Quality of life measures for people following stroke: a structured content review.

Introduction: Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are used widely to collect patient perspectives on their Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) after stroke. Existing reviews on PROMs typically report the psychometric properties but rarely focus on the content validity. We performed a structured review of the content of items of stroke-specific HRQoL outcomes.

Unravelling intubation challenges: a machine learning approach incorporating multiple predictive parameters.

Background: To protect patients during anesthesia, difficult airway management is a serious issue that needs to be carefully planned for and carried out. Machine learning prediction tools have recently become increasingly common in medicine, frequently surpassing more established techniques. This study aims to utilize machine learning techniques on predictive parameters for challenging airway management.

The impact of anesthesia instruments and drugs on the occurrence of vocal cord injury, systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: This study extensively examined common complications related to anesthesia drugs and equipment on vocal cords. It also delved into factors such as smoking, anesthesia duration and anesthesia induction methods. Overall, the research aimed to pinpoint influential factors for creating a general anesthesia protocol with minimal post-operative complications.

Comparative Outcomes Between Surgical and Conservative Management of Mallet Thumb: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis.

Background: While mallet finger remains a relatively common injury of the hand, mallet thumb is much rarer in occurrence. Mallet thumb management has been noted infrequently within the literature and reliable evidence regarding the most effective method of management remains absent. The aim of this review is to assess the quality of literature that exists pertaining to mallet thumb to determine whether conservative or surgical management is superior.