Accuracy of clinical symptoms and nuclear imaging in the diagnosis of infection in revision shoulder arthroplasty by Cristina Bassi, MD, FRCSC, Diane Nam, MSc, MD, FRCSC, Elham Sabri, MSc, Darren Drosdowech, MD, FRCSC, J.W. Pollock, MSc, MD, FRCSC, Dominique Rouleau, MD, FRCSC, Taryn Hodgdon, MD, FRCPC, Katie McIlquham, HBScHK, Jonathan Doyon, MD, FRCSC, Peter Lapner, MD, FRCSC

“…Background: Prosthetic shoulder infection is the most common reason for revision arthroplasty within 2 years of the index procedure. Due to the preponderance of indolent and slow-growing infection in shoulder arthroplasty, establishing a diagnosis of infection prior to revision shoulder arthroplasty can be extremely difficult. …”
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Semantic Evaluation of Nursing Assessment Scales Translations by ChatGPT 4.0: A Lexicometric Analysis by Mauro Parozzi, Mattia Bozzetti, Alessio Lo Cascio, Daniele Napolitano, Roberta Pendoni, Ilaria Marcomini, Elena Sblendorio, Giovanni Cangelosi, Stefano Mancin, Antonio Bonacaro

“…While effective, traditional procedures are time-consuming and resource-intensive, leading to increasing interest in whether artificial intelligence can assist or streamline this process for nursing researchers. …”
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Re‐Striking the Indications in the Improvement of Avoidable Caesarian Section: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial by Fatema Ashraf, Jobaida Sultana, MSA Mansur Ahmed, Khadija Mannan, Moomtahina Fatima, Mintu Chowdhury, Jinnat Ara Islam, Khandaker Shehneela Tasmin, Adneen Moureen, Md. Abdullah Yusuf, Redoy Ranjan, Md. Nazmul Karim

“…The aim of this study is to identify whether re‐striking the indications of CS can reduce the rate of unnecessary procedures at a system level, whilst preserving maternal and fetal outcomes. …”
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Decreasing prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women at delivery: a quality improvement initiative by Vidushi Kulshrestha, K Aparna Sharma, Neena Malhotra, Anushka Rathi, Swati Sharma, Tanisha Gupta, Aditya Sarkar, Srinidhi Y Reddy, Nambrath Sunita, Joby Titto

“…Interventions focused on systematic screening of women at 30–34 weeks gestation using point-of-care haemoglobin testing (HemoCue), the establishment of a dedicated anaemia management room and the development of standardised operating procedures for diagnosis and management. Weekly team meetings facilitated the identification of challenges and iterative improvements. …”
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Medical students’ perception of supervision in MedUniVienna’s structured internal medicine and surgery clerkship program: Subject-specific differences and clerkship sequence effect... by Hofhansl, Angelika, Zlabinger, Gerhard, Bach, Lena, Röhrs, Josefine, Mayer, Anna-Maria, Rieder, Anita, Wagner-Menghin, Michaela

“…During IMC, the supervisory activities received most often were to ensure patient and trainee safety, whereas during SC, it was to ensure trainee safety and to teach techniques and procedures. Ensuring an appropriate level of clinical duty was the third highest priority in both clerkships. …”
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A case of primary breast angiosarcoma with multiple discontinuous small lesions by Asako Sasahara, Masahiko Tanabe, Kanako Hayashi, Takaaki Konishi, Mariko Oya, Kana Sakiyama, Arisa Morizono, Mayumi Harada, Kazutaka Otsuji, Yuko Ishibashi, Ayaka Sato, Yasuko Kikuchi, Takayoshi Niwa, Munetoshi Hinata, Kotoe Nishioka, Yasuyuki Seto

“…This underscores the importance of closely monitoring the spread of the tumor lesion, particularly for multifocal angiosarcoma, and to plan an optimal operative procedure. We herein present the successful surgical treatment of a rare case of multifocal primary breast angiosarcoma. …”
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A Multitask Network for the Diagnosis of Autoimmune Gastritis by Yuqi Cao, Yining Zhao, Xinao Jin, Jiayuan Zhang, Gangzhi Zhang, Pingjie Huang, Guangxin Zhang, Yuehua Han

