Introduction: Dural arteriovenous fistulas are abnormal communications between the arterial and dural sinus vessels or Dining Tables the cortical veins.Multiple dural arteriovenous fistulae have an incidence rate of 6-9%.Their pathophysiology is poorly understood, although there is a consensus on three theories for their formation.The systemic infe
Propensity-Score Analysis Reveals that Sex is Not a Prognostic Factor for Mortality in Intensive Care Unit-Admitted Patients with Septic Bacteremia
ABSTRACT: Objective: Men have been considered to have a higher incidence of infectious diseases, with controversy over the possibility that sex could influence the prognosis of the infection.This study aimed to explore this assumption in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with septic bacteremia.Methods: A retrospective analysis (200
Leveraging Health Behavior and Communication Theories to Support Adolescent and Young Adults: Conceptualizing Social Media Wellness in Relation to Disordered Eating
Social media platforms like Instagram serve as an important mechanism for transmitting social information and influence.However, the nature and use of these platforms are known to perpetuate eating disorders (EDs) or further disorder eating symptoms.This concept paper proposes merging health behavior and communication theory to create a comprehensi
OPTIMIZATION OF DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY BASED ON FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS
Decompressive Craniectomy (DC) is a neurosurgical procedure which is often applied to decrease the intracranial pressure (ICP), even if its optimal execution in terms of the size and location of the skull opening is not known.The current research focuses on DC from a biomechanical perspective.A finite element (FE) Younger Looking Skin modelling str