Publications by authors named "E Romao"
Article Synopsis
- - The study focuses on developing and validating machine learning models to predict major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) by evaluating their reliability and interpretability across different populations, utilizing data from Brazil and the USA.
- - Eight machine learning algorithms were trained using a balanced dataset and assessed for their predictive performance based on accuracy and ROC curve metrics, with emphasis on Random Forest, which outperformed the others in both internal and external validations.
- - Findings indicate that while Random Forest was the most effective model, Shapley values offered more consistent insights for understanding feature importance compared to LIME during exploratory analyses.
Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, is characterized by the manipulation of the host's immune response to ensure parasite invasion and persistence. Uncovering key molecules that support parasite establishment is a prerequisite to interfere with this process. We identified Q586B2 as a T.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains one of the most common viral pathogens affecting solid organ transplants (SOT). In 10 years of following the outcome of transplants, we noticed an increased incidence of CMV infection, along with increased use of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG). The study aims to assess the incidence of active CMV infection and disease, response to treatment, and recurrence in a cohort of SOT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Previous studies have shown that education level is associated with the prognosis of cadaveric kidney transplant recipients. However, it is unclear whether education affects the prognosis of living kidney transplant (LDKT) recipients. In addition, it remains to be determined whether the uneven distribution of educational levels consistently affects the prognosis of LDKT recipients across ethnic groups (White, Black, Hispanic and Asian).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Acute kidney injury is a frequent cause of hospital readmission in kidney transplant recipients (KTR), usually associated with infections and graft rejection. Herein, we report a case of an unusual cause of acute kidney injury in a KTR (massive histiocytes renal interstitial infiltration).
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old woman was submitted to a second kidney transplant.