Oct 29, 2020

Cardiac injury with attendant negative prognostic implications is common among patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Whether cardiac injury, including myocarditis, ...

Oct 26, 2020

May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) predisposes individuals to develop lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) because of compression of the left common iliac vein. Diagnosis of the anatomic obstruction i...

Oct 26, 2020

To explore the hemostatic effect of intra-articular administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) combined with knee flexion in total knee arthroplasty (TKA).This randomized controlled trial was conducted a...

Oct 26, 2020

The postpartum period, also known as the puerperium, begins immediately after delivery of the neonate and placenta and ends 6-8 weeks after delivery. The appearance of physiologic uterine changes duri...

Oct 26, 2020

Team-based care has been emphasized as a strategy to improve and optimize outcomes for broad groups of patients who have presented with often complex medical conditions including large vessel cerebral...

Oct 26, 2020

The consultant of the week (COW) model of inpatient care means the consultants' primary focus is to deliver ward-based care daily. At Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, a COW model has ...

Oct 26, 2020

To preoperatively assess the neurodevelopment of a predominantly white population of children with moyamoya angiopathy (MMA).Assessments of 40 children with MMA (24 females, 16 males; mean age 6y 11mo...

Oct 26, 2020

Neuroinflammation leads to neurodegeneration, cognitive defects, and neurodegenerative disorders. Neurotrauma/traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause activation of glial cells, neurons, and neuroimmune...

Oct 26, 2020

Social deprivation may have a deleterious influence on post-stroke outcomes, but available data in the literature are mixed.The aim of this cohort study was to evaluate the impact of social deprivatio...

Oct 26, 2020

Glucose fluctuation (GF) is a residual risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). We investigated whether GF influenced clinical outcomes and progression of coronary stenosis in stable CAD patient...

Oct 26, 2020

This subgroup analysis of the ENTRUST-AF PCI trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02866175; Date of registration: August 2016) evaluated type of AF, and CHADS-VASc score parameters as predictors f...

Oct 26, 2020

To optimize the regenerative proficiency of stem cells, a cardiopoietic protein-based cocktail consisting of multiple growth factors has been developed and advanced into clinical trials for treatment ...

Oct 26, 2020

Sex-difference in types of cardiac organ damage has been reported in subjects with increased body mass index (BMI). However less is known about sex-differences in left ventricular (LV) myocardial func...

Oct 26, 2020

Mannose Phosphate Isomerase MPI-CDG (formerly CDG-1b) is a potentially fatal inherited metabolic disease which is readily treatable with oral D-mannose. We retrospectively reviewed long-term outcomes ...

Oct 26, 2020

The enzyme 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) determines pre-receptor metabolism and activation of glucocorticoids within peripheral tissues. Its dysregulation has been implicated in...

Oct 26, 2020

Objectives Calcium deregulation in diabetes mellitus (DM) is central to the brain-heart axis pathology. This has led to the use of medical plants in complementary medicine such as Amaranthus hypochond...

Oct 26, 2020

Objectives A recent discussion surrounding the extension of antenatal corticosteroid (ACS) use beyond 34 weeks of gestation did not include the subgroup of infants of diabetic mothers (IDM). We aimed...

Oct 26, 2020

Independent effects of gestational diabetes (GDM), maternal prepregnant obesity and gestational weight gain on offspring BMI and obesity are scarcely documented. We examined associations between GDM a...

Oct 26, 2020

Butyrate is a bioactive molecule produced by the intestinal flora and plays a major role in a variety of inflammatory diseases. Increasing evidence indicates that butyrate can regulate the occurrence ...

Oct 26, 2020

Data has been accumulating in the past few years that identify vitiligo as a disorder with systemic implications.In this hospital-based, cross-sectional, case-control study, 50 patients with non-segme...