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World Health Organization
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About: World Health Organization is a government organization based out in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 13330 authors who have published 22232 publications receiving 1322023 citations. The organization is also known as: World Health Organisation & WHO.
Topics: Population, Public health, Health care, Health policy, Global health
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TL;DR: Implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist was associated with a greater than one-third reduction in complications among adult patients undergoing urgent noncardiac surgery in a diverse group of hospitals.
Abstract: Objective:To assess whether implementation of a 19-item World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist in urgent surgical cases would improve compliance with basic standards of care and reduce rates of deaths and complications.Background:Use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has been s
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National Scientific and Technical Research Council1, University of Buenos Aires2, University of Antioquia3, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention4, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp5, Universidad Mayor6, Universidad Nacional de Asunción7, National University of Salta8, University of Los Andes9, Carlos III Health Institute10, Universidade Federal de Goiás11, Industrial University of Santander12, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán13, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation14, World Health Organization15
TL;DR: This study represents a first crucial step towards international validation of PCR procedures for detection of T. cruzi in human blood samples by an external quality evaluation.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: A century after its discovery, Chagas disease still represents a major neglected tropical threat. Accurate diagnostics tools as well as surrogate markers of parasitological response to treatment are research priorities in the field. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of PCR methods in detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA by an external quality evaluation. METHODOLOGY/FINDINGS: An international collaborative study was launched by expert PCR laboratories from 16 countries. Currently used strategies were challenged against serial dilutions of purified DNA from stocks representing T. cruzi discrete typing units (DTU) I, IV and VI (set A), human blood spiked with parasite cells (set B) and Guanidine Hidrochloride-EDTA blood samples from 32 seropositive and 10 seronegative patients from Southern Cone countries (set C). Forty eight PCR tests were reported for set A and 44 for sets B and C; 28 targeted minicircle DNA (kDNA), 13 satellite DNA (Sat-DNA) and the remainder low copy number sequences. In set A, commercial master mixes and Sat-DNA Real Time PCR showed better specificity, but kDNA-PCR was more sensitive to detect DTU I DNA. In set B, commercial DNA extraction kits presented better specificity than solvent extraction protocols. Sat-DNA PCR tests had higher specificity, with sensitivities of 0.05-0.5 parasites/mL whereas specific kDNA tests detected 5.10(-3) par/mL. Sixteen specific and coherent methods had a Good Performance in both sets A and B (10 fg/µl of DNA from all stocks, 5 par/mL spiked blood). The median values of sensitivities, specificities and accuracies obtained in testing the Set C samples with the 16 tests determined to be good performing by analyzing Sets A and B samples varied considerably. Out of them, four methods depicted the best performing parameters in all three sets of samples, detecting at least 10 fg/µl for each DNA stock, 0.5 par/mL and a sensitivity between 83.3-94.4%, specificity of 85-95%, accuracy of 86.8-89.5% and kappa index of 0.7-0.8 compared to consensus PCR reports of the 16 good performing tests and 63-69%, 100%, 71.4-76.2% and 0.4-0.5, respectively compared to serodiagnosis. Method LbD2 used solvent extraction followed by Sybr-Green based Real time PCR targeted to Sat-DNA; method LbD3 used solvent DNA extraction followed by conventional PCR targeted to Sat-DNA. The third method (LbF1) used glass fiber column based DNA extraction followed by TaqMan Real Time PCR targeted to Sat-DNA (cruzi 1/cruzi 2 and cruzi 3 TaqMan probe) and the fourth method (LbQ) used solvent DNA extraction followed by conventional hot-start PCR targeted to kDNA (primer pairs 121/122). These four methods were further evaluated at the coordinating laboratory in a subset of human blood samples, confirming the performance obtained by the participating laboratories. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: This study represents a first crucial step towards international validation of PCR procedures for detection of T. cruzi in human blood samples.
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TL;DR: The guidelines provide recommendations about the early use of anti-retroviral agents for TB patients with HIV who are on second-line TB drug regimens and systems that primarily employ ambulatory models of care to manage MDR-TB patients are recommended over others based mainly on hospitalization.
Abstract: Introduction: The production of guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis fit into the mandate of the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide technical support to countries to reinforce care of drug resistant tuberculosis patients. Methods: WHO commissioned systematic reviews of evidence, including meta-analysis and modeling studies, to summarize evidence on priority questions regarding case finding, treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), monitoring of response to MDR-TB treatment and models of care. The quality of evidence assembled varied from low to very low. A multidisciplinary expert panel used the GRADE approach to develop recommendations based on best available evidence. Findings: The recommendations encourage the wider use of rapid drug-susceptibility testing with molecular techniques to detect rifampicin resistance and treat patients adequately. The use of culture remains important for the early detection of failure during MDR-TB treatment. The guidelines provide recommendations about the early use of anti-retroviral agents for TB patients with HIV who are on second-line TB drug regimens. Systems that primarily employ ambulatory models of care to manage MDR-TB patients are recommended over others based mainly on hospitalization. Conclusion: Practitioners and decision makers involved in MDR-TB care should be guided in their work by these updated recommendations. Additional research is necessary to improve the quality of existent evidence, particularly on regimen composition and duration of treatment.
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TL;DR: Prognosis for Interruption of Malaria Transmission Through Assessment of the Mosquito's Vectorial Capacity is positive and indicates that theMosquito’s vectorial capacity may have changed during the transmission of malaria.
Abstract: Prognosis for Interruption of Malaria Transmission Through Assessment of the Mosquito's Vectorial Capacity
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Centre for Mental Health1, Swansea University2, University of Sydney3, University of Manchester4, University College Cork5, Griffith University6, Stellenbosch University7, Sao Paulo State University8, University of Zagreb9, University of Rochester Medical Center10, University of Udine11, National Taiwan University12, Innsbruck Medical University13, Yale University14, Australian National University15, Johns Hopkins University16, Brigham and Women's Hospital17, University of Auckland18, Hobart Corporation19, Columbia University Medical Center20, University of Oxford21, National Institute for Health Research22, Aga Khan University23, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven24, University of Bristol25, University of Peradeniya26, World Health Organization27, Karolinska Institutet28, First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Peterburg29, Medical University of Vienna30, University of Nottingham31, University of Glasgow32, University of Edinburgh33, Shanghai Jiao Tong University34, Columbia University35, University of Ulm36, University of Oslo37, Goethe University Frankfurt38, Saint Petersburg State University39, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre40, University of Toronto41, Waseda University42, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka43, Tel Aviv University44, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust45
TL;DR: In this article, the early effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide rates around the world was assessed using real-time suicide data from countries or areas within countries through a systematic internet search and recourse to our networks and the published literature.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Christopher J L Murray | 209 | 754 | 310329 |
Michael Marmot | 193 | 1147 | 170338 |
Didier Raoult | 173 | 3267 | 153016 |
Alan D. Lopez | 172 | 863 | 259291 |
Zulfiqar A Bhutta | 165 | 1231 | 169329 |
Simon I. Hay | 165 | 557 | 153307 |
Robert G. Webster | 158 | 843 | 90776 |
Ali H. Mokdad | 156 | 634 | 160599 |
Matthias Egger | 152 | 901 | 184176 |
Paolo Boffetta | 148 | 1455 | 93876 |
Jean Bousquet | 145 | 1288 | 96769 |
Igor Rudan | 142 | 658 | 103659 |
Holger J. Schünemann | 141 | 810 | 113169 |
Richard M. Myers | 134 | 496 | 137791 |
Majid Ezzati | 133 | 443 | 137171 |