodenbeck, Meredith K. Owen, Kyle A. Schultz, Mouhamad Alloosh, et al. -
Determinants of non- response to a second assessment of lifestyle factors and body weight in the EPIC-PANACEA study2012 / Anne M May, Lotte E Adema, Dora Romaguera, Anne-Claire Vergnaud, Antonio Agudo, et al.
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Pilot community-mobilization program reduces maternal and perinatal mortality and prevents obstetric fistula in Niger2014 / Anders R. Seim, Zeidou Alassoum, Rachel N. Bronzan, Abderhamane Alou Mainassara, Judith L. Jacobsen, et al.
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: quantification of the extent of the epidemic, surveillance biases, and transmissibility
Summary Background The novel Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) had, as of Aug 8, 2013, caused 111 virologically confirmed or probable human cases of infection worldwide. We analysed epidemiological and genetic ...
2013 / Simon Cauchemez, Christophe Fraser, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Christl A Donnelly, Steven Riley, et al. -
A contemporary risk model for predicting 30-day mortality following percutaneous coronary intervention in England and Wales
Abstract Background The current risk model for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the UK is based on outcomes of patients treated in a different era of interventional cardiology. This study aimed to create a new model,...
2016 / Katherine S.L. McAllister, Peter F. Ludman, William Hulme, Mark A. de Belder, Rodney Stables, et al. -
Absence of Correlation between IL-28B Gene Polymorphisms and the Clinical Presentation of Chronic Hepatitis B in an Amazon Brazilian Population2014 / Simone Regina Souza da Silva Conde, Luciana L. Rocha, Vanessa M. Ferreira, Julius Caesar Mendes Soares Monteiro, Nathália Karla Fonseca Filgueiras, et al.