4 Epidemiology and the Evidence-Based Medicine Approach AUDREY RUPLE, BRENDA N. BONNETT, AND RODNEY L. PAGE Epidemiology is defined as the study of the distribution and deter- minants of disease in populations. Historically epidemiologic methods were used primarily in veterinary populations for the...
Epidemiology was originally considered as the study of pathogen lifecycles, but is now more comprehensively defined in the Oxford English dictionary as "the branch of medicine which deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health". The ter...
Epidemiologic studies have reported that the majority of community residents in the United States have experienced posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-level traumatic events, as defined in the DSM-IV. Only a small subset of trauma victims develops PTSD (<10%). Increased incidence of other disorders...
The article provides information on the epidemiology of sepsis in patients with malignancy. Sepsis is defined as the intersection between physiologic deran... Danai,Pajman,A.,... - 《Chest》 被引量: 185发表: 2006年 The epidemiology of sepsis in general surgery patients. Sepsis is increasing in...
Risk factors for falls as a cause of hip fracture in women. The Northeast Hip Fracture Study Group. Although even in the elderly most falls are not associated with fractures, over 90 percent of hip fractures are the result of a fall. Few studies have asse......
Diabetes risk soars for adults who had a sweet tooth as kids Study of 1950s sugar rationing in the United Kingdom also suggests risk to babies whose mums ate a high-sugar diet during pregnancy. Heidi Ledford News|08 October 2024 Lethal Marburg virus is on the rise in Rwanda: why scientist...
A fracture was defined as osteoporotic only if it occurred as a result of minimal trauma in a person 60 years of age or older. National hospital discharge register. Finland, a country with approximately 5 million inhabitants. All patients 60 years of age or older who were admitted to ...
'Molecular epidemiology' is defined as the integration of conventional epidemiological approaches with molecular techniques to track specific strains of pa... A R.,Skuce,and,... - 《Tuberculosis》 被引量: 81发表: 2001年 Molecular epidemiology of : exploiting molecular data 'Molecular epidemiology' ...
Metabolomic epidemiology is the high-throughput study of the relationship between metabolites and health-related traits. This emerging and rapidly growing field has improved our understanding of disease aetiology and contributed to advances in precision medicine. As the field continues to develop, metabolom...
In the United States (US), the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program is the only comprehensive source of population-based information that includes stage of cancer at the time of diagnosis and patient survival data. This program aims to provide a database about cancer incide...