Oct 16, 2023

Information about condition(s) being present at time of surgery (PATOS) in the American College of Surgeons (ASC) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database can influence the posto...

Oct 16, 2023

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health concern worldwide, with a high incidence and a significant impact on morbidity and mortality. The alteration of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics...

Oct 16, 2023

Nomograms are easy-to-handle clinical tools which can help in estimating the risk of adverse outcome in certain population. This multi-center study aims to create and validate a simple and usable clin...

Oct 16, 2023

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a severe, non-ischemic heart disease which ultimately results in heart failure (HF). Decades of research on DCM have revealed diverse aetiologies. Among them, familial ...

Oct 09, 2023

Atrial fibrillation (AF) detected after insular stroke might arise from autonomic and inflammatory mechanisms triggered by insular damage and be associated with a low embolic risk. We assessed the ass...

Oct 09, 2023

To explore the association between myocardial enzymes and one-year mortality, and establish a nomogram integrating myocardial enzymes and clinical characteristics to predict one-year mortality among s...

Oct 09, 2023

The present study aimed to isolate Pasteurella multocida (P. multocida) from pulmonary cases in several avian species and then investigate the histopathological features, antimicrobial resistance de...

Oct 09, 2023

Specialized military groups like Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel can suffer allostatic overload leading to complex health outcomes characterized as Operator Syndrome (OS). Here we (1) eval...

Oct 09, 2023

Depression and sleep disturbance often co-occur, and both have been found to negatively impact cognitive functioning. This study aims to examine sleep as a potential mediator between depression and co...

Oct 09, 2023

In the past decade, a legal framework was created in Germany that promotes intense collaboration at the interface between primary and secondary care. This overview article distinguishes between the ef...

Oct 02, 2023

Extracranial vertebral artery aneurysms are rare complications resulting from trauma and multiple different diseases. However, the difference between clinical and surgical profiles is well understood....

Oct 02, 2023

Despite recent progress in medical and endovascular therapy, the prognosis for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) remains poor. In response, various stem cells and growth factors have been ass...

Oct 02, 2023

Existent methodologies for benchmarking the quality of surgical care are linear and fail to capture the complex interactions of preoperative variables. We sought to leverage novel nonlinear artificial...

Oct 02, 2023

Despite the broad use of helmets, incidence of concussion remains high. Current methods for helmet evaluation focus on the measurement of head kinematics as the primary tool for quantifying risk of br...

Oct 02, 2023

To analyze the effects of sociodemographic and player characteristics on the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool and neuropsychological scores over 8 years in a large sample of rugby players.An 8-year ...

Oct 02, 2023

Left ventricular (LV) circumferential and longitudinal strain provide important insight into LV mechanics and function, each contributing to volumetric changes throughout the cardiac cycle. We sought ...

Oct 02, 2023

Although effective and appropriate fluid management is a critical aspect of quality care during hospitalization, the widespread adoption of consistent policies that ensure adequate fluid stewardship h...

Sep 25, 2023

There have been a number of anastomosis methods of bypass techniques reported for moyamoya disease. However, there are yet no randomized controlled trials conducted on the anastomosis method. Retrogra...

Sep 25, 2023

Sepsis arises from an uncontrolled inflammatory response to infection that can lead to organ failure. The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a key modulator of sepsis progression. This study...

Sep 25, 2023

Early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) remains an important cause of neonatal mortality and has many risk factors, therefore, this study aimed to investigate the perinatal risk factors for EONS.We searche...