Browsing College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences by Subject "Mortality"
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Diabetes mellitus and gender have a negative impact on the outcome of hip fracture surgery – a pilot study
(Wiley, 2019-11-07)Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with an elevated risk of post-operative complications. The impact it has on patients living with DM following hip fracture surgery (HFS) is not completely understood, and may represent ... -
How exactly do politics play a part in determining health? New perspectives on an age old issue.
(BMJ Group, 2002-06)This is the latest study to demonstrate an association between type of political pattern and health status, in this case suicide. Previous studies have also identified a more general relation between party political voting ... -
Survival of HIV-1 and HIV-2 perinatally infected children in The Gambia
(Wolters Kluwer, 2002-11-14)The risk of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-2 is much lower than that of HIV-1, but the long-term prognosis of perinatally infected HIV-2 children is unknown. We re-visited children who were part of a large MTCT ...