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Jul 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2476-1710.jdt-17-1564
Anne Caroline KrefisCorresponding author
The objective of this first part of our study was to investigate associations of road traffic noise, socioeconomic and -demographic risk factors, and health access on depression on borough level. We investigated in a large metropolis associations between prevalence rates of depression per borough (n…
Jul 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1586
Mayara Caroline ROSOLEMCorresponding author
The mammary tumor is one of the most common cancer in female dogs and, at the present days, there is a big focus on the study of the relation between this kind of tumor in animals and the cells that stay around them, like the inflammatory cells. The objective of this study was to evaluate and show w…
Jun 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-17-1578
Daisy WilsonCorresponding author
Frailty describes a medical syndrome that confers increased vulnerability to disproportionate changes in health status following minor stressors. With loss of homeostatic reserve in multiple physiological systems, frailty conveys an increased risk of adverse health outcomes. Despite the lack of a cl…
May 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-16-1350
Hsueh-Fen S. KaoCorresponding author
The prevalence of type-2 diabetes (T2DM) among Mexican-American older adults along the U.S.-Mexico border region is at epidemic proportions. Healthcare reform is trending toward long-term home-based management of chronic conditions. Under the Mexican cultural norm of familism, daily care for elders…
Apr 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-17-1449
Wesley L. JamesCorresponding author
Using proprietary data of patient records from four medical clinics in the Mississippi Delta, this research utilizes a natural experiment design to explore if the patient centered medical home (PCMH) has a positive effect on chronic disease maintenance for low SES, majority African-American patients…
Mar 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-17-1468
Jean GibbCorresponding author
Successful viral load programs rely on the presence of data systems and high quality of patient data. Using a cohort of 49 patients at Partners in Hope, a large, urban HIV clinic in Malawi, we performed a quality improvement assessment of a new viral load program with a focus on accuracy of data col…
Mar 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-17-1420
Angela VivantiCorresponding author
Dehydration in acute care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, no standard approach to hydration assessment exists in clinical settings. The pilot study aimed to explore total body water content as means for immediately assessing hydration status in clinical settings. Peopl…
Nov 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2644-0105.jbfb-16-1257
Liva AumeistereCorresponding author
Background: Breast milk is the ideal food source that contains all components an infant needs. Infants are at risk of receiving possible pollutants and high levels of trans fatty acids through breast milk that may affect their cardiovascular health and cognitive development. Statistics indicate that…
Oct 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-16-1301
Kiwol SungCorresponding author
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the mediation of depressive symptoms in the relationship between cardiovascular risk and the health conservation of community-dwelling vulnerable diabetic elderly in order to provide a basis for planning nursing interventions to improve the health co…
Aug 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-16-1157
Nimmathota ArlappaCorresponding author
Objectives: World has witnessed a considerable increase in the proportion of elderly population.Aging is associated with decreased physical activity and metabolism and thereby the changes in the nutritional requirements of older adults.The objective of this communication was to assess the nutritiona…
Jun 2016
Mary V. SeemanCorresponding author
Background: There is a growing scientific interest in the phenomenon of earworms, which are melodies that are heard and re-heard despite the absence of an external stimulus. Aim: The aim of this paper is to determine whether understanding earworms can shed light on mechanisms underlying auditory hal…
Apr 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-16-980
Marco SteinCorresponding author
Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In randomized trials on surgical therapy inclusion of the very old was limited by the recruitment process. This study was performed to evaluate the age limits in published surgical trials on ICH, and to deter…
Apr 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-15-699
Valle Coronado-VázquezCorresponding author
Purpose Hospital readmission of patients with pluripathologies is frequent and costly. This study describes the impact of patients’ pluripathologies, functional capacity and social complexity on readmissions during a 12-month period following hospital discharge. Methods A prospective cohort study. M…
Feb 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-16-924
Nimmathota ArlappaCorresponding author
Objectives: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among the rural pre-school children in India is continues to be a major nutritional problem of public health significance, even after the implementation of national vitamin A prophylaxis programme for more than four decades. The aim of the study was to assess t…
Dec 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-8572.joa-15-807
Daniela SimonciniCorresponding author
Upper and lower airway disease is a common condition. Its prevalence is increasing in different areas of the world, but, at present, non-allergic rhinitis is underestimated. The aim of this study was to investigate FeNO (fractional exhaled nitric oxide) and nasal cytology in allergic and non-allergi…
Dec 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-15-675
Luiza Antoniazzi Gomes de GouveiaCorresponding author
The objective is to evaluate the scientific evolution of articles about vegetarian nutrition. We analyzed the publication of articles of vegetarian nutrition, using the key term ‘vegetarian’ in the National Institutes of Health MEDLINE bibliographic database between 1907 and 2013. We quantified the…
Dec 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-0436.jos-15-818
Nimmathota ArlappaCorresponding author
Purpose: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is still a major nutritional problem of public health importance among the rural pre-school children in India, even after the implementation national vitamin A prophylaxis programme for prevention of nutritional blindness and ICDS have been in operation for more t…
Jun 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2374-9431.jbd-12-164
Virgilio Lima-GomezCorresponding author
Objective: To identify the efficacy of focal photocoagulation to maintain or achieve best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) ≥20/40 in eyes with clinically significant macular edema (CSME) that had a focal angiographic pattern. Material and Methods: Non-experimental, retrospective, longitudinal, descrip…
Jun 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2471-2140.jaa-14-616
E.A. MilwardCorresponding author
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is responsible for a substantial proportion of severe visual impairment and blindness in people over 50 years of age. Current treatments for AMD are not effective in all patients and a proportion of patients who respond well to the treatment will still eventual…
Feb 2014 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-13-211
D. GustCorresponding author
Recruitment of couples is important for study success. The multi-centered HPTN 052 clinical trial was designed to evaluate whether immediate versus delayed use of ART by HIV-infected individuals would reduce transmission of HIV to their HIV-uninfected partners. The objective of this study was to ret…