Publications by authors named "S Sathappan"
Background Incidental findings of coronary artery calcifications (CACs) are not consistently reported, and the clinical significance relating to cardiovascular outcomes remains to be established. In this single-center cross-sectional study, we assessed the association between incidental coronary artery calcification documented on formal chest CT reports and the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Methods A MACE was defined as the occurrence of stroke or transient ischemic attack or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, or undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn computer vision, navigating multi-object tracking in crowded scenes poses a fundamental challenge with broad applications ranging from surveillance systems to autonomous vehicles. Traditional tracking methods encounter difficulties associating noisy object detections and maintaining consistent labels across frames, particularly in scenarios like video surveillance for crowd control and public safety. This paper introduces 'Improved Space-Time Neighbor-Aware Network (STNNet),' an advanced framework for online Multi-Object Tracking (MOT) designed to address these challenges.
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- The study investigates the impact of Temperature-Related Illness (TRI) on inpatients with Atrial Fibrillation (AF), focusing on mortality rates and the costs associated with their care.
- Using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2005-2015), researchers found that patients with both AF and TRI experiences longer hospital stays, higher healthcare costs, and greater chances of requiring invasive mechanical ventilation.
- While the prevalence of TRI among AF patients is low, it has doubled over the decade, with cold-related illnesses particularly associated with significantly higher mortality rates.
Background: Sepsis is marked by elevated histamine, which is a vasodilator that increases vascular permeability. Although human studies are lacking, murine models of sepsis have indicated potential protective effects of histamine 2 receptor antagonist administration (H2RAs).
Objective: To assess any association between H2RA use in sepsis-3 patients admitted to the ICU and mortality, mechanical ventilation, length of stay, and markers of renal, liver, and lung dysfunction.