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Beware! We are Skating on a Thin Ice: Air Pollution is a Killer
J Assoc Physicians India. 2023 Jul;71(7):11-12.ABSTRACTAir pollution has rapidly emerged as a major environmental hazard in recent times, with potentially catastrophic ramifications for human health.1,2 It has the ability to severely and adversely impact multiple body systems, including the central nervous system (CNS), cardiovascular, dermatological, respiratory, ophthalmologic, and gastrointestinal health. It is a global public health hazard, being responsible for an estimated 6.7 million deaths worldwide in 2016. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 3.2 to 4.8 million persons succumb yearly because...
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - July 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Man M Mehndiratta Divyani Garg Source Type: research

Association of age with 1-year outcome in patients with acute ischaemic stroke treated with thrombectomy: real-world analysis in 18 506 patients
Conclusions In this large ‘real-world’ cohort, outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy were strongly associated with age. Of patients aged ≥80 years more than half were dead and less than one-fifth were functionally independent at 1 year. Certain comorbidities and ventilation >48 hours were associated with even worse outcomes.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - July 13, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Beuker, C., Köppe, J., Feld, J., Meyer, C. L., Dröge, P., Ruhnke, T., Günster, C., Wiendl, H., Reinecke, H., Minnerup, J. Tags: Open access Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Probabilistic graphical modelling using Bayesian networks for predicting clinical outcome after posterior decompression in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy
CONCLUSIONS: The causal predictors of surgical outcome for DCM were sex, dementia and PreJOA score. Therefore, PGM may be a useful personalized medicine tool for predicting the outcome of patients with DCM.PMID:37435966 | DOI:10.1080/07853890.2023.2232999
Source: Annals of Medicine - July 12, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Dong Ah Shin Sun-Ho Lee Sohee Oh Changwon Yoo Hee-Jin Yang Ikchan Jeon Sung Bae Park Source Type: research