Mediating effect of respiratory symptoms on the association between residential distance and the quality of life among residents living near waste incineration plants in Dongguan, Southern China.

Background: Living near waste incineration plants (WIPs) may have adverse effects on health associated with quality of life (QOL) among local residents. This study was undertaken to measure the QOL of residents living near WIPs in China, identify the association between residential distance from the WIPs and QOL, and assess the mediating effect of respiratory symptoms on the association between residential distance and QOL.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in communities surrounding three municipal WIPs in Dongguan, China.

Pregnant women and healthcare workers' perceptions on tuberculosis and screening: a cross-sectional study in Indonesia.

Background: There is a scarcity of studies regarding the obstacles in tuberculosis (TB) screening in pregnant women. This study aimed to assess the perceptions of TB as a disease and TB screening among pregnant women and healthcare workers, describe pregnant women's perceptions on specific TB screening methods and explore associations between the perceptions of TB with the intention to have TB screening by pregnant women.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at six primary healthcare centres in Yogyakarta Municipality, Indonesia among 240 pregnant women and 126 healthcare workers interviewed with a structured questionnaire about their perceptions.

Strategies for optimising early detection and obstetric first response management of postpartum haemorrhage at caesarean birth: a modified Delphi-based international expert consensus.

Objective: There are no globally agreed on strategies on early detection and first response management of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) during and after caesarean birth. Our study aimed to develop an international expert's consensus on evidence-based approaches for early detection and obstetric first response management of PPH intraoperatively and postoperatively in caesarean birth.

Design: Systematic review and three-stage modified Delphi expert consensus.

Prediction of pure tone thresholds using the speech reception threshold and age in elderly individuals with hearing loss.

Objective: Early detection and effective management of hearing loss constitute the key to improving the quality of life of individuals with hearing loss. However, in standardized pure tone audiometry, it is sometimes difficult for elderly patients to understand and follow all instructions. Audiologists also require time, expertise, and patience to ensure that an elderly can identify the faintest levels of stimuli during a hearing test.

Association of body composition and survival in patients with locally advanced breast cancer: a historical cohort study.

Background: Altered body composition has been attributed to major health problems globally, particularly in patients with cancer. To date, there have not been sufficient indices for body compositions in predicting the survival of locally advanced breast cancer (LABC).

Purpose: To assess the association between body composition and overall survival (OS) as well as disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with LABC.

Correlations of Aflatoxin Exposure from Cooking Oil and Dietary Foods During Pregnancy with Birth Weight and Gestational Age at Birth in Guangxi, China.

Background: Cooking oil and dietary foods are easily contaminated by aflatoxins (AFs) in Guangxi, China where low birth weight and preterm birth were prevalent. However, there are no data on AF exposure in pregnant women or their impact on newborn birth outcomes. This study aims to measure the levels and correlations of AFs in cooking oil, estimated dietary intake (EDI) of AFs in dietary foods, and serum AFB1 albumin adducts (AFB1-alb) with newborn birthweight and gestational age at birth.

Neglected medium-term and long-term consequences of labour and childbirth: a systematic analysis of the burden, recommended practices, and a way forward.

Over the past three decades, substantial progress has been made in reducing maternal mortality worldwide. However, the historical focus on mortality reduction has been accompanied by comparative neglect of labour and birth complications that can emerge or persist months or years postnatally. This paper addresses these overlooked conditions, arguing that their absence from the global health agenda and national action plans has led to the misconception that they are uncommon or unimportant.

Maternal-neonatal events resulting from medications for preventing hypertensive disorders in high-risk pregnant women: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Background: There have been few studies reporting on maternal and neonatal events in high-risk pregnant women receiving medications for preventing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP).

Objective: To identify placental abruption, postpartum hemorrhage, neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage, and neonates with small for gestational age (SGA) or growth restriction resulting from medications for preventing HDP in high-risk pregnant women using a network meta-analysis.

Search Strategy: All randomized controlled trials comparing the most commonly used medications (antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, antioxidants, nitric oxide, and calcium) for preventing HDP in high-risk pregnant women were searched from the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth's Specialized Register of Controlled Trials until July 31, 2020, without language restriction.

Cost-utility analysis of separated continuous renal replacement therapy systems versus intermittent hemodialysis in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury in a low-resource setting.

Background: The aim of this study is to perform a cost-utility analysis of separated continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) compared with intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI).

Methods: Cost and clinical data were gathered from adult patients with AKI who received separated CRRT or IHD at a tertiary hospital in Thailand. We applied a Markov model in this study.

