... In contrast, despite reductions in the burden of malaria in parts of sub-Saharan Africa [16], malaria remains an important cause ofchildmortality among refugees, in part reflecting the location ... the Malaria Atlas Project (Figure 3) With the exception of several camps in Sudan, camps located in areas of Asia and northeastern Africa with low PfPR2-10 also had low rates of malaria in UNHCR ... The analysis was restricted to camps having an annual average monthly malaria incidence rate of or more cases/1000 population/month ina given year and at least months of data ina given year...
... genetic profiling, or pharmacokinetically-guided administration Hypersensitivity reactions are a well-established complication of the platinum agents, cisplatin and carboplatin [13-16] L-OHP, a third-generation ... E An update on treatment advances for the first-line therapy of metastatic colorectal cancer Cancer J 2007; 13: 276-281 Sabharwal A, Kerr D Chemotherapy for colorectal cancer in the metastatic ... Shibata Y, Ariyama H, Baba E, et al Oxaliplatin-induced allergic reaction in patients with colorectal cancer in Japan Int J Clin Oncol 2009; 14: 397-401 Seki K, Senzaki K, Tsuduki Y, et al Multicenter...
... a substantial decrease in infant mortalityinarural community in India with well established MCH services for twenty years The mortality rates are much lower as compared to other parts of India ... Welfare 1983; pp 1-7 11 Srinivasa DK, Danabalan M, Anand D Infant mortality trends inarural health center of Pondicherry J Indian Med Assoc 1974; 62: 39-43 12 Kumar V, Raina N Experiences in ... booster as applicable) However, there is a need for improving early antenatal registrations Since the time of antenatal registration is determined by traditional customs in this area, repeated Information,...
... standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range; *Cause of visual impairment in the eye with the better visual acuity as assessed at baseline during a routine clinical eye examination by the participant's ... age-related cataract and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) Due to demographic aging, these numbers are expected to increase and this group of patients will cause an increased demand for ophthalmic ... that the prevalence of visual impairment and blindness increased rapidly after about 70 years of age [8] In their study, the most common causes of visual impairment and blindness were age-related...
... study, participated in data collection and analysis, drafted the manuscript and coordinated the study SM participated in statistical analysis, creation of figures and tables and addressing the ... Preadmission residence against patient outcome associated with worse outcomes [Figure 7] 63% of all cases involved extracapsular and intracapsular hip fractures 68% of these cases were in females ... [10,11] In the UK, the most common strains of MRSA are EMRSA15 and EMRSA16 [12] The latter has been particularly successful in developing resistance to erythromycin and ciprofloxacin and surviving intracellularly...
... appropriate model with α = 0.05 Data about the occurrence of retained Table Descriptive statistics of data included in the analysis ofriskfactorsfor retained placenta in 805 calvings in nine ... Retained placenta was significantly associated with abnormal partus and gestation length in this report Increased riskof retained placenta (odds ratio = 1.9) in cows with abnormal partus was ... reported that the incidence of retained placenta increased with advancing parity On the other hand, increased riskfor retained placenta has also been reported in heifers with dystocia [17] In agreement...
... transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients: a critical factor American Journal of Transplantation 2010, 10:129-137 20 Sakata J, Shirai Y, Wakai T, Kaneko K, Nagahashi M, Hatakeyama ... Ichida T, Makuuchi M, Matsuyama Y, Nakanuma Y, Okita K, Omata M, Takayasu K, Yamaoka Y: Reevaluation of prognostic factorsfor survival after liver resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma ... Wakai T, Shirai Y, Yokoyama N, Nagakura S, Hatakeyama K: Hepatitis viral status affects the pattern of intrahepatic recurrence after resection for hepatocellular carcinoma European Journal of...
... neonates, aged 1-28 days, with a median age of days, and 398 infants and children between 29 days and 18 years of age, with a median age of 3.7 years Neonates were analyzed separately from infants ... administration of dexamethasone for cerebral edema prophylaxis and inflammation control as well as heparin was employed After aortic and either right atrial or bicaval cannulation CPB was instituted with a ... surface tracings, atrial electrocardiograms performed, using the atrial pacemaker lead 24-hour Holter electrocardiograms were analyzed by manual analysis, using the Medilog Electrocardiogram-Analysis...
... four elementary areas, a middle school area, and a high school area, each overseen by an area academic officer (AAO) AAOs were responsible for providing support to principals as well as to the ... current teacher was interviewed In fall and spring of first grade and spring of third grade, students were assessed individually ina quiet areaof the school on reading and reading-related skills; ... reading when the true effect size is 0.25, compared against total variation in the sample This calculation is based on specification of multivariate means, variances, and covariances from data...
