Publications by authors named "JunChen"
Background: Medical students in Singapore engage in short term medical missions, locally known as Overseas Community Involvement Projects (OCIPs). Little is known about the learning outcomes of an OCIP and how this complements their medical education back home. Understanding this can help the medical educators structure the OCIP to optimise its learning value.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultra-low dose computed tomography (ULD-CT) compared to standard dose computed tomography (SD-CT) in discerning recent rib fractures using a deep learning algorithm detection of rib fractures (DLADRF). A total of 158 patients undergoing forensic diagnosis for rib fractures were included in this study: 50 underwent SD-CT, and 108 were assessed using ULD-CT. Junior and senior radiologists independently evaluated the images to identify and characterize the rib fractures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSubject: This study aims to compare the clinical efficacy of aspiration thrombectomy and stent retriever thrombectomy as first-line approaches for anterior circulation large vessel cardiogenic cerebral embolism and cryptogenic stroke.
Method: This retrospective observational study included patients with anterior circulation large vessel cardiogenic cerebral embolism and cryptogenic stroke treated with endovascular therapy. Patients were grouped according to the first-line approach they received: aspiration thrombectomy or stent retriever thrombectomy.
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- The study investigated how androgens (specifically free androgen index and sex hormone-binding globulin) relate to left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in postmenopausal hypertensive women, involving 378 participants.
- After analysis and matching groups, results indicated that higher free androgen levels were linked to a greater likelihood of LVH, while higher sex hormone-binding globulin levels offered a slight protective effect against developing LVH.
- Subgroup analysis showed that women with controlled blood pressure had a lower risk of LVH associated with sex hormone-binding globulin compared to those with uncontrolled blood pressure, emphasizing the significance of hormonal levels in the context of hypertension in postmenopausal women.
Cox Regression Model Analysis of Infection in Renal Transplants After Operation.
Transplant Proc
October 2016
Background: The objective of this study was to explore the factors that affect infections after renal transplant, establishing the Cox model to forecast infection for patients of renal transplant.
Methods: Data were collected from patients who had renal transplantation in Nanking Jinlin Hospital from January 2011 to April 2015 (n = 305 transplants). There were 296 individual data that could be used after deleting the people who were lacking some data, changing the main immunosuppressants during the first year, losing follow-up, and data writing that was not fully 1 year after the operation; 296 individuals were divided by 3:7.