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UnknownPlanned Cesarean or planned vaginal delivery for twins: secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial.

Objective

To evaluate whether there is a differential benefit of planned Cesarean delivery (CD) over planned vaginal delivery (VD) in women with a twin pregnancy and the first twin in cephalic presentation, depending on prespecified baseline maternal and pregnancy characteristics, and/or ges...
S-EPMC8048696 | biostudies-literature
UnknownGuillain-Barre Syndrome Following Zika Virus Infection Is Associated With a Diverse Spectrum of Peripheral Nerve Reactive Antibodies.

Background and objectives

Recent outbreaks of Zika virus (ZIKV) in South and Central America have highlighted significant neurologic side effects. Concurrence with the inflammatory neuropathy Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is observed in 1:4,000 ZIKV cases. Whether the neurologic symptoms of ...
S-EPMC9679884 | biostudies-literature
UnknownBrain clocks capture diversity and disparities in aging and dementia across geographically diverse populations.
Brain clocks, which quantify discrepancies between brain age and chronological age, hold promise for understanding brain health and disease. However, the impact of diversity (including geographical, socioeconomic, sociodemographic, sex and neurodegeneration) on the brain-age gap is unknown. We analy...
S-EPMC11645278 | biostudies-literature
UnknownSymptomatic subsegmental versus more central pulmonary embolism: Clinical outcomes during anticoagulation.

Background

The optimal therapy of patients with acute subsegmental pulmonary embolism (PE) is controversial.

Methods

We used the RIETE (Registro Informatizado Enfermedad TromboEmbólica) database to compare the rate of symptomatic PE recurrences during anticoagulation in patients with ...
S-EPMC7845079 | biostudies-literature
UnknownCooking with liquefied petroleum gas or biomass and fetal growth outcomes: a multi-country randomised controlled trial.

Background

Household air pollution might lead to fetal growth restriction during pregnancy. We aimed to investigate whether a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) intervention to reduce personal exposures to household air pollution during pregnancy would alter fetal growth.

Methods

The House...
S-EPMC11027158 | biostudies-literature
UnknownFidelity and adherence to a liquefied petroleum gas stove and fuel intervention: the multi-country Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial.

Background

Reducing household air pollution (HAP) to levels associated with health benefits requires nearly exclusive use of clean cooking fuels and abandonment of traditional biomass fuels.

Methods

The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial randomized 3,195 pregna...
S-EPMC10327189 | biostudies-literature
UnknownFidelity and adherence to a liquefied petroleum gas stove and fuel intervention: The multi-country Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial.

Background

Reducing household air pollution (HAP) to levels associated with health benefits requires nearly exclusive use of clean cooking fuels and abandonment of traditional biomass fuels.

Methods

The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial randomized 3,195 pregna...
S-EPMC10512198 | biostudies-literature
UnknownPrevalence of non-communicable diseases among household contacts of people with tuberculosis: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.

Objective

To investigate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases among household contacts of people with tuberculosis.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. We searched Medline, Embase and the Global Index Medicus from inception to...
S-EPMC11368628 | biostudies-literature
UnknownGenotype-phenotype association study conducted on LARGE-PD reveals novel loci associated with Parkinson's Disease.

Background

The Latin American Research Consortium on the Genetics of Parkinson's Disease (LARGE-PD) is a multicenter collaboration aimed at understanding the genetic architecture of Parkinson's disease (PD) in this underrepresented population using data from 15 countries across the Americas ...
S-EPMC12338945 | biostudies-literature
UnknownSystematic reviews of observational studies of Risk of Thrombosis and Bleeding in General and Gynecologic Surgery (ROTBIGGS): introduction and methodology.

Background

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) and bleeding are serious and potentially fatal complications of surgical procedures. Pharmacological thromboprophylaxis decreases the risk of VTE but increases the risk of major post-operative bleeding. The decision to use pharmacologic prophylaxis the...
S-EPMC8499502 | biostudies-literature
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