[PDF] Top 20 Increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis among patients with chronic osteomyelitis:a nationwide,population-based,cohort study

... hospitalized patients with newly diagnosed chronic osteomyelitis during 2000-2009, who were excluded with RA history before the initial diagnosis date (index ...date-matched ... See full document

... 22–26 Patients with acute OP intoxication requiring hospitalization were found to have a persistent decline in neuropsychological functions or neurobehavioral impairment, but not overt dementia ... See full document

... Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) was used to code the diseases of interest in the present ...charges based on unconfirmed diagnoses, the NHI sets strict ... See full document

... the study has some limitations. The study data were retrieved from the NHIRD and lacked information on critical cardiovascular risk factors such as daily activities, obesity, and smoking and dietary ... See full document

... Study population We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study of data collected between January 1, 2003 and December 31, ...male patients ... See full document

... US-diagnosed patients might interfere with the possible relationship between US and ...because patients with US typically visit physicians more frequently than other patients ...their ... See full document

... complied with the recommendations of the International RLS Study ...covers a highly representative sample of Taiwan’s general population because the reimbursement policy is ... See full document

... younger patients aged < 35 years is not obvious, and cancer is not common in that age group, with a relatively small case number possibly contributing to the ...results of this study ... See full document

... retrospective cohort study used reimbursement data from National Health Insurance (NHI) electronic records system in Taiwan, which contains all medical claims from 1996 to ...99% of citizens are ... See full document

... be a sign of compromised circulation with attenuated perfusion caused by arterial ischemia within the bone in patients with atherosclerosis ...Compared with the general ... See full document

... all patients received amiodarone during the study period, we used a Cox proportional hazard model with time-dependent exposure covariates to reduce the bias resulting from overestimation ... See full document

... national cohort study demonstrates that the risks of CKD, GN and ESRD are significantly higher in patients with RA than the general ...development of CKD in patients ... See full document

... interpreted with caution due to the following limi- ...nosed with migraines by the ICD-9-CM code from the NHIRD released by the Bureau of the NHI, the sample may not accurately represent the ... See full document

... is a common complication of T2DM [13]. After conducting a literature review regarding the relationship between T2DM and COM, we observed that most previous studies have focused on the risk ... See full document

... launched a NHI in 1995, operated by a single buyer, the ...were based on the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes that were judged and determined by related ... See full document

... This population-based cohort study had numerous ...First, patients with COM and age- and gender-matched controls were selected from a large dataset of over 22 ... See full document

... strength of our study is the use of a population-based data set with enrollment of a large number of ...current cohort study confirms ... See full document

... is a traumatic event that causes major morbidity and mortality, particularly among elderly ...number of hip fractures is anticipated to exceed 6 million by a ...lifetime risk of ... See full document

... dysfunction of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and activation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone ...Second, patients with mood disorders tend to have autonomic and cardiovascular ... See full document

... plays a crucial aetiopathological role in causing accelerated atherosclerosis (5, ...6). A prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and side-effects of therapies such as corticosteroid ... See full document