Michelsen Ferguson

Patient demographics revealed that Black patients displayed a greater BMI, with a median [Q1-Q3] of 303 [254-366] kg/m², compared to the median [Q1-Q3] of 293 [245-338] kg/m² for other patient groups.

In a study comparing patients with peripheral artery disease (p=.017), those with the disease tended to be younger (61 [48-74] years versus 67 […[Read more]

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Prolonged intraoperative red blood cell infusion and concurrent use of carbapenem antibiotics for three or more days were identified as potential risk factors associated with postoperative delirium. Preoperative infections, occurring within the two months before liver transplantation (LT), were found to be a significant factor in determining…[Read more]

Pruritus, a symptom often encountered in cholestatic liver diseases (CLDs), can have a substantial adverse effect on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Despite following evidence-based therapy guidelines, overcoming the challenges of managing cholestatic pruritus (CP) remains problematic, thus emphasizing the demand for the development of…[Read more]

Functional independence was observed in a statistically significant proportion (p=0.003) of the 290 enrolled patients, a correlation that was stronger (adjusted odds ratio = 271, 95% confidence interval = 141-522) amongst those exhibiting good collateral circulation. While good collaterals were associated with a substantial benefit for dehydrated…[Read more]

Dysphagia is treated using low-frequency electrical stimulation, together with the use of acupuncture points CV23, HT5, TE17, PC6, ST36, ST40, and LI4.

A common treatment for PSS involves electro-acupuncture (EA) therapy, focusing on ST36, LI4, and LI11 acupoints for managing hemiplegia. This treatment usually utilizes low-frequency continuous…[Read more]

For two weeks, mice were given either a control diet (CTRL) or a diet low in medium-chain triglycerides (MCT-KD). The MCT-KD diet produced a marked elevation of blood -hydroxybutyrate levels, reaching a maximum of 2 mM, yet both body weight gain and blood glucose remained consistent between the groups. This demonstrates the ability of the MCT-KD…[Read more]

Our work develops novel algorithms and methods for the resolution of this problem. Considering a set D of d documents, each from an alphabet of size sigma, we augment the existing r-index with r additional words. This revised index enables the retrieval of documents matching a pattern p, appearing in r documents within D, in computational time t…[Read more]