Epidemiology of Oral Cancer Diagnosed at a Singapore Tertiary Healthcare Institution
ANNALS ACADEMY OF MEDICINE SINGAPORE / 43 / 2 / 96-101
Association between being employed in a smoke-free workplace and living in a smoke-free home: evidence from 15 low and m...
Published in Preventive medicine
To assess whether being employed in a smoke-free workplace is associated with living in a smoke-free home in 15 low and middle income countries (LMICs). Country-specific individual level analyses of cross-sectional Global Adult Tobacco Survey data (2008-2011) from 15 LMICs was conducted using multiple logistic regression. The dependent variable was...
Digoxin and 30-day All-cause Hospital Admission in Older Patients with Chronic Diastolic Heart Failure
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BackgroundIn the main Digitalis Investigation Group (DIG) trial, digoxin reduced the risk of 30-day all-cause hospitalization in older systolic heart failure patients. However, this effect has not been studied in older diastolic heart failure patients.MethodsIn the ancillary DIG trial, of the 988 patients with chronic heart failure and preserved (>...
Prevalence of persistent lipid abnormalities in statin-treated patients: Belgian results of the Dyslipidaemia Internatio...
A substantial number of cardiovascular events are not prevented by statin therapy, which is still regarded as the first-line therapy for hyperlipidaemia. Insights into the prevalence of lipid abnormalities of statin-treated patients in Belgium are lacking and may shed light on an unmet medical need for optimal use of current lipid-lowering therapie...
HPTN 071 (PopART): Rationale and design of a cluster-randomised trial of the population impact of an HIV combination pre...
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Published in Trials
BackgroundEffective interventions to reduce HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa are urgently needed. Mathematical modelling and the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052 trial results suggest that universal HIV testing combined with immediate antiretroviral treatment (ART) should substantially reduce incidence and may eliminate HIV as a public h...
Trigeminal neuralgia
Treating Dementia and Agitation
The Hospital-Dependent Patient
Does progressive resistance and balance exercise reduce falls in residential aged care? Randomized controlled trial prot...
Introduction: Falls are common among older adults. It is reported that approximately 60% of residents of aged care facilities fall each year. This is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and a significant burden for health care providers and the health system. Among community dwelling older adults, exercise appears to be an effective counterme...
Calorie intake and patient outcomes in severe acute kidney injury: findings from The Randomized Evaluation of Normal vs....
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Introduction Current practice in the delivery of caloric intake (DCI) in patients with severe acute kidney injury (AKI) receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) is unknown. We aimed to describe calorie administration in patients enrolled in the Randomized Evaluation of Normal vs. Augmented Level of Replacement Therapy (RENAL) study and to assess t...
