• However, in the study spanning 12 countries and over 9,000 patients, the research team found that when adjusted for age and other conditions linked to hypertension such as diabetes, obesity and advanced kidney disease, there is no link between high blood pressure and the risk of worse outcomes from COVID. (clinicalservicesjournal.com)
  • Analysis showed that rather than being linked with worse outcomes, both classes of drug were in fact associated with better outcomes. (clinicalservicesjournal.com)
  • and clinical outcomes of 57 unresectable LAPC (all pancreatic adenocarcinoma) patients receiving definitive RT using modern techniques with and without systemic therapy between January 2009 and March 2019 at our institution. (frontiersin.org)
  • This disparity likely arises from multiple factors that interact and manifest as both increased risk of infection and adverse clinical outcomes from infection. (springer.com)
  • Participants undergo repeated detailed bio-clinical assessment over a follow up period of ten years and are tracked for clinical outcomes. (bham.ac.uk)
  • This thesis reports important new findings from patients with CKD and establishes a resource that will provide future insights that should contribute to improving clinical outcomes. (bham.ac.uk)
  • The objective of this study is to explore disease trends that may unveil a correlation between molecular markers and poor clinical outcomes among black colorectal cancer patients. (jefferson.edu)
  • Starks, Victoria B. and Mitchell, MD, FACP, Edith P., "Associations Between Oncogenic Risk Markers and Clinical Outcomes among Black and White Colorectal Cancer Patients" (2020). (jefferson.edu)
  • The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in pregnancies has been increasing, with maternal HCV infections associated with an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes, according to the results of a study published in JAMA Network Open . (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Investigators said that data on HCV during pregnancy are limited, so they aimed to estimate the trend of HCV-positive pregnancies during the opioid epidemic and how this could be associated with maternal and perinatal outcomes. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Objective To compare perinatal outcomes, maternal outcomes, and interventions in labour by planned place of birth at the start of care in labour for women with low risk pregnancies. (bmj.com)
  • Women planning birth in a midwifery unit and multiparous women planning birth at home experience fewer interventions than those planning birth in an obstetric unit with no impact on perinatal outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • For nulliparous women, planned home births also have fewer interventions but have poorer perinatal outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • Objectives To investigate the effectiveness of routine ultrasonography in the third trimester in reducing adverse perinatal outcomes in low risk pregnancies compared with usual care and the effect of this policy on maternal outcomes and obstetric interventions. (bmj.com)
  • The incidence of severe adverse perinatal outcomes was 1.7% (n=118) for the intervention strategy and 1.8% (n=106) for usual care. (bmj.com)
  • We descriptively assessed birth outcomes among women with abnormal bleeding, and investigated the risk factors using a logistic regression analysis. (degruyter.com)
  • Although all of cases with abnormal bleeding had good birth outcomes, one case of vaginal bleeding was accompanied by placental abruption. (degruyter.com)
  • The talk I'm giving for the webinar series on survey methods is the following: Purposes of surveys and questionnaires: Assessing prevalence, risk, and outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • The main outcome included the temporal trend, measured by the change in annual prevalence of HCV-positive women who were pregnant since the beginning of the opioid epidemic in the late 1990s, according to investigators. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Trends in the prevalence of hepatitis C infection during pregnancy and maternal-infant outcomes in the US, 1998 to 2018. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Differences in the prevalence of obesity and its metabolic sequelae have been shown to partly mediate ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes, although not always consistently. (springer.com)
  • Furthermore, differences in the prevalence of certain comorbidities (such as Diabetes Mellitus and obesity), that contribute towards cardio-metabolic risk, and also increase the risk of COVID-19, have also been suggested to play a role. (springer.com)
  • Main outcome measures: Prevalence of SGA and LGA, using the three charts and indicators of diagnostic utility (sensitivity, specificity and area-under-the curve (AUROC)) of these chart-specific cut-offs to predict delivery and neonatal outcomes and a composite outcome. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • To that end, Social Finance, Newcastle City Council, and Impetus-PEF have launched this report, a rigorous analysis of 8,000 17-19 year olds in Newcastle which identifies the risk factors that best predict becoming not in education, employment or training (NEET) and a range of other poor outcomes. (socialfinance.org.uk)
  • our understanding of the factors that determine these poor outcomes is incomplete. (bham.ac.uk)
  • The FORMULA-509 trial was designed to evaluate whether adding 6 months of abiraterone acetate/prednisone and apalutamide to this regimen could improve outcomes. (ascopost.com)
