BACKGROUND: Childhood infectious diseases and related symptoms, such as fever, cough, and diarrhea among children constitute the leading cause of death in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). We examined the environmental predictors of double and...
PURPOSE: Postoperative fever is a common complication following percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) that occurs even in patients with sterile urine cultures. Traditional risk-assessment tools are insufficient in this subset of patients. This study ai...
INTRODUCTION: Recent advancements in diagnosing tropical fevers increasingly use artificial intelligence (AI). These innovations focus on diagnosing single or multiple diseases, significantly reducing the global burden of tropical fevers. This protoc...
Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute
May 10, 2025
BACKGROUND: Blood stream infection (BSI) represent a life-threatening condition. Thus, we aimed to investigate the role of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) tests in adult febrile patients with BSI and other clinical infections in hosp...
International journal of medical informatics
Apr 4, 2025
OBJECTIVE: Determine the efficacy of commonly used approaches to handling missing and/or imbalanced Electronic Health Record (EHR) data on the performance of predictive models targeting risk of admission, intensive care unit (ICU) use, or prolonged l...
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
Apr 3, 2025
BACKGROUND: Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) poses a significant global health risk due to its high case fatality rates (24%-88%) and the diagnostic challenges posed by its nonspecific early symptoms, which overlap with other febrile illnesses like malari...
BACKGROUND: Labor anesthesia is commonly used for pain relief during labor, but it can increase the risk of intrapartum fever. Currently, there are no reliable tools to predict which parturients might develop fever before labor anesthesia. The predic...
Early diagnosis of Kawasaki disease (KD) allows timely treatment to be initiated, thereby preventing coronary artery aneurysms in children. However, it is challenging due to the subjective nature of the diagnostic criteria. This study aims to develop...
BACKGROUND: Postoperative fever (POF) is a common occurrence in patients undergoing major surgery, presenting challenges and burdens for both patients and surgeons yet. This study endeavors to examine the incidence, identify risk factors, and establi...
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