Background The Pipeline Flex embolization device with Shield technology (PED Shield, Medtronic, Irvine, CA, USA) is a flow diverter designed to reduce thrombogenicity through phosphorylcholine surface ...

Join the ORBIT (Observational Research Building Interdisciplinary Therapeutic Advances) Interdisciplinary Hub for the upcoming seminar, "Propensity Score Overlap Weighting for Target Trial Emulation: ...

Objectives Investigate the correlation between the percentage of predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1%pred) and survival outcomes, namely relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival ...

Background Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is recommended around carotid artery stenting (CAS) to reduce periprocedural stroke risk. Clopidogrel is widely used, but response variability related to ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Propensity score methods have become a cornerstone of modern causal inference, enabling researchers to approximate the conditions of randomized experiments in observational ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Propensity score methods have become a cornerstone of modern causal inference, enabling researchers to approximate the conditions of randomized experiments in observational ...

Background Head-to-head randomised trials or real-world studies comparing the safety and efficacy of natalizumab and anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies are limited. This study aimed to compare the ...

Patients who received neoadjuvant systemic therapy followed by surgical resection for mucosal HNSCC in the US National Cancer Database (2004-2022) were evaluated using 1:5 propensity score matching to ...

Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse comorbidity data vary by insurance status. Analyses using these data that fail to account for insurance status are subject to information bias. Objectives: To ...

A panelist discusses how a large propensity score–matched analysis of 1300 patients aged 60-75 found similar all-cause mortality between intensive chemotherapy and azacitidine plus venetoclax, but ...

Objectives Heart failure, especially in the elderly, is a growing global issue. This research explores the safety of human albumin infusion in treating heart failure patients with hypoalbuminemia, ...