6308 papers
This retrospective study of 112 Crohn's disease patients found that achieving ultrasound-defined transmural healing at one year was associated with lower baseline inflammatory burden and greater treatment stability, while the apparent negative impact of concomitant immunomodulator use was not robust after accounting for treatment switching.
This study demonstrates that industrial plasticine-assisted physical model reconstruction offers a faster preoperative planning workflow than virtual surgical planning for comminuted Le Fort I fractures, while achieving comparable accuracy and short-term clinical outcomes.
This survey-weighted community screening study in India's arid Thar Desert reveals a high burden of subclinical renal impairment, finding that one in three inhabitants has chronic albuminuria and identifying family history of renal disease and prescription drug use as key risk factors while mapping geospatial hotspots to guide targeted interventions.
This randomized controlled trial demonstrates that an 8-week plyometric training programme significantly enhances jump, sprint, and agility performance in recreational male football players aged 14–16 compared to regular training alone.
This Mendelian randomization study identifies a causal relationship between metabolic syndrome and hepatocellular carcinoma risk, specifically revealing that genetically predicted high LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels act as protective factors against the disease.
This study analyzes 585 Brazilian court cases regarding ICU access during the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing that while judicial intervention addressed administrative failures, it often exacerbated health inequities by favoring resourceful individuals, thereby highlighting the urgent need for stronger regulatory infrastructure and transparent allocation systems to ensure equitable public health responses.
This study utilizes the Theoretical Domains Framework to identify key barriers, such as financial constraints and social influences, and enablers affecting eye care uptake among adults with avoidable vision impairment in rural India, ultimately proposing theory-informed interventions like education and environmental restructuring to reduce preventable vision loss.
Beep-Beep SIM is a low-cost, six-station escape game designed to prepare medical students for on-call emergencies through puzzle-solving, summary cards, and debriefing, a format that has been successfully piloted both in-person and online with consistently high satisfaction ratings.
This retrospective study of 246 COVID-19 patients at Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital in Zambia found that adverse outcomes were highly prevalent (43.1%) and independently predicted by systemic inflammation (elevated CRP) and hospitalization duration, with comorbidities like hypertension, diabetes, HIV, and chronic kidney disease significantly increasing risk.
This retrospective cohort study and cost-effectiveness analysis of 487 vaginal specimens from pelvic organ prolapse surgeries found that unanticipated malignant or premalignant findings are extremely rare, leading the authors to conclude that routine pathologic evaluation of these specimens is neither clinically useful nor cost-effective.