Published in Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition
Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy are one of the main causes of maternal death worldwide, particularly complications of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Although etiology remains unknown, deficiencies in specific nutrients have been proposed as contributing to the pathophysiology of the disease, suggesting that nutritional interventions could pre...
Published in BMJ
Published in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
To assess the association between early and prolonged β blocker treatment and mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Multicentre prospective cohort study. Nationwide French registry of Acute ST- and non-ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction (FAST-MI) (at 223 centres) at the end of 2005. 2679 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction ...
Published in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Published in European Neuropsychopharmacology
Circulating DSA and cold ischaemia time are the main independent determinants of outcome from ECD transplantation. Allocation policies to avoid DSA and reduction of cold ischaemia time to increase efficacy could promote wider implement of ECD transplantation in the context of organ shortage and improve its prognosis.
Published in BMJ
Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundIn the Netherlands, low risk women receive midwife-led care and can choose to give birth at home or in hospital. There is concern that transfer of care during labour from midwife-led care to an obstetrician-led unit leads to negative birth experiences, in particular among those with planned home birth. In this study we compared sense of c...
Published in Journal of the American College of Radiology
PurposeThe National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit consensus organization that recently endorsed a measure focused on CT radiation doses. To comply, facilities must summarize the doses from consecutive scans within age and anatomic area strata and report the data in the medical record. Our purpose was to assess the time needed to assemble the d...
Published in Computers in Biology and Medicine
ObjectiveTo examine the effect of changes to screening interval on the incidence of vision loss in a simulated cohort of Veterans with diabetic retinopathy (DR). This simulation allows us to examine potential interventions without putting patients at risk. MethodsSimulated randomized controlled trial. We develop a hybrid agent-based/discrete event ...
Published in La Revue de médecine interne
