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... and mortality secondary to congestive heart failure [1] (CHF) and coronary artery disease (CAD) ...with COPD also have con- comitant ...using beta-blockers in COPD patients mainly because of ... See full document

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... reduced mortality, b-blockers were approved for the treatment of ...HF. Meta-analyses of recent observational studies of the impact of b-blockers after AMI on mortality suggest a beneficial ...cause ... See full document

... Interpretation of findings and relation to other literature The wide range in pain prevalence can be explained by the heterogeneity in study design, setting, patient characteristics and instruments and de fi nitions used ... See full document

... statin use showed the benefit of mortal- ity and overall survival for lung cancer, but no impact on progression-free ...statin use could be attributed to the role of statins’ value on cardiocerebrovascular ... See full document

... X-ray absorptiometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis were used to measure lean mass. However, no consensus has been reached concerning cut-off points of lean mass across different international (working) ... See full document

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... this review were MEDLINE (1946 - 6th April 2016), EMBASE (1974 - 6th April 2016) and Global Health (1973 - 6th April 2016), via ...antiplatelet, beta blocker, ACE/ARB, and statin/ lipid-lowering ... See full document

... routine use of other measures of adiposity such as waist circumference, calipers or computed tomography, are not routinely per- formed in the ...our review likely utilized BMI as a measure of adiposity, due ... See full document

... group, use of statins, alcohol, educational level, physical activity, total energy intake, family history of premature CHD, dyslipidemia at baseline, intervention centre, olive oil, whole grains, mutual ... See full document

... this review must meet the following criteria: (1) Type of study: randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in English or Chinese, with or without blinding were ...with COPD in the stable stage (There ... See full document

... a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational ...all-cause mortality or cause-specific mortality in children, adolescents, or adults with ASD or ADHD and/or their ... See full document

... investigators will independently screen, select studies, and extract data, with discrepancies resolved by consensus or arbitrarily by a third investigator. Risk of bias and methodological quality of the included studies ... See full document

... this systematic review, however, found that premorbid β-blocker exposure was not associ- ated with a significant difference in vasopressor require- ments during ...chronic beta blockers during ... See full document

... This systematic review demonstrates a very high inci- dence of IAAT in patients with severe bacterial infection, such as BSI, pneumonia, sepsis, or septic ...IAAT. Meta-analysis provides ... See full document

... this meta-analysis may be confounded by the fact that the inclusion criteria of the four studies varied ...metformin use prior to admis- sion and mortality in septic patients with diabetes ... See full document

... with COPD treated with statins have an advantage in terms of morbidity and mortality, by reducing the rate of mortality from pneumonia or infective exacerbations, by slowing the decline in FEV 1 , ... See full document

... Furthermore, our data shows that the under-use of BB therapy holds true in patients with new cardiac events during their admission for AECOPD. BBs are poorly prescribed compared with other CVS drug classes, ... See full document

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