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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38531251/machine-learning-based-predictive-model-for-abdominal-diseases-using-physical-examination-datasets
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wei Chen, YuJie Zhang, Weili Wu, Hui Yang, Wenxiu Huang
Abdominal ultrasound is a key non-invasive imaging method for diagnosing liver, kidney, and gallbladder diseases, despite its clinical significance, not all individuals can undergo abdominal ultrasonography during routine health check-ups due to limitations in equipment, cost, and time. This study aims to use basic physical examination data to predict the risk of diseases of the liver, kidney, and gallbladder that can be diagnosed via abdominal ultrasound. Basic physical examination data contain gender, age, height, weight, BMI, pulse, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), total cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting blood glucose (FBG), and uric acid-we established seven single-label predictive models and one multi-label predictive model...
March 11, 2024: Computers in Biology and Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38524373/a-pulse-check-for-trends-in-sea-turtle-numbers-across-the-globe
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Graeme C Hays, Gail Schofield, Maria Papazekou, Anastasia Chatzimentor, Stelios Katsanevakis, Antonios D Mazaris
Population declines of vertebrates are common, but rebuilding marine life may be possible. We assessed trends in sea turtle numbers globally, building 61 time series of abundance extending beyond 2015, representing monitoring in >1200 years. Increases were widespread with significant upward trends, no significant change, and significant downward trends in 28, 28, and 5 time series, respectively. For example, annual nest numbers increased between 1980 and 2018 from around 4,000 to 16,000 for green turtles at Aldabra (Seychelles, Indian Ocean) and between 2008 and 2020 from around 500 to 35,000 for loggerhead turtles in Sal (Cape Verde, north Atlantic)...
March 15, 2024: IScience
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38499129/ablation-of-accessory-pathways-in-different-anatomical-locations-using-focal-pulsed-field-ablation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Toni Brešković, Lucija Lisica, Zrinka Jurišić, Davor Petrović, Ivan Sikirić, Vitomir Metličić, Ante Anić
BACKGROUND: Ablation of accessory pathways (AP) is cornerstone for treatment of patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and manifestation of atrioventricular reentry tachycardia. Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is a new type of non-thermal form of energy source delivered to the underlying tissue via the ablation catheter and used for ablation of arrhythmic substrates. OBJECTIVE: We present the efficiency and long-term outcome of ablation of APs of different localizations using a focal pulsed electrical field...
March 16, 2024: Heart Rhythm: the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38452453/effects-of-pulsed-nd-yag-laser-kernel-irradiation-on-maize-zea-mays-l-insights-into-germination-gas-exchange-photosynthetic-pigments-and-morphological-modifications
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rashida Perveen, Yasir Jamil, Arwa Abdulkreem Al-Huqail, Ibtisam Mohammed Alsudays, Suliman Mohammed Suliman Alghanem, Qasim Ali, Farah Saeed, Muhammad Azeem, Muhammad Rizwan, Sami Asir Al-Robai
Energy has always been the most concerned topic worldwide due to its large consumption. Among various types of energies, light has amazing characteristics and have interesting effects on living organisms. Interest is increasing in the use of laser kernel treatment as an environment friendly physical technique for better results in agronomic crops, but the work is still in progress. The present study was conducted with the aim to examine the application of range of Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd:YAG) pulsed laser exposures (200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1400 J/cm2 ) as pre-sowing kernel treatment on seedling survival rate, leaf photosynthetic activity in relation with photosynthetic pigments and visual morphological effects at seedling to maturity stage...
March 1, 2024: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. B, Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38445327/emergency-medical-services-protocols-for-assessment-and-treatment-of-patients-with-ventricular-assist-devices
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emily L Larson, JiWon Woo, Gyeongtae Moon, Kathy Liu, Matthew Vergel, Reed Jenkins, Kelly Jiang, Zachary Darby, Asa Margolis, Ahmet Kilic
BACKGROUND: Patients with ventricular assist devices (VADs) represent a growing population presenting to Emergency Medical Services (EMS), but little is known about their prehospital care. This study aimed to characterize current EMS protocols in the United States for patients with VADs. METHODS: States with state-wide EMS protocols were included. Protocols were obtained from the state EMS website. If not available, the office of the state medical director was contacted...
