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Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI): a Potential Biomarker For Preoperative Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery
The prognostic nutritional index (PNI 1 ) has been widely used for the prediction of surgical risk in patients with gastrointestinal malignancy. The...
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Health outcomes and healthcare utilization associated with four undiagnosed chronic conditions: evidence from nationally representative survey data in Sri Lanka
BackgroundLow awareness of chronic conditions raises the risk of poorer health outcomes and may result in healthcare utilization and spending in...
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Slowing lung deflation by increasing the expiratory resistance enhances FRC in preterm rabbits
BackgroundAs very preterm infants have surfactant-deficient and highly incompliant lungs, slowing lung deflation during expiration might help...
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General skin and nasal decolonization with octenisan® set before and after elective orthopedic surgery in selected patients at elevated risk for revision surgery and surgical site infections—a single-center, unblinded, superiority, randomized controlled trial (BALGDEC trial)
BackgroundThe preoperative body surface and nasal decolonization may reduce the risk of surgical site infections (SSI) but yields conflicting results...
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Mining the interpretable prognostic features from pathological image of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma using multi-modal deep learning
BackgroundThe advances in deep learning-based pathological image analysis have invoked tremendous insights into cancer prognostication. Still, lack...
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Clinical and genetic analysis of Niemann-Pick disease type C with a novel NPC1 variant
BackgroundNiemann-Pick disease type C poses a significant challenge within the landscape of rare genetic disorders, marked by its connection to...
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A deep learning-driven discovery of berberine derivatives as novel antibacterial against multidrug-resistant Helicobacter pylori
Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) is currently recognized as the primary carcinogenic pathogen associated with gastric tumorigenesis, and its high...
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A randomised controlled trial of Standard Of Care versus RadioAblaTion in Early Stage HepatoCellular Carcinoma (SOCRATES HCC)
BackgroundTherapeutic options for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in individual patients can be limited by tumor and location, liver...
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Coefficient of spatial variance of choroidal thickness on swept-source optical coherence tomography in healthy eyes
PurposeThis study aims to introduce the coefficient of spatial variance of choroidal thickness to describe the choroidal variation and investigate...
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Emergency carotid endarterectomy with stent retrieval in a patient with stent migration following failed carotid artery stenting
Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has become a favoured alternative to surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in select cases of critical internal carotid...
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Spontaneous rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst into the inferior vena cava and hepatic vein
Hydatid disease is a zoonosis caused by Echinococcus . Vascular complication like rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst into inferior vena cava is extremely...
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Global burden and cross-country inequalities in stroke and subtypes attributable to diet from 1990 to 2019
Data sourcesThe Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors study (GBD) 2019.
BackgroundTo describe burden, and to explore cross-country...
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Tourniquets
Purpose of ReviewTourniquets have a longstanding history in combat casualty care, but only became widely accepted in the last 20 years as effective...
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Bovine colostrum prevents formula-induced gut microbiota dysbiosis in preterm pigs
BackgroundPreterm birth and formula feeding increase the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a gut inflammatory disease known to be associated...
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Does ponticulus posticus affect vertebral artery diameter
PurposePonticulus Posticus, atlantooccipital ligament ossification-induced anomaly, surrounds the vertebral artery and the first cervical nerve root....
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Survival, mortality and epidemic risk status of COVID-19: a population-based Study in Golestan province, Iran
BackgroundAppreciating the various dimensions of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can improve health systems and prepare them to deal...
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Effectiveness of public health spending: Investigating the moderating role of governance using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM)
BackgroundThe link between public health spending (PHS) and population health outcomes (PHO) has been extensively studied. However, in sub-Saharan...
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Effect of combined physical–cognitive training on the functional and cognitive capacity of older people with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundThe increase in population aging highlights the growing prevalence of mild cognitive impairment, prompting the adoption of interventions...
