Abstract Background In recent years, value-based healthcare (VBHC) has become one of the most accepted concepts for fixing the ‘broken’ healthcare systems. Numerous hospitals have embraced VBHC and are trying to implement value-based quality improvement (VBQI) into their practice. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how to practically implement VBHC and organizations differ in their approach. The aim of this study was to explore the main factors that were experienced as hindering and/or...

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Background. Scarlet fever, an infectious disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, largely disappeared in developed countries during the twentieth century. In recent years, scarlet fever is on the rise again, and there is a need for a better understanding of possible factors driving transmission. Methods. Using historical case notification data from the three largest cities in the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague) from 1906 to 1920, we inferred the transmission rate for scarlet fever using...

Abstract Background Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is caused by frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), characterized mainly by inclusions of Tau (FTLD-Tau) or TAR DNA binding43 (FTLD-TDP) proteins. Plasma biomarkers are strongly needed for specific diagnosis and potential treatment monitoring of FTD. We aimed to identify specific FTD plasma biomarker profiles discriminating FTD from AD and controls, and between FTD pathological subtypes. In addition, we compared plasma results with results in post-mortem frontal cortex of FTD cases to...

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-car-10.1177_19476035221144747 for CCN4/WISP1 Promotes Migration of Human Primary Osteoarthritic Chondrocytes by Ritchie G.M. Timmermans, Arjen B. Blom, Niek G.C. Bloks, Rob. G.H.H. Nelissen, Enrike H.M.J. van der Linden, Peter M. van der Kraan, Ingrid Meulenbelt, Yolande F.M. Ramos and Martijn H.J. van den Bosch in CARTILAGE

Background: Although support for family caregivers is an essential component of palliative care, routine provision of such support is often lacking. To improve support for family caregivers, we assessed current practice and influencing factors as perceived by healthcare professionals. Methods: A two-phase study was conducted including a survey exploring healthcare professionals’ practice of supporting family caregivers in Western urbanized Netherlands in 2017, and focus groups exploring facilitators and barriers to supporting family caregivers in 2018....

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-acr-10.1177_02841851211067149 for Myocardial extracellular volume fraction quantification based on T1 mapping at 3 T: quality optimization by contour-based registration and segmental analysis by Hong Dai, YutaoWang, Randi Fu, Sijia Ye, Xiuchao He, Shuying Luo and Wei Jin in Acta Radiologica

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Drug resistance has greatly limited the clinical efficacy of lenvatinib in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of lenvatinib resistance remain largely undetermined. Further in-depth exploration of mechanisms underlying lenvatinib resistance is still required for the majority of HCC patients. In this study, integrated unbiased whole-genome CRISPR-Cas9 screen with database analysis indicated LAPTM5 (lysosomal protein transmembrane 5) as the critical contributor to lenvatinib resistance in HCC. We revealed that LAPTM5 could promote intrinsic...

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Additional file 7: Akaike information criterion (AIC), delta AIC, and HRs for death (overall survival) and corresponding 95%-confidence interval for ICR and 3 ir-lncRNA signature in 18 solid cancer TCGA datasets and RAQA cohort.

Additional file 1. Table S1. Distribution of diagnoses over the different centers.

Abstract Background For mechanically ventilated critically ill COVID-19 patients, prone positioning has quickly become an important treatment strategy, however, prone positioning is labor intensive and comes with potential adverse effects. Therefore, identifying which critically ill intubated COVID-19 patients will benefit may help allocate labor resources. Methods From the multi-center Dutch Data Warehouse of COVID-19 ICU patients from 25 hospitals, we selected all 3619 episodes of prone positioning in 1142 invasively mechanically ventilated patients. We excluded...

A list of systematic reviews with network meta-analysis considered in the research work 'Low awareness of the transitivity assumption in complex networks of interventions: empirical evidence from 356 network meta-analyses'. The systematic reviews have been sorted by publication year in ascending order.

Additional file 1: Appendix A. Interview guide.

Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Jitter and hist plots (statin plus evolocumab-based PSM).

Additional file 1. Supplementary methods also including the following tables and figures Table S2. List of BCAC studies (including ABCS source) with the corresponding country and geographic area. Table S4: Clinical utility of the 5-year contralateral breast cancer risk prediction models (PredictCBC-1A with PredictCBC-2.0A and PredictCBC-1B with PredictCBC-2.0B). Figure S1. Visual assessment of calibration through calibration plots in the internal–external cross-validation at 5 years for the PredictCBC-2.0A model. Figure S2. Visual assessment of calibration through...

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ObjectivesPreviously, we have shown the involvement of cellular communication network factor 4/Wnt-activated protein Wnt-1-induced signaling protein 1 (CCN4/WISP1) in osteoarthritic (OA) cartilage and its detrimental effects on cartilage. Here, we investigated characteristics of CCN4 in chondrocyte biology by exploring correlations of CCN4 with genes expressed in human OA cartilage with functional follow-up.DesignSpearman correlation analysis was performed for genes correlating with CCN4 using our previously established RNA sequencing dataset of human preserved OA cartilage of the...

ObjectivesPreviously, we have shown the involvement of cellular communication network factor 4/Wnt-activated protein Wnt-1-induced signaling protein 1 (CCN4/WISP1) in osteoarthritic (OA) cartilage and its detrimental effects on cartilage. Here, we investigated characteristics of CCN4 in chondrocyte biology by exploring correlations of CCN4 with genes expressed in human OA cartilage with functional follow-up.DesignSpearman correlation analysis was performed for genes correlating with CCN4 using our previously established RNA sequencing dataset of human preserved OA cartilage of the...

BackgroundMyocardial extracellular volume fraction (ECV) assessment can be affected by various technical and subject-related factors.PurposeTo evaluate the role of contour-based registration in quantification of ECV and investigate normal segment-based myocardial ECV values at 3T.Material and MethodsPre- and post-contrast T1 mapping images of the left ventricular basal, mid-cavity, and apical slices were obtained in 26 healthy volunteers. ECV maps were generated using motion correction with and without contour-based registration. The image quality of all ECV maps...

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