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Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and tobacco use in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study
(Published 02 March 2012)determine the relative costs and health effects of interventions to combat cardiovascular disease, diabetes, ... combating major non-communicable diseases and injury in economically developing regions of the world: this ... forth by the WHO-CHOICE project 12 13 14 and builds on previous analyses of public health ...
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Short term effects of temperature on risk of myocardial infarction in England and Wales: time series regression analysis of the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) registry
(Published 10 August 2010)Objective To examine the short term relation between ambient temperature and risk of myocardial infarction ... Participants 84 010 hospital admissions for myocardial infarction recorded in the Myocardial Ischaemia ... National Audit Project during 2003-6 (median 57 events a day). Main outcome measures Change in risk of ...
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Clinical Review
ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Acute myocardial infarction—Part I
(Published 06 April 2002)diagnosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction is vital, as expeditious reperfusion therapy can ... myocardial infarction is ST segment elevation in two or more anatomically contiguous leads. The ST segment ... elevation associated with an evolving myocardial infarction is often readily identifiable, but a knowledge ...
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Clinical Review
Acute coronary syndrome: ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
(Published 19 June 2003)segment elevation myocardial infarction usually occurs when thrombus forms on a ruptured atheromatous ... (bottom arrow) and occlusive thrombus (top arrow) resulting in acute myocardial infarction ... cerebrovascular events, and incidence of non-fatal re-infarction after acute myocardial infarction in randomised ...
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Clinical Review
Recent developments in secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction
(Published 18 March 2004)including non-fatal myocardial infarction and coronary revascularisation Euro action: Project involving ... patients who have had a myocardial infarction Introduction Acute myocardial infarction remains ... searched Medline for relevant reviews related to secondary prevention (after acute myocardial infarction ...
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Clinical Review
Post-traumatic stress disorder following military combat or peace keeping
(Published 09 February 2002)conflict and experiences in the battlefield made the diagnoses straightforward. Former combatants tend to ... peacekeeping or in combat or to inquire about patients' subjective experiences in terms of their perception of ... unwell Gulf war veterans Ex-Serviceman's Mental Welfare Society (Combat Stress), Tyrwhitt House, ...
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Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat road traffic injuries in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study
(Published 02 March 2012)projected to become the third largest contributor to global disease burden by 2030. 2 Most of the projected ... (WHO-CHOICE) project employs an epidemiological approach to the estimation of population level effects of ... CD, Loncar D. Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030. PLoS Med 2006 ...
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Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat vision and hearing loss in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study
(Published 02 March 2012)avoidable blindness by the year 2020 and prevent the projected doubling of avoidable visual impairment ... results more comparable. In its WHO-CHOICE project, the World Health Organization has developed ... current and possible new interventions simultaneously. 13 14 The project is designed to provide ...
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Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study
(Published 02 March 2012)effectiveness of selected, individual based interventions to combat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ... three million deaths or 5.1% of all deaths in the world, and in 2030 it is projected to become the third ... worldwide. 1 Much of the projected increase in COPD prevalence and mortality is closely associated with ...
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Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study
(Published 02 March 2012)Objective To determine the costs and health effects of interventions to combat breast, cervical, and ... interventions to combat cervical and colorectal cancer are available in the African and Asian sub-regions. In ... combat breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer in WHO sub-Saharan African sub-region AfrE View ...