BACKGROUND Corneal densitometry, which is also known as corneal backscattering, is a surrogate measure of corneal clarity. The purpose of the study was to investigate the changes in corneal densitometry (CD) after implanting an implantable collamer lens (ICL-V4c). METHOD Twenty-six high myopic patients (aged 29.3 ± 6.6 years, 6 males and 20 female…[Read more]

ession analysis showed that only taking the HBV test (p less then 0.05) and attending Bimbilla Senior High (p = 0.032) significantly predicted vaccination against HBV infection. CONCLUSION The results of this study has re-echoed the high prevalence of HBV in Ghana. The poor state of knowledge and a high risk of HBV infection among young adults in…[Read more]

Introduction Failure to rescue (FTR), defined as the mortality rate among patients suffering from postoperative complications, is considered an indicator of the quality of surgical care. The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors associated with FTR after anatomical lung resections. Method Patients undergoing anatomical lung…[Read more]

PM pre-oxidation decreased the TCNM formation during the subsequent chlorination, while Fe(VI) pre-oxidation had no significant influence on the TCNM formation, and OZ pre-oxidation increased the formation. OZ pre-oxidation formed the lowest degree of bromine substitution during subsequent chlorination of aspartic acid in the presence of bromide.…[Read more]

set of heart transplant centers participating in Q-HIP during the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, 8 of 20 (40%) and 8 of 16 centers (50%), respectively, could have benefited from a change in their Q-HIP scorecards if their RA PCI rates excluded transplant recipients. Conclusions and Relevance Two-thirds of PCIs in heart transplant recipients were…[Read more]

set of heart transplant centers participating in Q-HIP during the 2016 and 2017 calendar years, 8 of 20 (40%) and 8 of 16 centers (50%), respectively, could have benefited from a change in their Q-HIP scorecards if their RA PCI rates excluded transplant recipients. Conclusions and Relevance Two-thirds of PCIs in heart transplant recipients were…[Read more]

In the original publication of the article, one of the author name was published incorrectly.Baroreflex regulates short-term cardiovascular variability via the autonomic neural system. The contributions of the central autonomic system to the baroreflex regulations of arterial blood pressure (BP) and heart rate have been reported in young healthy…[Read more]