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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537180/perfluorobutane-sonazoid-contrast-enhanced-ultrasound-to-diagnose-hepatocellular-carcinoma-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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REVIEW
Yujia Chen, Wenjun Zhu, Yunyun Yi, Huali Cao, Fan Chen, Qinling Zhu
AIM: This meta-analysis aimed to assess the precision of Sonazoid contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to distinguish hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from focal liver lesions (FLLs). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched and checked for studies using Sonazoid CEUS to characterize HCC. A comprehensive meta-analysis was conducted, involving data pooling, subgroup analyses, meta-regression, and investigation of publication bias...
February 25, 2024: Medical Ultrasonography
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536993/factors-associated-with-voice-related-quality-of-life-among-patients-with-temporomandibular-disorders
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rüdiger Emshoff, Magdalena Astl, Aris Ioannis Giotakis, Linus Christian Hupp, Andreas Kolk
BACKGROUND: Research would be important for obtaining a better understanding of voice complaints among patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). OBJECTIVE: The identification of predictors of voice disorders associated with TMD pain was made according to Diagnostic Criteria for TMD (DC/TMD) Axis I. METHODOLOGY: Functional limitations were measured using the Jaw Functional Limitation Scales for mastication (JFLS-M), jaw mobility (JFLS-JM), and verbal and emotional expression (JFLS-VEE)...
2024: Journal of Applied Oral Science: Revista FOB
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536982/lung-cancer-screening-in-brazil-recommendations-from-the-brazilian-society-of-thoracic-surgery-brazilian-thoracic-association-and-brazilian-college-of-radiology-and-diagnostic-imaging
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Luiz Fernando Ferreira Pereira, Ricardo Sales Dos Santos, Daniel Oliveira Bonomi, Juliana Franceschini, Ilka Lopes Santoro, André Miotto, Thiago Lins Fagundes de Sousa, Rodrigo Caruso Chate, Bruno Hochhegger, Artur Gomes Neto, Airton Schneider, César Augusto de Araújo Neto, Dante Luiz Escuissato, Gustavo Faibischew Prado, Luciana Costa-Silva, Mauro Musa Zamboni, Mario Claudio Ghefter, Paulo César Rodrigues Pinto Corrêa, Pedro Paulo Teixeira E Silva Torres, Ricardo Kalaf Mussi, Valdair Francisco Muglia, Irma de Godoy, Wanderley Marques Bernardo
Although lung cancer (LC) is one of the most common and lethal tumors, only 15% of patients are diagnosed at an early stage. Smoking is still responsible for more than 85% of cases. Lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose CT (LDCT) reduces LC-related mortality by 20%, and that reduction reaches 38% when LCS by LDCT is combined with smoking cessation. In the last decade, a number of countries have adopted population-based LCS as a public health recommendation. Albeit still incipient, discussion on this topic in Brazil is becoming increasingly broad and necessary...
2024: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia: Publicaça̋o Oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536577/can-artificial-intelligence-detect-type-2-diabetes-in-women-by-evaluating-the-pectoral-muscle-on-tomosynthesis-diagnostic-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Meltem M Yashar, Ilayda Begum Izci, Fatma Zeynep Gungoren, Abdulkadir A Eren, Ali A Mert, Irmak I Durur-Subasi
OBJECTIVES: This retrospective single-center analysis aimed to evaluate whether artificial intelligence can detect type 2 diabetes mellitus by evaluating the pectoral muscle on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). MATERIAL METHOD: An analysis of 11,594 DBT images of 287 consecutive female patients (mean age 60, range 40-77 years) was conducted using convolutional neural networks (EfficientNetB5). The inclusion criterion was left-sided screening images with unsuspicious interpretation who also had a current glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HBA1c) % value...
