Capabilities of GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro in Gram stain and bacterial shape identification.

Assessing the visual accuracy of two large language models (LLMs) in microbial classification. GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro were evaluated in distinguishing Gram-positive from Gram-negative bacteria and classifying them as cocci or bacilli using 80 Gram stain images from a labeled database.

Association of GDF-15, hs-cTnT and NT-proBNP with coronary artery disease in patients undergoing elective angiography.

This study investigated the association between plasma levels of GDF-15, hs-cTnT and NT-proBNP and the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in stable patients referred for elective coronary angiography. The outcome of CAD was defined as an ordinal variable with 3 levels. The association between each biomarker and the outcome was tested using the Winell and Lindbäck method.

Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Will new agents deliver on their promise?

Anemia is a well-known complication of chronic kidney disease, and its treatment remains a challenge. Although erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) raise hemoglobin levels, their benefits appear to be limited to decreasing the number of blood transfusions needed and perhaps improving quality of life. The newly developed prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors (PHIs)-agents that increase endogenous erythropoietin production-promise to improve outcomes for patients with anemia of chronic kidney disease.

Beirut Blast 2020: Cries and Bloodshed at the Busiest Hospital.

On August 4, 2020, Beirut experienced a large explosion when 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in the Beirut port resulting in more than 220 deaths, 76 000 injuries, 300 000 people displaced, and 15 billion dollars loss in property damage. Hôtel-Dieu de France (HDF), one of the largest university hospitals in the capital, has an emergency department that typically accommodates 25 patients. On that night, it received the largest number of injuries and had to accommodate more than 700 casualties within a few hours of the blast.

Are there monogenic hereditary forms of bladder cancer or only genetic susceptibilities?

Bladder cancer (BC) is the most common cancer involving the urinary system and the ninth most common cancer worldwide. Tobacco smoking is the most important environmental risk factor of BC. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms have been validated by genome-wide association studies as genetic risk factors for BC.

Nexplanon migration into a subsegmental branch of the pulmonary artery: A case report and review of the literature.

Introduction: Nexplanon is a 4 cm rod-shaped barium sulphate coated contraceptive implant with a usual subdermal insertion in the inner non-dominant upper arm. Complications proper to subdermal contraceptive implants are unusual and principally localized and minor, comprising infection at the site of implantation, hematoma, abnormal scar development, or local nerve and blood vessel injuries. Infrequently, contraceptive implant migration can happen, though habitually not far from the site of insertion.

Targeted therapies in urothelial bladder cancer: a disappointing past preceding a bright future?

Bladder cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer affecting the urinary tract. With the growing era of targeted therapies around the 2000s, many trials evaluated the efficacy of targeted therapy in advanced BC. However, no approval was given yet to any form of targeted therapy when it comes to BC.

Bladder cancer knowledge in the Lebanese population: When ignorance could be harmful.

According to the latest data of the World Cancer Research Fund International (2012), Lebanon has the second highest age-standardized incidence rate of bladder cancer worldwide, both for "men" and "both-sexes" categories. This study was designed to assess bladder cancer knowledge among the Lebanese population. Between November 2017 and January 2018, a cross-sectional study was directed, including patients and visitors of one of the largest university hospitals in the capital Beirut.