958 papers
In this retrospective propensity-matched cohort study of adult patients with refractory status asthmaticus requiring invasive mechanical ventilation, inhaled sevoflurane was found to be a feasible rescue therapy but did not significantly reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation, ICU or hospital length of stay, or mortality compared to standard medical therapy.
This study demonstrates that incorporating multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into Elium/UHMWPE thermoplastic composites, particularly when dispersed with a non-ionic aromatic surfactant (TNWDIS) to prevent agglomeration, significantly enhances interlaminar fracture toughness through synergistic mechanisms like crack bridging and improved interfacial adhesion, achieving up to 152.61% improvement in Mode II toughness at optimized loadings.
This study demonstrates that teak micro-cutting rooting success is strongly genotype-dependent and requires clone-specific optimization of hormone treatments, as evidenced by significant variations in rooting performance across ten clones and the effectiveness of Grey Relational Analysis for multi-trait evaluation.
This prospective comparative study conducted in Tunisia demonstrates that transperineal ultrasound is a reliable, reproducible, and non-invasive alternative to vaginal examination for monitoring the first stage of labor, leading to the proposal of a new "sonopartogram" for clinical use.
This paper outlines the development of a Theory of Change for the Navigator Program, a complex case management intervention designed to support people experiencing homelessness during and after hospitalization, demonstrating how such a framework clarifies causal pathways, articulates underlying assumptions, and establishes a rigorous basis for program evaluation and accountability.
This cross-sectional study of 800 second-year students at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy reveals that clinically significant test anxiety is highly prevalent (70%) and varies significantly across medical disciplines, with Traditional, Dental, and Preventive Medicine students exhibiting notably higher anxiety levels than their General Medicine counterparts.
This study of 667 European children and adolescents with Tourette's disorder reveals that psychiatric comorbidities, particularly emotional disorders, are the strongest predictors of reduced quality of life, with girls experiencing more severe negative impacts from tic and symptom severity than boys.
This case report describes a rare instance where an infected mature cystic teratoma mimicked acute appendicitis in a 28-year-old woman, underscoring the diagnostic challenges of atypical gynecological emergencies and the critical importance of intraoperative exploration when preoperative findings are inconclusive.
This study from a specialized transplant center in Nepal reports favorable maternal and fetal outcomes with a low incidence of complications among 24 female living kidney donors who subsequently became pregnant, suggesting that kidney donation does not significantly adversely affect future pregnancies.
This case report describes the successful management of a peritoneal dialysis catheter-related infection caused by *Mycobacterium abscessus* subsp. *massiliense* in a 14-year-old girl through early catheter exchange combined with prolonged macrolide-based multidrug therapy, ultimately allowing the patient to maintain dialysis until a successful kidney transplantation.