Machine learning methods for determining skin age: A systematic review.

Aim: This systematic review explores how machine learning is used in determining skin aging, aiming to evaluate accuracy, limitations, and gaps in the current literature.

Materials And Methods: OVID Embase, OVID Medline, IEEE Xplore, and ACM Digitial Library were searched from inception to March 16, 2024.

Results: A total of 1467 non-duplicate articles were screened, and 27 were ultimately included in the systematic review.

Can machine learning assist in systemic sclerosis diagnosis and management? A scoping review.

This scoping review aims to summarize the existing literature on how machine learning can be used to impact systemic sclerosis diagnosis, management, and treatment. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) reporting guidelines, Embase, Web of Science, Medline (PubMed), IEEE Xplore, and ACM Digital Library were searched from inception to 3 March 2024, for primary literature reporting on machine learning models in any capacity regarding scleroderma. Following robust triaging, 11 retrospective studies were included in this scoping review.

Predicting psoriasis severity using machine learning: a systematic review.

Background: In dermatology, the applications of machine learning (ML), an artificial intelligence (AI) subset that enables machines to learn from experience, have progressed past the diagnosis and classification of skin lesions. A lack of systematic reviews exists to explore the role of ML in predicting the severity of psoriasis.

Objectives: To identify and summarize the existing literature on predicting psoriasis severity using ML algorithms and to identify gaps in -current clinical applications of these tools.

Diagnosing contact dermatitis using machine learning: A review.

Background: Machine learning (ML) offers an opportunity in contact dermatitis (CD) research, where with full clinical picture, may support diagnosis and patch test accuracy.

Objective: This review aims to summarise the existing literature on how ML can be applied to CD in its entirety.

Methods: Embase, Medline, IEEE Xplore, and ACM Digital Library were searched from inception to February 7, 2024, for primary literature reporting on ML models in CD.

Nodal Metastases in Stage 3 Head and Neck Melanoma: Patterns of Metastases and Patterns of Failure.

Objective: Stage 3 patients with clinically positive nodal metastasis are treated with therapeutic neck dissection and adjuvant systemic therapy. The aim of our study was to examined the predictability of pre-operative CT as a nodal drainage assessment tool.

Methods: Retrospective review of all patients with clinically positive head and neck cutaneous melanoma between 2010 and 2019.

Experiences and perceptions of receiving and prescribing rehabilitation in adults with cystic fibrosis undergoing lung transplantation.

Background: Rehabilitation is prescribed to optimize fitness before lung transplantation (LTx) and facilitate post-transplant recovery. Individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) may experience unique health issues that impact participation.

Methods: Patient and healthcare provider semi-structured interviews were administered to explore perceptions and experiences of rehabilitation before and after LTx in adults with CF.

Quantifying Neck Fibrosis: Establishing the Domain Structure of the Neck Fibrosis Scale.

Objective: We recently described the development of the Neck Fibrosis Scale (NFS). In this submission, we confirm domain structure and validate a scoring system for the NFS.

Study Design: Prospective cross-sectional study.

Middle-Aged -Deficient Mice Have Altered Metabolic Measures.

Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases/acylglycerophosphate acyltransferases (LPAATs/AGPATs) are a group of homologous enzymes that catalyze the formation of phosphatidic acid (PA) from lysophosphatidic acid. We have previously reported that LPAATδ/AGPAT4 localizes to mitochondria, suggesting a potential role in energy metabolism. However, in prior studies of young -deficient mice (age 9-12 weeks old), we found no differences in body weights, food intakes, activity levels, respiratory gas exchange, or energy expenditure compared to their wildtype () littermates.

Advance care planning in adults with oral cancer: Multi-institutional cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Patients undergoing head and neck surgery are often elderly and frail with significant comorbidities. Discussion and documentation of what patients would desire for end-of-life care and decision-making is, therefore, essential for delivering patient-centered care.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study of patients undergoing surgery for head and neck cancer at two large, academic, tertiary care centers in Canada.

Evaluation of Sarcopenia in Older Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Cancer Surgery.

Objectives/hypothesis: Sarcopenia is a hallmark of aging and its identification may help predict adverse postoperative events in patients undergoing head and neck surgery. The study objective was to assess the relationship between sarcopenia and postoperative complications and length of stay in patients undergoing major head and neck cancer surgery.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

Radiographical Spectrum of High-altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Pictorial Essay.

Background: High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a common cause of hospitalization in high altitude areas with significant morbidity. The clinical presentation of HAPE can overlap with a broad spectrum of cardiopulmonary diseases. Also, it is associated with varied radiological manifestations mimicking other conditions and often leading to unnecessary and inappropriate treatment.

Evaluation of the Braden scale in predicting surgical outcomes in older patients undergoing major head and neck surgery.

Background: Being able to predict negative postoperative outcomes is important for helping select patients for treatment as well for informed decision-making by patients. Frailty measures are often time and resource intensive to use as screening measures, whereas the Braden scale, a commonly used measure to assess patients at risk of developing pressure ulcers after surgery, may be a potential tool to predict postoperative complication rates and longer length of stay (LOS) in patients undergoing major head and neck cancer surgery.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of Braden scale scores was performed on a prospectively collected cohort of patients undergoing major head and neck surgery recruited between December 2011 and April 2014.

Immune activation markers in individuals with HIV-1 disease and their correlation with HIV-1 RNA levels in individuals on antiretroviral therapy.

Background: Currently CD4+ T lymphocyte counts and HIV-1 RNA levels are being utilized to predict outcome of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. Recently, the role of immune activation in HIV disease progression and response to treatment is being investigated. This study focused on the expression of CD38 and HLA-DR on lymphocyte subsets in various groups of HIV-infected individuals and to determine their association with HIV-1 disease progression.

High-altitude pulmonary oedema: Newer treatment modalities for an age-old problem.

Background & Objectives: High-altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPE) continues to challenge the healthcare providers at remote, resource-constrained settings. High-altitude terrain itself precludes convenience of resources. This study was conducted to evaluate the rise in peripheral capillary saturation of oxygen (SpO) by the use of a partial rebreathing mask (PRM) in comparison to Hudson's mask among patients with HAPE.

Is High Altitude a Risk Factor in Development of Herpes Zoster?

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Comparison of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter between both eyes: A Bedside Ultrasonography Approach.

Context: Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) has long been accepted as a reliable proxy of intracranial pressure especially in critical care and bedside settings. The present consensus is to measure ONSD in both eyes and take average value, which is cumbersome and a potential cause of discomfort to the patient.

Aim: We aim to compare the values of ONSD of the right and left eye in a random sample as measured by bedside ocular ultrasonography (USG) in Indian adults.