Mccullough Kane

Computed tomography did not reveal enlarged lymph nodes or distant metastasis. The preoperative diagnosis was early gastric cancer of the fundus without nodal metastasis, and laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy with D1+ lymphadenectomy was performed. The initial postoperative pathological diagnosis was intramucosal carcinoma without lymphovascular…[Read more]

006), and female physicians’ patients received their first intravenous (IV) antibiotic dose later than male physicians’ patients in the ED (

= .003).

Our study indicates that the sex of the attending physician may affect the chosen level of care and antibiotic treatment, and that admitted male patients with CAP were more seriously ill…[Read more]

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is currently indicated to be characterized by destruction of articular cartilage. The destruction can be described as an imbalance between synthesis and degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) components. It is accompanied with changes of pro-inflammatory cytokines and degradation enzymes dominated by matrix…[Read more]

To study whether the consumption of ultra-processed foods and drinks is associated with breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers.

Multicentric population-based case-control study (MCC-Spain) conducted in 12 Spanish provinces. Participants were men and women between 20 and 85 years of age with diagnoses of colorectal (n=1852), breast…[Read more]

8% (195 of 6,859) of morning patients and 3.4% (97 of 2,875) of afternoon patients morning versus afternoon confounder-adjusted odds ratio, 0.96 (95% CI, 0.75 to 1.24; P = 0.770). There was no evidence of interaction between morning versus afternoon and surgery type (P = 0.965), and operation time was statistically nonsignificant for surgery…[Read more]

95, p < 0.001). The diagnostic yield of Qalb was 65% with Reiber’s and 47% with Hegen’s age-adjusted URLs compared to 66% with the fixed CSF-TP URL of 0.45g/L and 49% with age-adjusted CSF-TP URLs. A longer duration from clinical onset to lumbar puncture was associated with a higher diagnostic yield.

Qalb strongly correlates with CSF…[Read more]

Balance is affected in numerous neurologic disorders, like stroke, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease contributing to falls, and diminishing quality of life and functionality. The mini-BESTest is one of the most recommended scales to detect balance disorders in people with Parkinson’s disease, which has solid psychometric properties.…[Read more]