OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to determine risk factors for depression among elderly
community subjects. METHOD: MEDLINE and PsycINFO were searched for potentially …

Background Accurate, rapid detection of tuberculosis (TB) and TB drug resistance is critical
for improving patient care and decreasing TB transmission. Xpert® MTB/RIF assay is an …

Background— Our objective was to obtain contemporary lifetime estimates of congenital
heart disease (CHD) prevalence using population-based data sources up to year 2010. …

Background Clostridium difficile infection is the leading cause of health care–associated
diarrhea, and the bacterium can also be carried asymptomatically. The objective of this study …

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to test the value of gait speed, a clinical marker
for frailty, to improve the prediction of mortality and major morbidity in elderly patients …

Importance Cannabis is the most commonly used drug of abuse by adolescents in the world.
While the impact of adolescent cannabis use on the development of psychosis has been …

Xpert MTB/RIF (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) is endorsed for the detection of pulmonary
tuberculosis (TB). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the …

Many analyses of results from multiple diagnostic tests assume the tests are statistically
independent conditional on the true disease status of the subject. This assumption may be …

Objective To characterise the determinants, time course, and risks of acute myocardial
infarction associated with use of oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Design …

Background: Delirium in older hospital inpatients appears to be associated with various
adverse outcomes. The limitations of previous research on this association have included small …