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Pathogenesis of growth failure and partial reversal with gene therapy in murine and canine Glycogen Storage Disease type Ia.
(Mol Genet Metab, 2013-06)
Glycogen Storage Disease type Ia (GSD-Ia) in humans frequently causes delayed bone
maturation, decrease in final adult height, and decreased growth velocity. This study
evaluates the pathogenesis of growth failure and the ...
Evaluating brief screeners to discriminate between drug use disorders in a sample of treatment-seeking adults.
(General hospital psychiatry, 2013-01)
OBJECTIVE:The objective was to identify a potential core set of brief screeners for
the detection of individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD) in medical settings.
METHOD:Data were from two multisite studies that evaluated ...
Food, class, and health: the role of the perceived body in the social reproduction of health.
(Health communication, 2013-05)
The association between social class and cardiovascular health is complex, involving
a constant interplay of factors as individuals integrate external information from
the media, health care providers, and people they know ...
Gender and age interact to affect early outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage.
(PLoS One, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a common and devastating form of cerebrovascular
disease. In ICH, gender differences in outcomes remain relatively understudied but
have been examined in other neurological ...
Early adoption of dabigatran and its dosing in US patients with atrial fibrillation: results from the outcomes registry for better informed treatment of atrial fibrillation.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-11-25)
BACKGROUND: Dabigatran is a novel oral anticoagulant approved for thromboprophylaxis
in atrial fibrillation. Adoption patterns of this new agent in community practice
are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied patterns ...
A risk score for in-hospital death in patients admitted with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-01-28)
BACKGROUND: We aimed to derive and validate a single risk score for predicting death
from ischemic stroke (IS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and subarachnoid hemorrhage
(SAH). METHODS AND RESULTS: Data from 333 865 stroke ...
Comorbid substance use disorders with other Axis I and II mental disorders among treatment-seeking Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race people.
(Journal of psychiatric research, 2013-12)
Little is known about behavioral healthcare needs of Asian Americans (AAs), Native
Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHs/PIs), and mixed-race people (MRs)-the fastest growing
segments of the U.S. population. We examined substance ...
Comparison of performance achievement award recognition with primary stroke center certification for acute ischemic stroke care.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-10-14)
BACKGROUND: Hospital certification and recognition programs represent 2 independent
but commonly used systems to distinguish hospitals, yet they have not been directly
compared. This study assessed acute ischemic stroke ...
Delays in appropriate antibiotic therapy for gram-negative bloodstream infections: a multicenter, community hospital study.
(PLoS One, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infection (BSI) is a serious condition
with estimated 30% mortality. Clinical outcomes for patients with severe infections
improve when antibiotics are appropriately chosen ...
The relationship of mental and behavioral disorders to all-cause mortality in a 27-year follow-up of 4 epidemiologic catchment area samples.
(American journal of epidemiology, 2013-11)
Subjects from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program, interviewed during 1979-1983,
were linked to data in the National Death Index through 2007 to estimate the association
of mental and behavioral disorders with death. ...