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Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems
Maria Ines Source: The Lancet Global Health, Volume 11, Issue 6 (2023) Abstract: To inform the development of global wastewater monitoring systems, we surveyed programmes in 43 countries. Most programmes ...
Preventable proportion of severe infections acquired in intensive care units: case-mix adjusted estimations from patient-based surveillance data.
observed cases. RESULTS: Data for 78,222 patients admitted for more than 2 days to 525 ICU s in 6 European countries from 2005 to 2008 were available for analysis. We calculated that 52% of VAP and 69% of BSI ...
Is there evidence for correct diagnosis in cystic fibrosis registries?
outcomes. The impact differed between countries; the largest changes seen were a decrease in % adults from 51.9 to 47.8% in G, a decrease in % pancreas sufficiency from 17.0 to 13.0 in F, an increase in ...
Educational inequalities in leisure-time physical activity in 15 European countries.
data on subjects aged 16-64 years derived from national health interview surveys from 15 European countries were used for the analysis. We used log-binominal regression to assess prevalence rate ratios ...
End-of-life communication: a retrospective survey of representative general practitioner networks in four countries.
under their care. The mean number of topics discussed, the prevalence of discussion of each topic, and patient and care characteristics associated with discussions were estimated per country. RESULTS: In ...
Premature mortality in Belgium in 1993-2009: leading causes, regional disparities and 15 years change
country with the lowest rate as reference; statistical significance was tested assuming a Poisson distribution of the number of deaths. Results The burden of premature mortality is much higher in men than ...
Assessment of pfcrt 72-76 haplotypes eight years after chloroquine withdrawal in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
was first identified in Southeast Asia and South America but was recently reported in two African countries neighbouring DRC. These facts raised two questions: the first about the evolution of CQ ...
Helicobacter pylori Infection in European children with gastro-duodenal ulcers and erosions.
11 European countries in patients with gastric or duodenal ulcers/erosions and 2 age-matched controls each. Possible risk factors were recorded. Logistic regression models were performed with ...
Communicating genetics and smoking through social media: are we there yet?
points. Google was searched during Time 2 as an indicator of available information on the Web and the other social media that discussed genetics and smoking. The source of information, the country of the ...
Development and assessment of national performance indicators for infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship in European long-term care facilities.
increasing importance. AIM: To develop consensus national performance indicators (NPI s) for infection control (ICPI) and antimicrobial stewardship (ASPI) in LTCF s, and assess the performance of 32 European countries ...