Health information exchange (HIE) is seen as a key component of effective care but remains poorly evidenced at a health system level. In the UK National Health Service (NHS), the ability to share primary care data with secondary care clinicians is a focus of continued digital investment. In ...
Taken together, the efficacy of folic acid therapy in stroke prevention should be evaluated and interpreted in the context of primary vs secondary prevention and individual and combined effects of baseline folate levels and MTHFR gene C677T polymorphism. The China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial (CS...
Depression mean scores were significantly higher at 24 months in patients with primary prophylactic ICD as compared to patients with a secondary prophylactic ICD (mean 4.15 vs. 3.05; p=0.014) but not statistically significant at other time points. Most patients showed limited levels of depression. ...
Carnethon MR, Pu J, Howard G, et al; American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology; St...
Since the analyses of this study represent secondary analyses of the data, approval by the University of Trier IRB was not required. After the data preparation (see below), the full sample included N = 1516 students (12.7% in Grade 1, 21.8% in Grade 2, 19.0% in Grade 3, and ...
A nursing mother with POI should be advised not to use HRT, including contraceptive steroids, until she has completely weaned her child (107). After Age 50 The mean age of natural menopause is 50 ± 4 years (108). The decision of when and how to discontinue HRT in women with POI ...
Disease: Fundamental Relevance to Primary and Secondary Prevention A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association ABSTRACT: Health literacy is the degree to which individuals are able to access and process basic health information and services and thereby participate in health-related decisions...
(2003) identified effective strategies in caring for patients with depressive disorders: clinician education, case management through nurses and a greater degree of integration of primary and secondary care. Types and roles of nursing professionals in primary care vary considerably between healthcare ...
Objective To update the evidence on interventions provided in or referable from primary care to prevent child maltreatment for the US Preventive Services Task Force. Data Sources PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and trial registries through December 18, 2017; references; experts; literature surveillanc...
Distinguishing between primary (PID) and secondary (SID) immunodeficiencies, particularly in relation to hematological B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders