To determine the prevalence and characteristics of children with normal elective polysomnography for obstructive sleep disordered breathing (oSDB) based on the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) guidelines.

In this retrospective cohort study, we identified patients ages 2 to 18 who underwent diagnostic…[Read more]

3 logMAR. On post-hoc analyses, the percentage of patients in the GGS and SP groups with improvement by ≥ 0.3 logMAR at week 2 were 75.0% and 31.3%, respectively. Changes in MD values at week 2 compared to baseline were 9.258 ± 8.296 (mean ± standard deviation) dB and 3.175 ± 6.167dB in the GGS and SP groups, respectively. These results showed…[Read more]

Mortality is high in Coronavirus disease 2019 patients with pre-existing comorbidities and advanced age. Associated complications have added to the negative prognosis. Nevertheless, many have fully recovered, even among the most fragile. Factors associated with their survival was investigated.

Retrospective study of patients aged ≥90 y…[Read more]

With the blue/green dual fluorescence response of DACH-fhba, the sensor exhibited high stability and reversibility. Notably, the bioimaging revealed that DACH-fhba successfully tracked Zn(II) and OH- in live cells, larval zebrafish, and plants. Further results implied that DACH-fhba can be used to achieve visual detection of Zn(II) and OH- in…[Read more]