Fertility 2024 Rethinking Reproduction 10th –13th January 2024, Edinburgh The joint conference of the Association of Reproductive & Clinical Scientists, British Fertility Society, and the Society for Reproduction & Fertility
Volume 27, Issue 1, December 2024 . (Source: Human Fertility)
Source: Human Fertility - April 25, 2024 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Intersectional stigma and the non-communicable disease syndemic in the context of HIV: protocol for a multisite, observational study in the USA
Introduction
The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia, presents key challenges to achieving optimal HIV care outcomes among ageing people living with HIV. These diseases are often comorbid and are exacerbated by psychosocial and structural inequities. This interaction among multiple health conditions and social factors is referred to as a syndemic. In the USA, there are substantial disparities by social position (ie, racial, ethnic and socioeconomic status) in the prevalence and/or control of non-communicable diseases and HIV. Intersecting stigmas, such as racism,...
Source: BMJ Open - April 25, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Friedman, M. R., Badri, S., Bowleg, L., Haberlen, S. A., Jones, D. L., Kempf, M.-C., Konkle-Parker, D., Kwait, J., Martinson, J., Mimiaga, M. J., Plankey, M. W., Stosor, V., Tsai, A. C., Turan, J. M., Ware, D., Wu, K. Tags: Open access, Public health Source Type: research
Randomised multicentre effectiveness trial of rapid syndromic testing by panel assay in children presenting to European emergency departments with acute respiratory infections--trial protocol for the ADEQUATE Paediatric trial
Introduction
Syndromic panel assays, that is, using one test to simultaneously target multiple pathogens with overlapping signs and symptoms, have been integrated into routine paediatric care over the past decade, mainly for more severely ill and hospitalised patients. Their wider availability and short turnaround times open the possibility to apply them to non-hospitalised patients as well. In this context, it is important to trial how clinicians make use of pathogen detection data and if their early availability influences management decisions, particularly antibiotic use and hospitalisation.
Methods and analysis
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Source: BMJ Open - April 25, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: ADEQUATE Paediatric Trial Group, Yau, Vitale, Vecchia, DAmbrosio, Bouwman, van Esschoten, Leus, de Pooter, Timbermont, Rodriguez Ruiz, Hommel, Tessonneau, Kohns Vasconcelos, Malhotra-Kumar, Allantaz, Vandepitte, Tissier, Cleuziat, Postma, van Asselt, van Tags: Open access, Emergency medicine Source Type: research
The impact of social media interventions on eating behaviours and diet in adolescents and young adults: a mixed methods systematic review protocol
Introduction
Adolescents and young adults are susceptible population when it comes to healthy eating and dietary behaviours. The increasing use of social media by this age group presents a unique opportunity to promote healthy eating habits. Social media has become a popular platform for promoting health interventions, particularly among young people. However, there is a lack of consensus on the effectiveness of social media interventions in this population. This mixed-method systematic review aims to synthesise the available evidence on the impact of social media interventions on healthy eating behaviours among young peop...
Source: BMJ Open - April 25, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tang, H., Spreckley, M., van Sluijs, E., Ahern, A. L., Smith, A. D. Tags: Open access, Nutrition and metabolism Source Type: research
Outcome, predictors and longitudinal trajectories of subjects with critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy (CINAMOPS): study protocol of an observational cohort study in a clinical and post-clinical setting
Introduction
Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy (CIP/CIM) are frequent complications in the intensive care unit (ICU) with major consequences for the progress and outcome of subjects. CIP/CIM delays the weaning process, prolongs the hospital stay and increases the mortality rate. Additionally, it may have long-term consequences beyond the hospitalisation phase with prolonged disability. Even though there is growing interest in CIP/CIM, research about the clinical and post-clinical course as well as the middle-term and long-term outcomes of subjects with CIP/CIM is scarce. A large prospective study of critically i...
Source: BMJ Open - April 25, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Bergmann, J., Egger, M., Müller, F., Jahn, K. Tags: Open access, Neurology Source Type: research
Neurocognitive enriched rehabilitation at #sportfisio2024
The Swiss Sports Physiotherapy Association (SSPA) will hold its 22nd annual conference on 8 November 2024 at the Bernexpo, Bern, capital of Switzerland and home of this event since 2005. The goal of SSPA has always been to organise a high-quality scientific congress featuring international high-profile speakers. We invite you to relive all our conferences (since 2013) on our own YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYW4Yv3IXeANv-uD3R0FYA), a free educational resource for the sports physiotherapy (PT) and medicine community. SSPA news The SSPA, founded in 2002 as a non-profit organisation, has been a member so...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Bizzini, M., Mathieu, N. Tags: BJSM Warm up Source Type: research
Computational model of engagement with stigmatised sentiment: COVID and general vaccine discourse on social media
AbstractThe growth rate of new social media users continues to surpass new Internet users and new unique mobile phone subscribers and this trend remains consistent over the past 5 years (2019 –2023). The most frequently visited types of websites or apps worldwide are chat and messaging, closely followed by social networks and this trend has also remained relatively constant. The dominating role of social media, especially as a source for information seeking, is staggering, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the research in Keller et al. (J Mec Internet Res 16:e8, 2014) indicates that not many experts co...
