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Blood pressure control and complex health conditions in older adults: impact of recent hypertension management guidelines

Anker, Daniela ; Santos-Eggimann, Brigitte ; Zwahlen, Marcel ; Santschi, Valérie ; Rodondi, Nicolas ; Wolfson, Christina ; Chiolero, Arnaud

In: Journal of Human Hypertension, 2020, p. -

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) 2017 guidelines for hypertension management lowered blood pressure (BP) thresholds to 130/80 mmHg to define hypertension while the European Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Hypertension (ESC/ESH) 2018 guidelines retained 140/90 mmHg. Both guidelines recommend adapting management for older ...

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Regional variation in hip and knee arthroplasty rates in Switzerland: A population-based small area analysis

Wertli, Maria M. ; Schlapbach, Judith M. ; Haynes, Alan G. ; Scheuter, Claudia ; Jegerlehner, Sabrina N. ; Panczak, Radoslaw ; Chiolero, Arnaud ; Rodondi, Nicolas ; Aujesky, Drahomir

In: PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, no. 9, p. e0238287

Compared to other OECD countries, Switzerland has the highest rates of hip (HA) and knee arthroplasty (KA).Objective: We assessed the regional variation in HA/KA rates and potential determinants of variation in Switzerland.Methods: We conducted a population-based analysis using discharge data from all Swiss hospitals during 2013– 2016. We derived hospital service areas (HSAs) by analyzing...

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Glossary for public health surveillance in the age of data science

Chiolero, Arnaud ; Buckeridge, David

In: J Epidemiol Community Health, 2020, vol. 74, no. 7, p. 612–616

Public health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of data, closely integrated with the timely dissemination of the resulting information to those responsible for preventing and controlling disease and injury. With the rapid development of data science, encompassing big data and artificial intelligence, and with the exponential growth of accessible...

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Salt intake monitoring at a population level

Chiolero, Arnaud

In: Journal of Human Hypertension, 2020, vol. 34, no. 8, p. 604–605

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Primary care patients’ use of conventional and complementary medicine for chronic low back pain

Rodondi, Pierre-Yves ; Bill, Anne-Sylvie ; Danon, Nadia ; Dubois, Julie ; Pasquier, Jérôme ; Matthey-de-l'Endroit, Florence ; Herzig, Lilli ; Burnand, Bernard

In: Journal of Pain Research, 2019, vol. Volume 12, p. 2101–2112

To investigate among primary care patients and their physicians in western Switzerland the prevalence of use, perceived usefulness, and communication about common treatments for chronic or recurrent low back pain (crLBP) including complementary medicine (CM). Patients and methods: A cross-sectional cluster observational study involving 499 crLBP patients visiting 45 primary care physicians...