  • This report underscores the important opportunity for Congress to remove barriers and allow LTC pharmacies to improve outcomes and reduce the cost of care for seniors and individuals with disabilities, not just in institutional care but in home- and community-based settings, as well. (businesswire.com)
  • Williams and Hummelbrunner (2009) summarize some of the uses of outcomes theory: "Outcomes theory intends to improve outcomes system architecture, that is, related systems that deal in one way or another with outcomes, by providing a clear common technical language, thus helping to avoid unnecessary duplication and identify gaps to be filled. (wikipedia.org)
  • A study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that biomarkers present in the blood on the day of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can accurately predict a patient’s risk of death or severe disability six months later. (nih.gov)
  • The epidemiologic shift of dengue to adults chronic diseases that confer risk for severe outcomes of and older adults has increased recognition that ad- dengue infection. (cdc.gov)
  • In a population-based study in Taiwan, vanced age is a risk factor for severe and fatal out- adjusted risks for dengue-related hospitalization, inten- come after dengue infection ( 2 , 3 ), adding dengue to sive care unit admission, and death increased progres- the list of other flavivirus infections for which ad- sively with age. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, it had been hypothesized early in the COVID-19 pandemic that people with SUDs may be particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 and its most severe health outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • People with SUDs also had an increased risk of severe outcomes of COVID-19 (see Figure 2). (nih.gov)
  • Secondary outcomes were two composite measures of severe maternal morbidity, and spontaneous labour and birth. (bmj.com)
  • Hypertension had been consistently reported as an important risk factor for more severe disease and mortality in COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital. (clinicalservicesjournal.com)
  • We summarise evidence linking obesity and cardio-metabolic risk to COVID-19 outcomes, and explore the hypothesis that differing levels of cardio-metabolic risk according to ethnic group play a role in the poorer COVID-19-related outcomes experienced by minority ethnic groups. (springer.com)
  • The study, known as CAPACITY COVID and published in the Nature journal, Hypertension Research , resolves a key question during the pandemic of whether hypertension and its treatment were linked to poorer outcomes from COVID. (clinicalservicesjournal.com)
  • This is what happened in the case of high blood pressure and its treatment, neither of which are independent risk factors for poorer COVID outcomes in hospitalised patients. (clinicalservicesjournal.com)
  • Cohort studies have shown that higher anticholinergic burden is associated with negative brain effects, poorer cognitive and functional outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF April (FAPR) , which has $290 million in assets, will have an upside cap of between 17.9% and 20% and a downside buffer of 10% when the target outcome period resets on April 24, 2023. (etftrends.com)
  • TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women who experience an adverse pregnancy outcome (APO) have a higher risk of having a stroke in their lifetime, and at a younger age, according to a study published online May 22 in Stroke . (healthday.com)
  • 0.5 ng/mL at baseline and should be considered a treatment option for patients at high risk who meet that criterion, according to lead author Paul L. Nguyen, MD , of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and colleagues, who presented these findings at the 2023 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium ( Abstract 303 ). (ascopost.com)
  • Diabetes affects every part of the body and can lead to a cascade of negative health outcomes, significantly impacting a person's quality of life. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers at Children's HealthWatch, based out of Boston Medical Center (BMC), found that children who experienced both pre- and post-natal homelessness and those who experienced homelessness for longer than six months were at highest risk of negative health outcomes. (news-medical.net)
  • These findings, published in Pediatrics , illustrate the urgent need to intervene and rapidly house children and families experiencing homelessness to minimize the negative health outcomes. (news-medical.net)
  • There are many reasons for these failures, but one consistent reason is that baseline mortality risk varies widely in patients with septic shock. (medscape.com)
  • [ 1 ] Consequently, current trial designs lead to the inclusion of patients with low mortality risk who are unlikely to benefit from novel therapies beyond standard care as well as patients having an extremely high mortality risk who may be beyond salvage by experimental therapy. (medscape.com)
  • This approach can dilute any potential beneficial effect of an experimental therapy for patients with a significant, but modifiable, mortality risk and consequently lead to a negative clinical trial. (medscape.com)
  • [ 1-3 ] A recent trial used a mortality risk scoring system to screen for patients with a high, but potentially modifiable, risk of mortality. (medscape.com)
