Dietary characteristics affect maternal status in early pregnancy, which is important for later outcomes. However, Chinese dietary guidelines for pregnant women are not specific to obesity, overweight, and underweight. Moreover, since pregnancy is a prolonged process, an intermediate factor is needed to connect early maternal BMI with pregnancy outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with self-expanding valves (SEVs) may have different outcomes with supra-annular valves (SAVs) or intra-annular valves (IAVs) in patients with small aortic annuli (SAA), but this topic remains underexplored. We aimed to evaluate outcomes between different SEVs, namely SAVs (CoreValve/Evolut R/PRO/PRO+/FX) vs. IAVs (Portico/Navitor).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: can cause large areas wilted and death of × , resulting in serious ecological and economic losses. Previous studies found that the appressorium of must form to invade the host cells and cause disease. A short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase gene has been shown to maintain the osmotic pressure of the appressorium by synthesizing fungal melanin to penetrate the plant epidermis and cause disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Paravalvular leak (PVL) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with poor outcomes. Mild PVL remains prevalent after TAVI, and its impact on long-term survival is unclear. This study aimed to examine the incidence, impact on survival, and progression of PVL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are associated with ongoing postpartum hypertension (HTN) and increased morbidity. Extravascular water and sodium mobilization is implicated in postpartum blood pressure (BP) elevation, however trials of postpartum diuretics in HDP have had mixed results. Our meta-analysis aimed to analyze the impact of postpartum diuretics on postpartum hypertension following HDP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We sought to assess the effect of postoperative renal failure (RF) on outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) and identify predictors of chronic kidney disease (CKD) following ATAAD.
Methods: This retrospective single-center analysis included all adults with ATAAD from 2011 to 2023. Patients were stratified into RF and no RF groups.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
January 2025
A highly sensitive and selective label-free impedimetric immunosensor based on AuNPs@pDA@NiCoS@MoS nanocomposite modified on the surface of a screen-printed electrode (SPE) was designed for the detection of interleukin-6 (IL-6). The distribution of NiCoS nanoparticles on MoS nanosheets was able to prevent them from agglomerating. The polydopamine (pDA) layer was coated on the surface of NiCoS@MoS nanosheets by self-polymerization, which improved the stability and biocompatibility of the nanomaterial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
October 2024
Background: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the lymph node ratio (LNR) and the prognostic values of gynecological cancer.
Materials And Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and the Central Cochrane Library were used to search for studies on LNR and gynecological cancer published before 18 April 2024. The effect measure for meta-analysis of primary outcomes was the hazard ratio (HR) for overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and disease-free survival (DFS).
Objective: To determine the relationship between the Silva pattern-based classification system and endocervical adenocarcinoma.
Methods: The PubMed, Embase, Central Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched for studies that investigated the correlation between the Silva classification system and the oncology prognosis or pathological features of endocervical adenocarcinoma, published in the period from January 2013 to March 2024.
Results: A total of 19 eligible studies including 3122 cases were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis.
Background And Aims: Whole grain consumption is widely recognized as a vital component of a balanced diet. Dietary fiber has been well-documented to play a crucial role in these health benefits attributed to whole grain intake. However, population-based evidence directly linking whole grain consumption to anti-inflammatory effects, especially in the context of immune-mediated inflammation, remains limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
November 2024
Objective: Perioperative Large Vessel Occlusions (LVOs) occurring during and following surgery are of immense clinical importance. As such, we aim to present risk factors and test if the Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS) mortality and stroke risk scores can be used to assess operative risk.
Methods: Using data containing 7 index cardiac operations at a single tertiary referral center from 2010 to 2022, logistic and multivariate regression analysis was performed to identify factors that correlate to higher operative LVO and stroke rate.
Patients with small aortic annuli (SAAs) are predominantly women. We sought to compare gender-based and propensity-matched outcomes of index transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with SAAs. In this retrospective institutional analysis (2012 to 2023), primary stratification was by gender.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA chip-scale chaotic laser system with optoelectronic delayed feedback is proposed and analyzed by numerical simulation. This chip eliminates the need for bulky delay components such as long optical fibers, free propagation and external cavities, relying solely on internal devices and waveguides to achieve feedback delay. This approach simplifies integration, maintaining a compact chip size.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The role of splenectomy on cytoreductive surgery in patients with ovarian cancer remains controversial. We conducted this meta-analysis to evaluate the safety and impact of survival outcome of splenectomy in patients with ovarian cancer.
Methods: In this meta-analysis we analyzed studies published in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP), and Clinical Trials.
This study aimed to investigate the feasibility, indications, and benefits of transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (v-NOTES) hysterectomy for nonmalignant gynecological diseases. The clinical data, including the baseline information and surgical conditions of 81 patients who underwent v-NOTES hysterectomy for nonmalignant gynecological diseases in a tertiary university hospital from October 2018 to August 2022, were retrospectively analyzed and compared with the total laparoscopic hysterectomy group (200 cases) and the transumbilical laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery group (150 cases). In comparison with the other 2 groups, the highest proportion of patients in the v-NOTES group had cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChaotic optical communication ensures information security at the physical layer. However, the monolithic integration of lasers and lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder modulators remains a challenge, limiting the progress of integrated chaotic optical communication systems based on an electro-optic feedback. Here, we propose the monolithically integrated chaotic optical transmitting chip based on the parallel EAMs and validate its performance from the perspectives of phase portraits, fast Fourier transform (FFT), probability density function (PDF), largest Lyapunov exponents, and bifurcation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Studies evaluating the prognostic significance of lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI) in early stage endometrial cancer (EC) are conflicting.
Objectives: To evaluate whether LVSI identified in stage I EC is associated with worse survival.
Search Strategy: A comprehensive literature search of three databases (Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane) was performed up to April 30 2023.