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AIM: The aim of the study was to find out whether there is correlation between the fetal blood oxygen saturation values detected by intrapartum fetal pulse oximetry and the umbilical blood pH values taken postpartum, and what is the effect of intrapartum fetal pulse oximetry on the mode of delivery. BACKGROUND: Sevent…

The role of laparoscopic appendectomy in the management of complicated appendicitis remains unsettled with reports of a higher incidence of postoperative intraperitoneal abscess. Most studies on laparoscopic appendectomy in children have been done in the Western population. This retrospective review has been done to co…

BACKGROUND: Malignant ventricular arrhythmia in coronary artery disease (CAD) is a severe life-threatening disease and a risk factor for sudden cardiac death. Myocardial revascularization influences the arrhythmogenic substrate of the malignant ventricular arrhythmia in the secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death.…

STUDY OBJECTIVES: The connective tissue alterations in varicose vein wall are supposed to be one of the main causes of primary varicose vein (main sign of human lower limbs chronic venous insufficency). METHODS: 5 varicose vein samples from 5 patients undergoing stripping surgery of long saphenous vein were compared w…

OBJECTIVES: The described project aimed to promote patients' rights in the Slovak Republic that are stipulated by law but in practice not observed fully. BACKGROUND: The project was based on a bi-lateral agreement between The Netherlands and the Slovak Republic in the framework of European Union pre-accession program…

BACKGROUND: The redox state of glutathione has been used as indicator for the redox environment of the cell. OBJECTIVES: To investigate relationships between the redox environments, the SOD activity, total antioxidant status and the oxidation stress markers production (MDA and lipofuscin). METHODS: Individuals with D…

BACKGROUND: A Mental Health Task Force (MHTF) was developed in a large public college of nursing in the Southeastern United States to address the urgent mental health needs expressed by growing numbers of nursing students related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). AIMS: The purpose of this study was to report…

BACKGROUND: Informed consent discussions have been identified as a core entrustable professional activity for medical students by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Medical students, however, rarely receive formal instruction on how to appropriately conduct informed consent discussions before residency, resu…

Adult spinal ependymoma presents a rare low-grade tumor entity. Due to its incidence peak in the fourth decade of life, it mostly affects patients during a professionally and physically active time of life. We performed a retrospective monocentric study, including all patients operated upon for spinal ependymoma betwee…

UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Evidence implementation refers to the application of appropriate enabling strategies to improve clinician engagement with the best available evidence. To date, little attention has been paid to evidence implementation in disciplines such as naturopathy. This study addresses this…

Shared decision making (SDM) is a central component of patient-centered care; however, a minimal amount is known about what health care chaplains contribute to this process. Data from 463 full-time chaplains practicing in the United States collected by an online survey was analyzed using SPSS 26 for bivariate and multi…

AIMS: To describe the current employment status of Bachelor of Veterinary Technology (BVetTech) graduates in New Zealand, to assess how well they felt that their degree programme had prepared them for practice, and to explore their experiences in their current job roles. METHODS: All 195 individuals who completed the…

IMPORTANCE: Rapid and accurate diagnosis of late-onset infection in newborn infants could inform treatment decisions and avoid unnecessary administration of antibiotics. OBJECTIVE: To compare the accuracy of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) with that of microbiological blood culture for diagnosing late-onset infection i…

Residual tumor after curative intent therapy in patients with Ewing's sarcoma is of great clinical significance. Surgeons use the resection margin to indicate the completeness of a surgical excision. However, this margin may be either nonviable/necrotic or viable. This systematic review examines the 5-year event-free s…

Although recent progress in medicine has substantially reduced cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)-related mortalities, current therapeutics have failed miserably to be beneficial for all patients with CVDs. A wide array of evidence suggests that newly-introduced cell-free treatments (CFTs) have more reliable results in the…

BACKGROUND: Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA), cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and urinary tumour DNA are increasingly studied in bladder cancer and urothelial carcinoma. We mapped the development, knowledge structure and clinical emphasis of this ctDNA/cfDNA-centred literature and assessed its coverage across three bibliographic d…

The assembly of the HIV-1 immature capsid (HIC) is an essential step in the virus life cycle. In vivo, the HIC is composed of [Formula: see text] hexameric building blocks, and it takes 5-6 min to complete the assembly process. The involvement of numerous building blocks and the rapid timecourse makes it difficult…

INTRODUCTION: This article describes the evaluation of a prototype speech-input interface to an anaesthesia patient record, conducted in a full-scale anaesthesia simulator involving six doctor-nurse anaesthetist teams. OBJECTIVE: The aims of the experiment were, first, to assess the potential advantages and disadvanta…

INTRODUCTION: Tumour growth has been used to successfully predict progression-free survival in low-grade glioma. This systematic review sought to establish the evidence base regarding the correlation of volumetric growth rates with histological diagnosis and potential to predict clinical outcome in patients with mening…