Postprandial Blood Glucose and Insulin Response in Healthy Adults When Lentils Replace High-Glycemic Index Food Ingredients in Muffins, Chilies and Soups.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess postprandial blood glucose response (PBGR), relative glycemic response (RGR) and insulin response when 25 g available carbohydrates (AC) is replaced with cooked lentils in the formulation of muffins, chilies and soups.

Methods: In randomized, crossover studies, healthy adults consumed foods containing 25 g AC from green lentils, red lentils or a control (wheat muffin, = 24; rice chili, = 24; potato soup, = 20). Blood collected at fasting and at 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 min was analyzed to derive the incremental area under the response curve (iAUC) for glucose, insulin, RGR and maximum concentration (C).

Combining conventional and smartphone technologies to evaluate the psychomotor status in chronic malnutrition: A cross-sectional pilot study in sub-Saharan Africa.

Malnutrition remains a pressing health concern in developing nations, contributing to growth delay (stunting) and psychomotor impairments among the youth. Tanzania has the highest prevalence of stunting, yet the psychomotor status of its population has not been previously studied. To address this gap, we gathered anthropometric, nutritional, and psychomotor data from 211 children with the aim of assessing the reliability of digital tools as indicators of psychomotor performance in relation to the nutritional status.

Post-CT-guided lung biopsy optimisation of the observation period by identifying patients at risk of delayed pneumothorax.

Introduction: Identify the risk factors for delayed pneumothorax after lung biopsy.

Methods: A retrospective study of 355 CT-guided lung biopsies was performed at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Western Australia over 42 months. A comprehensive range of patient, lesion and procedural variables were recorded.

Non invasive hemodynamic monitoring for fluids and blood resuscitation during placenta praevia accreta cesarean delivery: a retrospective observational study.

Background: We carry out a retrospective observational analysis of clinical records of patients with major placenta praevia who underwent cesarean section surgery over a period of 20 months in our hospital. Out of a total of 40 patients, 20 were subjected to Goal-Directed Therapy (GDT) implemented with non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring using the EV1000 ClearSight system (Group I) and 20 to standard hemodynamic monitoring (Group II). Given the risk of conspicuous blood loss, this study evaluate the impact on maternal and fetal health of GDT relative to standard hemodynamic monitoring.

Beyond the known phenotype of sotos syndrome: a 31-individuals cohort study.

Introduction: Sotos Syndrome (SS, OMIM#117550) is a heterogeneous genetic condition, recognized by three main clinical features present in most cases: overgrowth with macrocephaly, typical facial appearance and different degrees of intellectual disability. Three different types are described caused by variants or deletions/duplications in and genes. We aimed to describe a cohort of pediatric patients reporting the typical and unexpected findings in order to expand the phenotype of this syndrome and trying to find genotype-phenotype correlations.