Patient experience and burden of haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn: a systematic review by P. Maurice, J. McCallion, M. Fitzgibbon, J. N. Barthelmes, W. Karmous, E. J. Hardy, S. A. Mitchell, C. R. Mitchell, J. Lee, W. Noel, Andras Borsi, J. M. Jouannic

“…Results A total of 26 relevant publications were identified for inclusion in the SR, consisting of one study that directly measured Health Related Quality of Life, 9 studies reporting on proxy outcomes for patient burden and 18 studies reporting on economic burden (this includes two double-counted studies reporting more than one outcome type). …”
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One-step diagnosis of infection and lung cancer using metagenomic sequencing by Shaoqiang Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Weilong Li, Xidong Wang, Haoru Wang, Wenjun Sun, Xuefang Cao, Zhengtu Li, Feng Ye

“…However, critical evidence is still lacking regarding its diagnostic performance in distinguishing between pulmonary infections, tumors, and non-infectious, non-tumor conditions in real clinical settings. Methods In this study, data were gathered from 223 participants presenting symptoms of lung infection or tumor who underwent Onco-mNGS testing. …”
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Increase in blood pressure precedes distress behavior in nursing home residents with dementia. by Kenneth S Boockvar, Tianwen Huan, Kimberly Curyto, Sei Lee, Orna Intrator

“…<h4>Results</h4>The DBD and comparison groups consisted of 707 and 2328 individuals, respectively. …”
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Cardiomyopathy and kidney function in agalsidase beta‐treated female Fabry patients: a pre‐treatment vs. post‐treatment analysis by Christoph Wanner, Ulla Feldt‐Rasmussen, Ana Jovanovic, Aleš Linhart, Meng Yang, Elvira Ponce, Eva Brand, Dominique P. Germain, Derralynn A. Hughes, John L. Jefferies, Ana Maria Martins, Albina Nowak, Bojan Vujkovac, Frank Weidemann, Michael L. West, Alberto Ortiz

“…LVPWT and IVST increased pretreatment (follow‐up 3.5 years) but stabilized during 3.6 years of treatment (LVPWT: n = 38, slope difference [95% confidence interval (CI)] = −0.41 [−0.68, −0.15] mm/year, Ppre–post difference <0.01; IVST: n = 38, slope difference = −0.32 [−0.67, 0.02] mm/year, Ppre–post difference = 0.07). …”
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The Exposure Assessment in Current Time Study: Implementation, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Real-Time Data Collection in a Community Cohort of Illicit Drug Users by Gregory D. Kirk, Beth S. Linas, Ryan P. Westergaard, Damani Piggott, Robert C. Bollinger, Larry W. Chang, Andrew Genz

“…Higher educational attainment was consistently associated with a higher response rate to random-prompts, while an association of HIV infection with lower response rates was not observed after accounting for differences in trial recruitment procedures. …”
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Artificial intelligence-assisted platform performs high detection ability of hepatocellular carcinoma in CT images: an external clinical validation study by Rongxue Shan, Chenhao Pei, Qianrui Fan, Junchuan Liu, Dawei Wang, Shifeng Yang, Ximing Wang

“…However, the variety of CT images, the misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis, and the inconsistent diagnosis among different radiologists pose challenges to accurate detection which demands sufficient clinical experience and can be time-consuming and labor-intensive. Purpose To evaluate the detection performance of an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted platform for HCC by the external validation dataset. …”
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Association between joint exposure to ambient air pollutants and carotid plaque: The mediating role of cardiometabolic risk factors by Yunfei Li, Ze Han, Xiaoyu Zhao, Yueruijing Liu, Zhiyuan Wu, Jinqi Wang, Xia Li, Xiuhua Guo, Lixin Tao

“…Each interquartile range (IQR) increase in air pollutants was associated with the following relative risk (RR) and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CIs) for carotid plaque: 2.5-micrometer particulate matter (PM2.5), 1,04 (1.01, 1.07), 10-micrometer particulate matter (PM10), 1.10 (1.01, 1.20), sulfur dioxide (SO2), 1.28 (1.15, 1.42), ozone (O3), 1.18 (1.01, 1.37), and carbon monoxide (CO), 1.32 (1.15, 1.50). …”
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A study on the classification of coastal wetland vegetation based on the Suaeda salsa index and its phenological characteristics by Weicheng Huang, Xianyun Fei, Weiwei Yang, Zhen Wang, Yajun Gao, Hong Yan

“…The results showed that: (1) The classification results of the phenological metrics using any of the S. salsa indices were significantly better than those of the NDVI, with RSSI being the best, with the accuracy of S. salsa being improved by 10 % for the producers and 30 % for the users, and the overall accuracy being improved by 13 %, the Kappa coefficient increased by 0.19. (2) The results of RSSI(1) and SSVI were more consistent with each other, with the overall accuracy increased by 10 % and the Kappa coefficient increased by 0.14. (3) When the combination of phenological metrics obtained from four vegetation indices was used for classification, the results were slightly better than those of a single vegetation index, with the overall accuracy increasing by 2 % and the Kappa coefficient increasing by 0.03. …”
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Diagnosis of Peritonsillar Abscess—A Prospective Study Comparing Clinical with CT Findings in 133 Consecutive Patients by François Voruz, Rebecca Revol, Christophe Combescure, Yan Monnier, Minerva Becker, Nicolas Dulguerov

