The use of bacterial culture for Leptospirosis di- agnosis in female water buffaloes by Rosaura Pérez-Gil, Oriana Gavidia, Juan Torres

“… The test most used for leptospirosis diagnosis is the Microagglutination Test (MAT). However, the low antibody titers in chronic infections induced by strains adapted to bovines can limit the interpretation of the correct results. …”
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Effects of tongue tamers and customized bonded spurs as an early treatment of anterior open bite: a randomized clinical study by Safa B. Alawy, Shaimaa S. EL-Desouky, Ibrahim A. Kabbash, Shimaa M. Hadwa

“…Abstract Background Anterior open bite is a challenging condition for pediatric dentists and orthodontists as it causes aesthetic, speech, feeding, and psychological problems; this emphasizes the need for early diagnosis and interception of this malocclusion. Aim This study aimed to evaluate the effects of prefabricated metal-bonded tongue tamers and customized bonded spurs in the early treatment of anterior open bite. …”
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Is longer really better? Results of a retrospective real-life cohort study evaluating the benefit of adding a weekly educational session to a traditional 8-week home-based pulmonar... by Cécile Chenivesse, Olivier Le Rouzic, Jean-Marie Grosbois, Sarah Gephine, Sophie Peres

“…Primary hypothesis was that 8 home-based supervised sessions will be equivalent to 16 home-based supervised sessions at both short- and long-term after PR.Design Retrospective cohort study conducted on prospectively collected real-life data, from January 2010 to December 2021.Setting FormAction Santé, Pérenchies France.Participants Eligible individuals were aged >18 years with a diagnosis of COPD and referred to the home-based PR programme by their respiratory physician. …”
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Ultrasound-Assisted versus Endoscopic Nasojejunal Tube Placement for Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Feasibility Study by Gang Li, Jiajia Lin, Yang Liu, Qi Yang, Zhihui Tong, Lu Ke, Weiqin Li

“…All the data were extracted from an electronic database from August 2015 to October 2017. Patients with a diagnosis of AP requiring NJT placement were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Nursing of four patients with acute pancreatitis after lower extremity endovascular intervention (4例下肢血管腔内治疗术后并发急性胰腺炎的护理体会) by FANG Xiaomei (方晓梅), LIU Huanping (刘焕萍), WANG Ting (王婷)

“…Early detection and diagnosis, and timely treatment are beneficial to improve the cure rate of postoperative complications. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on rheumatic diseases in india: Determinants of mortality and adverse outcome: A retrospective, cross-sectional cohort study by Avinash Jain, Vineeta Shobha, S Chandrashekara, Padmanabha Shenoy, Sapan C Pandya, Prakash Chotalia, Sharath Kumar, Sourabh Malviya, Yogesh Preet Singh, Abhishek Patil, Vikas Gupta, Puja Srivastava, Vijaya Prasanna Parimi, Chanakya Kodishala, Ramya Janardana, Benzeeta Pinto, Sudhir Bhandari, Govind Rankawat, Praveen Pratap Jadhav, Damodaram Potugari, Vishnu Sharma, Alpana Parmar, Sunitha Kayidhi, Paul T Antony, Ashish Badika, Amit Sharma

“…Most common medications at the time of COVID diagnosis were steroids (57.76%) and hydroxychloroquine (67.34%). …”
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Somatic comorbidities and health related uncertainty among Swedish adolescents with ADHD by Sara Lundqvist, Sara Lundqvist, Sara Röjås, Kourosh Bador, Maria Råstam, Nóra Kerekes, Nóra Kerekes

“…These adolescents reported more somatic comorbidities than those without any psychiatric diagnosis (comparison group). The most common somatic comorbidities among those with ADHD were allergies (43.4%), asthma (24.7%), and skin diseases (16.7%), which prevalences were significantly higher than those reported by adolescents in the comparison group. …”
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Lung cancer and risk of cardiovascular mortality by Chengshi Wang, Zhu Wang, Jing Yang, Songbo Zhang, Purong Zhang, Ye Yang

“…The first month after diagnosis presented the highest risk for patients aged 30–79 years (IRR 12.08, 95% CI 11.49–12.70) and ≥80 years (IRR 4.03, 95% CI 3.70–4.39). …”
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Evolutive radiological findings in a case of coccidioidal infection in an immunocompetent male: a case report by Paolo La Montanara, Annamaria Albergo, Loredana Capozzi, Roberto Castellana, Gerardo Cazzato, Carmela De Carlo, Sofia Denicolò, Antonella Netti, Mariacristina Poliseno, Enrica Maddalena Ranieri, Caterina Romano, Annalisa Rossiello, Stefania Stolfa, Alessandra Tripoli, Giuseppe Vella

“…Mycotic arthritis is one of the rarest clinical symptoms; it is hard to distinguish from other types of arthritis, which slows down the diagnosis procedure. Case presentation In order to demonstrate the beginning and progression of radiological abnormalities in a case of aggressive fungal osteomyelitis, we provide the case of a 31-year-old male patient here. …”
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Racial Disparities in Cancer Guideline-Concordant Treatment Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Data for Patients With NSCLC by Eric Ababio Anyimadu, MS, Jacklyn M. Engelbart, MD, Jason Semprini, PhD, Amanda Kahl, MPH, Cameron Trentz, MS, John M. Buatti, MD, Thomas L. Casavant, PhD, Mary E. Charlton, PhD, Guadalupe Canahuate, PhD

