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Publication 2015
Birth Weight Cuboid Bone Ethnicity Females Fetal Growth Fetus Gestational Age Health Insurance Infant Males Pregnancy Tests Racial Groups Signs and Symptoms Student Ultrasonography Woman
STRAW+10 involved a 2-day, in-person meeting hosted at the 2011 Annual Meeting of NAMS. On the first day, international experts gave oral presentations reviewing recent data bearing on the goals, as part of a public symposium, followed by comments and discussion from the audience. The first two sessions focused on data from prospective cohort studies of midlife women, clinical findings related to trajectories of change in menstrual, endocrine and ovarian markers of reproductive aging, and data relevant to how these trajectories vary by ethnicity, body size, and smoking status. A particular focus was on patterns of change in AMH, inhibin B, FSH, estradiol and AFC and their inter-relationships. A third session focused on emerging evidence related to staging reproductive aging in the context of cancer treatment, chronic illness including cancer and HIV-AIDS, and endocrine disorders including polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and primary ovarian insufficiency (POI, otherwise known as premature ovarian failure). At the end of day one, a panel reviewed and participants discussed modifications that had been proposed by symposium speakers. STRAW+10 explicitly considered feasibility of applying criteria in low resource countries.
Subsequently, 41 invited scientists convened to develop consensus and propose modifications to the STRAW model. These participants had clinical and/or research experience in female reproductive aging and included scientists from several key research groups in the United States, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and South Africa, representatives from the NIH funded cohort studies of midlife women that have biological samples60 (link) including SWAN, the Michigan Bone Health and Metabolism Study (MBHMS), SMWHS, Biodemographic Models of Reproductive Aging (BIMORA), and the Penn Ovarian Aging Study (POAS) as well as the Australian MWMHP, as well as junior investigators who submitted qualifying posters.
Three breakout groups were formed based on scientific expertise and interest. Group 1 reviewed criteria for STRAW Stages −4 to −2. Group 2 reviewed criteria for STRAW Stages −1 to +2. Each of these two groups was subdivided into two subgroups and assigned a rapporteur. Each subgroup proposed modifications to the STRAW paradigm separately, considering criteria for the relevant stages in healthy women and the weight of evidence concerning the appropriateness of applying these criteria to smokers and women regardless of body size. Each subgroup of Group 1 and of Group 2 then reviewed the recommendations of their paired subgroup and discussed points of disagreement until consensus was reached. Group 3 discussed staging in the context of endocrine disorders and chronic illness and proposed modifications. This group then integrated with one of the Group 1 or Group 2 subgroups.
On the second day, the 41 scientists convened to review and discuss proposed modifications. First, Group 1 and Group 2 reviewed the other group’s recommendations proposed on the previous day. In this way, all groups reviewed all stages under consideration (Stages −4 to +2) Then, the group at-large met to discuss each proposal and final recommendations were adopted by consensus. Preliminary recommendations of the STRAW+10 Workshop were presented at the NAMS annual meeting on September 22 with comments and requests for clarification considered by the STRAW+10 program committee.
Publication 2012
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Biopharmaceuticals Body Size Bones Conferences Disease, Chronic Endocrine System Diseases Estradiol Ethnicity Females inhibin B Malignant Neoplasms Menstruation Metabolism Native American myopathy Ovarian Failure, Premature Ovary Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Reproduction Signs and Symptoms System, Endocrine Woman
The goal of TRIUMPH was to recruit a consecutive cohort of MI patients from each enrolling center. Because an important component of the study was to perform a detailed patient interview, patients needed to be prospectively identified as early as possible during their hospitalization. All patients with a positive troponin, as established by the norms of the recruiting center, were screened for possible inclusion. For sites with large volumes of MI patients, a systematic sampling strategy (e.g. screening every second or every third MI case based on the time of the first positive cardiac enzyme blood test and not convenience) was performed. Because the timing of consecutive positive laboratory tests is not influenced by patient characteristics or disease severity, no selection biases should have been introduced.
Once a patient was identified, a brief screening form was completed to establish eligibility. Only patients with a Type 1 acute MI34 (link) (i.e. spontaneous MI related to ischemia due to a primary coronary event) were eligible for enrollment. Patients had to fulfill the following criteria for eligibility: (1) ≥18 years, (2) elevated troponin level (cardiac enzyme elevation as a complication of elective coronary revascularization did not qualify), (3) clinical features of ischemia (e.g. prolonged ischemic signs/symptoms, electrocardiographic ST changes in ≥2 consecutive leads), and (4) initial presentation to the enrolling institution or transfer within the first 24 hours of original presentation. This latter criterion ensured that the primary clinical decision making was conducted at the enrolling site. Incarcerated patients were not eligible, and all patients signed an informed consent that was approved by each institution.
