Published in European urology focus
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common complications of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD). As the underlying neurogenic dysfunction often cannot be resolved, prophylaxis is of utmost importance, as UTIs are associated with significant morbidity and lower quality of life. Prevention is based on a correct diagnosis, ...
Published in BMC Medical Education
BackgroundAim of this observational study with a three-month follow-up was to evaluate an educational concept for risk-oriented prevention applied by fifth-year undergraduate dental students.MethodsDental students from two clinical treatment courses of the last undergraduate year were included. The subjects were divided into two groups according to...
Published in Virology Journal
BackgroundCoronaviruses (CoVs) were long thought to only cause mild respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms in humans but outbreaks of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)-CoV, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-CoV-1, and the recently identified SARS-CoV-2 have cemented their zoonotic potential and their capacity to cause serious morbid...
Published in BMC Family Practice
BackgroundThe aim of this article is to explore preventive health dialogues in general practice in the context of a pilot study of a Danish primary preventive intervention ‘TOF’ (a Danish acronym for ‘Early Detection and Prevention’) carried out in 2016. The intervention consisted of 1) a stratification of patients into one of four groups, 2) a dig...
Published in Current Hypertension Reports
Purpose of ReviewCardiovascular disease (CVD) can begin in youth. Prevention is essential to reducing the burden of CVD-related risk factors in childhood and disease development in adulthood. This review addresses the clinical scope of CVD prevention, including a review of conditions encountered, proposed diagnostic criteria, and management strateg...
Published in Annals of Intensive Care
The French Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SRLF), jointly with the French-Speaking Group of Paediatric Emergency Rooms and Intensive Care Units (GFRUP) and the French-Speaking Association of Paediatric Surgical Intensivists (ADARPEF), worked out guidelines for the management of central venous catheters (CVC), arterial catheters and dialysis cat...
Published in Chinesische Medizin / Chinese Medicine
Die Chinesische Medizin hat im Kampf gegen Covid-19 in China eine wichtige Rolle dabei gespielt, die Symptome zu lindern, eine Weiterentwicklung von der leichten oder üblichen zur schweren Form zu reduzieren, die Genesungsrate zu steigern, die Mortalität zu senken und die Rekonvaleszenz zu fördern. Dieser Artikel geht auf die Krankheitsagenzien und...
Published in The Journal of Headache and Pain
BackgroundThe long-term safety and efficacy of fremanezumab were evaluated in a 52-week extension study (NCT02638103). Patient satisfaction with fremanezumab, dosing preferences, and patient-reported outcomes were assessed in a subpopulation who completed the extension study and consented to a follow-up questionnaire.MethodsIn the extension study (...
This article considers an optimization problem for an insurance buyer in the context of proportional insurance and furnishing effort to reduce the size of a potential loss. The buyer's risk preference is given by a distortion risk measure, with risk probabilities being evaluated via a non-concave distortion function. This kind of distortion functio...
Published in BMC Medicine
BackgroundData on the cost-effectiveness of lifestyle-based diabetes prevention programs are mostly from high-income countries, which cannot be extrapolated to low- and middle-income countries. We performed a trial-based cost-effectiveness analysis of a lifestyle intervention targeted at preventing diabetes in India.MethodsThe Kerala Diabetes Preve...
