Effect of immediate initiation of invasive ventilation on mortality in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a target trial emulation by Mellado-Artigas, Ricard, Borrat, Xavier, Ferreyro, Bruno L., Yarnell, Christopher, Hao, Sicheng, Wanis, Kerollos N., Barbeta, Enric, Torres, Antoni, Ferrando, Carlos, Brochard, Laurent

“…Purpose Invasive ventilation is a fundamental treatment in intensive care but its precise timing is difficult to determine. …”
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Microfluidic plasma extraction from blood using wash-free pneumatic system by Lin, Yun Jia

“…POC plasma extraction involves the immediate separation of plasma from whole blood at the point of care, allowing for more consistent and accurate blood test results. …”
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Position statements of the Emerging Trends Committee of the Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology on the adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence for radiology by Wee, Nicole Kessa, Git, Kim-Ann, Lee, Wen-Jeng, Raval, Gaurang, Pattokhov, Aziz, Ho, Evelyn Lai Ming, Chuapetcharasopon, Chamaree, Tomiyama, Noriyuki, Ng, Kwan Hoong, Tan, Cher Heng

“…We base our study on four main principles of medical care-respect for patient autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice.…”
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Spectral domain optical coherence tomography with extended depth-of-focus by aperture synthesis by Bo, En, Liu, Linbo

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'The listening series': increasing equity, diversity and inclusion in patient and public involvement and engagement for policy research by listening to and learning from under-repr... by Bevan, C, Alderdice, F, Darby, S, Gilzean-Hughes, S, McLeish, J, Mulla, S, Plachcinski, R, Wilkinson, S, Williams, H, Rowe, R

“…<p><strong>Background</strong></p> Policy research aims to provide evidence to inform government policy decisions about health and social care. Engaging and involving the public and patients in this work is widely recognised as essential. …”

3D printed magnetic digital microfluidics for biomedical applications by Kanitthamniyom, Pojchanun

“…Point-of-care testing (POCT) is one of the best alternative solutions to centralized testing. …”
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Development of a lab on a chip for nerve agent detection by Tan, Hsih Yin

“…Health authority can then provide optimal, case-appropriate health care, and convince the unexposed individuals of their health safety. …”
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'It hurts my heart': Afghan women in London negotiating family relationships and (im)mobility regimes across borders by Ryan, Louise, López, María E., Rasa, Mursal

“…This paper aims to contribute new insights into transnational care relationships by drawing on qualitative longitudinal data, to explore the complexities and nuances of Afghan women's dynamic family relations across multiple countries and continents. …”
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Amphibious ethics and speculative immersions: laboratory aquariums as a site for developing a more inclusive animal geography by Greenhough, B, Roe, E, Message, R

“…Human capacity to sense and respond to the suffering of non-human animals is key to animal care and welfare. Intuitively these modes of relating seem best suited to interactions between humans and warm-blooded mammals who share human-like facial features and characteristics. …”

The WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme for mental, neurological, and substance use conditions: the new and updated guideline recommendations by Brohan, E, Chowdhary, N, Dua, T, Barbui, C, Thornicroft, G, Kestel, D

“…The WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline update reflects 15 years of investment in reducing the treatment gap and scaling up care for people with mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) conditions. …”

The impact of social isolation on delayed hospital discharges of older hip fracture patients and associated costs by Landeiro, F, Leal, J, Gray, A

“…Preventing delays could save between 11.2 and 30.7 % of total hospital costs for this patient group.Delayed discharges of older patients from acute care hospitals are a major challenge for administrative, humanitarian, and economic reasons. …”

COVID-19 pandemic impact on hypertension management in North East London: an observational cohort study using electronic health records by Rison, SCG, Redfern, O, Mathur, R, Dostal, I, Carvalho, C, Raisi-Estabragh, Z, Robson, JP

“…The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on primary care management of long-term conditions such as hypertension. …”

