2023 April-2 - 296 articles
Systemic inflammation plays a central role in the pathophysiology of psoriasis. This study examined accessible systemic inflammatory markers in patients with psoriasis vulgaris and psoriatic arthritis. We aimed to evaluate their association with psor...
High myopia is a significant public health issue globally and in the United States (US), where it affects ~4% of the population or 13 million people. This is a potentially blinding condition, but complications can be prevented with early intervention...
Arterial stiffness is a disease of the arterial media, and it is well known that it is accelerated by aging [...]
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are lymphoid cells that are resident in mucosal tissues, especially the skin, which, once stimulated by epithelial cell-derived cytokines, release IL-5, IL-13, and IL-4, as the effectors of type 2 immune response...
Patients suffering from Unilateral Spatial Neglect (USN) fail to pay attention to, respond to, and report sensory events occurring in the contralesional side of space. The traditional neuropsychological assessment of USN is based on paper-and-pencil...
Background: The current study aimed to investigate the anatomical position of the gonadal veins (GVs) from the viewpoint of spine surgery and the risk factors associated with lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF). Methods: This retrospective study i...
To date, few studies have examined changes in waist circumference and cardiovascular risk profile (CVRP) after autologous breast reconstruction. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of flap surgery using autologous tissue on waist ci...
Malignant tumors of the foot are rare pathologies that can involve the skin, soft tissue, or bone. Due to their rarity, they are often misdiagnosed, resulting in inadequate excision and poor outcomes. A correct approach with a careful examination and...
Background: Intense pulsed light therapy (IPL) is a recently developed way of treating dry eye disease (DED). During the last decade, there was a multiplication of trials studying IPL efficacy. The goal of this review is to summarize the most importa...
Background: existing trials on the role of clinical pharmacists in managing chronic disease patients have focused on variety of interventions, including preparing patients for the transition from hospital to home. However, little quantitative evidenc...
(1) Background: The optimal heart rate, at which the E-wave and A-wave stand adjacent without any overlaps in the Doppler transmitral flow echocardiography, is associated with maximum cardiac output and favorable clinical outcomes in adult patients w...
We conducted a retrospective case–control study in patients presenting a perineal tear (second degree or higher) or episiotomy complicated by wound breakdown during maternity stay to identify risk factors associated with wound breakdown in earl...
Purpose: COVID-19 presents complex pathophysiology, and evidence collected points towards an intricate interaction between viral-dependent and individual immunological mechanisms. Identifying phenotypes through clinical and biological markers may pro...
(1) Background: In ophthalmic surgery, white light is mostly applied to illuminate the intraocular space, and ophthalmologists are comfortable working with it. Diaphanoscopic illumination changes the spectral composition of light, resulting in a chan...
Chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure in obstructive lung diseases may benefit from nocturnal Home non-invasive ventilation (HNIV). It has been shown that in patients with persistence of hypercapnia after an acute episode of chronic obstructive pul...
For decades, trabeculectomy (TE) was considered the gold standard for surgical treatment of open-angle glaucoma owing to its powerful intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering potency. However, owing to the invasive nature and high-risk profile of TE, this...
(I) Introduction: The use of Doppler ultrasound allows us to indirectly assess the effect of increased intrarenal pressure on renal blood flow during retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS). On the basis of vascular flow spectra from selected blood vess...
Our aim was to determine the prognostic impact of coronary artery disease (CAD) on heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) mortality and readmissions. From a prospective multicenter registry that included 1831 patients hospitalized due t...
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most controversially prescribed drugs in polypharmacy. This observational prospective study assessed the PPI prescriptive trend during hospitalization before and after implementation of a prescribing/depres...
Porphyromonas gingivalis secretes virulence factors like Arg-gingipains and peptidyl arginine deiminase (PPAD), that are associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. However, there is no information regarding the antibody titers for these...
Radiotherapy (RT) or concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) is the cornerstone of organ-sparing or adjuvant therapy for nearly all head and neck cancers. Unfortunately, aggressive RT or CCRT can result in severe late toxicities, such as osteoradionecros...
Background: Data from population-based studies investigating trends in environmental factors associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is lacking. We aimed to assess long-term time trends of environmental and socioeconomic factors in IBD patie...
(1) Background: The transcoronary ablation of septal hypertrophy (TASH) is an established therapy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). Previous studies on this topic are characterised by a consistent male predominance and show a worse...
Background: The Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Disk (IBD-Disk) is a physician-administered tool that evaluates the functional status of patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The aim of our study was to validate the content of the IBD-Disk in a...
