Introduction High age and male sex have been shown to be the pre- dominant risk factors for developing severe COVID-19 [1, 2]. However, a substantial number of younger patients have also been severely affected with need for mechanical ventilation at the intensive care unit, and ultimately, ...
H2FPEF score for predicting future heart failure in stable outpatients with cardiovascular risk factorsH2FPEF scoreOutpatientHeart failurePrognosisAims: The prediction of future heart failure (HF) in stable outpatients is often difficult for general practitioners and cardiologists. Recently, the H2 FPEF...
BMC Infectious Diseases (2023) 23:844 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08851-3 BMC Infectious Diseases RESEARCH Open Access Risk factors for death caused by early onset sepsis in neonates: a retrospective cohort study Xinhong Chen1,2,3,4,5, Huayun He1,2,3,4,5, Hong ...
We used a random 5% sample of a national Medicare claims database to assess the magnitude and duration of increased VTE risk in a large population-based cohort with new diagnoses of HF. We also explored risk factors for VTE and the association between incident VTE and long-term mortality in...
workers (MSWs) both represent the high-risk groups for the transmission of HIV/AIDS and syphilis, the comparison between them have not yet been well studied in China. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of HIV among MSM and MSW, and then identify the difference of risk factors of HIV ...
7 In addition to addressing the KQs, the full evidence review also reports evidence related to contextual questions and includes an appendix addressing what is known about inequities in etiology or risk factors for mental health conditions, diagnosis, treatment access and uptake, and treatment ...
In addition to human pollution factors and environmental geochemical background values, the factors of background value changes caused by natural Diagenesis are also considered in the evaluation process12,13。 Index of geo-accumulation$$I_{geo} = \log_{2} \left[ {\frac{{C_{s}^{i} }}{...
Low-penetrance factors are common in the general population and include single-nucleotide polymorphisms in or near MC1R, ASIP, TYR and TYRP1. These genes are major determinants of hair and skin pigmentation, but their role in melanoma development remains unclear. This review describes the efforts ...
All DN prognostic markers (risk factors for DN progression) were collected by screening through related literature. We searched the PubMed database using 32 keywords, e.g. “DN”, “DKD”, “diabetic kidney disease”, “diabetic nephropathy”, “ESRD”, “marker”, etc. (Additional file 1:...
Clinical factors associated with development of severe-complicated Clostridium difficile infection. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;11(11):1466–71. Article PubMed Google Scholar Barletta JF, El-Ibiary SY, Davis LE, Nguyen B, Raney CR. Proton pump inhibitors and the risk for hospital-acquired ...