Publications by authors named "A Oto"
Purpose To evaluate the use of an automated hybrid multidimensional MRI (HM-MRI)-based tool to prospectively identify prostate cancer targets before MRI/US fusion biopsy in comparison with Prostate Imaging and Reporting Data System (PI-RADS)-based multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) evaluation by expert radiologists. Materials and Methods In this prospective clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov registration no.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Immature granulocytes can be measured easily in a complete blood count by new automated hemolytic analyzers and have recently been studied as bio-markers in many infectious/inflammatory diseases. This study aims to investigate whether immature granulocyte percentage (IG%) would enable greater discrimination than conventionally utilized laboratory values in terms of early clinical prediction in instances with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis.
Methods: A prospective observational cohort study involved 149 individuals with RSV bronchiolitis.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare stroke prevention strategies, management of comorbidities, and clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) across different healthcare specialties: cardiology, primary care, and others.
- Among 52,011 patients, those in cardiology were more likely to receive non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) compared to those in primary care or other specialties, while comorbidity management was similar across all groups.
- Patients receiving care outside of cardiology faced higher risks for non-cardiovascular mortality, major bleeding, and worsening heart failure, indicating a need for improved AF management in these settings.
A new approach to analysis of prostate hybrid multidimensional MRI (HM-MRI) data was introduced in this study. HM-MRI data were acquired for a combination of a few echo times (TEs) and a few b-values. Naturally, there is a matrix associated with HM-MRI data for each image pixel.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFACR Appropriateness Criteria® Pretreatment Staging of Urothelial Cancer: 2024 Update.
J Am Coll Radiol
November 2024
Urothelial cancer is the second most common cancer, and cause of cancer death, related to the genitourinary tract. The goals of imaging for pretreatment staging of urothelial cancer are to evaluate for both local and distant spread of the cancer and assessing for synchronous sites of urothelial cancer in the upper tracts and bladder. For pretreatment staging of urothelial carcinoma, patients can be stratified into one of three groups: 1) nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer; 2) muscle invasive bladder cancer; and 3) upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma.
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