Intra-aortic balloon pump can be used after acute type A aortic dissection repair by Akiko Tanaka, Yuki Ikeno, Harleen K. Sandhu, Charles C. Miller III, Hazim J. Safi, Anthony L. Estrera

“…The median clamp time was 108 min (interquartile range 89–157) and circulatory arrest time was 25 min (interquartile range 19–31). Concomitant procedures included 11 coronary artery bypass grafting (35%), 4 root replacements (13%) and 1 total arch replacement (3%). …”
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Beyond Hemostasis: Exploring Intra-articular Tranexamic Acid’s Analgesic Effect in Post-operative Care in Total Knee Arthroplasty – Original Article by Dilbans Singh Pandher, Nitish Khosla, Pardumanjit Singh Dhaliwal

“…Introduction: Tranexamic acid (TXA) is widely recognized for its hemostatic properties, particularly in reducing blood loss during surgical procedures. Recent studies, however, suggest that TXA may have potential analgesic benefits beyond its role in hemostasis. …”
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Describing youth participatory evaluation of educational interventions as a key domain of the social determinants of health: protocol for a scoping review by Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, Amanda Sutter, Chisomo Phiri, Luna De La Cruz Perdomo

“…Data charting will also be done by trained coders and facilitated by Covidence and a codebook. Several procedures will be used to uphold rigour and consistency during this process. …”
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Effect of problem-based learning approach program on meta-cognitive thinking skills and cooperative learning attitude among nursing students: quasi experimental study by Shymaa Abdelhafez Mohamed, Sanaa Abd Elazim Ibrahim, Marwa Mohamed Abdelaalem, Noura Elgharib Mohamed Eldiasty

“…Data were collected by the Problem-Based Learning Approach Knowledge Questionnaire, the Metacognition Self-Assessment Scale, and the Students’ Cooperative Learning Attitude Questionnaire. The data analysis procedures which the study employed version 27.0 of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for data analysis using Shapiro–Wilk test and single-factor (time) repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Greenhouse–Geisser correction. …”
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Precarious perinatal care: experiences of incarcerated individuals in Ontario, Canada by Xaand Bancroft, Amy McGee, Audrey Ferron Parayre, Lisa Morgan, Wendy E. Peterson

“…These findings can inform the development of policies, procedures, and transitional resources during incarceration and post-release. …”
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In-vitro evaluation of multicomponent scaffold with kappa carrageenan, tendon extracellular matrix and calcium-magnesium silicate for periodontal bone regeneration by Supraja G., S. Balaji Ganesh, Raja Kumar, Gurumoorthy Kaarthikeyan

“…In vertical bone loss defects, therapy includes surgical procedures, such as flap surgery with debridement associated with scaffolds, grafts, or membranes. …”
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Combinatorial MD/QM studies to develop novel ionic liquid-based anticancer drug delivery systems with aminium derived from carbohydrates as cationic components by Sepideh Kalhor, Alireza Fattahi

“…We validate our findings by evaluating the interactions between the formulated ionic liquids and cell membranes using the DPPC model through combined MD simulations and docking procedures.…”
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Standard patient training versus Vik-Asthme chatbot-guided training: ‘AsthmaTrain’ – a protocol for a randomised controlled trial for patients with asthma by Arnaud Bourdin, Nicolas Molinari, Carey Meredith Suehs, David Galeazzi, Isabelle Vachier, François Vaast, Fanny Cardon

“…A single-Zelen consent procedure is deployed to first enrol all participants in the comparator arm, that is, the standard patient therapeutic education programme at the University Hospitals of Montpellier, France. …”
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Optimization of a GMP-compliant automated one-pot synthesis of Al[18F]F-NOTA-Ubiquicidin29 − 41 for bacterial infection imaging by PET/CT by Anna Meyer, Thomas Ziegler, Jutta Moosbauer, Dirk Hellwig, Christian Fischer

“…Quality control was successfully established using validated analytical procedures. Conclusions The developed GMP-compliant radiolabelling process yields reproducible results with sufficient activities for further translation and investigations of clinical PET/CT imaging using Al[18F]F-NOTA-UBI(29–41) in infectious diseases.…”
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Factors associated with postoperative recurrence in perforated colorectal cancer: unraveling the high recurrence rate of perforated colorectal cancer by Makoto Takagi, Seongcheol Kim, Masaomi Suzuki, Tetsuyoshi Takayama, Hiroshi Asano

“…Clinicopathological background factors (age, sex, localization, surgical procedure, stoma, T stage, lymphatic invasion, venous invasion, differentiation, extent of lymph node dissection, number of dissected lymph nodes, lymph node metastasis, postoperative complications, and 30-day postoperative death) of perforated and non-perforated colorectal cancers were investigated. …”
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Police legitimacy by M. P. Kleymenov, M. V. Sedeltsev

