BACKGROUND: Active disinvestment of healthcare interventions (i.e. discontinuing reimbursement by means of a policy decision) has received limited public support in the past. Previous research has identified four viewpoints ...

Background: Recipients of an organ transplantation face a number of challenges and often need to change their health behaviour. Good self-management skills are essential for optimal clinical outcomes. However, few interventions ...

Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by the development of multi-organ neoplasms. Among the manifestations of VHL are pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (panNENs). In order to ...

BACKGROUND:  The risk of lymph node metastasis associated with deep submucosal invasion should be balanced against the mortality and morbidity of total mesorectal excision (TME). Dissection through the submucosa hinders ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine the accuracy of, and agreement among, EEG and aEEG readers' estimation of maturity and a novel computational measure of functional brain age (FBA) in preterm infants. METHODS: Seven experts estimated ...

Context: It has been reported that isoprostanes (IPs) have a role in the pathophysiology of ductus arteriosus during the fetal and neonatal period. Our aim in this study was to assess if urinary IPs (uIPs) levels correlate ...

Aim: To evaluate quantitative electroencephalogram (EEG) measures as predictors of long-term neurodevelopmental outcome in infants with a postconceptional age below 46 weeks, including typically developing infants born at ...