We reviewed literature examining predictors of urinary fistula repair outcomes in developing
country settings, including fistula and patient characteristics, and perioperative factors. We …

Background and Purpose—Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been
associated with bleeding complications and may affect the risk of hemorrhagic stroke …

Objective To compare the social and demographic profiles of patients who receive statin
treatment after myocardial infarction and patients included in randomised trials. To estimate …

Essentials• The widely recommended CHA2DS2‐VASc shows conflicting results in
contemporary validation studies.• We performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis of …

Background Observational healthcare data offer the potential to enable identification of risks
of medical products, but appropriate methodology has not yet been defined. The new user …

Background: Nonexperimental studies of drug effects in large automated databases can
provide timely assessment of real-life drug use, but are prone to confounding by variables …

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between same-day
discharge (SDD) and postoperative complications within 30 days of laparoscopic …

Background: Medicare Part D excludes benzodiazepines from coverage, and numerous
state government policies limit use of benzodiazepines. No data indicate that such policies …

Introduction Health care utilisation ('claims') databases contain information about millions of
patients and are an important source of information for a variety of study types. However …

Background: Although use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants
has been associated with hip fractures in claims data studies, it has been suggested that …