The rate of oxygen consumption, which is measured as the volume of oxygen consumed per mass per minute (VO) mL/kg/min, is a critical metric for evaluating cardiovascular health, metabolic status, and respiratory function. Specifically, VO is a powerf...
BACKGROUND: Psychological test reports are essential in assessing intellectual functioning, aiding in diagnosing and treating intellectual disability (ID) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, these reports can have several pr...
BACKGROUND: Child nutrition in Ethiopia is a significant concern, particularly for preschool-aged children. Children must have a varied diet to ensure they receive all the essential nutrients for good health. Unfortunately, many children in Ethiopia ...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Mar 24, 2025
BACKGROUND: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is common in clinical practice and has a wide range of severity. Along with medical therapy, endoscopic intervention is the mainstay treatment for hemostasis in high-risk rebleeding lesions. Pr...
Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society
Mar 24, 2025
BACKGROUND: To investigate the feasibility of detecting local recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (rNPC) using unenhanced magnetic resonance images (MRI) and optimize a layered management strategy for follow-up with a deep learning model.
BACKGROUND: Accurate detection and grading of fresh rib fractures are crucial for patient management but remain challenging due to the complexity of rib structures on CT images.
This study developed and evaluated an automatic segmentation model based on the Mamba framework (AM-UNet) for rapid and precise delineation of high-risk clinical target volume (HRCTV) and organs at risk (OARs) in cervical cancer brachytherapy. Using ...
Why do we remember some events but forget others? Previous studies attempting to decode successful vs. unsuccessful brain states to investigate this question have met with limited success, potentially due, in part, to assessing episodic memory as a u...
Early prediction of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in very low-birthweight infants (VLBWIs) remains challenging because of multifactorial risk factors. IVH often occurs within a few hours after birth, yet its onset cannot be reliably predicted usi...
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
Mar 24, 2025
BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of 2 or more chronic conditions, is important in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) given its association with complex care plans, poor health outcomes, and excess mortality. Our objectives we...