Changes in Modified Raymond-Roy Classification Occlusion Classes and Predictors of Recurrence-Free Survival in Patients with Intracranial Aneurysms after Endovascular Coil Embolization.

Purpose: To assess changes in modified Raymond-Roy classification (MRRC) occlusion classes and recurrence rates over time and evaluate recurrence-free survival after coil embolization and its predictors.

Materials And Methods: During 2007-2016, 201 patients (mean age, 57.1 ± 13.

Correlation of rheumatoid and cardiac biomarkers with cardiac anatomy and function in rheumatoid arthritis patients without clinically overt cardiovascular diseases: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Cardiac biomarkers have been shown to be related to cardiac abnormalities; nonetheless, few studies have confirmed the association between cardiac and rheumatoid biomarkers in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. This study assessed the correlation of rheumatoid and cardiac biomarker levels with cardiac anatomy and function and explored the interaction between cardiac and rheumatoid biomarkers in RA patients without clinically overt cardiovascular diseases.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among RA patients aged 18-65 years without other connective tissue diseases, overlap syndrome, heart disease, or renal failure were included.

Prediction of outpatient visits and expenditure under the Universal Coverage Scheme in Bangkok using subscriber's attributes: A random forest analysis.

Objectives: There is limited evidence on methods to allocate budgets to healthcare providers under capitation schemes. The objective of this study was to construct and test models that predict outpatient visits and expenditure for each healthcare facility using subscriber data from the preceding year.

Study Design: We used the database of the Universal Coverage Scheme in Bangkok, Thailand that stores subscriber information and healthcare service utilization data.

Risk of future cardiovascular diseases in different years postpartum after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: There are limited data on the optimal timing and frequency of postpartum follow-up visits after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) for primary prevention and early detection of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in high-risk women. We aimed to evaluate the risk of cardiovascular outcomes later in life in women with prior HDP in different years postpartum and in preeclamptic women with severe features, or early onset of preeclampsia.

Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Scopus without language restriction for relevant articles published from inception to March 16, 2022.

Medications for preventing hypertensive disorders in high-risk pregnant women: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Objectives: To determine the relative effectiveness of medications for preventing hypertensive disorders in high-risk pregnant women and to provide a ranking of medications using network meta-analysis.

Methods: All randomized controlled trials comparing the most commonly used medications to prevent hypertensive disorders in high-risk pregnant women that are nulliparity and pregnant women having family history of preeclampsia, history of pregnancy-induced hypertension in previous pregnancy, obstetric risks, or underlying medical diseases. We received the search results from the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth's Specialised Register of Controlled Trials, searched on 31st July 2020.

Levels of blood pressure, cardiovascular biomarkers and their correlations in women with previous pre-eclamptic pregnancy within 7 years postpartum: a cross-sectional study in Thailand.

Objective: To assess the levels of blood pressure, cardiovascular biomarkers and their correlations measured within 7 years postpartum in women with previous pre-eclamptic pregnancies compared with women with previous normotensive pregnancies.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Two tertiary hospitals in the southern region of Thailand.

Treatment success among Myanmar migrants with TB in Thailand.

Two facilities, one providing clinic-based care and another providing residential care to Myanmar migrants with TB, in a Thailand-Myanmar border area. To determine the effects of health insurance, total delay and the model of care on treatment success of TB. A prospective study was conducted among adult Myanmar migrants under treatment for newly diagnosed TB.

The related factors to the re-thrombosis of hemodialysis arteriovenous graft after endovascular salvage.

Background: Only a few issues of the related factors to hemodialysis access dysfunction have been evaluated, and the effects of antiplatelets to improve the patency of hemodialysis access remained controversial. Hence, this study aimed to determine the related factors to the re-thrombosis of arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) after endovascular treatment.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at a university-affiliated teaching hospital in Southern Thailand.

Intrapartum care algorithms for liquor abnormalities: oligohydramnios, meconium, blood and purulent discharge.

Aim: To construct evidence-based algorithms for the assessment and management of common amniotic fluid abnormalities detected during labour.

Population: Low-risk singleton, term pregnant women in labour.

Setting: Birth facilities in low- and middle-income countries.

Constructing evidence-based clinical intrapartum care algorithms for decision-support tools.

Aim: To describe standardised iterative methods used by a multidisciplinary group to develop evidence-based clinical intrapartum care algorithms for the management of uneventful and complicated labours.

Population: Singleton, term pregnancies considered to be at low risk of developing complications at admission to the birthing facility.

Setting: Health facilities in low- and middle-income countries.