reducing mortality
Reducing Mortality and Infections After Congenital Heart Surgery in the Developing World
... in reducing mortality and infections, risk- adjusted outcomes for 2011 and 2012 were compared to the appropriate ref- erence ...in-hospital mortality; pa- tient risk factors included in the model are ...
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A New Approach to Reducing Mortality from Dengue
... In Brazil, dengue fever—the arbovirosis most widely distributed among humans—is a disease of mandatory re- porting and constitutes a serious public health issue. To date, no vaccine has been developed against the disease ...
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Reducing mortality from hip fractures: a systematic quality improvement programme
... Excess mortality associated with hip fractures is well documented, with older adults having a five to eight fold increased risk in all- cause mortality during the first three months after a hip ...in ...
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Role of methyl prednisolone in reducing mortality and morbidity in hair dye poisoning
... Background: Hair dye containing paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is widely used in India because of its free availability and low cost. PPD produces local as well as systemic toxic effects when applied topically and/or ...
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Reducing mortality in sepsis: new directions
... The mortality rate was 38% in patients given ‘pro- tective’ ventilation (PEEP above the lower inflection point on the static pressure–volume curve, tidal volume < 6 ml/kg ideal body weight, driving pressures ...
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Towards reducing variations in infant mortality and morbidity : a population based approach
... infant mortality rates throughout the UK and the rates also remain relatively high compared with economically similar ...infant mortality rates vary widely across the ...early mortality and ...
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Awareness and practices of parents about immunization of children in the age group 2-5 years
... Immunization is a highly cost-effective way of reducing mortality in children in developing countries. Every year throughout the world, 27 million children and 40 million pregnant women do not receive the ...
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Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality
... The World Health Organization recommends that health facili- ties should conduct maternal and perinatal death reviews (WHO 2013; WHO 2016). In general, there is an underlying assumption that death reviews are useful and ...
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Ecological Study to Set Alternative Strategies for Reducing Child Mortality
... child mortality are indicators of population ...Child mortality rates are declining in Egypt, national averages mask regional ...to mortality, at the local level through ecological correlation ...
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IMPLEMENTATION OF KANGAROO MOTHER CARE
... to reducing mortality and morbidity in preterm infants and as a key intervention package for caring of premature newborns it was designed, planned, and implemented with the practical aim of reforming the ...
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Reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in the developing world: a simple, cost-effective example
... Although the follow-up after the 3-year intervention is only at 11 months at this stage, we have seem a sustainable improvement in services and significant impact on maternal morbidity and mortality for very ...
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Determinants of Infant Mortality in Older ASEAN Economies
... infant mortality in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and ...infant mortality are differences among the various ...infant mortality, and should therefore be a top ...infant mortality rates, ...
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Adjuvant endocrine therapy after breast cancer: a qualitative study of factors associated with adherence
... Improving adherence to AET will reduce recurrence of and mortality from breast cancer. However, medication-taking behavior is complex and involves patient, health profes- sional, and process components. Medication ...
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Single versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after CABG Surgery
... Numerous studies have examined post-PCI antiplatelet therapy to prevent stent thrombosis. The standard of care post-PCI is combination therapy with aspirin and a sec- ond antiplatelet agent (clopidogrel, prasugrel, ...
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Reducing Childhood Mortality From Diarrhea and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Brazil
... Our results reveal the effectiveness of a comprehensive and community- based PHC program on reduction of childhood mortality in a heteroge- neous country like Brazil. These re- sults suggest that a PHC program ...
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Comparison between Revascularization and Optimal Medical Therapy in Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris
... Conclusion: Revascularization compared with the optimal medical therapy may be a better strategy in reducing cardiovascular mortality in patients with stable angina pectoris[r] ...
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Global Responses to HIV/AIDS and Noncommunicable Diseases: Analysis of Similarities and Differences
... Both HIV/AIDS and NCD strategies address gender-related issues but they seem to be at different levels of gender mainstreaming. HIV strategies advocate for higher levels of women empowerment whereas NCD strategies focus ...
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Targeting aspirin resistance with nutraceuticals: a possible strategy for reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality
... Moreover, platelets express the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), which is activated by the increase in cytoplasmic free calcium as well as the PI3K/Akt activation [r] ...
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Sepsis syndrome in patients requiring intensive therapy: The role of the anti-endotoxic agent Taurolin
... failure and death in patients reguiring intensive therapy. Such patients are at increased risk of infection and are often immunocompromised. It is likely that endotoxaemia initiates release of a cascade of cytokines ...
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Poor outcomes associated with antithrombotic undertreatment in patients with atrial fibrillation attending Gondar University Hospital: a retrospective cohort study
... in reducing the incidence of ischemic stroke and/or all-cause mortality in patients with AF without increasing the risk of ...all-cause mortality, it was very ...and/or mortality as well as ...
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