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In a randomized controlled trial, Lindsey Smith Taillie and colleagues investigate the impact of taxes and warning labels on red meat purchases among US consumers.
This follow-up study of a randomized clinical trial examines the effect of minimally invasive surfactant therapy, surfactant administration via a thin catheter,
Introduction Stroke is the second most common cause of adult death in Africa. We report the characteristics of stroke in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Methods A prospective observational register recorded all patients 18 years and over with stroke between May 2019 and April 2020. Stroke was defined according to the WHO criteria. Pearson’s chi squared test was used to examine associations between categorical variables and unpaired t-tests for continuous variables. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to explain in-hospital death, we report odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals. R...
In low-resource countries, interpretation of the transformation zone (TZ) using the classification of the International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC), adopted by the World Health Organization, is critical for determining if visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) screening and thermal ablation treatment are possible. We aim to assess inter- and intra-observer agreement in TZ interpretation. We performed a prospective multi-observer reliability study. One hundred cervical digital images of Human papillomavirus positive women (30–49 years) were consecut...
The Delta period was associated with a higher risk of severe maternal adverse outcome and the Omicron period with a lower risk of severe adverse outcome compared to pre-Delta era. The reported risk of hospitalization was high during the Omicron period and should not be trivialized.