  • Such linked data will enable analyses and reporting of key outcomes among patients served by health systems that have implemented wider suicide risk screening, and comparing these with the outcomes of patients served in prior periods and/or in settings with less extensive suicide risk screening. (nih.gov)
  • nor on trajectories of health care use and costs for patients identified with different suicide risk screening scores. (nih.gov)
  • This initiative aims to support linkage and analyses of data on health, health care and mortality of patient panels/populations, in relation to health system implementation of suicide risk screening programs, and in relation to patients' suicide risk screening results. (nih.gov)
  • The fraction of patients in particular care settings who were identified with suicide risk, before and after implementation of a suicide risk screening program. (nih.gov)
  • The research suggests that if doctors use drug-eluting stents in patients who are lower risk, they might expect even more favorable results, said Muhammad S. Munir, M.D., lead author of the study and a nonclinical research fellow at the Texas Heart Institute. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We have reported that the risk of bypass surgery and drug-eluting stents is the same among high-risk patients. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Patients' age was a strong predictor of surgical outcome, and the size and location of an aneurysm predict both surgical and endovascular outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • COVID-19 patients with SUDs are more likely to require hospitalization and to die from COVID-19 than those without SUD, with patients with OUD and African American patients at greatest risk. (nih.gov)
  • Aims: This study aimed to assess the risk factors associated with poor prognosis among COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia. (who.int)
  • Conclusions: Independent risk factors for critical outcomes among COVID-19 cases include old age, males, cardiac patients, chronic respiratory diseases, and the presence of two or more comorbidities. (who.int)
  • Therefore, it is critical to risk stratify COVID-19 patients based on their predicted outcomes and guide appropriate management and disposition accordingly. (who.int)
  • Furthermore, it is challenging to predict the clinical course or determine patients at risk of deterioration. (who.int)
  • A study of UK patients found that the strongest association between obesity and adverse COVID-19 outcomes was in people of Black ethnicity. (springer.com)
  • 1 Patients were included in this study if they had urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) levels 30-5000 mg/g. 1 KERENDIA ® was approved in the United States on July 9, 2021 to reduce the risk of sustained eGFR decline, end-stage kidney disease, CV death, nonfatal myocardial infarction and hospitalization for heart failure in adult patients with CKD associated with T2D. (businesswire.com)
  • We assessed vascular risk factors and outcomes, including cognition, in TIA/ischemic stroke patients with neuroimaging evidence of probable/possible CAA. (hindawi.com)
  • 30 of 286 (10.5%) and 37 of 281 (13.2%) patients had poor outcome of death or disability (modified Rankin Scale score, 3-6) at follow-up 3 and 12 months. (hindawi.com)
  • This study suggested that an increasing number of vascular risk factors and imaging markers were significantly associated with outcomes of TIA/ischemic stroke patients with CAA pattern. (hindawi.com)
  • I established a prospective, observational cohort study of patients with high risk CKD as defined by i) declining kidney function and/or ii) proteinuria and/or iii) advanced (stage 4 and 5) CKD. (bham.ac.uk)
  • To evaluate outcome in patients with Gleason 7 prostate cancer treated with iodine-125 brachytherapy at the British Columbia Cancer Agency. (urotoday.com)
  • Outcomes of patients who redetached were then examined in more detail. (bmj.com)
  • The study authors said the findings have important implications for public health messaging and that patients should feel reassured that their high blood pressure and treatment for it do not on their own place them at greater risk should they develop COVID-19. (clinicalservicesjournal.com)
  • The present study aimed to provide information about the common cancer types and respective predisposing risk factors among the Bangladeshi cancer patients from different cancer hospitals located in Dhaka city. (banglajol.info)
  • A nationwide representative sample of 610 Bangladeshi cancer patients were asked about their medical history, life-style, eating habit and genetic risk factors in relation to cancer prevention, as a part of omnibus survey. (banglajol.info)
  • 14 risk factors among women cancer patients, the attributable fraction of cancer causing by viral and bacterial diseases (39.10%) was highest, followed by obesity (37.10%) and then chronic disease (37.03%) excluding food habit. (banglajol.info)
  • A retrospective chart review was conducted using BC Cancer data for all patients seen at the High-Risk Clinic from 1997 to 31 July 2015. (bcmj.org)
  • In the phase III FORMULA-509 trial, the addition of abiraterone acetate/prednisone and apalutamide-compared with bicalutamide-to salvage radiation therapy plus 6 months of treatment with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist failed to improve progression-free survival postprostatectomy in the overall population of patients with unfavorable-risk prostate cancer and detectable prostate-specific antigen (PSA). (ascopost.com)
