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Open AccessThe economic burden of treating uncomplicated hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic literature review
Hypertension is one of the leading cardiovascular risk factors with high numbers of undiagnosed and untreated patients in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). The health systems and affected people are often overwhelmed ...
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Airway and Blood Inflammatory Markers in Waste Collectors
Waste collectors are exposed to a heterogeneous mixture of bioaerosols able to induce health effects. The study aim was to evaluate inflammatory processes in blood and in the respiratory tract via analysis of ato...
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Prevalence of Work-Related Rhino-Conjunctivitis and Respiratory Symptoms Among Domestic Waste Collectors
Waste collectors may suffer from acute and chronic health effects caused by organic dust (bioaerosols). Pathophysiological symptoms may originate either from allergic or irritative pathomechanisms, but an expl...
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Cellular and Soluble Inflammatory Markers in Induced Sputum of Composting Plant Workers
Inflammatory processes, including respiratory symptoms, can be induced among workers in composting plants exposed to bioaerosols containing microorganisms and their compounds. We evaluated inflammatory process...
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Evaluation of Airway Inflammation in Compost Workers Exposed to Bioaerosols Using Exhaled Breath Condensate and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide
Occupational bioaerosol exposures are capable to cause respiratory diseases. We studied the relationship between exposure to bioaerosols and biomarkers’ concentration in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and fra...
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Quere- versus Längslaparotomie — Eine randomisiert verblindete Studie
Background: Transverse incisions in open abdominal surgery may cause less pain than the midline approach according to the results of a recent Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Cochrane C...
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Open AccessProtocol design and current status of CLIVIT: a randomized controlled multicenter relevance trial comparing clips versus ligatures in thyroid surgery
Annually, more than 90000 surgical procedures of the thyroid gland are performed in Germany. Strategies aimed at reducing the duration of the surgical procedure are relevant to patients and the health care sys...
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Open AccessAutomated analysis of digital fundus autofluorescence images of geographic atrophy in advanced age-related macular degeneration using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (cSLO)
Fundus autofluorescence (AF) imaging using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (cSLO) provides an accurate delineation of areas of geographic atrophy (GA).
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