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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Efficacy and safety of mechanical pulmonary valve replacement: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Ali Rafati, Sina Rashedi, Yeganeh Pasebani, Milad Vahedinejad, Hamed Ghoshouni, Yaser Toloueitabar, Mostafa Mousavizadeh, Sedigheh Saedi, Amirhosein Jalali, Zahra Khajali, Hassan Tatari, Fahimeh Farrokhzadeh, Hooman Bakhshandeh, Maziar Gholampour Dehaki, Behshid Ghadrdoost, Parham Sadeghipour

“…Abstract Background Pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) is the most common valve replacement procedure for pulmonary valve dysfunction in congenital heart diseases (CHD). …”
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Application of additive manufacturing for the adaptive design of ultrasound phantoms by Lukas Zalka, Lukas Zalka, Johannes Köhrer, Johannes Köhrer, Chatsuda Songsaeng, Chatsuda Songsaeng, Peter Homolka, Christian Kollmann, Johann Hummel, Johann Hummel, Michael Figl, Michael Figl

“…These advanced imaging and reconstruction procedures require more complicated phantom designs that contain different materials with precisely designable acoustic properties for validation and quality assurance (QA).MethodsTo fabricate such phantoms, we produced molds for casting ultrasound phantoms using additive manufacturing. …”
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Pilot deployment of a machine-learning enhanced prediction of need for hemorrhage resuscitation after trauma – the ShockMatrix pilot study by Tobias Gauss, Jean-Denis Moyer, Clelia Colas, Manuel Pichon, Nathalie Delhaye, Marie Werner, Veronique Ramonda, Theophile Sempe, Sofiane Medjkoune, Julie Josse, Arthur James, Anatole Harrois, the Traumabase Group

“…Main outcomes and measures Part 1: Model output was NHR defined by 1) at least one RBC transfusion in resuscitation, 2) transfusion ≥ 4 RBC within 6 h, 3) any hemorrhage control procedure within 6 h or 4) death from hemorrhage within 24 h. …”
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HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION (HCT) IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: CHALLENGES AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES by ASS Ibanez, CM Lustosa, CMMS Parrode, RV Gouveia, MGAD Matos, VC Ginani, LL Quintino, MF Cardoso, LDS Domingues, A Seber

“…The healthcare team has been extremely respectful, avoiding excessive noise, unnecessary touching, always explaining each procedure and giving time to the child to adjust and allow it. …”
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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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Prolonged storage reduces viability of Peptacetobacter (Clostridium) hiranonis and core intestinal bacteria in fecal microbiota transplantation preparations for dogs by Bruna Correa Lopes, Jonathan Turck, M. Katherine Tolbert, Paula R. Giaretta, Jan S. Suchodolski, Rachel Pilla, Rachel Pilla

“…After 3 months, P. hiranonis was undetectable by culture in 83% (5/6) of the frozen samples without glycerol.DiscussionWhile the lyophilization procedure initially reduced P. hiranonis abundance, P. hiranonis viability was stable thereafter for up to 6 months at −20°C. …”
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Short‐term echocardiographic evaluation by global longitudinal strain in patients with heart failure treated with sacubitril/valsartan by Simone Mazzetti, Chiara Scifo, Raffaele Abete, Davide Margonato, Margherita Chioffi, Jessica Rossi, Matteo Pisani, Giovanni Passafaro, Massimiliano Grillo, Daniele Poggio, Andrea Mortara

“…Global longitudinal strain (GLS) assessment uses a semi‐automatic procedure to provide a reliable and repeatable method that improves the detection of early changes of contractile function. …”
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Exploration and practice of comprehensive clinical rotation internship for undergraduate dental students by Yanting Liao, Yingjun Liu, Jing Huang, Yong Jiang, Wenshu Ge, Cong Fan, Na An

“…Abstract Background University-based programs should aim to teach dental students about practice procedures to gain insight into day-to-day activities. …”
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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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EFFICIENCY OF DYNAMIC ELECTRONEUROSTIMULATION IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: RESULTS OF A MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED STUDY by O. M. Lesnyak, E. Yu. Kadochnikova, L. I. Alekseeva, I. G. Dydykina, O. B. Ershova, E. M. Zaitseva, T. A. Korotkova, T. A. Popova, M. L. Sukhareva, E. A. Taskina, V. N. Khodyrev, E. P. Sharapova, A. G. Solodovnikov, A. A. Vlasov

“…In the placebo group, the similar procedure was performed with a switched-on placebo apparatus that did not differ in appearance from the working apparatus; but produced no electrical pulses. …”
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Systemic immune inflammation index and systemic inflammation response index predict frailty progression in older patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery by Guanghan Gao, Zitian Zheng, Fei Wang, Yaonan Zhang, Lei Shi, Lin Wang, Hongyu Wang, Qingyun Xue

“…The cutoff values for ln.SII and ln.SIRI were 5.93 and 0.10, respectively.ConclusionSII and SIRI can effectively serve as non-invasive preoperative screening tools for identifying older patients with chronic degenerative orthopedic diseases who are at high risk of frailty progression following elective surgical procedures. Clinical Trial Registrationhttps://www.chictr.org.cn/, identifier chiCTR1800018840 (Date: 2018-10-13).…”
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Development of a Conditional Generative Adversarial Network Model for Television Spectrum Radio Environment Mapping by Oluwatobi Emmanuel Dare, Kennedy Okokpujie, Emmanuel Adetiba, Olabode Idowu-Bismark, Abdultaofeek Abayomi, Raymond Jules Kala, Emmanuel Owolabi, Udeme Christopher Ukpong

“…Measurement campaign was carried out to acquire a TV-band (470-862MHz) radio frequency and geographical dataset at Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. A preprocessing procedure which was implemented with Python script was employed to group the dataset using Nigerian Communications Commission TV spectrum channel spacing and to create incomplete spectrograms for 49 channels. …”
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Pure Native Aortic Regurgitation: Results From a Multicenter Registry Study by Xiaofei Gao, Juan Zhang, Xiangquan Kong, Jing Chen, Xiang Chen, Longyan Zhang, Xinyong Cai, Jiancheng Zhu, Nailiang Tian, Zhen Ge, Bin Wang, Qing Zhou, Xi Su, Lang Hong, Yan Wang, Hong Jiang, Junjie Zhang, Shaoliang Chen

“…Echocardiography was used to analyze the left ventricular function before the TAVR procedure and during follow-up. Multivariable logistic regression and Cox regression analyses were performed to find relevant independent risk factors. …”
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Clinical Utility of Induced Sputum and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cultures in Diagnosing Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease by Maria Angela Licata, Paola Mencarini, Annelisa Mastrobattista, Serena Maria Carli, Carlotta Cerva, Silvia Mosti, Raffaella Libertone, Alberto Zolezzi, Pietro Vittozzi, Carla Nisii, Antonio Mazzarelli, Angela Cannas, Assunta Navarra, Stefania Ianniello, Rocco Trisolini, Delia Goletti, Fabrizio Palmieri, Gina Gualano

“…Diagnosing non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) in patients unable to produce sputum spontaneously requires invasive procedures to obtain valid respiratory specimens. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the results of microbiological tests performed on respiratory samples of 132 patients affected by NTM-PD. …”
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