Prognostic importance of comorbidity in a hospital-based cancer registry
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Efforts are made to find whether comorbidity information obtained by cancer registrars during their usual chart abstraction process can provide important prognostic information. The results suggest that comorbidity is an important independent prognostic factor in a hospital-based cancer registry, which would increase the value and use of observational research.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea
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The diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea are discussed. Sleep apnea occurs when a person stops breathing temporarily throughout the night. Treatments include weight loss, sleeping on the sides rather than the back, continuous positive airway pressure, mouth prostheses that change the shape of the oral cavity, and surgery.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Impact of First-Line vs Second-Line Antibiotics for the Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Sinusitis
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Older, less expensive antibiotics are as effective as newer, more expensive antibiotics in treating simple cases of sinus infection. This was the conclusion of researchers who evaluated 17 different antibiotics in a study of 29,102 patients with a sinus infection.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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