BMJ Global Health

The contribution of maternal glucose to birth weight is smaller in Uganda (sub-Saharan Africa) than in Afro-Caribbean or white ethnicity mother–child pairs from outside Africa

Introduction Glucose is a major determinant of fetal growth, but its relative contribution in different ethnic groups or populations is not fully understood. The Hyperglycaemia and Adverse Pregnancy ...

Beyond the Black Box A Framework for Explainable AI (XAI) in Credit Scoring

In the United States: The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) require lenders to ...
IEEE

High accuracy Diabetes Prediction Using Logistic Regression

Abstract: Diabetes affects 537 million people worldwide, making it the deadliest and most frequent noncommunicable disease. According to studies on diabetes patients, the prevalence of diabetes in ...

The 'Golden Hour': Distance and delay define rural trauma care timelines

Billings Clinic investigators tracked trauma patients arriving directly from the scene versus patients transferred between ...
BMJ Open

A multicentre, prospective, observational study on detecting medication discrepancies using medication reconciliation as a tool at the emergency department among geriatric ...

Objective Geriatric patients often face issues related to polypharmacy and adverse drug events. Re-evaluating prescribed medications and considering deprescribing is critical. Medication discrepancies ...
BMJ Global Health

Prevalence, spatial and temporal distribution of tungiasis in the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS) in Kenya

Introduction Tungiasis is a highly neglected tropical disease of the skin caused by an embedded female sand flea affecting ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Retrospective Study on Risk Factors for Perianal Infections in Patients with Neutropenia ()

Objective: To explore the risk factors for perianal infections in patients with neutropenia and evaluate the effectiveness of different preventive measures. Methods: A r ...
News-Medical.Net

COVID-19 ARDS survivors face lasting disability and high late mortality, researchers report

In this single-center ambispective cohort of 283 Polish patients with COVID-19–related ARDS requiring invasive mechanical ventilation, cumulative mortality reached 44.5% at four years after ICU ...
IEEE

Predictive Analysis of Network-Based Attacks by Hybrid Machine Learning Algorithms Utilizing Bayesian Optimization, Logistic Regression, and Random Forest Algorithm

Abstract: These days, intrusion detection systems are one of the newest trends in society. These technologies serve as a defense against a variety of security breaches, the number of which has been ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Weight Gain Following Dolutegravir Based Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Naive Patients: A Comparative Study at the Ambulatory Treatment Center of the Regional Hospital of ...

1 Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales (SMIT), Fann University Hospital, Dakar, Senegal. 2 Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Dalal Jamm Hospital, Dakar, Senegal. In Senegal, ...
Frontiers

A clinical prediction model for delirium tremens: development and validation in alcohol-dependent patients using multivariable logistic regression

Delirium tremens (DT) is a severe complication of alcohol withdrawal. This study aimed to develop and validate a prediction model for DT risk in hospitalized patients with alcohol dependence, using ...