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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rejane Faria Ribeiro-Rotta, Eduardo Antonio Rosa, Vanessa Milani, Nadielle Rodrigues Dias, Danielle Masterson, Everton Nunes da Silva, Ana Laura de Sene Amancio Zara
Summary: This study aims to assess the economic burden of oral cancers and found that the burden is substantial and underestimated. In some developed countries, the costs of lip, oral cavity, and oropharynx cancers are a significant proportion of the Gross Domestic Product per capita.
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Clinical Neurology
Irina Kinchin, Eileen Mitchell, Meera Agar, Dominic Trepel
Summary: This review systematically identified and appraised the methodological quality of claims on the cost of delirium, revealing significant variation among cost estimates and methodological quality. Limited attention has been paid to the economic implications of considering dementia as a sequel of delirium, but recent evidence suggests potential 52% increase in cost implications when dementia is included.
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
(2021)
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Critical Care Medicine
Sameer Sharif, Alisha Greer, Clarissa Skorupski, Qiukui Hao, Jennie Johnstone, Joanna C. Dionne, Vincent Lau, William Manzanares, Mohamed Eltorki, Erick Duan, Francois Lauzier, John C. Marshall, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Lehana Thabane, Deborah J. Cook, Bram Rochwerg
Summary: The use of probiotics or synbiotics in critically ill patients may reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia, healthcare-associated pneumonia, ICU length of stay, and hospital length of stay, but may not have a significant effect on mortality.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Phuong Nguyen, Long Khanh-Dao Le, Jaithri Ananthapavan, Lan Gao, David W. Dunstan, Marj Moodie
Summary: Sedentary behavior may be associated with increased healthcare costs, but costs in other sectors have not been fully explored. The cost-effectiveness evidence of interventions targeting sedentary behavior in the workplace is limited but consistent. There are currently gaps in the economic credentials of interventions targeting children and the modeling of long-term health benefits.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Rachel Wittenauer, Clint Pecenka, Ranju Baral
Summary: This article aims to summarize the existing evidence on the economic costs and effectiveness of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prevention interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The study found limited evidence on the economic burden of RSV and knowledge gaps regarding the economic value of new technologies in LMICs. Further research is needed to understand the economic burden of childhood RSV in LMICs and assess the relative value of anticipated RSV prevention interventions. Rating: 8 out of 10.
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Energy & Fuels
Md Imran Hasan Tusar, Bhaba R. Sarker
Summary: Offshore wind farms provide a feasible solution for power generation, but they come with higher installation and maintenance costs compared to onshore counterparts. The optimal maintenance strategy for offshore wind farms depends on various factors, and researchers have proposed different approaches to reduce maintenance costs and minimize production losses. It is essential to consider factors such as energy cost, reliability level, weather conditions, and technician availability when determining the most suitable maintenance strategy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
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Anesthesiology
J. McPeake, M. Bateson, F. Christie, C. Robinson, P. Cannon, M. Mikkelsen, T. J. Iwashyna, A. H. Leyland, M. Shaw, T. Quasim
Summary: Hospital re-admission is common in survivors of critical illness, with risk factors including comorbidities, events during initial hospitalization, and subsequent infections. Careful management during transitions of care may help reduce healthcare utilization. Future research should explore interventions to reduce rehospitalization risk in at-risk critical care survivors.
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Critical Care Medicine
Brigitta Fazzini, Tobias Maerkl, Christos Costas, Manfred Blobner, Stefan J. Schaller, John Prowle, Zudin Puthucheary, Henning Wackerhage
Summary: The aim of this study was to synthesize data on the rate of muscle loss in critically ill patients and identify the methods used to measure muscle size. The study found that critically ill patients lose nearly 2% of skeletal muscle per day during the first week of ICU admission. The overall prevalence of ICU-acquired weakness was 48%.
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Anesthesiology
S. Bench, L. Stayt, A. Shah, P. Dhiman, W. Czuber-Dochan
Summary: Research on fatigue prevalence, impact, and management in survivors of critical illness found that fatigue is highly prevalent and has a significant negative impact on survivors' quality of life. The prevalence of fatigue ranged from 13.8% to 80.9%, with few specific assessment tools or evidence-based interventions reported.
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Clinical Neurology
Hamid Malekzadeh, Mahdi Golpayegani, Zahra Ghodsi, Mohsen Sadeghi-Naini, Mohammadhossein Asgardoon, Vali Baigi, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
Summary: The study provided a comprehensive review of spinal cord injury cost of illness studies, highlighting the generally high economic burden of SCI and the wide variations in cost figures at different stages. Various factors such as neurological level of injury, study location, and methodological heterogeneities influence the reported costs, emphasizing the need for further standardized methodology research to address the knowledge gaps in healthcare economics of SCI.
GLOBAL SPINE JOURNAL
(2022)
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Critical Care Medicine
Vincent Lau, Feng Xie, John Basmaji, Deborah J. Cook, Robert Fowler, Michel Kiflen, Emily Sirotich, Alla Iansavichene, Sean M. Bagshaw, M. Elizabeth Wilcox, Francois Lamontagne, Niall Ferguson, Bram Rochwerg
Summary: Cost utility analyses compare interventions' costs and health outcomes with quality-adjusted life years as a denominator, but non-standardized methods make comparisons difficult. Undertaking cost utility analyses in critical care presents challenges in measuring and reporting, potentially leading to differences that hinder comparisons.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Samantha L. Bowker, Kienan Williams, Aireen Wingert, Jamie M. Boyd, Melissa L. Potestio, Michelle Gates, Erica Wright, Sean M. Bagshaw
Summary: This article presents a protocol for a systematic review that aims to investigate the incidence of critical illness and utilization of critical care services among Indigenous Peoples. Understanding Indigenous populations' experiences with critical care can help improve patient outcomes and health equity initiatives.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Maryla Mlynarczyk, Martyna Falkowska, Zuzanna Micun, Iwona Obuchowska, Jan Kochanowicz, Katarzyna Socha, Joanna Konopinska
Summary: Glaucoma is a common cause of irreversible vision loss worldwide, with progress in treatment methods but potential for prevention and lifestyle modifications to slow disease progression. Further research is needed to assess the influence of nutrition on glaucoma and develop nutritional management strategies for patients.
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Ophthalmology
Ying Wang, Xiao-Wen Hou, Gang Liang, Chen-Wei Pan
Summary: Glaucoma remains a complex and poorly understood disease, making the search for early diagnostic biomarkers crucial. This review summarizes existing metabolomic studies related to glaucoma, particularly focusing on the metabolic profiles associated with open-angle glaucoma (OAG). The findings suggest a significant role of amino acid metabolism in OAG pathophysiology and highlight metabolic disturbances in OAG patients, indicating the need for further validation and exploration of potential overlap between different biological samples.
INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Tejaswini Arunachala Murthy, Mark P. Plummer, Elinor Tan, Marianne J. Chapman, Lee-anne S. Chapple
Summary: In critically ill adults, higher enteral calorie delivery is associated with an increased risk of large gastric residual volume (≥300 ml) and prokinetic administration, but not vomiting/regurgitation, diarrhea, or abdominal distension.
CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2022)