Incidence of Serious Adverse Events During Nocturnal Polysomnography

Incidence and Risk Factors of Serious Adverse Events during Antituberculous Treatment in Rwanda: A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) and TB-human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) coinfection is a major public health concern in resource-limited settings. Although TB treatment is challenging in HIV-infected patients because of treatment interactions, immunopathological reactions, and concurrent infections, few prospective studies have addressed this in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study we aim...

Serious adverse events associated with pediatric complementary and alternative medicine

Serious adverse events associated with pediatric complementary and alternative medicine Liliane Zorzela a,∗,1, Heather Boon b, Silvano Mior c,d, Jerry Yager e, Anita Gross f, Sunita Vohra a a Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Canada b Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Canada c Graduate Education and Research, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Canada d U...

Polypectomy techniques, endoscopist characteristics, and serious gastrointestinal adverse events.

BACKGROUND A use of polypectomy techniques by endoscopist specialty (primary care, surgery, and gastroenterology) and experience (volume), and associations with serious gastrointestinal adverse events, were examined. METHODS A retrospective follow-up study with ambulatory surgery and hospital discharge datasets from Florida, 1999-2001, was used. Thirty-day hospitalizations due to colonic perf...

Postoperative serious adverse events in a teaching hospital.

OBJECTIVE To assess the incidence and nature of postoperative serious adverse events (SAEs) among inpatients having surgery in a tertiary hospital, and to determine which subgroups of patients might be at greatest risk. DESIGN Prospective observational study from 1 December 1998 - 31 March 1999. SETTING Tertiary teaching hospital in Melbourne, Victoria. SUBJECTS 1,125 subjects having inpa...

Serious adverse events in academic critical care research.