Postgraduate medicine
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Postgraduate medicine · Apr 2022
Association between ivy leaves dry extract EA 575 prescriptions and antibiotic use, sick leave duration, and repeated infections in adult patients.
The present study aimed to analyze the association between the prescription of ivy leaf dry extract EA 575 (licensed under the trade name Prospan® in Germany) and the incidence of antibiotic use, incident bacterial complications, and days of sick leave in adult patients with cold diseases. ⋯ Our study provides further evidence that the use of phytopharmaceuticals, in particular ivy leaf dry extract EA 575, could contribute to a reduction in the number of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infection with cough symptoms.
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Postgraduate medicine · Apr 2022
Association of different lipid measures with incident bone fractures: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.
To investigate the association between different lipid measures and long-term hospitalization-required incident fracture among Iranian men and women. ⋯ Among Iranian women, a nonlinear association between non-HDL-C and LDL-C and incident fracture was found as the second and fifth quintile of the former and the second quintile of the latter were associated with about 50% lower risk of fracture. Generally, our findings did not support harmful impact of these lipid measures on incident fracture.
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Postgraduate medicine · Apr 2022
Improvement in fatigue and sleep measures with the dual orexin receptor antagonist lemborexant in adults with insomnia disorder.
Fatigue is a common symptom in patients with insomnia. This analysis evaluated whether treatment of nighttime symptoms of insomnia with a dual orexin receptor antagonist, lemborexant, might also reduce fatigue. ⋯ DSM-5 = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; FSS = Fatigue Severity Scale; ICSD-3 = International Classification of Sleep Disorders, Third Edition; LSM = least squares mean; sSE = subjective sleep efficiency; sSOL = subjective sleep onset latency; sTST = subjective total sleep time; sWASO = subjective sleep after wake onset.
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Postgraduate medicine · Apr 2022
Poorly controlled hypertension is associated with elevated serum uric acid to HDL-cholesterol ratio: A cross-sectional cohort study.
The diagnosis and follow-up of hypertension (HT) depend on the blood pressure measurements, which can be affected by several factors. In the present work, we aimed to explore the role of uric acid/HDL-cholesterol ratio (UHR) in HT and whether/or not it was associated with poor blood pressure control. ⋯ Assessment of UHR may be useful in HT patients since elevated UHR levels could be associated with poor blood pressure control in this population.
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Postgraduate medicine · Apr 2022
Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
COVID-19 vaccines are critical tools to manage the current pandemic. The objective of this study is to assess determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. ⋯ The findings show that almost a quarter of the study population are hesitant to vaccinate their children. Factors were associated with parental vaccination hesitancy for their children include sufficient knowledge of the COVID-19, older children and those with chronic conditions, and domains of HBM like the perception of susceptibility and severity to illness, benefit and barriers of vaccination, and cues to action. These will contribute to make planning in health communication strategies for the upcoming vaccination campaigns, as well as managing the pandemic.