A four-year-old boy developed oliguria, proteinuria and hypocomplementemia, without hematuria, in the course of proven infectious mononucleosis. A chest radiograph revealed a mild cardiomegaly, prominent pulmonary vasculature and pleural fluid. These abnormalities were compatible with acute glomerulonephritis and were in support of this clinical diagnosis in spite of the absence of hematuria.
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J Clin Med
January 2025
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
: Predictors of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients have been extensively studied. However, comparative analyses of predictors for hospitalization versus discharge from the emergency department remain limited. : This retrospective study evaluated predictors of hospitalization among adults (≥18 years) presenting to the emergency department with COVID-19 infection between 1 March 2020 and 15 June 2020.
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December 2024
Department of Respiratory Disease, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Yüreğir, Adana 01250, Turkey.
: This study investigates the prevalence of calcification in mediastinal lymph nodes among sarcoidosis patients and the influencing factors. Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic inflammatory disease characterized by non-caseating epithelioid granulomas. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy (LAP) is the most common radiographic finding, with studies showing a correlation between the frequency of lymph node calcification and disease duration, with a frequency of 3% relating to a duration of 5 years and a frequency of 20% relating to one of 10 years.
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January 2025
Médecins Sans Frontières, International, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ultraportable (UP) X-ray devices are ideal to use in community-based settings, particularly for chest X-ray (CXR) screening of tuberculosis (TB). Unfortunately, there is insufficient guidance on the radiation safety of these devices. This study aims to determine the radiation dose by UP X-ray devices to both the public and radiographers compared to international dose limits.
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January 2025
Department of Food Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242062, Taiwan.
Pneumonia, a leading cause of mortality in children under five, is usually diagnosed through chest X-ray (CXR) images due to its efficiency and cost-effectiveness. However, the shortage of radiologists in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) emphasizes the need for automated pneumonia diagnostic systems. This article presents a Deep Learning model, Zero-Order Optimized Convolutional Neural Network (ZooCNN), a Zero-Order Optimization (Zoo)-based CNN model for classifying CXR images into three classes, Normal Lungs (NL), Bacterial Pneumonia (BP), and Viral Pneumonia (VP); this model utilizes the Adaptive Synthetic Sampling (ADASYN) approach to ensure class balance in the Kaggle CXR Images (Pneumonia) dataset.
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January 2025
Diagnostic Imaging Department, Latifa Hospital, Dubai Health, Dubai P.O. Box 2727, United Arab Emirates.
Chest and abdomen radiographs are the most common radiograph examinations conducted in the Dubai Health sector, with both involving exposure to several radiosensitive organs. Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) are accepted as an effective safety, optimization, and auditing tool in clinical practice. The present work aims to establish a comprehensive projection and weight-based structured DRL system that allows one to confidently highlight healthcare centers in need of urgent action.
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