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Early origins of allergy and asthma (ARIES): study protocol for a prospective prenatal birth cohort in Chile
(BMC, 2020)
Background Growing evidence shows that atopic dermatitis (AD), food allergy (FA), allergic rhinitis, and asthma are largely determined during the first 1000 days (time elapsed from conception to the 2nd birthday). The ARIES ...
International gestational age-specific centiles for umbilical artery Doppler indices: a longitudinal prospective cohort study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project
(Mosby Inc.customerservice@mosby.com, 2020)
EEG findings and clinical prognostic factors associated with mortality in a prospective cohort of inpatients with COVID-19
(Elsevier, 2020)
Purpose: Our objective is to describe the most prevalent electroencephalographic findings in COVID-19 hospitalized patients, and to determine possible predictors of mortality including EEG and clinical variables.
Methods: ...
Genetic association of gastric cancer with miRNA clusters including the cancer-related genes MIR29, MIR25, MIR93 and MIR106: Results from the EPIC-EURGAST study
(Wiley-Liss Inc., 2014)
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are post-transcriptional gene regulators involved in a wide range of biological processes including tumorigenesis. Deregulation of miRNA pathways has been associated with cancer but the contribution of ...
Concordance of renal stone culture: PMUC, RPUC, RSC and post-PCNL sepsis—a non-randomized prospective observation cohort study
(Springer Netherlands, 2017)
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.Introduction: Between 5 and 10% of patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) develop postoperative sepsis 1, 2. Strategies to prevent infectious complications ...
Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease, cancer, injury, admission to hospital, and mortality : A prospective cohort study
(2015-10-14)
Background
Alcohol consumption is proposed to be the third most important modifiable risk factor for death and disability. However, alcohol consumption has been associated with both benefits and harms, and previous studies ...
Adolescent pregnancy prevention: an abstinence-centered randomized controlled intervention in a Chilean public high school
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2005-01)
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of an abstinence-centered sex education program in adolescent pregnancy prevention, the TeenSTAR Program was applied in a high school in Santiago, Chile.
Methods: A total of 1259 girls ...
Differences in hospital- and ventilator-associated pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus (methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant) between Europe and Latin America: A comparison of the EUVAP and LATINVAP study cohorts
(Sociedad Española de Medicina Intensiva, Crítica y Unidades CoronariasEspaña, 2012-06-28)
Purpose: A comparison is made of epidemiological variables (demographic and clinical
characteristics) and outcomes in patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) or ventilatorassociated
pneumonia (VAP) caused by ...
Post-transplantation plasma malondialdehyde is associated with cardiovascular mortality in renal transplant recipients: a prospective cohort study
(Oxford Univ Press, 2020)
Background. In renal transplant recipients (RTRs), cardiovascular mortality is the most common cause of long-term renal graft loss. Oxidative stress (OS) has been associated with cardiovascular disease and is known to be ...
Technical and clinical evaluation of a closed loop TIVA system with SEDLineTM spectral density monitoring: Multicentric prospective cohort study
(BioMed Central LtdReino Unido, 2020-01)
Introduction: Closed loop total intravenous anesthesia is a technique in which the patient’s hemodynamic and
anesthetic depth variables are monitored, and based on this information, a computer controls the infusion rate ...