9 SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES

83. Tang WH, Francis GS, Hoogwerf BJ, Young JB: Fluid retention afterinitiation of thiazolidinedione therapy in diabetic patients withestablished chronic heart failure. Am Coll Cardiol 2003, 41:1394-1398.84. Fehmann HC: The alpha-glucosidase inhibitor miglitol for the treatmentof type 2 diabe[r]

Timing of default from tuberculosis treatment: a systematicreviewMargaret E. Kruk1, Nina R. Schwalbe2and Christine A. Aguiar11 Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA2 Global Alliance for TB Drug Devel[r]

CÁC THIẾT KẾ NGHIÊN CỨU TRONG DỊCH TỄ HỌC ThS. BS. Nguyễn Thế Dũng I. GIỚI THIỆU Dịch Tễ Học (DTH) là môn học (1) khảo sát sự phân bố (của) và các yếu tố quyết định (determinants) đưa đến các tình trạng hoặc các biến cố có liên quan đến sức khỏe trong những cộng đồng dân cư chuyên biệt; và (2) áp d[r]

Observational studies have reported conflicting results on the impact of mammography service screening programmes on the advanced breast cancer rate (ABCR), a correlation that was firmly established in randomized controlled trials.

chưa có thuốc nào tỏ ra hữu hiệu, điều trị chủ yếu là dùng máy thở bơm áp xuất dương liên tục CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure). Các tiến bộ về kỹ thuật đã giúp làm được những máy thở CPAP gọn nhẹ ít tiếng động và dễ dùng hơn. Tuy nhiên một nửa số bệnh nhân không dùng máy. Những người được[r]

this distinction is clear. Here is an example of eect modication: cigarette smoking fre-quently causes blood clots in women on birth control pills. Being female itself is not a causeof blood clots; nor do oral contraceptives themselves have a large risk; but those two variables(gender and o[r]

(2005) Clinical and epidemiological aspects of smoking and tuberculosis: Astudy of 13,038 cases. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 9: 430–436.74. Shapiro S (1997) Is meta-analysis a valid approach to the evaluation of smalleffects in observational studies? J Clin Epidem[r]

Case reports, retrospective analyses, and observational studies have linked the use of cisplatin to increased risk of second cancers, especially life-threatening secondary leukemia. We therefore performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the risk of second cancers associated with re[r]

then the presence of friends will reduce the productivity of higher ability workers and increasethe productivity of lower ability workers.Our analysis yields three main findings. First, on average, the effect of social incentives iszero. Namely, the average worker’s produ[r]

1. Khan KS, Dinnes J, Kleijnen J. Systematic reviews to evaluate diagnostic tests. European Journal of obstetrics gynaecology and reproductive biology 2001;95:6-11. 2. Irwig L, Tosteson AN, Gatsonis C, Lau J, Colditz G, Chalmers TC et al. Guidelines for meta-analyses evaluating diagnos[r]

REVIEW Open AccessThirty years after Alma-Ata: a systematic reviewof the impact of community health workersdelivering curative interventions against malaria,pneumonia and diarrhoea on child mortality andmorbidity in sub-Saharan AfricaJason B Christopher1*, Alex Le May1, Simon Le[r]

Indirect evidence of the relevance of the underinvestment problem to debt policy is provided by a widely observed negative relationship between debt and growth options (Graham, 1996; Johnson, 1997). The financial hierarchy (or “pecking order”) theory receives support from the results <[r]

Butyl FF 360 163 0.5 5 31Sephadex 200 123 89 0.7 7 17Heat treatment 37 80 2.2 22 15Q-Sepharose 0.3 47 157 1570 937 50 75 kDa 1 2 3 Fig. 3. Protein purification. Proteins were separated on a NuPAGE12% Bis-Tris Gel (Invitrogen) under denaturing conditions andstained with Coomassie brilliant blue R-250.[r]

REVIEW Open AccessIs surgical intervention more effective than non-surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome?a systematic reviewQiyun Shi1,2*and Joy C MacDermid2,3AbstractBackground: Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common disorder in hand surgery practice. Both surgical andconservative[r]

However, the numbers for Norway and most other countries are too low because recalls due to poor technical quality of the mammogram have usually not been included (23). As the women are just as affected by such recalls as by a real suspicion of cancer (21), they should be counted as fa[r]

protein is stable at acidic pH and at temperatures of up to 65 °C, asrevealed by long-term stability tests and thermal denaturation experiments.Protein NMR and crystallography confirmed the expected protein fold,and revealed additional details of the protein characteristics in solution.[r]

antimullerian hormone during pregnancy-relationship with maternaladiposity, insulin, and adiponectin. Fertil Steril 2010, 93:1356-1358.24. Lutterodt M, Byskov AG, Skouby SO, Tabor A, Yding AC: Anti-Mullerianhormone in pregnant women in relation to other hormones, fetal sexand in circulation of