Daniel Aguilar

TL;DR: IBS was associated with a 21% reduction in work productivity, equivalent to working less than 4 days in a 5-day workweek, and employees with IBS had significantly lower scores on all domains of the SF-36, indicating poorer functional outcomes.

TL;DR: Investigators using EMR data should aim for consistent terminology, focus on adequately describing their methods, and consider appropriate statistical methods to control for confounding and treatment-selection bias, according to experts.

TL;DR: Poorly controlled asthma symptoms impair HRQOL of children, QOL of their caregivers, and productivity of both, and proper treatment and management to improve symptom control may reduce humanistic and economic burdens on asthmatic children and their caregivers.

TL;DR: Qualitative research among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus can identify aspects of the disease relevant to clinical research and practice, and a phenomenological, mixed‐method approach was used.

TL;DR: UFH/VKA was the most common regimen used to treat VTE, and in spite of its higher medication cost, treatment with LMWH/Vka was associated with significantly shorter hospital stays and lower total hospitalization costs, compared with UFH/ VKA.