Objective To evaluate the impact of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) head injury guidelines on deaths and hospital admissions caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI). Setting ...

Rationale Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most common indication for domiciliary non-invasive ventilation (NIV), but long-term outcomes data are limited. Objective This multistate ...

Background: The relation between emergency department opioid prescribing and subsequent harm is complex and poorly studied. We sought to quantify adverse outcomes, incremental risk, and rates of ...

Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) programs and activities. You can search by category or key words. Clinical practice guidelines ...

fCenter for Neurosciences, Institute of Molecular Medicine, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA gRonald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, ...

Background Configurational methods are increasingly being used in health services research. Objectives To use configurational analysis and logistic regression within a single data set to compare ...

Math difficulties (MD) manifest across various domain-specific and domain-general abilities. However, the existing cognitive profile of MD is incomplete and thus not applicable in typical settings ...

Values are presented as mean±SD or %. AAD indicates antiarrhythmic agent; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin II receptor blocker; ASD, absolute standardized difference; CCB, calcium ...

Introduction: Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to global public health. It reduces the effectiveness of treatments for serious bacterial infections and thus increases the risk of fatal ...