Machine learning is being increasingly applied in various aspects of medicine. The availability of large amounts of digital health records has enabled researchers to apply machine learning algorithms to tackle different medical problems. Urinary trac...
The aim of this scoping review was to map the research that links oral health and sustainable development goals (SDGs). The question that guided this review was what is the published evidence specifically linking oral health and SDGs? The search of a...
The COVID crisis of the past three years has greatly impacted stakeholder relationships between scientists, health providers, policy makers, pharmaceutical industry employees, and the public. Lockdowns and restrictions of civil liberties strained an...
The purpose of the present study was to review all available work published within the last decade focusing on coping strategies in stroke caregivers and their impact on quality of Life (QoL) and psycho-emotional status. A literature search of two da...
Untreated early childhood caries (ECC) is a global public health concern. In the short term, untreated ECC can lead to pain, infection, and disrupted sleep, among other issues. In the long term, it is associated with poor oral health in later life, i...
The SARS-CoV2 pandemic is the most significant global health emergency of the last century. While the pathophysiology of SARS-CoV2 is understood, the early and long-term outcomes of natural infection are increasingly being recognised. Multisystem inf...
Background/Objectives: The accurate categorization of brain MRI images into tumor and non-tumor categories is essential for a prompt and effective diagnosis. This paper presents a novel methodology utilizing advanced Convolutional Neural Network (CNN...
Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic Gram-negative bacterium in the Enterobacteriaceae family associated with a wide range of diseases, such as pneumonia, bloodstream infections, meningitis and urinary tract infections. Infections caused by drug...
Amid the global health crisis instigated by COVID-19, the resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) has underscored the urgent need for innovative solutions. With TB claiming 1.6 million lives in 2021, it remains a formidable challenge, particularly in underde...
The purpose of this review is to elucidate the different laboratory and biomarker testing methods available for screening and diagnosis of preeclampsia. These include routine testing, such as blood pressure readings, qualitative and quantitative urin...
This scoping review mapped and critically reviewed the extant literature exploring associations between oral disease status and adverse pregnancy outcomes among women residing in sub-Saharan Africa. A literature search was conducted in July 2023 usin...
Recently, in Italy, a flowchart to be used by General Practitioners for the at-home treatment of patients with COVID-19, has been released. It states that early at-home treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection is possible due to the availability of specifi...
Mandibular third molars are the most commonly impacted teeth. The prevalence and pattern of impacted mandibular third molars in patients presenting to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, a tertiary hospital in south-western Nig...
Overuse or misuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics increases the risk of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which increases the possibility of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial infections, and subsequently raises healthcare costs. The...
Background: Human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) is a ubiquitous virus known as an etiological agent of exanthem subitum. HHV-6-encephalitis in immunocompetent children is a rare complication of the primary infection. There are a lack of data on the prevalen...
The organs of the male reproductive tract, including the testis, epididymis, prostate, seminal vesicles, and semen, must provide an immunoregulatory environment conducive to germ cell viability and successful fertilization. Many immune components, su...
Carbonaceous materials have gained significant attention in recent years for their various applications in the field of medicine and biotechnology. This comprehensive review explores the synthesis and characterization of carbon-based materials and th...
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder primarily affecting females, characterized by developmental regression and significant communication impairments. Despite the critical role of communication in maintaining quality of life, t...
Background: Pilates is among the best conservative management strategies for chronic low back pain. However, several variations of Pilates exist. This study aimed to investigate physical measures that would detect immediate changes after a brief sess...
The rapid spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has become a global pandemic. Although specific vaccines are available and natural drugs are being researched, supportive care and specific treatments to alleviate sympto...
Background: The hub-and-spoke model (HSM) offers a framework for efficient healthcare service delivery. This scoping review seeks to explore the implementation and effectiveness of the HSM in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes. Methods: The P...
Aim: to explore the psychological wellbeing and work-related quality of life amongst United Kingdom (UK) health and social care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subject and methods: Health and social care professionals within nursing, midwifery,...
There have been multiple technological advancements that promise to gradually enable devices to measure and record signals with high resolution and accuracy in the domain of brain–computer interfaces (BCIs). Multimodal BCIs have been able to ga...
Introduction: Women wear exterior breast support for most of the day. A female’s breast tissue and skin affect the comfort of the ADLs, exercise, health, and work environments. Understanding the breast tissue’s normal anatomy and mechanic...
Hardening of arterial walls associated with elevated postprandial blood glucose levels increases the risk of cardiovascular disease; however, the impact of intermittent aerobic training on reducing arterial stiffness is unknown. The aim of this study...
