Herzog, Mackenzie M. Young, Jessica C. Lund, Jennifer L. Pate, Virginia Mack, Christina D. Marshall, Stephen W.
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Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundThis study further investigates a protective association between oral contraceptive (OC) use and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury noted in prior case-control studies.MethodsActive comparator new user cohort analysis of women aged 13–45 years in the United States from the IBM MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters database who ...
Bhattacharjee, Parinita Ma, Huiting Musyoki, Helgar Cheuk, Eve Isac, Shajy Njiraini, Margaret Gichangi, Peter Mishra, Sharmistha Becker, Marissa Pickles, Michael
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BMC Women's Health
BackgroundWe sought to estimate the prevalence and describe heterogeneity in experiences of gender-based violence (GBV) across subgroups of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW).MethodsWe used data from a cross-sectional bio-behavioural survey among 1299 AGYW aged 14–24 in Mombasa, Kenya in 2015. Respondents were recruited from hotspots associate...
Kim, Yon Hee Lee, Jihyoun
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World Journal of Clinical Cases
BACKGROUND A cutaneous ciliated cyst (CCC) is a rare, benign tumor in young female adults, which is usually found on the lower extremities. CASE SUMMARY We found an uncommon location of CCC in the anterolateral cervical area and reviewed the literature. A 20-year-old female complained of a well-defined, painless, palpable mass that started several ...
Berlan, Elise D Richards, Molly J Vieira, Carolina Sales Creinin, Mitchell D Kaunitz, Andrew M Fraser, Ian S Edelman, Alison Mansour, Diana
Among young persons, ease of use, high efficacy, and high acceptability makes the etonogestrel contraceptive implant an important choice for this age group. Adolescent-friendly, patient-centered counseling considers the patient's cognitive development, the influence of friends and family, as well as their own preferences and values. Age-appropriate...
Qin, Juan-Juan Cheng, Xu Zhou, Feng Lei, Fang Akolkar, Gauri Cai, Jingjing Zhang, Xiao-Jing Blet, Alice Xie, Jing Zhang, Peng
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The prognostic power of circulating cardiac biomarkers, their utility, and pattern of release in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients have not been clearly defined. In this multicentered retrospective study, we enrolled 3219 patients with diagnosed COVID-19 admitted to 9 hospitals from December 31, 2019 to March 4, 2020, to estimate the ass...
Bae, David J Tehrani, David M Rabadia, Soniya V Frost, Marlene Parikh, Rushi V Calfon-Press, Marcella Aksoy, Olcay Umar, Soban Ardehali, Reza Rabbani, Amir
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral pandemic precipitated by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Since previous reports suggested that viral entry into cells may involve angiotensin converting enzyme 2, there has been growing concern that angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) and angiotensin II receptor blocker ...
Chen, Jing-Xu Feng, Jun-Hui Zhang, Li-Gang Liu, Yan Yang, Fu-De Wang, Shao-Li Tan, Yun-Long Su, Yun-Ai
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BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundIndividuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) have a high suicide risk. Some evidence suggests that uric acid (UA) may be involved in the pathophysiology of MDD. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether serum UA levels were associated with suicide risk in MDD patients.MethodsOne hundred four female patients with MDD (52 patien...
Hessey, Erin Montgomery, Carmel Zuege, Danny J. Rolfson, Darryl Stelfox, Henry T. Fiest, Kirsten M. Bagshaw, Sean M.
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Journal of Intensive Care
BackgroundThe prevalence of frailty, an important risk factor for short- and long-term outcomes in hospitalized adults, differs by sex. Studies in critically ill adults have also found differences in mortality and organ support rates in males and females. The objective of this study was to determine if these observed differences in mortality and or...
Weir-McCall, Jonathan Attinger-Toller, Adrian Blanke, Philipp Perlman, Gidon Y Sellers, Stephanie L Wood, David Webb, John G Leipsic, Jonathon
Cunniffe, Nicholas Gunter, Simon J Brown, Michael Burge, Sarah W Coyle, Clare De Soyza, Anthony Dymond, Tom Esmail, Hanif Francis, Darrel P Galloway, Jacqui
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Objectives: To analyse enrolment to interventional trials during the first wave of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in England and describe the barriers to successful recruitment in the circumstance of a further wave or future pandemics. Design: We analysed registered interventional COVID-19 trial data and concurrently did a prospective obs...
