Published 27 May 2019 It has been argued that epidemiology is currently going through a methodologic revolution involving the “causal inference” movement.1,2 This proposes that observational studies should mimic key aspects of randomized trials, because this allows them to be rooted in counterfactual reasoning, which is said to formalize the natural way that humans think about causality. These new

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Published 28 May 2019 Childhood cancer survivors treated before 1992, when blood donor screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was introduced, are at risk of transfusion-transmitted HCV infection. A national HCV screening campaign targeting blood transfusion recipients was launched in Sweden in 2007-2010. New publication in Acta OncolRead more here.

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Published 29 May 2019 Given the increasing prevalence of cancer, it is vital to systematically collect data in order to monitor disease trends and quality of cancer care. For this purpose, clinical cancer registries have been developed in some countries. These registers are intended to be used as a basis for quality assurance and quality improvement, but they also constitute a rich resource of rea

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Published 31 May 2019 The objective of the article was to analyse how Finnish and Swedish speakers in Finland differ in health and labour market outcomes after sickness absence. Apart from many similarities, these two population groups differ in life expectancy and union stability and are supposed to be culturally distinct. Our analyses, therefore, help to shed light on the interrelation between c

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Published 3 June 2019 Background-Bleeding risk stratification in acute coronary syndrome is of highest clinical interest but current risk scores have limitations. We sought to develop and validate a new in-hospital bleeding risk score for patients with acute myocardial infarction. New publication in Web of Science.Read more here.

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Published 4 June 2019 The short-term survival of total stemless shoulder arthroplasty appears comparable with total stemmed shoulder arthroplasty, but longer observation time is needed to confirm whether they continue to perform equally. New publication in Journal of Shoulder and Elbow surgery.Read more here.

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Published 5 June 2019 Precision medicine is the envisioned future model of health care in which treatments and care are tailored to the individual patient. The precision medicine slogan “One size does not fit all” stems from the fact that heterogeneity in treatment effects is common. Precision medicine research aims to find the best treatment for each patient through a better understanding of the

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/defining-evidence-precision-medicine-patient-more-set-covariates - 2025-04-19

Published 7 June 2019 Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival varies greatly between communities. The Utstein template was developed and promulgated to improve the comparability of OHCA outcome reports, but it has undergone limited empiric validation. We sought to assess how much of the variation in OHCA survival between emergency medical services (EMS) across the globe is explained by diff

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Published 10 June 2019 Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) for lacunar stroke (LS) is debated, as the underlying pathophysiological mechanism may not be thrombogenic. New publication in Int J Stroke.Read more here

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Published 11 June 2019 Good health information is essential for good governance and national health information systems have a central function in the health systems. Decision makers and health professionals need a systematic way of increasing their ability to access and synthesise the growing volume of information as a part of public health, clinical medicine and management of health care service

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Published 12 June 2019 Low back pain (LBP) is a ubiquitous, heterogeneous disorder that affects most people at some point in their lives. The efficient management of LBP remains elusive, with direct and indirect costs attributed to LBP surpassing many other common conditions. An emphasis on a structural basis of LBP often fails to recognize movement, specifically patterns of movement that may prov

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/back-pain-and-movement-b-pam-registry-study-protocol - 2025-04-19

Published 13 June 2019 Mediation analysis serves as a crucial tool to perform causal inferences on the relationship among an exposure, a mediator, and an outcome. Methods for statistical inference of the parameter estimates of the mediation effects are limited and need improvement, relying on Bayesian, bootstrapping or Delta methods. New publication in EpidemiologyRead more here

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Published 14 June 2019 A review of epidemiological papers conducted in 2009 concluded that several studies employed variable selection methods susceptible to introduce bias and yield inadequate inferences. Many new confounder selection methods have been developed since then. The goal of the study was to provide an updated descriptive portrait of which variable selection methods are used by epidemi

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/descriptive-review-variable-selection-methods-four-epidemiologic-journals-there-still-room - 2025-04-19

Published 14 June 2019 Vartannat år gör Vetenskapsrådet en inventering för att fånga upp nya behov av forskningsinfrastruktur av nationellt intresse. Nästa behovsinventering är öppen mellan 11 september och 9 oktober 2019 och riktar sig till lärosäten, myndigheter med forskningsuppdrag, forskningsfinansiärer och forskargrupperingar. Läs mer här.

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Published 21 August 2019 VR:s utlysning av internationell postdok öppnar 21 augusti 2019. Läs mer här.

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Published 15 June 2019 Vad kan effekterna för forsknings- och innovationssamarbete bli när Storbritannien träder ur Europeiska unionen och Brexit träder i kraft? Vetenskapsrådet och Vinnova har analyserat de förändrade förutsättningarna och rapporterat till regeringen löpande. Nu finns en slutrapport av deras gemensamma uppdrag. Läs mer och ladda ner rapporten här.

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Published 16 June 2019 Vetenskapsrådet söker en forskningssekreterare som ska arbeta med forskningsinfrastrukturer, bland annat e-infrastrukturer, till enheten för infrastrukturstöd inom avdelningen för forskningsinfrastruktur. Läs mer här.

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Published 17 June 2019 Causal modeling and inference rely on strong assumptions, one of which is conditional exchangeability. Uncontrolled confounding is often seen as if it is the most important threat to conditional exchangeability although collider-stratification bias or selection bias can be just as important New publicayion in Epidemiology.Read more here.

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Published 18 June 2019 When epidemiologic studies are conducted in a subset of the population, selection bias can threaten the validity of causal inference. This bias can occur whether or not that selected population is the target population and can occur even in the absence of exposure–outcome confounding. New publication in Epidemiology.Read more here.

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Published 18 June 2019 StatFinn - EPID Research is now IQVIA. They offer a full range of services in Clinical Trial Biostatistics and Data Management, Epidemiology and Real-World Evidence that covers the drug development life cycle – from Phase I to Phase IV and beyond.Their clients are leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide. Read more here.For additional information about th

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