Causality
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia.

29 Oct 2009 Pneumococcus remains the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia worldwide. Streptococcus pneumoniae is well adapted to people, and is a frequent inhabitant of the upper airways in healthy hosts. This seemingly innocuous state of ... Read more...

A causal association between isotretinoin and inflammatory bowel disease has yet to be established.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: Case reports have described a possible association between isotretinoin and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We critically appraised the literature on this association to assess whether it supports a causal relationship. METHODS: We ... Read more...

Targeting burn prevention in the paediatric population : a prospective study of children's burns in the Lausanne area.

17 Sep 2009 QUESTION UNDER STUDY: Domestic accidents are an important problem in paediatric medicine. This study was designed to gain a better understanding of burn mechanisms and target prevention. METHODS: Children treated for burn lesions in the Department ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Causality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia. 29 Oct 2009
• UK to develop a national strategy for liver disease. 29 Oct 2009
• Concurrency driving the African HIV epidemics: where is the evidence? 22 Oct 2009
• The myth of the virgin rape myth. 22 Oct 2009
• Public accountability in addiction treatment. 8 Oct 2009
• Consequences of ventilator asynchrony: why can't we all get along? 29 Sep 2009
• A causal association between isotretinoin and inflammatory bowel disease has yet to be established. 29 Sep 2009
• Targeting burn prevention in the paediatric population : a prospective study of children's burns in the Lausanne area. 17 Sep 2009
• Child undernutrition, tropical enteropathy, toilets, and handwashing. 17 Sep 2009
• Invited Commentary: Causal diagrams and measurement bias. 13 Sep 2009
• The association of body mass index with health outcomes: causal, inconsistent, or confounded? 13 Sep 2009
• Prevalence, predictors, and clinical consequences of medical adherence in IBD: how to improve it? 12 Sep 2009
• Poor reception? 10 Sep 2009
• Resistant hypertension: an unmet treatment need. 9 Sep 2009
• Impact of teen depression on academic, social, and physical functioning. 5 Sep 2009
• Maternal and neonatal factors associated with mode of delivery under a universal newborn hearing screening programme in Lagos, Nigeria. 2 Sep 2009
• Weighing benefits and risks--the FDA's review of prasugrel. Sep 2009
• [The characteristics of offenders abusing alcohol in view of forensic-psychiatric assessments] 30 Aug 2009
• Pacifiers and breastfeeding. 30 Aug 2009
• Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Causality'

Definition: The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors.

Descriptor UI: D015984

Alternative terms: Causality; Causalities; Multifactorial Causality; Causalities, Multifactorial; Causality, Multifactorial; Multifactorial Causalities; Multiple Causation; Causation, Multiple; Causations, Multiple; Multiple Causations; Reinforcing Factors; Factor, Reinforcing; Factors, Reinforcing; Reinforcing Factor; Causation; Causations; Enabling Factors; Enabling Factor; Factor, Enabling; Factors, Enabling; Predisposing Factors; Factor, Predisposing; Factors, Predisposing; Predisposing Factor;

Tree Number: N05.715.350.200; N06.850.490.625;

History Note: 90

Technical Notes: an epidemiol concept: do not confuse with the cause of a disease ( = /etiol); IM GEN only; coord NIM with disease /epidemiol (IM), not /etiol; no qualif; specify geog if pertinent