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Transfusion
March 2025
Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Surgeon General's Headquarters, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Background: Thoracic injuries are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in military trauma. Tension pneumothorax (TPX) is a critical diagnosis that can lead to rapid hemodynamic and respiratory collapse if untreated. While timely intervention is essential, prehospital TPX diagnosis is challenging and may lead to unnecessary interventions.
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March 2025
Service of Hygene and Public Health (SISP), Local Health Unit 'Roma 5', Guidonia Montecelio, Rome (Italy).
Objectives: to describe the 'IDA' study, which aims to estimate the prevalence of School Readiness Vulnerability (SRV) in children at the beginning of primary school and the associated socioeconomic characteristics, to stimulate the attention of decision-makers on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for specific and timely interventions by the school community, thus preventing negative effects on children's present and future health.
Design: cross-sectional study based on a random sample of children extracted using the cluster sampling technique on the first primary school classes.
Setting And Participants: in October 2022, the IDA study assessed the SRV prevalence and associated risk factors in 628 children of the Lazio Region, aged 67-89 months, 328 males and 292 females.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
March 2025
Molecular Epidemiology department, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector 8, Dwarka, 110077 New Delhi, India.
Background: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are vital for malaria diagnosis, especially in resource-limited areas. RDTs targeting histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) and its structural homologue PfHRP3 are commonly used for detecting Plasmodium falciparum. However, genetic deletions in these proteins can affect test accuracy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: the impact of handgrip strength (HGS) on postoperative complications and long-term survival following hepatectomy in patients with primary liver cancer (PLC) remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of HGS on postoperative complications and overall survival in patients with PLC.
Methods: in total, 298 patients with PLC who underwent liver resection were included in the prospective cohort study.
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med
March 2025
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, CHU Nimes, University of Montpellier, Nimes, France.
Background: Impaired body perception could contribute to the pain experience and be a possible treatment target. The Fremantle Back Awareness Questionnaire (FreBAQ) is the only self-report questionnaire to assess back-specific self-perception.
Aim: The aim of this study was to develop a French version of the FreBAQ (FreBAQ-FR) and to evaluate its psychometric properties.
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