Anna Szabina Szele^1,*, Beáta Erika Nagy²

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.5, pp. 699-709, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.021809

Abstract Preterm and low birth weight infants are at higher risk of neurodevelopmental outcomes; breastfeeding offers several beneficial aspects for them. This study aimed to describe the average neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants and examine the associations between neurodevelopment and breastfeeding among Hungarian preterm infants at 12 months of corrected age. 154 preterm infants with low birth weight (<2500 g) and their mothers were participated in this study. Bayley-III Screening Test (Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development Screening Test, Third Edition) was administered to measure the cognitive, language and motor skills of infants; breastfeeding data was obtained through parental anamnesis. To… More >

Eszter Vojcek^1,2,*, V. Anna Gyarmathy^3,4, Rozsa Graf⁵, Anna M. Laszlo⁶, Laszlo Ablonczy⁷, Zsolt Prodan⁷, Istvan Seri^1,8

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 447-461, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.022274

Abstract Objective: Neonates with congenital heart disease (CHD) and perinatal stroke have high mortality and survivors are at risk for poor long-term neurodevelopmental outcome. The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors and outcome of neonates with both CHD and MRI-confirmed perinatal stroke (Study Group) and compare those to the risk factors and outcome of infants matched for CHD without stroke (Control-1) and of infants matched for MRI-confirmed stroke without CHD (Control-2). Methods: We conducted a population-based case-control study enrolling 28 term neonates with CHD and MRI-confirmed acute perinatal stroke born between 2007–2017 in the Central-Hungarian Region. Each… More > Graphic Abstract

Pornrawee Plearntummakun¹, Chodchanok Vijarnsorn^1,*, Kritvikrom Durongpisitkul¹, Prakul Chanthong¹, Paweena Chungsomprasong¹, Supaluck Kanjanauthai¹, Thita Pacharapakornpong¹, Jarupim Soongswang¹, Thaworn Subtaweesin²

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 463-478, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.021545

Abstract Background: Congenital coronary artery fistula (CCAF) is a rare anomaly. Treatment strategies tend to close the defect with a symptomatic and significant shunt, primarily based on expert consensus and case series. Results for long-term follow-up in children are limited Methods: We conducted a retrospective study to assess clinical and imaging outcomes of children with CCAF at Siriraj Hospital, Thailand during 2000–2020. Patients with single ventricle were excluded. Treatment strategies [surgical closure (SC), and percutaneous closure (PC)] were classified and the clinical outcomes at the follow-up in 2021, including coronary thrombosis, myocardial ischemia, and the results of cardiovascular imaging were reviewed.… More > Graphic Abstract

Ollo Roland Somé^1,*, Abdoul Halim Bagué², Damien Konkobo¹, Dieudonné Hien³, Adama Dembélé³, GL Hermann Bélemlilga¹, Valentin Konségré⁴, Nayi Zongo⁵

Oncologie, Vol.24, No.2, pp. 173-184, 2022, DOI:10.32604/oncologie.2022.021250

Abstract Introduction: Breast cancer management in Sub-Saharian Africa, is faced with diagnosis and treatment challenges. This study aims to describe, breast cancers epidemiology in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Patients and method: A retrospective cohort study was performed from July 01, 2015 to December 31, 2021 in the Souro Sanou university teaching hospital. Histologically confirmed breast cancer patients were included. Clinical aspect, treatment features and outcome data were collected and analyzed. Results: In study time, eight male’s cases (2%) 360 female’s cases among 368 breast cancers cases were included. The mean age was 46.6 ± 12.1 years, ranging from 15 to 90. The… More >

Arisha Patel, Mounzer Agha, Anastasios Raptis, Jing-Zhou Hou, Rafic Farah, Robert L. Redner, Annie Im, Kathleen A. Dorritie, Alison Sehgal, James Rossetti, Melissa Saul, Daniel Normolle, Konstantinos Lontos, Michael Boyiadzis

Oncology Research, Vol.28, No.7-8, pp. 811-814, 2020, DOI:10.3727/096504020X15965357399750

Abstract Leukemia relapse 5 years after achieving first complete remission (CR1) is uncommon in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In this study, we evaluated the outcomes of AML patients with late relapse at our institution and reviewed the literature for these patients. The study cohort consisted of nine AML patients with late relapse. The median interval between CR1 and AML relapse was 6.1 years (range: 5.1–16.2 years). At relapse, the karyotype was different from the initial AML diagnosis in 50% of patients. At the time of AML relapse, seven patients received induction chemotherapy and two patients received hypomethylating agents with… More >

