Incidence and factors associated with postoperative headache among adult elective surgical patients at the university of gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, northwest Ethiopia, 2022: a prospective follow-up study by Sitotaw Tesfa Zegeye, Habtu Adane Aytolign, Zemenay Ayinie Mekonnen, Seid Adem Ahmed

“…Methods An institution -based follow- up study was conducted from April 9 to June 20, 2022, at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, after ethical approval and 424 patients were included. …”
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A Method to Determination of Lead Ions in Aqueous Samples: Ultrasound-Assisted Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Method Based on Solidification of Floating Organic Drop and Back-Extraction Followed by FAAS by Çiğdem Arpa, Itır Aridaşir

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Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 2014 to November 2019 by Jean Adams, Martin White, Stephen J Sharp, Harry Rutter, David Pell, Steven Cummins, Richard D Smith, Nina Trivedy Rogers

“…There was no evidence of substitution to confectionary or alcohol.Conclusion In the second year following implementation of the SDIL, effects on sugar purchased were greatest in those with the highest pre-SDIL purchasing levels (low-income households and those with children). …”
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A rare case of late developing anti-E antibody in a pregnant female leading to severe hemolytic disease of the newborn: A missed follow-up in COVID-19 epoch by Suhasini Sil, Daljit Kaur, Poonam Singh, Dixa Kumari, Ashish Jain, Gita Negi

“…Subsequently the mother was lost to follow-up till delivery due to COVID pandemicity. …”
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Vertical and horizontal bone loss following alveolar socket preservation using bone grafts and autologous platelet concentrates vs bone grafts alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shivang Davda, Rawand Shado, Ines Novo Pereira, David Madruga, Haidar Hassan

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HIV risk perception and changes in sexual behavior and sexual satisfaction following male circumcision among circumcised males and their female partners from a traditionally noncircumcising community in Kenya, 2012-2014 by Barbara Burmen, Kennedy Mutai, George Otieno Olilo

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Long-Term Outcomes of a Health Information System-Based Feedback Intervention Study of Antimicrobial Prescriptions in Primary Care Institutions: Follow-Up of a Randomized Cross-Over Controlled Trial by Yan Y, Yang J, Lu Y, Cui Z, Chang Y

“…Although the IAPRs and the APRs consistently remained below the baseline point, both rates experienced a rebound within a certain range following the stop of the intervention in the two groups. …”
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Early Changes in Tumor Perfusion from T1-Weighted Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI following Neural Stem Cell-Mediated Therapy of Recurrent High-Grade Glioma Correlate with Overall Survival by Prativa Sahoo, Paul Frankel, Julie Ressler, Margarita Gutova, Alexander J. Annala, Behnam Badie, Jana Portnow, Karen S. Aboody, Massimo D’Apuzzo, Russell C. Rockne

“…The change in perfusion parameter values from 1 week to 1 month following NSC-mediated therapy combined with contrast-enhancing volume may be a useful biomarker to predict overall survival in patients with recurrent high-grade glioma.…”
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A Randomized Study to Compare the Effects of Once-Weekly Dulaglutide Injection and Once-Daily Glimepiride on Glucose Fluctuation of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A 26-Week Follow-Up by Huiqin Li, Xiaohua Xu, Jie Wang, Xiaocen Kong, Maoyuan Chen, Ting Jing, Zhiying Zhang, Guoping Yin, Xiaomei Liu, Yun Hu, Lei Ye, Xiaofei Su, Jianhua Ma

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Understanding the long‐term impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer outcomes: 12‐Month follow‐up data from the international, prospective COVIDSurg Cancer study by Cameron E. Alexander, Arjun Nathan, Alexander Light, Chuanyu Gao, Vinson Chan, Sinan Khadhouri, Kevin Gallagher, Kevin G. Byrnes, Michael Walters, Terry Hughes, Rita Perry, Kelvin Okoth, Laura Magill, Thomas Pinkney, Joseph B. John, John S. McGrath, Alexandra Colquhoun, Yuhao Zhang, James Blackmur, Eric Etchill, Stanley Tang, Damián García Escudero, Grant D. Stewart, Veeru Kasivisvanathan, COVIDSurg Collaborative

“…Within this included cohort, 229 patients had NMIBC and 12‐month follow‐up data available. On application of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) criteria, 47.2% were classified as having high‐risk disease. …”
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Rehabilitation outcomes after comprehensive post-acute inpatient rehabilitation following moderate to severe acquired brain injury—study protocol for an overall prognosis study based on routinely collected health data by Uwe M. Pommerich, Peter W. Stubbs, Jørgen Feldbæk Nielsen

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Time to breastfeeding cessation and its predictors among mothers of index children aged 2–3 years in Bedele Town, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based retrospective follow-up study by Gebiso Roba Debele, Fedasa Tesfa, Dereje Tsegaye

