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J Neurosurg Pediatr
January 2025
1Department of Neurosurgery, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane; and.
Objective: Ventricular shunt insertion is a common procedure in pediatric neurosurgical practice. In many areas of medicine there is a push toward rationalization of healthcare resources and a reduction in low-value tests or procedures. The intraoperative sampling of CSF at the time of shunt insertion is one traditional aspect of care that has not been rigorously evaluated.
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January 2025
Departement of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Introduction: Ovarian cancer is one of the most lethal gynecological cancers. Despite diagnosis and treatment advances, survival rates have not increased over the past 32 years. This study estimated and reported the global burden of ovarian cancer during the past 32 years to inform preventative and control strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
January 2025
Yale School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, New Haven, CT.
Background: In longitudinal studies of older persons, complete ascertainment of mortality is needed to minimize potential biases. To ascertain mortality in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), investigators are advised to use its Sensitive files, which include month and year of death on most decedents who had not dropped out of the study. Because losses to follow-up are not insubstantial, ascertainment of mortality is likely incomplete.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol
August 2024
Department of Medicine, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI, USA.
Background: This cross-sectional study aims to determine the mortality trends in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the pandemic in Flint, MI.
Methods: Records from 1,663 consecutive adult patients (≥18 years of age) with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, admitted and discharged from our facility from 03/2020 through 02/2022, were abstracted and analyzed. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the association between study explanatory variables (ie, sex, age, co-morbidities, etc.
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