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Gram-negative central line-associated bloodstream infection incidence peak during the summer: a national seasonality cohort study.
negative binomial regression analysis calculated the peak-to-low ratio between months as an adjusted CLABSI incidence rate ratio (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Multivariate regression models ...
Œuvrer à moins de souffrance animale en science est un devoir éthique
plateforme permettant aux chercheurs de partager leur expertise sur les alternatives à l’expérimentation animale. Désormais, celle-ci dispose aussi d’une nouvelle version optimisée, notamment via un outil en ...
Synthetic Cannabinoids and Cannabis: How the Patterns of Use Differ: Results from the European Web Survey on Drugs
with higher odd of polysubstance use in the last year (OR 2.17; 95% CI 1.27–3.72) and use of other drugs during the last month. Low income (OR 2.34; 95% CI 1.20–4.58) and unemployment (OR 3.02; 95% CI ...
Sensitivity of candling as routine method for the detection and recovery of ascaridoids in commercial fish fillets.
reference standard. The overall Se of candling was 31% (95% CI 23-41%) and NPV was 87% (95% CI 85-90%). The Se increased with higher numbers of larvae/100 g infected muscle. A low NPV was found for the belly ...
Variability in the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality by exposure assessment method and covariate adjustment: A census-based country-wide cohort study
mortality. Hazard Ratios (HR s) per 10 μg/m3 increase for NO2 were 1.060 (95% CI 1.042-1.078) [hybrid LUR] and 1.040 (95% CI 1.022-1.058) [RIO- IFDM]. Associations with non-accidental, respiratory disease and ...
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Belgian nursing homes: results of three point prevalence surveys between 2010 and 2016
(95% confidence interval (CI): 3.5-4.8%) in HALT-1 to 4.7% (95% CI: 3.5-6.5%) in HALT-2 and 5.0% (95% CI: 4.2-5.9%) in HALT-3. The median prevalence of residents with HAI (s) varied from 1.8% (95% CI ...
Nursing home residents with suspected urinary tract infections: a diagnostic accuracy study
confirmed. Acute dysuria (positive likelihood ratio (LR +): 7.56, 95% confidence interval (CI): 3.94-14.5) and acute suprapubic pain (LR + : 11.4, 95% CI: 3.58-35.9) were found to be significant predictors. ...
Health care costs and lost productivity costs related to excess weight in Belgium
excess weight in Belgium was estimated at €3,329,206,657 (€651 [95% CI: €144-€1,084] and €1,015 [95% CI: €343–€1,697] per capita for individuals with overweight and obesity respectively). The comorbidities ...
Association between temperature and natural mortality in Belgium: Effect modification by individual characteristics and residential environment
and black carbon) to identify more vulnerable population subgroups. Results Based on 307,859 deaths from natural causes, we found significant cold effect (OR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.30–1.57) and heat effect ...
Air pollution in association with mental and self-rated health and the mediating effect of physical activity
= 1.27; 95% CI: 1.13, 1.42), poor self-rated health (OR = 1.20; 95% CI: 1.09, 1.32) and depressive disorder (OR = 1.19; 95% CI: 1.00, 1.41). Secondly, an association was found between BC exposure and ...