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Relative Effects of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on Hospitals That Serve Poorer Patients

Importance: Hospitals that serve poorer populations have higher readmission rates. It is unknown whether these hospitals effectively lowered readmission rates in response to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). Objective: To compare pre-post ...

2019

Adverse effects of immune-checkpoint inhibitors: epidemiology, management and surveillance

Filipe Amândio Brandão Sanches Vong Martins, Olivier Michielin

Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), including anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4), anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) antibodies, are arguably the most important development in cancer therapy o ...

NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP2019

RasGRP1 is a potential biomarker for stratifying anti-EGFR therapy response in colorectal cancer

Mauro Delorenzi, Delphine Yvette L Grun

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most frequent neoplastic disorder and is a main cause of tumor-related mortality, as many patients progress to stage IV metastatic CRC. Standard care consists of combination chemotherapy (FOLFIRI or FOLFOX). Patients wi ...

AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC2019

"A better Roof". Solution flexible pour les foyers pour requérants d’asile à Genève

Umberto Lusso

Les foyers pour requérants d’asile à Genève sont pour la plupart caractérisés par une trop grande rigidité dans leur organisation et une mauvaise répartition des surfaces qui tend à produire des espaces communs difficilement utilisables et des espaces priv ...

2018

The mechanism of tumour cell death by metal-based anticancer drugs is not only a matter of DNA interactions

Paul Joseph Dyson, Gianni Sava

Platinum drugs are extensively used in the clinic to treat cancer, often leading to a palliative response rather than a cure. While DNA is considered to be the primary target of platinum drugs, there is no clear relationship between cellular platinum accum ...

2018

Assessment of early response biomarkers in relation to long-term survival in patients with HER2-negative breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus bevacizumab: Results from the Phase II PROMIX trial

Eric Paquet

Pathologic complete response (pCR) is a predictor for favorable outcome after neoadjuvant treatment in early breast cancer. Modulation of gene expression may also provide early readouts of biological activity and prognosis, offering the possibility for tim ...

Wiley2018

Electrically Assisted Movement Therapy in Chronic Stroke Patients With Severe Upper Limb Paresis: A Pilot, Single-Blind, Randomized Crossover Study

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Silvio Ionta, Andrea Biasiucci, Andrea Maesani, Stephanie Clarke

Objective To evaluate the effects of electrically assisted movement therapy (EAMT) in which patients use functional electrical stimulation, modulated by a custom device controlled through the patient's unaffected hand, to produce or assist task-specific up ...

Elsevier2017

Real-world experience of treatment decision-making in carotid stenosis in a neurovascular board

Friedhelm Christoph Hummel

Objective: To describe our experience with consensus-based decision-making for treatment of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis by neurologists, interventional neuroradiologists, vascular surgeons, and neurosurgeons in a multidisciplinary neurovascular ...

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins2017

The effect of manual lymphatic drainage on swelling and its consequences following total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlles trial

Kamiar Aminian, Guillaume Christe

Objective: To evaluate the effects of manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) on knee swelling and the assumed consequences of swelling after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Primary care hospital. Participants: Two grou ...

Elsevier2016

The trail making test as a screening instrument for driving performance in older drivers; a translational research

Michael Herzog, Daniela Herzig, Isabel Cardoso, Paul Vaucher

Background: In many countries, primary care physicians determine whether or not older drivers are fit to drive. Little, however, is known regarding the effects of cognitive decline on driving performance and the means to detect it. This study explores to w ...

BioMed Central2014

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