“…The standard of reference consisted of surgically proven pus within 24 h of CT or a favorable clinical evolution at 48 h without surgical intervention. …”
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High Fixation Failure Rate of Cephalomedullary Nail Fixation in Patients with Low-Energy Basicervical Femoral Fractures: Do We Need Extramedullary Reduction? by Chang-Jin Yon, Ki-Cheor Bae, Young-Hun Kim, Kyung-Jae Lee

“…The anatomical group consisted of specimens that exhibited complete anatomical reduction. …”
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Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Retrospective Cohort of a Brazilian Reference Hospital in the Post-HAART Era of Universal Access by Aline Z. de Azambuja, Gustavo Wissmann Neto, Guilherme Watte, Luciana Antoniolli, Luciano Z. Goldani

“…Induction treatment of the majority of the patients consisted of amphotericin B and flucytosine (67%) followed by amphotericin B and fluconazole (19%). …”
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Association of oxidative balance score with the risk of all-cause and CVD mortality in younger US adults with diabetes by Chang Liu, Guoan Xiang, Dan Liang, Xuanbo Zhao, Kun Xiao, Lixin Xie

“…The endpoints were all-cause and CVD mortality, determined by the National Death Index (NDI). OBS, which consists of 16 dietary factors and 4 lifestyle factors, is categorized into pro-oxidants and antioxidants. …”
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An Efficient 3D Convolutional Neural Network for Dose Prediction in Cancer Radiotherapy from CT Images by Lam Thanh Hien, Pham Trung Hieu, Do Nang Toan

“…However, cancer treatment using radiotherapy is a time-consuming process that requires significant manual work from planners and doctors. …”
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Development and validation of the Information Literacy Measurement Scale (ILMS-34) in Chinese public health practitioners by Hui Li, Ke-Ying Li, Xia-Rong Hu, Xuan Hong, Yan-Ting He, Hua-Wei Xiong, Yi-Li Zhang

“…The ILMS-34 demonstrated good internal consistency with a Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.97 for the total scale (four subscales: 0.92, 0.92, 0.98, and 0.91, respectively). …”
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Hunting for gravity waves in non-orographic winter storms using 3+ years of regional surface air pressure network and radar observations by L. R. Allen, L. R. Allen, S. E. Yuter, S. E. Yuter, M. A. Miller, L. M. Tomkins, L. M. Tomkins

“…When gravity waves and enhanced reflectivity bands within snow co-occurred, the bands did not move in a direction or at a velocity consistent with the pressure waves. In agreement with previous work, most of our gravity wave events are associated with strong upper-level flow imbalances to the south or west of their location.…”
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Dynamic Impact of the Sleep Disorder, Depression and Anxiety on the Cognitive Function in the First-Episode Depressive Patients by Zhang W, Zhou N, Li J

“…The comparison among the subgroups in the LGCM indicated that these four dimensions showed consistency in dynamic tendency, demonstrating that cognitive function changes with sleep status.Conclusion: The more severe the sleep disorder in patients with first-episode MDD, the more obvious was the damage to cognition. …”
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Evolutionary constrained genes associated with autism spectrum disorder across 2,054 nonhuman primate genomes by Yukiko Kikuchi, Mohammed Uddin, Joris A. Veltman, Sara Wells, Christopher Morris, Marc Woodbury-Smith

“…Methods We used the macaque Genotype and Phenotype (mGAP) resource consisting of 2,054 macaque genomes to examine patterns of evolutionary constraint in known human neurodevelopmental genes. …”
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Evaluation of choices and time spent on an open online elective course by undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Z Mfeka, A Turner, J E Wolvaardt, D Muganhiri

“…Based on the top 10 LinkedIn Learning course selections of both cohorts, there appeared to be a preference for courses that were consistent with the role of medical professionals in practice. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis of Effect of Cordyceps militaris Aqueous Extract in Human Gastric Cancer Cell BGC-823 on Different RCD Pathways by Mingqi CUI, Kaiwen YU, Yang SONG, Fangxu XU, Shenghou WANG, Ze WANG

“…Cytological examination revealed typical apoptotic morphological characteristics in gastric cancer cells treated with the XG water extract, with an early apoptotic rate reaching 24.8%, while cell cycle arrest occurred at the G2/M stage. qRT-PCR showed that the expression of BCL2, BCL2L1, CASP3, CASP9, and XIAP was significantly inhibited (P<0.01), whereas that of ENDOG and AIF was significantly upregulated (P<0.01), consistent with the results of transcriptome sequencing. …”
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Exploring expressed concerns and uncanny feeling in patients with shortness of breath calling out-of-hours primary care by Michelle Spek, Dorien L. Zwart, Esther de Groot, Michelle R. Timmerman, Maarten van Smeden, Daphne C. A. Erkelens, Anna S. M. Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans H. Rutten, Roderick P. Venekamp

“…How concerns and uncanny feeling are related to critical medical conditions that cause SOB is unknown. We therefore explored the relation between expressed concerns and researcher’s judged uncanny feeling among patients who contact OHS-PC for SOB with potential life-threatening events (LTEs) as the outcome. …”
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