Assessment of the RealStar® SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Kit Research Use Only (Altona) compared with the WHO-PCr. Assay showed a slightly higher sensitivity with a limit of detection at 625 copies/mL instead of 1250 copies/L for the WHO. The overall percent agreement between RealStar and WHO- PCR on 83 clinical samples was 97.6% (81/83) with sensitivity at 97.8%.
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Heart rate–corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predispose to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Currently, QTc assessment and monitoring rely on 12-lead electrocardiography. We sought to train and validate an artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled. It could be cost-effective.
Source: American Heart Association.
A progressive learning-based curriculum (PLC) led to superior clinical performance compared with an SCC. PLC comprised 6 hours of SBT, which progressed in complexity and difficulty.
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parents’ experiences are a prerequisite to developing interventions that are sensitive to the needs of children and families. Little is known about parental experiences of having a young child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia Ten parents, recruited in central China using purposive sampling, participated face-to-face. Support services to strengthen specific families' protective factors are needed. Public education and advocacy about cancer are also necessary to decrease cancer-related stigma and
SARS-CoV-2 has been arguably the most important public health concern worldwide in 2020. We used a random-effects model to estimate pooled seroprevalence and then extrapolated the findings to the global population (for 2020) This study showed that SARS- virus-2 seroprevalence varied markedly among geographic regions, as might be expected early in a pandemic.
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There were significantly more good quality endomicroscopic images in the propofol group than in the M/F group. The diagnostic accuracy for upper gastrointestinal mucosal lesions favors the P group. Adverse events and patient assessment were not significantly different for M/f vs propofols.
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750 000 patients with COVID-19 worldwide have required mechanical ventilation and thus are at high risk of acute brain dysfunction. Benzodiazepine use and lack of family visitation were identified as modifiable risk factors for delirium.
Source: Lancet
The pig is growing in popularity as an experimental animal because its gyrencephalic brain is similar to humans. Currently, however, there is a lack of appropriate brain templates to support functional and structural neuroimaging pipelines.
Source: ELSEVIER
Computational methods of drug repurposing offer the best chance of selecting one drug from a list of approved drugs. Studies included repurposed drugs mainly against non-structural proteins of SARS-Co
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Wire-guided biliary cannulation has been demonstrated to improve cannulation rates and reduce post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) This study compares successful cannulation. rates and ERCP adverse events by using a 0.025-inch and 0.035-inch guidewire. The primary outcomes of the study were successful wire-guided cannulation and the incidence of PEP.
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