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Evaluation of Plasma Biomarkers for A/T/N Classification of Alzheimer Disease Among Adults of Caribbean Hispanic Ethnicity
(JAMA Netw Open., 2023)
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma biomarkers can detect biological evidence of Alzheimer disease (AD), but their use in low-resource environments and among minority ethnic groups is limited. To assess validated plasma ...
Development of computational thinking through STEM activities for the promotion of gender equality
(Sustainability, 2023-08-14)
In the article the authors evaluate the computational thinking skills according to gender
of a group of male and female students of industrial engineering and systems engineering from
universities located in the Andean ...
Dementia attributable healthcare utilizations in the Caribbean versus United States
(Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2023-11-07)
Despite the high burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias among the Hispanic population worldwide, little is known about how dementia affects healthcare utilizations among this population outside of the US, in ...
Validation of the Short Version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) Across 37 Languages
(Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2023)
Love is a phenomenon that occurs across the world and affects many aspects of human life, including the choice of, and process of bonding with, a romantic partner. Thus, developing a reliable and valid measure of love ...
Endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal leaks
(Springer, Cham, 2023-03)
Gastrointestinal leaks are severe complications after bariatric surgery, mainly related to postoperative anastomotic defects with substantial morbidity and mortality. Surgical interventions can be complicated with high ...
The acute care diagnostics collaboration: Performance assessment of contrast-enhanced ultrasound compared to abdominal computed tomography and conventional ultrasound in an emergency trauma score bayesian clinical decision scheme
(Wolters Kluwer, 2023)
Bayes’ theorem describes the probability of an event, based on conditions that might be related to the event. We developed the Bayesian Diagnostic Gains (BDG) method as a simple tool for interpreting diagnostic impact. We ...
Burden of Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease on health service use and outcomes in Latin America
(Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 2023-11-03)
Little is known about the burden of parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease (PD) in Latin America. Better understanding of health service use and clinical outcomes in PD is needed to improve its prognosis.
The aim of the ...
Trauma quality improvement program: a retrospective analysis from a middle eastern National Trauma Center
(Healthcare, 2023-10-31)
The Trauma Quality Improvement Program (American College of Surgery
(ACS-TQIP)) uses the existing infrastructure of the Committee on Trauma programs and provides
feedback to participating hospitals on risk-adjusted ...
Tracking immune correlates of protection foremerging SARSCoV- 2 variants
(www.thelancet.com/infection, 2023-02-23)
Here we report a proof of concept for monitoring variant-specific SARS-CoV-2 COP using existing surveillance infrastructure in the Dominican Republic. However, global networks of acute febrile illness, influenza-like ...
Exsanguination: reliable models to indicate damage control
(Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, 2023-01-01)
Exsanguination is a syndrome defined as extreme form of hemorrhage that if not surgically controlled will lead to death. This chapter defines the syndrome and describes the injuries prone to cause this most extreme form ...