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Insulin therapy adherence and its associated factors among diabetic patients in a Ghanaian primary care hospital.
PLoS One
January 2025
Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global health problem. Adherence to intensive insulin therapy is necessary to achieve better glycemic control in types 1 and 2 DM. This study aimed to evaluate the extent of adherence to insulin therapy, its predictors and to identify barriers to its adherence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrognostic Value of Ambulatory Status at Transplant in Older Heart Transplant Recipients: Implications for Organ Allocation Policy.
J Korean Med Sci
January 2025
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background: Shortage of organ donors in the Republic of Korea has become a major problem. To address this, it has been questioned whether heart transplant (HTx) allocation should be modified to reduce priority of older patients. We aimed to evaluate post-HTx outcomes according to recipient age and specific pre-HTx conditions using a nationwide prospective cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent advances in the tools and techniques for AI-aided diagnosis of atrial fibrillation.
Biophys Rev (Melville)
March 2025
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur 1707, Bangladesh.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is recognized as a developing global epidemic responsible for a significant burden of morbidity and mortality. To counter this public health crisis, the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI)-aided tools and methodologies for the effective detection and monitoring of AF is becoming increasingly apparent. A unified strategy from the international research community is essential to develop effective intelligent tools and technologies to support the health professionals for effective surveillance and defense against AF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTaking Control of Your Health: Self-Measured Blood Pressure Program in Yankton, South Dakota.
S D Med
November 2024
Yankton Medical Clinic P.C., Yankton, South Dakota.
Background: Identification and management of hypertension is one of the most common problems for primary care providers. Rural settings have increased rates of hypertension due to a variety of factors including access to care, socioeconomic factors, and restricted strategies to identify hypertension outside of the clinic setting. To address this challenge, a self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) program was employed at a rural clinic in South Dakota with a goal of increasing the number of patients with well-controlled blood pressure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociation between traffic-related air pollution and risk of outpatient visits for dry eye disease in a megacity along the subtropical coast in South China.
BMC Public Health
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Eye Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, 106 Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, PR China.
Background: Traffic-related air pollution especially in highly socioeconomically developed megacity is usually considered as a severe problem leading to inevitable adverse health outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the associations between traffic-related air pollutants with risk of dry eye disease (DED) outpatient visits in a megacity (Guangzhou) along the subtropical coast in South China.
Methods: Daily data on DED outpatient visits and environmental variables from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 in Guangzhou were obtained.
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