Chunmou Li^*1, Xiaomin Peng^*1, Chuchu Feng^*1, Xilin Xiong^*, Jianxin Li^†, Ning Liao^‡, Zhen Yang^§, Aiguo Liu^¶, Pingping Wu^*, Xuehong Liang^†, Yunyan He^‡, Xin Tian^§, Yunbi Lin^§, Songmi Wang^¶, Yang Li^*

Oncology Research, Vol.28, No.7-8, pp. 791-800, 2020, DOI:10.3727/096504021X16184815905096

Abstract This nonrandomized, multicenter cohort, open-label clinical trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of combined chemotherapy with arsenic trioxide (ATO) in children with stage 4/M neuroblastoma (NB). We enrolled patients who were newly diagnosed with NB and assessed as stage 4/M and received either traditional chemotherapy or ATO combined with chemotherapy according to their own wishes. Twenty-two patients were enrolled in the trial group (ATO combined with chemotherapy), and 13 patients were enrolled in the control group (traditional chemotherapy). Objective response rate (ORR) at 4 weeks after completing induction chemotherapy was defined as the main outcome, and adverse events were monitored… More >

Muzi Li^1,4, Hong Meng^1,4,*, Liang Zhang², Yuzi Zhou³, Chao Liang⁴, Zhiling Luo⁴, Hao Wang^1,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.3, pp. 231-244, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.019480

Abstract Background: Children are at risk of extubation failure after congenital heart disease surgery. Such cases should be identified to avoid possible adverse consequences of failed extubation. This study aimed to identify ultrasound predictors of successful extubation in children who underwent cardiac surgery. Methods: Children aged 3 months to 6 years who underwent cardiac surgery (if they were intubated for >6 h and underwent a spontaneous breathing trial) were included in this study. Results: We included 83 children who underwent surgery for congenital heart disease. Transthoracic echocardiography and lung ultrasound were performed immediately before spontaneous breathing trials. Upon spontaneous breathing trial… More >

Woo Young Park¹, Gi Beom Kim^1,*, Sang Yun Lee¹, Mi Kyoung Song¹, Hye Won Kwon¹, Hyo Soon An¹, Eun Jung Bae¹, Sungkyu Cho², Jae Gun Kwak², Woong-Han Kim²

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.3, pp. 335-350, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.018666

Abstract Objectives: To establish long-term outcome of surgical pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in congenital heart disease (CHD) and to identify risk factors for overall mortality, operative mortality, and repetitive PVR. Methods: This is a retrospective study of 375 surgical PVR in 293 patients who underwent surgical PVR for CHD between January 2000 and May 2020. We only included patients with index PVR with previous open-heart surgery regardless of the number of PVRs. The previous surgical history of patients who underwent PVR during the study period was also included. Patients who underwent the Rastelli operation, and those who underwent single PVR without… More >

Zulqurnain Sabir¹, Manoj Gupta², Muhammad Asif Zahoor Raja³, N. Seshagiri Rao⁴, Muhammad Mubashar Hussain⁵, Faisal Alanazi⁶, Orawit Thinnukool⁷, Pattaraporn Khuwuthyakorn^7,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 1627-1644, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021462

Abstract The purpose of the current investigations is to solve the nonlinear dynamics based on the nervous stomach model (NSM) using the supervised neural networks (SNNs) along with the novel features of Levenberg-Marquardt backpropagation technique (LMBT), i.e., SNNs-LMBT. The SNNs-LMBT is implemented with three different types of sample data, authentication, testing and training. The ratios for these statistics to solve three different variants of the nonlinear dynamics of the NSM are designated 75% for training, 15% for validation and 10% for testing, respectively. For the numerical measures of the nonlinear dynamics of the NSM, the Runge-Kutta scheme is implemented to form… More >

Zhiyuan Sun^1,2, Fabian Herold^3,4, Kelong Cai^1,2, Qian Yu⁵, Xiaoxiao Dong^1,2, Zhimei Liu^1,2, Jinming Li⁶, Aiguo Chen^1,2,* , Liye Zou^7,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.2, pp. 143-158, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.020075

Abstract In recent years evidence has emerged suggesting that Mini-basketball training program (MBTP) can be an effective intervention method to improve social communication (SC) impairments and restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) in preschool children suffering from autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, there is a considerable degree if interindividual variability concerning these social outcomes and thus not all preschool children with ASD profit from a MBTP intervention to the same extent. In order to make more accurate predictions which preschool children with ASD can benefit from an MBTP intervention or which preschool children with ASD need additional interventions to achieve behavioral improvements,… More >