Clinical application of 3D slicer reconstruction and 3D printing localization combined with neuroendoscopy technology in VPS surgery by Long Zhou, Pan Lei, Ping Song, Zhiyang Li, Huikai Zhang, Hangyu Wei, Lun Gao, Qiuwei Hua, Hui Ye, Qianxue Chen, Silei Zhang, Qiang Cai

“…A total of 33 patients with complete data were collected, including 19 males and 14 females, aged 10–81 years. Pre operative use of 3D Slicer reconstruction and 3D printing localization, and intraoperative use of neuroendoscopy assisted catheterization to complete ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Presentations of Various Pulmonary Infections in Hospitalized Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Prospective, Hospital-Based, Comparative, Case Series Study by Pravesh Vishwakarma, Kauser Usman, Rajiv Garg, Jyoti Bajpai, Rishi Sethi, Akshyaya Pradhan

“…A prospective, hospital-based, consecutive, comparative observational study of 12-month study duration was conducted. Patients aged 13–90 years diagnosed with lower respiratory tract infection with or without diagnosed diabetes mellitus participated in the study. …”
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Burden assessment of podoconiosis in Wayu Tuka woreda, east Wollega zone, western Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Kebede Deribe, Gail Davey, Kenate Bekele, Tsige Amberbir, Geleta Tadele, Abdi Samuel

“…Most (92.2%) people with podoconiosis were in the economically active age group (15–64 years) in the first phase survey. …”
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Psychosocial distress, perceived need and utilization of psycho- social support services in patients in the early phase after the first cancer diagnosis by Hannah Zingler, Diana Steinmann, Jochen Ernst, Ute Goerling, Myriel Hermann, Beate Hornemann, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Tanja Zimmermann

“…Results Of 1,003 eligible patients who completed the questionnaire (53.0% men, mean age 60.3 years) 39.7% (n = 390) showed above-threshold psychosocial stress (DT: scores ≥ 5) and 21% (n = 207) indicated a perceived need for psycho- social support. 13.5% (n = 136) showed both, psychosocial distress and perceived need for psycho- social support. 15.2% (n = 150) out of all participating patients used psycho-oncology service, 60.7% (n = 597) were willing to accept such an offer. …”
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Optical Coherence Tomography May Help Distinguish Glaucoma from Suprasellar Tumor-Associated Optic Disc by Michael Mimouni, Hadas Stiebel-Kalish, Irena Serov, Gabriel Chodick, Mohammad Zbedat, Dan D. Gaton

“…Both groups were similar in terms of gender and age (P>0.05). The glaucoma group had a borderline greater total RNFL thickness (74.2 μm versus 62.8 μm, P=0.07), disc area (2.70 mm2 versus 2.16 mm2, P=0.004), and cup volume (0.20 mm3 versus 0.08 mm3, P=0.02). …”
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Multiple Sessions of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Improve Periodontal Outcomes in Patients with Down Syndrome: A 12-Month Randomized Clinical Trial by Rafael Ferreira, Sebastião Luiz Aguiar Greghi, Adriana Campos Passanezi Sant’Ana, Mariana Schutzer Ragghianti Zangrando, Carla Andreotti Damante

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) often present with severe periodontal disease at a young age. Adjuvant treatments to scaling and root planing (SRP), such as antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), may benefit this population. …”
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Identification of ketamine and norketamine in dried bloodstains on crime-scene surfaces by Risha Jasmine Nathan, Babajide Okeleye, Rabiu Abdullahi, Waliyu Oyebode

“…The present study has analysed the stability of ketamine and norketamine in DBS aged on common crime scene surfaces under various storage temperatures. …”
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Single-nucleotide variant rs1800139 of the LRP1 gene as a factor in the development of obesity in children by O.Ye. Abaturov, A.O. Nikulina

“…Materials and methods. 253 obese children aged 6-18 years were examined. The main group (n=153) was made up of children with metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) according to IDEFICS 2014 criteria. …”
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Construction and validation of risk prediction models for renal replacement therapy in patients with acute pancreatitis by Fei Zuo, Lei Zhong, Jie Min, Jinyu Zhang, Longping Yao

“…The optimal model was visualized and clarified using SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) and presented as a nomogram. Results The mean age of the cohort was 59.17 years, with an average Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score of 17.55. …”
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Prognostic Nutritional Index Predicts Early Mortality in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma by Erman OZTURK, Tayfun ELIBOL, Emrah KILICASLAN, Beyza KABAYUKA, Işıl ERDOGAN OZUNAL

“…Results: One hundred and ten patients were included, the median age was 63 years and the median follow-up period was 25 months. …”
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Is Weight Loss the Main Driver for A1C Improvement by Glucagon‐Like Peptide 1 (GLP‐1) Receptor Agonists? A 2.5‐Year Analysis in Real‐World Clinical Practice by Marwa Al‐Badri, Shilton Dhaver, Osama Hamdy