Practitioners routinely use the single leg heel raise (SLHR) to quantify calf function in healthy and injured populations. Despite this, approaches vary and the impact of cueing on SLHR performance and results interpretation in athletesis unknown. Th...
The objective of this study was to retrospectively assess the impact of manual reduction (MR) on patients with subacute osteoporotic thoracolumbar burst fractures and severe compression fractures (OTLBFSCFs). From January 2016 to May 2020, 101 cases...
Background/Objectives: This study explores an optimization-based strategy for muscle force estimation by employing simplified cost functions integrated with physiologically relevant muscle models. Methods: Considering elbow flexion as a case study, w...
The increasing use of e-cigarettes (ECs) has raised public health concerns due to the observed cytotoxic effects in both in vitro and in vivo studies. Infants and young children, being particularly vulnerable groups, exhibit heightened susceptibility...
Rotator cuff repair is a common orthopaedic procedure. Despite advancements in the mechanics of rotator cuff repair, the re-tear rate post repair remains significant. This review assesses the available literature on usage of collagen bio-inductive sc...
Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by the larval stage of Taenia solium, presents a diagnostic conundrum due to its rare and often nonspecific clinical manifestations. This paper aims to unravel the d...
Background: Muscle biopsy, the gold standard for assessing muscle aerobic capacity, is an invasive procedure. Noninvasive alternatives, such as 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), provide val...
Existing implants used with Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA), Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA), and other joint reconstruction treatments, have displayed premature failures and frequent needs for revision surgery in recent years, particularly with young act...
Prostate and bladder cancer treatments have several challenges, including intense side effects and mechanisms of resistance. Thus, it is urgent to find drugs that can fill these gaps. For this purpose, Entecavir (ETV) was tested alone and in combinat...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) are among the most common entities that cause pulmonary fibrosis. Alveolar collapse with subsequent collapse induration of lung tissue is thought to c...
Despite the availability of vaccines and antivirals and the biological evolution of SARS-CoV-2, the rate of hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 remains high in Italy. It is crucial to understand whether and how the clinical characteristics of p...
Introduction: Alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services were required to rapidly adapt delivery of care in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This study examined longitudinal changes in the delivery of AOD counselling in Australia...
Despite the adverse effects of self-medication (SM), such as antimicrobial drug resistance, drug addiction, allergy, worsening of ailment, organ damage, disability, and death, the practice is still common and increasingly practiced globally, even amo...
The acute rupture of the Achilles tendon is an increasingly common injury due to an active lifestyle and participation in sports, especially in the middle-aged group. We conducted a focused review of the literature and found that the acute rupture of...
Monkeypox (Mpox), a re-emerging zoonotic disease, has garnered global attention due to its evolving epidemiology, diverse clinical manifestations, and significant public health impact. The rapid international spread of the Mpox prompted the World Hea...
Background: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe vision loss in industrialized nations. AMD models based on standardized optimized cell culture models are warranted. The aim of this study is to implement a standard op...
Background/Objectives: Philadelphia has experienced a surge in illicit fentanyl adulterated with alpha-2 agonist sedatives. Initially, xylazine (“tranq”) was the predominant adulterant, and a novel multimodal withdrawal protocol was effec...
Background/Objectives: Monogenic primary immunodeficiencies represent a group of disorders with varying levels of severity, many of which remain poorly understood. Activated phosphoinositide-3 kinase delta syndrome (APDS) is a rare genetic condition...
Caused by pathogenic microorganisms, infectious diseases are known to cause high mortality rates, severe burdens of disability, and serious worldwide aftermaths. Drug-resistant pathogens have reduced the efficacy of available therapies against these...
Objective: Arthrodesis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) is a reliable procedure for treating various pathologies related to this joint. However, non-union is a common and debilitating complication of the procedure. The purpose of this st...
Background. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced unprecedented social distancing measures, resulting in significant deprivation of physical contact. Objective. This opinion article explores the implications of this tactile deprivation on psychological we...
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is thought to increase the likelihood of insulin resistance (IR) and diabetes onset. The objective of this study was to examine the association between the triglyceride glucose (TyG) index and vitamin D levels in indi...
Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has revolutionized the management of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), enabling long-term viral load (VL) suppression in patients. Despite the proven effectiveness of...
Lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and mainly regulated by the complex LPA gene. We investigated the types of variation in the LPA gene and their predictive performance on Lp(a) concentration. We determined the Kring...
In the early months of the outbreak (2020–2022), COVID-19 was responsible for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and an exceptional number of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. Weaning difficulties from invasive mechanical ventilatio...
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