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Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys
(Elsevier BV, 2015)BACKGROUND: Vitamin A deficiency is a risk factor for blindness and for mortality from measles and diarrhoea in children aged 6-59 months. We aimed to estimate trends in the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency between 1991 ... -
Trends and social differentials in child mortality in Rwanda 1990–2010: results from three demographic and health surveys
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)Background: Rwanda has embarked on ambitious programmes to provide equitable health services and reduce mortality in childhood. Evidence from other countries indicates that advances in child survival often have come at the ... -
Trends favoring open access
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Trends in anticoagulant prescribing: a review of local policies in English primary care
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-04-03)Background Oral anticoagulants are prescribed for stroke prophylaxis in patients with atrial fibrillation, which is the most common heart arrhythmia worldwide. The vitamin K antagonist (VKA) warfarin is a long-established ... -
Trends in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Ambulatory Diagnosis and Medical Treatment in the United States, 2000–2010
(Elsevier BV, 2012)Objectives: Because of several recent clinical and regulatory changes regarding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the United States, we quantified changes in ADHD diagnosis and medication management from ... -
Trends in Availability and Prices of Subsidized ACT over the First Year of the AMFm: Evidence from Remote Regions of Tanzania
(BioMed Central, 2012)Background: The Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm) is a pilot supra-national subsidy program that aims to increase access and affordability of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) in public sector clinics ... -
Trends in CD4 Count Testing, Retention in Pre-ART Care, and ART Initiation Rates over the First Decade of Expansion of HIV Services in Haiti
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Background: High attrition during the period from HIV testing to antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is widely reported. Though treatment guidelines have changed to broaden ART eligibility and services have been widely ... -
Trends in Clinical, Demographic, and Biochemical Characteristics of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction from 2003 to 2008: A Report from the American Heart Association Get with the Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease Program
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)Background: An analysis of the changes in the clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with acute myocardial infarction could identify successes and failures of risk factor identification and treatment of ... -
Trends in concussion reporting and depression across debut years in professional American-style football play
(2024-05-14)Head injuries accrued during professional football have been associated with long term health issues. Efforts over the last 80 years to limit concussions have included rule changes, improved helmet technologies, and increased ... -
Trends in delivery with no one present in Nigeria between 2003 and 2013
(Dove Medical Press, 2015)Purpose Skilled attendance at birth is a proven intervention to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes. Unfortunately, in Nigeria there are many women who give birth alone, with no one present (NOP). The purpose of ... -
Trends in Diabetes, High Cholesterol, and Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease Among U.S. Adults: 1988–1994 to 1999–2004
(American Diabetes Association, 2008)Objective: The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) increased among U.S. adults from 1988–1994 to 1999–2004. We sought to explore the importance of trends in risk factors for CKD over time. Research Design and Methods: ... -
Trends in Drug Prescribing for Osteoporosis After Hip Fracture, 1995–2004
(Journal of Rheumatology, 2008)Objective: To examine trends in osteoporosis drug prescribing after hip fracture from 1995 to 2004. Methods: We conducted a population-based study of enrollees in the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the ... -
Trends in Frequency of Reporting Improper Diabetes-related Cause-of-Death Statements on Death Certificates, 1985-2005: An Algorithm to Identify Incorrect Causal Sequences
(, 2010)This study aimed to examine the changes in frequency of reporting improper diabetes-related cause-of-death statements on death certificates based on Multiple-Cause Mortality Files of the United States from 1985 to 2005. ... -
Trends in Hospital Admission and Surgical Procedures Following ED visits for Diverticulitis
(Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, 2016)Introduction: Diverticulitis is a common diagnosis in the emergency department (ED). Outpatient management of diverticulitis is safe in selected patients, yet the rates of admission and surgical procedures following ED ... -
Trends in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator racial disparity
(Elsevier, 2005)Objectives The study was designed to determine whether racial disparity in utilization of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has improved over time, and whether small-area geographic variation in ICD utilization ... -
Trends in Income-Based Inequality in Postsecondary Education
(2021-10-15)There has been widespread concern about both widening educational attainment gaps between children from upper- and lower-income families and widening disparities in parental behaviors that may be associated with widening ... -
Trends in inpatient setting laminectomy for excision of herniated intervertebral disc: Population-based estimates from the US nationwide inpatient sample
(Medknow, 2011)Background: Herniated intervertebral discs can result in pain and neurological compromise. Treatment for this condition is categorized as surgical or non-surgical. We sought to identify trends in inpatient surgical management ... -
Trends in inpatient treatment intensity among medicare beneficiaries at the end of life
(Wiley Blackwell, 2004)Objective. Although an increasing fraction of Medicare beneficiaries die outside the hospital, the proportion of total Medicare expenditures attributable to care in the last year of life has not dropped. We sought to ... -
Trends in Insulin Initiation and Treatment Intensification Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
(Springer Science + Business Media, 2014)BACKGROUND: Many patients with type 2 diabetes eventually require insulin, yet little is known about the patterns and quality of pharmacologic care received following insulin initiation. Guidelines from the American Diabetes ... -
Trends in Intracranial Stenting Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States, 2006–2010
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013)Background: It is uncertain how intracranial stenting (ICS) has been adopted nationally during a period characterized by a restrictive payment policy by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, humanitarian device ...