IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2016 05 18;63(5):1082-6. Epub 2015 Sep 18.
Ann Fam Med 2022 May-Jun;20(3):211-219
Center for General Practice at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Purpose: Researchers aimed to describe general practitioners' understanding of appropriate ultrasound use, to record actual scanning practices of early adopters in general practice, and to identify differences between attitudes and actual practice via a mixed methods analysis.Methods: This study was part of a larger multistage mixed methods research framework exploring the use of ultrasound in general practice in Denmark. We used an exploratory sequential approach in the data collection with initial qualitative findings from an interview study applied to building a quantitative questionnaire utilized in a cohort study. Read More
Ann Fam Med 2022 May-Jun;20(3):227-236
Purpose: We investigated whether lung ultrasound (US) performed in primary care is useful and feasible for diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) compared with chest radiography, as most previous research has been conducted in hospital settings.Methods: We undertook a prospective observational cohort study of lung US performed in 12 primary care centers. Patients aged 5 years and older with symptoms suggesting CAP were examined with lung US (by 21 family physicians and 7 primary care pediatricians) and chest radiograph on the same day. Read More
BMJ Case Rep 2022 May 20;15(5). Epub 2022 May 20.
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
A stablehand in his 20s presented with increasing dyspnoea on exertion and chest pain months after being kicked directly in the chest by a horse. Further investigations revealed severe isolated, primary tricuspid regurgitation due to partial avulsion of the anterior leaflet. Open surgical repair was successfully performed from which he recovered uneventfully with resolution of his symptoms and minimal residual tricuspid regurgitation. Read More
Neuropediatrics 2022 May 23. Epub 2022 May 23.
Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany., Düsseldorf, Germany.
Introduction: Arthrogryposis is characterized by the presence of multiple contractures at birth and can be caused by pathogenic variants in TTN (Titin). Exons and variants that are not expressed in one of the three major isoforms of titin are referred to as "metatranscript-only" and have been considered to be only expressed during fetal development. Recently, the metatranscript-only variant (c. Read More
Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2022 May 19:106640. Epub 2022 May 19.
College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, Peoples' Republic of China.
The main aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of GnRH administration on day five after mating as well as PGF2α injection at the time of CIDR removal on the reproductive performance of Ghezel ewes. Estrus synchronization was performed using an intravaginal application of CIDR for 14 days and injection of 500 IU of PMSG at the time of CIDR removal. A total of 114 healthy fat-tailed ewes were randomly allotted into three groups as follow: control group (n = 35), did not receive any additional treatment; PG group (n = 44), each ewe received a dose of PGF2α at the time of CIDR removal; and PG+GnRH group (n = 35), the ewes received a dose of PGF2α at the time of CIDR removal and a single dose of GnRH, five days post-mating (post-conceptional day (PCD)-5). Read More