18 datasets found for ""United States""
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A prospective study of rural drinking water quality and acute gastrointestinal illness
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background This study examined the relationship between the bacteriological contamination of drinking water from private wells and acute gastrointestinal illness... -
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An international survey of patients with thalassemia major and their views about sustaining life-long desferrioxamine use
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Management of thalassemia major requires patients to have life-long access to a treatment regimen of regular blood transfusions coupled with iron chelation... -
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Should all patients receive dual chamber pacing ICDs? The rationale for the DAVID trial
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
All of the prospective multicenter trials that support the use of implantable defibrillators have used single chamber pacemakers/implantable cardiovertor... -
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Are proton pump inhibitors the first choice for acute treatment of gastric ulcers? A meta analysis of randomized clinical trials
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Gastric ulcers are a frequent problem in the United States. Proton pump inhibitors have been shown to increase healing rates and improve clinical symptoms.... -
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The estimated economic burden of genital herpes in the United States. An analysis using two costing approaches
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Only limited data exist on the costs of genital herpes (GH) in the USA. We estimated the economic burden of GH in the USA using two different costing... -
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Undergraduate medical education: Thoughts on future challenges
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background There is considerable uncertainty about the future of undergraduate medical education in the face of several important challenges. This paper highlights... -
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Incidence and Characteristics of Total Stroke in the United States
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background and Purpose Stroke, increasingly referred to as a "brain attack", is one of the leading causes of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the... -
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Is primary care ready to take on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood psychiatric disorder. The management of ADHD has recently been highlighted. The... -
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Clinical review: Status epilepticus
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Status epilepticus (SE) has an annual incidence exceeding 100,000 cases in the United States alone, of which more than 20% result in death. Thus, increased awareness... -
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The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United... -
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The missions of medical schools:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Mission statements and role documents of medical schools in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia have been examined on their Internet Web sites and... -
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Comparison of performance-based measures among native Japanese, Japanese-Americans in Hawaii and Caucasian women in the United States, ages 65 years and over: a cross-sectional study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Japanese (both in Japan and Hawaii) have a lower incidence of falls and of hip fracture than North American and European Caucasians, but the reasons for... -
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Activation of the Fas/Fas ligand pathway in hypertensive renal disease in Dahl/Rapp rats
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Hypertensive nephrosclerosis is the second most common cause of end-stage renal failure in the United States. The mechanism by which hypertension produces... -
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Distal protection devices during percutaneous coronary and carotid interventions
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Distal embolization of particulate matter complicates percutaneous coronary and peripheral interventions more often than had been recognized until recently. A number... -
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Polycystic kidney disease in patients on the renal transplant waiting list: trends in hematocrit and survival
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The patient characteristics and mortality associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD) have not been characterized for a national... -
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Transjugular renal biopsy in high-risk patients: an American case series
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In the United States, transjugular renal biopsies using the Quickcore™ side cut needle system have previously been described primarily for transjugular... -
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Search for intracranial aneurysm susceptibility gene(s) using Finnish families
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Cerebrovascular disease is the third leading cause of death in the United States, and about one-fourth of cerebrovascular deaths are attributed to ruptured... -
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Clinical evaluation of the Life Support for Trauma and Transport (LSTAT) platform
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Introduction The Life Support for Trauma and Transport (LSTAT™) is a self-contained, stretcher-based miniature intensive care unit designed by the United States Army...
18 datasets found for ""United States""