Recent stroke 2 1 – – Recent myocardial infarction 2 – – Acute infectious disease 2 1 – – Acute rheumatic disease 2 – – Immobilization for ≥3 days 1 3 – – Obesity (BMI >30 kg/m2) 1 1 – – Hormonal therapy 1 1 – – Age >60 years 1 – 1 1 Recent travel >6 h 1...
Model structure - CVD primary prevention Full size image Six mutually exclusive health states were considered: “no history of CVD” (i.e. no previous myocardial infarction or stroke), “history of myocardial infarction”, and “history of stroke”. Finally, “death” was modelled as an absorbi...
Infection prevention and control Recorded cases of infection transmission from spirometry equipment, between patients, and between patients and staff, are rare.44,45 Cross contamination through mucosal contact with spirometry equipment and aerosolisation of infective Box 1: Determining the normal range ...
Fig. 3. Decision tree for dyslipidemia management as a primary prevention of ASCVD. AU, Agatston units; CAC, coronary artery calcium; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; N, no; PCSK9i, proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors; TLC, therapeutic lifestyle changes; Y, yes...
6,16 The UK-NICE guidelines do not provide class II recommendations. Based on the European-SCORE1 model, the European-ESC/EAS guidelines from 2003 + 2012 + 2016 + 2019 on the primary prevention of ASCVD recommend a 10-year fatal ASCVD risk of 5% or greater for identifying ...
Implementation of the Epworth sleepiness scale in primary health care Stamatopoulou E, Hadjipaschali E, Konstantinidis A Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention (HCDC), Ministry of Health H.C. of Peristeri, Athens, Greece Aim: To investigate the population through free sleep apnea control...
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There was a modest reduction in new occurrences of diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease amounting to about 0.5 cases per 1,000 participants entering the model but there was negligible change in new occurrences of stroke and colorectal cancer. Over the course of the model, the number of ...
Model 2: adjusted for variables in model 1, anterior MI, Killip class III/IV, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), current smoking, previous stroke, chronic kidney disease, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Model 3: adjusted for ...
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