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Delayed verification and communication of critical laboratory results in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: a case based quality improvement report

This case report highlights a critical 15.5-hour delay in communicating life-threatening laboratory results to the clinical team at a Nigerian tertiary hospital, underscoring the urgent need for formalized critical value policies, after-hours verification protocols, and structured notification pathways to ensure patient safety.

Abigail Jeremiah2026-10-22
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Development and Optimization of Puerarin-loaded ion-triggered in situ gel for ocular delivery in dry eye disease

This study successfully developed and optimized a puerarin-loaded ion-triggered in situ gel using gellan gum and tamarind seed xyloglucan to overcome the limitations of conventional eye drops by achieving sustained precorneal retention, enhanced mucoadhesion, and improved corneal permeation for the effective management of dry eye disease.

Kiran B. Dhamak, Kiran B. Kotade, Sachin B. Somwanshi, Vinayak M. Gaware, Rahul D. Khaire2026-10-22
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Growth mixture modelling of HIV-exposed uninfected children under five in sub-Saharan Africa

This study utilizes growth mixture modelling on a multi-country cohort to identify distinct height and weight trajectories among HIV-exposed uninfected children in sub-Saharan Africa, revealing that growth outcomes are more strongly associated with country context, household infrastructure, and maternal employment than with maternal HIV disease severity, though ART regimen type also shows notable associations.

Mthobisi Mxolisi Zondi, Henry G Mwambi, Sileshi Fanta Melesse, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma2026-10-22
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Enrollment cuts and primary-outcome changes, not completion-date delays, predict the termination of industry phase 2–3 drug trials: a landmark analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov version histories

This landmark analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov version histories reveals that while enrollment reductions and primary-outcome changes are significant predictors of industry-sponsored phase 2–3 drug trial termination, delays in the primary completion date do not predict trial failure.

Lars Kullman2026-10-22
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A Dual-Stream Spatio-Temporal Network with Bidirectional Rectification for Differential Diagnosis of Dementia using EEG

This paper proposes a dual-stream spatio-temporal network with a bidirectional rectification fusion module and knowledge distillation to improve the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia using resting-state EEG, achieving measurable performance gains over baseline methods on the ADFTD-RS dataset.

Lingjia Yu, Ming Meng, Yunyuan Gao, Xugang Xi2026-10-22
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Association of Perception with Maternal Readiness among Postnatal Mothers with Low Birth Weight Infants: A Cross-sectional Study

This cross-sectional study of 163 mothers of low-birth-weight infants reveals that despite generally positive perceptions of discharge teaching, only 29% felt ready for discharge, with tertiary hospital delivery emerging as the sole significant predictor of readiness, highlighting critical gaps in information and skills transfer that must be addressed to improve newborn outcomes.

Saba Parveen, Moonjelly Vijayan Smitha2026-10-22
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AI-Enabled Early Prediction of Lassa Fever: A Clinical Decision Support System for Endemic Settings

This study developed and evaluated an AI-enabled Clinical Decision Support System using a large retrospective dataset from Nigeria to demonstrate the feasibility of early Lassa fever triage in endemic settings through a lightweight, interpretable XGBoost model that stratifies patient risk based on initial clinical presentation.

Henry Ohiani Ohize, Michael Chukwuemeka Etuonuma, Okoeguale Joseph, Emmanuel Tanko Umaru, Adeiza James Onumanyi, James G (…)2026-10-22