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Analysis of survival after initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy...
Abstract Background No study has specifically investigated the duration of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in patients who experienced acute kidney injury during... -
Pleural effusion from intrathoracic migration of a ventriculo-peritoneal shun...
Abstract Background Pleural effusion is a rare complication of ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting and its diagnosis is difficult in patients with... -
Resveratrol mediates mechanical allodynia through modulating inflammatory res...
Abstract Background Neuropathic pain (NeuP) is a chronic and challenging clinical problem, with little effective treatment. Resveratrol has shown neuroprotection by inhibiting... -
Modified bolster dressing with continuous suction improves skin graft surviva...
Abstract Background Skin engraftment of intraoral defects is known to be inconsistent due to mobility of the oral structure, uneven wounds, and accumulation of saliva under the... -
Highly active promoters and native secretion signals for protein production d...
Abstract Background The filamentous ascomycete Aspergillus niger is used in many industrial processes for the production of enzymes and organic acids by batch and fed-batch... -
Factors influencing decision regret regarding placement of a PEG among substi...
Abstract Background A tube feeding decision aid designed at the Ottawa Health Research Institute was specifically created for substitute decision-makers who must decide whether... -
Bacterial communities and metabolic activity of faecal cultures from equol pr...
Abstract Background Isoflavones are polyphenols with estrogenic activity found mainly in soy and soy-derived products that need to be metabolised in the intestine by the gut... -
The decline of FGM in Egypt since 1987: a cohort analysis of the Egypt Demogr...
Abstract Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been a longstanding tradition in Egypt and until recently the practice was quasi-universal. Nevertheless, there are... -
Long-term changes in renal function after treatment initiation and the import...
Abstract Background The present study aimed to investigate associations between long-term renal function, whether IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) was diagnosed... -
A multimodal intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance in peripheral wa...
Abstract Background Interventions to improve hand hygiene (HH) compliance are a key element in the practice infection prevention and control. It was our objective to assess the... -
Physical rehabilitation interventions in the intensive care unit: a scoping r...
Abstract Background Physical rehabilitation (PR) interventions in the intensive care unit (ICU) can improve patients’ functional outcomes, yet systematic reviews identified... -
Serum chitinase activity prognosticates metastasis of colorectal cancer
Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate the value of chitinase activity in prognosticating the occurrence of metastasis in and prognosis of patients with colorectal... -
Effect of dose and dose rate on temporal γ-H2AX kinetics in mouse blood and s...
Abstract Background Cesium-137 (137Cs) is one of the major and most clinically relevant radionuclides of concern in a radiological dispersal device, “dirty bomb” scenario as... -
Efficacy and safety of Ding-Kun-Dan for female infertility patients with pred...
Abstract Background Women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) who have a predicted poor ovarian response (POR) present a challenge... -
Income differences in screening, incidence, postoperative complications, and ...
Abstract Background The incidence of thyroid cancer (TC) has increased rapidly over the past few decades in Korea. This study investigated whether the TC epidemic has been... -
Distinct immune responses of juvenile and adult oysters (Crassostrea gigas) t...
Abstract Since 2008, massive mortality events of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) have been reported worldwide and these disease events are often associated with Ostreid... -
Comparison of the effects of Crataegus oxyacantha extract, aerobic exercise a...
Abstract Background Adhesion molecules play an important role in the development and progression of coronary atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was comparing the effect of... -
Volumetric optical mapping in early embryonic hearts using light-sheet micros...
Optical mapping (OM) of electrical activity using voltage-sensitive fluorescent dyes is a powerful tool for the investigation of embryonic cardiac electrophysiology. However,... -
Structured reporting has the potential to reduce reporting times of dual-ener...
Abstract Background In recent years, structured reporting has been shown to be beneficial with regard to report completeness and clinical decision-making as compared to... -
One size doesn’t fit all: cross-sectional associations between neighborhood w...
Abstract Background Low-income African American adults are disproportionately affected by obesity and are also least likely to engage in recommended levels of physical activity...