Clinical Characteristics of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Combined with Gastrointestinal Perforation and Prognostic Value of Circulating Tumor DNA by Hong Yang, Dongwen Rong, Wenhui Yang

“…Patients were divided into the death group (n = 78) and the survival group (n = 19) according to their survival status at 3 years after surgery. …”
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Can anticytokine therapy prevent unfavourable course of ulcerative colitis? by A. Yu. Baranovsky, E. A. Kondrashina, A. G. Kharitonov

“…Early onset of anticytokine therapy by Remicade has allowed to decrease frequency of unfavourable course from 83,3% (comparison group) and 78,3% (control group) to 12,5% and to prevent complications. …”
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Incorporating the Dimensions of Tolerance into Reading Materials-Development in Diverse EFL Classrooms by Dedi Aprianto

“…The findings revealed that the experimental group, using the developed materials, achieved significantly higher scores (M = 85.6) compared to the control group (M = 78.2). An independent samples t-test confirmed a significant difference between the groups [t (84) = 20.777, p < 0.05], demonstrating the effectiveness of the materials in fostering student engagement and understanding of diverse perspectives. …”
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Effect of Millets Once a Day on Glycaemic Control among Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Tertiary Care Setting – A Randomized Controlled Trial by Mahadevan Duraiswamy, Venkatachalam Jayaseelan, Jayalakshmy Ramakrishnan, Sasirekha Rengaraj, Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Mohammed Kais, Murali Subbaiah

“…Results: Of the 219 participants who completed the study (97.8%), adherence was 77.6% in the MOD group and 78.5% in the Enhanced MNT group. In an intention-to-treat analysis, an additional 11.6% (95% CI: -1.5% to 24.7%) in the MOD group achieved glycaemic control compared to the Enhanced MNT group, which was not statistically significant (P = 0.083). …”
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Ahmed Glaucoma Valves versus EX-PRESS Devices in Glaucoma Secondary to Silicone Oil Emulsification by Zhuyun Qian, Kai Xu, Xiangmei Kong, Huan Xu

“…The total success rate in the AGV group was 78.6% (11/14), whereas it was 33.3% (3/9) in the EX-PRESS group; the difference between the 2 groups was significant (P<0.05). …”
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Comparison between an Acrylic Splint Herbst and an Acrylic Splint Miniscrew-Herbst for Mandibular Incisors Proclination Control by Antonio Manni, Marco Pasini, Laura Mazzotta, Sabrina Mutinelli, Claudio Nuzzo, Felice Roberto Grassi, Mauro Cozzani

“…All subjects from both groups were successfully treated to a bilateral Class I relationship; mean treatment time was 8,1 months in the test group and 7.8 in the controls. Several variables did not have a statistical significant difference between the two groups. …”
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Randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of forest walking compared to urban walking in enhancing mucosal immunity by Hiroko Ochiai, Shigeru Inoue, Gaku Masuda, Shiho Amagasa, Tomohiko Sugishita, Toshiya Ochiai, Naoko Yanagisawa, Yoshio Nakata, Michiko Imai

“…Eighty-four participants were randomly assigned to either the forest or urban group, with 78 completing 90-min walks and analysis. The primary outcome measured was the change in saliva-secreted immunoglobulin A (sIgA) levels. …”
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Suture versus tacker closure of the peritoneum in transabdominal preperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia: A prospective comparative cohort study by C. Rajagopal, M. Sunil Krishna, Pavan M. Bhat

“…RESULTS: Peritoneal closure time was significantly lower for the tacker group (2.78 min vs. 11.17 min, P < 0.001). The tacker group had a higher cost (₹5313 vs. ₹1855, P < 0.001) and experienced increased postoperative pain at both 10–14 days (36% vs. 10%, P = 0.011) and 3 months (24% vs. 6.7%, P = 0.048). …”
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Changes in Serum CRP and PCT Levels in Patients with Acute Simple Lower Urinary Tract Infection and Evaluation of the Efficacy of Treatment with Shuangdong Capsules by Yachun Tang, Qun Zhou

“…After treatment, the total clinical efficiency of patients in group B (97.83%) was significantly higher than that in group A (78.26%) (P<0.05). The serum PCT and CRP levels, the number of urinary LEU, and the number of urinary BACT decreased in both groups after treatment compared with those before treatment, and all of them were significantly lower in group B than in group A (P<0.05). …”
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The relationship between neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio and slow and normal coronary flow phenomenon by Renlin Yin, Wei Zhu, Weihai Chen, Jun Shen, Yanming Wu, Zhiming Wang

“…Results The values of NPAR were significantly higher in the SCFP group than those in the NCF group (1.78[1.58,1.88] vs. 1.42[1.24,1.66], P < 0.001). …”
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Dynamic natural components and morphological changes in nonculprit subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome and mild chronic kidney disease at the 1-yea... by Jia-Cong Nong, Wei You, Yi-Fei Wang, Yi Xu, Tian Xu, Pei-Na Meng, Xiang-Qi Wu, Zhi-Ming Wu, Xiao-Han Kong, Hai-Bo Jia, De-Lu Yin, Lang Li, Fei Ye

