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    • Nanoparticle Detection of Urinary Markers for Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Kidney Injury 

      Chung, Hyun Jung; Pellegrini, Kathryn L.; Chung, Jaehoon; Wanigasuriya, Kamani; Jayawardene, Innocent; Lee, Kyungheon; Lee, Hakho; Vaidya, Vishal S.; Weissleder, Ralph (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      The high incidence of acute and chronic kidney injury due to various environmental factors such as heavy metals or chemicals has been a major problem in developing countries. However, the diagnosis of kidney injury in these ...

    • National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010 

      Lee, Anne C. C.; Katz, Joanne; Blencowe, Hannah; Cousens, Simon; Kozuki, Naoko; Vogel, Joshua; Adair, Linda; Baqui, Abdullah; Bhutta, Zulfiqar; Caulfield, Laura; Christian, Parul; Clarke, Siân E.; Ezzati, Majid; Fawzi, Wafaie; Gonzalez, Rogelio; Huybregts, Lieven; Kariuki, Simon; Kolsteren, Patrick; Lusingu, John; Marchant, Tanya; Merialdi, Mario; Mongkolchati, Aroonsri; Mullany, Luke; Ndirangu, James; Newell, Marie-Louise; Nien, Jyh Kae; Osrin, David; Roberfroid, Dominique; Rosen, Heather; Sania, Ayesha; Silveira, Mariangela; Tielsch, James; Vaidya, Anjana; Willey, Barbara; Lawn, Joy; Black, Robert (Elsevier, 2013)

    • A national case-crossover analysis of the short-term effect of PM2.5 on hospitalizations and mortality in subjects with diabetes and neurological disorders 

      Zanobetti, Antonella; Dominici, Francesca; Wang, Yun; Schwartz, Joel D (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Diabetes and neurological disorders are a growing burden among the elderly, and may also make them more susceptible to particulate air matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μg (PM2.5). The same biological ...

    • National Economic Development and Disparities in Body Mass Index: A Cross-Sectional Study of Data from 38 Countries 

      Neuman, Melissa; Kawachi, Ichiro; Gortmaker, Steven; Subramanian, SV. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Background: Increases in body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of overweight in low- and middle income countries (LMICs) are often ascribed to changes in global trade patterns or increases in national income. These ...

    • National HIV prevalence estimates for sub-Saharan Africa: Controlling selection bias with Heckman-type selection models 

      Hogan, Daniel R; Salomon, Joshua A; Canning, David; Hammitt, James K; Zaslavsky, Alan M; Bärnighausen, Till (BMJ Publishing Group, 2012)
      Objectives: Population-based HIV testing surveys have become central to deriving estimates of national HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa. However, limited participation in these surveys can lead to selection bias. We ...

    • National Patient Safety Initiatives: Moving beyond What Is Necessary 

      Zimlichman, Eyal; Bates, David Westfall (BioMed Central, 2012)
      Ilan and Donchin have compared Israel and Canada's experiences in setting a national patient safety agenda. We broaden this comparison to include the U.S. experience, and suggest that there are three additional key steps ...

    • National Rules for Drug–Drug Interactions: Are They Appropriate for Tertiary Hospitals? 

      Cho, Insook; Lee, Jae-Ho; Choi, Jinwook; Hwang, Hee; Bates, David W. (The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences, 2016)
      The application of appropriate rules for drug–drug interactions (DDIs) could substantially reduce the number of adverse drug events. However, current implementations of such rules in tertiary hospitals are problematic as ...

    • National Study of United States Emergency Department Visits for Acute Pancreatitis, 1993–2003 

      Fagenholz, Peter Jackson; Fernández-del Castillo, Carlos; Harris, N. Stuart; Pelletier, Andrea J; Camargo, Carlos Arturo (BioMed Central, 2007)
      Background: The epidemiology of acute pancreatitis in the United States is largely unknown, particularly episodes that lead to an emergency department (ED) visit. We sought to address this gap and describe ED practice ...

    • National trends in hospital length of stay for acute myocardial infarction in China 

      Li, Qian; Lin, Zhenqiu; Masoudi, Frederick A; Li, Jing; Li, Xi; Hernández-Díaz, Sonia; Nuti, Sudhakar V; Li, Lingling; Wang, Qing; Spertus, John A; Hu, Frank B; Krumholz, Harlan M; Jiang, Lixin (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: China is experiencing increasing burden of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the face of limited medical resources. Hospital length of stay (LOS) is an important indicator of resource utilization. Methods: ...

    • National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences 

      Stevens, Gretchen A; Singh, Gitanjali Maya; Lu, Yuan; Danaei, Goodarz; Lin, John K; Finucane, Mariel M; Bahalim, Adil N; McIntire, Russell K; Gutierrez, Hialy R; Cowan, Melanie; Paciorek, Christopher J; Farzadfar, Farshad; Riley, Leanne; Ezzati, Majid (BioMed Central, 2012)
      Background: Overweight and obesity prevalence are commonly used for public and policy communication of the extent of the obesity epidemic, yet comparable estimates of trends in overweight and obesity prevalence by country ...