  • Although there are numerous studies exploring ultrasound and biomarker prediction of patients at risk of pre-eclampsia, other than early detection of preeclampsia , no reliable test or symptom complex predicts the development of eclampsia. (medscape.com)
  • The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of 100 mg/d regular oral intake of aspirin during pregnancy on high-risk pregnancy -induced hypertension syndrome patients . (bvsalud.org)
  • We consecutively selected 98 cases high-risk pregnancy -induced hypertension syndrome patients . (bvsalud.org)
  • 100 mg/d regular oral intake of aspirin during pregnancy is safe, effective and worthy of generalization to high-risk pregnancy -induced hypertension syndrome patients . (bvsalud.org)
  • BACKGROUND & AIMS: Metabolic risk factors (MetRs) are associated with hepatic and cardiac outcomes in patients with fatty liver disease (FLD). (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • Follow-up data were analysed for the incidence of hepatic outcomes, cardiac outcomes, and death in patients with AFLD or NAFLD and based on MetRs within AFLD and NAFLD. (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • Patients with AFLD were at a higher risk of hepatic outcomes (adjusted risk ratio [aRR], 5.81) compared with those with NAFLD irrespective of MetR. (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • In patients with AFLD, hepatic and cardiac outcomes were not associated with MetRs. (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • These findings back up what we already knew about how the stress of homelessness affects children's heath,' said Megan Sandel, MD, MPH, pediatrician at BMC and lead investigator at Children's HealthWatch, 'but this helps us determine which children are at greatest risk, and makes the argument that policymakers and providers need to intervene to change the trajectory of a child's development. (news-medical.net)
  • According to findings of a report published last week in the medical journal Stroke , pregnancy side effects like preeclampsia, gestational hypertension and other complications may double the risk of having a stroke before the age of 45. (aboutlawsuits.com)
  • Conclusions The results support a policy of offering healthy women with low risk pregnancies a choice of birth setting. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions The extent of retinal detachment and preoperative PVR are risk factors for surgical failure following vitrectomy for primary retinal detachment. (bmj.com)
  • Drug-eluting stent therapy and bypass surgery for coronary artery disease have about the same risk for a major cardiac event within 30 days after the procedures, researchers report. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Drug-eluting stent therapy and bypass surgery for coronary artery disease have about the same risk for a major cardiac event within 30 days after the procedures, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 8th Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The risk of cardiac outcomes in AFLD and NAFLD became similar with the increasing number of MetRs. (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • Clinical trials in septic shock continue to fail due, in part, to inequitable and sometimes unknown distribution of baseline mortality risk between study arms. (medscape.com)
  • Other risk factors remaining significant in at least one of the multivariate models included the following: country, gestational age at entry, maternal age, maternal body mass index, previous PTD, history of alcohol use, baseline HIV viral titer, multiple gestation, and several obstetric risk factors. (nih.gov)
  • ART effects on adverse pregnancy outcomes reported in the randomized PROMISE trial remained strongly significant even after controlling for demographic, baseline clinical, and obstetrical risk factors, which were also associated with these outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • The association between prognostic factors and OS was assessed using the Kaplan-Meier analysis and a Cox regression model, whereas baseline characteristics and treatment details were collected for competing-risk regression of the association with LP and DM using the Fine-Gray model. (frontiersin.org)
  • Due to potential discrepancy in baseline disease incidences between different cohorts and shifts in patient composition, the risk predicted by the model built in the source cohort often under- or over-estimates the risk in a new cohort. (nih.gov)
  • In this article, we assume the relative risks of predictors are the same between the two cohorts, and propose a novel weighted estimating equation approach to re-calibrating the projected risk for the targeted population through updating the baseline risk. (nih.gov)
  • Gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, preterm birth, and low birth weight all appeared to increase a woman's risk of having a stroke, researchers warn. (aboutlawsuits.com)
  • Adverse pregnancy outcomes were defined as a pregnancy affected by gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, preterm birth, small for gestational age infant, or placental abruption. (aboutlawsuits.com)
  • Women who experienced adverse pregnancy outcomes often suffered from other health conditions which can also increase the risk of negative outcomes, including obesity, hypertension, heart disease, and migraines. (aboutlawsuits.com)
  • In individuals over 65-years old, uncontrolled hypertension has been associated with increased risk of stroke, as well as all-cause and cardiovascular death. (bmj.com)
