SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Hemodialysis Patients Six Months after Infection Compared to Healthcare Workers by Henri Boulanger, Salima Ahriz Saksi, Jedjiga Achiche, Florence Batusanski, Nicolas Stawiarski, Ali Diddaoui, Luc Fromentin, Mokhtar Chawki

“…We also investigated associations between the patients diagnosed as infected during the first wave and several clinical, biological, and radiological parameters of COVID-19. Finally, we compared these circulating levels of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies with those of a control group of healthcare workers infected during the same period. …”
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Change in Antimicrobial Therapy Based on Bronchoalveolar Lavage Data Improves Outcomes in ICU Patients with Suspected Pneumonia by Bharti Chogtu, Vrinda Mariya Elenjickal, Dharma U. Shetty, Mahsheeba Asbin, Vasudeva Guddattu, Rahul Magazine

“…The demographic details, clinical symptoms, laboratory investigations, and microbiological and radiology reports were recorded. Data on the antmicrobial therapy that the patients received during treatment and the outcome of the treatment were obtained from the case records and noted in the data collection form. …”
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Single-staged Surgical Correction of Kyphotic Deformity due to Dorsal Spinal Tuberculosis in Pediatric Patients: Outcome Analysis by Mageswaran Shanmugavelu, Makesh Ram Sriraghavan, Prabhu Aloy, Poornima Kumararaja, Sai Vinay Bharadwaj Namala

“…Results: All six cases had good radiological and functional outcomes in terms of kyphotic correction and neurological recovery. …”
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Prevalence Rates and an Evaluation of Reported Risk Factors for Osteonecrosis (Avascular Necrosis) in Crohn’s Disease by Hugh J Freeman, Katy J Freeman

“…All patients had typical radiological, magnetic resonance imaging or pathological changes of osteonecrosis involving the femoral heads, while two also had superimposed avascular necrosis involving the humeral heads. …”
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Triple Endobutton with Coracoacromial Ligament Transfer: A Modified Technique for Fixation of Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation by Vikas Kesari, Jatin Prakash, Jyoti Garg, Divesh Jalan, Karan Maggo, Naval Bhatia

“…Patients were evaluated based on clinical, radiological, and patient-reported outcomes. Results: In this study, 38 patients underwent ACJ dislocation repair using the triple Endobutton and CAL transfer technique. …”
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Analysis of intracranial lesions in patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis by Wei Song, Li Liu, Tangkai Qi, Zhenyan Wang, Yang Tang, Jianjun Sun, Shuibao Xu, Junyang Yang, Jiangrong Wang, Jun Chen, Renfang Zhang, Yinzhong Shen

“…This study aims to analyze the prevalence, origins, radiological characteristics, treatments, and prognosis of intracranial lesions in patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis, thereby providing references for future clinical decision-making.MethodsThe clinical data of patients diagnosed with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis and admitted to the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre between 2013 and 2019 were collected. …”
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Effect of the Pes Planus on Vertical Jump Height and Lower Extremity Muscle Activation in Gymnasts by Tamer Çankaya, Nurcan Contarlı

“…For the diagnosis of pes planus; clinical measurement and examination, radiological and ultrasonographic methods are used. In addition, it was evaluated with methods such as ink footprint methods, digital pressure measurements and podoscope (22,24). …”
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Bioinformatics Analysis for Identifying Differentially Expressed MicroRNAs Derived from Plasma Exosomes Associated with Radiotherapy Resistance in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Lirong Zeng, Guilin Zeng, Zhong Ye

“…The patients were divided into 3 groups based on the tumor regression grade criteria, assessed by radiological imaging after radiotherapy. TRG1 referred to tumor shrinkage of ≤30% after radiotherapy, TRG2 as 30%<TRG<50%, and TRG3 as TRG≥50%. …”
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Is middle East pain syndrome (MEPS) a variant of fibromyalgia syndrome or a distinct disease? by Mona H. Elhamamy, Adel A. Elbeialy, Maha S. Mohamed, Sabah E. Abdelraheem, Hala M. Elzomor

“…Middle East pain syndrome (MEPS) is a newly described pollution-induced syndrome of hyperparathyroidism and fibromyalgia mimicking rheumatoid arthritis, characterized by the radiological presence of spur-like excrescences in terminal phalanges. …”
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Reliability of mpMRI in diagnosing cancer prostate following intravesical BCG for bladder cancer by Arjun Pon Avudaiappan, Pushan Prabhakar, Rachel Siretskiy, Andrew Renshaw, Ahmed Eldefrawy, Murugesan Manoharan

“…Patients with GP after intravesical BCG may have clinical, biochemical, and radiological features similar to CaP. In our study, we evaluate the reliability of mpMRI in diagnosing CaP after intravesical BCG therapy. …”
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Comparison of bioabsorbable screw versus metallic screw fixation for tibial tubercle fractures in adolescents: a retrospective cohort study by Tian Chen, Yuwei Wen, Danjiang Zhu, Wei Feng, Baojian Song, Qiang Wang

