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Open AccessCorrection: Undernutrition in young children with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery in a low‑income environment
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Open AccessImpairment in sleep health in young adults with chronic pain: a modifiable risk factor
Impairments in sleep health are associated with the development or worsening of chronic pain. Further, chronic pain can cause sleep health disruption by impacting sleep onset, sleep maintenance, sleep quality,...
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Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) is the volume of plasma filtered by the glomeruli in mls/min. It can be measured as the clearance of any substance that is filtered but not actively secreted or reabsorbed by t...
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Open AccessThe Use of Computer Simulation Modeling to Estimate Complications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Comparative Validation of the Cornerstone Diabetes Simulation Model
The objective of this study was to assess the validity of the Cornerstone Diabetes Simulation (CDS), a Microsoft Excel®-based patient-level simulation for type 2 diabetes mellitus based on risk equations from the...
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Reproductive Genetics for the Clinician
A practicing reproductive endocrinologist encounters patients with genetic issues and questions on a daily basis. This may include women with age-related risk of aneuploidy, couples that are carriers of Mendel...
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Intellectual Disability and Epilepsy
Epilepsy in people with intellectual disability is more than the sum of the two conditions. Diagnosis is challenging in the face of cognitive and communication difficulties and in some instances the need to re...
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Breast Durometer (Mammometer): A Novel Device for Measuring Soft-Tissue Firmness and Its Application in Cosmetic Breast Surgery
The measurement of soft-tissue firmness has many potential applications in medical practice. This study reports a user-friendly, novel device that is capable of measuring changes in soft-tissue firmness in a r...
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Open AccessShaped by asymmetrical interdependence: a qualitative case study of the external influences on international non-governmental organizations´ implementation of equity principles in HIV/AIDS work
Addressing inequities is a key role for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) working in health and development. Yet, putting equity principles into practice can prove challenging. In-depth empi...
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Open AccessA Microsoft-Excel-based tool for running and critically appraising network meta-analyses—an overview and application of NetMetaXL
The use of network meta-analysis has increased dramatically in recent years. WinBUGS, a freely available Bayesian software package, has been the most widely used software package to conduct network meta-analys...
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Open AccessNGX-4010, a capsaicin 8% patch, for the treatment of painful HIV-associated distal sensory polyneuropathy: integrated analysis of two phase III, randomized, controlled trials
HIV-associated distal sensory polyneuropathy (HIV-DSP) is the most frequently reported neurologic complication associated with HIV infection. NGX-4010 is a capsaicin 8% dermal patch with demonstrated efficacy ...
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Anesthesia for Freeman-Sheldon syndrome using a laryngeal mask airway
To present a case of Freeman-Sheldon syndrome (FSS) with a previously unreported technique of anesthetic management, consisting of a malignant hyperthermia free anesthetic and laryngeal mask airway.
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Genetic Aspects of Donor Selection
In the oocyte donation program at Columbia University we have found an increasing interest on the part of recipients about the genetic background of their donors. This is most likely due to the increased publi...
