Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Diabetic Retinopathy: The 2010 GLADAOF Lecture by J. Fernando Arevalo, Juan G. Sanchez, Andres F. Lasave, Lihteh Wu, Mauricio Maia, Sergio Bonafonte, Miguel Brito, Arturo A. Alezzandrini, Natalia Restrepo, Maria H. Berrocal, Mario Saravia, Michel Eid Farah, Jans Fromow-Guerra, Virgilio Morales-Canton

“…Finally, TRD in PDR may occur or progress after IVB used as an adjuvant to vitrectomy. Surgery should be performed 4 days after IVB. Most patients had poorly controlled diabetes mellitus associated with elevated HbA1c, insulin administration, PDR refractory to panretinal photocoagulation, and longer time between IVB and vitrectomy.…”
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A high fat, high sugar diet exacerbates persistent post-surgical pain and modifies the brain-microbiota-gut axis in adolescent rats by Sabrina Salberg, Matthew Macowan, Angela Doshen, Glenn R. Yamakawa, Marissa Sgro, Benjamin Marsland, Luke A. Henderson, Richelle Mychasiuk

“…Animals were further allocated to a sham or surgery on postnatal day (p) p35. The von Frey task measured mechanical nociceptive sensitivity at a chronic timepoint (p65–67). …”
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Head-to-head comparison of pre-hospital qSOFA and lactate-qSOFA for predicting sepsis in patients with and without suspected infection. A multicenter prospective cohort study by Francisco Martín-Rodríguez, Raúl López-Izquierdo, Miguel A. Castro Villamor, Carlos delPozo-Vegas, Irene Sánchez-Soberón, Juan F. Delgado-Benito, Virginia Carbajosa Rodíguez, Rodrigues Leonardo, José Luis Martín-Conty

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Accuracy of Robot-Assisted Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement under Regional Anesthesia: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Shangju Gao, Jingchao Wei, Wenyi Li, Long Zhang, Can Cao, Jinshuai Zhai, Bo Gao

“…The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of the robot-assisted technique under regional anesthesia with that of conventional fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous pedicle screw placement under general anesthesia in minimally invasive lumbar fusion surgery. Methods. This study recruited patients who underwent robot-assisted percutaneous endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (PELIF) or fluoroscopy-guided minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) between December 2017 and February 2020 at a single center. …”
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Autism Spectrum Social Stories In Schools Trial (ASSSIST): study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial analysing clinical and cost-effectiveness of Social Stories... by Dean McMillan, Victoria Allgar, Barry Wright, David Marshall, Shehzad Ali, Joy Adamson, Chris Williams, Elizabeth Littlewood, Dominic Trépel, Lisa Dyson, Hannah Ainsworth, Liz Cook, Lisa Hackney, Danielle Collingridge Moore, Rebecca Hargate, Anne McLaren, Jo Whitehead

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A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Postoperative Pain and Complications after Thyroidectomy under Different Anesthetic Techniques: Volatile Anesthesia versus Total Intravenous... by Jun-Young Jo, Yeon Ju Kim, Seong-Soo Choi, Jihoon Park, Han Park, Kyung-Don Hahm

“…The mean administered dose of remifentanil was 1977.7 ± 722.5 μg in the TIVA group, which was approximately 0.268 ± 0.118 μg/min/kg during surgery. Pain scores based on a numeric rating scale (NRS) and the need for rescue analgesics were compared between groups at the postoperative anesthetic care unit (PACU). …”
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Current Treatment Regimens and Promising Molecular Therapies for Chronic Hepatobiliary Diseases by Marilena Durazzo, Arianna Ferro, Victor Manuel Navarro-Tableros, Andrea Gaido, Paolo Fornengo, Fiorella Altruda, Renato Romagnoli, Søren K. Moestrup, Pier Luigi Calvo, Sharmila Fagoonee

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COVID-19 in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with venetoclax: what is the role of anti-CD20 antibody? by Francesco Autore, Andrea Visentin, Marina Deodato, Candida Vitale, Eugenio Galli, Alberto Fresa, Rita Fazzi, Alessandro Sanna, Jacopo Olivieri, Ilaria Scortechini, Maria Ilaria Del Principe, Paolo Sportoletti, Idanna Innocenti, Marta Coscia, Alessandra Tedeschi, Livio Trentin, Anna Candoni, Alessandro Busca, Livio Pagano, Luca Laurenti

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Analysis of chronic kidney disease epidemiology in Kazakhstan using nationwide data for 2014–2020 and forecasting future trends of prevalence and mortality for 2030 by Gulnur Zhakhina, Kamilla Mussina, Sauran Yerdessov, Arnur Gusmanov, Yesbolat Sakko, Valdemir Kim, Dmitriy Syssoyev, Meruyert Madikenova, Ainur Assan, Zhanat Kuanshaliyeva, Duman Turebekov, Kuanysh Yergaliyev, Bolat Bekishev, Abduzhappar Gaipov

