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Natriuretic Peptides and Long-Term Mortality in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis
(I C R PUBLISHERSNORTHWOOD, 2012)
Background and aim of the study: The natriuretic peptides, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its N-terminal prohormone (NT-proBNP), can be used as diagnostic and prognostic markers for aortic stenosis (AS). However, the ...
Cabinet turnover and survival of ministers in Chile during the concertación governments (1990-2010) Cambios de gabinete y supervivencia de los ministros en Chile durante los gobiernos de la Concertación (1990-2010)
(Universidad de los Andes, Bogota Colombia, 2016)
This article analyzes cabinet turnover and factors that had an influence on the survival of 180 ministers in Chile between 1990 and 2010. With survival analysis, specifically, proportional hazards models and Cox regressions ...
The role of gender in the association between self-rated health and mortality among older adults in Santiago, Chile: A cohort study
(Public Library of Science, 2017)
© 2017 Moreno et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original ...
Neuropsychiatric changes precede classic motor symptoms in ALS and do not affect survival
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014)
Objectives:To investigate patient susceptibility to neuropsychiatric symptoms in the context of progression of more classic motor symptoms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and to examine the impact of neuropsychiatric ...
Geographic and Educational Factors and Risk of the First Peritonitis Episode in Brazilian Peritoneal Dialysis Study (BRAZPD) Patients
(Amer Soc Nephrology, 2011-08-01)
Background and objectives Peritonitis remains as the most frequent cause of peritoneal dialysis (PD) failure, impairing patient's outcome. No large multicenter study has addressed socioeconomic, educational, and geographic ...
A Cohort Study of Caries Incidence and Baseline Socioeconomic, Clinical and Demographic Variables: A Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis
(Quintessence Publishing Co Inc, 2013-01-01)
Purpose: To determine the incidence of dental caries and evaluate the influence of socioeconomic, clinical and demographic variables on the time for disease to appear in the permanent teeth after 3 years of follow-up.Materials ...
Evaluation of Viral Load Thresholds for Predicting New World Health Organization Stage 3 and 4 Events in HIV-Infected Children Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINSPHILADELPHIA, 2012)
Background: This study evaluated a wide range of viral load (VL) thresholds to identify a cut-point that best predicts new clinical events in children on stable highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Methods: Cox ...
Association Between Walking Pace and Stroke Incidence Findings From the UK Biobank Prospective Cohort Study
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd., 2020-05)
Background and Purpose- Stroke incidence in younger and middle-aged people is growing. Despite this, its associations in this subset of the stroke population are unknown, and prevention strategies are not tailored to meet ...
beta-Blocker Therapy and Mortality of Patients With Chagas Cardiomyopathy A Subanalysis of the REMADHE Prospective Trial
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2010)
Background-Peculiar aspects of Chagas cardiomyopathy raise concerns about efficacy and safety of sympathetic blockade. We studied the influence of beta-blockers in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy. Methods and Results-We ...
Exclusive breastfeeding duration and determinants among Brazilian children under two years of age
(Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, 2013-06-01)
OBJECTIVE: The present study described the duration and identified the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding. METHODS: The study used data from the Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde da Criança e da Mulher 2006 ...