Szubert, Alexander Bailey, Sarah Lou Cooke, Graham S Peto, Tim Llewelyn, Martin J Edgeworth, Jonathan D Walker, A Sarah Thwaites, Guy E
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The Journal of infection
Adjunctive rifampicin did not reduce failure/recurrence/death as a composite endpoint in the ARREST trial of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, but did reduce recurrences. We investigated clinically-defined 14-day treatment failure, and recurrence and S. aureus-attributed/unattributed mortality by 12-weeks to further define their predictors. A post...
Celli, BR Wedzicha, JA
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide; COPD led to 3.2 million deaths in 2017, a toll expected to reach 4.4 million yearly by 2040.1,2 With a worldwide prevalence of 10.1%, COPD afflicts many people in low-income, middle-income, and wealthy countries (Figure 1), and years of life lost prematurely...
Charani, E Cunnington, AJ Yousif, AHA Ahmed, MS Ahmed, AEM Babiker, S Bedri, S Buytaert, W Crawford, MA Elbashir, MI
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A recent symposium and workshop in Khartoum, the capital of the Republic of Sudan, brought together broad expertise from three universities to address the current burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases facing the Sudanese healthcare system. These meetings identified common challenges that impact the burden of diseases in the country, ...
Liccardo, F Baird, DLH Pellino, G Rasheed, S Kontovounisios, C Tekkis, PP
Unplanned readmissions heavily affect the cost of health care and are used as an indicator of performance. No clear data are available regarding beyond-total mesorectal excision (bTME) procedure. Aim of the study is to identify patient-related and surgery-related factors influencing the 30-day readmissions after bTME. Retrospective data were collec...
Llwyd Gwilym, B Saratzis, A Benson, R Forsythe, R Dovell, G Dattani, N Lane, T Preece, R Shalhoub, J Charles Bosanquet, D
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Introduction Surgical site infections (SSI) following groin incision for arterial exposure are commonplace and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following major arterial surgery. Published incidence varies considerably. The primary aim of GIVE will be to compare individual units’ practice with established guidelines from The National I...
Bhattarai, S Godsland, IF Misra, S Johnston, DG Oliver, N
AIMS: Optimal glycaemic control benefits risk of microvascular and macrovascular complications in type 1 diabetes (T1DM) but the importance of other components of metabolic health is less certain, particularly in the context of routine clinical practice. METHODS: Data for this cross-sectional analysis derived from a database covering inner North We...
Schott, W Aurino, E Penny, ME Behrman, JR
As part of the nutritional transition, undernutrition is globally declining while changes brought by economic development have ushered in increases in overweight and its related economic costs and health consequences around the world. We examine trajectories in stunting and overweight from age one year to mid-adolescence and from mid-childhood to e...
Dharmage, SC Perret, JL Custovic, A
Asthma is a globally significant non-communicable disease with major public health consequences for both children and adults, including high morbidity, and mortality in severe cases. We have summarized the evidence on asthma trends, environmental determinants, and long-term impacts while comparing these epidemiological features across childhood ast...
Chiaravalloti-Neto, Francisco da Silva, Rafael Alves Zini, Nathalia da Silva, Gislaine Celestino Dutra da Silva, Natal Santos Parra, Maisa Carla Pereira Dibo, Margareth Regina Estofolete, Cassia Fernanda Fávaro, Eliane Aparecida Dutra, Karina Rocha
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BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundSão José do Rio Preto is one of the cities of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, that is hyperendemic for dengue, with the presence of the four dengue serotypes.Objectives: to calculate dengue seroprevalence in a neighbourhood of São José do Rio Preto and identify if socioeconomic and demographic covariates are associated with dengue seropos...
Rosadas, C Taylor, GP
Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes lifelong infection. At least 5–10 million individuals worldwide are currently living with HTLV-1. Studies of regional variation are required to better understand the contribution of MTCT to the global burden of infection. Although most infected individuals...