March 27, 2024: Insights Into Imaging
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536531/minimally-invasive-approaches-to-diagnose-and-monitor-eosinophilic-gi-diseases
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REVIEW
Ellie J M Furuta, Glenn T Furuta, Robin Shandas
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review seeks to understand novel avenues for eosinophilic GI disease management. Biomarkers offer a unique and non-invasive approach to tracking EoE disease progression. While no biomarkers have definitively met the diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic GI diseases, some biomarkers have been shown to be associated with disease activity. Here, we examine the potential of recently studied biomarkers. RECENT FINDINGS: Current research shows advancements in blood, luminal fluid, and breath testing...
March 27, 2024: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536517/development-and-validation-of-a-risk-prediction-model-for-valve-regurgitation-in-beh%C3%A3-et-s-disease
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zixian Deng, Benhui Liang, Tangzhiming Li, Qiyun Liu, Xiaoyu Wang, Xin Sun, Ziwei Ou, Lin Zhao, Cong Xu, Huadong Liu, Jianghua Li
BACKGROUND: In Behçet's disease (BD), mild-to-severe valvular regurgitation (VR) poses a serious complication that contributes significantly to heart failure and eventually death. The accurate prediction of VR is crucial in the early stages of BD subjects for improved prognosis. Accordingly, this study aimed to develop a nomogram that can detect VR early in the course of BD. METHODS: One hundred seventy-two patients diagnosed with Behçet's disease (BD) were conducted to assess cardiac valve regurgitation as the primary outcome...
March 27, 2024: Clinical Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536490/symptoms-of-selective-mutism-beyond-failure-to-speak-in-children-and-adolescents
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Felix Vogel, Carolin Röse, Christina Schwenck
Understanding the symptoms of a mental disorder is essential for accurate diagnosis or selecting appropriate treatment targets. Despite this, there is a surprising lack of systematic research on the symptoms of selective mutism (SM). While the DSM-5 defines failure to speak as the only core symptom of SM, sparse research suggests that children with SM may experience additional symptoms. Previous studies have been limited in their identification of symptoms of SM, either by using a predefined set of symptoms or by only asking for anxiety-specific symptoms...
March 27, 2024: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536425/integrated-pretreatment-diffusion-kurtosis-imaging-and-serum-squamous-cell-carcinoma-antigen-levels-a-biomarker-strategy-for-early-assessment-of-radiotherapy-outcomes-in-cervical-cancer
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Xiang Zheng, Fangmin Shen, Wenjuan Chen, Wang Ren, Shaoliang Tang
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to explore the utility of pretreatment DKI parameters and serum SCC-Ag in evaluating the early therapeutic response of cervical cancer to radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 33 patients diagnosed with cervical cancer, including 31 cases of cervical squamous cell carcinoma and two cases of adenosquamous carcinoma, participated in the study. All patients underwent conventional MRI and DKI scans on a 3T magnetic resonance scanner before radiotherapy and after ten sessions of radiotherapy...
March 27, 2024: Abdominal Radiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536171/a-revised-definition-of-left-bundle-branch-block-using-time-to-notch-in-lead-i
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jeremy S Treger, Ahmad B Allaw, Pouyan Razminia, Dipayon Roy, Amulya Gampa, Swati Rao, Andrew D Beaser, Srinath Yeshwant, Zaid Aziz, Cevher Ozcan, Gaurav A Upadhyay
IMPORTANCE: Current left bundle branch block (LBBB) criteria are based on animal experiments or mathematical models of cardiac tissue conduction and may misclassify patients. Improved criteria would impact referral decisions and device type for cardiac resynchronization therapy. OBJECTIVE: To develop a simple new criterion for LBBB based on electrophysiological studies of human patients, and then to validate this criterion in an independent population. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In this diagnostic study, the derivation cohort was from a single-center, prospective study of patients undergoing electrophysiological study from March 2016 through November 2019...
March 27, 2024: JAMA Cardiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536015/bringing-proteomics-to-bear-on-male-fertility-key-lessons
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Rachel Parkes, Thomas X Garcia
INTRODUCTION: Male infertility is a major public health concern globally. Proteomics has revolutionized our comprehension of male fertility by identifying potential infertility biomarkers and reproductive defects. Studies comparing sperm proteome with other male reproductive tissues have the potential to refine fertility diagnostics and guide infertility treatment development. AREAS COVERED: This review encapsulates literature using proteomic approaches to progress male reproductive biology...
