6308 papers
This longitudinal study in a high-altitude urban area of Xizang, China, reveals a significant decline in anemia prevalence among preschool children over two years, identifying weight gain rate and exclusive breastfeeding as key positive predictors of hemoglobin improvement.
This multicenter prospective study demonstrates that integrating coronary atherosclerosis plaque burden data from CT scans with the GRACE 2.0 risk score significantly enhances the long-term prognostic accuracy and risk stratification for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome compared to using the GRACE 2.0 score alone.
In a retrospective study of 164 adults with viridans group streptococcal bacteremia, community acquisition, odontogenic source, and *Streptococcus anginosus* group etiology were identified as independent predictors of complicated infection, highlighting the importance of early dental evaluation and imaging for these high-risk patients.
This multicentre study of 660 patients establishes a multidimensional clinical-functional model for cervicogenic headache, demonstrating that neck disability, pain topography, and treatment response are superior independent predictors of headache severity and diagnostic utility compared to cervical imaging findings alone.
This in vitro study demonstrates that indigenously prepared demineralized freeze-dried bone allografts derived from younger donors (29–33 years) release significantly higher levels of BMP-7 compared to those from older donors (55–60 years), indicating that donor age is a critical factor influencing the osteoinductive potential of the graft material.
This controlled chamber study demonstrates that combined occupational heat stress and physical workload significantly elevate physiological strain and impair postural stability, particularly at WBGT levels of 29°C, highlighting the urgent need for proactive heat management in industrial settings.
This study demonstrates that maternal hypertension and the use of various cardiovascular medications, including labetalol and bisoprolol, can dysregulate human fetoplacental vascular tone and reactivity, potentially compromising placental perfusion and fetal outcomes.
A retrospective study of adults aged ≥85 undergoing digestive endoscopy in Barcelona reveals significant ethical concerns regarding informed consent, characterized by frequent documentation gaps, a lack of process recording, and the absence of advance directives, particularly among those with cognitive or functional vulnerabilities.
The SARC-LUNG study demonstrates that host-derived immunometabolic biomarkers, specifically sRAGE and FGF21, serve as prognostic indicators for survival outcomes and reflect distinct immune microenvironment profiles in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
This study characterizes lupus myositis as a distinct type I interferon-driven necrotizing myopathy featuring perivascular mixed T and B cell inflammation and a "pan-fascicular" pattern, which can be reliably differentiated from other inflammatory myopathies using a combined immunohistochemical panel of MxA, MHC I, and MHC II.