Source: Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics - April 25, 2024 Category: Bioinformatics Source Type: research
Unified Brain MR-Ultrasound Synthesis using Multi-Modal Hierarchical Representations
Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2023 Oct 13;2023:448-458. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-43999-5_43.ABSTRACTWe introduce MHVAE, a deep hierarchical variational autoencoder (VAE) that synthesizes missing images from various modalities. Extending multi-modal VAEs with a hierarchical latent structure, we introduce a probabilistic formulation for fusing multi-modal images in a common latent representation while having the flexibility to handle incomplete image sets as input. Moreover, adversarial learning is employed to generate sharper images. Extensive experiments are performed on the challenging problem of joint intra-operat...
Source: MICCAI International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - April 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Reuben Dorent Nazim Haouchine Fryderyk Kogl Samuel Joutard Parikshit Juvekar Erickson Torio Alexandra Golby Sebastien Ourselin Sarah Frisken Tom Vercauteren Tina Kapur William M Wells Source Type: research
Clinicopathologic Conference Case 5: Swelling of the maxilla in a young child
A nine-year-old male presented to his dentist with the chief complaint that he had noticed “a bump in his mouth a few weeks ago.” The patient reported no pain with eating. His medical history was unremarkable, except for a broken arm a few years prior. The patient is adopted and the family has no medical records from his birth. Extra-oral exam revealed no diagnostic abnormalities and the patient was awake, alert and comfortable with the examination. Upon intraoral physical exam, an expansile fullness of the anterior maxilla was noted (Figure 1). (Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics)
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - April 24, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Daria Vasilyeva, Scott M. Peters, Patricia E. Miller, Rachelle A. Wolk Source Type: research
Clinical Pathologic Conference Case #6: Oral and Cutaneous Findings in a 14-year-old Female
A 14-year-old female with a history of Kawasaki disease was referred to a university oral medicine clinic by her orthodontist due to swollen, hemorrhagic gingiva and tooth mobility. Scurvy was suspected by the patient's nurse practitioner and confirmed by a measure of ascorbic acid in plasma of less than 5 μmol per liter (0.1 mg per deciliter; reference range, 23 to 114 μmol per liter [0.4 to 2.0 mg per deciliter]). Laboratory testing also revealed vitamin D deficiency with a measured 25-hydroxyvitamin D level of less than 23.3 ng per milliliter (50 nmol per liter; reference range 32.0-100.0 ng per milliliter). (Source: ...
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - April 24, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Sarah Glass, Mark Mintline Source Type: research
Clinicopathologic Conference Case 3: Palatal Swelling with Sinus Floor Erosion
A 52-year-old male presented to his oral surgeon for evaluation of a right palatal mass that had been present for one year. Clinical symptoms included swelling, and no pain was reported. His past medical history was non-contributory. Intraoral examination revealed a smooth-surfaced mass with a slightly bluish hue, measuring approximately 3.0 cm in its greatest dimension (Figure 1). No surface ulceration was observed. Radiographic evaluation showed erosion of the nasal floor and maxillary sinus in the corresponding area. (Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics)
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - April 24, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Saja A. Alramadhan, Jenna Marcinczyk Source Type: research
Clinical Pathologic Conference Case 1: A unilocular radiolucency of the right mandible
An 18-year-old black male presented to the oral surgery resident clinic for evaluation of a radiolucent lesion of the right posterior mandible detected on routine panoramic imaging at a local pediatric dental clinic. The patient was otherwise healthy with no significant past medical or social history. The patient's mother vaguely recalled that “something” was seen several years ago on a radiograph of the area, but a search of dental records found no images for comparison.On extraoral exam, the patient appeared symmetric without evidence of facial fullness or swelling. (Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Patholog...
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - April 24, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Dennis Shem, John R. Kalmar Source Type: research
Clinical Pathology Conference: Case 4: An exophytic gingival mass of the right anterior mandible
An 83-year-old male presented to a community oral maxillofacial surgeon with a tender, pink, pedunculated exophytic tumor measuring 2 × 1.5 cm involving the right anterior mandible adjacent to tooth #27 (Figure 1A). His medical history was significant for hypertension, congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and prostate cancer treated with radiation and androgen deprivation chemotherapy. The patient had been taking a miodarone, metoprolol, digoxin, rivaroxaban, furosemide, bicalutamide, and leuprorelin injections. (Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics)
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - April 24, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Safia Durab, Ida A. Varghese, Laith Mahmood, Nadarajah Vigneswaran Source Type: research
Prospective cohort study of long-term neurological outcomes in retired elite athletes: the Advanced BiomaRker, Advanced Imaging and Neurocognitive (BRAIN) Health Study protocol
Introduction
Although limited, recent research suggests that contact sport participation might have an adverse long-term effect on brain health. Further work is required to determine whether this includes an increased risk of neurodegenerative disease and/or subsequent changes in cognition and behaviour. The Advanced BiomaRker, Advanced Imaging and Neurocognitive Health Study will prospectively examine the neurological, psychiatric, psychological and general health of retired elite-level rugby union and association football/soccer players.
Methods and analysis
400 retired athletes will be recruited (200 rugby union and 20...
Source: BMJ Open - April 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Zimmerman, K. A., Hain, J. A., Graham, N. S. N., Rooney, E. J., Lee, Y., Del-Giovane, M., Parker, T. D., Friedland, D., Cross, M. J., Kemp, S., Wilson, M. G., Sylvester, R. J., Sharp, D. J. Tags: Open access, Neurology Source Type: research