“…Baseline characteristics included an average age of 61.8 ± 11.9 years, 51.5% female, diabetes duration of 12.9 ± 8.3 years, weight of 103.1 ± 20.7 kg, BMI of 35.7 ± 7.5 kg/m2, and A1C of 8.2% ± 1.5%. …”
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Availability and accessibility of cytotoxic medicines in the WHO model list of essential medicines for childhood cancer in low and lower-middle- income countries: a systematic revi... by Maheeka Seneviwickrama, Sashini Shehana Denagamagei, Surangi Jayakody, Sanjeeva Gunasekera, Guwani Liyanage

“…Children under 19 years of age living in LLMICs diagnosed with any malignancy were the client group. …”
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Analysis of early morphological and functional perivulnar changes in the mucosa of the cecum after suturing with different surgical threads by S.M. Bilash, O.M. Pronina, I.V. Ksyonz, M.M. Koptev, Ya.O. Oliinichenko, B.S. Kononov

“…The study was conducted on 25 rabbits aged 8-10 months in compliance with all bioethical standards and recommendations. …”
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Cancer incidence and the influence of immunosuppressive agents in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective cohort study by Soo-Kyung Cho, Jung-Yong Han, Yena Jeon, Seung-Hun You, Sun-Young Jung, Eun Jin Jang, Yoon-Kyoung Sung

“…Results A total of 10,013 predominantly female (91%) Korean SLE patients with a mean age of 36.9 ± 15.2 years were included. During a follow-up of 62,268.5 PYs, 368 patients developed cancer. …”
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Persistent Mortality Risk From Device-related Healthcare-associated Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Despite Multifaceted Interventions Action Calls for a Zero-tolerance P... by Maria Bethânia Peruzzo, MD, Luana Oliveira Calegari, MSc, Renato Demarchi Foresto, MD, PhD, Helio Tedesco-Silva, MD, PhD, José Medina Pestana, MD, PhD, Lúcio Requião-Moura, MD, PhD

“…Additional variables associated with increased risk of death included age (HR, 1.03; P < 0.001), baseline immunosuppression (HR based on mycophenolate versus others 0.74; P = 0.02), time since transplantation (HR, 1.003; P < 0.001), platelet count at ICU admission (HR, 0.998; P < 0.001), and sepsis as the reason for ICU admission (HR, 1.67; P < 0.001). …”
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The Relationship Between the Modified Glasgow Prognostic and SYNTAX Scores in Patients with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Ahmet KARADUMAN, Cemalettin YILMAZ, Mustafa Ferhat KETEN, Ismail BALABAN, Zeynep Esra GUNER, Mehmet CELIK

“…Results: There were 295 patients (23.1% female, 76.9% male) included in the research, with an average age being 61.2+-10.9 years, and the mean SYNTAX score being 7.3+-10.4 (range: 0-40). …”
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Chest CT Scan Features to Predict COVID-19 Patients’ Outcome and Survival by Mohammad-Mehdi Mehrabi Nejad, Aminreza Abkhoo, Faeze Salahshour, Mohammadreza Salehi, Masoumeh Gity, Hamidreza Komaki, Shahriar Kolahi

“…After evaluating 384 cases, a total of 186 patients (93 in each group) were admitted to the studied setting, consisting of 126 (67.7%) male patients with a mean age of 60.4 ± 13.6 years. The PI score and PI density index in the case vs. the control group were on average 8.9 ± 4.5 vs. 10.7 ± 4.4 (p value: 0.001) and 2.0 ± 0.7 vs. 2.6 ± 0.8 (p value: 0.01), respectively. …”
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Construction of an Interpretable Model of the Risk of Post-Traumatic Brain Infarction Based on Machine Learning Algorithms: A Retrospective Study by Li S, Li H, Wu B, Pan R, Liu Y, Wang J, Wei D, Gao H

“…The interpretations of the ML models’ predictions were provided by SHAP values.Results: Key predictors included age, bilateral brain contusions, platelet count, uric acid, glucose, traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, and surgical treatment. …”
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The Effect of Chicory Consumption on Oxidative Stress Indices of the Kidney Tissue in Female Wistar Rats Consuming Testosterone Enanthate during eight weeks Resistance Training by Khadijeh Molaei, Sanaz Mirzayan Shanjani, Ali Gorzi, Yaser Kazemzadeh, Abdolali Banaeifar

“…Materials and Methods: 22 female wistar rats aged 8 weeks and weighing 208.22±14.17 grams were provided from Pasteur Institute (Iran). …”
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Socio-Demographic and Preoperative Clinical Factors Associated With 5-Year Weight Trajectories After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy by Sahil Patel, MD, Chen Jiang, PhD, Brandon Cowan, MD, Jie Yin, MS, Catherine Schaefer, PhD, Sanjoy Dutta, MD, Rouzbeh Mostaedi, MD, Hélène Choquet, PhD

“…We then evaluated whether age, sex, race/ethnicity, neighborhood deprivation index and preoperative body mass index (BMI)/weight loss, diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea contributed to postoperative %TBWL using logistic regression models. …”
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