March 6, 2024: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38398934/hot-carrier-damage-in-n-channel-edmos-used-in-single-photon-avalanche-diode-cell-through-quasi-static-modeling
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alain Bravaix, Hugo Pitard, Xavier Federspiel, Florian Cacho
A single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) cell using N-channel extended-drain metal oxide semiconductor (N-EDMOS) is tested for its hot-carrier damage (HCD) resistance. The stressing gate-voltage (VGS ) dependence is compared to hot-hole (HH) injection, positive bias temperature (PBT) instability and off-mode (VGS = 0). The goal was to check an accurate device lifetime extraction using accelerated DC to AC stressing by applying the quasi-static (QS) lifetime technique. N-EDMOS device is devoted to 3D bonding with CMOS imagers obtained by an optimized process with an effective gate-length Leff = 0...
January 30, 2024: Micromachines
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38360859/non-linear-relationship-between-pulse-pressure-and-the-risk-of-prediabetes-a-5-year-cohort-study-in-chinese-adults
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zhenhua Huang, Fangxi Wang, Xiaoyong Xiao, Dehong Liu, Zhe Deng
Previous research has established a strong link between pulse pressure (PP) and diabetes, but there is limited investigation into the connection between PP and prediabetes. This study aims to explore the potential association between PP and prediabetes. A retrospective cohort study encompassed 202,320 Chinese adults who underwent health check-ups between 2010 and 2016. Prediabetes was defined in accordance with the World Health Organization criteria, indicating impaired fasting glucose, with fasting blood glucose levels ranging from 6...
February 15, 2024: Scientific Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38359217/impact-of-non-gaussian-noise-on-gmi-and-ldpc-performance-in-neural-network-equalized-systems
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Weiqi Lu, Zexu Liu, Zhaopeng Xu, Lei Liu, Yang Zou, Xiaoxiao Dai, Qi Yang, William Shieh
In this Letter, the impact of non-Gaussian noise caused by a nonlinear equalizer on low-density parity-check code (LDPC) performance is investigated in a 25-km 50-Gb/s pulse amplitude modulation4 (PAM4) direct detection system. The lookup table (LUT)-based log-likelihood ratio (LLR) calculation method is proposed to enhance the LDPC performance for the non-Gaussian noise case. Compared to the conventional LLR calculation method based on Gaussian distribution, the proposed method can improve 0.6-dB sensitivity in artificial neural network (ANN) equalizer systems...
February 15, 2024: Optics Letters
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38272387/hands-free-pulse-checks-the-future-of-cpr
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Willard W Sharp, David G Beiser
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January 23, 2024: Resuscitation
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38246068/evaluation-of-a-novel-stationary-phase-for-the-separation-of-lactose-and-isomers-in-lactose-free-products-using-high-performance-anion-exchange-chromatography-coupled-with-pulsed-amperometric-detection-hpaec-pad
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christian Marvelous, Thijs Mulder, Jean-Pierre Chervet, Nico J Reinhoud, Hendrik-Jan Brouwer
Lactose intolerance is a widespread condition, which prevents a large number of people from consuming dairy products as a part of their daily diet. It is estimated that an average of 65% of the global population is suffering from lactose intolerance. The global market for 'lactose-free' dairy products is rapidly growing and the criteria for 'lactose-free' labelled products are becoming stricter. To check the lactose contents in these products there is a need for fast, sensitive, and selective analytical method...
January 15, 2024: Journal of Chromatography. A
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38237962/does-ecg-monitoring-affect-resuscitation-for-neonates-with-pulseless-electrical-activity-in-the-delivery-room-a-simulated-pilot-crossover-randomised-trial
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Michael-Andrew Assaad, Laurence Gariepy-Assal, Ahmed Moussa
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether ECG monitoring impacts resuscitative steps during simulated neonatal resuscitation in the setting of pulseless electrical activity (PEA) in the delivery room. DESIGN: This pilot, crossover randomised controlled trial recruited providers in teams of three who participated in two simulation scenarios (PEA with and without ECG monitoring). Teams were randomised to one scenario and then crossed over. All sessions were video-recorded. The primary outcome was time to pulse check once the manikin was programmed to become pulseless...
January 17, 2024: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38228722/development-and-validation-of-a-risk-model-for-intracardiac-thrombosis-in-patients-with-dilated-cardiomyopathy-a-retrospective-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuan Huang, Long-Chang Li, Yu-Xin Li, Li-Hua Yang, Chun Gui
Intracardiac thrombosis is a severe complication in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. This study aims to develop and validate an individualized nomogram to evaluate the risk of intracardiac thrombosis in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. This retrospective study included patients diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy at first admission. Clinical baseline characteristics were acquired from electronic medical record systems. Multiple methods were applied to screen the key variables and generate multiple different variable combinations...
January 16, 2024: Scientific Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38205840/novel-uses-of-complement-inhibitors-in-myasthenia-gravis-two-case-reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sean Zadeh, Hayley Price, Reed Drews, Marc A Bouffard, Lucy H Young, Pushpa Narayanaswami
INTRODUCTION/AIMS: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, life-threatening immune-related adverse effect (irAE) of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment. C5-complement inhibitors are effective treatments for acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR ab) positive generalized MG. We describe the use of eculizumab/ravulizumab in two patients with MG receiving concomitant pembrolizumab. METHODS: This was a retrospective review of two medical records. RESULTS: Patient 1: An 80-year-old male with recurrent, non-muscle invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder developed ICI-induced AChR ab positive MG (ICI-MG), myositis, and myocarditis 2 weeks after the first dose of pembrolizumab...
March 2024: Muscle & Nerve
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38184918/role-of-continuous-pulse-oximetry-and-capnography-monitoring-in-the-prevention-of-postoperative-respiratory-failure-postoperative-opioid-induced-respiratory-depression-and-adverse-outcomes-on-hospital-wards-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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Ashish K Khanna, Akshat Banga, Joseph Rigdon, Brian N White, Christian Cuvillier, Joao Ferraz, Fredrik Olsen, Loren Hackett, Vikas Bansal, Roop Kaw
OBJECTIVE: The current standards of postoperative respiratory monitoring on medical-surgical floors involve spot-pulse oximetry checks every 4-8 h, which can miss the opportunity to detect prolonged hypoxia and acute hypercapnia. Continuous respiratory monitoring can recognize acute respiratory depression episodes; however, the existing evidence is limited. We sought to review the current evidence on the effectiveness of continuous pulse oximetry (CPOX) with and without capnography versus routine monitoring and their effectiveness for detecting postoperative respiratory failure, opioid-induced respiratory depression, and preventing downstream adverse events...
January 6, 2024: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38156170/comparison-of-the-efficacy-of-midazolam-and-dexmedetomidine-as-sedative-agents-in-third-molar-surgery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alden S Jason, Gidean A Sundaram, Preethi J, Santhosh P Kumar, Murugesan Krishnan
Introduction Minor dental and oral surgical procedures have been made comfortable with the rise in the use of daycare sedatives. Of these sedatives, midazolam is deemed a common sedative used for minor oral surgical procedures. Newer and safer sedatives such as dexmedetomidine have certain properties that may prove more efficient in oral surgical procedures. Third molar surgery is one of the most common minor oral surgical procedures performed in dentistry. Thus, this study aims to compare the efficacy of midazolam and dexmedetomidine as sedative agents in third molar surgery...
