the definition and concise explanation of terms is a key to understanding epidemiologic concepts, and the dictionary goes beyond simple definitions, as it place each term firmly and clearly in its fuller epidemiologic context. The new edition sees Miguel Porta as editor, with the legendary John Las...
Hsu and Chertow enumerated the different names used for CKD from abstracts submitted to the American Society of Nephrology meetings in 1998 and 1999 and in articles indexed in Medline.1 They noted 23 different terms used to describe states of reduced GFR along with a number of 3 ...
Importantly, authors should explicitly state what definitions of sex and/or gender they are applying to enhance the precision, rigor and reproducibility of their research and to avoid ambiguity or conflation of terms and the constructs to which they refer (see Definitions section below). Authors ...
More concretely, we should also consider the social and policy implications of managing externalities related to international travel and access to scarce medical technologies. Risks related to infectious disease are often framed in terms of uncontrolled disease transmission in lower income sub-city units...
Acute respiratory distress syndrome: underrecognition by clinicians and diagnostic accuracy of three clinical definitions. Crit Care Med. 2005;33(10):2228-2234.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 22. Kalhan R, Mikkelsen M, Dedhiya P, et al. Underuse of lung protective ventilation: analysis of ...
The current best estimate of global migraine prevalence is 14–15%, and, in terms of burden, migraine accounts for 4.9% of global ill health, quantified as years lived with disability. These evaluations are still attended by uncertainty and are probably under-quantified rather than over-quantified...
Additionally, effect modification by NCDs will be assessed by including interaction terms in the multivariable model, where applicable. The extent to which HIV status influences self-reported and clinical oral health status independent of relevant covariates (Aim 2), will be assessed using multiple ...
Heart failure (HF) is a global epidemic affecting >37.7 million individuals globally. HF is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, and confers a substantial burden on the health-care system. In this Review, Ziaeian and Fonarow summarize th
In spite of being amply used in the literature, there is no universally accepted definition for any of these terms. Isolate has been taken to refer to “a population of microbial cells in pure culture derived from a single colony on an isolation plate and identified to the species level...
Select Glossary (of Terms and Definitions) Book chapterNo access Glossary (of Terms and Definitions) Pages 175-183 Purchase View chapter Select Index Book chapterFull text access Index Pages 185-193 View PDF View chapter About the book Description Epidemiology of Diabetes addresses the patterns, ...