BACKGROUND: South Korea is reported to have higher levels of unmet medical needs (UMN) than other countries, particularly among the middle-aged adult population. Considering that this group constitutes a substantial portion of the country's productiv...
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BACKGROUND: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is a common endocrine malignancy with rising incidence and frequent recurrence, despite a generally favorable prognosis. Accurate recurrence prediction is critical for guiding post-treatment strategies....
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is a major threat to the health of children, especially those under the age of five. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is a core cause of pediatric pneumonia, and the incidence of severe mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (SMPP) has...
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization has highlighted the risk of Disease X, urging pandemic preparedness. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could be the first Disease X; therefore, understanding the epidemiological experiences of COVID-19 is c...
BACKGROUND: Critically ill patients can deteriorate rapidly; therefore, prompt prehospital interventions and seamless transition to in-hospital care upon arrival are crucial for improving survival. In Japan, helicopter emergency medical services (HEM...
The aim of this study was to establish a nomogram based on clinical, radiomics, and deep transfer learning (DTL) features to predict meningioma grade. Three hundred forty meningiomas from one hospital composed the training set, and 102 meningiomas fr...
Adequate sleep is crucial for maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and its deficiency can lead to various sleep-related disorders. Identifying these disorders early is essential for effective treatment, which traditionally relies on polysomnogram (PSG) t...
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common disease, and severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) has a high morbidity and mortality rate. Early recognition of SAP is crucial for prognosis. This study aimed to develop a novel liquid neural network (LNN) model for pre...
Manual interpretation of CT images for bone metastasis (BM) detection in primary cancer remains challenging. We present an automated Bone Lesion Detection System (BLDS) developed using CT scans from 2518 patients (9177 BMs; 12,824 non-BM lesions) acr...
BACKGROUND: Shame and stigma often prevent individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) from seeking and attending costly and time-intensive psychotherapies, highlighting the importance of brief, low-cost, and scalable treatments. Creating prescrip...