Clinical symptoms and molecular epidemiologic characteristics of varicella patients among children and adults in Ganzhou, China | Virology Journal

Characteristics of the study population A total of 39 patients with varicella were admitted to Ganzhou Fifth People’s Hospital from August 2021 to December 2022. The median age was 13.0 (8.0, 27.0) years, with a male-to-female ratio of 22:17. In the present study, patients with varicella were categorized into two groups, children and adults, according … Read more

Preoperative geriatric nutritional risk index predicts prognosis and postoperative complications in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study | BMC Geriatrics

In the present study, a retrospective analysis was conducted on the 28,762 patients who underwent non-cardiac surgical treatments in large tertiary hospitals across China. It was demonstrated that patients with at-risk GNRI exhibited a significantly lower one-year OS in comparison to those with no-risk GNRI. At-risk GNRI is associated with a variety of postoperative complications, … Read more