Pressure Ulcer Categorisation using Deep Learning: A Clinical Trial to Evaluate Model Performance [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Pressure ulcers are a challenge for patients and healthcare professionals. In the UK, 700,000 people are affected by pressure ulcers each year. Treating them costs the National Health Service {\pounds}3.8 million every day. Their etiology is complex and multifactorial. However, evidence has shown a strong link between old age, disease-related sedentary
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Pan African Medical Journal, 2018 An 86-year-old man presented with a painful lesion on his left tongue measuring 0.6 x 0.6mm (A). The lesion has been growing over the last 2 weeks. The patient did not remember any trauma except that his teeth did sometimes scratch his tongue. Histology form the excised lesion revealed a pressure ulcer (B).
Aryé Weinberg, Ralf Siegert
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Giant-neglected facial Marjolin’s ulcer associated with perioperative blood loss anemia
Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2020 Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common cancer in humans after basal cell carcinoma. Marjolin’s ulcer is a form of cutaneous malignancy, and mostly represents cSCC, arising from chronic burns and wounds.
Ahmad Kaako +2 more
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Diabetic foot ulcers monitoring by employing super resolution and noise reduction deep learning techniques [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) constitute a serious complication for people with diabetes. The care of DFU patients can be substantially improved through self-management, in order to achieve early-diagnosis, ulcer prevention, and complications management in existing ulcers.
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Cost effectiveness of community leg ulcer clinics: randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 1998 Objectives: To establish the relative cost effectiveness of community leg ulcer clinics that use four layer compression bandaging versus usual care provided by district nurses.
Brereton, L.M.L. +6 more
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Treatment of digit ulcers in a patient with Buerger's disease by using cervical spinal cord stimulation -a case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013 Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans) is known as a segmental inflammatory vasculitis that involves the small-sized and medium-sized arteries, veins, and nerves. Most effective treatment for Buerger's disease is smoking cessation. Except for the
Sang-Wook Ryu +6 more
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Neurotrophic keratitis in a patient with disseminated lymphangiomatosis. [PDF]
, 2009 INTRODUCTION: Neurotrophic keratitis, a degenerative corneal disease caused by trigeminal nerve impairment, has many etiologies and remains very difficult to treat.
Charukamnoetkanok, Puwat +2 more
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Multi-omics approaches for biomarker discovery and precision diagnosis of prediabetes
Frontiers in EndocrinologyRecent advancements in multi-omics technologies have provided unprecedented opportunities to identify biomarkers associated with prediabetes, offering novel insights into its diagnosis and management.
Jielin Song +21 more
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Traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia
Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2020 Oral ulcers constitute one of the most common chief complaints of patients attending any dental practice. The cause of oral mucosal ulceration is generally attributed to acute or chronic trauma from local factors. However, oral lesions may be the initial
Aashka Sethi +3 more
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A Pressure Ulcer Care System For Remote Medical Assistance: Residual U-Net with an Attention Model Based for Wound Area Segmentation [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Increasing numbers of patients with disabilities or elderly people with mobility issues often suffer from a pressure ulcer. The affected areas need regular checks, but they have a difficulty in accessing a hospital. Some remote diagnosis systems are being used for them, but there are limitations in checking a patient's status regularly.
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