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Quality of life, healthcare use and costs in 'at-risk' children after early antibiotic treatment versus placebo for influenza-like illness: within-trial descriptive economic analyses of the ARCHIE randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 15;12(4):e049373. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049373.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: To characterise the quality of life, healthcare use and costs associated with early antibiotic treatment of influenza-like illness (ILI) in 'at-risk' children.DESIGN: Economic analysis of a two-arm double-blind parallel group pragmatic randomised controlled trial.SETTING:...

Sat Apr 16, 2022 16:52
Secukinumab in US Biologic-Naive Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: Results From the Randomized, Placebo-Controlled CHOICE Study

J Rheumatol. 2022 Apr 15:jrheum.210912. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.210912. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To evaluate secukinumab 300 mg and 150 mg vs placebo in a US-only population of biologic-naive patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).METHODS: CHOICE was a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial conducted in the United States. Biologic-naive...

Sat Apr 16, 2022 16:52
Challenges and recommendations for COVID-19 public health messaging: a Canada-wide qualitative study using virtual focus groups

BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 13;12(4):e054635. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054635.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: To understand Canadian's attitudes and current behaviours towards COVID-19 public health measures (PHM), vaccination and current public health messaging, to provide recommendations for a public health intervention.DESIGN: Ten focus groups were conducted with 2-7...

Sat Apr 16, 2022 16:52
Evaluating efficacy of indoor non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 outbreaks with a coupled spatial-SIR agent-based simulation framework

Sci Rep. 2022 Apr 13;12(1):6202. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09942-y.ABSTRACTContagious respiratory diseases, such as COVID-19, depend on sufficiently prolonged exposures for the successful transmission of the underlying pathogen. It is important that organizations evaluate the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical interventions aimed at mitigating viral transmission...

Sat Apr 16, 2022 16:52
When Hong Kong's "dynamic zero" covid-19 strategy met omicron, low vaccination rates sent deaths soaring

BMJ. 2022 Apr 13;377:o980. doi: 10.1136/bmj.o980.NO ABSTRACTPMID:35418475 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.o980

Sat Apr 16, 2022 16:52
Wearing face masks and possibility for dry eye during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sci Rep. 2022 Apr 13;12(1):6214. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07724-0.ABSTRACTThis population-based observational, cross-sectional, and descriptive survey was to investigate the relationship of increased face mask usage in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) era with mask-associated dry eye (MADE). Participants aged 6-79 years old with formal school education...

Sat Apr 16, 2022 16:52

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