  • Type 2 diabetes is one of the chronic health conditions that poses a significant risk for complications to those who contract COVID-19. (cdc.gov)
  • This could allow for a tailored clinical care plan for the expectant pregnant person, reduce complications, and enable healthier outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • Possible complications include the usual risks of all surgeries, including bleeding, infection, and injury to the surrounding abdominal organs. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • PVR was again confirmed as the major factor influencing visual outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • Main outcome measure A composite primary outcome of perinatal mortality and intrapartum related neonatal morbidities (stillbirth after start of care in labour, early neonatal death, neonatal encephalopathy, meconium aspiration syndrome, brachial plexus injury, fractured humerus, or fractured clavicle) was used to compare outcomes by planned place of birth at the start of care in labour (at home, freestanding midwifery units, alongside midwifery units, and obstetric units). (bmj.com)
  • Overall, there were no significant differences in the adjusted odds of the primary outcome for any of the non-obstetric unit settings compared with obstetric units. (bmj.com)
  • Maternal outcomes and other obstetric interventions did not differ between the strategies. (bmj.com)
  • The primary outcomes were death or disability (mRS score, 3-6) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) at 3 months and 12 months. (hindawi.com)
  • The primary outcomes of interest were functional and cognitive outcomes associated with anticholinergic burden in older people. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Demographic characteristics are not associated with cognitive outcomes at 7.5 months. (escholarship.org)
  • This profile of the ECHO.CA.IL cohort found that mothers and their infants who vary in terms of socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and geographic location are similar in many of our measures of exposures and cognitive outcomes. (escholarship.org)
  • Using this measurement, researchers identified pregnancies at risk for adverse outcomes across all gestational ages at both sites despite demographic differences in study subjects at the two sites. (nih.gov)
  • Demographic, clinical history, comorbidity and outcomes data were retrieved from the National Health Electronic Surveillance Network (HESN) database. (who.int)
  • In our motivating example, researchers are interested in developing and validating a risk prediction tool to identify future lung cancer cases by integrating demographic information, disease characteristics and smoking-related data. (nih.gov)
  • Results There were 250 primary outcome events and an overall weighted incidence of 4.3 per 1000 births (95% CI 3.3 to 5.5). (bmj.com)
  • For multiparous women, there were no significant differences in the incidence of the primary outcome by planned place of birth. (bmj.com)
  • 5 As chronic kidney disease progresses, the risk for cardiovascular events and heart failure hospitalization increases, so early diagnosis and treatment is critical," 6 said Bertram Pitt, professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor and co-principal investigator of the FIGARO-DKD clinical trial. (businesswire.com)
  • We investigated the recorded risk factor rates of CHD and their spatial differences in North Karelia Hospital District, which has a very high cardiovascular burden, in order to form a general view of the state of secondary prevention in a high-risk region. (mdpi.com)
  • Detailed analyses demonstrated important associations between i) quality of life and unemployment, male gender, deprivation, co-morbidity and inflammation ii) arterial stiffness, inflammation and renal and cardiovascular outcomes iii) periodontitis and arterial stiffness iv) mortality, inflammation and arterial stiffness. (bham.ac.uk)
  • Outcomes included all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, stroke and heart failure. (bmj.com)
  • We derived and tested a multibiomarker-based approach to estimate mortality risk in adults with septic shock. (medscape.com)
  • We have derived, tested, calibrated, and validated a risk stratification tool and found that it reliably estimates the probability of mortality in adults with septic shock. (medscape.com)
  • Such assessment involves health systems linking data they hold on their patient panels/populations, including suicide risk screening scores/results, to mortality data and to data on subsequent health care. (nih.gov)
  • Patterns of suicide death and other relevant types of mortality over particular periods of follow-up after an index clinical encounter, for patient groups defined by care setting and identified suicide risk. (nih.gov)
  • Previous reports showed that old age and male gender are risk factors for disease severity and mortality (5,6). (who.int)
  • Globally, minority ethnic groups have been at higher risk of COVID-19 mortality and morbidity than majority populations. (springer.com)
  • Two UK Biobank studies have reported that the body mass index is more strongly associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 infection and mortality in minority ethnic populations than in White populations. (springer.com)
  • The cumulative effect of taking multiple medicines with anticholinergic properties termed as anticholinergic burden can adversely impact cognition, physical function and increase the risk of mortality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Small-for-gestational age & Large-for-gestational age thresholds to predict infants at risk of adverse delivery and neonatal outcomes: are current charts adequate? (ucl.ac.uk)
