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Liver Resection Criteria for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Multiple Tumors Based on Total Tumor Volume
BackgroundIn many Asian hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) guidelines, resection is an option for multiple HCCs. It is difficult to compare small but...
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Clinical criteria and diagnostic assessment of fibromyalgia: position statement of the Italian Society of Neurology-Neuropathic Pain Study Group
BackgroundThe role of central and/or peripheral nervous system dysfunction is basically fundamental in fibromyalgia.
AimThe aim of this position...
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Selection of Fusion Levels in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Purpose of ReviewPosterior spinal fusion (PSF) is the preferred treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients with surgical range...
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Living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma beyond the Milan criteria: outcome of expanded criteria in tumor size
BackgroundThe Milan criteria are the universal standard of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Numerous expanded criteria have...
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Heart Transplant Donor Selection Guidelines: Review and Recommendations
Purpose of ReviewThe rate of heart transplants, while steadily increasing, is insufficient to meet the growing list of transplant candidates....
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Role of Strauss ECG criteria as predictor of response in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy
BackgroundCardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a standard treatment in patients with heart failure; however, approximately 20–40% of recipients...
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Optimal patient selection for maze procedure in patients undergoing mitral valve disease
ObjectivesAlthough risk factors for unsuccessful Maze procedure have been demonstrated, an appropriate patient selection is still controversial. In...
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[18F]FDG PET/CT criteria for treatment response assessment: EORTC and beyond
In the era of precision medicine, the optimization of oncological patient management with early and accurate tumor response assessment is crucial. In...
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Criteria for stop** high-flow nasal oxygen for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has been widely promoted during the COVID-19 pandemic to circumvent invasive mechanical ventilation. While there are...
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Quality Criteria for Studies Assessing the Acute Effects of Heading: Results from a UEFA Expert Panel
There is increasing concern regarding the effects of heading in football on brain health including cognitive, behavioural and neuromotor function,...
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Critical appraisal in rapid systematic reviews of COVID-19 studies: implementation of the Quality Criteria Checklist (QCC)
In this letter, we briefly describe how we selected and implemented the quality criteria checklist (QCC) as a critical appraisal tool in rapid...
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Utility of the pediatric liver contrast-enhanced ultrasound criteria in differentiating malignant and benign multifocal lesions
BackgroundThe pediatric liver contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) criteria were developed to improve the diagnostic performance of CEUS in...
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Multiparametric bone MRI targeting aides lesion selection for CT-guided sclerotic bone biopsies in metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer
BackgroundBone biopsies in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients can be challenging. This study’s objective was to...
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A consensus document on definition and diagnostic criteria for orthorexia nervosa
PurposeSince the term orthorexia nervosa (ON) was coined from the Greek (ὀρθός, right and ὄρεξις, appetite) in 1997 to describe an obsession with...
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Methylation marks in blood DNA reveal breast cancer risk in patients fulfilling hereditary disease criteria
Less than 15–20% of patients who meet the criteria for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) carry pathogenic coding genetic mutations,...
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Selection criteria for minimally invasive resection of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma—a word of caution: a propensity score matched analysis using the national cancer database
BackgroundWhile minimally invasive liver resection (MILR) vs. open approach (OLR) has been shown to be safe, the perioperative and oncologic safety...
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A Survey on Screening and Diagnostic Criteria of Auditory Processing Disorders in India
The current study aimed to determine the criteria used for screening and diagnosing cases with central auditory processing disorders (CAPD) in India....
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Comparison of PET/CT-based eligibility according to VISION and TheraP trial criteria in end-stage prostate cancer patients undergoing radioligand therapy
BackgroundTwo randomized clinical trials demonstrated the efficacy of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radioligand therapy (PSMA RLT) in...
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Kidney transplants from elderly donors: what we have learned 20 years after the Crystal City consensus criteria meeting
Based on the current projection of the general population and the combined increase in end-stage kidney disease with age, the number of elderly...
