Leveraging AI technology in sarcoidosis.

Purpose Of Review: Sarcoidosis is a systemic, granulomatous disease of uncertain cause. Diagnosis may be difficult, prognosis uncertain and response to treatment unpredictable. The application of artificial intelligence to sarcoidosis may provide clinical decision support for these challenges.

Assessment of caregiver burden in patients undergoing in- and out-patient neurosurgery.

The objective of this study is to describe the caregiver burden, as well as the financial burden among caregivers after inpatient and outpatient neurosurgical patients. In this single center, observational study, adult patients undergoing elective inpatient or outpatient neurosurgery (supratentorial tumor resection or lumbar microdiscectomy) and his/her caregiver were recruited for the study. Bakas Caregiving Outcome Scale (BCOS) was used to assess caregiver burden and data was collected from preoperative period until post-operative day (POD) 30.

Hospital costs associated with inpatient versus outpatient awake craniotomy for resection of brain tumors.

Background: With increasing fiscal restraints on health care systems, procedural cost-effectiveness has become an important metric for evaluating surgical procedures. While outpatient craniotomy has been shown to be safe and effective, the economic implications of this procedure has yet to be examined. Here, we present the first cost analysis comparing inpatient versus outpatient awake craniotomy for tumor resection/biopsy.

Superhydrophobic-like tunable droplet bouncing on slippery liquid interfaces.

Droplet impacting on solid or liquid interfaces is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature. Although complete rebound of droplets is widely observed on superhydrophobic surfaces, the bouncing of droplets on liquid is usually vulnerable due to easy collapse of entrapped air pocket underneath the impinging droplet. Here, we report a superhydrophobic-like bouncing regime on thin liquid film, characterized by the contact time, the spreading dynamics, and the restitution coefficient independent of underlying liquid film.

Risk factors and natural history of breast cancer in younger Chinese women.

Aim: To investigate the age differences in the risk factors, clinicopathological characteristics and patterns of treatment of female breast cancer patients.

Methods: Seven thousand one hundred and fifty-two women with primary breast cancer from the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Registry were recruited after receiving patients' consent, they were asked to complete standardized questionnaires which captured their sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors associated with breast cancer development. Among them, clinicopathological data and patterns of treatment were further collected from medical records of 5523 patients with invasive breast cancers.

Automated hearing screening for preschool children.

Objectives: To establish the reliability and validity of an automated hearing screening test system for preschoolers and to investigate the risk factors for hearing loss.

Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design in a comparative study of subjects. The automated hearing screening test was performed in 6231 preschoolers (3-7 years old) from 41 kindergartens in Shanghai, China.

Automated hearing screening for children: A pilot study in China.

Objective: To establish the reliability and validity of an automated hearing screening test system for children.

Design: Cross-sectional within a comparative study of subjects.

Study Sample: Subjects were 325 first-grade and second-grade children (6-10 years old) from primary schools in Shenzhen, China.

Early data from the first population-wide breast cancer-specific registry in Hong Kong.

Background: Current measures for breast cancer prevention and options for treatment adopted in Hong Kong are mainly based on research data and clinical evidence from overseas. It is essential to establish a cancer-specific registry to monitor the status of breast cancer in Hong Kong.

Objectives: We summarized the current status of breast cancer in Hong Kong based on the data collected from Hong Kong Breast Cancer Registry (HKBCR).

Oropharyngeal infection with metastatic hand infection: an uncommon variant of Lemierre's syndrome.

Lemierre's syndrome is caused by acute oropharyngeal infection with septic secondary thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and metastatic infection. Fusobacterium necrophorum is the most commonly implicated aetiological agent. The authors present the case of a healthy young man presenting with a history of general malaise and sore throat who developed septic metastatic complications in the left upper limb.