Total pancreatectomy with remnant stomach preservation in a patient with a history of proximal gastrectomy and interposed jejunal reconstruction with right gastroepiploic conduit p... by Masaru Matsumura, Masahiro Kobayashi, Satoshi Okubo, Shusuke Haruta, Rikako Koyama, Hironori Uruga, Junichi Shindoh, Tsunao Imamura, Yutaka Takazawa, Masaji Hashimoto

“…Conclusions To avoid remnant total gastrectomy, right gastroepiploic conduit preservation is an optional procedure for pancreatic head resection in patients who have undergone proximal gastrectomy with reconstruction by jejunal interposition.…”
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One anastomosis gastric bypass produces considerable weight reduction and resolution of medical complications with an acceptable rate of nutritional deficiencies by Wiaam Al-Hasani, Ruvini Ranasinghe, Yip Han Chin, Han Shi Jocelyn Chew, Tina Mazahiri, Nalinda Herath, Fannie Lajeunesse-Trempe, Pia Roser, Starlene Grady, Amy Lee, Randolf Altmeyer, Nicholas W. S. Chew, Royce P. Vincent, Shamsi El-Hasani, Georgios K. Dimitriadis

“…Abstract One anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) is a relatively novel bypass surgery variant, increasingly used as a primary surgical procedure. A total of 101 patients (mean age 44.7 ± 10.7 years, mean BMI 47.2 ± 6.6 kg/m2) underwent OAGB between 2014 and 2019 in a single institution. …”
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Trends in Heart Transplantation and Outcome Analysis: Nationwide Study Using the National Inpatient Sample and Readmission Database by Vivek Joseph Varughese, Aditya Sunil Bhaskaran, Hadrian Hoang-Vu Tran, Nikita Wadhwani, Vignesh Krishnan Nagesh, Izage Kianifar Aguilar, Damien Islek, Simcha Weissman, Adam Atoot

“…Results: The total number of Htx procedures increased from 641 in 2016 to 773 in 2022. …”
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FL-QNNs: Memory Efficient and Privacy Preserving Framework for Peripheral Blood Cell Classification by Meenakshi Aggarwal, Vikas Khullar, Nitin Goyal, Bhavani Sankar Panda, Hardik Doshi, Nafeesh Ahmad, Vivek Bhardwaj, Gaurav Sharma

“…Consequently, automating this procedure is imperative. This study proposes a resource efficient, privacy preserving, optimized memory framework by incorporating two approaches: Federated learning and quantized neural network (FL-QNNs) for peripheral blood cell (PBC) image classification. …”
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Clinical characteristics of EGFR-ctDNA shedders in EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients by Martina Ruglioni, Iacopo Petrini, Stefania Crucitta, Andrea Sbrana, Giovanna Irene Luculli, Leila Sadeghi Gol, Carola Forte, Antonio Chella, Christian Rolfo, Romano Danesi, Marzia Del Re

“…EGFR was assessed on tissue by standard procedures, while EGFR status on ctDNA was tested using dPCR at baseline and at the first reassessment. …”
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Clinical Presentation of Children With Gastroschisis and Small for Gestational Age by I-Lun Chen, Shin-Yi Lee, Mei-Chen Ou-Yang, Pei-Hsin Chao, Chieh-An Liu, Feng-Shun Chen, Mei-Yung Chung, Chih-Cheng Chen, Hsin-Chun Huang

“…All babies received repair procedure immediately after birth. SGA was defined as birth weight for gestational age below the 10th percentile. …”
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INFLUENCE OF SPEED, TIME OF HOMOGENIZATION, TYPE OF SURFACE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE ON THE SIZE OF PENTOXYPHILLINE NANOPARTICLES BASED ON POLY-DL-LAKTIDE-CO-GLICOLIDE by T. V. Timchenko, A. V. Blinov, A. V. Serov, L. I. Shcherbakova, V. A. Kompantsev, O. M. Мarkova, A. I. Medvetskiy, A. Y. Platonova