November 2023: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38151742/temporary-and-highly-variable-recovery-of-neuromuscular-dysfunction-by-electrical-stimulation-in-the-follow-up-of-acute-critical-illness-neuromyopathy-a-pilot-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Madona Sekhniashvili, Petra Baum, Klaus V Toyka
BACKGROUND: In sepsis-associated critical illness neuromyopathy (CIPNM) serial electrical stimulation of motor nerves induces a short-lived temporary recovery of compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) termed facilitation phenomenon (FP). This technique is different from other stimulation techniques published. The identification of FP suggests a major functional component in acute CIPNM. METHODS: From our previous study cohort of 18 intensive care unit patients with sepsis associated CIPNM showing profound muscle weakness and low or missing CMAPs on nerve conduction studies, six patients with different severity could be followed...
December 28, 2023: Neurological research and practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38151689/screening-for-atrial-fibrillation-in-care-homes-using-pulse-palpation-and-the-alivecor-kardia-mobile%C3%A2-device-a-comparative-cross-sectional-pilot-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
V Savickas, A J Stewart, V J Short, A Mathie, S K Bhamra, E L Veale, S A Corlett
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major cause of stroke in older people. Exacerbated by age and co-morbidities, residents of care homes are more likely to develop AF and less likely to receive oral anticoagulants. AIM: To determine the prevalence of AF using the design and methodology of the Pharmacists Detecting Atrial Fibrillation (PDAF) study in a care home setting. METHOD: A cross-sectional AF screening pilot study within four UK care homes, three residential and one residential/nursing...
December 27, 2023: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38086291/doxorubicin-induced-epigenetic-regulation-of-dendritic-cell-maturation-in-association-with-t-cell-activation-facilitates-tumor-protective-immune-response-in-non-small-cell-lung-cancer-nsclc
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Oishi Mukherjee, Sambuddha Paul, Sumana Das, Sudeshna Rakshit, Geetha Shanmugam, Melvin George, Koustav Sarkar
BACKGROUND: NSCLC is one of the leading causes of death and is often diagnosed at late stages with no alternative therapeutic approach. DCs are professional antigen-presenting cells and DC-based immunotherapy has been under the spotlight for its anti-cancer properties. Epigenetic modifications including DNA methylation and histone modification in DCs play a crucial role in regulating their functions such as maturation and activation,innate immune responses, T cell priming, antigen presentation, and cytokine production...
December 1, 2023: Pathology, Research and Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38075002/reactions-to-misoprostol-a-case-report
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Arsalan Salari, Aseme Pourrajabi, Samaneh Karami, Zahra Hamidi Madani
BACKGROUND: Most of abortions occur before the 13th week of pregnancy. Nowadays, non-surgical approaches for evacuation of uterine have been replaced with surgical ones due to the reduction in bleeding, fewer complications, ease of management, and cost-effectiveness. Misoprostol is a prostaglandin E1 analog that is used for labor induction. It is known as a safe drug with very few side effects. CASE PRESENTATION: A 29-year-old woman with the gestational age of 11 weeks and 6 days with a diagnosis of cystic hygroma introduced herself to the labor ward...
2023: Clinical Medicine Insights. Case Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38066817/feasibility-of-optical-genome-mapping-from-placental-and-umbilical-cord-sampled-after-spontaneous-or-therapeutic-pregnancy-termination
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carole Goumy, Zangbéwendé Guy Ouedraogo, Elodie Bellemonte, Eleonore Eymard-Pierre, Gwendoline Soler, Isabelle Perthus, Céline Pebrel-Richard, Laetitia Gouas, Gaëlle Salaun, Lauren Véronèse, Hélène Laurichesse, Claude Darcha, Andrei Tchirkov
Optical genome mapping (OGM) is an alternative to classical cytogenetic techniques to improve the detection rate of clinically significant genomic abnormalities. The isolation of high-molecular-weight (HMW) DNA is critical for a successful OGM analysis. HMW DNA quality depends on tissue type, sample size, and storage conditions. We assessed the feasibility of OGM analysis of DNA from nine umbilical cord (UC) and six chorionic villus (CV) samples collected after the spontaneous or therapeutic termination of pregnancy...
November 30, 2023: Diagnostics
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