Results 21 to 30 of about 539,779 (314)

Diagnostic Accuracy of Thyroid Ultrasound in Non-Toxic Nodules in a Mexican Population

Revista de Investigación e Innovación en Ciencias de la Salud
Introduction. Thyroid nodules are common and distinguishing benign from malignant lesions, especially in non-toxic nodules, remains a clinical challenge. Objective.
Eder Fernando Ríos-Bracamontes, Cruz Angélica Moreno-Leaño, Mario Hiram Figueroa-Andrade, Aldrin Uriel Hernández-Zamorano, Eduardo Antonio Béjar-Ángeles, Christian Alejandro Ríos-Bracamontes, Ofelia Berenice Valle-Figueroa, Jesús Venegas-Ramírez, Efrén Murillo-Zamora   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A 71-Year-Old Man From Ecuador With a History of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia and Lung Cavitation Associated With Triple Infection With , , and

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2022
Unvaccinated patients with comorbidities that impair the immune function, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, are more likely to develop severe COVID-19. The COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome has raised new concerns in intensive care ...
Killen H. Briones-Claudett MD, MSc, Mónica H. Briones-Claudett MSc, MD, Francisco Javier Cordova Loor MD, MSc, Roger Alexander Murillo Vasconez MD, Carolina del Rosario Rivera Salas MD, Cynthia K. Bajaña Huilcapi MD, Domenica F. Estupinan Vargas MD, Stalin E. Rodriguez Garcia MD, Jaime Benitez Sólis MD, MSc, Killen H. Briones Zamora MS, Diana C. Briones Marquez MD, Michelle Grunauer MD, PhD   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of Obesity with SARS-CoV-2 and Its Relationship with the Humoral Response Prior to Vaccination in the State of Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Study

Diagnostics, 2023
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of contracting infections. This study aimed to estimate the risk of COVID-19 infection associated with obesity and to assess its role in the specific antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 in 2021.
Daniel Montes-Herrera, José Esteban Muñoz-Medina, Larissa Fernandes-Matano, Angel Gustavo Salas-Lais, Ma. De Los Ángeles Hernández-Cueto, Clara Esperanza Santacruz-Tinoco, Irma Eloisa Monroy-Muñoz, Javier Angeles-Martínez   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

ABC-GOALScl score predicts admission to the intensive care unit and mortality of COVID-19 patients over 60 years of age

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background One of the risk factors for getting seriously ill from COVID-19 and reaching high mortality rates is older age. Older age is also associated with comorbidities, which are risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection.
María Elena Camacho-Moll, Zayra Ramírez-Daher, Brenda Leticia Escobedo-Guajardo, Julio César Dávila-Valero, Brenda Ludmila Rodríguez-de la Garza, Mario Bermúdez de León   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supporting Survivor‐Centered Care Through Digital Health Integration

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Survivors of childhood cancer face barriers to receiving guideline‐based, long‐term follow‐up care. Two digital tools, Passport for Care (PFC) and Cancer SurvivorLink (SurvivorLink), address complementary gaps by enabling tailored survivorship care plan (SCP) generation, updating, storage, and sharing.
Jordan G. Marchak, Rebecca Williamson‐Lewis, Michael O'Connor, Michael Palgon, Yu‐Ra Kim, Michael Schuckenbrock, Paula Edwards, Abraham Mendoza, Anthony Adams, Brian Arriaga‐Solis, Justin Parker, Harry Tinoco‐Giraldo, Jason King, C. Michael Fordis, Karen E. Effinger, Maria Monica Gramatges   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Air pollution, migrants’ health inequality, and China’s Cross-regional Medical Insurance Scheme: a moderating effect analysis

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Health inequality induced by environmental degradation has become a growing global concern. Especially for migrants across different medical insurance pooling regions, the problem is even more serious.
Hongyan Yang, Lin Li, Wenjing Jiang, Yang Yang, Mengxin Sun, Qiang Yao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustaining Social Security [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005
This paper analyzes the sustainability of intergenerational transfers in politico-economic equilibrium. Embedding electoral competition for the votes of old and young households in the standard Diamond (1965) OLG model, we find that intergenerational transfers naturally arise in a Markov perfect equilibrium, even in the absence of altruism, commitment,
Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín, Niepelt, Dirk
openaire   +6 more sources

Therapeutic Apheresis for Intravenous Methylprednisolone‐Refractory Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in a Single‐Center Case Series

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a relapsing autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. High‐dose intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) is the standard first‐line therapy for acute attacks, although some patients remain refractory.
Wataru Horiguchi, Daisuke Katagiri, Takeyuki Watadani, Shunichi Matsuda, Hiroshi Kaneko, Noritoshi Arai   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An isoform of 14‐3‐3 protein regulates transbilayer lipid movement at the plasma membrane

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Loss of 14‐3‐3ζ in CHO cells confers resistance to exogenous phosphatidylserine (PS) and impairs endocytosis‐independent inward flip‐flop of fluorescent PS at the plasma membrane. RNAi‐mediated knockdown reproduces this defect, while no additive effect is seen in ATP11C‐deficient cells.
Akiko Yamaji‐Hasegawa, Akira Hattori, Masafumi Tsujimoto, Toshihide Kobayashi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measurement of Gallbladder Volume with Ultrasonography in Pregnant Women

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000
Fasting and postprandial gallbladder volumes were investigated using ultrasonography in three groups (10 subjects in each) of healthy women: third trimester pregnant women, postpartum women up to 10 days after giving birth and nonpregnant controls.
Sait Kapicioglu, Sevgi Gürbüz, Ahmet Danalioglu, Ömer Sentürk, Mehmet Uslu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source