Research Insights
This section focuses on the most recent research and discoveries across the globe in the various healthcare disciplines.
Relationship between youth cardiometabolic health and physical activity in medical records
Engaging in physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviors improves cardiometabolic health and weight status in children The prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases
Surgical appropriateness nudges: Developing behavioral science nudges to integrate appropriateness criteria into the decision making of spine surgeons
Substantial variation exists in surgeon decision making In response multiple specialty societies have established criteria for the appropriate use of spine surgery
Effect of systemic vascular resistance on the agreement between stroke volume by non-invasive pulse wave analysis and Doppler ultrasound in healthy volunteers
Stroke volume can be estimated beattobeat and noninvasively by pulse wave analysis However its reliability has been questioned during marked alterations in systemic vascular resistance
Motivating factors for physical activity participation among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease A qualitative study applying the motivation, opportunity, and ability model
The study aims to explore the driving forces behind physical activity engagement among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease focusing on motivation
Hepcidin, in contrast to heparin binding protein, does not portend acute kidney injury in patients with community acquired septic shock
Acute kidney injury is a common and severe complication in patients treated at an Intensive Care Unit The pathogenesis of AKI has been reported to involve hypoperfusion diminished oxygenation
Characterization of heart rate variability in end-stage renal disease patients after kidney transplantation with recurrence quantification analysis
Heart rate variability is a noninvasive approach to studying the autonomic modulation of heart rate in experimental settings such as active standing sympathetic stimulation It is known that patients with endstage renal disease
A model-based cost-utility analysis of an automated notification system for deteriorating patients on general wards
Delayed response to clinical deterioration of hospital inpatients is common Deployment of an electronic automated advisory vital signs monitoring and notification system to signal clinical deterioration
Impact of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Ventricular-arterial Coupling and Left Ventricular Function in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
To maintain efficient myocardial function optimal coordination between ventricular contraction and the arterial system is required Exercisebased cardiac rehabilitation CR has been demonstrated to improve left ventricular LV function This study aimed to investigate
Retrospective Analysis of Percutaneous Intervention of the Renal Artery in Transplanted Kidneys in Children and Adolescents at a Tertiary Public Hospital
Twenty patients had significant stenosis and underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty PTAstenting TRAS groupintervention TNS nonsignificant group control patients did not have significant stenosis and were treated clinically The combined
Identifying Prognostic Factors for Survival in Intensive Care Unit Patients With Sirs or Sepsis by Machine Learning Analysis on Electronic Health Records
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome SIRS and sepsis are the most common causes of inhospital death However the characteristics associated with the improvement in the patient conditions during the ICU stay were not fully elucidated
