The role of physiotherapists in acute post-stroke neurorehabilitation: qualitative perspectives from clinicians and stroke unit managers.
Pérez-De La Cruz S
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to explore and compare the perspectives of both physiotherapists and medical managers regarding the professional role and clinical contributions of physiotherapy...
Effects of time-restricted eating on blood pressure in children: A cluster randomized controlled trial.
Wu X, Miao J, Peng Z, An X, Liu Q, Chen L, Liang X
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a time-restricted eating (TRE) intervention to reduce blood pressure (BP) in children and adolescents. METHODS: We conducte...
Dissecting burden of alcoholic cardiomyopathy: age-period-cohort analysis from the global burden of disease study 2019.
Zhou H, Mao Y, Zheng Z, Tu Z, Li Y, Yang J, Chen W, Fan C
BACKGROUND: Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, characterized by ventricular dilation and impaired contractility resulting from chronic heavy...
Spontaneous intracranial artery dissection: risk factors, clinical features and imaging features.
Wang Y, Jiang Q, Chen X, Liang Q, Cao S, Wang F
PURPOSE: There remains a lack of epidemiological data and evidence regarding risk factors for intracranial arterial dissection (IAD) worldwide, making it difficult to make a more timely and accura...
Cardiometabolic index (CMI) and sarcopenia as predictors of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease: a NHANES-based cohort study.
Zhang Z, Xing Y, Zhang F, Zhang X, Zhong Y
The Cardiometabolic Index (CMI) reflects visceral adiposity and lipid dysregulation, while sarcopenia indicates skeletal muscle depletion, both representing metabolic and functional decline in chronic...
Ezetimibe alone for over 75 years old as a primary prevention to decrease cardiovascular events.
Vuorio A, Kovanen PT, Strandberg T
The EWTOPIA 75 (Ezetimibe Lipid-Lowering Trial on Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in 75 or Older) study supports the reduction in the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseas...
Pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain trajectories, and new-onset hypertensive disorders in ART singleton pregnancies: a retrospective cohort study.
Ye W, Li Y, Li B, Zhu H, Wu Y, Guo D, Yu M, Xu J, Ji L
OBJECTIVE: To investigate non-linear associations between pre-pregnancy BMI and new-onset hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), and the relationship between gestational weight gain (GWG) traj...
Secondary poor graft function after autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma: a case-based expert review and successful rescue with secondary autologous stem cell infusion.
You J, Zhang Y, Meng Y, Liu X, Song X, Zhang J, Zang M, Suo J, Lu J, Dai Y, Meng J
INTRODUCTION: Secondary poor graft function (PGF) after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Auto-HSCT) for multiple myeloma (MM) is rare, often delayed in recognition, and lacks st...
Severe diffused glans penis venous malformation: successful management with 'fractional' Long-pulsed Nd: YAG laser therapy.
Jiang X, Liu H, Yang X, Ma G, Lin X, Hu L, Chen H
PURPOSE: To assess the efficacy and safety of 'fractional' long-pulsed Nd:YAG (FLP-Nd:YAG) for the treatment of severe diffused glans penis venous malformations (GPVM). METHODS: Thirteen pati...