March 27, 2024: Expert Review of Proteomics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535839/evaluation-of-the-effect-of-a-recent-comparative-intradermal-tuberculin-test-on-the-humoral-diagnosis-of-paratuberculosis-using-serum-and-milk-samples-from-goats
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carlos Velasco, Javier Ortega, Alberto Gómez-Buendía, Anna Grau, Marisol López, Julio Álvarez, Beatriz Romero, Lucía de Juan, Javier Bezos
Paratuberculosis (PTB) and tuberculosis (TB) are two mycobacterial diseases with a severe economic and health impact on domestic ruminants. The ante mortem diagnosis of PTB is hampered, among other factors, by the limited sensitivity of all the available diagnostic techniques. Since TB-infected goats subjected to the comparative intradermal tuberculin test (CITT) may experience a booster effect on their antibody titer and a potential enhancement to the sensitivity of humoral techniques for tuberculosis, in the present study we aimed to evaluate this diagnostic strategy on the humoral diagnosis of PTB in serum and milk samples collected from a caprine herd that was TB free and PTB infected...
February 28, 2024: Veterinary Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535061/thoracic-biometry-in-patients-with-congenital-diaphragmatic-hernia-a-magnetic-resonance-imaging-study
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Erick George Neștianu, Septimiu Popescu, Dragoș Ovidiu Alexandru, Laura Giurcăneanu, Radu Vlădăreanu
This is a retrospective study investigating biometric measurements using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). CDH is one of the more common causes of pulmonary hypoplasia, with grave consequences for the fetus. Inclusion criteria were patients diagnosed with CDH as the only observed anomaly, who underwent MRI examination after the second-trimester morphology ultrasound. The patients came from three university hospitals in Bucharest, Romania. In total, 19 patients were included in the study after applying exclusion criteria...
March 18, 2024: Diagnostics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535038/tumor-like-lesions-in-primary-angiitis-of-the-central-nervous-system-the-role-of-magnetic-resonance-imaging-in-differential-diagnosis
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Marialuisa Zedde, Manuela Napoli, Claudio Moratti, Claudio Pavone, Lara Bonacini, Giovanna Di Cecco, Serena D'Aniello, Ilaria Grisendi, Federica Assenza, Grégoire Boulouis, Thanh N Nguyen, Franco Valzania, Rosario Pascarella
Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS) is a rare disease and its diagnosis is a challenge for several reasons, including the lack of specificity of the main findings highlighted in the current diagnostic criteria. Among the neuroimaging pattern of PACNS, a tumefactive form (t-PACNS) is a rare subtype and its differential diagnosis mainly relies on neuroimaging. Tumor-like mass lesions in the brain are a heterogeneous category including tumors (in particular, primary brain tumors such as glial tumors and lymphoma), inflammatory (e...
March 14, 2024: Diagnostics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534990/safety-and-diagnostic-yield-of-medical-pleuroscopy-mp-performed-under-balanced-analgosedation-by-a-pneumological-team-compared-to-video-assisted-thoracic-surgery-vats-a-retrospective-controlled-real-life-study-torapo
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Valentino Allocca, Luca Guidelli, Angela Galgano, Lucia Benedetti, Roberto Fabbroni, Andrea Bianco, Piero Paladini, Raffaele Scala
INTRODUCTION: Medical pleuroscopy (MP) is an invasive technique that provides access to the pleural space with a rigid or semi-rigid work instrument, allowing for visualization and the obtaining of bioptic pleural samples. Using pulmonologist-based analgosedation to perform pleuroscopy is still debated for safety reasons. The aim of this real-life study is to demonstrate the safety and diagnostic yield of MP performed under balanced analgosedation by a pulmonologist team with expertise in the management of critically ill patients in the respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) and interventional pulmonology unit as compared to video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) performed by a thoracic surgeon team under anesthesiologist-based analgosedation...
