Publications by authors named "A Kaura"
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- A study analyzed data from over 10,000 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) from 2010 to 2017 to explore the impact of reduced kidney function (eGFR) on treatment and mortality rates.
- It found that lower eGFR levels were strongly linked to a decrease in invasive treatments like coronary angiography; patients with eGFR <30 were significantly less likely to receive these procedures compared to those with higher eGFR.
- Additionally, there was a clear connection between lower eGFR and higher 30-day mortality rates, indicating that kidney function plays a critical role in treatment outcomes for ACS patients.
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have the potential to assist individuals with chronic health conditions by providing tailored information, monitoring symptoms, and offering mental health support. Despite their potential benefits, research on public attitudes toward health care chatbots is still limited. To effectively support individuals with long-term health conditions like long COVID (or post-COVID-19 condition), it is crucial to understand their perspectives and preferences regarding the use of AI chatbots.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cardiac troponin is commonly raised in patients presenting with malignancy. The prognostic significance of raised troponin in these patients is unclear.
Objectives: We sought to investigate the relation between troponin and mortality in a large, well characterised cohort of patients with a routinely measured troponin and a primary diagnosis of malignancy.
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- - This study focused on classifying patients with heart failure (HF) and preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction into specific phenogroups to improve targeted treatment options.
- - Researchers analyzed data from over 2,000 patients across five UK hospitals using advanced machine learning techniques and found three distinct phenogroups, each with different clinical traits and survival outcomes.
- - The findings revealed that survival rates declined from the first phenogroup to the third, highlighting the importance of phenogroup membership in predicting survival better than traditional factors, though it did not predict hospitalisation for HF.
Background: Canada legalized recreational cannabis in 2018, and one of the primary objectives of the Cannabis Act was to protect youth by reducing their access to cannabis and providing public education. Canada has the highest prevalence of cannabis use worldwide, particularly among youth and young adults under the age of 25. Cannabis use is linked with many adverse effects for youth and young adults including psychosis, anxiety, depression, respiratory distress, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, and impaired cognitive performance.
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