Yonsei medical journal
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Yonsei medical journal · Oct 2024
Apple AirPods Pro as a Hearing Assistive Device in Patients with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss.
This study aimed to assess the feasibility of the Apple AirPods Pro with the headphone accommodation feature as a hearing assistive device for patients with mild to moderate hearing loss (HL). ⋯ This study shows that the Apple AirPods Pro, with its headphone accommodation feature, performed similarly to a validated PSAP and improved hearing compared to unaided conditions.
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Yonsei medical journal · Sep 2024
Characteristics of Immunogenicity against SARS-CoV-2 in a Community-Based Model of Care during the Fourth Wave of COVID-19 Outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City.
Although some immune protection from close contact with individuals who have coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been documented, there is limited data on the seroprevalence of antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in individuals who were in lockdown with confirmed COVID-19 cases. This study investigated immunogenicity against SARS-CoV-2 in household members and people who lived near home-quarantined patients with COVID-19. ⋯ Community-based care may have helped to create community immunogenicity, but Nabs did not persist, highlighting a need for vaccination for all individuals before, or from 6 weeks after, infection with SARS-CoV-2.
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Yonsei medical journal · Sep 2024
Mortality and Disparities of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Korea, 2008-2019.
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and stroke are leading global causes of death and can be used to assess acute care quality. We examined the 30-day mortality trends after emergency department admission for AMI and stroke in Korea from 2008 to 2019, focusing on regional and income disparities. ⋯ National-level intervention is needed to manage regional and income-based disparities in AMI and stroke 30-day mortality. It is important to understand the variance in mortality rate by different geographical regions and income levels to establish an appropriate public health strategy.
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Cardiovascular involvement in Behçet's disease (BD) is considerably related to morbidity and mortality. However, the cardiovascular manifestation is sometimes difficult to distinguish from those of other causes. The suspicion of BD and proper treatment is pivotal in the management of BD. ⋯ Venous thrombosis needs immunosuppression, and inferior vena cava thrombosis and Budd-Chiari syndrome require intensive immunosuppressive therapy. Arterial involvement causes aneurysm which usually is treated by surgical or endovascular intervention with immunosuppression. Pulmonary artery aneurysm and cardiac involvement require multimodal managements.
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Yonsei medical journal · Sep 2024
Multicenter StudyDevelopment and Multicenter, Multiprotocol Validation of Neural Network for Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery Detection.
This study aimed to develop and validate a convolutional neural network (CNN) that automatically detects an aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) on preoperative computed tomography (CT) for thyroid cancer evaluation. ⋯ We developed a CNN-based deep learning model that detects ARSA using CT. Our model showed high performance in the multicenter validation.