    • A nationally representative survey of healthcare provider counselling and provision of the female condom in South Africa and Zimbabwe 

      Holt, Kelsey; Blanchard, Kelly; Chipato, Tsungai; Nhemachena, Taazadza; Blum, Maya; Stratton, Laura; Morar, Neetha; Ramjee, Gita; Harper, Cynthia C (BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)
      Objectives: Female condoms are the only female-initiated HIV and pregnancy prevention technology currently available. We examined female condom counselling and provision among providers in South Africa and Zimbabwe, high ...

    • Native valve disease in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation on warfarin or rivaroxaban 

      Breithardt, Günter; Baumgartner, Helmut; Berkowitz, Scott D; Hellkamp, Anne S; Piccini, Jonathan P; Lokhnygina, Yuliya; Halperin, Jonathan L; Singer, Daniel E; Hankey, Graeme J; Hacke, Werner; Becker, Richard C; Nessel, Christopher C; Mahaffey, Kenneth W; Califf, Robert M; Fox, Keith A A; Patel, Manesh R (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)
      Objective: To compare the characteristics and outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and aortic stenosis (AS) with patients with AF with mitral regurgitation (MR) or aortic regurgitation (AR) and patients without ...

    • Natural hair color and the incidence of endometriosis 

      Missmer, Stacey A.; Spiegelman, Donna; Hankinson, Susan E.; Malspeis, Susan; Barbieri, Robert L.; Hunter, David J. (Elsevier, 2006)
      Objective: To investigate a previously hypothesized relation between natural hair color and endometriosis. Design: Prospective cohort study.Setting: Nurses' Health Study 11 with 10 years of follow-up.Participant(s): A total ...

    • Natural Language Processing in Perinatal Epidemiology 

      Zhong, Qiuyue (2018-04-26)
      Suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths. Early detection of pregnant women with suicidal behavior presents an important opportunity for directing suicide prevention efforts to those at high risk for suicide ...

    • Natural Selection Constrains Neutral Diversity across A Wide Range of Species 

      Corbett-Detig, Russell B.; Hartl, Daniel L.; Sackton, Timothy B. (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      The neutral theory of molecular evolution predicts that the amount of neutral polymorphisms within a species will increase proportionally with the census population size (Nc). However, this prediction has not been borne ...

    • Naturally acquired antibody responses to more than 300 Plasmodium vivax proteins in three geographic regions 

      Longley, Rhea J.; White, Michael T.; Takashima, Eizo; Morita, Masayuki; Kanoi, Bernard N.; Li Wai Suen, Connie S. N.; Betuela, Inoni; Kuehn, Andrea; Sripoorote, Piyarat; Tenorio Franca, Camila; Siba, Peter; Robinson, Leanne J.; Lacerda, Marcus; Sattabongkot, Jetsumon; Tsuboi, Takafumi; Mueller, Ivo (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-09-11)
      Plasmodium vivax remains an important cause of malaria in South America and the Asia-Pacific. Naturally acquired antibody responses against multiple P. vivax proteins have been described in numerous countries, however, ...

    • The Nature of Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients: Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study II 

      Leape, Lucian; Brennan, Troyen; Laird, Nan; Lawthers, Ann G.; Localio, A. Russell; Barnes, Benjamin A.; Hebert, Liesi; Newhouse, Joseph; Weiler, Paul; Hiatt, Howard (Massachusetts Medical Society, 1991-02-07)
      Background: In a sample of 30,195 randomly selected hospital records, we identified 1133 patients (3.7 percent) with disabling injuries caused by medical treatment. We report here an analysis of these adverse events and ...

    • A Nearly Continuous Measure of Birth Weight for Gestational Age Using a United States National Reference 

      Oken, Emily; Kleinman, Ken Paul; Rich-Edwards, Janet Wilson; Gillman, Matthew William (BioMed Central, 2003)
      Background: Fully understanding the determinants and sequelae of fetal growth requires a continuous measure of birth weight adjusted for gestational age. Published United States reference data, however, provide estimates ...

    • Neck circumference and early stage atherosclerosis: the cardiometabolic risk in Chinese (CRC) study 

      Liang, Jun; Wang, Yu; Li, Hongyan; Liu, Xuekui; Qiu, Qinqin; Qi, Lu (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Neck circumference (NC) has been previously related to cardiometabolic risk factors. In this study we examined the association between NC and early stage atherosclerosis in Chinese adults. Methods: The study ...

    • Neck Circumference May Be a Better Alternative to Standard Anthropometric Measures 

      Joshipura, Kaumudi; Muñoz-Torres, Francisco; Vergara, José; Palacios, Cristina; Pérez, Cynthia M. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016)
      This paper evaluates neck circumference as a metabolic risk marker. Overweight/obese, nondiabetic Hispanics, 40–65 years old, who are free of major cardiovascular diseases, were recruited for the San Juan Overweight Adults ...