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Wounds
August 2025
Department of Nursing, Federal University of Ceará, Ceará, Brazil.
Background: To estimate the prevalence of biofilms in chronic wounds.
Methods: The authors performed a systematic review of prevalence studies and meta-analysis, structured according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Articles were searched in Scopus (Elsevier), Web of Science (Clarivate), MEDLINE/PubMed (National Institutes of Health), and Embase (Elsevier) databases.
Wounds
August 2025
Department of Nursing, Federal University of Ceará, Ceará, Brazil.
Background: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a major clinical challenge, particularly among patients with refractory ulcers, that often lead to severe complications such as infection, amputation, and high mortality. Innovations supported by strong clinical evidence have the potential to improve healing outcomes, enhance quality of life, and reduce the economic burden on individuals and health care systems.
Objective: To describe the design of the concurrent optical and magnetic stimulation (COMS) therapy Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study for refractory DFUs (MAVERICKS) trial.
Knee Surg Relat Res
September 2025
Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Gainesville, FL, 32607, USA.
Background: A clear understanding of minimal clinically important difference (MCID) and substantial clinical benefit (SCB) is essential for effectively implementing patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs) as a performance measure for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Since not achieving MCID and SCB may reflect suboptimal surgical benefit, the primary aim of this study was to use machine learning to predict patients who may not achieve the threshold-based outcomes (i.e.
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September 2025
Medical Didactics and Education Research, DEMEDA, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.
BMC Emerg Med
September 2025
Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Background: Identifying suspected anterior circulation large-vessel occlusion (aLVO) strokes during emergency calls could enhance dispatch efficiency, particularly in rural areas. However, data on emergency medical dispatchers' (EMDs) ability to recognize aLVO symptoms remain limited. This simulation study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of identifying side-specific arm paresis, side-specific conjugate eye deviation (CED), and aphasia during emergency calls by instructing layperson callers to perform brief, standardized examination steps.
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