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Kaplan Medical Center
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- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background The Sinonasal Outcome Test-22 (SNOT-22) is widely used to evaluate symptom burden in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), yet its relationship with objective disease measures, pathological features, and specific endotypes remains unclear. Objective To ass...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Dermatological Diseases and Household Behavioral Spillovers: A Conceptual Framework
Background: Chronic diseases may generate behavioral responses extending beyond the affected individual. Although family health effects and behavioral spillovers have been examined in health economics and behavioral research, their relevance to dermatological disease management h...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Defining Success in Ptosis Surgery: Outcome Heterogeneity and Priorities for Standardization
Ptosis surgery aims to restore eyelid position, visual function, facial expression, and, in children, visual development. Yet reported success rates reflect how success is defined as much as what surgery achieves. Studies use different eyelid-height thresholds, symmetry criteria,...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
IgG4-related endobronchial lung disease and HIV: a case report and review of the literature
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic inflammatory disorder which typically presents as multiorgan infiltration by polyclonal IgG4-positive plasma cells and responds well to immunosuppression such as systemic corticosteroids. The co-occurrence of IgG4-RD among...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
The Glyco-Inflammatory Healing Index (GIHI), calculated as HbA1c × C-reactive protein / albumin, integrates measures of glycemic control, systemic inflammation, and nutritional status. Its association with postoperative outcomes after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CAB...