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Outcomes of Patients with Critical Limb Ischaemia in the EUCLID Trial.
(European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the
European Society for Vascular Surgery, 2018-01)
OBJECTIVES:Critical limb ischaemia (CLI) implies an increased risk of cardiovascular
morbidity and mortality, and the optimal antithrombotic treatment is not established.
DESIGN, MATERIALS, METHODS:The EUCLID trial investigated ...
Antibiotic overuse for acute respiratory tract infections in Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of outpatients and their physicians.
(BMC Fam Pract, 2018-03-01)
BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are a common reason for antibiotic
overuse worldwide. We previously showed that over 80% of outpatients presenting to
a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka ...
International Comparison of Patient Characteristics and Quality of Care for Ischemic Stroke: Analysis of the China National Stroke Registry and the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines--Stroke Program.
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018-10)
Background Adherence to evidence-based guidelines is an important quality indicator;
yet, there is lack of assessment of adherence to performance measures in acute ischemic
stroke for most world regions. Methods and Results ...
Relationship between hospital performance measures and outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: a prospective cohort study.
(BMJ open, 2018-08)
OBJECTIVE:Evidence-based performance measures have been increasingly used to evaluate
hospital quality of stroke care, but their impact on stroke outcomes has not been
verified. We aimed to evaluate the correlations between ...
Effect of a Multifaceted Quality Improvement Intervention on Hospital Personnel Adherence to Performance Measures in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in China: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
(JAMA, 2018-07)
In China and other parts of the world, hospital personnel adherence to evidence-based
stroke care is limited.To determine whether a multifaceted quality improvement intervention
can improve hospital personnel adherence to ...
Single session real-time fMRI neurofeedback has a lasting impact on cognitive behavioral therapy strategies.
(NeuroImage. Clinical, 2018-01)
To benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), individuals must not only learn
new skills but also strategically implement them outside of session. Here, we tested
a novel technique for personalizing CBT skills and ...
Cardiovascular and Limb Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes and Peripheral Artery Disease: The EUCLID Trial.
(Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2018-12)
BACKGROUND:Diabetes confers an increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease,
but less is known about the independent risk diabetes confers on major cardiovascular
and limb events in patients with symptomatic ...
Ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease and prior coronary artery disease: Insights from the EUCLID trial.
(Vascular medicine (London, England), 2018-12)
Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) are at heightened risk of cardiovascular
morbidity and mortality. We sought to evaluate the risk of concomitant coronary artery
disease (CAD) in patients with symptomatic PAD ...