In sub-Saharan Africa, malnutrition is associated with mortality in adults hospitalized for medical illness. However, it remains unclear whether this association is causal, and if causal, what the potential mediators are. We assessed whether malnutrition is causally related to mortality among hospitalize...
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The oscillometric waveform extracted from the cuff pressure curve is processed to construct the oscillometric waveform envelope, whereby the mean arterial pressure (MAP) is identified at the maximal amplitude of the envelope. Systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) are then estimated using empirical...
Proportion of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are aware of their diagnosis and are receiving appropriate guideline-recommended care. The proportion of people with CKD who are aware of their diagnosis varies globally, with rates ranging from 7 to 20%. As CKD stage worsens, knowledge...
The first approach recommended in patients with localized neuroendocrine neoplasms is the surgery [3]. However, most NETs patients already have advanced disease at the time of clinical presentation and therefore require medical therapy [4,5,6,7]. The gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) neuroendocrine tumors...
Since then, gaming disorder (GD) has been recognised as a diagnosis in the eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11; World Health Organisation [WHO], 2018). Whilst the DSM-5 and ICD-11 classify the disorder slightly differently, essentially both describe the ...
Jury recommendations Is hypotension necessary for the diagnosis of shock? 1. We recommend that shock be defined as a life-threat- Since the advent of the sphygmomanometer and the ability ening, generalized maldistribution of blood flow result- to measure blood pressure, low blood pressure has ...
The definition of ischemic ictus is reported by [13]. Table 1. Characteristics baseline in DM-HT COVID-19 patients by gender differences. SBP (systolic blood pressure); DBP (diastolic blood pressure); DM (diabetes mellitus); CKD (chronic kidney disease); ICM (body mass index). ...
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