Hypovitaminosis D is a serious public health problem, representing an independent factor in
mortality among the general population. Vitamin D deficiency may affect up to one billion …

Background: There is increasing evidence on the prognostic significance of D-dimer and
fibrinolysis in stroke. However, the systematic analysis of their relationship with adverse …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Qi deficiency and blood stasis are identified to be
pathological factors of pulmonary fibrosis (PF) in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory …

Blood viscosity may affect the mechanisms of stroke and early neurological deterioration
(END). We aimed to investigate the relationship between blood viscosity, stroke …

Background Erythrocyte aggregation is a phenomenon that is commonly found in several
pathological disease states: stroke, myocardial infarction, thermal burn injury, and COVID …

Biofluids such as synovial fluid, blood plasma, and saliva contain several proteins which
impart non-Newtonian properties to the biofluids. The concentration of such protein …

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history and particular advantages in the
diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot gangrene (DFG). Patients with DFG are mainly …

Context The worldwide burden of stroke is projected to grow unless proper stroke education
is implemented. Information alone cannot promote patient self-efficacy and self-care and …

Background: This study addresses the knowledge gap on how self-efficacy and self-care
affect stroke risk as factors and develops a valuable tool for clinicians to assess stroke risk …

The presence of certain proteins in biofluids such as synovial fluid, blood plasma, and saliva
gives these fluids non-Newtonian viscoelastic properties. The amount of these protein …