Estimate of prevalent ischemic stroke from triglyceride glucose-body mass index in the general population

Z Du, L Xing, M Lin, Y Sun - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020 - Springer
Background To investigate the relationship between triglyceride glucose-body mass index
(TyG-BMI) and ischemic stroke. Methods Leveraging two Chinese general population …

Fundamental heart sound classification using the continuous wavelet transform and convolutional neural networks

A Meintjes, A Lowe, M Legget - 2018 40th annual international …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Correct identification of the fundamental heart sounds is an important step in identifying the
heart cycle stages. Heart valve pathologies can cause abnormal heart sounds or extra …

Smart triage: triage and management of sepsis in children using the point-of-care Pediatric Rapid Sepsis Trigger (PRST) tool

A Mawji, E Li, C Komugisha, S Akech… - BMC health services …, 2020 - Springer
Background Sepsis is the leading cause of death and disability in children. Every hour of
delay in treatment is associated with an escalating risk of morbidity and mortality. The …

Clinical significance and immunologic landscape of a five-IL (R)-based signature in lung adenocarcinoma

T Fan, S Pan, S Yang, B Hao, L Zhang, D Li… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Interleukins (ILs) and interleukin receptors (ILRs) play important role in the antitumor
immune response. However, the expression signature and clinical characteristics of the IL …

The diagnostic value of rapid urine test platform UF-5000 for suspected urinary tract infection at the emergency department

TTS Chun, X Ruan, SL Ng, HL Wong… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background and objective Urine culture is time consuming, which may take days to get the
results and impede further timely treatment. Our objective is to evaluate whether the fast …

Electrocardiogram interpretation during nurse triage improves the performance of the triage system in patients with cardiovascular symptoms–A prospective …

A Zaboli, D Ausserhofer, S Sibilio, E Toccolini… - International Emergency …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background An immediate ECG on arrival of a patient with cardiovascular symptoms in the
ED may anticipate the need for life-saving intervention. The aim was to evaluate whether …

Application of European‐specific polygenic risk scores for predicting prostate cancer risk in different ancestry populations

X Ruan, D Huang, J Huang, D Xu, R Na - The Prostate, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Polygenic risk score (PRS) has shown promise in predicting prostate cancer
(PCa) risk. However, the application of PRS in non‐European ancestry was poorly studied …

Major osteoporosis fracture prediction in type 2 diabetes: a derivation and comparison study

X Kong, Z Zhao, D Zhang, R Xie, L Sun, H Zhao… - Osteoporosis …, 2022 - Springer
The widely recommended fracture prediction tool FRAX was developed based on and for
the general population. Although several adjusted FRAX methods were suggested for type 2 …

Prognosis and complications of patients with primary gastrointestinal diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma: Development and validation of the systemic inflammation …

Y Chu, Y Liu, Y Jiang, X Ge, D Yuan, M Ding… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of systemic inflammation
response index (SIRI) in primary gastrointestinal diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (PGI …

Markers of renal function at admission and mortality in hip fracture patients-a single center prospective observational study

M H. Jonsson, A Åkesson, A Hommel… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Plasma cystatin C and shrunken pore syndrome (SPS) are associated with increased
mortality in older adults. The objective was to assess the association between these markers …