Background Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF), but its prognostic implications and optimal diagnostic criteria, particularly in those with and without ...

Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

Population: patients with NCDs (diabetes, depression, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... We identified 69 studies. The PRISMA flow chart is presented in figure 1. In ...

The flowchart of participants included in the study ... highlighting the significance of a comprehensive approach to nutritional management in patients with CKD. A study by Liu et al. found that ...

The chronic care model, first identified by McColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation at Group Health Cooperative,11 has been proposed as a solution to improve the integrated management of ... We ...

A spirometry test is one way to distinguish the type of lung disease. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are ... a treatment plan focused on symptom management. Healthline has strict sourcing ...

Background It is unclear if type-2 inflammation is associated with accelerated lung function decline in individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We tested the ...

Patients were followed up for 6 months to compare incident cardiovascular (ie, ischaemic heart disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease and cardiac arrhythmias) and neuropsychiatric ...

2 The University of Queensland, Queensland Brain Institute, St Lucia, Australia 3 The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Herston, Australia Introduction Poor medication adherence is common ...

Participants included patients with cancer, dementia, geriatric frailty, end-stage renal disease, heart failure, HIV and comorbid chronic serious illnesses. Nine studies included dyads of patients and ...

On the basis of these considerations, patients after a stroke can be classified into two main groups: acute post-stroke patients, such as hospitalised patients in the acute and subacute phase of the ...

Almost 36 million Americans have chronic kidney disease or CKD, and 9 out of 10 of those people don’t know they have it. Most people have a pair of kidneys, which are organs located below the ribs ...