Publication 2011
BLOOD Cardiac Events Electrocardiography Eligibility Determination Enzymes Heart Hospitalization Ischemia Myocardial Revascularization Patients Signs and Symptoms Test, Clinical Enzyme Troponin
The methods of the Golestan Cohort Study (GCS) have been previously described in detail [20] (link). In brief, 50,045 adult middle-aged individuals were enrolled in eastern Golestan Province, Iran between January 2004 and June 2008. Participants are actively followed through annual telephone contact to ascertain their vital and health status. If a participant cannot be reached, family members, friends, or local health workers are contacted. Moreover, local health workers in rural areas, called “Behvarz”, are contacted monthly to inquire about any possible outcomes, including death. In the event of death, the follow-up team performs two main tasks in parallel. First, a trained general practitioner goes to the homes of the family members or primary care givers of the deceased and conducts a VA interview. Second, the team determines which physicians or hospitals were visited by the decedent and obtains all medical documents (charts, X-rays, pathology reports, etc) that could be used to identify the cause of death. These documents may be available in Golestan or in neighboring provinces.
The GCS follow-up team uses the adult VA questionnaire originally developed by World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Network of field sites with continuous Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health in developing countries (INDEPTH) [37] , [38] , with some modifications to adapt to the local situation in Golestan. We tailored the standard VA questionnaire based on cultural background and education of study population. We made special attention to the most common disease and causes of death in the study area. We added some disease-oriented questions for specific diseases (cardiovascular, stroke, cancer (esophageal and gastric), diabetes, hypertension, tuberculosis and asthma) to collect more information by VA. Since we have already collected the data of life style and personal habits of the study participants at the enrollment phase of GCS, we excluded this part of VA questionnaire to save time. Local terms for some signs/symptoms such as “dysphagia” were applied when we translated the VA questionnaire to Farsi.
After the VA interview and medical document search are completed, the results are given to two internists to ascertain the cause of death. The two internists who review the VA and other documents are unaware of each other's diagnosis. When they disagree on the cause of death, a third senior internist reviews the VA, the available documents, and also the diagnoses of the first two internists and makes the final decision. All causes of death are coded according to the core three digit codes of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) [39] . The cause of death obtained by this method was considered as the gold standard for the current validation study. Seventy cases (32%) had no medical documents, so in these cases the VA-based diagnoses confirmed by the above method were used as the gold standard.
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Publication 2010
Adult Aged Asthma Attention Deglutition Disorders Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis Family Member Fingers Friend Gold Health Personnel High Blood Pressures Malignant Neoplasms Myocardial Infarction Physicians Signs and Symptoms Stomach Tuberculosis Workers X-Rays, Diagnostic
In February 2004, the panel of experts gathered for a face-to-face meeting moderated by a statistician (SCS) and an epidemiologist (CHS). The goal of this meeting was to obtain consensus (at least 80%) on the target population to whom the classification criteria would apply, and the initial list of variables or criteria items that would be collected as part of SICCA. The meeting began with presentation of a comprehensive literature review by one of the senior investigators (TED) of the 11 previous classification and diagnostic criteria for SS that had been published in the past 40 years, none of which had been endorsed by the ACR or EULAR.
There was consensus among the panel that the criteria should apply to the population of patients who may be referred to a specialist because of signs and/or symptoms possibly suggesting SS. Recruitment strategies and eligibility criteria are described below. The rationale for selecting this target population is that a given patient would not be evaluated for SS unless she/he had signs or symptoms suggesting this diagnosis. There was also consensus that if asked to select cases and controls for validation of new classification criteria, panel members would use objective tests (e.g., specific serum measures of autoimmunity, ocular staining reflecting lacrimal hypofunction, and LSG biopsy reflecting FLS) that would likely be part of the new classification criteria, leading to circularity. Therefore, it was agreed that no diagnostic labels would be used for enrollment, and that all participants would undergo the same set of standardized objective tests, and questionnaires capturing various signs and symptoms.
The panel agreed upon examinations and tests used to assess ocular and oral signs and symptoms, tear and salivary function, LSG biopsy results and various serum measures of autoimmunity. The list created was based both on published results and on the clinical experience of panel members. There was discussion among the rheumatologists regarding which extra-glandular manifestations possibly associated with SS should be captured, and a consensus was achieved regarding a list of signs/symptoms that would be measured through a targeted rheumatologic examination, review of systems, careful medical history and serologic laboratory measures. Similarly, the oral medicine specialists agreed on a list of tests measuring salivary function (both stimulated parotid and UWS flow rates), and salivary gland expression of autoimmunity through biopsy of LSG, examining them for the presence of FLS, and measuring FS accordingly as described in detail elsewhere (15 (link)). The ophthalmologists agreed on tests evaluating participants for the presence of keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS). There was consensus that, while rose Bengal had been widely used for grading conjunctival and corneal damage in patients with KCS, it is inherently toxic to epithelial cells and very painful for patients. Therefore, fluorescein was selected to grade the cornea and lissamine green the bulbar conjunctiva. Effectiveness for grading KCS is established for both (16 (link)). They agreed on a standardized quantitative grading system that would be easily reproducible and could be used in clinical practice in the future (17 (link)). Ocular staining score (OSS) is the sum of a 0–6 score for fluorescein staining of the cornea and a 0–3 score for lissamine green staining of both nasal and temporal bulbar conjunctivae, yielding a total score ranging from 0 to 12. Alternative established tests for dryness used in prior criteria, such as tear break-up time (TBUT) and unanesthetized Schirmer test, were also included.
