5451 papers
This retrospective study found that despite differences in blood pressure and inflammatory markers, arterial stiffness measured by pulse wave velocity is comparable between patients undergoing home hemodialysis and kidney transplant recipients, supporting home hemodialysis as an effective renal replacement therapy option.
This retrospective study of 19,050 medico-legal cases in Guinea from 2012 to 2024 reveals that assaults predominantly affect young adult males through intentional acts in public or domestic settings, underscoring the critical role of forensic medicine in judicial processes while highlighting the need for standardized prevention strategies.
This study demonstrates that interpretable machine learning models, particularly Random Forest and Logistic Regression, can effectively predict 6- and 12-month survival in patients with resected brain metastases by integrating diverse preoperative variables, with neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, age, and tumor volume identified as the most consistent prognostic factors.
This study developed and internally validated a simple, non-invasive nomogram using routine clinical and ultrasonographic parameters (gender, hemoglobin, platelet count, right liver thickness, portal vein diameter, and spleen diameter) to effectively stratify the risk of high-risk esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients, offering a cost-effective alternative to transient elastography and endoscopy.
This qualitative study identifies five distinct patient personas among young and middle-aged systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients based on their unique self-management characteristics, barriers, and needs, providing a theoretical foundation for developing tailored intervention strategies to improve disease control and quality of life.
This study developed and validated a nomogram-based online risk calculator that effectively predicts the likelihood of lymphocele formation following radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection by identifying key independent risk factors such as the extent of lymph node dissection, drainage duration, and dynamic skin assessment scores.
This study demonstrates that the ratio of light chain neurofilament (NfL) to HDGFL2 cryptic peptide in cerebrospinal fluid serves as a highly specific biomarker for monitoring TDP-43 dysfunction and improving diagnostic accuracy in ALS and FTD patients.
This study demonstrates that while Integrated Community Case Management in Busia County, Kenya, successfully shifted care-seeking pathways for childhood malaria to community health volunteers between 2017 and 2022, its impact on acute respiratory infections and diarrhoea remained limited due to persistent commodity stockouts and uneven coverage.
In patients with cardiogenic shock, initiating Impella support directly rather than escalating from an IABP is associated with similar in-hospital mortality but significantly shorter hospital stays, lower costs, fewer transfusions, and lower rates of subsequent durable LVAD implantation or heart transplantation.
This study demonstrates that while bovine milk mitigates coffee-induced discoloration in resin-based composites, oat milk exacerbates it—particularly in single-shade universal materials—though surface roughness remains clinically acceptable across all tested milk types.