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BACKGROUND Workers are exposed to physical, chemical and other hazards in the workplace, which may impact their respiratory health. AIMS To examine the healthy worker effect in the Canadian working population and to identify the association between occupation and respiratory health. METHODS Data from four cycles of the Canadian Health Measures Survey were utilized. The current occupation of employed participants was classified into 10 broad categories based on National Occupation Category 2011 codes. Data relating to 15 400 subjects were analysed. RESULTS A significantly lower proportion of those in current employment than those not in current employment reported respiratory symptoms or diseases or had airway obstruction. Similarly, those currently employed reported better general health and had greater mean values for percent-predicted forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of FVC (FEF25-75%) and FEV1/FVC ratio. Among males, females and older age groups, significant differences were observed for almost all the respiratory outcomes for those in current employment. Those in 'Occupations unique to primary industry' had a significantly greater likelihood of regular cough with sputum and ever asthma and had lower mean values of percent-predicted FEV1/FVC and FEF25-75% than those in 'Management occupations'. Those in 'Health occupations' had the highest proportion of current asthma. CONCLUSIONS Participants in current employment were healthier than those not in current employment providing further support for the healthy worker effect. Those in 'Occupations unique to primary industry' had an increased risk of adverse respiratory outcomes and reducing workplace exposures in these occupations has the potential to improve their respiratory health. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email journals.permissions@oup.com.BACKGROUND All-cause mortality in haemodialysis (HD) is high, reaching 15.6% in the first year according to the European Renal Association. METHODS A new clinical tool to predict all-cause mortality in HD patients is proposed. It uses a post hoc analysis of data from the prospective cohort study Photo-Graph V3. A total of 35 variables related to patient characteristics, laboratory values and treatments were used as predictors of all-cause mortality. The first step was to compare the results obtained using a logistic regression to those obtained by a Bayesian network. Calcitriol manufacturer The second step aimed to increase the performance of the best prediction model using synthetic data. Finally, a compromise between performance and ergonomics was proposed by reducing the number of variables to be entered in the prediction tool. RESULTS Among the 9010 HD patients included in the Photo-Graph V3 study, 4915 incident patients with known medical status at 2 years were analysed. All-cause mortality at 2 years was 34.1%. The Bayesian network provided the most reliable prediction. The final optimized models that used 14 variables had areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves of 0.78 ± 0.01, sensitivity of 72 ± 2%, specificity of 69 ± 2%, predictive positive value of 70 ± 1% and negative predictive value of 71 ± 2% for the prediction of all-cause mortality. CONCLUSIONS Using artificial intelligence methods, a new clinical tool to predict all-cause mortality in incident HD patients is proposed. The latter can be used for research purposes before its external validation at https//www.hed.cc/? a=twoyearsallcausemortalityhemod&n=2-years%20All-cause%20Mortality%20Hemodialysis.neta. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved.Importance The initial clinical sign of pubertal onset in girls is breast gland development (thelarche). Although numerous studies have used recalled age at menarche (first menstruation) to assess secular trends of pubertal timing, no systematic review has been conducted of secular trends of thelarche. Objectives To systematically evaluate published data on pubertal timing based on age at thelarche and evaluate the change in pubertal onset in healthy girls around the world. Data Sources A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed and Embase of all original peer-reviewed articles published in English before June 20, 2019. Study Selection Included studies used clinical assessment of breast development in healthy girls and used adequate statistical methods, including the reporting of SEs or CIs. The quality of the articles was evaluated by assessing study design, potential sources of bias, main characteristics of the study population, and methods of statistical analysis. Data Extraction and Synthesis In accordance with PRISMA guidelines, all articles were assessed for eligibility independently by 2 authors. Weighted regression analysis was performed using a random-effects model. Main Outcomes and Measures Studies examining age at thelarche (development of Tanner breast stage 2) in healthy girls. Results The literature search resulted in a total of 3602 studies, of which 30 studies fulfilled the eligibility criteria. There was a secular trend in ages at thelarche according to race/ethnicity and geography. Overall, the age at thelarche decreased 0.24 years (95% CI, -0.44 to -0.04) (almost 3 months) per decade from 1977 to 2013 (P = .02). Conclusions and Relevance The age at thelarche has decreased a mean of almost 3 months per decade from 1977 to 2013. A younger age at pubertal onset may change current diagnostic decision-making. The medical community needs current and relevant data to redefine "precocious puberty," because the traditional definition may be outdated, at least in some regions of the world.Importance Parkinson disease and related disorders (PDRD) have consequences for quality of life (QoL) and are the 14th leading cause of death in the United States. Despite growing interest in palliative care (PC) for persons with PDRD, few studies are available supporting its effectiveness. Objective To determine if outpatient PC is associated with improvements in patient-centered outcomes compared with standard care among patients with PDRD and their caregivers. Design, Setting, and Participants This randomized clinical trial enrolled participants at 3 academic tertiary care centers between November 1, 2015, and September 30, 2017, and followed them up for 1 year. A total of 584 persons with PDRD were referred to the study. Of those, 351 persons were excluded by phone and 23 were excluded during in-person screenings. Patients were eligible to participate if they had PDRD and moderate to high PC needs. Patients were excluded if they had urgent PC needs, another diagnosis meriting PC, were already receiving PC, or were unable or unwilling to follow the study protocol.