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Showing 1 to 20 of 166 for “"Long-term outcomes."”.
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A retrospective review: long-term outcomes and predictors affecting long-term outcomes in osteosarcoma patients in the Groote Schuur Hospital patient population
Background: Predictive factors for long-term outcomes in osteosarcoma patients are still controversial. There is no literature available regarding these factors in a patient population in a developing country. Objectives: To determine the outcome of treatment of osteosarcoma patients treated at …
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Aggressive and depressed: long-term outcomes of childhood maltreatment
… childhood maltreatment and resulting maladaptive outcomes, specifically, aggressive behaviors and depressive symptomology. The present research sought to extend the current body of literature by determining whether distinctive forms and functions of aggression are related to severity of childhood …
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Long-term Outcomes Following Emergency General Surgery in Older Adults
… among older adults (age ≥ 65). While the short-term risks of EGS among older adults have been studied, little is known about long-term functional outcomes in this population. This knowledge gap raises questions about the pursuit of high-intensity EGS care in older adults, limits surgeons’ …
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Factors Affecting Long-Term Outcomes Following Intensive In-Home Services
… behavioral difficulties. Factors that impact long-term outcomes following IIHS are not well understood. This study examined the relative importance of youth demographic and clinical characteristics, family history variables, characteristics of program participation, and organizational-level …
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Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument Long-Term Outcomes and Scale Stability
… the current study sought to evaluate the long-term characteristics and predictive utility of the MAYSI-2 scale scores. This study utilized a sample of 8,929 boys (<em>n</em> = 6.780) and girls (<em>n</em> = 2,149) admitted into one of Virginia's 25 detention facilities between July 2004 …
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Transorbital Endoscopic Surgery for Sphenoid Wing Meningioma: Long-term Outcomes & Surgical Technique
… symptoms. The aim of the study was to assess long term vision and proptosis outcomes in patients undergoing a transorbital endoscopic resection of sphenoid wing meningioma using a combined endonasal, precaruncular and extended superior eyelid approach and to describe the surgical approach. …
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Damage control laparatomy for abdominal gunshot wounds: indications, mortality and long term outcomes
Background: Outcomes of patients subjected to damage control laparotomy (DCL) for abdominal gunshot wounds (GSWs) remains relatively unknown. There is limited evidence as to which variables may reliably predict morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of DCL on long …
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Learning who to target with what via adaptive experimentation to optimize long-term outcomes
… a sequence of adaptive experiments to maximize long-term customer outcomes. Our framework builds on literature on doubly robust off-policy evaluation and optimization from computer science, statistics, and economics, and can also adapt to potential changes in the environment. We apply our …
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Comparative Long-term Outcomes of Detoxification and Opioid Maintenance Therapy for the Management of Opioid Dependence
… follow-up period, with regard to a number of outcomes related to mortality, illicit opioid use and health service utilisation. <br/><br/>The systematic review demonstrated that a majority of studies show a clear superiority of OMT over detoxification in reducing illicit opioid use, but few …
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Long term outcomes of methadone substitution therapy (OST-M) for opiate dependency: the effect of patient characteristics and co-morbidities
… times, have sought to limit its use. Rigorous, long term outcome studies of UK subjects are required to improve clinical outcomes in OST-M subjects and to ensure ongoing availability of evidence-based treatments. <br/><br/>In this context, the study had two main objectives: to demonstrate that …
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Long term outcomes of risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in the general population and in women with pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2
… to investigate the association between BSO and long-term health outcomes using population scale linked electronic health records. Objectives Examine the association between BSO and long-term health outcomes in: (1) women with a general population-level risk of ovarian cancer; (2) women with …
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Acute cognitive dysfunction, short and long-term outcomes and the impact of medical follow-up following hospitalisation for general medical illness in Cape Town, South Africa
Background. Delirium is an important and common general medical condition with a high morbidity and mortality rate independently associated with increases in the length of hospital stay, the requirement for institutional care, persistent cognitive deficits, and functional decline. The Gold standard …
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Long-term outcomes of women treated for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions at a University Hospital colposcopy unit in South Africa. A 5-year retrospective cohort study
… to cure. Time-to-event methods were applied to determine factors associated with treatment to recurrence and persistence to cure. RESULTS: A total of 7601 women were referred to the GSH colposcopy clinic during the study period. HSIL or worse lesions (≥HSIL) were confirmed histologically in 74.1% …
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Analysis of The Demographics, Pathways to Diagnosis, Burden of Disease and Long-term Outcomes of Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Managed at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
… multiple systems. This study was conducted to determine the burden of disease of SMA on children under the neuromuscular service at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. A quantitative retrospective audit identified 86 DNA confirmed patients with SMA who attended the service from 2000 to …
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Outcome Measurements in Economic Evaluations of Drug Misuse Interventions
… thesis critically evaluates the measurement of outcomes in economic evaluations of drug misuse interventions. Three different aspects of measuring outcomes are examined: one focusing on non-monetary outcomes at the individual patient level; one focusing on monetary outcomes within studies using …
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Longitudinal assessment of the impact of preterm birth on cognitive functions and identification of novel methods for stratification of children at risk of long-term impairment
… significant improvements in the survival of preterm infants. However, survivors of preterm birth are at increased risk of brain maldevelopment, and subsequent neurodevelopmental deficits compared to their term-born peers. Given that neurodevelopmental trajectories are amenable to early …
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Factors affecting the therapeutic alliances' impact on substance use disorder treatment outcomes.
… alliance has been shown to significantly affect outcomes in both general psychotherapy research and substance-use-disorder specific research. The proposed study is an attempt to improve our understanding of how therapeutic alliance factors influence outcomes when treating substance-use-disordered …
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Sixteen year retrospective analysis of rheumatic and non-rheumatic heart disease patients undergoing valve procedures at Groote Schuur Hospital first incidence single aortic and mitral valve replacement
… depend on an adequate knowledge of short and long term outcomes of valve replacement and repair. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the demographics and presentation of our rheumatic and non-rheumatic patients and to determine if our current implantation choices could be validated.
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