School children's intestinal parasite and nutritional status 1 year after complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene... (Publications)
schools related to the control schools (odds ratio [OR] of the intervention effect = 0.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.1-0.5). Indices of undernutrition did not decrease at end line in intervention schools
Association between gastrointestinal tract infections and glycated hemoglobin in school children of poor neighborhoods in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Publications)
positive association with HbA1c in a multivariable regression analysis (beta = 0.040, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.006-0.073, p
Analysis of clinical drug-drug interaction data to predict uncharacterized interaction magnitudes between antiretroviral drugs and co-medications (Publications)
quantified meaning 53%, 85% and 98% of the predictions were within 1.25-fold (0.80 - 1.25), 1.5-fold (0.66 - 1.48) and 2-fold (0.66 - 1.94) of the observed clinical data. In addition, the method identifies
How urban characteristics affect vulnerability to heat and cold: a multi-country analysis (Publications)
each indicator across cities. RESULTS: Heat- and cold-related deaths amounted to 0.54% (95% confidence interval: 0.49 to 0.58%) and 6.05% (5.59 to 6.36%) of total deaths, respectively. Several city indicators
Current use and costs of electronic health records for clinical trial research: a descriptive study (Publications)
189 RCTs, most of which (153 [81.0%]) were carried out in North America and were published recently (median year 2012 [interquartile range 2009-2014]). Seventeen RCTs (9.0%) involving a median of 732 (i [...] US$44 to US$2000, and total RCT costs from US$67 750 to US$5 026 000. In the remaining 172 RCTs (91.0%), EHRs were used as a modality of intervention. INTERPRETATION: Randomized controlled trials are frequently
Comparison of air pollution exposure assessment methods and the association with children's respiratory health (Publications)
the different methods were moderately to highly correlated, with Pearson correlations ranging from 0.5 to 0.9. Higher air pollution levels were consistently associated with higher asthma incidence and lower [...] association differed between methods (e.g. the ORs (95 % CI) for asthma incidence ranged from 1.09 (0.99; 1.21) to 2.56 (1.50; 4.36) for BC per 1 µg/m(3) increment). CONCLUSION: Different air pollution
The number of comorbidities as an important cofactor to ASA class in predicting postoperative outcome: an international multicentre cohort study (Publications)
ASA class, postoperative complications measured by the CCI® increased per each comorbidity by 0.81 (95% CI, 0.40-1.23) and so did pLOS (geometric mean ratio, 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01-1.06). CONCLUSIONS: These [...] hospital stay (pLOS) and Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI®) were secondary endpoints. On a scale from 0 (no complication) to 100 (death) the CCI® measures the severity of postoperative morbidity as a weighted
Stoma associated complications after diverting loop ileostomy, end ileostomy or split stoma formation after right sided colectomy: a retrospective... (Publications)
(n = 39) in SS group had reoperations (P = 0.07). Wound infections occurred in 15% (n = 3) in PA, in 10% (n = 3) in ES, and in 30% (n = 20) in SS group (P = 0.08). A total of 13 patients (65%) in PA, 7 [...] 7 (24%) in ES, and 29 (43%) in SS group achieved stoma closure (P = 0.02). A total of 5 patients (38%) in PA group, 2 (15%) in ES, and 22 patients (67%) in SS group had a stoma-associated rehospitalization
The number of comorbidities as an important cofactor to ASA class in predicting postoperative outcome: an international multicentre cohort study (Publications)
ASA class, postoperative complications measured by the CCI® increased per each comorbidity by 0.81 (95% CI, 0.40-1.23) and so did pLOS (geometric mean ratio, 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01-1.06). CONCLUSIONS: These [...] hospital stay (pLOS) and Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI®) were secondary endpoints. On a scale from 0 (no complication) to 100 (death) the CCI® measures the severity of postoperative morbidity as a weighted
Stoma associated complications after diverting loop ileostomy, end ileostomy or split stoma formation after right sided colectomy-a retrospective... (Publications)
(n = 39) in SS group had reoperations (P = 0.07). Wound infections occurred in 15% (n = 3) in PA, in 10% (n = 3) in ES, and in 30% (n = 20) in SS group (P = 0.08). A total of 13 patients (65%) in PA, 7 [...] 7 (24%) in ES, and 29 (43%) in SS group achieved stoma closure (P = 0.02). A total of 5 patients (38%) in PA group, 2 (15%) in ES, and 22 patients (67%) in SS group had a stoma-associated rehospitalization