  • The database of reported cases chronic renal disease, and heart disease, are associ- was linked to the national administrative health da- ated with higher relative odds for progression to se- tabase to report patient outcomes and to establish vere disease than secondary infection ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The secondary outcomes included the associations between maternal HCV infection and maternal and perinatal adverse events. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • The investigators noted some limitations to the study, which was a secondary analysis of data that did not include other outcome measures from the primary study. (hematologyadvisor.com)
  • Risk of hospitalization and death was significantly higher in African Americans than in Caucasians, but did not differ between those with a lifetime SUD diagnosis versus those with a recent SUD diagnosis. (nih.gov)
  • A systematic review of version-related risks. (degruyter.com)
  • The aim of this systematic review was to compare anticholinergic burden quantified by the anticholinergic risk scales and evaluate associations with adverse outcomes in older people. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A clearer understanding of the differences in COVID-19 outcomes by ethnic group could provide valuable insights into our understanding of the transmission and clinical sequelae of this disease, ultimately to support improvements in future prevention and treatment strategies. (springer.com)
  • Gain insights into how big data can improve health outcomes. (lexisnexis.com)
  • Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) fuel insights into health risks and the ability to proactively impact health outcomes for veterans, military and others. (lexisnexis.com)
  • Significance and Contributions to Injury and Violence Prevention Science The emergency visit for assault injury may be an opportunity to engage youth in services and Interventions that decrease subsequent risk for criminal justice involvement and its negative sequelae. (bmj.com)
  • Researchers noted that women can reduce their risk of stroke with lifestyle interventions including healthy diet, increasing physical activity and low-dose aspirin. (aboutlawsuits.com)
  • These interventions may help prevent stroke but women should talk to their doctor about their risk and what interventions are safe to implement. (aboutlawsuits.com)
  • In recent years, some US health systems have begun to expand suicide risk screening, up to and including screening in every patient-encounter. (nih.gov)
  • These programs have yielded information on rates of case-finding in various care settings and patient groups, but much less is known about key patient outcomes beyond the screening itself, such as fatal and non-fatal suicide behaviors. (nih.gov)
  • The goal of this initiative is to support assessment of suicide-related patient outcomes in health systems that implement wider suicide risk screening in their care settings. (nih.gov)
  • Site, size, and group specific risks of the natural history should be compared with site, size, and age-specific risks of repair for each patient. (nih.gov)
  • Positively impact health outcomes for your patient population. (lexisnexis.com)
  • These services have been shown to improve understanding of breast cancer risk, increase knowledge of breast cancer and genetics, and help reduce patient stress. (bcmj.org)
  • However, little is known about the biomarkers prevalent among blacks and their possible correlation to treatment response and patient outcomes. (jefferson.edu)
  • In their study , which included 316 pregnant people at two sites, researchers saw a strong correlation between a quantitative MRI measurement called T2* and pregnancy outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • A case-control study was performed to identify the risk factors of INCPH. (nih.gov)
  • Investigators from the International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms aimed to assess the natural history of unruptured intracranial aneurysms and to measure the risk associated with their repair. (nih.gov)
  • Methods: This was a multi-centre retrospective cohort study that included all laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases with definitive outcomes in Saudi Arabia during March 2020. (who.int)
  • The study found children who experienced homelessness for more than six months were at high risk of poor health outcomes. (news-medical.net)
  • As pediatricians, we should be regularly screening families for housing insecurity, including past history and future risk of homelessness,' said Deborah Frank, MD, director of the GROW Clinic at BMC and senior author on the study. (news-medical.net)
  • There were also no data on prenatal care or health literacy, which could have affected the outcome of the results, according to the study authors. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Applications of the proposed methods demonstrate enduring performance of the risk prediction tool in the PLCO study and detected decaying performance in a study of liver disease. (nih.gov)
  • This study is setting up a record or 'registry' of information about a large number of people across Europe with low risk MDS. (cancerresearchuk.org)
