Uncertainty quantification of computational fluid dynamics-based predictions for fractional flow reserve and wall shear stress of the idealized stenotic coronary.

Introduction: In clinical practice, hemodynamics-based functional indices, such as fractional flow reserve (FFR) and wall shear stress (WSS), are useful in assessing the severity and risk of rupture of atherosclerotic lesions. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is widely used to predict these indices noninvasively.

Method: In this study, uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis are performed for the computational prediction of WSS and FFR directly from 3D-0D coupled CFD simulations on idealized stenotic coronary models.

Perception of learners on the effectiveness and suitability of MyDispense: a virtual pharmacy simulation and its integration in the clinical pharmacy module in Viet Nam.

Background: My Dispense is a virtual pharmacy simulation developed for students to train and practice dispensing skills in a safe environment that causes no harm to patients. This study was aimed to investigate learners' perspectives on the effectiveness of MyDispense and its suitability to integrate into the clinical pharmacy module in Viet Nam.

Methods: A mixed method approach was undertaken.

Short-Term Readmission Following Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Community-acquired pneumonia continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Hospital readmissions following community-acquired pneumonia are linked to significant cost of care and medical burdens. This study aimed to determine the incidence and reasons for readmission as well as to assess factors associated with short-term hospital readmission among community-acquired pneumonia patients.

Dietary tofu intake and long-term risk of death from stroke in a general population.

Background & Aim: Although dietary soy intake is linked with health benefits, a relation with stroke has not been established. The present study examined the association between the intake of tofu, the richest source of dietary soy, with stroke mortality in a general population cohort of Japanese men and women.

Methods: Data comprise 9244 Japanese enrolled in the National Nutrition Survey of Japan in 1980.

Epidemiology of cardiovascular risk factors in Asian countries.

The distribution and burden of 5 conventional risk factors (elevated blood pressure, high total cholesterol, diabetes, obesity/overweight and smoking) for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) were reviewed in 10 selected Asian countries, in addition to the United Kingdom and the United States. Over the past 3 decades, age-standardized systolic blood pressure was on the decline in high-income countries but on the rise in low- to middle-income countries. Similar patterns were observed for total cholesterol levels, although the absolute levels remained higher in high-income countries.