Castellucci, Massimo Novara, Costanza Casuccio, Alessandra Cillino, Giovannni Giordano, Carla Failla, Valentina Bonfiglio, Vincenza Vadalà, Maria Cillino, Salvatore
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Background and Objectives: The objective of this paper is to compare the visual outcomes and quality of life (QoL) after bilateral ultrathin Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (UT-DSAEK) with bilateral penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy (FED). Materials and Methods: Retrospective comparative cohort s...
Segawa, Tomohide Koga, Hisashi Oshina, Masahito Ishibashi, Katsuhiko Takano, Yuichi Iwai, Hiroki Inanami, Hirohiko
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Background and objectives: Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion (OLIF) is a widely performed, minimally invasive technique to achieve lumbar lateral interbody fusion. However, some complications can arise due to constraints posed by the limited surgical space and visual field. The purpose of this study was to assess the short-term postoperative clinica...
Files, D. Clark Ilaiwy, Amro Parry, Traci L. Gibbs, Kevin W. Liu, Chun Bain, James R. Delbono, Osvaldo Muehlbauer, Michael J. Willis, Monte S.
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Metabolomics
IntroductionOlder patients are more likely to acquire and die from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and muscle weakness may be more clinically significant in older persons. Recent data implicate muscle ring finger protein 1 (MuRF1) in lung injury-induced skeletal muscle atrophy in young mice and identify an alternative role for MuRF1 in c...
Wang, Tina Vahdatinia, Roya Humbert, Sarah Stecco, Antonio
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Background and objectives: The aims of this study were to delineate the contribution of specific fascial layers of the myofascial unit to myofascial pain and introduce the use of ultrasound-guided fascial layer-specific hydromanipulation (FLuSH) as a novel technique in the treatment of myofascial pain. Materials and Methods: The clinical data of 20...
Gomez-Illan, Ramon Reina, Raul Barbado, David Sabido, Rafael Moreno-Navarro, Pedro Roldan, Alba
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Background and objectives: Fatigue is one of the most disabling symptoms that limit daily life activities in persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). This study aimed to evaluate the effects of maximal strength training (MST) on perceived-fatigue and functional mobility in pwMS. Materials and Methods: 26 participants with MS were balanced according ...
Muñoz-Aceituno, Ester Martos-Cabrera, Luisa Ovejero-Benito, María Carmen Reolid, Alejandra Abad-Santos, Francisco Daudén, Esteban
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Background and objectives: Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated skin disease caused by several complex factors, both environmental and genetic, many of which are still not fully understood. Nowadays, several groups of biological drugs are being used for psoriasis treatment. Although these therapies are very effective, they show significant variab...
Agdamag, Arianne Clare C Edmiston, Jonathan B Charpentier, Victoria Chowdhury, Mohammed Fraser, Meg Maharaj, Valmiki R Francis, Gary S Alexy, Tamas
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) gained worldwide attention at the end of 2019 when it was identified to cause severe respiratory distress syndrome. While it primarily affects the respiratory system, we now have evidence that it affects multiple organ systems in the human body. Cardiac manifestations may include myocardi...
Secosan, Ica Virga, Delia Crainiceanu, Zorin Petrisor Bratu, Lavinia Melania Bratu, Tiberiu
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Background and Objectives: The population has been overwhelmed with false information related to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, spreading rapidly through social media and other channels. We aimed to investigate if frontline healthcare workers affected by infodemia show different psychological consequences than frontline clinicians who d...
Martínez-Botía, Patricia Acebes-Huerta, Andrea Seghatchian, Jerard Gutiérrez, Laura
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
The demand of platelet transfusions is steadily growing worldwide, inter-donor variation, donor dependency, or storability/viability being the main contributing factors to the current global, donor-dependent platelet concentrate shortage concern. In vitro platelet production has been proposed as a plausible alternative to cover, at least partially,...
Kim, Bongyoung Sohn, Jang Wook Nam, Soomin Sohn, Jang Won Choi, Won Suk Kim, Hyoung Seop
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Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Background and objectives: We aimed to analyze factors associated with the period of viral shedding in patients with confirmed COVID-19 who experienced only mild symptoms. Materials and methods: We conducted a multicenter retrospective study from three community treatment centers (CTCs) of South Korea. All patients included were admitted to the thr...
