Edstorp, Jessica Rossides, Marios Ahlqvist, Emma Alfredsson, Lars Askling, Johan Di Giuseppe, Daniela Grill, Valdemar Sorgjerd, Elin P Tuomi, Tiinamaija Åsvold, Bjørn O
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Diabetologia
Some studies find an increased risk of type 1 diabetes in children exposed to antibiotics. We investigated if exposure to antibiotics increases the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) and type 2 diabetes. We used data from a Swedish case-control study (Epidemiological Study of Risk Factors for LADA and Type 2 Diabetes [ESTRID]: LADA...
Paridaens, Rico; 174092; Vaes, Bert; van den Bulck, Steve; 94616; Soetaert, Justine; 129666;
BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most frequent reasons for encounter in general practice. Yet results from literature show adherence to clinical practice guidelines is low. Audit & feedback is a well-known strategy to improve adherence to guidelines. Benchmarking is an important step in the audit & feedback process. The objective of th...
Alli, Oluseun Garg, Jalaj Boursiquot, Brian Kapadia, Samir Yeh, Robert Price, Matthew Piccini, Jonathan Nair, Devi Hsu, Jonathan Gibson, Douglas
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BACKGROUND: Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is increasingly used as an alternative to oral anticoagulation for stroke prevention in select patients with atrial fibrillation. Data on outcomes in racial and ethnic minority individuals are limited. This analysis assessed differences in the use and outcomes of LAAO by race and ethnicity in a lar...
Vanhauwaert, Dimitri; Vanschoenbeek, Katrijn; Weyns, Frank; Vanopdenbosch, Ludo; Tieleman, Ann; Michotte, Alex; Goffin, Karolien; 50420; De Gendt, Cindy; De Vleeschouwer, Steven; 39329; Boterberg, Tom;
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OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the diagnostic management and follow-up imaging for glioma patients across Belgian hospitals by calculating process indicators. METHODS: Patients with newly diagnosed glioma in Belgium (2016-2019) were selected from the Belgian Cancer Registry. The National Social Security Number served as unique patient ident...
Råket, Hans Kristian Wang, Joanna Nan Petersen, Janne Pressler, Tacjana Olesen, Hanne Vebert Jensen-Fangel, Søren Bryrup, Thomas Jimenez-Solem, Espen Jensen, Camilla Bjørn
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Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society
The Danish National Patient Registry (DNPR) serves as a valuable resource for scientific research. However, to ensure accurate results in cystic fibrosis (CF) studies that rely on DNPR data, a robust case-identification algorithm is essential. This study aimed to develop and validate algorithms for the reliable identification of CF patients in the ...
Xian, Ying Li, Shen Jiang, Tian Beon, Chandler Poudel, Remy Thomas, Kathie Reeves, Mathew Smith, Eric Saver, Jeffrey Sheth, Kevin
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BACKGROUND: The Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program is a quality improvement initiative designed to enhance adherence to evidence-based stroke care. Since its inception in 2003, over 2800 hospitals in the United States have participated in the program. METHODS: We examined patient characteristics, adherence to performance measures, and in-hospit...
Tizzano, Eduardo F Quijano-Roy, Susana Servais, Laurent Parsons, Julie A Aharoni, Sharon Lakhotia, Arpita Finkel, Richard S group, restore study
peer reviewed / [en] OBJECTIVE: We describe outcomes following onasemnogene abeparvovec monotherapy for patients with ≥four survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) gene copies in RESTORE, a noninterventional spinal muscular atrophy patient registry. METHODS: We evaluated baseline characteristics, motor milestone achievement, post-treatment motor function, u...
Feldman, Candace Curtis, Jeffrey Oates, Jim Yazdany, Jinoos Izmirly, Peter
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to validate claims-based algorithms for identifying SLE and lupus nephritis (LN) in Medicare data, enhancing the use of the Lupus Index for geospatial research on SLE prevalence and outcomes. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated the performance of rule-based algorithms using the International Classification of Diseases,...
El-Hajj, Victor Gabriel Ranganathan, Sruthi Hoang, Harry Ghaith, Abdul Karim Bydon, Mohamad Elmi-Terander, Adrian
Funder: Karolinska Institute / INTRODUCTION: Spinal low-grade gliomas (sLGGs) are a group of tumors that arise from glial cells in the spinal cord. Current evidence supporting the use of adjuvant radiotherapy for the management of sLGG is lacking. We hence aimed to compare overall survival rates in patients receiving surgery alone with those receiv...
Jacobs, Benjamin Schalk, Luisa Tregaskis-Daniels, Emily Tank, Pooja Hoque, Sadid Peter, Michelle Tuite-Dalton, Katherine Witts, James Bove, Riley Dobson, Ruth
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested differences in multiple sclerosis (MS) severity according to ethnicity. METHODS: Data were obtained from the UK MS Register, a prospective longitudinal cohort study of persons with MS. We examined the association between self-reported ethnic background and age at onset, symptom of onset and a variety of p...
