Browsing by Author "Kurth, Tobias"
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Atropine for Critical Care Intubation in a Cohort of 264 Children and Reduced Mortality Unrelated to Effects on Bradycardia
Jones, Peter; Peters, Mark J.; Pinto da Costa, Nathalia; Kurth, Tobias; Alberti, Corinne; Kessous, Katia; Lode, Noella; Dauger, Stephane (Public Library of Science, 2013)Background: Atropine has is currently recommended to facilitate haemodynamic stability during critical care intubation. Our objective was to determine whether atropine use at induction influences ICU mortality. ... -
Effects of obstructive sleep apnoea risk on postoperative respiratory complications: protocol for a hospital-based registry study
Shin, Christina H; Zaremba, Sebastian; Devine, Scott; Nikolov, Milcho; Kurth, Tobias; Eikermann, Matthias (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), the most common type of sleep-disordered breathing, is associated with significant immediate and long-term morbidity, including fragmented sleep and impaired daytime functioning, ... -
Gene co-expression analysis identifies brain regions and cell types involved in migraine pathophysiology: a GWAS-based study using the Allen Human Brain Atlas
Eising, Else; Huisman, Sjoerd M. H.; Mahfouz, Ahmed; Vijfhuizen, Lisanne S.; Anttila, Verneri; Winsvold, Bendik S.; Kurth, Tobias; Ikram, M. Arfan; Freilinger, Tobias; Kaprio, Jaakko; Boomsma, Dorret I.; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta R.; Zwart, John-Anker; Quaye, Lydia; Strachan, David P.; Kubisch, Christian; Dichgans, Martin; Davey Smith, George; Stefansson, Kari; Palotie, Aarno; Chasman, Daniel I.; Ferrari, Michel D.; Terwindt, Gisela M.; de Vries, Boukje; Nyholt, Dale R.; Lelieveldt, Boudewijn P. F.; van den Maagdenberg, Arn M. J. M.; Reinders, Marcel J. T. (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016)Migraine is a common disabling neurovascular brain disorder typically characterised by attacks of severe headache and associated with autonomic and neurological symptoms. Migraine is caused by an interplay of genetic and ... -
Headache, migraine and risk of brain tumors in women: prospective cohort study
Kurth, Tobias; Buring, Julie E; Rist, Pamela M (Springer Milan, 2015)Background: While headache is a common symptom among brain tumors patients, often patients with common headache have concerns of being at risk for developing brain tumors. We aimed to disprove that migraine or headache in ... -
Headache, migraine, and structural brain lesions and function: population based Epidemiology of Vascular Ageing-MRI study
Kurth, Tobias; Mohamed, Shajahal; Maillard, Pauline; Zhu, Yi-Cheng; Chabriat, Hugues; Mazoyer, Bernard; Bousser, Marie-Germaine; Dufouil, Carole; Tzourio, Christophe (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2011)Objective: To evaluate the association of overall and specific headaches with volume of white matter hyperintensities, brain infarcts, and cognition. Design: Population based, cross sectional study. Setting: Epidemiology ... -
Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer in Advanced Age: Prospective Cohort Study
Driver, Jane A.; Djoussé, Luc; Logroscino, Giancarlo; Gaziano, John Michael; Kurth, Tobias (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2008)Objective: To investigate the influence of increasing age on the incidence and remaining lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer in a cohort of older men. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: United States. ... -
Intermediate acting non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents and risk of postoperative respiratory complications: prospective propensity score matched cohort study
Grosse-Sundrup, Martina; Henneman, Justin P; Sandberg, Warren S; Bateman, Brian Thomas; Uribe, Jose Villa; Nguyen, Nicole Thuy; Ehrenfeld, Jesse M.; Martinez, Elizabeth; Kurth, Tobias; Eikermann, Matthias (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2012)Objective: To determine whether use of intermediate acting neuromuscular blocking agents during general anesthesia increases the incidence of postoperative respiratory complications. Design: Prospective, propensity score ... -
Intraoperative protective mechanical ventilation and risk of postoperative respiratory complications: hospital based registry study
Ladha, Karim; Vidal Melo, Marcos F; McLean, Duncan J; Wanderer, Jonathan P; Grabitz, Stephanie D; Kurth, Tobias; Eikermann, Matthias (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2015)Objective: To evaluate the effects of intraoperative protective ventilation on major postoperative respiratory complications and to define safe intraoperative mechanical ventilator settings that do not translate into an ... -
Inverse association between cancer and Alzheimer’s disease: results from the Framingham Heart Study
Driver, Jane A; Beiser, Alexa; Au, Rhoda; Kreger, Bernard E; Splansky, Greta Lee; Kurth, Tobias; Kiel, Douglas P; Lu, Kun Ping; Seshadri, Sudha; Wolf, Phillip A (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2012)Objectives: To relate cancer since entry into the Framingham Heart Study with the risk of incident Alzheimer’s disease and to estimate the risk of incident cancer among participants with and without Alzheimer’s disease. ... -
Kidney function and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in women: a prospective cohort study
