Objective Determine survival and factors affecting survival for patients with malignant tumors
of odontogenic origin. Study Design Retrospective analysis of the National Cancer Institute’…

Background Patients with neutropenic cancers are at high risk of acquiring infections,
especially if on chemotherapy. Gram-negative bacterial infections are associated with high …

Rationale Studies estimating the rate of lung function decline in cystic fibrosis have been
inconsistent regarding the methods used. How the methodology used impacts the validity of the …

Objective Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a significant public health challenge,
particularly for immunocompromised patients. Our aim was to evaluate the serologic immunity in …

Background The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented
unparalleled and unique stressors and challenges to the field of applied health sciences …

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused a global pandemic with
long-lasting economic and cultural impacts. International governments have attempted to scale …

Background Illicit amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) trafficking activities have increased
substantially in Saudi Arabia over the last 10 years. In the period 2013–2017 Saudi Arabia …

Background Research and the use of evidence-based practices are imperative to the
advancement of diagnostic imaging modalities. The aim of this study was to assess the perceptions …

Objective: To study if obesity had a detrimental effect on troponin after acute coronary syndrome.
We investigated the effects of the body mass index (BMI) in post-myocardial infarction (…

This study proposes a Bayesian joint model with extended random effects structure that
incorporates nested repeated measures and provides simultaneous inference on treatment …