End Stage Renal Disease

Regional brain age is decreased in children with sickle cell anemia.

DeepBrainNet, a machine learning tool, uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict an individual's brain age, allowing calculation of the brain age gap (predicted chronological age) for use as a biomarker of brain health. We tested the DeepBrainNet tool in sickle cell anemia (SCA) on 210 brain MRIs from 130 children (90 with SCA; 40 healthy controls) to investigate the hypothesis that childre...

Artificial Intelligence-Based Analysis of Central Nervous System Vasculopathy in Pediatric Sickle Cell Anemia.

In children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), central nervous system (CNS) complications such as chronic vasculopathy, silent cerebral infarcts, and overt stroke cause significant morbidity and mortality, and remain difficult to predict. Here, we coupled pediatric magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) neuroimaging data from a completed clinical trial with artificial intelligence (AI)-based techniques ...

Prediction of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula Occurrence by the Pancreatic Stump Shape and Remnant Pancreatic Volume Measured Using AI-Guided Three-Dimensional Simulation.

BACKGROUND: When three-dimensional computer graphics (3DCG) images are used, artificial intelligence (AI) engines can semiautomatically estimate the p...

Novel Systemic Associations of Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane Identified via Machine Learning.

PURPOSE: To discover novel systemic associations that may lead to idiopathic epiretinal membrane (iERM) using interpretable machine learning models. D...

Vulnerability and short clinical outcomes in patients on the deceased-donor kidney transplant waiting list.

BACKGROUND: With prolonged waiting times for deceased-donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) in Japan, objective data on frailty among wait-listed patien...

Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in dialysis: Current applications, challenges, and future directions.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications have emerged as transformative technologies in nephrology, particularly in dialysi...

Predicting Persistent Renal Failure Necessitating Dialysis in Patients Undergoing Elective, Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

BACKGROUND: Acute renal failure remains a significant complication after open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair and is associated with hi...

Preoperative lymphocyte signature predicts pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy.

BACKGROUND: Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is the major driver of postoperative morbidity after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) and a healthcare i...

Exfoliated kidney cells from urine for non-invasive kidney transplant monitoring: A potential opportunity?

Kidney transplantation is usually the optimal treatment option for patients living with kidney failure given its associations with improved survival, ...

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Tools in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Cardiovascular (CV) risk calculators estimate the likelihood of CV events by integrating factors such as age, sex, blood pressure, lipids, smoking, an...

Informing patients with otologic balance disorders: A performance review of ChatGPT-4.

This cross-sectional evaluation aimed to evaluate the quality of patient education materials provided by ChatGPT regarding otologic balance disorders....

Flow-driven left ventricular remodelling in long-term haemodialysis: a multicenter model of arteriovenous access-induced cardiac load.

BACKGROUND: Arteriovenous (AV) access, an essential component of dialysis treatment, has been implicated in the development of cardiovascular abnormal...

Using human-robot interaction to assess emotion recognition in dialysis patients: A preliminary study.

This cross-sectional observational study examined the relationship between psychological factors and multimodal emotion recognition abilities in patie...

Risk stratification in diabetic kidney disease: a review of prediction models for methodological advances and clinical application.

BACKGROUND: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) represents the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) worldwide, characterized by a complex pathoph...

Multi-omics and machine learning-based profiling of severity signatures in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) is a common respiratory infection in children; however, the mechanisms driving its progression to severe disease...

Machine learning mortality prediction model for cyclosporine therapy in pediatric aplastic anemia.

The outcomes of children with aplastic anemia receiving cyclosporine monotherapy vary significantly in terms of mortality risk; therefore, a prognosti...

How do dialysis nurses and AI reason clinically? A scenario-based comparative study.

A deep state-space analysis framework for cancer patient latent state estimation and classification from EHR time-series data.

Advancements in deep learning technologies and an increase in medical data have enhanced the accuracy of disease diagnosis and treatment strategies. N...

Tomek links-based SMOTE method for class imbalance in blood cell classification with dual path sliding window attention model.

Medical image processing has transformed the Complete Blood Count (CBC) analysis to enhance diagnostic accuracy and to detect diseases such as neurode...

Infection-targeted innovations in anastomotic leak management: endoscopic advances, antimicrobial biomaterials, and precision strategies.

Anastomotic leakage (AL) is a devastating complication of gastrointestinal surgery and a critical source of hospital-acquired infections. This review ...