Published in Earth, Planets and Space
The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is a region at Earth’s surface where the intensity of the magnetic field is particularly low. Accurate characterization of the SAA is important for both fundamental understanding of core dynamics and the geodynamo as well as societal issues such as the erosion of instruments at surface observatories and onboard spac...
Published in European radiology
The aim of this retrospective study was to determine cost-effectiveness of stress myocardial CT perfusion (CTP), coronary CT angiography (CTA), and the combination of both in suspected obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) or in-stent restenosis (ISR) in patients with previous coronary stent implantation. A decision model based on Markov simula...
Published in European journal of pediatrics
Adolescents with substance use disorders are often diagnosed with co-occurring mental disorders. However, it is unknown if adolescent hospital admission for acute alcohol intoxication is also associated with co-occurring mental disorders. Therefore, the primary aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of co-occurring mental disorders among D...
Published in European radiology
To investigate which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner designs claustrophobic patients prefer. We analyzed questionnaires completed by 160 patients at high risk for claustrophobia directly after a scan in either a short-bore or open panoramic scanner as part of a prospective randomized trial Enders et al (BMC Med Imaging 11:4, 2011). Scanner...
Published in European journal of pediatrics
Data show that children are less severely affected with SARS-Covid-19 than adults; however, there have been a small proportion of children who have been critically unwell. In this systematic review, we aimed to identify and describe which underlying comorbidities may be associated with severe SARS-CoV-2 disease and death. The study protocol was in ...
Published in International journal of legal medicine
Genetic testing of animal biological material has become a valuable tool in forensic investigations, and it is successfully used to identify unknown crime perpetrators, to unmask food frauds, or to clarify cases of animal attacks on humans or other animals. When DNA profiling is not possible due to inadequate amounts of nuclear DNA, mitochondrial D...
Published in Journal of neurology
Anxiety, depression and reduction of quality of life (QoL) are common in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). Fear of getting sick from COVID-19, government's lockdown and the imposed social distancing might have had an impact on psychological distress and QoL. The aim of our study was to investigate anxiety, depression and QoL changes in pwMS du...
Published in Annals of hematology
Published in European journal of pediatrics
Published in Neuroradiology
This study aims to determine local diagnostic reference levels (LDRLs) of intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) procedures of pediatric patients with retinoblastoma (RB) to provide data for establishing diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in pediatric interventional radiology (IR). In a retrospective study design, LDRLs and achievable dose (AD) were ass...
