Published in Heliyon
Public health; Women's health; Reproductive medicine; Obstetrics and gynecology; Reproductive system; Clinical research; Pre-pregnancy, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Initiation, Duration.
Published in Neurosurgical Review
Traumatic brain injury frequently causes an elevation of intracranial pressure (ICP) that could lead to reduction of cerebral perfusion pressure and cause brain ischemia. Invasive ICP monitoring is recommended by international guidelines, in order to reduce the incidence of secondary brain injury; although rare, the complications related to ICP pro...
Published in Intensive Care Medicine
Current literature addressing the pharmacological principles guiding glucocorticoid (GC) administration in ARDS is scant. This paucity of information may have led to the heterogeneity of treatment protocols and misinterpretation of available findings. GCs are agonist compounds that bind to the GC receptor (GR) producing a pharmacological response. ...
Published in International urology and nephrology
No conclusion exists for the optimum duration of preoperative administration of doxazosin (DOX) before adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether perioperative hemodynamics and postoperative outcomes are related to the duration of DOX administration. In total, 132 patients managed preoperatively with sin...
Published in ESC heart failure
Little is known about patient characteristics, outcomes, and the effect of treatment in relation to duration of heart failure (HF). We have investigated these questions in PARADIGM-HF. The aim of the study was to compare patient characteristics, outcomes, and the effect of sacubitril/valsartan, compared with enalapril, in relation to time from HF d...
Published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine
BackgroundThe optimal duration of antibiotic treatment for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is not well established. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of reducing the duration of antibiotic treatment on long-term prognosis in patients hospitalized with CAP.MethodsThis was a multicenter study assessing complications developed during 1...
Published in Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
OBJECTIVES: The accuracy and duration of triage is vital in emergency departments. However, patient density, diversity of cases, and time pressure make triage difficult. Triage performed properly and at the right time prevents patients from experiencing any untoward incidents that may occur because of waiting. Therefore, the study aimed to share th...
Published in Acta psychologica
This study examined the effect of emotion on the judgment of durations of several minutes compared with that of durations of a few seconds. Three experiments were performed on the temporal judgment of emotional stimuli lasting from 2 s to 6 min (Experiment 1) or from 2 to 6 min (Experiment 2 and 3). These involved emotional sounds (Experiment 1 and...
Published in Indian Pediatrics
BackgroundCooked green banana (Musa paradisiaca) has been observed to be useful in reducing the duration of diarrheal illness in children.ObjectiveTo evaluate whether supplementation of cooked green banana shortens the duration of diarrhea in children with acute watery diarrhea with no dehydration.Study designOpen label randomized controlled trial....
Published in Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
The following contribution compares the unemployment situation arising from the lockdown induced by the Covid-19 pandemic with previous employment crises in Switzerland. In addition, it forecasts the future trajectory of unemployment based on ongoing changes in hazard rates. From a historical perspective, current unemployment as well as that expect...
