Association between Serum Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio and Readmission in Elderly Heart Failure Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the serum albumin-to-serum creatinine ratio (sACR) and readmission in elderly heart failure patients.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the PhysioNet Restricted Health Data database. The exposure variable was sACR and the outcome variable readmission.

A randomized controlled trial of low-frequency repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with poststroke neurogenic bladder.

Urinary incontinence is a common complication in stroke survivors for whom new interventions are needed. This study investigated the therapeutic effect of low-frequency (LF) repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on the contralesional primary motor cortex (M1) in patients with poststroke urinary incontinence (PSI). A total of 100 patients were randomly assigned to the rTMS group or sham-rTMS group on basis of the intervention they received.

Controllable Adaptive Molybdate-Oligosaccharide Nanoparticles Regulate M2 Macrophage Mitochondrial Function and Promote Angiogenesis via PI3K/HIF-1α/VEGF Pathway to Accelerate Diabetic Wound Healing.

The complex wound environment of diabetic wounds leads to poor treatment efficacy, and the inflammatory disorders and vascular injury are the primary causes of death in such patients. Herein, a sprayable, controllable adaptive, pH-responsive nanosystem of molybdate and oligosaccharide (CMO) is specially developed as an immunomodulatory and angiogenesis-promotion material for diabetic wound healing. CMO exhibited pH-responsive release of Mo and oligosaccharide (COS), specifically in response to the alkalescent environment observed in diabetic wounds.

Microleakage, microgap, and shear bond strength of an infiltrant for pit and fissure sealing.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the potential clinical application of an infiltrant with different etchants as pit and fissure sealants and to compare them with a conventional resin-based sealant.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-five molars were randomly divided into three groups (n = 25): phosphoric acid etchant + conventional resin-based sealant (Group A); 15% hydrochloric acid etchant + infiltrant (Group B); phosphoric acid etchant + infiltrant (Group C). Fifteen teeth in each group were subjected to pit and fissure sealing procedures.

The status and associated factors of early childhood caries among 3- to 5-year-old children in Guangdong, Southern China: a provincial cross-sectional survey.

Background: Dental caries of deciduous teeth (Early Childhood Caries, ECC) has become a crucial oral health problem over the decades in China. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and severity of ECC among preschool children from Guangdong Province, Southern China. In addition, to assess the association of ECC with reported oral health-related behaviors.

Oral Health Status and Risk Factors for Caries in Permanent Teeth among 12-year-old Students in Guangdong, Southern China: A Population-based Epidemiological Survey.

Purpose: To assess the current prevalence of caries, gingival bleeding, calculus, and fluorosis and to determine the risk factors for caries in permanent teeth of 12-year-old students in Guangdong Province, China.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 1920 12-year-old students in Guangdong Province. All participants were required to undergo an oral health examination.