“…In this study, we propose a patient-based multitask gastroscopy image classification network that analyzes all images obtained during the endoscopic procedure. First, we employ the Scale-Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) algorithm for image registration, generating an image similarity matrix. …”
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Comparison of Echocardiographic and Electrocardiographic Mapping for Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Optimisation by Helder Pereira, Tom A. Jackson, Simon Claridge, Jonathan M. Behar, Cheng Yao, Benjamin Sieniewicz, Justin Gould, Bradley Porter, Baldeep Sidhu, Jaswinder Gill, Steven Niederer, Christopher A. Rinaldi

“…After implantation, patients underwent echo-guided optimisation of the AVD and VVD. During this procedure, the participants also underwent noninvasive ECM. …”
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Confirming the Presence of Neurapraxia and Its Potential for Immediate Reversal by Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound-Guided Hydrodissection Using 5% Dextrose in Water Wit... by Ho Won Lee, Jihyo Hwang, Chanwool Park, Minjae Lee, Yonghyun Yoon, Yeui-Seok Seo, Hyemi Yu, Rowook Park, Jaehyun Shim, Junhyuk Ann, Daniel Chiung-Jui Su, Teinny Suryadi, Keneath Dean Reeves, King Hei Stanley Lam

“…Under real-time guidance, 50 mL D5W (no local anesthetic) was injected to hydrodissect the radial nerve. Immediate post-procedure assessment showed restored wrist extension (medical research council (MRC) grade 4+). …”
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“It beats the hell out of going to a hospital”: service user experiences of telemedicine-based symptom-triggered alcohol withdrawal management by Nikki Bozinoff, Divya Prasad, Ke Bin Xiao, Anthony Ngoy, Bernard Le Foll, Anna Gordezky, Christian S. Hendershot, Sandra LaFleur, Lena C. Quilty, Victor M. Tang, Tara Marie Watson, Matthew E. Sloan

“…Our aim was to determine the acceptability of the intervention and refine intervention procedures. Methods Eligible participants were enrolled in the parent study and completed at least one day of telemedicine-delivered symptom-triggered alcohol withdrawal management. …”
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Global ground-based tropospheric ozone measurements: reference data and individual site trends (2000–2022) from the TOAR-II/HEGIFTOM project by R. Van Malderen, A. M. Thompson, A. M. Thompson, D. E. Kollonige, D. E. Kollonige, R. M. Stauffer, H. G. J. Smit, E. Maillard Barras, C. Vigouroux, I. Petropavlovskikh, I. Petropavlovskikh, T. Leblanc, V. Thouret, P. Wolff, P. Effertz, P. Effertz, D. W. Tarasick, D. Poyraz, G. Ancellet, M.-R. De Backer, S. Evan, V. Flood, M. M. Frey, J. W. Hannigan, J. L. Hernandez, M. Iarlori, B. J. Johnson, N. Jones, R. Kivi, E. Mahieu, G. McConville, K. Müller, T. Nagahama, J. Notholt, A. Piters, N. Prats, R. Querel, D. Smale, W. Steinbrecht, K. Strong, R. Sussmann

“…Reprocessing with uniform procedures, the TOAR-II working group Harmonization and Evaluation of Ground-based Instruments for Free-Tropospheric Ozone Measurements (HEGIFTOM) homogenized public data from five networks: ozonesondes, In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System (IAGOS) profiles, solar absorption Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer measurements, lidar observations, and Dobson Umkehr data. …”
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Marked mucosal lipid shifts in treatment refractory inflammatory bowel disease: a lipidomic study by Øystein K. Moe, Qian Gao, Dawei Geng, Einar Jensen, Rasmus Goll, Oddmund Nestegard, Mona D. Gundersen, Jon R. Florholmen, T. Moritz

“…P-values were adjusted using Benjamini- Hochberg procedure to control the false discovery rate (FDR). …”
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Evaluation of AI-Powered Routine Screening of Clinically Acquired cMRIs for Incidental Intracranial Aneurysms by Christina Carina Schmidt, Robert Stahl, Franziska Mueller, Thomas David Fischer, Robert Forbrig, Christian Brem, Hakan Isik, Klaus Seelos, Niklas Thon, Sophia Stoecklein, Thomas Liebig, Johannes Rueckel

