Risk of neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection: a retrospective cohort study based on infected mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus by Jing Ni, Yongfei Zheng, Jiaqi Tian, Jiaqi Tian, Jiaqi Tian, Lin Zhang, Lin Zhang, Lin Zhang, Shuyin Duan

“…All women were tested for SARS-CoV-2 upon admission as part of routine procedures, then divided into groups of pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection and GDM (SARS2+GDM), pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection but without GDM (SARS2+noGDM), and pregnant women without SARS-CoV-2 infection or GDM (Normal group). …”
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Personality traits, pain perception, and patient attitudes toward orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances by Monika Lorek, Anna Jarząbek, Magdalena Sycińska-Dziarnowska, Sylwia Gołąb, Ewa Cichocka, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Krzysztof Woźniak, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld

“…This, in turn, encourages the search for effective methods of pain reduction during orthodontic treatment and attention to communication between orthodontists and patients for a good understanding of the procedures used.…”
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Abstract 169: Antiplatelet regimens after pseudoaneurysm embolization with phosphorylcholine coated flow diverters: a series of 180 cases by Michael T. Bounajem, Anna Kuhn, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Gustavo Cortez, Rawad Abbas, Mubashir Pervez, Hamzah Saei, Shane Burke, Ameer Hassan, Adel Malek, Varun Naragum, Guilherme C. Dabus, Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, Pascal Jabbour, Ricardo A. Hanel, Robert M. Starke, Juan Vivanco Suarez, Santiago Ortega Gutierrez, Mudassir Farooqui, Mohamed Salem, Brian Jankowitz, Philipp Taussky, Craig Kilburg, Ajit S. Puri, Ramesh Grandhi

“…Three patients were maintained on SAPT post‐procedurally (aspirin or clopidogrel), with two additional patients treated with SAPT plus an anticoagulant for other purposes. …”
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Post nephrectomy renal function: Donor nephrectomy vs. radical nephrectomy by Tadić Jelena, Rančić Nemanja, Obrenčević Katarina, Radojević Milorad, Marić Predrag, Tomić Aleksandar, Petrović Marijana

“…A retrospective case-control study was performed, which included 199 patients divided into two groups: group 1 (105 patients) were patients who underwent DN due to living-related/unrelated kidney transplantation, while group 2 (94 patients) was a control group, and included patients who underwent RN due to clear cell renal cell carcinoma in the T1bNoM0 clinical stage, where this surgical procedure was the final form of treatment. Results. …”
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Blood loss, complications, and the role of suction drains in shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Luiz Henrique Oliveira Almeida, MD, Vitor La Banca, MD, Octavio Matsumoto, MD, Arthur Steven de Sá, MD, Ana Victória Palagi Viganó, MD, Gabriel Kalman, MedStud, Felipe Fernandes Gonzalez, MD, MSc, Guilherme Henrique Vieira Lima, MD, Joel Murachovsky, MD, PhD, Roberto Yukio Ikemoto, MD, PhD

“…Background: Total shoulder replacement, including both anatomic and reverse procedures are one of the treatment options for shoulder arthritis and proximal humerus fractures, with consistently favorable outcomes in terms of pain relief and function improvement. …”
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Impact of Warmed Irrigation Fluid During Shoulder Arthroscopy on Patient Temperature, Recovery, and Cognitive Function: A Prospective Analysis of Influencing Factors by Jingfeng Liu, Xiaohong Huang, Xiaowei Xu, Yanyan Song, Jie Chen, Pei Yu, Tingjun Ye, Yin Zhang, Dahang Zhao, Gen Li, Lei Wang, Ying Wang, Zhenjin Ju, Chengyu Zhuang

“…This practice may contribute to a reduction in recovery time and complications associated with the procedure. Furthermore, minimally invasive techniques such as arthroscopy have been associated with a decreased incidence of postoperative cognitive impairment.…”
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Assessing the impact of novel social media policies in the USA restricting youth exposure to food and beverage advertisements: a protocol for a difference-in-difference study by Marie A Bragg, Brian Elbel, Omni Cassidy, Courtney Abrams, Stephanie L Albert, Roxanne Dupuis, Zora Hall, Sol Rego, Lloyd Heng, Emil Hafeez

“…We will run additional models with interaction terms with income and race/ethnicity, separately, to test the role of the policies on health disparities.Ethics and dissemination Study procedures have been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. …”
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OpenAI o1 Large Language Model Outperforms GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Flash, and Human Test Takers on Ophthalmology Board–Style Questions by Ryan Shean, BA, Tathya Shah, BS, Sina Sobhani, BS, Alan Tang, BS, Ali Setayesh, BA, Kyle Bolo, MD, Van Nguyen, MD, Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD

“…Methods: Three large language models interpreted the questions using standardized prompting procedures. Subanalysis was performed, stratifying the questions by subspecialty and complexity defined by the Buckwalter taxonomic schema. …”
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Prognostic implications of the high sensitivity C-reactive protein to albumin ratio for major cardiovascular adverse events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery by Yingjie Chen, Jingfang Lin, Dongxu Chen, Jundan Jiang, Yongxin Huang, Cansheng Gong, Yawen Xie, Xiaohui Chen, Ting Zheng, Yanling Tang, Xiaochun Zheng, Yanling Liao

“…Individuals who underwent noncardiac surgical procedures were identified within the perioperative medicine database (INSPIRE 1.1) and stratified into tertiles on the basis of the CAR. …”
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Data-driven modeling of environmental factors influencing Arctic methanesulfonic acid aerosol concentrations by J. B. Pernov, J. B. Pernov, W. H. Aeberhard, M. Volpi, E. Harris, E. Harris, B. Hohermuth, S. Ishino, R. B. Skeie, S. Henne, U. Im, P. K. Quinn, L. M. Upchurch, L. M. Upchurch, J. Schmale

“…The most important features were selected through automatic selection procedures, and their relationships with MSA<span class="inline-formula">_p</span> model output was investigated. …”
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Is noxious stimulus-evoked electroencephalography response a reliable, valid, and interpretable outcome measure to assess analgesic efficacy in neonates? A systematic review and in... by Luke Baxter, Marianne van der Vaart, Maria M. Cobo, Patricia Y. Gunawan, Karel Allegaert, Jonathan M. Davis, Mark Turner, Robert M. Ward, Edress Darsey, James P. Sheppard, Aomesh Bhatt, John van den Anker, An N. Massaro, Ramona L. Walls, Laura S. Song, Kanwaljit Singh, INC Pain Working Group, Rebeccah Slater

“…Methods To standardise EEG analysis and generate the outcome of interest, we will perform an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis using data from neonates aged 34–44-week postmenstrual age that have had EEG recorded during acute somatic nociceptive skin-breaking procedures. Relevant data from both published and grey literature will be identified by searching six databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar), two clinical trial registry platforms (ClinicalTrials.gov, WHO ICTRP), and by consulting expert opinion. …”
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Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in Heterozygous RNF213 p.Arg4810Lys Variant Carriers Diagnosed With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension by Takatoyo Kiko, Ryotaro Asano, Tomohiko Ishibashi, Hiroyuki Endo, Shinya Fujisaki, Ryo Takano, Mitsumasa Akao, Naruhiro Nishi, Hiroya Hayashi, Akiyuki Kotoku, Hiroki Horinouchi, Jin Ueda, Akihiro Tsuji, Tetsuya Fukuda, Yoshikazu Nakaoka, Takeshi Ogo

“…Group differences in mean change from baseline to follow‐up were significant in cardiac index (0.4 L/min per m2 [95% CI, 0.1–0.8]; P=0.019), 6‐minute walk distance (70 m [95% CI, 6–135]; P=0.036), and right ventricular ejection fraction (9% [95% CI, 5–12]; P<0.001), all favoring noncarriers. Of the 515 BPA procedures, complications were significantly higher in variant carriers than in noncarriers (25% versus 8%; P<0.001). …”
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Birth injuries in late preterm and term neonates after instrumental delivery: a prospective study on short-term and developmental outcomes by Fawzia Mohamed Elgharbawy, Fawzia Mohamed Elgharbawy, Sarfrazul Abedin, Rajai Albedaywi, Hoda Rahoma, Hakam Khatib, Abdelkhalk Khedr, Hakeem Nazdaf, Abdulla Asa'd Alshami, Lina Habboub, Mohammad A. A. Bayoumi, Einas E. Elmalik, Ashraf Gad, Ashraf Gad

“…BackgroundInstrumental vaginal delivery is a common obstetric procedure with potential neonatal complications. This study evaluated birth injuries and neurodevelopmental outcomes in neonates born at ≥35 weeks’ gestation following instrumental vaginal delivery.MethodsA prospective observational cohort conducted over 2 years (2021–2022) at Al Wakra Hospital, Qatar to assess birth injuries, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission rates, and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 months in neonates born via instrumental delivery.ResultsThe study included 390 neonates born via instrumental delivery, with 84 birth injuries occurring in 80 neonates (20.5%). …”
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APPLICATION OF LEUKOCYTE FILTERS TO OBTAIN A PREPARATION OF CYTOKINE-INDUCED KILLER CELLS by Yu. V. Gelm, L. Yu. Grivtsova, E. V. Sayapina, N. S. Semenova, T. Yu. Mushkarina, S. A. Ivanov, A. D. Kaprin

