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Number needed to treat (NNT) in clinical literature: an appraisal

BMC Medicine, 2017
Background The number needed to treat (NNT) is an absolute effect measure that has been used to assess beneficial and harmful effects of medical interventions.
Diogo Mendes, Carlos Alves, Francisco Batel-Marques   +2 more
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Health Technology Assessment: informed by science or in the service of politics?

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2021
The youth of Health Technology Assessment (HTA), as an institutional policy at the national level, signals the need to reflect on how its implementation took place under the perspective of its insertion in health policy and the scientific field.
Patrícia Coelho De Soárez
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Brno University of Technology Smartphone PPG Database (BUT PPG): Annotated Dataset for PPG Quality Assessment and Heart Rate Estimation

BioMed Research International, 2021
To the best of our knowledge, there is no annotated database of PPG signals recorded by smartphone publicly available. This article introduces Brno University of Technology Smartphone PPG Database (BUT PPG) which is an original database created by the ...
Andrea Němcová, E. Vargová, R. Smíšek, Lucie Maršánová, Lukáš Smital, Martin Vítek   +5 more
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications in Uremic Toxins From 1991 to 2024

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Uremic toxins are a growing area of research in nephrology, with significant implications in the progression and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the management of end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD). This bibliometric analysis aims to evaluate the global research trends, key contributors, and the impact of publications in ...
Yuh‐Shan Ho, Karim M. Soliman, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Wannasit Wathanavasin, Ahmed Daoud, Ahmed I. Kamal, Balázs Szamosfalvi, Tibor Fülöp   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lack of Diversity in Personal Health Record Evaluations with Older Adult Participants: A Systematic Review of Literature

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2017
Background: Older adults are not adopting personal health records (PHRs) at the same rates as other adult populations. Disparities in adoption rates are also reported in older adult subgroups.
Laura Kneale, George Demiris
doaj   +1 more source

An assessment of the suitability of a Liebau pump in biomedical applications

The Physics of Fluids
Impedance pumping and asymmetric pumping are the main mechanisms of the Liebau effect, a type of valveless pumping. The primary objective of this study is to enhance the current understanding of the mechanics and functionality of a Liebau pump.
J. Anatol, M. García-Díaz, C. Barrios-Collado, J. A. Moneo-Fernández, M. Rubio, F. Castro-Ruiz, J. Sierra-Pallares   +6 more
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptual model for early health technology assessment of current and novel heart valve interventions

Open Heart, 2016
Objective The future promises many technological advances in the field of heart valve interventions, like tissue-engineered heart valves (TEHV). Prior to introduction in clinical practice, it is essential to perform early health technology assessment. We
S. A. Huygens, M. Rutten-van Mölken, J. Bekkers, A. Bogers, C. Bouten, S. Chamuleau, P. D. de Jaegere, A. Kappetein, J. Kluin, N. V. Van Mieghem, M. Versteegh, M. Witsenburg, J. Takkenberg   +12 more
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

Tumor-on-a-chip: from bioinspired design to biomedical application

Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2021
Cancer is one of the leading causes of human death, despite enormous efforts to explore cancer biology and develop anticancer therapies. The main challenges in cancer research are establishing an efficient tumor microenvironment in vitro and exploring ...
Xingxing Liu, Jiaru Fang, Shuang Huang, Xiaoxue Wu, Xi Xie, Ji Wang, Fanmao Liu, Meng Zhang, Zhenwei Peng, Ning Hu   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source