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Open AccessUsing machine learning to improve the diagnostic accuracy of the modified Duke/ESC 2015 criteria in patients with suspected prosthetic valve endocarditis – a proof of concept study
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a serious complication of prosthetic valve implantation, with an estimated yearly incidence of at least 0.4-1.0%. The Duke criteria and subsequent modifications have been...
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A comprehensive analysis of the pre- and postoperative responses to each of the 12 Oxford knee score questions one year following knee arthroplasty
To assess the pre- and postoperative responses to each of the 12 individual Oxford Knee Score (OKS) questions and percentages of those that were better, same or worse after primary knee arthroplasty (KA).
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Open AccessRe-attendance in supplemental breast MRI screening rounds of the DENSE trial for women with extremely dense breasts
Supplemental MRI screening improves early breast cancer detection and reduces interval cancers in women with extremely dense breasts in a cost-effective way. Recently, the European Society of Breast Imaging re...
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Open AccessThe behavioral phenotype of children and adolescents with attenuated non-ketotic hyperglycinemia, intermediate to good subtype
We aim to describe the behavioral phenotype of children and adolescents with the good to intermediate attenuated form of non-ketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH) and to explore associations between the behavioral phe...
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Open AccessPrior Thrombectomy Does Not Affect the Surgical Complication Rate of Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in Patients with Malignant Ischemic Stroke
Even though mechanical recanalization techniques have dramatically improved acute stroke care since the pivotal trials of decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant courses of ischemic stroke, decompressive h...
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Open AccessScreening for lung cancer with computed tomography: protocol for systematic reviews for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Canada, and because early cancers are often asymptomatic screening aims to prevent mortality by detecting cancer earlier when treatment is more likely to be...
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Clinical Correlates of the PET-based Braak Staging Framework in Alzheimer’s Disease
In vivo Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and staging is traditionally based on clinical features. However, the agreement between clinical and pathological Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, whose diagnosis assessment...
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Open AccessTest characteristics of point-of-care ultrasonography in patients with acute kidney injury
Acute kidney injury is a common disorder that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Point-of-care ultrasonography (PoCUS) is an imaging modality performed at the bedside and is used to assess...
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Open AccessThe association of painful and non-painful morbidities with frailty: a cross sectional analysis of a cohort of community dwelling older people in England
The association between chronic pain and frailty might indicate that pain is an independent driver of frailty but might alternatively be explained by inclusion within frailty identification tools of morbiditie...
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Open AccessDoes Engagement in HIV Care Affect Screening, Diagnosis, and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Low- and middle-income countries are facing a growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Providing HIV treatment may provide opportunities to increase access to NCD services in under-resourced environm...
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Open AccessPrevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in under-five children with diarrhoea in Blantyre, Malawi
Diarrhoeal diseases are common among children in low- and middle-income countries and are major causes of morbidity and mortality. Cryptosporidium and Giardia are considered to be the main parasitic causes of dia...
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Perceptions of Health, Body Size, and Nutritional Risk Factors for Obesity in People with HIV in South Africa
Metabolic disease is increasing in people with HIV (PWH) in South Africa, but little is known about self-perceptions of body size, health, and nutritional behavior in this population. We performed a cross-sect...
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Open AccessNon-adherence to ivermectin in onchocerciasis-endemic communities with persistent infection in the Bono Region of Ghana: a mixed-methods study
The World Health Organization has proposed that onchocerciasis elimination (interruption) of transmission be verified in 12 (approximately a third) endemic countries by 2030. The strategy to reach this goal is...
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Correction: Midlife adiposity predicts earlier onset of Alzheimer’s dementia, neuropathology and presymptomatic cerebral amyloid accumulation
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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and renal transplant rejection
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is a common autoimmune thyroid disorder that can disrupt thyroid function and homeostasis. As HT results from a dysregulated immune system, we hypothesized that these patients migh...
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Open AccessScientific requisites for academic advancements in Italy: time to change the rules
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Open AccessPrevalence of epilepsy in the onchocerciasis endemic middle belt of Ghana after 27 years of mass drug administration with ivermectin
In onchocerciasis-endemic areas with high ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission, a high prevalence of epilepsy has been reported. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of ep...
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Open AccessLinking Intensive Care Unit functional scales to the International Classification of Functioning: proposal of a new assessment approach
There are several tools to assess functional and physical status in critical ill patients. These tools can guide rehabilitation strategies in Intensive care units (ICU). However, they are not standardized, and...
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Unusual Vascular Ring in the Fetus
We present the clinical course and echocardiographic and genetic findings of two fetuses with an unusual vascular ring, created by a left aortic arch with a right arterial duct and an aberrant right subclavian...
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Open AccessThoracolumbar spine trauma: a guide for the FRCS examination
Thoracolumbar spine injuries are commonly seen in trauma settings and have a high risk of causing serious morbidity. There can be controversy when it comes to classifying thoracolumbar injuries within the spin...
