Single-center outcome analysis of 1,161 patients with St. Jude medical and ATS open pivot mechanical heart valves (Publications)
ATS (p = 0.08). The linearized rates for valve-related adverse events for SJM and ATS valves, respectively, were: thromboembolism 0.9 and 1.1%/pt-yr; major bleeding requiring transfusion 0.3 and 0.5%/pt-yr; [...] 5%/pt-yr; prosthetic endocarditis 0.03 and 0.1%/pt-yr; paravalvular leak 0.1 and 0.6%/pt-yr. CONCLUSION: On the basis of an 11-year experience, both bileaflet valves showed very good clinical results, with low [...] ly (p = 0.45). Cumulative survival and freedom from valve-related...
Expression of CD14 and Toll-like receptor 2 in farmers' and non-farmers' children (Publications)
cells from farmers' children express significantly higher amounts of CD14 (0.96 vs 0.43, p=0.0013), and Toll-like receptor 2 (0.11 vs 0.04, p
Expression of CD14 and Toll-like receptor 2 in farmers' and non-farmers' children (Publications)
cells from farmers' children express significantly higher amounts of CD14 (0.96 vs 0.43, p=0.0013), and Toll-like receptor 2 (0.11 vs 0.04, p
Impacts of performance-based financing on health system performance: evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
(ppts) (95% CI 0.01-0.08), technical process quality by 5 ppts (0.03-0.07), and non-technical process by 2 ppts (0-0.04). PBF also increased coverage of priority health services by 3 ppts (0.02-0.04). Improvements [...] were also observed for facility management (9 ppts, 0.04-0.15), service fee policies, and users' satisfaction with service affordability (14 ppts, 0.07-0.20). Service fees and health workers' satisfaction
Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis (Publications)
Ratio (aOR): 0.88; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.68-1.14). However, activation of mining projects reduced the mortality risk among neonates (0-30 days) by 45% (aOR: 0.55; 95% CI: 0.37-0.83) and risk [...] diseases by 32% (aOR: 0.68; 95% CI: 0,51-0.90). The timing analysis of observed changes showed that there is a significant decline in the risk for childhood diarrhoea (aOR: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.49-0.97), and the mean
Childhood illness prevalence and health seeking behavior patterns in rural Tanzania (Publications)
ORdiarrhea = 0.26, 95 % CI 0.18-0.37; ORARI = 0.60 95 % CI 0.41-0.89]. Children aged two and older were more likely than children under one to receive no care or to receive care at home, rather than to receive [...] weeks, 12.0 % had diarrhea and 6.7 % experienced ARI. Children two years of age and older were less likely to experience morbidity than children under one year [ORfever = 0.77, 95 % CI 0.61-0.96; ORdiarrhea [...] care at a facility as compared to those who lived with an uneducated...
Response, survival, and long-term toxicity after therapy with the radiolabeled somatostatin analogue [90Y-DOTA]-TOC in metastasized neuroendocrine... (Publications)
[HR], 0.46; 95% CI, 0.38 to 0.56; median survival, 44.7 v 18.3 months; P < .001), biochemical (HR, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.59 to 0.96; 35.3 v 25.7 months; P = .023), and clinical response (HR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.56 [...] that tumoral uptake in the initial imaging study was predictive for overall survival (HR, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.29 to 0.69; P < .001), whereas the initial kidney uptake was predictive for severe renal toxicity [...] 56 to 0.82; 36.8 v 23.5 months; P < .001). Overall, 142 patients (12.8%)...
Patients with cystic echinococcosis in the three national referral centers of Mongolia: a model for CE management assessment (Publications)
coefficient and weighted Kappa was 0.57 and 0.59, respectively. Mean proportions of images judged as stages CE1, CE2, CE3a, CE3b, CE4 and CL were 0.59, 0.01, 0.19, 0.08, 0.03 and 0.11, respectively. 40 cysts met [...] surgery and watch & wait were 52.5% (95% CI 42-65), 25.8% (95% CI 15-30), 5.1% (95% CI 0-10) and 3.3% (95% CI 0.0-10), respectively. 13.3% (95% CI 5-25) of cysts were staged as CL and therefore assigned [...] three state hospitals and fulfilling the inclusion criterion 'discharge...
Asymptomatic malaria reservoirs are the last challenge in the elimination in Cambodia (Publications)
the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum was 0.63% at T0, increasing to 0.81% at T1, and decreasing to 0.18% at T2. Plasmodium vivax decreased from 4.80% at T0 to 1.97% at T1 and 1.65% at T2. In Kampong [...] overall prevalence was 7.06% at T0, declining to 5.19% at T1 and 4.59% at T2. Plasmodium falciparum prevalence was 0.30% at T0, decreasing to 0.09% at T1 and rising slightly to 0.10% at T2. The forest goers [...] high-risk populations (forest dwellers, forest goers and forest rangers) at...
Comparative efficacy of Vector Guard® to Olyset® Plus insecticide-treated nets against strongly pyrethroid-resistant <em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> in... (Publications)
Guard® showed similar efficacy to Royal Sentry ® 2.0 in reducing the proportion of mosquito blood feeding (0.6% vs. 0.6%; OR = 0.85, 95%CI = 0.68–1.07, p = 0.161). Conclusion: Vector Guard® demonstrated superior [...] to Royal Sentry® 2.0 (p < 0.001) in terms of mosquito mortality. For the secondary blood feeding endpoint, Vector Guard® was also found to be non-inferior to Olyset ® Plus (0.6% vs. 0.2%; OR = 2.37, 95%CI [...] ITN proven to reduce malaria transmission more effectively than...
