Research Insights

This section focuses on the most recent research and discoveries across the globe in the various healthcare disciplines.

Unveiling the Dynamics of Antimicrobial Utilization and Resistance in a Large Hospital Network Over Five Years: Insights From Health Record Data Analysis

Antimicrobial Resistance AMR presents a pressing public health challenge globally which has been compounded by the COVID pandemic Elucidation of the impact of the pandemic on AMR evolution using populationlevel

Genomics-informed Nursing Strategies and Health Equity: a Scoping Review Protocol

The objective of this scoping review is to map the available evidence on strategies that nurses can use to facilitate genomicsinformed healthcare to address health disparities

Prevalence of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis Along the Continuum of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Care: a Protocol for a Living Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis CPA is a debilitating disease estimated to affect over million people worldwide Pulmonary tuberculosis PTB is the most significant risk factor for CPA However the true burden of CPA at the time of PTB diagnosis

Seeking Help for Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Longitudinal Analysis of Adults’ Experiences With Digital Technologies and Services

The COVID pandemic brought about dramatic changes in how patients access healthcare from its outset Lockdown restrictions and remote working led to a proliferation of digital technologies and services

Post-hypoglycemic Hyperglycemia Are Highly Relevant Markers for Stratification of Glycemic Variability and Partial Remission Status of Pediatric Patients With New-onset Type 1 Diabetes

To evaluate whether parameters of posthypoglycemic hyperglycemia PHH correlated with glucose homeostasis during the first year after type diabetes onset and helped to distinguish pediatric patients undergoing partial remission or not

A comparison of intima media thickness in the common carotid artery, the bulb and plaque area as predictions of incident atherosclerotic events

There is a debate on how to evaluate carotid artery intimamedia thickness IMT We here compared IMT of the common carotid artery CCA and bulb with plaque area regarding incident atherosclerotic disease

A Framework for Digital Health Policy: Insights From Virtual Primary Care Systems Across Five Nations

Digital health technologies used in primary care referred to as virtual primary care allow patients to interact with primary healthcare professionals remotely though the current iteration

Predictors of Early and Long-term Mortality After Icu Discharge in Critically Ill Covid-19 Patients: a Prospective Cohort Study

To mitigate mortality among critically ill COVID patients both during their Intensive Care Unit ICU stay and following ICU discharge

Can Mobile-health Applications Contribute to Long-term Increase in Physical Activity After Medical Rehabilitation?–a Pilot-study

Due to the positive effects of rehabilitation declining over time the aim of this study was to investigate the longterm physical activity level PAL following inpatient rehabilitation

Comorbidity Clusters and in-hospital Outcomes in Patients Admitted With Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Usa: a National Population-based Study

The prevalence of multimorbidity in patients with acute myocardial infarction AMI is increasing It is unclear whether comorbidities cluster into distinct phenogroups and whether are associated with clinical trajectories