Background Mild or pre-frailty is common and associated with increased risks of
hospitalisation, functional decline, moves to long-term care, and death. Little is known about …

Importance Robot-assisted radical cystectomy is being performed with increasing frequency,
but it is unclear whether total intracorporeal surgery improves recovery compared with open …

Importance Most of the global morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) occurs in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), with significant …

Background Culture-based microbiological investigation of hospital-acquired or ventilator-
associated pneumonia (HAP or VAP) is insensitive, with aetiological agents often …

BACKGROUND Mild frailty or pre-frailty is common and yet is potentially reversible.
Preventing progression to worsening frailty may benefit individuals and lower health/social …

Background Indications for surgery for symptomatic spinal metastases have become better
defined in recent years, and suitable outcome measures have been established against a …

Background Paediatricians, radiologists, anthropologists and medico-legal specialists are
often called as experts in order to provide age estimation (AE) for forensic purposes. The …

Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a prevalent and burdensome
condition in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Challenges to better care include …

Study Design. A prospective multicenter cohort study. Objective. To assess the clinical
accuracy of six commonly cited prognostic scoring systems for patients with spinal …

Background Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is one of the most distressing symptoms
experienced by patients. There is no gold standard treatment, although multiple drugs have …