A5100432031- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Speech and Audio Processing
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Renal and Vascular Pathologies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Video Coding and Compression Technologies
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Radiology practices and education
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Speech Recognition and Synthesis
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Advanced Data Compression Techniques
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
University of Pittsburgh
2022-2025
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2020-2025
Academy of Military Medical Sciences
2023-2024
Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence
2024
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
2024
Chongqing Medical University
2022-2024
Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
2022-2024
Dalian Medical University
2022-2024
Shaanxi Normal University
2022-2024
Beijing Jiaotong University
2024
Accurate incidence forecasting of infectious disease is critical for early prevention and better government strategic planning. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study different methods based on the monthly typhoid fever. The seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) model three models inspired by neural networks, namely, back propagation networks (BPNN), radial basis function (RBFNN), Elman recurrent (ERNN) were compared. differences as well advantages...
To describe and compare logistic regression neural network modeling strategies to predict hospital admission or transfer following initial presentation Emergency Department (ED) triage with without the addition of natural language processing elements.Using data from National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), a cross-sectional probability sample United States EDs 2012 2013 survey years, we developed several predictive models outcome being vs. discharge home. We included...
The impact of a new national kidney allocation system (KAS) on access to the deceased-donor waiting list (waitlisting) and racial/ethnic disparities in waitlisting among US end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients is unknown. We examined pre- post-KAS incident (N = 1 253 100) prevalent 556 954) ESRD from United States Renal Data System database (2005-2015) using multivariable time-dependent Cox interrupted time-series models. adjusted rate was 9% lower (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.91; 95% confidence...
Early detection of potential depression among elderly people is conducive for timely preventive intervention and clinical care to improve quality life. Therefore, prediction considering sequential progression patterns in needs be further explored.We selected 1,538 from Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study (CLHLS) wave 3-7 survey. Long short-term memory (LSTM) six machine learning (ML) models were used predict different risk factors the risks population next two years. Receiver...
Importance: While the literature documenting health disparities has advanced in recent decades, less is known about pattern of racial/ethnic emergency care United States. Objective: To describe trends and differences outcomes resource utilization among groups US for adult patients over a 12-year period. Design, Setting, Participants: This cross-sectional study department (ED) data from nationally representative National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Survey (NHAMCS) examined multiple dimensions...
Frailty is a predictor of morbidity and mortality in cirrhosis. Although evidence for prehabilitation promising, the data liver transplant (LT) candidates are limited. The primary aim this study was to evaluate effect novel strategy on changes frailty metrics survival LT candidates. secondary determine liver-related extrahepatic conditions associated with frailty.In ambispective cohort study, all patients underwent assessment using index (LFI), 6-minute walk test, gait speed test performed...
Neuroinflammation has been proven to exert an important effect on brain injury after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Previous studies reported that Didymin possessed anti-inflammatory properties acute hepatic injury, hyperglycemia-induced endothelial dysfunction, and death. However, the role of in microglial pyroptosis neuroinflammation ICH is unclear. The current study aimed investigate mediated by mouse models shed some light underlying mechanisms. In this study, we observed treatment...
A subset of patients experiences persistent fatigue symptoms after COVID-19, and may develop long COVID, which is characterized by lasting systemic symptoms. No treatments for this condition have been validated are urgently warranted. In pilot study, we assessed whether treatment with low-dose naltrexone (LDN, 4.5 mg/day) supplementation NAD + through iontophoresis patches could improve quality life in 36 moderate/severe COVID-19. We detected a significant increase from baseline SF-36 survey...
Myocardial infarction leads to changes in the geometry (remodeling) of left ventricle (LV) heart. The degree and type remodeling provides important diagnostic information for therapeutic management ischemic heart disease. In this paper, we present a novel analysis framework characterizing after myocardial infarction, using LV shape descriptors derived from atlas-based models. Cardiac magnetic resonance images 300 patients with 1991 asymptomatic volunteers were obtained Atlas Project. Finite...
<h3>Importance</h3> For-profit (vs nonprofit) dialysis facilities have historically had lower kidney transplantation rates, but it is unknown if the pattern holds for living donor and deceased transplantation, varies by facility ownership, or has persisted over time in a nationally representative population. <h3>Objective</h3> To determine association between ownership placement on waiting list, receipt of transplant, transplant. <h3>Design, Setting, Participants</h3> Retrospective cohort...
Abstract Background Racial disparities persist in access to kidney transplantation. differences preemptive referral, or referral prior dialysis start, may explain this discrepancy. Methods Patient‐level data on transplant referrals (2005‐2012) from all Georgia centers were linked the United States Renal Data System examine racial waitlisting, and living donor transplant. Adjusted logistic regression Cox proportional hazard models determined associations between race (African American vs...
Background: There is an incomplete understanding of disparities in emergency care for children across racial and ethnic groups the United States. In this project, we sought to investigate patterns utilization, disposition, resource use by race ethnicity after adjusting demographic, socioeconomic, clinical factors. Methods: cross-sectional study department (ED) data from nationally representative National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Survey (NHAMCS), examined multiple dimensions ED treatment...
In March 2021, the United States implemented a new kidney allocation system (KAS250) for deceased donor transplantation (DDKT), which eliminated donation service area-based and replaced it with on basis of distance from hospital to transplant center within/outside radius 250 nautical miles. The effect this policy discards logistics is unknown.
Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) is a major cause of healthcare-associated infections worldwide, but comprehensive study clinical characteristics for CRPA among critically ill children remains limited in China. The objective this was to determine the epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes pediatric patients large tertiary hospital China.A retrospective case-control with P. conducted three intensive care units (ICUs) Shanghai Children's Medical Center from January 2016...
China has experienced a sharply increasing rate of human brucellosis in recent years. Effective spatial monitoring incidence is very important for successful implementation control and prevention programmes. The purpose this paper to apply exploratory data analysis (ESDA) methods the empirical Bayes (EB) smoothing technique monitor county-level rates mainland from 2004 2010 by examining patterns.ESDA were used characterise patterns EB smoothed based on obtained Information System Disease...
Summary Background There is limited information on recent country‐specific trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity adolescents. Objective We aimed to identify a study 137 995 adolescents aged 12 15 years from 21 countries based Global School‐Based Student Health Surveys 2005 2017. Methods The World Organization criteria were used define paediatric obesity. weighted across survey evaluated. Random‐ or fixed‐effect meta‐analyses calculate pooled countries. Results A significant...
We aimed to characterize emergency department (ED) utilization and clinical characteristics of patients with substance use disorder (SUD) seeking care for all reasons.Using 2016-2017 ED data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, we investigated demographics, resource utilization, SUD vs those without SUD.Of adult visits (N = 27,609) in US 2016-2017, 11.1% had SUD. Among SUD, they were mostly non-Hispanic White (62.5%) more likely be male (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.80...
Introduction: Liver transplantation (LT) provides significant survival benefits to patients with unresectable HCC. In the United States, organ allocation policies for HCCs within Network Organ Sharing criteria do not prioritize based on their differences in oncological characteristics. This study assessed whether transplant-associated (TASBs) vary among different tumor burden scores (TBS) measured at time of listing. Methods: We analyzed data from adults applying HCC MELD exception points...