Abstract:Background: There is little information about characteristics and long-term outcomes of individuals who self-harm during a suicide cluster. Aims: To compare characteristics of individuals who ...
Abstract: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' development of independent living between 1991 and 1998. Until the end of 1998 data from 340 of initially 375 participants were available for analyses with regard to loss of ...
Maintaining and Supporting Independent Living in Old Age (SIMA) - Part XXI: Mortality RisksAbstract: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' mortality between 1991 and 1998. At baseline participants were community residents ...
Intraindividual variability has been shown in many studies to be well structured over time and capable of predicting a wide range of behaviors. This study provides analyses of weekly variations of health and activity measurements in a sample (N = 52) of ...
Immune mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) in dogs is a severe disease with a high mortality rate. As human immunoglobulin (HIG) was reported to be beneficial for the treatment of IMHA in dogs we examined the influence of HIG on the course of the disease in ...
Vaccination of dams in a PCV2 subclinically infected farm 2 and 4 weeks before insemination, with a booster at 12 weeks of gestation did not influence fertility parameters of the dams. However, growth parameters of offspring of vaccinated sows improved ...
Abstract. Recent evidence from large prospective US and European cohort studies and from meta-analyses of epidemiological studies indicates that the long-term consumption of increasing amounts of red meat and particularly of processed meat is associated ...
Abstract. Critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are exposed to various risk factors for vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency in extended-stay patients may result in decreased muscle mass and increased fat tissue, which may impair ...
Abstract.Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the nutritional status, as assessed by the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) on the disease prognosis of patients with COVID-19. Methods: This retrospective study included ...
Abstract:Background: Chili pepper has been used for the treatment and prevention of multiple diseases. This may be due to its abundance of bioactive components, such as carotenoids, which are well known for their antioxidant properties. To date, several ...
Hintergrund: Untersuchung verschiedener Therapiemethoden zur Behandlung von Patienten mit schwerer Beinischämie (1987–1992) sowie Darstellung der Kurz- und Langzeitergebnisse.
Patienten und Methoden: 190 Patienten (112 Männer, 78 Frauen, Alter 67 ± 12 ...
Background: The known natural history of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is determined by the generalization of atherosclerosis with resulting high cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality. The aim of this prospective study was to ...
Background: The aim of our analyses was to investigate whether claudication and angina pectoris, each defined and based on the answer to a single question, are predictive of future mortality. Probands and methods: The study population consisted of 3995 ...
Background: To investigate the predictive value of ankle-brachial index (ABI) for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in Chinese patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Patients and methods: 1563 CKD patients were enrolled in the cohort ...
Background: As a minimally invasive technique endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) reduces the risk of mortality and should be the preferred technique used in older patients. We analysed trends in endovascular and open surgical procedures in patients ...
Abstract.Background: Elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are known to be associated with cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality in older adults, however, there seems to be heterogeneity of this ...
Abstract.Background: We analysed trends in mortality of endovascular (EVAR) and open aortic repair (OAR) in patients hospitalized for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in Germany from 2005 to 2015. Patients and ...
Abstract. Although endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) presents a delicate alternative treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) with lower perioperative mortality, its long-term ...
Abstract.Background: The role of genetic polymorphisms in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is incompletely understood. We tested whether selected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were associated with PAD and ...