CONCLUSIONS: The DIMS spectacle lens was noninferior to OKL for slowing axial elongation after 18 months of therapy in myopic children. The DIMS spectacle lens was not superior to OKL. There was no statistically significant difference in overall eye length growth between the DIMS spectacle lens and OKL after 18 months of therapy in myopic… →

CONCLUSIONS: In this study, it was observed that the implementation of a nursing checklist was associated with significant improvements in the quality of airway care and patient outcomes during mechanical ventilation in patients with severe pneumonia, leading to a significant reduction in the duration of mechanical ventilation and improved oxygenation status and prognosis of patients. →

CONCLUSIONS: Early vitamin D deficiency before 20 weeks of gestation was associated with altered metabolic trajectories during pregnancy, including greater increases in LDL cholesterol and ketone body concentrations in women with overweight or obesity, as well as higher cord blood ketone levels in their offspring. These findings suggest that early maternal vitamin D status may… →

Acute elevation in circulating lipids induces reversible insulin resistance and alters triglyceride-rich lipoprotein flux. Whether insulin-regulated remodelling of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-associated apolipoproteins is altered during defined lipid stress in women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) remains unclear. In this exploratory, randomized, cross-over study, 10 healthy women and 12 women with PMOS underwent 5-h saline… →

CONCLUSIONS: MUAC z-score tapes were repeatedly applied for nutrition risk screening in the ALIMUS study, supporting the penetration and adoption of their use by CHVs working in remote and low-resource community settings. →

INTRODUCTION: Recognising and acting on the connection to Country as a determinant of Indigenous peoples’ well-being is necessary to improve health inequities. Indigenous Australians experience a greater burden of chronic liver disease and poorer outcomes due to ongoing impacts of colonisation across determinants of health. This is exacerbated by a gradient in health outcomes based… →