Examining the heterogeneity in excess risks of coronary heart disease, stroke, dialysis, and lower extremity amputation associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus across demographic subgroups in an Asian population: A population-based matched cohort study

Lim, Ka Keat; Lee, Vivian Shu Yi; Tan, Chuen Seng; Kwan, Yu Heng; Lim, Zoey Hui Xian; Wee, Hwee Lin; Østbye, Truls; Low, Lian Leng

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108551

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“…Propensity scores were calculated using all variables except for interventions, namely age, sex and underlying disease. For propensity score matching, a nearest-neighbour 1:2 matching scheme ( 42 ) with a calliper size of 0.1 was used. Inverse probability treatment weighting (IPTW) ( 43 , 44 ) and standardised mortality ratio weight (SMRW) ( 45-47 ) were calculated based on the logistic regression model and used to evaluate the risk of nosocomial infections.…”

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Preventive measures significantly reduced the risk of nosocomial infection in elderly inpatients during the COVID‑19 pandemic

Zhang

et al. 2022

Exp Ther Med

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In December 2019, there was an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown causes in Wuhan, China. The etiological pathogen was identified to be a novel coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 . The number of infected patients has markedly increased since the 2019 outbreak and COVID-19 has also proven to be highly contagious. In particular, the elderly are among the group of patients who are the most susceptible to succumbing to COVID-19 within the general population. Cross-infection in the hospital is one important route of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, where elderly patients are more susceptible to nosocomial infections due to reduced immunity. Therefore, the present study was conducted to search for ways to improve the medical management workflow in geriatric departments to ultimately reduce the risk of nosocomial infection in elderly inpatients. The present observational retrospective cohort study analysed elderly patients who were hospitalised in the Geriatric Department of the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing, China). A total of 4,066 elderly patients, who were admitted between January and March in 2019 and 2020 and then hospitalised for >48 h were selected. Among them, 3,073 (75.58%) patients hospitalised from January 2019 to March 2019 were allocated into the non-intervention group, whereas the remaining 933 (24.42%) patients hospitalised from January 2020 to March 2020 after the COVID-19 outbreak were allocated into the

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Preventive measures significantly reduced the risk of nosocomial infection in elderly inpatients during the COVID‑19 pandemic

Zhang

et al. 2022

Exp Ther Med

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Examining the heterogeneity in excess risks of coronary heart disease, stroke, dialysis, and lower extremity amputation associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus across demographic subgroups in an Asian population: A population-based matched cohort study

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Preventive measures significantly reduced the risk of nosocomial infection in elderly inpatients during the COVID‑19 pandemic

Preventive measures significantly reduced the risk of nosocomial infection in elderly inpatients during the COVID‑19 pandemic

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