“…As a result of the studies, the procedure for obtaining nanoparticles of pentoxifylline was adjusted.…”
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High-Throughput Determination of Multiclass Chemical Hazards in Poultry Muscles and Eggs Using UPLC–MS/MS by Rong Chen, Lan Chen, Mingyue Du, Qiaozhen Guo, Ciping Zhong, Jing Zhang, Xiaoqin Yu

“…The sample preparation procedure was developed based on this quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) method and validated for 280 chemical hazards potentially present in poultry products. …”
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Immediate and long-term results of the treatment of patients with rectal cancer by O. I. Kit, Yu. A. Gevorkyan, N. V. Soldatkina, V. E. Kolesnikov, O. K. Bondarenko, E. K. Khabzhokov, R. E. Tolmakh, A. V. Dashkov, D. S. Petrov, D. A. Savchenko, E. N. Kolesnikov, A. V. Snezhko

“…Resection of the rectum in patients with rectal cancer is a safe and predictable surgical procedure accompanied by a low incidence of anastomotic leaks and disease recurrence. …”
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Protocol for a multisite, observational clinical study of the association between skin colour and pulse oximeter accuracy in children undergoing cardiac catheterisation (PACH study... by Elizabeth E Foglia, Halley Ruppel, Christopher P Bonafide, Liming Huang, Christopher J Petit, Meghan B Lane-Fall, Athar M Qureshi, Jeffery Feldman, Jennifer M Lynch, Anna Chien, Michelle Dunn, Michael L O’Byrne

“…The outcome variable (SpO2 bias) is the difference between contemporaneous paired measurements of pulse oximetry (SpO2) and the standard reference comparator, arterial blood sample oxygen saturation (SaO2), obtained during the catheterisation procedure. The independent variable is an objective measure of skin colour obtained via spectrophotometry. …”
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Severe Acute Respiratory Infection—Preparedness: Protocol for a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study of Viral Respiratory Infections by Radu Postelnicu, MD, Avantika Srivastava, MS, Pavan K. Bhatraju, MD, MSc, Mark M. Wurfelc, MD, PhD, George L. Anesi, MD, MSCE, MBE, Martin Gonzalez, MS, Adair Andrews, RN, MATD, Karen Lutrick, PhD, Vishakha K. Kumar, MD, MBA, Timothy M. Uyeki, MD, MPH, Perren J. Cobb, MD, Leopoldo N. Segal, MD, David Brett-Major, MD, MPH, Janice M. Liebler, MD, Christopher J. Kratochvil, MD, Vikramjit Mukherjee, MD, M. Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD, DTM&H, Richard Lee, MD, David Wyles, MD, Jonathan E. Sevransky, MD, MHS, Laura Evans, MD, MSc, Douglas Landsittel, PhD, the Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Network Investigators

“…Measurements include patient demographics, signs, symptoms, and medications; microbiology, imaging, and associated tests; mechanical ventilation, hospital procedures, and other interventions; and clinical outcomes and hospital stress, with specimens collected on days 0, 3, and 7–14 after enrollment and at discharge. …”
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Characterization of Celosia argentea Linn. germplasm using ISSR markers by Odunayo Joseph OLAWUYI, Haneefah Lola MISBAHUDEEN, Oluwagbade Joseph ODIMAYO, Adedayo Omotayo FANEYE, Olumayowa Mary OLOWE, Akinlolu Olalekan AKANMU

“…Six ISSR primers were optimized and used in PCR with a touch-down procedure in a thermocycler. Agarose gel electrophoresis was performed, and bands were visualized. …”
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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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Angioembolization performed by trauma surgeons for trauma patients: is it feasible in Korea? A retrospective study by Soonseong Kwon, Kyounghwan Kim, Soon Tak Jeong, Joongsuck Kim, Kwanghee Yeo, Ohsang Kwon, Sung Jin Park, Jihun Gwak, Wu Seong Kang

“…We assessed the angiography results according to the operator of the initial angiographic procedure. The term “failure of the first angioembolization” was defined as rebleeding from any cause, encompassing patients who underwent either re-embolization due to rebleeding or surgery due to rebleeding. …”
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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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