Leg length discrepancies (LLD) are frequently associated with coronal malalignment. Temporary hemiepiphysiodesis (HED) is a well-established procedure for the correction of limb malalignment in skeletally immature patients. For treatment of LLD >...
The artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implantation is an effective treatment of post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence (PPI). Still, it may result in troublesome complications such as intraoperative urethral lesion and postoperative erosion. Based...
Background: Hemostasis in critically ill patients represents a fragile balance between hypocoagulation and hypercoagulation, and is influenced by various factors. Perioperative use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)—increasingly used...
Background: Syringomyelia (Syr) in patients with Chiari 1 malformation (CM1) may be attributable to abnormal dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the upper cervical segment; fourth ventricle enlargement has been reported in association with a wor...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) poses a significant public health challenge, affecting approximately 11% to 13% of the global population [...]
Background: Hemolysis, a common adverse event associated with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO), may affect neuron-specific enolase (NSE) levels and potentially confound its prognostic value in predicting neurological outcom...
Background: Frequent premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) can cause PVC-induced cardiomyopathy. The value of PVC ablation in patients with preserved left ventricular function in the low–normal range (ejection fraction: 50–55%) is not established. S...
Background: The resorption of magnesium-based alloy bioabsorbable screws results in the release of hydrogen gas, which can mimic infection and enter the growth plate. The screw itself and the released gas may also affect image quality. Objective: The...
Endometrial cancer (EC) is increasingly undermining female health worldwide, with poor survival rates for advanced or recurrent/metastatic diseases. The application of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has opened a window of opportunity for patient...
Patients diagnosed with exudative neovascular age-related macular degeneration are commonly treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents. However, response to treatment is heterogeneous, without a clinical explanation. Pred...
Background: Structured exercise as part of lifestyle modification plays an important role in the improvement of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); however, its effectiveness has been shown to vary. This systematic review with meta-analysis in...
Many stroke survivors’ quality of life is impaired. Few studies of factors influencing their quality of life have been based on the factors tested by the short form 36 instrument. This study did so with 308 physically disabled stroke survivors...
Background: Frailty is gaining importance in cardiothoracic surgery and is a risk factor for adverse outcomes and mortality. Various frailty scores have since been developed, but there is no consensus which to use for cardiac surgery. Methods: In an...
This review focuses on current developments in post-resuscitation care for adults with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). As the incidence of OHCA is high and with a low percentage of survival, it remains a challenge to treat those who survive...
The treatment response criteria in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) have been recently updated. This study aimed to assess treatment responses in 39 (16 males) patients with AIH confirmed by histology. Prednisone added to azathioprine or mycophenolate was...
This study aimed to systematically review the literature to determine the efficacy and safety of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in the management of submandibular gland (SMG) sialolithiasis. PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane were searched for English-la...
COVID-19 has a deteriorating impact on health which is especially important for endurance athletes (EAs) who need to maintain continuity of training. The illness affects sleep and psychology, which influence sport performance. The aims of this study...
Introduction: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is complex, and risk stratification tools have the potential to include components other than clinical risk indicators, thus requiring extensive studies. Simple and accurate biomarkers for OHCA pati...
The standard treatment for early-stage lung cancer is complete tumor excision by limited resection of the lung. Preoperative localization is used before video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) to improve the accuracy of pulmonary nodule excision....
Background: Because the vast majority of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in Chinese patients is a direct result of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection, there is a dearth of data for EBV-negative patients in this population. This multicenter study...
Background: The gold standard for the diagnosis of sleep bruxism (SB) is laboratory polysomnography (L-PSG) recording. However, many clinicians still define SB using patients’ self-assessment and/or clinical tooth wear (TW). The purpose of this...
There is little knowledge of the effect of inflammatory markers on the prognoses of hematoma expansion (HE) in patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). We evaluated the impact of neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet–lymphocy...
Anxiety and depressive symptoms adversely affect surgical outcomes in patients with rotator cuff tear (RCT) undergoing surgical repair. Patients without a diagnosis of mood disorders, such as anxiety and depression, before rotator cuff repair (RCR) c...
Background: Myocardial fibrosis represents a mainstay pathway in the pathophysiology of uremic cardiomyopathy. This process leads to structural and functional changes in the heart, which can be detected by echocardiography. The purpose of our study w...
This retrospective, single-center study evaluates the safety and efficacy of PreserfloTM MicroShunt (MicroShunt) implantations compared to trabeculectomies (TETs) in patients diagnosed with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEXG). A total of 31 eyes from 2...
This study aimed to evaluate the clinical relevance of vaginal cuff dehiscence following a hysterectomy. Data were prospectively collected from all patients who underwent hysterectomies at a tertiary academic medical center between 2014 and 2018. The...
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