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Effect of Low-Fat vs. Other Diet Interventions on Long-Term Weight Change in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2015)Background: The effectiveness of low-fat diets for long-term weight loss has been debated for decades, with dozens of randomized trials (RCTs) and recent reviews giving mixed results. Methods: We conducted a random effects ... -
Effect of lung compliance and endotracheal tube leakage on measurement of tidal volume
(BioMed Central, 2004)Introduction: The objective of this laboratory study was to measure the effect of decreased lung compliance and endotracheal tube (ETT) leakage on measured exhaled tidal volume at the airway and at the ventilator, in a ... -
The effect of Massachusetts health reform on 30 day hospital readmissions: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2014)Objectives: To analyse changes in overall readmission rates and disparities in such rates, among patients aged 18-64 (those most likely to have been affected by reform), using all payer inpatient discharge databases (hospital ... -
Effect of Massachusetts healthcare reform on racial and ethnic disparities in admissions to hospital for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2015)Objectives: To examine the impact of Massachusetts healthcare reform on changes in rates of admission to hospital for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs), which are potentially preventable with good access to ... -
Effect of Menopausal Status on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Presence of Carotid Plaque in Chinese Women Generation Population
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015)Menopause is an important physiological stage in women's life. The potential association of menopause with carotid intima-media thickness as well as with occurrence and stability of carotid plaque in Chinese female population ... -
Effect of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockade on Hippocampal-Dependent Memory in Obese Adults
(2015)Objective: The hippocampus is crucial for paired-associate learning. Obesity is associated with increased MR activity in peripheral and possibly central tissues, decreased hippocampal size in humans and impaired hippocampal ... -
Effect of monthly vitamin D3 supplementation in healthy adults on adverse effects of earthquakes: randomised controlled trial
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2014)Objective: To determine whether supplementation with vitamin D improves resilience to the adverse effects of earthquakes. Design: Opportunistic addition to an established randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. ... -
The effect of musical expertise on the representation of space
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2014)Consistent evidence suggests that pitch height may be represented in a spatial format, having both a vertical and a horizontal representation. The spatial representation of pitch height results into response compatibility ... -
Effect of Natalizumab Treatment on Circulating Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Objectives: Dendritic cells (DCs) serve a critical role both in promoting and inhibiting adaptive immunity. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of natalizumab (NTZ) treatment on DC numbers, phenotype, and ... -
Effect of negative pressure wound therapy on wound healing
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The effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy on the prognostic value of lymph nodes after rectal cancer surgery
(Elsevier BV, 2010)Background: Neoadjuvant therapy may affect the prognostic impact of total lymph node harvests and lymph node positivity after surgery for rectal cancer. Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 390 consecutive ... -
Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic1. The outbreak containment strategies in China based on non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) appear to be effective2, but quantitative research ... -
Effect of Nonpayment for Preventable Infections in U.S. Hospitals
(New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2012)Background In October 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired conditions that were deemed preventable. The effect of this policy on rates ... -
The effect of osteopontin and osteopontin-derived peptides on preterm brain injury
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Osteopontin (OPN) is a highly phosphorylated sialoprotein and a soluble cytokine that is widely expressed in a variety of tissues, including the brain. OPN and OPN-derived peptides have been suggested to have ... -
The Effect of Particulate Air Pollution on Emergency Admissions for Myocardial Infarction: A Multicity Case-Crossover Analysis
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2005)Recently, attention has focused on whether particulate air pollution is a specific trigger of myocardial infarction (MI). The results of several studies of single locations assessing the effects of ambient particular matter ... -
Effect of pay for performance on the management and outcomes of hypertension in the United Kingdom: interrupted time series study
(BMJ, 2011)Objective To assess the impact of a pay for performance incentive on quality of care and outcomes among UK patients with hypertension in primary care. Design Interrupted time series. Setting The Health Improvement ... -
Effect of Pediatric Behavioral Health Screening and Colocated Services on Ambulatory and Inpatient Utilization
(American Psychiatric Publishing, 2015)Objective The study sought to determine the impact of a pediatric behavioral health (BH) screening and co-location model on BH care utilization Methods In 2003, Cambridge Health Alliance, a Massachusetts public ... -
Effect of PEG Pairing on the Efficiency of Cancer-Targeting Liposomes
(Ivyspring International Publisher, 2015)Standardized poly(ethylene glycol)-modified (PEGylated) liposomes, which have been widely used in research as well as in pre-clinical and clinical studies, are typically constructed using PEG with a molecular weight of ... -
Effect of Penetrating Keratoplasty and Keratoprosthesis Implantation on the Posterior Segment of the Eye
(The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2016)Purpose To compare the effects of post-penetrating keratoplasty (PK) and post-keratoprosthesis (KPro) surgery-related inflammation on the posterior segment of the eye and to assess inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha ... -
The Effect of Perioperative Ketorolac on the Clinical Failure Rate of Meniscal Repair
(2014)Background: There has been recent interest in the effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications on musculoskeletal healing. No studies have yet addressed the effect of these medications on meniscal healing. Hypothesis ...