Kurth, Tobias; de Jong, Paul E; Cook, Nancy Romanowicz; Buring, Julie Elizabeth; Ridker, Paul M. (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2009)Objective: To evaluate the association of kidney function with cardiovascular disease and mortality among apparently healthy women. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Women’s Health Study, United States. Participants: ... -
Migraine and Cognitive Decline Among Women: Prospective Cohort Study
Rist, Pamela Marie; Kang, Jae Hee Hee; Buring, Julie Elizabeth; Glymour, Maria Lee; Grodstein, Francine; Kurth, Tobias (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2012)Objective: To evaluate the association between migraine and cognitive decline among women. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Women’s Health Study, United States. Participants 6349 women aged 65 or older enrolled in ... -
Migraine and risk of haemorrhagic stroke in women: prospective cohort study
Kurth, Tobias; Kase, Carlos S; Schürks, Markus; Tzourio, Christophe; Buring, Julie Elizabeth (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2010)Objectives: To examine the association between migraine and migraine aura status with risk of haemorrhagic stroke. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Women’s Health Study, United States. Participants: 27 860 women ... -
Migraine, Vascular Risk, and Cardiovascular Events in Women: Prospective Cohort Study
Schürks, Markus; Logroscino, Giancarlo; Kurth, Tobias; Gaziano, John Michael; Buring, Julie Elizabeth (BMJ Publishing Group, 2008)Objectives: To evaluate whether the association between migraine with aura and increased risk of cardiovascular disease is modified by vascular risk groups as measured by the Framingham risk score for coronary heart disease. ... -
Prospective Cohort Study of Type 2 Diabetes and the Risk of Parkinson's Disease
Driver, Jane A.; Smith, Ashley; Buring, Julie Elizabeth; Gaziano, John Michael; Kurth, Tobias; Logroscino, Giancarlo (American Diabetes Association, 2008)OBJECTIVE—To evaluate the association between type 2 diabetes and newly reported Parkinson's disease. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Our study included 21,841 participants in the Physicians’ Health Study, a cohort of U.S. ... -
Prospective comorbidity-matched study of Parkinson's disease and risk of mortality among women
Winter, Anke C; Rist, Pamela M; Buring, Julie E; Kurth, Tobias (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Background: Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) may have an increased risk of overall mortality compared to the general population. Women may have lower mortality rates from PD than men; however, studies among women ... -
Restless Legs Syndrome and All-Cause Mortality in Four Prospective Cohort Studies
Szentkirályi, András; Winter, Anke C; Schürks, Markus; Völzke, Henry; Hoffmann, Wolfgang; Buring, Julie Elizabeth; Gaziano, John Michael; Kurth, Tobias; Berger, Klaus (BMJ Group, 2012)Objectives: To evaluate the association between restless legs syndrome (RLS) and all-cause mortality. Design: Four prospective cohort studies. Setting: The Dortmund Health Study (DHS) and the Study of Health in Pomerania ... -
Restless Legs Syndrome and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Men: Prospective Cohort Study
Winter, Anke Christiane; Schürks, Markus; Glynn, Robert J.; Buring, Julie Elizabeth; Gaziano, John Michael; Berger, Klaus; Kurth, Tobias (BMJ Group, 2012)Objectives: To evaluate the association between restless legs syndrome (RLS) and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Women's Health Study (WHS) and Physicians' Health Study ... -
Selectivity in Genetic Association with Sub-classified Migraine in Women
Chasman, Daniel I.; Anttila, Verneri; Buring, Julie E.; Ridker, Paul M.; Schürks, Markus; Kurth, Tobias (Public Library of Science, 2014)Migraine can be sub-classified not only according to presence of migraine aura (MA) or absence of migraine aura (MO), but also by additional features accompanying migraine attacks, e.g. photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, ... -
Structural brain lesions and restless legs syndrome: a cross-sectional population-based study
Rist, Pamela M; Tzourio, Christophe; Elbaz, Alexis; Soumaré, Aïcha; Dufouil, Carole; Mazoyer, Bernard; Kurth, Tobias (BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)Objective: To evaluate the association between white matter lesion (WML) volume, silent infarcts and restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a population-based study of elderly individuals. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: ... -
An X Chromosome Association Scan of the Norfolk Island Genetic Isolate Provides Evidence for a Novel Migraine Susceptibility Locus at Xq12
Maher, Bridget H.; Lea, Rod A.; Benton, Miles; Cox, Hannah C.; Bellis, Claire; Carless, Melanie; Dyer, Thomas D.; Curran, Joanne; Charlesworth, Jac C.; Schürks, Markus; Blangero, John; Griffiths, Lyn R.; Buring, Julie Elizabeth; Kurth, Tobias; Chasman, Daniel Ian; Ridker, Paul M. (Public Library of Science, 2012)Migraine is a common and debilitating neurovascular disorder with a complex envirogenomic aetiology. Numerous studies have demonstrated a preponderance of women affected with migraine and previous pedigree linkage studies ...