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Modelling of Temperature-Attributable Mortality among the Elderly in Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal: A Contribution to Local Strategy for Effective Prevention Plans
Epidemiological studies on the impact of determining environmental factors on human health have proved that temperature extremes and variability...
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Situating commercial determinants of health in their historical context: a qualitative study of sugar-sweetened beverages in Jamaica
BackgroundNon-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of mortality across the Caribbean and similar regions. Structural determinants...
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Biodefense and emergency use authorization: different originations, purposes, and evolutionary paths of institutions in the United States and South Korea
BackgroundEmergency-use-authorization (EUA) is the representative biodefense policy that allows the use of unlicensed medical countermeasures or...
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Shortening of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—from 23 to 12 items using content and Rasch analysis
BackgroundBurnout is related to huge costs, for both individuals and organizations and is recognized as an occupational disease or work-related...
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What factors influence midwives to provide obstetric high dependency care on the delivery suite or request care be escalated away from the obstetric unit? Findings of a focus group study
BackgroundIn the United Kingdom, midwives will engage in discussions with the multidisciplinary team as to whether they can provide Obstetric High...
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Validity of the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) through Rasch analysis in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Introduction/objectiveCentral sensitization (CS) is a known contributor to chronic pain in people with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and is commonly...
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Age dependency of body mass index distribution in childhood and adolescent inpatients with anorexia nervosa with a focus on DSM-5 and ICD-11 weight criteria and severity specifiers
Both DSM-5 and ICD-11 have provided weight cut-offs and severity specifiers for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN) in childhood, adolescence and...
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Dual wavelength retinal vessel oximetry – influence of fundus pigmentation
BackgroundClinical methods examining oxygenation parameters in humans have been used in many different care settings, but concerns have been raised...
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The Social Insurance Literacy Questionnaire (SILQ): Development and Psychometric Evaluation
PurposeFor clients to understand social insurance decisions and processes, information from authorities needs to be comprehensible, and clients need...
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Diagnosis and Management of Non-Infectious Uveitis in Pediatric Patients
Uveitis in children accounts for 5–10% of all cases. The causes vary considerably. Classically, uveitis is distinguished according to its infectious...
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The Malay version of the caregiver assessment of function and upset instrument (Malay-CAFU): a translation and validation study among informal stroke caregivers
BackgroundPost-stroke complications affect the informal caregivers equally as the stroke survivors, especially those who have a moderate to worst...
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Applying multidimensional computerized adaptive testing to the MSQOL-54: a simulation study
BackgroundThe Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQOL-54) is one of the most commonly-used MS-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL)...
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Measurement properties of the Swedish clinical outcomes in routine evaluation outcome measures (CORE-OM): Rasch analysis and short version for depressed and anxious out-patients in a multicultural area
IntroductionThe Swedish version of the patient-reported Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation Outcome Measures (CORE-OM) has demonstrated high...
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New balance capability index as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment
BackgroundMild cognitive impairment (MCI) is not just a prodrome to dementia, but a very important intervention point to prevent dementia caused by...
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Resilience is associated with frailty and older age in hospitalised patients
BackgroundLittle is known about resilience in an internal medicine setting. We aimed to assess the relationship between resilience and frailty and...
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Screening for infectious maternal morbidity - knowledge, attitudes and perceptions among healthcare providers and managers in Malawi: a qualitative study
BackgroundMaternal morbidity and mortality related to infection is an international public health concern, but detection and assessment is often...
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Rat Models of Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
Hormone receptor-positive (HR + ) breast cancer (BC) is the most common type of breast cancer among women worldwide, accounting for 70–80% of all...
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CKD prevalence based on real-world data: continuous age-dependent lower reference limits of eGFR with CKD–EPI, FAS and EKFC algorithms
PurposeSeveral recent articles discuss the need for a definition of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that embarks age-dependency and its impact on the...
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Self-supervised category selective attention classifier network for diabetic macular edema classification
AimsThis study aims to develop an advanced model for the classification of Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) using deep learning techniques. Specifically,...
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Chronic Liver Disease in the Older Patient—Evaluation and Management
Purpose of ReviewAs our population ages, the number of elderly patients with advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD) will increase. In this review we...