5451 papers
This real-world study utilizing U.S. claims data reveals that pregnant women with generalized myasthenia gravis face significantly higher risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes and disease crises while receiving fewer treatments and incurring higher overall healthcare costs compared to their non-pregnant or non-disease counterparts.
This case report highlights the importance of distinguishing true from "false" transvalvular gradients caused by hyperdynamic states following TAVR by incorporating flow-dependent parameters like stroke volume to guide accurate diagnosis and management.
This qualitative study of 39 Australian healthcare workers reveals that language barriers, diverse cultural norms, and poor health system literacy are the primary challenges in delivering emergency care to racial and ethnic minority patients, highlighting the urgent need for improved formal interpretation services and co-designed health literacy education to ensure safe, culturally sensitive care.
This pilot study demonstrates that a spaced retraining intervention two months after initial cardiac POCUS training helps maintain medium-term skill retention among residents, with those possessing intermediate pre-training competency levels deriving the most benefit compared to beginners who require additional support.
Using data from the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, this study identifies maternal education, household wealth, antenatal care attendance, and marital status as significant socioeconomic and regional determinants of complete childhood immunization among children aged 12–59 months in Ghana, highlighting the need for equity-focused interventions to improve vaccination coverage.
This prospective observational study demonstrates that cerebral myo-inositol levels, measured via magnetic resonance spectroscopy, exhibit a time-dependent trajectory of elevation in the acute–subacute phase followed by normalization in the chronic phase after spinal cord injury, reflecting the biphasic plasticity of reactive astrocytes and supporting MI-MRS as a non-invasive biomarker for monitoring astrocyte dynamics.
This study in Mettu Woreda, Ethiopia, reveals a significant gap between high insecticide-treated net ownership (82.4%) and lower utilization (58.7%) among pregnant women and children under five, identifying health education, household head's education, and family size as key predictors and recommending a strategic shift from distribution to behavioral change communication to improve malaria control.
This study developed and internally validated a high-accuracy nomogram based on six independent clinical variables to effectively predict one-year all-cause mortality in heart failure patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery, demonstrating superior performance compared to the conventional Revised Cardiac Risk Index.
This cross-sectional study of 170 Indian primary school teachers found that while chronotype showed no association with obesity indicators, higher social jetlag was significantly linked to increased subcutaneous fat and decreased skeletal muscle mass, independent of sleep quality and duration.
This study developed and validated a highly sensitive and specific fluorescence-based endpoint genotyping assay using minor groove binding probes to rapidly and accurately detect the A2063G and A2064G macrolide resistance mutations in *Mycoplasma pneumoniae*, demonstrating perfect agreement with commercial standards in clinical samples.