2025 October - 19 articles
Background: The number of publications related to rivaroxaban is growing, making it difficult for scientists to review relevant materials. Objectives: This bibliometric analysis is focused on highlighting hot spots and new trends associated with riva...
During pregnancy, a series of physiological changes occur in women, particularly affecting the cardiovascular system with significant hemodynamic alterations. Subsequently, this leads to renal adaptations manifesting through variations in glomerular...
Background/Objectives: Coagulopathy is a common complication of liver cirrhosis, partly due to impaired synthesis of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors. Despite its frequent use, the efficacy of vitamin K in this setting remains uncertain. This...
Background: The clinical characteristics of patients who have a first episode of congestive heart failure (CHF) may have changed in recent years. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed on 19,796 patients discharged from medical departmen...
Background: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is highly prevalent in pediatric critically ill patients and is a potentially modifiable risk factor during critical illness. There are no established national or international recommendations for vitamin D supp...
Background: Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is a rare, chronic inflammatory breast condition with poorly understood etiology and variable clinical presentation. The efficacy of corticosteroid therapy in reducing recurrence remains controversial, particul...
Background: Pediatric asthma is a multifactorial condition influenced by environmental, biological, and social determinants. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new variables that may have affected the severity and management of asthma in children and a...
Background/Objectives: Blood vessel tortuosity can complicate endovascular procedures such as endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke. This study aimed to assess the morphometric characteristics of carotid arteries and investigate the asso...
Introduction: Evidence on orthodontic interventions for temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is fragmented and inconclusive, creating a gap in guidance for clinical decision-making. This study addresses that gap by evaluating current knowledge on these...
Background: In an era of unprecedented technology adoption in healthcare, it is imperative to understand and predict factors influencing users’ perspective. This study employs a risk-integrated technology acceptance model aiming to identify the...
Background: Depression affects around 280 million people globally and is one of the main causes of disability. Among people with cancer, depression and anxiety affect 20–25%, significantly reducing quality of life, adherence to treatments, and...
Background/Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in elderly populations and may impact surgical recovery. Despite the equatorial location, vitamin D insufficiency affects many elderly Ribeirinhos in the Brazilian Amazon. This study investigat...
Serum sickness-like reaction (SSLR) is a rare immune-mediated condition that typically affects the skin and joints after exposure to certain drugs, infections, or vaccines. Although it shares clinical similarities with serum sickness (SS), SSLR diffe...
Background: Endometrial proliferative lesions are common in the menopausal transition and carry a measurable risk of carcinoma. Early risk stratification may guide evaluation and follow-up. Methods: We performed a single-center retrospective study of...
Background/Objectives: Gender (roles as household load and job strain, and identity) represent an effect modifier of the interference between pain experience and sex because it is different between men and women. This study validates a new scale deve...
Background/Objectives: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) remains a major global health burden. Sacubitril/valsartan, an angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI), improves outcomes in HFrEF but may cause hyperkalemia. Method...
Background: Themanagement of occupational respiratory diseases (ORDs) requires a multidisciplinary approach, yet collaboration between pulmonologists and occupational physicians is often fragmented, potentially compromising patient outcomes. This stu...
Cancer pain remains a significant challenge in oncology, profoundly affecting patients’ quality of life, function, and prognosis. Historically under-recognized and managed with a uniform, opioid-centric approach, cancer pain was often inadequat...
Introduction: TPE (therapeutic plasma exchange) has proven to be an extremely effective treatment for a range of conditions, especially over the past 20 years. Anticoagulation with heparin is currently the accepted recommendation for therapeutic plas...
