BACKGROUND: The utility of preoperative abdominal ultrasonography (US) in evaluating patients with obesity before metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) remains ambiguously defined.
According to the main international guidelines, patients with obesity and psychiatric/psychological disorders who cannot be addressed to surgery are recommended to follow a nutritional approach and a psychological treatment. A total of 94 patients (T...
Upper-limb spasticity, frequent after central nervous system lesions, is typically treated with botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT-A) injections to reduce muscle tone and increase range of motion. However, performing adjunct physical therapy post-BoNT...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Aug 8, 2024
BACKGROUND: There is a growing demand for advanced methods to improve the understanding and prediction of illnesses. This study focuses on Sepsis, a critical response to infection, aiming to enhance early detection and mortality prediction for Sepsis...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Aug 8, 2024
OBJECTIVE: To develop a machine learning-based risk prediction model for postoperative parastomal hernia (PSH) in colorectal cancer patients undergoing permanent colostomy, assisting nurses in identifying high-risk groups and devising preventive care...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Aug 8, 2024
BACKGROUND: Despite improvement in treatment strategies for atrial fibrillation (AF), a significant proportion of patients still experience recurrence after ablation. This study aims to propose a novel algorithm based on Transformer using surface ele...
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E
Aug 8, 2024
PURPOSE: To determine the factors influencing the likelihood of biochemical pregnancy loss (BPL) after transfer of a euploid embryo from preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) cycles.
BACKGROUND: Invasive Escherichia coli disease (IED), also known as invasive extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli disease, is a leading cause of sepsis and bacteremia in older adults that can result in hospitalization and sometimes death and is frequent...
This study aimed to develop and evaluate a deep learning-based system for the automatic measurement of angles (specifically, Meary's angle and calcaneal pitch) in weight-bearing lateral radiographs of the foot for flatfoot diagnosis. We utilized 3960...
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