Gender differences in the use of cardiovascular interventions in HIV-positive persons; the D:A:D Study

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Home safety of elderly in rental flats

This research aims to highlight the safety issues of the elderly population living in rental flats. The safety issues addressed in this study include electrical, fall, fire, and personal injury relating to common activities of daily living (AnLs) such as cooking and hanging of laundry out of the kitchen window. Previous studies have shown that human factors intervention can reduce and eliminate causes of home injury. The methods used include taking demography of the subjects, assessing home safety using a standardized checklist, conducting field analysis of the subjects' homes by marking the hazard items on a map of the layout of the flat, assessing the perception of safety in the elderly using a questionnaire and taking measurements of the fixtures in the home to find out if they are compatible with the anthropometric dimensions of subjects for ease of use. The results of this study show that the kitchen is the most hazardous place, followed by the bathroom, living room and bedroom.Master of Science (Human Factors Engineering

Prevalence of preoperative anemia, abnormal mean corpuscular volume and red cell distribution width among surgical patients in Singapore, and their influence on one year mortality

This is the patient database that was used to generate the results in our manuscript

Graph showing the mean and 95% confidence intervals of red cell distribution width in various anemia / mean corpuscular volume (MCV) groups.

<p>Graph showing the mean and 95% confidence intervals of red cell distribution width in various anemia / mean corpuscular volume (MCV) groups.</p

Cox regression of one year mortality after surgery.

<p>Cox regression of one year mortality after surgery.</p

Results of multivariate analysis of odds of high RDW over normal RDW.

<p>Results of multivariate analysis of odds of high RDW over normal RDW.</p

Flowchart showing study cohort derivation.

<p>Flowchart showing study cohort derivation.</p

Distribution of patient characteristics according to anemia status, RDW and MCV values.

<p>Distribution of patient characteristics according to anemia status, RDW and MCV values.</p

Distribution of microcytosis, normocytosis, macrocytosis in anemic patients of various age and gender groups.

<p>Distribution of microcytosis, normocytosis, macrocytosis in anemic patients of various age and gender groups.</p