  • In this study, we used data from China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases to mimic the design and to examine the China National Stroke Registry III Cognitive Subgroup (ICONS) participants at follow-up 3 and 12 months, when vascular risks and neuroimaging marker assessment appeared to be the most critical. (hindawi.com)
  • The study looked at the risk of stroke among women who had not suffered any adverse pregnancy outcomes, and compared them to women who suffered at least one negative outcome, and women who suffered more than one adverse outcome. (aboutlawsuits.com)
  • High blood pressure and treatments to control it do not increase the risk of hospitalisation and death from Covid-19, according to a large European-wide study which in the UK was co-ordinated at UCLH and UCL. (clinicalservicesjournal.com)
  • Study subjects included women with confirmed gene mutations that predispose them to increased risk for breast cancer and women who were untested but had a first-degree relative with a confirmed mutation. (bcmj.org)
  • Ranitidine study finds no elevated risk of cancer. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Treatment allocation remained strongly associated with multiple adverse outcomes after controlling for other risk factors with both ART regimens exhibiting increased risk relative to ZDV alone. (nih.gov)
  • The most important point manifested by the results of these studies is that hospital-level characteristics are often strongly associated with improved outcomes in less common, more complex problems (e.g. (medindia.net)
  • Researchers advocate that interventional trials in sepsis must be conducted in the context of effective outcome risk stratification. (medscape.com)
  • However, researchers weren't sure about the impact smoking had on the severity of COVID-19 outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • Researchers also note the toll poor health outcomes caused by child homelessness can exact on health systems. (news-medical.net)
  • In addition, women who experienced negative pregnancy outcomes were more likely to suffer a stroke at a younger age than those who did not, the researchers determined. (aboutlawsuits.com)
  • If someone receives a high-risk score, the campaign encourages them to speak with their doctor to first confirm a diagnosis of prediabetes, then enroll in CDC's National Diabetes Prevention Program . (cdc.gov)
  • People with opioid use disorder (OUD) and African Americans are at particularly high risk for COVID-19. (nih.gov)
  • Also at high risk were children who experienced homelessness during both the pre- and post-natal period, showing that the earlier and longer in development a child experiences homelessness may have a larger cumulative toll of poor health and development outcomes. (news-medical.net)
  • The Hereditary High-Risk Clinic at BC Cancer organizes breast screening and provides assessment and management recommendations for women with hereditary breast cancer risk. (bcmj.org)
  • The High-Risk Clinic is providing hereditary high risk women in BC with diagnostic and prophylactic services, and achieving rates of risk-reducing surgery comparable to those in the literature. (bcmj.org)
  • In future, the centralization of care in the High-Risk Clinic and ongoing data collection should provide an opportunity to evaluate new imaging modalities, long-term outcomes of risk-reducing surgery, and new risk-reducing strategies. (bcmj.org)
  • Ultimately, the shortened lifespan of individuals with SCD, attributable to declining heart (elevated TRJV), lung (decreased FEV1), and kidney (decreased eGFR) function, for which curative therapies were designed to ameliorate, must be measured against favorable and unfavorable late outcomes. (vumc.org)
  • Injectable drugs are a primary risk factor for HCV in adults, with approximately one-third of new cases occurring in women aged 20 to 29 years. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Summary: Our primary objective is initiating a personalized approach to curative therapies in children and adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) to maximize benefits and limit adverse outcomes. (vumc.org)
  • However, a significant amount of missing data for some of the outcomes may have limited the power needed to determine true associations. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Outcome evaluation can obtain descriptive data on a project and document the immediate effects of the project on the target audience ( e.g. , percent of the target audience showing increased awareness of the subject). (cdc.gov)
  • Risk Projection for Time-to-event Outcome Leveraging Summary Statistics With Source Individual-level Data. (nih.gov)
  • A new report published in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that the currently available data on experience-related outcomes in children's surgeries are limited and vary in methodologic quality. (medindia.net)
  • Data on cancer survivors who took part in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2007 to 2014 showed that inactive survivors who reported sitting more than eight hours a day were at the highest risk of dying. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Conclusion: Despite being recommended in national clinical guidelines, the UK-WHO and the customised birth weight charts perform poorly at identifying infants at risk of adverse neonatal outcomes. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • These rates underscore the importance and value of improving identification and treatment of suicide risk in emergency departments and other health care settings. (nih.gov)
  • The two also have similar outcomes three years after treatment. (sciencedaily.com)
