INTRODUCTION: Khat chewing is a significant public health issue in Ethiopia, influenced by various demographic factors. Understanding the prevalence and determinants of khat chewing practices is essential to developing targeted interventions. Therefo...
BACKGROUND: Early detection of clinical deterioration using machine-learning early warning scores may improve outcomes. However, most implemented scores were developed using logistic regression, only underwent retrospective validation, and were not t...
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have achieved expert-level performance in medical imaging applications. Notably, self-supervised vision-language foundation models can detect a broad spectrum of pathologies without relying on explicit trainin...
Chronic pain is prevalent and disproportionately impacts adults with a lower quality of life. Although subjective self-reporting is the "gold standard" for pain assessment, tools are needed to objectively monitor and account for inter-individual diff...
BACKGROUND: Undifferentiated arthritis (UA) often develops into rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but predicting disease progression from seronegative UA remains challenging because seronegative RA often does not meet the classification criteria. This study...
OBJECTIVE: The incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) continues to rise steadily, significantly impacting human health. Early prediction of pre-diabetic risks has emerged as a crucial public health concern in recent years. Machine learning meth...
OBJECTIVE: Bloodstream infection (BSI) is a significant cause of mortality in patients with hematologic malignancies(HMs), particularly amid rising antibiotic resistance. This study aimed to analyze pathogen distribution, drug-resistance patterns and...
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Accurate segmentation of brain metastases on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is tedious and time-consuming for radiologists that could be optimized with deep learning (DL). Previous studies assessed several DL algorithms focu...
Large language model chatbots such as ChatGPT have shown the potential in assisting health professionals in emergency departments (EDs). However, the diagnostic accuracy of newer ChatGPT models remains unclear. This retrospective study evaluated the ...
Tai Chi, an Asian martial art, is renowned for its health benefits, particularly in promoting healthy aging among older adults, improving balance, and reducing fall risk. However, methodological challenges hinder the objective measurement of adherenc...