“…Data collected included patient demographics, fracture details, treatment strategies, radiological and clinical rehabilitation outcomes, and postoperative complications. …”
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Impaired fracture healing is associated with callus chondro-osseous junction abnormalities in periostin-null and osteopontin-null mice by Marc Teitelbaum, Marc Teitelbaum, Maya D. Culbertson, Charlene Wetterstrand, J. Patrick O’Connor, J. Patrick O’Connor

“…To identify potential pathways, a detailed radiological, histological, and immunohistochemical analysis of femur fracture healing in Postn-null (PostnKO), Spp1-null (Spp1KO), and normal (WT) mice was performed. …”
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Association of Pneumatosis Intestinalis With Surgical Outcomes and Mortality: A Matched, Retrospective Cohort Study and Literature Review by Kyle D. Klingbeil, MD, MS, Hila Zelicha, PhD, RD, Yijun Chen, MD, Douglas S. Bell, MD, Edward H. Livingston, MD, FACS, AGAF

“…Patients were initially identified using encounter diagnostic codes for “other specified diseases of intestine.” A radiologic diagnosis of PI was then assessed using natural language processing techniques followed by confirmation using manual chart review. …”
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Radiation dosimetry performance appraisal of the optimal concentration of nitro blue tetrazolium dye in PVA composite film at low X-ray doses by Reham Albejadi, Saleh Alashrah, Yassine El-Ghoul, Zabih Ullah, Saleh A. Almatroodi

“…Conclusion: The PVA/NBT dosimeter containing 10 g/L of NBT shows promising potential as an effective alternative for the prompt and accurate detection of low X-ray doses in diagnostic radiology.…”
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Physical impairments in Adults with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) undergoing Periacetabular osteotomy (PAO): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Michael J M O'Brien, Julie S Jacobsen, Adam I Semciw, Inger Mechlenburg, Lisa U Tønning, Chris J W Stewart, Joshua Heerey, Joanne L Kemp

“…Outcomes following PAO have historically been based on radiology or patient reported outcomes, and not physical impairments…”
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Adenoviral Pneumonia Outbreak in Immunocompetent Adults—A Missed Antimicrobial Stewardship Opportunity? by Branimir Gjurasin, Lorna Stemberger Maric, Tvrtko Jukic, Leona Radmanic Matotek, Snjezana Zidovec Lepej, Marko Kutlesa, Neven Papic

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: Since AdV CAP in immunocompetent patients is clinically and radiologically indistinguishable from bacterial CAP, it is associated with prolonged clinical course and lack of clinical response to antibiotics. …”
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Evaluating ChatGPT’s diagnostic potential for pathology images by Liya Ding, Lei Fan, Lei Fan, Miao Shen, Miao Shen, Yawen Wang, Kaiqin Sheng, Zijuan Zou, Huimin An, Zhinong Jiang

“…These attributes make it a valuable tool in the medical field, particularly for tasks such as answering medical questions, drafting clinical notes, and optimizing the generation of radiology reports. However, keeping accuracy in medical contexts is the biggest challenge to employing GPT-4 in a clinical setting. …”
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Didactic potential of metaphors used in medical discourse by Katarzyna Karska, Ewelina Prażmo

“…Therefore, in our presentation we analyse pictorial metaphors found in medical discourse and in the field of radiology in particular. …”
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An Efficient Dual-Sampling Approach for Chest CT Diagnosis by Alshamrani K, Alshamrani HA

“…Khalaf Alshamrani,1,2 Hassan A Alshamrani1 1Radiology Sciences Department, College of Medical Sciences, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia; 2School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UKCorrespondence: Khalaf Alshamrani, Email Kaalshamrani@nu.edu.sa, k.alshamrani@sheffield.ac.ukBackground: This paper aimed to enhance the diagnostic process of lung abnormalities in computed tomography (CT) images, particularly in distinguishing cancer cells from normal chest tissue. …”
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Robotic-assisted surgery and kinematic alignment in total knee arthroplasty (RASKAL study): a protocol of a national registry-nested, multicentre, 2×2 factorial randomised trial as... by Ian A Harris, Samuel J MacDessi, Aziz Bhimani, Darren B Chen, Ian Harris, Michelle Lorimer, David Parker, Tamara Hooper, Richard Boyle, Jonathan Mulford, Daniel Franks, Gregory C Wernecke, Durga Bastiras, Emma Heath, Anthony Leong, Brett Fristch, David Penn, George Kirsh, John Limbers, Julian Yu, Maurice Guzman, Peter McEwen

“…Secondary outcomes will include other knee-specific and general health patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), intraoperative pressure loads as a measure of soft tissue balance, 6-month postoperative functional outcomes, radiological precision using CT imaging, complications and long-term prosthetic survivorship. …”
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