A recent subanalysis of the EAST-AFNET 4 (Early Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation for Stroke Prevention Trial) suggests a stronger benefit of early rhythm control (ERC) in patients with atrial ...

An randomised controlled trial (RCT) performed in Australia in patients with presumed ECOPD showed high-flow oxygen substantially increased ... validation study included a mix of prospective and ...

Methods This 5-year retrospective cohort study (July 2013–June 2018) evaluated HbA1c testing frequency in a subset of patients with type 2 diabetes identified within data collected from approximately ...

Both authors of the present review participated in this selection. Thus, 17 studies were finally selected ... very rigorous clinical criteria and by systematically studying these patients at a genetic ...

The inclusion and exclusion criteria were then applied to the remaining 66 publications, bringing the number of papers to 37 (figure 1 shows the PRISMA study selection flow chart). The sample of 37 ...

Objective(s) This study evaluated the interaction of anticitrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) and rheumatoid factor (RF) in predicting sustained clinical response in an observational registry of ...

The study flowchart is shown in Figure 1. Of 10219 patients in CHART‐2, 5333 patients in stage A or B, 2424 without IHD, and 18 without sufficient data were excluded; we finally enrolled 2444 eligible ...

The systemic proinflammatory and pro-oxidant state of patients with decompensated cirrhosis is also responsible for structural and functional changes in the albumin molecule, which spoil its ...

Introduction Key knowledge gaps remain to improve reproductive health outcomes for millions of women living with female genital mutilation (FGM). We aimed to update previous reviews and quantify more ...

What is the nervous system? The nervous system is a complex system that controls and coordinates body activities. It's made up of 2 main divisions: Central nervous system. This consists of the brain ...

Results 10 studies with 273 patients were included in the meta-analysis. Participants had coronary artery disease, heart failure, hypertension, metabolic syndrome and obesity. There was a ...