Academic Articles & Research Papers

Risk Stratification of Elderly Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery Using the Modified Frailty Index

Study Design: Retrospective cohort. Objectives: To validate the 11-item modified Frailty Index (mFI) as a perioperative risk stratification tool in elderly patients undergoing spine surgery. Methods: All consecutive cases of spine surgery i...

Colonic stenting as bridge to surgery versus emergency surgery for management of acute left-sided malignant colonic obstruction: a multicenter randomized trial (Stent-in 2 study)

Abstract Background Acute left-sided colonic obstruction is most often caused by malignancy and the surgical treatment is associated with a high mortality and morbidity rate. Moreover, these operated patients end up with a temporary or perm...

Longitudinal joint trajectories of the dietary inflammatory index and physical activity and risk of incident cardiometabolic multimorbidity among women: evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey.

Beyond disease counts: multimorbidity patterns and self-rated health in South African adults-a network analysis of the 2016 demographic and health survey.

Development of a Core Outcome Measurement Set for studies of community pharmacist-led medication reviews in older patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy.

Associations of cumulative exposure and dynamic trajectories of the combined estimated glucose disposal rate and frailty index with incident cardiometabolic multimorbidity comprising diabetes, heart disease, and stroke: a longitudinal analysis based on the China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS).

Drug-induced sleep endoscopy-defined upper-airway collapse phenotypes and the presence of cardiometabolic comorbidity in adults with obstructive sleep apnea: A single-center retrospective cross-sectional study.

Cutaneous Aspergillosis Among Extremely Preterm Neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Units - Michigan and New York, 2023-2024.

Covariation among higher-order psychopathology dimensions is driven by nomorbidity and not comorbidity.

Evaluating the impact of homoeopathy in managing the morbidity associated with grade III and IV lower limb lymphoedema in adults with lymphatic filariasis.

Designing a provider-led multimorbidity care model for fragmented insurance-based health systems: A mixed-methods study in Colombia.

Air Pollution and Heat Impacts on Respiratory Morbidity and Mortality Outcomes in Africa: A Systematic Review Towards a Meta-analysis.

Divergent intestinal barrier and neuroimmune responses to supervised exercise across fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and their comorbidity phenotypes: a prospective interventional study.

Patient-Centered Prioritization of Health Care Processes for Multimorbidity.

Hospital-Based Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance and Review: A Strategy for Improving Maternity Care in Maryland.

Socioecological determinants of chronic disease multimorbidity in high-altitude Tibetan populations: a cross-sectional study.

Methamphetamine Use and Psychiatric Morbidity in Sri Lanka: Sociodemographic Insights from a Tertiary Care Clinic.

The global burden of climate-sensitive health impacts: a systematic review of mortality, morbidity, and economic costs.

Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence Multimorbidity Score for Human-Machine Clinical Risk Stratification.

Unannounced Drills Using Patient Actors to Evaluate Health Care Facility Readiness for Infectious Disease Outbreaks - New Jersey, New York, and U.S. Virgin Islands, January-June 2026.