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Gratitude experience of nursing students during final stage of clinical internship: A qualitative study from the perspective of positive psychology (积极心理学视角下护理实习生实习后期感恩体验的质性研究)... by NIAN Guihong (年桂红), LI Qiaomei (李巧梅), ZHANG Ting (张婷)

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Predictive risk factors for adverse events during tooth extraction among elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases by Shaojun Ma, Xu Chen, Yurun Zhai, Xinyi Sun, Jing Sheng, Yun Sun, Haiya Wang

“…However, no clinical tool has been developed to date to predict the risk of adverse events (AEs) during tooth extraction.Materials and Methods We prospectively enrolled 774 elderly patients (aged ≥ 60 years) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) who were scheduled to undergo tooth extraction at the dental surgery department of Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital from January 2021 to July 2022. …”
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Fetal Cartilage Progenitor Cells in the Repair of Osteochondral Defects by Bruno C. Menarim, DVM, PhD, Chan Hee Mok, PhD, Kirsten E. Scoggin, PhD, Alexis Gornik, DVM, Emma N. Adam, DVM, PhD, Shavahn C. Loux, PhD, James N. MacLeod, VMD, PhD

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The importance of the Autostrain RV technique in the treatment of right ventricular myocardial alterations in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy by Yan Liang, Ping Du, Yabo Song, Xinshi Li, Yingying Han, Hongfang Dongye, Hongqiang Liu, Jinqiu Li

“…The patients included those with breast cancer who underwent surgery and were primarily administered anthracycline-based chemotherapeutic drugs. (1) Compared with the pre-chemotherapy period, the absolute values of the right ventricular global longitudinal strain (RV4CSL) and right ventricular free-wall longitudinal strain (RVFWSL) decreased after the fourth chemotherapy cycle, and no significant differences were observed in tricuspidannular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), right ventricular Tei index, and right ventricular fractional area change (FAC); (2) Compared with the pre-chemotherapy period, the absolute values of RV4CSL and RVFWSL decreased after the eighth chemotherapy cycle. …”
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Effect of trauma center operation on emergency care and clinical outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury by Han Kyeol Kim, Yoon Suk Lee, Woo Jin Jung, Yong Sung Cha, Kyoung-Chul Cha, Hyun Kim, Kang Hyun Lee, Sung Oh Hwang, Oh Hyun Kim

“…Methods The participants of this study were all TBI patients, patients with isolated TBI, and patients with TBI who underwent surgery within 24 hours, who visited our level 1 trauma center from March 1, 2012 to February 28, 2020. …”
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Comparative Study of Remimazolam and Midazolam During Sedated Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis by Ryoji Ichijima, Hisatomo Ikehara, Tomomi Sugita, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Yasuhiko Nagata, Kanako Ogura, Mitsuru Esaki, Yosuke Minoda, Hiroyuki Ono, Yuki Maeda, Shinsuke Kiriyama, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi, Yuichi Kanmura

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Temporal Trends of Stillbirth in Brazil Disaggregated by Maternal and Gestational Age by Maria Isabel do Nascimento, Lara Miranda Marchesi, Wender Emiliano Soares, Jenaine Rosa Godinho Emiliano, Maria Auxiliadora Nogueira Saad, Glaucimara Gonzaga Nunes Hacar, Gabriel Eijiro Chiracava

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Inhibition of triple-negative breast cancer growth via delphinidin-mediated suppression of the JAK2/STAT3/PD-L1 pathway by Xiaoping Yu, Xiaolong Song, Jiali Yan, Ziting Xiong, Lujie Zheng, Yan Luo, Fengcheng Deng, Yanfeng Zhu

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TOM40 as a prognostic oncogene for oral squamous cell carcinoma prognosis by Lifei Deng, Hong Ran, Dunhui Yang, Zhen Wang, Peng Zhao, Hengjie Huang, Yongjin Wu, Peng Zhang

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Implementation of multidisciplinary team decisions on the management of complex bone and joint infections: an observational study by Jaap L.J. Hanssen, Henrica M.J. van der Linden, Martha T. van der Beek, Robert J.P. van der Wal, Marco F. Termaat, Mark G.J. de Boer, Henk Scheper

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Comparison of Non-Contrast CT vs. Contrast-Enhanced CT with Both Intravenous and Rectal Contrast Application for Diagnosis of Acute Colonic Diverticulitis: A Multireader, Retrospec... by Dorottya Móré, Stella Erdmann, Arved Bischoff, Verena Wagner, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Lukas F. Liesenfeld, Katharina Abbasi Dezfouli, Athanasios Giannakis, Miriam Klauß, Philipp Mayer

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