“…The NNS for recommending additional follow-/workup imaging (cMRI or catheter angiography) was 26, suggesting an additional up to 4% increase in imaging procedures resulting from a preceding AI screening. …”
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Comparison of clinical outcomes between catheter ablation and permanent pacemaker implantation in Tachycardia-Bradycardia Syndrome patients: a meta-analysis by Sunu Budhi Raharjo, Emir Yonas, Sarah Naura Irbah, Dicky Armein Hanafy, Muhammad Rizky Felani, Aldo Ferly, Fa Po Chung

“…There was no difference between groups regarding procedure-related complications and cardiovascular rehospitalization.…”
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Video-based learning for basic surgical skills - A randomized trial by I. Dantas, I. Jorge, A. Nicolau, M. Vales, C. Coutinho, S. Rodrigues, P. Febra, V.N. Lopes

“…Four sutures were taught to both groups: simple interrupted, cruciate mattress, horizontal mattress and vertical mattress sutures.A first evaluation occurred following the learning sessions, and a retention evaluation was performed two weeks later.Both groups were compared on performance quality (using a modified Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills scale (mOSATS)), time to complete the procedure, and participant satisfaction and self-evaluation (using a Likert-like questionnaire). …”
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Nomograms Predicting Survival, Recurrence and Beneficiary Identification of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Treatment-naïve Patients with Rectal Cancer who Underwent Upfront Curative Rese... by Yukihide Kanemitsu, MD, Tomofumi Uotani, MD, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, PhD, Hideki Ueno, PhD, Megumi Ishiguro, PhD, Soichiro Ishihara, PhD, Koji Komori, PhD, Kenichi Sugihara, PhD, Study Group for Nomogram of the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum

“…Discrimination and calibration were performed using an external validation cohort (n = 2957; Japanese colorectal cancer registry, procedures in 2005–2006). Effects of adjuvant chemotherapy on survival were evaluated based on nomogram prediction and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data (n = 10,482; upfront surgery for RC in 2010–2015). …”
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Invasive surgical site infections after lung transplantation: contemporary risk factors and associated clinical outcomes by Manuela Carugati, MD, Sana Arif, MD, John Michael Reynolds, MD, John Carroll Haney, MD, Michael Edwards Yarrington, MD, MM, Katherine Young, MD, Deepika Kulkarni, MD, Alzora Benjamin, Katina Walline, Jonathan Huggins, MD, MSCE, Morgan Rosser, PhD, Samantha Morrison, PhD, Sarah Peskoe, PhD, Brandi Ann Bottiger, MD, Rachel Ann Miller, MD, Barbara Dudley Alexander, MD, MHS

“…IP-SSI risk factors were identified using a Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator procedure for logistic regression. Results: IP-SSI occurred in 74/568 (13.0%) LT recipients. …”
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Changes in Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Intrinsic Brain Activity and Functional Connectivity in Upper-Limb Amputees: An fMRI Study by Bingbo Bao, Lei Duan, Haifeng Wei, Pengbo Luo, Hongyi Zhu, Tao Gao, Xiaoer Wei, Jing Li, Yuehua Li, Yimin Chai, Changqing Zhang, Xianyou Zheng

“…Amputation in adults is a serious procedure or traumatic outcome, one that leads to a possible “remapping” of limb representations (somatotopy) in the motor and sensory cortex. …”
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Long‐term oncological outcomes of local excision versus radical resection for early colorectal cancer in young patients without preoperative chemoradiotherapy: a population‐based p... by Bin Cao, Li Min, Shengtao Zhu, Haiyun Shi, Shutian Zhang

“…After propensity score matching procedure, total of 1719 patients were included in the analysis, among which 573 treated with local excision and 1146 treated with radical resection. …”
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A prospective study on the outcome of stapler versus hand-sewn anastomosis of bowel in a tertiary care center by Haridoss R, Nandhini K, Viveganandan Sankar, Naveen Reddy G

“…Results: The stapler technique significantly reduced the procedure time in subtotal gastrectomy (P=0.041), right hemicolectomy (P=0.03), and low anterior resection (P=0.032). …”
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