RETROSPECTIVE CROSS – SECTIONAL STUDY:
Does COPD risk vary by ethnicity? A retrospective cross-sectional study
... Background: Lower risk of COPD has been reported in black and Asian people, raising ques- tions of poorer recognition or reduced susceptibility. We assessed prevalence and severity of COPD in ethnic groups, controlling ...
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Schizophrenia and potentially preventable hospitalizations in the United States: a retrospective cross sectional study
... associated with overall, acute, and chronic ACS hospitalizations in the United States (US). Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study. Hospitalization data for the US were ...
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Relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and bone mineral density: a retrospective cross-sectional study
... This retrospective cross-sectional study was performed by using the data from the health examination database in a medical center of southern Taiwan in ...
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Diabetes and pre-eclampsia affecting pregnancy: a retrospective cross-sectional study
... current study were well aligned with well known risk factors and outcomes of pre-eclampsia and ...this study similarly demon- strate that, as maternal age increases, the risk of having pre-existing diabetes ...
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Vitamins D Toxicity in Paediatric Age Group: A Retrospective Cross Sectional Study
... All of our patients were between 24 and 60 months of age and had unintentionally ingested 60000 IU vitamin D capsules. In fact, Vitamin D in are form of small, soft gelatin capsules with 60000 IU of vitamin D3 in each ...
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Antipsychotics and dementia in Canada: a retrospective cross-sectional study of four health sectors
... this study uses large data- sets containing clinical information collected in organi- zations across Canada variations in assessment approaches, and data quality, are ...
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Characteristics and diagnoses of acute headache in pregnant women – a retrospective cross-sectional study
... our study is the large sample size, the broad variety of analyzed clinical details and confirmation of headache diagnosis by a headache ...our study has some ...our study pro- vides adequate ...
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Screening for Zika virus RNA in sera of suspected cases: a retrospective cross sectional study
... given cross-reactions be- tween flaviviruses, the serology results are difficult to be interpreted in patients from endemic areas or in patients with history of vaccination against ...
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A Retrospective Cross Sectional Study of Blood Culture Results in a Tertiary Hospital, Ekiti, Nigeria
... current study was conducted to determine the epidemiology and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of bacteria isolated from blood of septicemic patients for improved antibiotic ...descriptive study was done at ...
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The use of absolute values improves performance of estimation formulae: a retrospective cross sectional study
... Background: Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) by equations such as Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) or Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) is usually expressed as a Body ...
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Surgical care for the aged: a retrospective cross-sectional study of a national surgical mortality audit
... entry accuracy was checked and conformed to recog- nised criteria. 28 We addressed confounding by using multivariable analysis. Notwithstanding the above, this study has several limita- tions. These include a ...
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Drivers of hospital expenditure and length of stay in an academic medical centre: a retrospective cross sectional study
... this study will inform health policy makers, professionals and administra- tors in identifying target areas for policy and service plan- ning for management of expenditure and resource ...
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Understanding the epidemiology of avoidable significant harm in primary care: protocol for a retrospective cross sectional study
... the study is entirely voluntary; the consent to participate may be withdrawn at any ...the retrospective case note review, but if patients respond to publicity about the project and say they do not wish ...
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Distribution of Eye Diseases in Kasungu District, Malawi, Central Africa—A Retrospective Cross Sectional Study
... The study was, therefore, done to understand the burden and distribution of eye diseases in this re- source-limited ...A retrospective study was conducted by extracting data from data registers in ...
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Smoking enhances bone loss in anterior teeth in a Brazilian population: a retrospective cross-sectional study
... Abstract: The aim of the present study was to radiographically evaluate the effect of smoking on bone loss resulting from chronic periodontitis. Periapical radiographs were analyzed of 80 patients with chronic ...
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A retrospective cross-sectional study of type 2 diabetes overtreatment in patients admitted to the geriatric ward
... that. Cross-sectional population studies of older people in Poland confirmed that they use specialist care services less frequently with the advancement of old age, and very often remain only under the care ...
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Tuberculosis and other bacterial co-infection in Cambodia: a single center retrospective cross-sectional study
... An important strength of this study was our access to advanced, high-quality TB and microbiologic diagnostic data from well-established laboratories. Furthermore, we were able to link these data to clinical ...
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Relationship between depression and lung function in the general population in Korea: a retrospective cross-sectional study
... a study based on a general popula- tion aged 25–74 years in the USA, obstructive lung function was associated with significantly lower overall well-being and restrictive lung function was associated with ...
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Four-year analysis of cataract surgery rates in Shanghai, China: a retrospective cross-sectional study
... this study are in order: 1) The main outcome measure was the CSR, which was calculated as follows: the CSR equals the number of cataract surgeries in Shanghai (or a district of Shanghai) in a given year divided by ...
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Maternal obstetric and socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight: a retrospective cross-sectional study in Ghana
... this study was to identify maternal socio-demographic and obstetric risk factors associated with the birth weight of newborns in the Sunyani Municipality of ...
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