USE OF SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS AND RISK OF RE-OPERATION DUE TO POST-SURGICAL BLEEDING IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS: A DANISH POPULATION-BASED COHORT STUDY

Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and risk of re-operation due to post-surgical bleeding in breast cancer patients: a Danish population-based cohort study

Abstract Background Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) decrease platelet-function, which suggests that SSRI use may increase the risk of post-surgical bleeding.Few studies have investigated this potential association.Methods We conducted a population-based study of the risk of re-operation due to post-surgical bleeding within two weeks

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Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria

Abstract The non-filarial and non-communicable disease podoconiosis affects around 4 million people and is characterized by severe leg lymphedema accompanied with painful intermittent acute inflammatory episodes, called acute dermatolymphangioadenitis (ADLA) attacks.Risk factors have been associated with the disease but the mechanisms of pathophysi

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An Exploratory Study of Research Data Governance in the U.S.

Making decisions regarding data and the overall credibility of research constitutes research data governance.In this paper, we present results of an exploratory study of the stakeholders of research data governance.The study was conducted among individuals who work in academic and research institutions in the US, with the goal of understanding what

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