Acute ischemic stroke is a leading cause of pediatric death and disability. A clinical scale adapted for children can ensure early detection of candidates for urgent acute ischemic stroke treatment.

Residual scarring after cleft lip repair surgery remains a challenge for both surgeons and patients and novel therapeutics are critically needed. The objective of this preclinical experimental study ...

Objective To assess the diagnostic accuracy of radiography (X-ray, XR), CT and MRI of the sacroiliac joints for diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods 163 patients (89 with axSpA; 74 ...

Introduction Safe anaesthesia care is a fundamental part of healthcare. In a previous study, registered nurse anaesthetists (RNAs) had the highest task frequency, with the largest amount of ...

cSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia dCurtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia ...

Background/aims To propose and validate a new pterygium grading system based on slit-lamp evaluation. Methods This prospective cross-sectional study included 217 patients with pterygium. All patients ...

Background: Hemorrhagic transformation after acute ischemic stroke is a dreaded and severe complication of thrombolysis and thrombectomy. However, its detection on post-thrombectomy conventional ...

Objectives Evaluation of the inter-rater reliability of clinical assessment methods for pelvic floor muscles and diastasis recti abdominis post partum. Design A multicentre inter-rater reliability ...

1 Department of Physiotherapy, International University of Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2 Lamia Physiotherapy Department, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece. 3 Hippokratio General Hospital, ...