Traditionally, machine learning and artificial intelligence focus on problems of diagnosis or prognosis. Answering questions on whether a patient might have a certain disease (diagnosis) or is at risk of future disease ...

Background: Potentially curative therapy for locally advanced gastric cancer consists of gastrectomy, usually in combination with perioperative chemotherapy. An oncological resection includes a radical (R0) gastrectomy and ...

The current literature on ultra-high field MRI of the kidneys indicates that kidney imaging can clearly benefit from a significant increase in field strength for anatomic, functional, and metabolic studies. However, many ...

A case is reported of a female patient who presented with a fulminant spread of an infection of odontogenic origin. The infection extended into the orbit where orbital abscess formation developed which resulted in loss of ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a commensal and frequent colonizer of the upper respiratory tract. When mechanical ventilation disrupts natural defenses, S. aureus is frequently isolated from the lower airways, but distinguishing ...

Background: C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) and its co-product N-terminal proCNP (NTproCNP) have been associated with beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system. In prevalent dialysis patients, however, a relation ...

Introduction: So far, there is a gap of knowledge about factors influencing the impact of tinnitus, the need for treatment, as well as the experienced effect of regular and alternative tinnitus therapies. In this study, ...