Automated Multicohort Mobility Assessment with an Instrumented L-test (iL-test).

The L-test is a performance-based measure to assess balance and mobility. Currently, the primary outcome from this test is the time required to finish it. In this study we present the instrumented L-test (iL-test), an L-test wherein mobility is evaluated by means of a wearable inertial sensor worn at the lower back.

Modelling the potential clinical and economic impact of universal antenatal hepatitis C (HCV) screening and providing treatment for pregnant women with HCV and their infants in Egypt: a cost-effectiveness study.

Backgrounds And Aims: Pregnant women and children are not included in Egypt's hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination programmes. This study assesses the cost-effectiveness of several screening and treatment strategies for pregnant women and infants in Egypt.

Design: A Markov model was developed to simulate the cascade of care and HCV disease progression among pregnant women and their infants according to different screening and treatment strategies, which included: targeted versus universal antenatal screening; treatment of women in pregnancy or deferred till after breast feeding; treatment of infected children at 3 years vs 12 years.

Bladder Wash as an Alternative Postmortem Toxicology Specimen: Forensic Pathologists' Perspectives.

In postmortem forensic investigations, where the bladder is voided or dehydrated prior to autopsy, it is possible to wash the bladder with saline to collect the resulting "bladder wash" and any residual urine for toxicological analysis. Although this method is not yet commonplace or standard, a recent study has demonstrated that bladder wash is an effective alternative specimen in postmortem forensic toxicology. The current study aimed to assess forensic pathologists' opinions on the use of bladder wash samples both before and after reviewing bladder wash toxicological data.