Academic Articles & Research Papers

Preparation of liposomal amiodarone and investigation of its cardiomyocyte-targeting ability in cardiac radiofrequency ablation rat model

Ying Zhuge,1,* Zhi-Feng Zheng,1,* Mu-Qing Xie,2 Lin Li,2 Fang Wang,1 Feng Gao2,3 1Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 2Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, 3Shanghai Ke...

Outcome of pregnancy in the morbidly obese woman

Background: Obesity is a growing global health problem. In South Africa, more than half of the adult women are overweight and almost 30% are obese. The problems associated with obesity, such as diabetes, hypertension, thrombo-embolism and c...

Risk Stratification of Elderly Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery Using the Modified Frailty Index

Study Design: Retrospective cohort. Objectives: To validate the 11-item modified Frailty Index (mFI) as a perioperative risk stratification tool in elderly patients undergoing spine surgery. Methods: All consecutive cases of spine surgery i...

Colonic stenting as bridge to surgery versus emergency surgery for management of acute left-sided malignant colonic obstruction: a multicenter randomized trial (Stent-in 2 study)

Abstract Background Acute left-sided colonic obstruction is most often caused by malignancy and the surgical treatment is associated with a high mortality and morbidity rate. Moreover, these operated patients end up with a temporary or perm...

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at the Sociedad de Cirugía de Bogotá - Hospital de San José, Bogotá, 2023-2025.

Evaluation of recombinant activated protein C for severe sepsis at a tertiary academic medical center

Kevin E Anger,1 Jeremy R DeGrado,1 Bonnie C Greenwood,1 Steven A Cohen,2 Paul M Szumita1 1Department of Pharmacy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; 2Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Division of Epidemi...

Generation Scotland: Linking all the records we can

Objectives We started a family-based genetic epidemiology study in 2006-11 which recruited ~24,000 adult volunteers from ~7000 families across Scotland with consent for follow-up through medical record linkage and re-contact. In 2022-23 we ...

Clinicopathological features of rare bleeding disorders in high consanguinity population; A retrospective analysis from two tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Rare bleeding disorder (RBDs) encompasses a deficiency of one or more of FXIII, FXI, FX, FVII, FV, FII, and FI clotting factors, leading to bleeding disorders with variable presentations and outcomes ranging from none or minimal...

Automated patient and medication payment method for clinical trials

Barbara P Yawn,1 Suzanne Madison,1 Susan Bertram,1 Wilson D Pace,2 Anne Fuhlbrigge,3 Elliot Israel,3 Dawn Littlefield,1 Margary Kurland,1 Michael E Wechsler41Olmsted Medical Center, Department of Research, Rochester, MN, 2UCDHSC, Department...

Women’s perception about the discovery of breast cancer amid the covid-19 pandemic

Background Breast cancer is considered a health problem at a worldwide level. In Brazil, the South and Southeast regions have the highest mortality rates. Understanding how they dealt with the diagnostic of a stigmatized disease amid the CO...

ANN modeling of a nurse recognition program (INSPIRE) on job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention: evidence from Saudi private hospital data.

Impact of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents on Hospital Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Sepsis: Propensity Score Analyses of A Nationwide Sepsis Cohort.

A structural pathway from wage discrepancy to turnover intention among hospital nurses: the mediating roles of effort-reward imbalance, organizational justice, burnout, and organizational commitment.

Analysis of risk factors for venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients with acute herpetic neuralgia and construction of a predictive nomogram model.

High burden of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and its clinical determinants: a 6-year retrospective analysis of patients at Hargeisa TB Hospital, Somaliland.

Co-Designing Alongside Midwifery Units to Promote Maternal Health Equity: A Qualitative Study with Black Pregnant Individuals Receiving Prenatal Care in a Safety-Net Hospital Setting.

Plasma CD55 and HIV RNA load in newly diagnosed antiretroviral therapy-naive adults: an exploratory hospital-based case-control study.

Risk Factor Profiles and Clinical Outcomes: A 6-Month Longitudinal Study on Rehospitalization Rates in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.

Mixed-Methods Analysis of a National Survey of Hospitals With Inpatient Hepatitis C Treatment Initiatives.

Evaluation of an Internal Medicine Resident Research Program and Barriers to Research at an Academic Medical Center.