... staff and clinicians; and 3) to advance the science of translational research in primary care settings by examining the sustainability of the intervention The specific objectives are to: Evaluate ... when a trained facilitator meets with staff and clinicians in each practice over several months to assist the team in addressing an issue, such as improving riskfactorsfor diabetes complications ... ability ofa CAS to adapt ina manner that allows for change or improvement can be enhanced by improving the quality and quantity (bandwidth) of communication among agents [17-19] Ina study of organizational...
... (sitting, standing, walking, kneeling/squatting) as well as the prevalence of certain job characteristics (for example, climbing stairs, jumping, lifting/carrying of loads, time pressure) was assessed ... genetic factors, or occupational factors Studies including comprehensive data and analysis are rare The distinction between work-related and other factors is crucial in assessing risk and in deriving ... to form the final model, constant items were transformed into categorical variables for better representation A further reason for the transformation into categorical variables was the fact that...
... aim of validating the questionnaire (Lendal et al 1998) Data analysis Initially bivariate analyses were performed, and variables having p-values below 0.15 were included in the multivariate analysis ... of an anthelmintic treatment are presented in Table and Collinearity between the variable "the veterinarian gives advice regarding the choice of anthelmintics" and the variable "veterinarian ... type and the age of the host are the most important factors both regarding riskfor high endoparasitic burden was increased endoparasitic burden and effect of an anthelmintic treatment Unfortunately,...
... finding a linear combination of all the variables in one set which correlates maximally with a linear combination of all the variables in the other set These linear combinations are the so-called ... Penalized nonlinear canonical correlation analysis for longitudinal data Each of the p longitudinal measured riskfactors is summarized into a slope (S) and an intercept (I) variable The SNP variables ... that variables are repeatedly measured This can be reasonable in the case of clinical studies, where one wants to see if changes at a certain time point after the beginning ofa treatment are associated...
... 0.2.2, baseline imaging datasets 0.E.1 and 0.C.2 The Institutional Review Boards at all units participating in the Osteoarthritis Initiative, including the clinical centers and the OAI Coordinating ... software for T2 mapping quantification and texture analysis LN performed WORMS grading and cartilage segmentations WV performed WORMS grading HA performed cartilage segmentation JAL participated ... Subarticular bone marrow abnormalities were defined as poorly marginated areas of increased signal intensity in the normal subchondral and epiphyseal bone marrow on T2-weighted fast spin echo fast-suppressed...
... as poverty, low educational attainment, female gender, and African–American race, have been associated with a greater riskof hospitalization for asthma [2,4–11] Poor health care access and inadequate ... factorsfor asthma-related hospitalization, taking baseline asthma severity into account Because asthma severity may act on the causal pathway between arisk factor and subsequent hospitalization ... clinical variables that may reflect exacerbating factors, such as aspirin allergy and use of gastric acid suppression medication, were also associated with a greater riskof asthma hospitalization...
... findings suggest that female sex and hypokalemia are independent riskfactorsfor severe QTc prolongation in patients with SAH Recent clinical observations and experimental data indicate sex -specific ... corrected for heart rate using the Bazett formula: QTc = QT/(square root of RR interval) The mean QTc interval was calculated from all QTc intervals measured The intraobserver coefficient of variation ... sodium/potassium-ATPase (Na+/K+-ATPase; Na+/K+ pump) as a result of β2-adrenergic receptor stimulation; this resulted in trafficking of potassium ions from extracellular to intracellular spaces, leading...
... collecting of the data MW, JB and MS participated in the statistical analysis of the data RPV, PG and HR participated in interpreting the data and drafting of the manuscript All authors read and approved ... http://ccforum.com/content/12/2/R44 Additional data file contains information on the required data format and SAS and R calculations for cause -specific hazard ratios ina competing risks analysis with time-dependent covariates ... CSHRs of baseline and timedependent riskfactorsof model are shown in Table The baseline variables of age, SAPS II and other underlying diseases significantly increased the CSHR fora fatal outcome...
... interpretation and analysis of clinical data AM participated in the collection, interpretation and analysis of clinical data DS performed the statistical analysis AR participated in the collection, interpretation ... interpretation and analysis of clinical data CHG participated in the phylogenetic analysis PG participated in the study design, interpretation of data and drafting of the manuscript TW participated in ... model for mathematical reasons Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Critical Care Vol 11 No Engelmann et al additionally as riskfactorsfor fatal outcome As appropriate to analyse...