Tele-ICU consultations win over Pakistani physicians but face workflow barriers
A mixed-methods study of a Pakistani peer-to-peer tele-ICU service found high physician satisfaction alongside administrative and resource barriers to implementation.
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Sub-Saharan Lessons for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Care
A narrative review in the African Journal of Urology outlines adaptive strategies for managing metastatic prostate cancer in low- and ...
Symptom questionnaire shows strong agreement with autonomic neuropathy tests in Zanzibar diabetes clinic
In 364 adults with type 2 diabetes in Zanzibar, the COMPASS-31 orthostatic intolerance domain agreed with standardized autonomic reflex tests ...
AI Model Designed to Predict Antiretroviral Resistance in HIV Patients in Cameroon
Researchers in Cameroon built and tested a machine learning model that predicts antiretroviral resistance from routine clinical data, with XGBoost ...
Research report: 35-minute protocol for high-yield RNA extraction from gram-positive & gram-negative bacteria at room temperature without toxic chemicals
A modified acidic lysis protocol extracts intact RNA from Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in 35 minutes at room temperature without ...
Mental Health Diagnoses Linked to Poorer HIV Treatment Outcomes in Rural Zimbabwe
A retrospective matched cohort study in rural Zimbabwe found that adults with documented mental health disorders had significantly poorer retention ...
Interpretable Bayesian Model Spots Dengue from Routine Blood Counts in Bangladesh
A proof-of-concept study in Bangladesh shows a Tree-Augmented Naive Bayes model using routine complete blood count data detected dengue with ...
Rare Suspected Botulism Case Diagnosed by Clinical Pattern Recognition Alone
A 27-year-old woman with suspected botulism recovered after prolonged ventilatory support when clinicians diagnosed her through pattern recognition and exclusion ...
Sildenafil in Newborn Lung Crisis: Review Maps Dosing and Monitoring by Indication
A narrative review consolidates neonatal-specific evidence on sildenafil dosing, monitoring and safety across the main forms of newborn pulmonary hypertension.
Ultrasound tracks knee cartilage loss but falls short of MRI precision
A cross-sectional study of 60 knee osteoarthritis patients found ultrasound strongly correlated with MRI in measuring medial femoral cartilage thickness ...
Icterometer shows promise as low-cost screen for newborn jaundice in Bhutan
A Bhutanese hospital study found that a simple plastic icterometer screened neonatal hyperbilirubinemia nearly as well as transcutaneous bilirubinometry against ...
Poloxamer-gated one-step CRISPR test detects monkeypox virus in 40 minutes
A new one-step RPA–CRISPR/Cas12a platform uses thermosensitive poloxamer to separate amplification from detection, detecting monkeypox virus at 1 copy/μL in ...
Deep learning model reads chest X-rays for pneumonia and tuberculosis in Ethiopia
A customized VGG19 deep learning model trained on 2,100 chest X-rays from Ethiopian hospitals classified pneumonia and tuberculosis with 99% ...
Peer Support Lowers Blood Sugar at Low Cost in Ethiopian Diabetes Trial
A randomized trial in northern Ethiopia found that a low-cost, group-based peer support program significantly improved HbA1c over six months, ...
Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Hit Working-Age Adults Hardest in Cameroon Hospital Study
A prospective study at Bamenda Regional Hospital in Cameroon found acute skin and soft tissue infections in 1.2% of emergency ...
Pocket Ultrasound Brings Bedside Imaging to Guatemalan Medical Students
In a 228-bed public hospital in western Guatemala, where diagnostic imaging has long been limited to plain X-rays and heavy ...
How a Five-Second Flash of Light Could Help Screen Toddlers for Autism
A pilot study found that children with autism show a significantly stronger pupillary constriction to light than typically developing peers, ...
Cheap Oral Drug Shows Breathing Gains in Newborns with Dangerous Lung Pressure
A retrospective Indonesian study of 54 newborns found that oral sildenafil therapy was associated with a significant drop in respiratory ...
Simple Blood-Based Scores Outperform Ultrasound Expectations in Spotting Fatty Liver Among Diabetes Patients
A Sri Lankan study of 260 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients found that the Fatty Liver Index and Hepatic ...
Over Half of Asphyxiated Newborns in Uganda Show Liver Injury, Study Finds
A prospective study of 421 term newborns in three Ugandan tertiary hospitals found that 52.7 percent of infants with birth ...
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