“…Legitimacy assessments are formed based on the study of public opinion – the official monitoring procedure. The website of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs provides information on the results of monitoring public opinion about the activities of the police, but an analysis of its content allows us to note its superficiality and unconvincing optimism. …”
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Preliminary Qualitative Analysis of Plant Samples by High-performance Thin-layer Chromatography for the Presence of Steroid Sapogenins of Some Representatives of the Dioscoreacae,... by A. E. Sukhanov, I. A. Krylov, V. V. Sepp, K. S. Bakulin

“…We will optimize the HPLC separation procedure and choose other detection methods to unambiguously assess the co-presence of the studied sapogenins with approximately the same staining shades after derivatization and matching retention indices: there are pairs of steroidal sapogenins that have the same retention, we decided to group them in mixtures so that there would be separation within the group and subsequent comparison with the original extracts would make it possible to identify those or other sapogenins in such extracts.…”
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Data processing techniques to improve data integration from dairy farms by Jacquelyn P. Boerman, Luiz F. Brito, Maria E. Montes, Jacob M. Maskal, Jarrod Doucette, Kirby Kalbaugh

“…., data editing and quality control procedures, references and standards for novel sensor-based variables, and validation of obtained data across sensors), which is expected to continue playing a major role in the dairy industry sustainability.…”
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Mortality burden from variation in provision of surgical care in emergency general surgery: a cohort study using the National Inpatient Sample by Vanessa P Ho, Elizabeth Pfoh, Christopher W Towe, Adam T Perzynski, Wyatt P Bensken, Jarrod Dalton, Alfred F Connors, Jeffrey A Claridge

“…Operative management was determined from procedure codes. Each patient was assigned a propensity score (PS) for the likelihood of undergoing an operation, modeled from patient and hospital factors: EGS diagnosis, age, gender, race, presence of shock, comorbidities, and hospital EGS volumes. …”
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Early Activation of Children Operated on under Extracorporeal Circulation by P. R. Dudov, I. A. Kozlov

“…Early activation causes a substantial reduction in the number of pulmonary complications and in the duration of all postoperative treatment stages in children with CHD, which permits the cost of cardiosurgery to be significantly decreased under the conditions of a regional clinical hospital. The procedure of total anesthesia that provides activation within 6 hours may be based on the use of the least expensive drugs (fentanyl, diazepam, ftorotan, pancuronium or pipecuronium). …”
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Comparing Feed Intake, Digestibility, Growth and Economic Gain of Horro and Washera Sheep Breeds Fed Wheat Straw Basal Diet Supplemented With Effective Microorganisms Treated Wheat... by Desalegn Tesfaw, Shashie Ayele, Melese Gashu

“…Daily feed intake and body weight at the 10‐day interval were recorded, and data were analysed using general linear model procedures (PROC GLM) of SAS software program. Results The crude protein (CP) content of EMTWS showed only a 1% increment over UTWS, whereas its neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and acid detergent fibre (ADF) values showed a 10% reduction over UTWS. …”
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The Impact of Replacing Sugar in Sweets by Isomalt on Blood Glucose Management: Evidence from Recent Randomized, Controlled Trials by Lisa Schweitzer, Stephan Theis

“…Methods: Blood glucose and insulin response of different sweets were tested according to standardized test procedure. The sweets (i.e., chocolate, candies, mints and jam) were provided in realistic portion sizes and either contained sugar or sugar was replaced 1:1 by isomalt. …”
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Aortic calcium score predicts early outcomes in aortoiliac revascularization by Adalberto Batalha Megale, Nelson Wolosker, Vitoria Magliari Kalil, João Mário Nigro, Carolina Sciammarella Wakisaka, Bianca Oberhuber Dias, Marcelo Passos Teivelis, Marcelo Assis Rocha, Cynthia de Almeida Mendes

“…ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the association between lower limb artery calcium scores in preoperative computed tomography angiography and outcomes of patients with critical limb ischemia who underwent revascularization procedures in the aortoiliac segment. Methods We retrospectively reviewed 14 interventions performed on 11 patients. …”
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Impact of AZFc deletion subtypes on sperm retrieval rates via micro-TESE and ICSI outcomes in non-obstructive azoospermia patients by Yanqing Xia, Ke Feng, Xiaowei Qu, Feng Wan, Cuilian Zhang, Haibin Guo

“…Conversely, the SRR in the b2/b4 deletion group and b2/b3 deletion group were relatively high, at 64.5% (40/62) and 54.5(6/11),respectively; however, the number of micro-TESE procedures that extracted sperm with severe morphological abnormalities was 13, resulting in an available sperm rate of only 43.5% (27/62). …”
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Effects of different doses of Ganoderic Acid A on nociceptive behaviour and inflammatory parameters in polyarthritic mice rheumatoid arthritis model by Derya Guzel Erdogan, Ayşenur Demır, Hüseyin Baylan, Özcan Budak, Erdem Cokluk, Pelin Tanyerı

“…Other groups were given physiologic saline (PS) or AA at the same dose and in the same way. The procedures were repeated on the 22nd day; however, incomplete Freund’s adjuvant was applied to the RA and GA groups instead of CFA. …”
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