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Cause of death coding in asthma
BackgroundWhile clinical coding is intended to be an objective and standardized practice, it is important to recognize that it is not entirely the...
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Clinical exome sequencing elucidates underlying cause of death in sudden unexpected death of infants: two case reports
Sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI) is a traumatic event for families, and unfortunately its occurrence remains high in many parts of the...
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Cause of death and the autopsy rate in an elderly population
Autopsy rates are declining, while major discrepancies between autopsies and clinical diagnoses remain. Still, little is known about the impact of...
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Collider and reporting biases involved in the analyses of cause of death associations in death certificates: an illustration with cancer and suicide
BackgroundMortality data obtained from death certificates have been studied to explore causal associations between diseases. However, these analyses...
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Faecal haemoglobin concentrations are associated with all-cause mortality and cause of death in colorectal cancer screening
BackgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) screening reduces all-cause and CRC-related mortality. New research demonstrates that the faecal haemoglobin...
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Tobacco smoke and all-cause mortality and premature death in China: a cohort study
BackgroundTobacco smoke is associated with several diseases, and identified as the second leading risk factor for death from any cause worldwide. The...
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Gastric ischemia as an under-reported cause of death in older people
Acute gastric ischemia is a rare condition due to the rich vascular supply of the stomach. Here we present a case of fatal gastric ischemia...
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Effects of inappropriate cause-of-death certification on mortality from cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in Tonga
BackgroundCardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus are major health issues in Tonga and other Pacific countries, although mortality levels...
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Cardiac tamponade – a rare cause of sudden death in autoimmune polyglandular syndrome
A 27-year-old male died suddenly due to cardiac tamponade arising from pericarditis complicating autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) type 2. He...
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A new data driven method for summarising multiple cause of death data
BackgroundNational mortality statistics are based on a single underlying cause of death. This practice does not adequately represent the impact of...
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Healthcare use and costs in the last six months of life by level of care and cause of death
BackgroundExisting knowledge on healthcare use and costs in the last months of life is often limited to one patient group (i.e., cancer patients) and...
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Death of children with Down syndrome by gestational age and cause
BackgroundWe often encounter preterm infants with Down syndrome (DS) who die in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In this study, we examined...
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Trends in all-cause mortality and leading causes of death from 2009 to 2019 among older adults in China
BackgroundThis study aimed to determine long-term variations in mortality trends and identify the leading causes of death among older adults in China...
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Management of hepatocellular carcinoma, an important cause of death in Japanese autoimmune hepatitis patients
BackgroundHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) was considered rare but is increasing with prolonged prognosis. Its impact on...
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Trends in cause of death among patients with renal cell carcinoma in the United States: a SEER-based study
BackgroundRenal cell carcinoma (RCC) survival has improved due to recent developments in RCC treatment. Therefore, other co-morbid conditions may...
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Garbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 1996–2019
BackgroundReliable statistics on the underlying cause of death are essential for monitoring the health in a population. When there is insufficient...
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Consequences of heterogeneity in aging: parental age at death predicts midlife all-cause mortality and hospitalization in a Swedish national birth cohort
BackgroundThe processes that underlie aging may advance at different rates in different individuals and an advanced biological age, relative to the...
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Frailty and risks of all-cause and cause-specific death in community-dwelling adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundThe associations of frailty with all-cause and cause-specific mortality remain unclear. Therefore, we performed this meta-analysis to fill...
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Investigation of side effects to treatment and cause of death in 63 Scandinavian dogs suffering from meningoencephalitis of unknown origin: a retrospective study
BackgroundMeningoencephalitis of unknown origin is a common cause of severe neurological disease in dogs. The term covers a heterogeneous group of...
