Socioeconomic position and breast cancer screening use in Chile: A population-based study by Camilo Guerrero-Nancuante, Pamela Eguiguren, Isabel Abarca-Baeza, Isabel Guzmán, María Luisa Garmendia

“…The sample consisted of women aged 50–69 who were asked about their mammography screening history within the past three years. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of left atrial thrombus in patients with rheumatic atrial fibrillation undergoing cardiac surgery: a cross-sectional study by Jie Cui, Yixiao Zhang, Yulin Wang, Fangyu Liu, Hao Lai, Qiang Ji, Chunsheng Wang

“…Results A total of 530 patients (mean age: 59.7 ± 9.5 years; male: 29.8%) with a predominance of mitral stenosis (59.6%) were included. …”
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Transvaginal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of endometrioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies* by Fleur Serge Kanti, Rose Gorak Savard, Frédéric Bergeron, Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, Antoine Netter, Sarah Maheux-Lacroix

“…This study aimed to systematically assess the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting endometrioma using the surgical visualisation of lesions with or without histopathological confirmation as reference standards in patients of reproductive age with suspected endometriosis.Methods PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and ClinicalTrials.gov databases were searched from their inception to 12 October 2022, using a manual search for additional articles. …”
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Association Between Diabetic Control And Anti-Diabetic Medication Adherence Using 8-Point Morisky Medication Adherence Scale In Local Population Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Fuad Ahmad Siddiqi, Bilal Saeed, Mehmood Hussain, Wasif Anwar, Sidra Riaz, Naveed Abbas

“…Five patients failed to follow-up with research team resulting in a total of 110 participants included in results. Average age across the study sample was 50.25 ± 11.97 years with 58 (52.73%) males and 52 (47.27%) females. …”
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Clinical characteristics and associated factors of pediatric acute necrotizing encephalopathy: a retrospective study by Huiling Zhang, Yilong Wang, Qianyun Ding, Xuekun Li, Sheng Ye

“…Background In the clinic, pediatric acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) primarily affects children under 5 years of age and is characterized by severe brain damage and high mortality. …”
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Frequency and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity: a 5-year single-center study in a Tertiary Care Hospital by Maaly Abdel Fattah, Anas AlKhabaz, Ibrahim Issa, Hadeel Alhemsi, Kassem AlSaad, Eyad AlMidani, Faisal Khan

“…In addition, we aimed to study the associated risk factors affecting ocular status including birth weight (BW), gestational age (GA), mechanical ventilation, length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and number of ROP follow-up. …”
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Management of acute myocardial infarction in chronic kidney disease in Germany: an observational study by Victor Walendy, Andreas Stang, Matthias Girndt

“…We calculated crude- and age-standardized hospitalization rates (ASR, per 100,000 person years). …”
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Biodistribution of a Mitochondrial Metabolic Tracer, [18F]F-AraG, in Healthy Volunteers by Jelena Levi, Heying Duan, Shahriar Yaghoubi, Juliet Packiasamy, Lyna Huynh, Tina Lam, Faiq Shaikh, Deepak Behera, Hong Song, Joseph Blecha, Salma Jivan, Youngho Seo, Henry F. VanBrocklin

“…Six healthy subjects (three female and three male) between the ages of 24 and 60 participated in the study. Each subject received a bolus venous injection of [18F]F-AraG (dose range: 244.2–329.3 MBq) prior to four consecutive PET/MR whole-body scans. …”
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Perianal Paget’s Disease: The 17-Year-Experience of a Single Institution in Taiwan by Yu-Chen Wang, Anna Fen-Yau Li, Shung-Haur Yang, Hsiu-Hsun Ma, Wen-Yih Liang

“…In 23 PPD patients, 14 (60.9%) were male and the median age was 75 years. Three (13.0%, 2 primary and 1 secondary PPDs) had recurrence and two (8.7%, both primary PPDs) had invasive PPDs. …”
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Synergistic Effects of Extra X Chromosome on Development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjögren Disease in Klinefelter and Triple X Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Anna‐Kay Palmer, Irene J. Tan

“…The male‐to‐female ratios for all ages were 1:6.4 for SLE and 1:5 for SjD. The prevalence of KS and triple X syndrome in the general population was 0.0017% and 0.0010%, respectively. …”
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Using diagnostic data from veterinary diagnostic laboratories to unravel macroepidemiological aspects of porcine circoviruses 2 and 3 in the United States from 2002-2023. by Guilherme Cezar, Edison Magalhães, Kinath Rupasinghe, Srijita Chandra, Gustavo Silva, Marcelo Almeida, Bret Crim, Eric Burrough, Phillip Gauger, Christopher Siepker, Marta Mainenti, Michael Zeller, Eduardo Fano, Pablo Piñeyro, Rodger Main, Mary Thurn, Paulo Lages, Cesar Corzo, Albert Rovira, Hemant Naikare, Rob McGaughey, Franco Matias-Ferreyra, Jamie Retallick, Jordan Gebhardt, Jon Greseth, Darren Kersey, Travis Clement, Angela Pillatzki, Jane Christopher-Hennings, Melanie Prarat, Ashley Johnson, Dennis Summers, Craig Bowen, Joseph Boyle, Kenitra Hendrix, Andreia G Arruda, Daniel Linhares, Giovani Trevisan

