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Effect of Hewei Anshen Decoction on depressive insomnia and brain neurotransmitter levels

Sleep Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of Hewei Anshen Decoction (HAD) on both depressive symptoms and sleep quality in patients with depressive insomnia, and to investigate its impact on brain neurotransmitter levels. Methods Seventy‐two patients with depressive insomnia were randomly assigned to a treatment group and a control group ...
Feifei Lv, Xin Zhang, Liang Wang, Shaodan Li, Fagen Li   +4 more
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Temporal and Spatial Organization in Collaborative Work by Nurses in an Emergency and Critical Care Center

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This study describes the work at an emergency and critical care center, focusing on the collaboration of multiple nurses when moving patients from the outpatient department to the ward. This study is an ethnomethodological ethnography based on fieldwork at a hospital and analysis of video data. The patient transport process is temporally organized into
Hiroki Maeda, Yumi Nishimura
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Frequency of Pneumocystis jirovecii in sputum from HIV and TB patients in Namibia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014
Introduction: The opportunistic fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii causes Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP), which is a life-threatening infection in HIV/AIDS patients. The seemingly low prevalence of P.
Vincent Nowaseb, Esegiel Gaeb, Marcin G Fraczek, Malcolm D Richardson, David W Denning   +4 more
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Transforming acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) risk assessment: A multi‐algorithm machine learning approach for precise clinical phenotyping

VIEW, EarlyView.
We addressed the clinical need for individualized early identification of AECOPD by analyzing a longitudinal cohort of 878 COPD patients (20072024) and benchmarking 91 algorithms, yielding an interpretable ensemble model (AECOPD‐RS). The model showed strong performance (C‐index 0.815; validation 1/3/5‐year AUCs 0.864/0.865/0.855), with SHAP/VIMP ...
Yiqun Dong, Junyi Shen, Chaofan Fan, Anqi Lin, Peng Luo, Xin Chen   +5 more
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Study of Culture Conversion in Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis on All-Oral Longer Regimen at IGIMS, Patna

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
BackgroundMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) refers to tuberculosis that resists at least two primary drugs, namely isoniazid and rifampicin. To assess the management of MDR-TB, sputum culture conversion is performed. This study aimed to determine
Kumar Gudesh, Kumar Manish, Muni Sweta, Shankar Manish, Kumar Randhir, Kumari Namrata   +5 more
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Mass Screening of COVID-19 Cases by Sputum Testing

, 2021
Sudip Bhattacharya, Sheikh Mohd Saleem, Nishantadeb Ghatak   +2 more
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Recent advances of non‐invasive sensors for smart wearable respiratory monitoring

VIEW, EarlyView.
Respiration contains rich physiological and pathological information, making it one of the most fundamental and continuous vital signs. Respiration monitoring is a non‐invasive and simple, but incredibly powerful, tool for assessing health, managing disease, and tracking fitness.
Jianhui Chen, Baoxiang Yang, Chang Peng, Bao Yang, Licheng Zhou, Zhenyu Jiang, Zejia Liu, Yiping Liu, Liqun Tang   +8 more
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Comparing sputum, nasopharyngeal swabs, and combined samples for respiratory bacterial detection using multiplex PCR

Microbiology Spectrum
Respiratory tract infections are major global health issues that require rapid and accurate diagnostic methods. Multiplex quantitative PCR (qPCR) is commonly used for pathogen detection in respiratory samples.
Keun Ju Kim, Seung Gyu Yun, Myung-Hyun Nam, Chang Kyu Lee, Yunjung Cho   +4 more
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Evaluation of active tuberculosis case finding through symptom screening and sputum microscopy of close contacts in Shandong, China [PDF]

, 2011
Xiulei Zhang, Xiaolin Wei, Guanyang Zou, John Walley, Hongmei Zhang, Xiaoyan Guo, Li Zhen Zhu, Zhimin Liu   +7 more
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Research Progress on Upper Airway Cough Syndrome

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Upper airway cough syndrome (UACS) has been identified as a significant contributor to chronic cough in various national guidelines. However, the complexity of its pathogenesis, the lack of clarity surrounding its diagnostic criteria, and its overlap with other etiologies of chronic cough present considerable challenges in both diagnosis and ...
Wan‐Ting Huang, Jia Chen
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