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(Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2019-04)Purpose: This study aims to test the ability of quantitative temporal diffusion spectroscopy (qTDS) to assess cellular changes associated with radiation-induced cell death in a rat glioma model. Methods and Materials: ...
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(BMC Nephrology, 2019-08-07)Introduction The Southern Community Cohort Study is a prospective study of low socioeconomic status (SES) blacks and whites from the southeastern US, where the burden of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and its risk factors ...
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(Journal of the Pediatric Infectiouos Diseases Society, 2019-06)Background. Reduced-antigen-content tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine is recommended in many countries for boosting immunity in adolescents and adults. Although immunity to these antigens wanes ...
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(Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2019-10)Background Breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) represents a major source of morbidity among breast cancer survivors. Increasing data support early detection of subclinical BCRL followed by early intervention. A randomized ...
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(2019-12-11)Background: In medical oncology settings, early specialist palliative care interventions have demonstrated improvements in patient quality of life and survival compared with usual oncologic care. However, the effect of ...
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(European Journal of Heart Failure, 2019-07)Aims Heart failure ( HF) is associated with considerable symptom burden and impairment in physical functioning and quality of life. The sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor empagliflozin reduced the risk of HF ...
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(PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, 2019-07)Background Reactive atrial-based antitachycardia pacing (rATP) aims to terminate atrial tachyarrhythmia/atrial fibrillation (AT/AF) episodes when they spontaneously organize to atrial flutter or atrial tachycardia; however, ...
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(PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN, 2019-04-12)An important component of practicing evidence-based medicine (EBM) in plastic surgery is staying current with published research, an increasingly difficult task given the rapid growth of the literature. This article reviews ...
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(BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019-09-11)Background Proximal humeral fractures can be treated non-operatively or operatively with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) and arthroplasty. Our objective was to assess practice patterns for operative and ...
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Recommended care and care adherence following a diagnosis of Lynch syndrome: a mixed-methods study (Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice, 2019-12-16)Background Lynch syndrome (LS) is the most common hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC) syndrome. This study assesses trends in diagnosis of LS and adherence to recommended LS-related care in a large integrated healthcare ...
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(Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-Global OPEN, 2019-03)Background : Severe trauma often results in the transection of major peripheral nerves. The RANGER Registry is an ongoing observational study on the use and outcomes of processed nerve allografts (PNAs; Avance Nerve Graft, ...
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(Frontiers in Neurology, 2019-05-01)Background: Asphyxia is the most common cause of brain damage in newborns. Substantial evidence indicates that leukocyte recruitment in the cerebral vasculature during asphyxia contributes to this damage. We tested the ...
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(Nature Communications, 2019-05)The number of available donor organs limits lung transplantation, the only lifesaving therapy for the increasing population of patients with end-stage lung disease. A prevalent etiology of injury that renders lungs ...
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(Children-Basel, 2019-08)Children and adolescents with cancer often participate in medical and psychosocial research throughout their diagnosis and treatment. Furthermore, this involvement frequently extends into the survivorship period. Sometimes ...
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(MBIO, 2019-03)Biofilms are multicellular bacterial communities encased in a self-secreted extracellular matrix comprised of polysaccharides, proteinaceous fibers, and DNA. Organization of these components lends spatial organization to ...
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(2019-03)The gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori causes a persistent infection that is directly responsible for gastric ulcers and gastric cancer in some patients and protective against allergic and other immunological disorders ...
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(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020-01-21)
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(Archives of Gerontogy and Geriatrics, 2020-03)Background/objectives: Available metrics for characterizing cumulative anticholinergic exposure over time may not be well suited for use across all US data sources. In this review, the properties of existing anticholinergic ...
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(Annals Of Surgery, 2023-01-28)Objective:The aim of this review was to review the ethical and multidisciplinary clinical challenges facing trauma surgeons when resuscitating patients presenting with penetrating brain injury (PBI) and multicavitary trauma. ...
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(Medical Image Analysis, 2022-12-14)We propose an endoscopic image mosaicking algorithm that is robust to light conditioning changes, specular reflections, and feature-less scenes. These conditions are especially common in minimally invasive surgery where ...