March 7, 2024: Diagnostics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534883/uncommon-presentation-of-sarcoidosis-with-severe-thrombocytopenia-and-hemorrhagic-diathesis
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Dorela Lame, Michelangelo Pianelli, Shahram Kordasti, Erika Morsia, Attilio Olivieri, Antonella Poloni
Sarcoidosis, a multi-organ system disease, often presents insidiously. Thrombocytopenia in sarcoidosis is frequent because of hypersplenism, granulomas infiltrating the bone marrow, or immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The diagnosis of ITP relies on exclusionary criteria, given the absence of a definitive laboratory diagnostic feature. In the era prior to modern ITP management, sarcoidosis-associated ITP was known to manifest severely, often showing resistance to treatment and an increased risk of mortality. In this case, we present a young male who was admitted to a district hospital's emergency room, displaying symptoms of hematuria, gingival bleeding, and a petechial rash...
March 4, 2024: Hematology Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534720/antimicrobial-and-diagnostic-stewardship-of-the-novel-%C3%AE-lactam-%C3%AE-lactamase-inhibitors-for-infections-due-to-carbapenem-resistant-enterobacterales-species-and-pseudomonas-aeruginosa
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REVIEW
Stefanos Ferous, Cleo Anastassopoulou, Vassiliki Pitiriga, Georgia Vrioni, Athanasios Tsakris
Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections are a major public health threat due to the limited therapeutic options available. The introduction of the new β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitors (BL/BLIs) has, however, altered the treatment options for such pathogens. Thus, four new BL/BLI combinations-namely, ceftazidime/avibactam, meropenem/vaborbactam, imipenem/relebactam, and ceftolozane/tazobactam-have been approved for infections attributed to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales species and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...
March 21, 2024: Antibiotics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534480/artificial-intelligence-models-for-the-automation-of-standard-diagnostics-in-sleep-medicine-a-systematic-review
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REVIEW
Maha Alattar, Alok Govind, Shraddha Mainali
Sleep disorders, prevalent in the general population, present significant health challenges. The current diagnostic approach, based on a manual analysis of overnight polysomnograms (PSGs), is costly and time-consuming. Artificial intelligence has emerged as a promising tool in this context, offering a more accessible and personalized approach to diagnosis, particularly beneficial for under-served populations. This is a systematic review of AI-based models for sleep disorder diagnostics that were trained, validated, and tested on diverse clinical datasets...
February 22, 2024: Bioengineering
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534211/diagnosis-and-management-of-catastrophic-antiphospholipid-syndrome-and-the-potential-impact-of-the-2023-acr-eular-antiphospholipid-syndrome-classification-criteria
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Lucas Jacobs, Nader Wauters, Yahya Lablad, Johann Morelle, Maxime Taghavi
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a rare and life-threatening condition characterized by the persistence of antiphospholipid antibodies and occurrence of multiple vascular occlusive events. CAPS currently remains a diagnostic challenge and requires urgent treatment. The diagnosis of CAPS is made difficult by classification criteria used as diagnostic criteria in clinical practice, knowledge derived from retrospective data and case reports, confounding clinical and biological features, and its rapid onset and mortality...
March 12, 2024: Antibodies
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534182/systematic-scoping-review-use-of-the-faecal-immunochemical-test-residual-buffer-to-enhance-colorectal-cancer-screening
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Timothy McAuliffe, Joseph C Anderson, Robin J Larson, Douglas J Robertson
BACKGROUND: The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) is an inexpensive and convenient modality to screen for colorectal cancer. However, its one-time sensitivity for detecting colorectal cancer and cancer precursors is limited. There is growing interest in using the non-haemoglobin contents of FIT residual buffer to enhance colonic neoplasia detection. AIM: To establish from the literature a framework to catalogue candidate biomarkers within FIT residual buffer for non-invasive colorectal cancer screening...
March 27, 2024: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534067/correction-to-new-diagnostic-criteria-2023-for-slowly-progressive-type-1-diabetes-spiddm-report-from-committee-on-type-1-diabetes-of-the-japan-diabetes-society-english-version
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March 27, 2024: Journal of Diabetes Investigation
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