Determining optimal timing of birth for women with chronic or gestational hypertension at term: the WILL (When to Induce Labour to Limit risk in pregnancy hypertension) randomised... by Magee, LA, Kirkham, K, Tohill, S, Gkini, E, Moakes, CA, Dorling, J, Green, M, Hutcheon, JA, Javed, M, Kigozi, J, Mol, BWM, Singer, J, Hardy, P, Stubbs, C, Thornton, JG, von Dadelszen, P, WILL Trial Study Group

“…WILL randomised women with chronic or gestational hypertension at 36 to 37 weeks and a singleton fetus, and who provided documented informed consent to “Planned early term birth at 38+0–3 weeks” (intervention) or “usual care at term” (control). The coprimary outcomes were “poor maternal outcome” (composite of severe hypertension, maternal death, or maternal morbidity; superiority hypothesis) and “neonatal care unit admission for ≥4 hours” (noninferiority hypothesis). …”

Understanding non-traditional stroke outcomes that matter - poststroke depression, cognitive impairment, and sleep disturbance by Chan, Lai Gwen

“…Longer-term stroke outcomes may be modified by targeting sleep and social isolation and by integrating psychiatric care with routine stroke care during hospitalization. …”
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"Workhorses": exploring how internal medicine residents learn efficiency by Ting, J

“…Learning efficiency required residents to foster other-centeredness, focusing on actions that would help their team succeed in advancing patient care. Experience and effective feedback were essential for the development of efficiency.…”

Can social adversity and mental, physical and oral multimorbidity form a syndemic? A concept and protocol paper by Joury, E, Nakhleh, E, Beveridge, E, Tracy, D, Heidari, E, Shiers, D, Vereeken, S, Peckham, E, Gilbody, S, Das-Munshi, J, Fortune, F, Aggarwal, VR, Mishu, M, Firth, J, Bhui, K

“…Discussion: the syndemic conceptualisation provides a valuable framework to understand health and illness, and hence to better design and deliver effective and cost-effective preventative and curative integrated (syndemic) care to improve patient and population health. Such syndemic care aims to address the social determinants of health, whilst simultaneously managing all interlocked conditions.…”

Python for Security and Networking : Leverage Python modules and tools in securing your network and applications / by Ortega, José Manuel, author 656338, Packt Publishing (Online service) 656336

“…Python’s latest updates add numerous libraries that can be used to perform critical security-related missions, including detecting vulnerabilities in web applications, taking care of attacks, and helping to build secure and robust networks that are resilient to them. …”
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Advancing healthcare with artificial intelligence: diagnostic accuracy of machine learning algorithm in diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy in the Brazilian population by dos Reis, Mateus A., Künas, Cristiano A., da Silva Araújo, Thiago, Schneiders, Josiane, de Azevedo, Pietro B., Nakayama, Luis F., Rados, Dimitris R. V., Umpierre, Roberto N., Berwanger, Otávio, Lavinsky, Daniel, Malerbi, Fernando K., Navaux, Philippe O. A., Schaan, Beatriz D.

“…Artificial intelligence has the potential to increase care delivery. Therefore, we trained and evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of a machine learning algorithm for automated detection of DR. …”
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The epidemiology of periportal fibrosis and relevance of current Schistosoma mansoni infection within the context of repeated mass drug administration: a population-based, cross-se... by Ajayi, S, Nabatte, B, Mpooya, S, Tinkitina, B, Opio, CK, Kabatereine, NB, Chami, G

“…By Kato-Katz microscopy, 1229 (43·4%) of 2834 participants were infected. 1863 (65·7%) of 2834 participants had trace positive point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen tests, which was higher than prevalence by Kato-Katz microscopy, and 1158 (40·9%) of 2834 participants had trace negative point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen tests. …”

Health Communication Research Measures / by Kim, Do Kyun, editor 655230, Dearing, James W., editor 655231, Peter Lang (Online service) 655232

“…The chapters emphasize constructs, scales, and up-to-date reports and evidence about key social science constructs and ways of measuring them, whether your interest is in patient-provider dyadic communication, uncertainty management, self-efficacy, disclosure, social norms, social support, risk perception, health care team performance, message design and effects, health and numerical literacy, communication satisfaction, social influence and persuasion, stigma, health campaigns, reactance, or other topics. …”
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