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 184 ACS patients with at least one nonculprit subclinical atherosclerosis (NSA) detected by optical coherence tomography (OCT) at baseline and 1-year follow-up were divided into non-CKD group (n = 106, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)> 90 mL/(min×1.73 m2)) and mild CKD group (n = 78, 60≤eGFR<90 mL/(min×1.73 m2)). Changes of normalized total atheroma volume (TAVn) of NSA was the primary endpoint at the 1-year follow-up.…”
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Early childhood caries and their association with serum iron, serum ferritin, serum albumin, and Vitamin D by Vasundhara Megha, Jeevendra Nath Shukla, Rajat Kumar Singh, Chitrita Gupta Mukherjee, Siddharth Anand, Aparna Singh

“…They were divided into two groups: Group 1 consisted of 99 children with ECC and Group 2 (control group) with 78 children. The decayed, extracted because of caries, and filled primary teeth (deft) index were recorded from these children. …”
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Pregnant Women's Knowledge and Attitudes About Pregnancy Care: The Effect of Using the Ebumil Android Application by Kartini, Farming, Fitriati Sabur

“…There was an increase in attitudes in the intervention group of 78.16 (post 1) and 90.25 (post 2) while the control group did not experience an increase in attitudes of 42.84 (post 1) and 42.35 (post 2). …”
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Effect of Nebivolol and Olmesartan on 24-Hour Brachial and Aortic Blood Pressure in the Acute Stage of Ischemic Stroke by Eleni Georgianou, Panagiotis I. Georgianos, Konstantinos Petidis, Konstantinos Markakis, Ioanna Zografou, Asterios Karagiannis

“…Change from baseline (CFB) in 24-hour brachial SBP was not different between nebivolol and olmesartan groups (between-group difference: −3.4 mmHg; 95% confidence interval (CI): −11.2, 4.3), whereas nebivolol was superior to no-treatment in lowering 24-hour brachial SBP (between-group difference: −7.8 mmHg; 95% CI: −7.8 mmHg; 95% CI: −15.6, −0.1). …”
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Relationship Between Motion Sickness Susceptibility and Vestibular Test Results by Ozge GEDİK TOKER, Elif KURU, Sumeyye OZDEMIR, Betul RENCBER, Ege TAKAN, Serdar ARAZ, Meliha BASOZ BEHMEN, Nilufer BAL, Fadlullah AKSOY

“…Mean MSSQ-SF score for the motion sickness group is 78.18+-12.2 and for control group 19.09+-17.08. …”
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Significance of Combining Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid With Targeted Next‐Generation Sequencing in the Pathogen Detection‐Based Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infections by Jiangbo Liu, Bo Yang, Yu Wu, Guihong Yang, Xiaojiu Zha, Wei Jiang

“…Results The data of a total of 169 patients (78 in the tNGS group and 91 in the mNGS group) were collected, and 145 patients (67 in the tNGS group and 78 in the mNGS group) were finally diagnosed with lung infections. …”
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Association between intraoperative fluid management and postoperative outcomes in living kidney donors: a retrospective cohort study by Ja Eun Lee, Chisong Chung, Sunghae Park, Kyo Won Lee, Gaab Soo Kim

“…Twofold increase in sCr (equivalent to stage 2 AKI) during the first week and prolonged hospitalization were most frequent in group 1 [7.8 vs. 1.1 vs. 1.5%, P = 0.004; 7.9 vs. 3.1 vs. 0.7%, P = 0.003]. …”
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Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) Attenuates Serum Uric Acid (SUA) Level in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Mazhar Hussain, Asim Elahi, Abid Hussain, Javed Iqbal, Lubna Akhtar, Abdul Majid

“…Mean body weight was significantly reduced in the SGLT-2 group from 82±10.4 to 78±12.5 kg versus comparator group from 78±13.2 to 79.2±9.7 kg (p=0.001). Similarly, the mean BMI of patients in the SGLT-2 group was significantly reduced from 25.7±3.2 to 24.2±3.2 kg/m2 versus comparator group from 27.5±4.2 to 28±3.6 kg/m2 (p=0.002). …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Visual Dysfunction in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Patients by Wei-Kang Bi, Jin-Lin Wang, Xu-Dong Zhou, Ze-Kun Li, Wen-Wen Jiang, Shao-Bin Zhang, Yong Zou, Ming-Jun Bi, Qin Li

“…A total of 436 patients with CO poisoning were enrolled in our hospital from October 2012 to December 2018, including 193 patients with moderate poisoning (MP group), 165 with severe poisoning (SP group), and 78 with delayed encephalopathy (DE group). …”
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Analysis of risk factors for acute cerebral infarction in patients with intracranial tuberculosis by Xiao-Shan Huang, Xiao-Wei Qiu, An-Long Wang, Fei He, Yi-Jing Wang

“…Binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify risk factors for acute cerebral infarction in patients with intracranial TB.ResultsA total of 102 patients were included, with 24 in the cerebral infarction group and 78 in the non-infarction group. Male patients accounted for 87.5% in the infarction group and 58.3% in the non-infarction group. …”
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