“…The Weibull proportional hazard model was used to identify predictors for time to breastfeeding cessation.Result The overall incidence of early cessation of breastfeeding was found to be 11.05 per 1000 person-months of the follow-up period. Nearly a quarter (23.38%) of mothers ceased breastfeeding early. …”
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Increased Macular Pigment Optical Density and Visual Acuity following Consumption of a Buttermilk Drink Containing Lutein-Enriched Egg Yolks: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Sanne M. van der Made, Elton R. Kelly, Aize Kijlstra, Jogchum Plat, Tos T. J. M. Berendschot

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RadBone: bone toxicity following pelvic radiotherapy – a prospective randomised controlled feasibility study evaluating a musculoskeletal health package in women with gynaecological cancers undergoing pelvic radiotherapy by Janelle Yorke, Sarah O’Connell, Sally Taylor, Karen Johnson, Robert G Bristow, Martin Eden, Kate Haslett, John Moore, Rohit Kochhar, Victoria Chatzimavridou Grigoriadou, Lisa H Barraclough, Ivona Baricevic-Jones, Zoe Merchant, Thomas Westwood, Anthony David Whetton, Claire E Higham

“…Forty participants will be randomised in each group (MHP or observation) and will be followed for 18 months. The primary outcome of this RCT will be feasibility, including the eligibility, screening and recruitment rate, intervention fidelity and attrition rates; acceptability and health economics. …”
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Immunogenicity persistence after four intramuscular triple-dose or standard-dose hepatitis B vaccine in patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment: A 1-year follow-up study in China by Xinyuan Mo, Zhaoyue Men, Linying Gao, Yizhuo Gao, Tian Yao, Yuan Liu, Yuan Yuan, Tongchuan Xue, Fuzhen Wang, Suping Wang, Keke Wang, Xiaofeng Liang, Yongliang Feng

“…A randomized, parallel-controlled trial was conducted in patients receiving MMT from 2019 to 2020, and patients were randomized to receive 3 or 4 doses of 20 or 60 µg of hepatitis B vaccine. Follow-up was extended to 2021, for assessment of 1-year persistence of immunogenicity at month 18. …”
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Thymosin alpha 1 in the prevention of infected pancreatic necrosis following acute necrotising pancreatitis (TRACE trial): protocol of a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial by Tao Chen, Jing Zhou, Jianfeng Tu, Weiqin Li, XinTing Pan, Wenjian Mao, Lu Ke, Wenhua He, Miao Chen, Chengjian He, Weili Gu, Jingyi Wu, Jingchun Song, Haibin Ni, Junli Sun, Guoxiu Zhang, Weiwei Chen, Bing Xue, Xiangyang Zhao, Min Shao, Yuxiu Liu, Zhihui Tong

“…The thymosin alpha 1 in the prevention of infected pancreatic necrosis following acute necrotising pancreatitis(TRACE) trial was designed to test the effect of a new therapy focusing on the immune system in preventing secondary infection following ANP. …”
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Reconstruction of the Occipital and Parietal Congenital Defect with 3D Custom-Made Titanium Prosthesis: A Case Report with Four and a Half Years of Follow-Up and a Brief Review of Literature by Farnoush Mohammadi, Abbas Azari, Nariman Nikparto, Heliya Ziaei

“…The prosthesis was placed on the defect in a total surgery time of only 90 minutes. On 4.5 years of follow-up, the contour of the skull was ideal and the skin over the defect and neurologic status was intact. …”
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Online tools to predict individualised survival for primary oesophageal cancer patients with and without pathological complete response after neoadjuvant therapy followed by oesophagectomy: development and external validation of two independent nomograms by Jie Zhang, Xiang Chen, Dong Dong, Lijie Tan, Yajie Zhang, Hecheng Li, Yuqin Cao, Binhao Huang, Han Tang, Tianzheng Shen, Xijia Feng, Jiahao Zhang, Liqiang Shi, Chengqiang Li, Heng Jiao

“…The calibration plot, concordance index and decision curve analysis were employed to assess calibration, discrimination and clinical usefulness of the predictive models.Results In total, 13 and 15 variables were used to predict OS for pCR and non-pCR patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy followed by oesophagectomy, respectively. Key predictors included demographic characteristics, pretreatment clinical stage, surgical approach, pathological information and postoperative treatments. …”
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Perinatal mortality and other severe adverse outcomes following planned birth at 39 weeks versus expectant management in low-risk women: a population based cohort studyResearch in context by Kylie Crawford, Waldemar A. Carlo, Anthony Odibo, Aris Papageorghiou, William Tarnow-Mordi, Sailesh Kumar

“…We compared outcomes following planned birth at 39+0–39+6 weeks gestation (either by induction of labour or scheduled caesarean section) to expectant management. …”
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Reduction of Lipid-Core Burden Index in Nonculprit Lesions at Follow-Up after ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Study of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold versus Optimal Medical Therapy by Joelle Kefer, Patrick Chenu, Olivier Gurné, Frederic Maes, Théophile Tamakloé, Christophe Beauloye

“…BVS + OMT and OMT appear as similarly safe and effective in reducing maxLCBI4mm in NC-LRPs at 2-year follow-up after STEMI.…”
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