The final list of criteria items that was agreed upon by the end of the first meeting included nearly all those previously reported in the relevant literature. It has been described previously (12 (link)) and is available at http://sicca.ucsf.edu.
Publication 2012
Autoimmunity Biopsy Conjunctiva Conjunctiva, Bulbar Cornea Cornea Injuries Diagnosis Eligibility Determination Epidemiologists Epithelial Cells Eye Face Fast Green FCF Fluorescein Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Nose Ophthalmologists Pain Parotid Gland Patients Physical Examination Rheumatologist Rose Bengal Salivary Glands Serum Signs and Symptoms Specialists Target Population Tears

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This was a cross-sectional study as well as a part of the Baduanjin-Eight-Silken-Movement with Self-efficacy Building for Patients with Chronic Heart Failure (BESMILE-HF) trial (NCT03180320, ClinicalTrials.gov, registration date: 08/06/2017) [6 (link)]. Patients with CHF were prospectively recruited between February 2019 and July 2022 if they fulfilled the following inclusion criteria: (1) ≥ 18 years of age; (2) met the diagnostic criteria for CHF [7 (link)]; (3) clinically stable, defined as symptoms/signs that remained generally unchanged for ≥ 1 month; (4) New York Heart Association class II or III; (5) used beta-blockers; and (6) provided informed consent [8 (link)].
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Eligible participants underwent clinical evaluation (including history of cardiac risk factors and medications), height and weight measurements, blood testing, and electrocardiography. They then underwent a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) and transthoracic echocardiography assessment at rest on the same day (Fig. 2A, B). The BESMILE-HF study[6 (link)] was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (Approval No. B2016-202-01). All of the participants provided written informed consent.

Illustration of speckle-tracking echocardiography examination (A) and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (B). Strain analysis of the left atrium in the locally enlarged apical four-chamber view and the LA strain curve throughout the cardiac cycle (C). The curves of VO2 and VCO2 with time and work rate, respectively (D). LA, left atrial; VO2, oxygen uptake; VCO2, carbon dioxide uptake; VO2max/pre, ratio of maximum to predicted oxygen uptake, WR, work rate

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Publication 2023
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The present study is a retrospective cohort study. Patients were divided into two groups: non-survivors and survivors at 3 months. The following variables from medical records were investigated: (1) patient factors (sex, presence of dysphagia, compromised-host, smoking history); (2) clinical findings factors, such as CRP, WBC, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), age, purulence of pleural fluid, infection source (community-acquired/hospital-acquired), serum albumin, OHAT score, and etiology (monomicrobial/polymicrobial/no growth); and (3) treatment methods. Dysphagia was defined as coughing when taking a meal or decreasing swallowing ability on evaluation by physicians and speech-language-hearing therapists [7 (link)]. Data on treatment and outcomes were also evaluated for each patient during hospitalization. A compromised-host was defined as a patient with any of the following diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, chronic kidney disease, malignancy, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, neurological diseases, and steroid use. We used two clinical risk scores: RAPID (total score; min:0 point, max:7 points) and OHAT (total score; min:0 point, max:16 points). The RAPID score was based on five common parameters (Table 1) [6 (link)]. Based on the results of the dental examinations, the presence of teeth with poor prognosis was retrospectively investigated using panoramic dental radiography. They were defined as teeth with abnormal radiographic findings (e.g., apical radiolucency larger than 3 mm in diameter, alveolar bone loss around more than half of the root, untreated root remnants, or vertically fractured roots) [19 ,20 ]. Medical records were used whether those teeth were extracted. Pleural fluid was collected by pleural puncture at the time of admission, and microbiological examinations were performed. Anaerobic containers were used to collect pleural fluid to detect anaerobic bacteria, and Gram staining and pleural fluid cultures were performed. Blood agar (Kohjin Bio Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan) and chocolate agar media (Kohjin Bio Co., Ltd.) were used to detect general bacteria. Anaero Columbia agar medium with hemin and vitamin K1 (Nippon Becton Dickinson Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) was used to detect anaerobic bacteria; any anaerobic bacteria were then cultivated at 35°C and 9% CO2. The causative pathogens were then identified in the pleural fluid culture.
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