INTRODUCTION: Congenital heart defect (CHD) is a significant, rapidly emerging global problem in child health and a leading cause of neonatal and childhood death. Prenatal detection of CHDs with the help of ultrasound allows better perinatal manageme...
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge, particularly in rural areas of high-burden countries like China. Active case finding (ACF) and timely treatment have been proven effective in reducing TB prevalence, but the...
INTRODUCTION: Membranous nephropathy is an autoimmune kidney disease and the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in non-diabetic Caucasian adults. Rituximab is now recommended as first-line therapy for membranous nephropathy. However, Kidney Dise...
INTRODUCTION: Combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with robotic training could result in more significant improvements in motor function than either treatment alone. The efficacy of this combination may depend on the sequenci...
BACKGROUND: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) improves outcomes in men undergoing definitive radiotherapy for prostate cancer but carries significant toxicities. Clinical parameters alone are insufficient to accurately identify patients who will der...
INTRODUCTION: Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome. Accurate risk stratification and early diagnosis of HF are challenging as its signs and symptoms are non-specific. We propose to address this global challenge by developing the STRATIFY...
Multicenter and multi-scanner imaging studies may be necessary to ensure sufficiently large sample sizes for developing accurate predictive models. However, multicenter studies, incorporating varying research participant characteristics, MRI scanners...
BACKGROUND: Given the swift advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), the utilisation of AI-based clinical decision support systems (AI-CDSSs) has become increasingly prevalent in the medical domain, particularly in the management of cerebrovascu...
BACKGROUND: Exposure of critically ill patients to antibiotics lead to intestinal dysbiosis, which often manifests as antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Faecal microbiota transplantation restores gut microbiota and may lead to faster resolution of diar...
BACKGROUND: Over the course of a clinical trial, irregularities may arise in the data. Trialists implement human-intensive, expensive central statistical monitoring procedures to identify and correct these irregularities before the results of the tri...
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