Accuracy of computer-aided chest x-ray interpretation for tuberculosis screening in people with diabetes mellitus: A systematic review.

Objectives: Diabetes mellitus significantly increases the risk of tuberculosis, and active tuberculosis screening of people with diabetes mellitus has been advocated by WHO and other international bodies. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the accuracy of computer-assisted detection for identifying pulmonary tuberculosis among people living with diabetes mellitus.

Methods: Medline, Embase, Scopus, Global Health, and Web of Science were searched from January 2010 to May 2024 using MeSH headings and keywords, supplemented with grey literature searches (Conference abstracts, Trial registries, MedRxiv.

Psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation in people with coronary heart disease.

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: Primary objective To examine the benefits and harms of different types of psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation in people with CHD. Secondary objectives To examine the benefits and harms of psychosocial interventions aimed solely at smoking cessation compared with multi-risk factor interventions for smoking cessation in people with CHD.

Comparison of mortality in people with type 2 diabetes between different ethnic groups: Systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

Aims: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is more common in certain ethnic groups. This systematic review compares mortality risk between people with T2D from different ethnic groups and includes recent larger studies.

Methods: We searched nine databases using PRISMA guidelines (PROSPERO CRD42022372542).

Contribution of infection to mortality in people with type 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study using electronic records.

Background: While people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are more susceptible to infections, studies potentially underestimate the true burden of infection-related mortality since they rely on clinical coding systems primarily structured by body system, and by only focusing on underlying cause. This study examined cause-specific mortality in people with T2D compared to the general population during 2015-2019, focusing on infections.

Methods: 509,403 people aged 41-90 years with T2D alive on 1/1/2015 in Clinical Practice Research Datalink were matched to 976,431 without diabetes on age, sex, and ethnicity.

Excess Mortality and its Determinants During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 21 Countries: An Ecological Study from the C-MOR Project, 2020 and 2021.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed health systems, resulting in a surge in excess deaths. This study clustered countries based on excess mortality to understand their response to the pandemic and the influence of various factors on excess mortality within each cluster.

Materials And Methods: This ecological study is part of the COVID-19 MORtality (C-MOR) Consortium.