Research Insights

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

Benefit of Stereoscopic Volume Rendering for the Identification of Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis From Ct Angiography

This study explores the use of stereoscopic volumerendered D display technology in medical imaging specifically for the diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis PVS

Audit Of Follow-up Of Mothers With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Women with gestational diabetes should get specialized advice and treatment as soon as possible and should be assessed by specialists of the diabetes and prenatal team within one week after being diagnosed The team should advise the lady on why gestational diabetes arises possible risks and consequences and therapies

Risk factors for disease severity and increased medical resource utilization in respiratory syncytial virus (+) hospitalized children

This study aimed to provide regional data on clinical symptoms medical resource utilization MRU and risk factors for increased MRU in hospitalized pediatric patients infected with respiratory syncytial virus RSV in Belgium

Potential role of conventional and speckle-tracking echocardiography in the screening of structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in elderly individuals

The global population is experiencing a significant increase in the number of elderly individuals leading to a rise in cardiovascular disease burden Transthoracic echocardiography including conventional

Association of prehospital airway management technique with survival outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

The optimal prehospital airway management technique for outofhospital cardiac arrest OHCA patients remains controversial This study aimed to investigate the association between prehospital advanced airway management and survival

Association of atherogenic indices with C-reactive protein and risk factors to assess cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis patient at TikurAnbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa

Rheumatoid arthritis RA is an autoimmune systemic chronic inflammatory disorder which is characterized by joint stiffness damage and destruction of bone In RA patients the risk of cardiovascular disease is increased by folds as compared to the general population The major burden of RA is the development

Heart rate variability in hypothyroid patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Hypothyroidism may be associated with changes in the autonomic regulation of the cardiovascular system which may have clinical implications All studies measuring HRV in patients with untreated hypothyroidism and healthy controls were reviewed until August on the major article databases

Identification of cardiovascular and molecular prognostic factors for the morbidity and mortality in COVID-19-sepsis (ICROVID)

Severe COVID constitutes a form of viral sepsis Part of the specific pathophysiological pattern of this condition is the occurrence of cardiovascular events These include pulmonary embolism arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy as manifestations of extrapulmonary organ dysfunction Hitherto the prognostic impact of these cardiovascular events

Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC–WHO clinical ch

Acute kidney injury AKI is one of the most common and significant problems in patients with Coronavirus Disease COVID However little is known about the incidence and impact of AKI occurring in the community or early in the hospital admission The traditional Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes KDIGO definition can fail to identify patients for...

Brain-based measures of nociception during general anesthesia with remifentanil

Catheter radiofrequency RF ablation for cardiac arrhythmias is a painful procedure Prior work using functional nearinfrared spectroscopy fNIRS in patients under general anesthesia