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Chronic pain (CP) is a debilitating condition that extends beyond persistent pain, influenced by physiological and psychological factors. However, clinical trials often evaluate outcomes solely on self-reported pain amplitude. To address this, we aimed to derive a single metric from multidimensional digital data to com…

PURPOSE: Defects resulting from open resection of anterior skull base neoplasms are difficult to reconstruct. Our objective was to review the literature and describe an evidence-based algorithm that can guide surgeons reconstructing anterior skull base defects. METHODS: A research librarian designed database search st…

We present a novel, highly versatile, and self-referenced arrival time monitor for measuring the femtosecond time delay between a hard X-ray pulse from a free-electron laser and an optical laser pulse, measured directly on the same sample used for pump-probe experiments. Two chirped and picosecond long optical supercon…

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world tremendously. Particularly during the second wave in India, a dangerous complication followed in the form of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis. On June 7th, 2021, the Indian Union Health Minister stated that 28,252 cases of mucormycosis were reported from 2…

OBJECTIVES: Aim of this research was an immunofluorescent study and to measure immunoglobulins status of the polyps in the nose and paranasal cavities. BACKGROUND: Polyps of the nose and the paranasal cavities are very often guised, and their frequency is growing with increasing chemicals and allergens. These factors…

INTRODUCTION: The reduction of the risks of anemia and allogeneic transfusion is one the basic parts of the anaesthesia management in large urological procedures. We used acute normovolemic haemodilution (ANH) as a technique of autologous blood procurement in patients scheduled for radical prostatectomy. METHODS: 15 p…

BACKGROUND: The effect of BP measured prior to the cardioversion has not been studied. METHODS: Eighty patients (mean age 62 +/- 11 yrs, 44 men) with atrial fibrillation (AF), who underwent 92 cardioversions, were included. Non-invasive BP was measured. We performed a retrospective review of clinical data. The variabl…

OBJECTIVE: To systematically identify, appraise, and examine evidence regarding the effects of therapeutic tape on pain and function in individuals with lateral epicondylalgia (LE). METHODS: Five electronic databases were systematically searched up to March 2018. Full-text, peer-reviewed, English-language studies were…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of tafluprost, a fluoroprostaglandin receptor analog, for reduction of intraocular pressure in open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension. METHODS: A search of published literature was performed on the PubMed database using the search term…

OBJECTIVE: The study was designed to identify any association between the sacral hiatus of the dry sacral bones with that of patients with low back pain (LBP). The knowledge of the sacral hiatus is important in caudal epidural block (CEB). METHODS: Three hundred forty three (183 male and 160 female) complete and undam…

BACKGROUND: Detecting uncertain and negative assertions is essential in most BioMedical Text Mining tasks where, in general, the aim is to derive factual knowledge from textual data. This article reports on a corpus annotation project that has produced a freely available resource for research on handling negation and u…

BACKGROUND: This study aims to assess the quality of four selected traumatic brain injuries management guidelines used mainly in the US and in Europe. METHODS: The instrument Appraisal of Guidelines Research & Evaluation was selected to provide a framework for guidelines appraisal. Four guidelines addressing a specifi…

Systematic Reviews (SRs) hold promise for implementing the 3Rs in animal sciences: they can retrieve available alternative models, help refining experiments, and identify insufficiencies, or an excess of, scientific knowledge on a particular topic. Unfortunately, SRs can be labour- and time-intensive, especially the re…

Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) is considered a safe alternative to early cholecystectomy, especially in surgically high-risk patients with acute cholecystitis. Although randomized prospective controlled trials are lacking, data from most retrospective studies demonstrate that PTGBD is the most c…

OBJECTIVE: Authors retrospectively analyze a group of patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) who underwent an arterial reconstruction with a remote retrograde endarterectomy combined with intraoperative angiography and endovascular techniques as a hybrid procedure. RESULTS: During the y…

OBJECTIVE: Congenital vertical talus is a rare condition but a well-known cause of severe rigid flatfoot in children. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mid-term clinical and radiological results of one-stage surgical correction in children with congenital vertical talus. METHODS: Five feet in three children di…

UNLABELLED: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common form of peripheral nerve entrapment. Electromyography with selected nerve conduction studies (NCS) is an accepted diagnostic tool in CTS patients. Ultrasonography presents a widely available and low cost investigation method and its position in CTS diagnostics…

The continuing education is a challenge for health care professionals, considering the growing amount and variable quality of information in this field. In this context, we developed a method allowing clinicians to have a centralised access to the best current medical evidence supporting medical decision-making. Releva…

This paper deals with the plane-wave scattering from a finite set of coplanar thin circular resistive discs in free space, i.e. discs of high conductivity materials with thicknesses very small with respect to the discs' radii and the free-space wavelength. The scatterers are modelled as planar surfaces and suitable res…

CONTEXT: Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is one of the most common overuse injuries. OBJECTIVE: To assess the collective evidence of predisposing factors to PFPS. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE (1960-June 2010), EMBASE (1980-June 2010), and CINAHL (1982-June 2010). STUDY SELECTION: Studies were included if patients were…