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Research Insights

This section focuses on recent global studies and discoveries in the various fields of healthcare.

Comparison of Lumbar Muscle Morphology in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain With and Without Clinical Lumbar Segmental Instability

Evaluation of spinal muscle morphology may be critical because of its impact on segmental stability and control of the lumbar spine in the subset of patients with clinical lumbar segmental instability LSI The purpose of this study was to compare

The Role of Diabetic Foot Treatment in Improving Left Ventricular Function: Insights From Global Longitudinal Strain Echocardiography

We decided to evaluate the effect of treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in improving heart function by strain echocardiography than conventional transthoracic echocardiography This prospective crosssectional study included patients with diabetic foot ulcer

Insights From a Single Centre Implementation of a Digitally-enabled Atrial Fibrillation Virtual Ward

Atrial fibrillation AF is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia and poses a significant public health burden Virtual wards are a novel approach utilising digital solutions to provide hospitallevel care remotely their rollout has become a key priority for the UK National Health

Cost-effectiveness of Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease Using a Cumulative Egfr-based Statistic

Routine screening for chronic kidney disease CKD could enable timely interventions to slow down disease progression but currently there are no clinical guidelines for screening We aim to evaluate the costeffectiveness of screening for CKD using a novel analytical tool based

Longitudinal Analysis of Host Protein Serum Signatures of Treatment and Recovery in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

A better understanding of treatment progression and recovery in pulmonary tuberculosis TB infectious disease is crucial This study analyzed longitudinal serum samples from pulmonary TB patients

Machine Learning Approaches to Enhance Diagnosis and Staging of Patients With MASLD Using Routinely Available Clinical Information

Metabolic dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease MASLD outcomes such as MASH metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis fibrosis and cirrhosis are ordinarily determined by resourceintensive and invasive biopsies We aim to show that routine clinical

Assessment of the Stiffness of the Upper Trapezius Muscle in a Group of Asymptomatic People With Cervical Spine Rotation Asymmetry

This study investigated the relationship between the stiffness of the upper trapezius muscle and the range of rotational movement of the cervical spine A total of righthanded asymptomatic students participated in the study Participants N characterised by asymmetry

Point-of-care Ultrasound (Pocus): Assessing Patient Satisfaction and Socioemotional Benefits in the Hospital Setting

Pointofcare ultrasound POCUS is an imaging modality used to make expedient patient care decisions at bedside Though its diagnostic utility has been extensively described POCUS is not yet considered standard of care in inpatient settings Data from emergency department settings suggest that

Harms and Benefits of Mammographic Screening for Breast Cancer in Brazil

In the absence of evidence on the effect of mammographic screening on overall mortality comparing the number of deaths avoided with the number of deaths caused by screening would be ideal but the only existing models of this type adopt a very narrow definition of harms

Machine Learning-based Identification of Contrast-enhancement Phase of Computed Tomography Scans

Contrastenhanced computed tomography scans CECT are routinely used in the evaluation of different clinical scenarios including the detection and characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma

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