“…The article describes in detail the procedure for extracting lymphocytes from leukocyte filters (30 donors). …”
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Long-term outcomes of neoaortoiliac system for treatment of aortic graft infection by Halli Krzyzaniak, MD, BSc, Martina Vergouwen, BN, Run Xuan Zeng, MSc, Mark Rockley, MD, FRCSC, Kenton Rommens, MD, FRCSC, Randy D. Moore, MD, FRCSC

“…Further research is needed to create a larger cohort of this rare procedure and to compare it with other reconstructive options for aortic graft infection.…”
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Retro-pancreatic pull-through reconstruction of the hypoplastic portal vein using the autologous mesosystemic shunt vessel in adult living donor liver transplantation: a case repor... by Shinsuke Sugenoya, Atsuyoshi Mita, Akira Shimizu, Yasunari Ohno, Koji Kubota, Yuichi Masuda, Tsuyoshi Notake, Yuji Soejima

“…Case presentation A 25-year-old woman presented with cholestatic liver cirrhosis due to biliary atresia after Kasai procedure. Since her jaundice progressed, she was referred to our hospital for liver transplantation. …”
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Rapid laboratory confirmation of the 2025 Sudan Virus Disease (Svd) index case in Uganda by Andrew Nsawotebba, Susan Nabadda, Valeria Nakintu, Isaac Ssewanyana, Misaki Wayengera, Jonathan Kabazzi, Stephen Balinandi, Godfrey Pimundu, Tonny Muyigi, Alisen Ayitewala, Samuel Gidudu, Morgan Otita, Ibrahim Mugerwa, Moses Rubangakene, Sulaiman Ikoba, Sam Kalungi, Rhoda Wanyenze, Kevin K. Ariën, Eunice Namboozo, Benedict Kanamwanji, Steven Ssekyondwa, Ronald Kasujja, Derrick Kitwe, Catherine Dambya, Innocent Morunyanga, Reginald Rony Bahatungire, Francis Kakooza, Moses Joloba, Atek Kagirita, Allan Muruta, Pontiano Kaleebu, Henry Kyobe, Charles Olaro, Diana Atwine, Jane Ruth Aceng

“…This report describes the laboratory procedures used to confirm the 2025 SVD index case, emphasizing the vital role of rapid diagnostics in containing VHFs. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among health professionals: a facility-based, cross-sectional study in the Amhara region, Ethiopia by Tesfahun Taddege Geremew, Mezgebu Yitayal, Girum Meseret Ayenew, Mastewal Worku, Taye Zeru, Desalew Salew, Melashu Balew Shiferaw, Molalign Tarekegn, Betelihem Belete, Abreham Amsalu, Demeke Endalamaw, Seid Legesse Hassen, Gizew Dessie Asres, Belay Bezabih, Gizachew Yismaw

“…Objectives To determine uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine and identify the associated factors among health professionals in major cities of the Amhara region in Ethiopia.Design Institution-based, cross-sectional study.Setting The study was conducted from July to September 2022 across 40 health centres and 13 hospitals, representing 10 major cities within the Amhara region.Participants 1251 participants, all of whom were vaccine-eligible health professionals, were selected using a systematic random sampling procedure.Outcome measures The level of vaccine uptake in the study was determined by the proportion of health professionals who had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.Results 1251 health professionals participated, with 848 (67.8%) reporting that they had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. …”
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Performance of GPT-4 for automated prostate biopsy decision-making based on mpMRI: a multi-center evidence study by Ming-Jun Shi, Zhi-Xiang Wang, Shuang-Kun Wang, Xuan-Hao Li, Yan-Lin Zhang, Ying Yan, Ran An, Li-Ning Dong, Lei Qiu, Tian Tian, Jia-Xin Liu, Hong-Chen Song, Ya-Fan Wang, Che Deng, Zi-Bing Cao, Hong-Yin Wang, Zheng Wang, Wei Wei, Jian Song, Jian Lu, Xuan Wei, Zhen-Chang Wang

“…Multiple artificial evaluation procedures were conducted. Wilcoxon’s rank sum test, Fisher’s exact test, and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used for comparisons. …”
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Influence of Lineage-Negative Stem Cell Therapy on Articulatory Functions in ALS Patients by Wioletta Pawlukowska, Bartłomiej Baumert, Monika Gołąb-Janowska, Anna Sobuś, Agnieszka Wełnicka, Agnieszka Meller, Karolina Machowska-Sempruch, Alicja Zawiślak, Karolina Łuczkowska, Sławomir Milczarek, Bogumiła Osękowska, Edyta Paczkowska, Iwona Rotter, Przemysław Nowacki, Bogusław Machaliński

“…The prevention of deterioration of articulatory functions in ALS patients after applying adjuvant Lin− stem cell therapy seems to be promising. Although the procedure is safe and feasible, it requires further in-depth studies.…”
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