“…The data comprised of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results, sample type, and age group for PCV2 and PCV3 submissions from 2002-2023. …”
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Validating the reproductive tract score (RTS) technique in pre-service buffalo heifers by Freddys Escalona-Ramírez, Jessenia Mercado-Carrillo, Balbino A. Jaimes-Vazques, Antonio Landaeta-Hernández

“…One-hundred and ten buffalo heifers with ages of 27 + 3 months and body weight of 354,32 + 24,14 kg were assessed for RTS before starting a breeding season of 120 days (Sep-Dec 2020) with four buffalo bulls in a proportion male to female 1:30. 67% of buffalo heifers were found with RTS among 3-5 (mature tract), while 33% were found with RTS among 1-2 (immature tract). …”
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Risk Factors of Noncompliance to Preventive Mass Drug Administration for Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis: A Case-Control Study in Jawi District, Northwest Ethiopia by Fetene Mihretu, Gebeyehu Tsega, Melesse Belayneh, Mesafint Molla Adane

“…A total of 690 (99.1%) participants, 345 cases and 345 controls, were included in the study. Younger age (AOR = 1.60; 95%CI: 1.10, 2.33), female sex (AOR = 1.56; 95%CI: 1.24, 3.93), thought of not being susceptible to the disease (AOR = 2.36, 95%CI: 1.80, 4.32), lack of disease knowledge (AOR = 1.88; 95% CI: 1.38, 3.81), fear of drug side effect (AOR = 2.45; 95% CI:1.23, 4.86), and not participating in community drug distributors selection (AOR = 2.58; 95% CI: 1.70, 3.91) were found to be the risk factors significantly associated with noncompliance. …”
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Road Traffic Injuries and Related Safety Measures: A Multicentre Analysis at Military Hospitals in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia by Umar Yagoub, Nasrin S. Saiyed, Bahaa-eldin E. A. Rahim, Nizar Musawa, Attiya Mohammed Al Zahrani

“…Nearly 62.0% of the male drivers were aged less than 36 years. About 90% of the drivers were from low- and middle-income groups. …”
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Intravenous Oxycodone versus Intravenous Morphine in Cancer Pain: A Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel-Group, Active-Control Study by Kyung-Hee Lee, Jung-Hun Kang, Ho-Suk Oh, Moon-Ki Choi, Byoung-Yong Shim, Young-Jun Eum, Hye-Jeong Park, Jin-Hyong Kang

“…A 5-day, randomized, open-label, exploratory study at 6 sites in the Republic of Korea. Sixty-six adults aged ≥19 years with moderate-to-severe cancer pain (Numeric Rating Scale [NRS] ≥ 4) were enrolled. …”
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Risk Factors for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After TACE: A Prospective Cohort Study by Yuzhu Wang, Xin Zhou, Guoping Li, Qianzhou Lv, Xiaoyu Li, Zhiping Yan

“…<b>Material and Methods:</b> Data were collected from 212 patients undergoing TACE in the interventional department between August 2022 and August 2023. Including: gender, age, education, BMI, operation time, concomitant underlying diseases and drugs, preoperative limosis, history of nausea and vomiting, history of kinetosis, history of smoking or drinking, and occurrence of PONV. …”
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Long-term risk factors for developing Barrett’s oesophagus in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a longitudinal cohort study by John F Dillon, Paul Brennan, James Cotton, James Carberry, Christopher J Byrne

“…In adjusted baseline analysis (n=1197), male sex (adjusted OR, aOR 2.04 (95% CI 1.92 to 4.12), p≤0.001), increasing age (aOR 1.03 (95% CI 1.01 to 1.04), p≤0.0001) and proton pump inhibitor use (aOR 3.03 (95% CI 1.80 to 5.13), p≤0.0001) were associated with higher odds of BO. …”
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Birth preparedness and complication readiness assessment among antenatal and postnatal mothers at government hospital, in urban Bengaluru by Sangeetha M.D, Jagadish Ganagi, Darshan H.S, Neha Annet Joy, Akarsh KR

“…A sample of 105 antenatal mothers in their third trimester and postnatal women (age ≥ 18 years) attending the hospital was included. …”
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Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia and seizure control in children with nodding syndrome; a cross-sectional study by Charles R J C Newton, Albert Ningwa, Kevin Marsh, Richard Idro, Rodney Ogwang, Ronald Anguzu, Pamela Akun, Edward Kayongo

“…We hypothesised that, in patients with epilepsy, infection by P. falciparum, including asymptomatic infections, increases the risk of seizures and impairs seizure control.Setting and participants Participants were Ugandan children with nodding syndrome, age ≥8 years, receiving sodium valproate. All had standardised testing including documentation of the number of seizures in the past month, a rapid malaria test and if positive, the peripheral blood parasite density.Outcomes The primary outcome was the number of seizures in the past month (30 days).Results A total of 164/240 (68%) had malaria. …”
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A novel consensus bacterial 6-phytase variant added to phytate-rich diets totally replaced inorganic phosphate in broilers by Y. Dersjant-Li, A. Bello, E. Esteve-Garcia, C. Ramírez Creus, L. Marchal

“…The capacity of a novel bacterial 6-phytase variant (PhyG) to totally replace dietary supplemental inorganic phosphate (Pi) in broilers aged one day old was evaluated using a phased dosing strategy and reduction in dietary phytate. …”
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