Use of virtual reality in patient education program to reduce anxiety in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: A randomized controlled trial.

Background And Aim: Virtual reality (VR) provides an immersive image-viewing experience that has recently been expanding its use in clinical medicine. We aimed to examine a patient education program by VR to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD).

Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled trial and consecutively enrolled patients who had an indication for unsedated EGD with topical anesthesia.

Sarcoidosis developing after COVID-19: A case report.

COVID-19 has been implicated in the development of a range of autoimmune diseases and medical consequences. Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease with sustained granulomatous inflammation. The possible main pathogenesis of sarcoidosis is a dysregulation between immune response and certain environmental antigens.

Pulmonary pseudoaneurysm presented as a lung nodule after recovering from Covid-19 pneumonia.

Pulmonary pseudoaneurysms (PAPs) are an uncommon complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, although they are a potentially life-threatening condition. We present this interesting condition of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pneumonia. The patient presented with abnormal lung nodule and developed massive haemoptysis after recovering from Covid-19 pneumonia.

The efficacy and safety outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure in Thailand: Phramongkutklao experience.

Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is one of the crucial treatments in patients with symptomatic heart failure reduced ejection fraction. This study aimed to report the efficacy and safety of CRT implantation in treating patients with heart failure. The responders and related outcomes were also analyzed.

Safety and efficacy of endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection in the management of gastric varices: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Aim: Bleeding from gastric varices is a catastrophic event and poses difficulty in management. The efficacy and safety of cyanoacrylate injection remain unclear. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection in the management of gastric varices.

Development and validation of prognostic model to predict mortality among cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding: A retrospective study.

Background And Aim: Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a serious complication associated with high mortality. The aim of our study was to investigate mortality predictors and to develop a new simplified prognostic model among cirrhotic patients with AVB.

Methods: A simplified prognostic model was developed using multiple logistic regression after identifying significant predictors of 6-week mortality.

Serum cystatin C as a predictor of 90-day mortality among patients admitted with complications of cirrhosis.

Background And Aim: Cystatin C (Cys) is not affected by age, sex, and muscle mass. We evaluated to compare the predictive performance of serum Cys level and model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score and developed a new model to predict 90-day mortality among patients admitted with cirrhosis complications.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was performed from December 2018 to December 2019.

Thirty-Day Readmission and Cost Analysis in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Nationwide Population-Based Data.

Accurate population-based data are needed on the rate, economic impact, and the longterm outcomes of readmission among patients with cirrhosis. To examine the rates, costs, and 1-year outcomes of patients readmitted within 30 days following their index hospitalization for complications of cirrhosis, we conducted a nationwide, population-based cohort study involving all patients with cirrhosis in Thailand from 2009 through 2013, using data from the National Health Security Office databases, which included those from nationwide hospitalizations. Readmission was captured from hospitals at all health care levels across the country within the Universal Coverage Scheme.

Evaluation of aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index and fibrosis 4 scores for hepatic fibrosis assessment compared with transient elastography in chronic hepatitis C patients.

Background And Aim: Fibrotic stage (FS) assessment is essential in chronic hepatitis C treatment cascade. Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using transient elastography (TE) is reliable and correlated with liver biopsy. However, TE may not be widely available.

Prevalence and clinical significance of community-acquired penicillin-resistant pneumococcal pneumonia in Thailand.

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, clinical significance and outcome of community-acquired penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (PRSP) pneumonia in Thailand.

Methodology: We conducted a prospective study in culture-proven pneumococcal pneumonia. Pneumococci were defined as susceptible, intermediate resistance and high resistance according to the definitions of the United States National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS).