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Initiative for Quality Improvement and Epidemiology in Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinics (IQED-Foot)- Results of the 4th data collection (audit years 2013-2014)
quality indicators. With regard to diabetic foot ulcers, the following conclusions can be drawn: Late referral to a centre was associated with higher ulcer severity and poorer outcomes. Referral delay decreased ...
Isolation and characterization of the compounds responsible for the antimutagenic activity of Combretum microphyllum (Combretaceae) leaf extracts
n-Tetracosanol Abstract: BACKGROUND: Mutations play a major role in the pathogenesis and development of several chronic degenerative diseases including cancer. It follows, therefore that antimutagenic compound may ...
Educational inequalities in premature mortality by region in the Belgian population in the 2000s
Residents with Belgian nationality at birth registered in the census 2001 aged 25–64 were included, and followed up for 10 years though a linkage with the cause-of-death database. The role of 3 socio-economic ...
The fate of buccal bone around dental implants. A 12-month postloading follow-up study.
19 were placed following a one-stage protocol and 12 following a two-stage protocol. RESULTS: The mean reduction in buccal bone thickness, when all groups pooled, was 0.26, 0.36, 0.35 and 0.27 mm at ...
Cost-effectiveness of screening for active cases of tuberculosis in Flanders, Belgium.
follow-up of asylum seekers who were found to have abnormal X-rays in initial screening at the Immigration Office, systematic screening in prisons and contact investigation. The mean costs of these activities ...
Immediate referral to colposcopy versus cytological surveillance for low-grade cervical cytological abnormalities in the absence of HPV test: A systematic review and a meta-analysis of the literature.
default rates during follow-up. Pooled risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using a random-effect model and with inverse variance weighting. Interstudy heterogeneity was ...
Letter to the editor: New metrics to monitor progress towards global HIV targets: using the estimated number of undiagnosed HIV-infected individuals as denominator.
individuals, or as a fraction, the yearly diagnosed fraction (YDF), expressed as follows: yearly number of new diagnoses / (yearly number of new diagnoses + estimated number of undiagnosed PLHIV). To monitor ...
Mechanisms Linking Colorectal Cancer to the Consumption of (Processed) Red Meat: A Review.
scientists have proposed additional mechanisms or refined their hypotheses. This review first briefly summarizes the development of CRC followed by an in-depth overview and critical discussion of the different ...
General practice patients treated for substance use problems: a cross-national observational study in Belgium.
(SGP) in 2013. Baseline (at the first encounter) and 7-month follow-up data were reported of all patients treated for substance use problems. Two main measurements were type of substance use and patient ...
Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in disability in the older population in Brazil, 2013.
contribution of chronic conditions to the disability prevalence. RESULTS: Back pain was the most common condition, followed by diabetes and heart diseases in men and arthritis and diabetes in women. Stroke and ...