“…Results: Non-Hispanic Black patients had lower odds of receiving GCIT (OR = 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.78–0.82) and surviving 2 years after diagnosis (OR = 0.80; 95% CI: 0.78–0.82). Non-Hispanic Asians had the highest odds of receiving GCIT (OR = 1.02; 95% CI: 0.99–1.05). …”
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Free Fatty Acids in CSF and Neurological Clinical Scores: Prognostic Value for Stroke Severity in ICU by Sayed Gaber, Sherine Ibrahim ElGazzar, Mahmoud Qenawi, Nora Ismail Mohamed Abbas

“…We tried to evaluate the potential role of FFAs in CSF in the diagnosis and the prognosis of ICU patients with AIS while comparing the results to traditional neurological scoring systems. …”
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Assessment of adolescent physical development using body mass index and body self-perception by G.M. Cherniakova, O.H. Avdiievska, H.M. Danylenko

“…Using an online questionnaire, adolescents indicated their body weight and height, and also assessed their own health preserving activities. Diagnosis of  being underweight, overweight and obesity was carried out in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) standards. …”
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Effectiveness of an Impella Versus Intra‐Aortic Balloon Pump in Patients Who Received Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation by Yuji Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Jun Nakata, Toru Takiguchi, Mikio Nakajima, Yusuke Sasabuchi, Toshiaki Isogai, Hiroki Matsui, Yukihito Sato, Tetsuya Watanabe, Takahisa Yamada, Masatake Fukunami, Hideo Yasunaga

“…Methods Using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination database from September 2016 to March 2022, we identified inpatients who received an Impella or IABP in combination with ECMO (ECPella or ECMO+IABP group, respectively). …”
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Diabetic Distal Symmetrical Polyneuropathy: Correlation of Clinical, Laboratory, and Electrophysiologic Studies in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yi-Ching Weng, Sung-Sheng Tsai, Rong-Kuo Lyu, Chun-Che Chu, Long-Sun Ro, Ming-Feng Liao, Hong-Shiu Chang, Chiung-Mei Chen, Jawl-Shan Hwang, Hung-Chou Kuo

“…The combination of thermal threshold tests with NCS can potentially provide the diagnosis of DSPN.…”
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The availability of drugs for stable COPD treatment in China: a cross-sectional survey by Dongru Du, Xueru Hu, Qiunan Zuo, Dan Xu, Tao Zhu, Tao Fan, Jiao Yang, Weiguo Xu, Hailong Wei, Kangzhuo Baima, Ying Zhang, Yanhui Gu, Lei Chen, Fengming Luo, Yongchun Shen, Fuqiang Wen

“…A well-constructed questionnaire was designed according to the Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of COPD (revised version 2021). …”
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Evaluation of Left Atrial Function in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Using Left Atrial Automatic Myocardial Functional Imaging Ultrasonography by Hailan Liu, Lili Chen, Yan Song, Yingying Xu, Chunquan Zhang

“…The ROC curve results showed that LAEF had a high efficiency in the diagnosis of NVPAF, with P < 0.001, AUC of 0.843, sensitivity of 0.788, and specificity of 0.867. …”
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Pediatric endoscopic retrograde pancreatography expertise in chronic pancreatitis: a single-center analysis by Hongxi Guo, Juan Luo, Hu Yang, Jun Yang, Hongqiang Bian, Xufei Duan, Xin Wang

“…However, data on endoscopic treatment of CP in children are still limited.MethodsDemographics, etiology, surgical indications, diagnosis, treatment details, associated complications, and follow-up information were retrospectively studied in consecutive patients (&lt;18 years old) who underwent ERP for CP between January 2020 and October 2024.ResultsA total of 17 children (7 male, 10 female) with a mean age of 10.0 ± 2.7 years were included in the study. …”
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Segmentation of Laser Marks of Diabetic Retinopathy in the Fundus Photographs Using Lightweight U-Net by Yukang Jiang, Jianying Pan, Ming Yuan, Yanhe Shen, Jin Zhu, Yishen Wang, Yewei Li, Ke Zhang, Qingyun Yu, Huirui Xie, Huiting Li, Xueqin Wang, Yan Luo

“…With accurate segmentation and high numeric metrics, the lightweight U-Net method showed its reliable performance in automatically segmenting laser marks in fundus photographs, which could help the AI assist the diagnosis of DR in the severe stage.…”
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Sandpiper Optimization Algorithm With Region Growing Based Robust Retinal Blood Vessel Segmentation Approach by Ibrahim AlMohimeed, Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar, A. Mohanarathinam, Velmurugan Subbiah Parvathy, Mohamad Khairi Ishak, Faten Khalid Karim, Samih M. Mostafa

“…Retinal blood vessel examination is commonly utilized for retinal disease diagnosis by ophthalmologists. The automated retinal vessel segmentation process becomes an essential tool to identify disease. …”
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Microbial Colonization and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles in Chronic Wounds: A Comparative Study of Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Venous Ulcers by Florica Sandru, Elena Poenaru, Smaranda Stoleru, Andreea-Maria Radu, Alexandra-Maria Roman, Corina Ionescu, Aurelian Zugravu, Jafal Mugurel Nader, Livia-Cristiana Băicoianu-Nițescu

“…<b>Methods</b>: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis that included a total of 112 individuals (24 with the diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa and 88 diagnosed with venous ulcer). …”
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