  • 4 Briasoulis and colleagues examine the effect of antihypertensive treatment on outcomes in individuals over the age of 65. (bmj.com)
  • The different treatment of outcomes issues in different technical languages in these different disciplines means that it is hard for those building outcomes systems to gain quick access to a generic body of principles about how to set up outcomes systems and fix issues with existing outcomes systems. (wikipedia.org)
  • Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified new genetic risk factors for two types of non-Alzheimer’s dementia. (nih.gov)
  • NIDA is interested in receiving research applications focusing on individuals who smoke or vape either marijuana and/or tobacco to determine: 1) the risk of contracting a COVID-19 infection, 2) the effects on asymptomatic COVID-19 infected persons, and 3) the course of the COVID-19 infection. (nih.gov)
  • The risks that smoking or vaping tobacco or marijuana may have on acquiring the COVID-19 infection. (nih.gov)
  • One particular risk associated with splenectomy is overwhelming post-splenectomy infection. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Raising awareness of prediabetes and stressing the importance of people knowing their risk is critical, particularly now as the COVID-19 pandemic amplifies the negative health risks associated with chronic health conditions," said AMA President Gerald E. Harmon, MD. "Through our latest campaign, we aim to help more of the millions of Americans living with prediabetes find out whether they have the condition. (cdc.gov)
  • A growing number of health systems in the US have initiatives to expand suicide risk screening. (nih.gov)
  • The former provides information on the clinical and public health benefits of suicide risk screening programs, while the latter provides information on the possible workflow and financial effects of such programs. (nih.gov)
  • There are known differences in health outcomes according to ethnic group [ 10 ]. (springer.com)
  • Governments, policymakers and health professionals recognised early in the COVID-19 pandemic that ethnicity appeared to be associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes [ 11 , 12 , 13 ]. (springer.com)
  • The clearer agencies understand each person, the better equipped they will be to provide key services at critical moments and improve their health outcomes. (lexisnexis.com)
  • Gain insight into community and environmental factors that impact individual health risks. (lexisnexis.com)
  • Limited systematic efforts exist to elucidate long-term health outcomes following curative therapies for SCD. (vumc.org)
  • With emerging curative therapies for SCD (allogeneic [allo] hematopoietic stem cell transplant [HSCT], gene therapy/editing), long-term health outcomes studies are time-sensitive and critical to inform personalized choices. (vumc.org)
  • It is usually extremely difficult to separate the impact of a health risk communication program from the effects of other confounding variables on an individual's behavior. (cdc.gov)
  • The Gulf Coast Health Alliance: health Risks related to the Macondo Spill (GC-HARMS) , a project funded by NIEHS after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, worked with north Gulf Coast fishing communities to measure petroleum-related polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in local seafood and potential health effects over time. (nih.gov)
  • To evaluate the number of nationwide diagnosed HIV-associated INCPH cases and to assess its clinical features, risk factors and outcome. (nih.gov)
  • Risk of stroke was greater in women with one APO (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.3) and recurrent APOs (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.4) versus those with no APO when adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and stroke risk factors. (healthday.com)
  • Compared to those without APO, women with recurrent APOs had doubled the stroke risk before age 45 (adjusted odds ratio, 2.1). (healthday.com)
  • COVID-19 Outcomes in Minority Ethnic Groups: Do Obesity and Metabolic Risk Play a Role? (springer.com)
  • It is possible that ethnic differences in the consequences of obesity may explain some of the remaining disparity in COVID-19 risk. (springer.com)
  • cSS status, cSS count 1-2, cSS strictly lobar, and strictly deep might be the risks of outcomes in adjusted analyses. (hindawi.com)
  • We evaluated individual adverse outcomes and composites that included stillbirth and early loss/spontaneous abortion. (nih.gov)
  • The evaluation of the interactive effects of vascular risk and imaging markers is more important to the outcome of neuroimaging evidence of CAA pattern in ischemic intracerebral events (TIA and ischemic stroke). (hindawi.com)
  • Inferior breaks were not identified as a risk factor (p=0.602). (bmj.com)
  • Being small or large may increase the risk of an adverse outcome, however size alone is not sensitive or specific enough with current detection to be useful. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Expert opinion derived risk scales are routinely used in research and clinical practice to quantify anticholinergic burden. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The majority of medicines commonly prescribed to older people are not routinely recognised as having anticholinergic activity and empirically physicians prescribe these medicines based on their anticipated therapeutic benefits overlooking the risk of cumulative anticholinergic burden [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)