Multi-dimensional outcomes following extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Tharusan Thevathasan, Vanessa Wahl, Joshua Boettel, Megan Kenny, Julia Paul, Sophie Selzer, Abdulla Al Harbi, Eva-Maria Dorsch, Heinrich Audebert, Matthias Rose, Christoph Paul Klapproth, Sonia Lech, Katharina Schmitt, Steffen Desch, Ulf Landmesser, Ralf Westenfeld, Fabian Voss, Carsten Skurk

“…Results: This study included 33 ECPR survivors, who were predominantly male (70%) with a mean age of 55 years. Left-ventricular ejection fraction improved significantly, from 22% during ICU stay to 51% at follow-up in the ECMELLA group and from 31% to 51% in the VA-ECMO group (p = 0.006). …”
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Childhood contact with social services, self-harm and suicidal or self-harm ideation in young adulthood: a population-wide record-linkage study by S. McKenna, D. O’Reilly, E. Ross, A. Maguire

“…Results There were 253,495 individuals born 1985–1993 with full data, alive and resident in Northern Ireland during 2012–2015 (ages 18–30 years). Of all young adults that presented to EDs with self-harm or ideation, 40.9% had contact with social services in childhood. …”
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Machine learning prediction models for mortality risk in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: evaluating early versus late CRRT initiation by Chuanren Zhuang, Ruomeng Hu, Ke Li, Zhengshuang Liu, Songjie Bai, Sheng Zhang, Xuehuan Wen

“…SHAP analysis identified maximum lactate levels, age, and minimum SpO2 as the strongest predictors of mortality, while CRRT timing showed relatively lower impact on outcome prediction.ConclusionWhile later initiation of CRRT in S-AKI patients was associated with improved survival, this benefit comes with increased healthcare resource utilization. …”
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Prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio dynamics in patients with septic acute kidney injury: a cohort study by Wei Wei, Caihong Liu, Guojiao Song, Letian Yang, Jian Li, Bo Wang, Ting Yin, Yingying Yang, Liang Ma, Ling Zhang, Ping Fu, Yuliang Zhao

“…The prediction values were compared by area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUROC), net reclassification improvement (NRI), and integrated discrimination improvement (IDI) analyses.Results Of the 413 participants, the mean age was 63 ± 17 years, and 134 were female (32.4%). …”
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Prevalence of Coronary Endothelial and Microvascular Dysfunction in Women with Symptoms of Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Is Confirmed by a New Cohort: The NHL... by R. David Anderson, John W. Petersen, Puja K. Mehta, Janet Wei, B. Delia Johnson, Eileen M. Handberg, Saibal Kar, Bruce Samuels, Babak Azarbal, Kamlesh Kothawade, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Barry Sharaf, Leslee J. Shaw, George Sopko, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Carl J. Pepine

“…In WISE (n=181) and WISE-CVD (n=235) women, mean age in both was 54 years, and 83% were white (WISE) vs 74% (WISE-CVD, p=0.04). …”
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A Study of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection and Correlates in Women with Vaginal Discharge Referred at Fann Teaching Hospital in Senegal by Roger C. Tine, Khadime Sylla, Rougyatou Ka, Lamine Dia, Doudou Sow, Souleye Lelo, Khardiata Diallo, Babacar Faye, Thérèse Dieng, Cheikh T. Ndour, Ahmet Y. Sow

“…Overall, 3893 women were enrolled with a mean age at 31.2 ± 10 years. The prevalence of Trichomoniasis represented 4.8%, 95%CI(3.1-5.7) and it was lower among women less than 30 years (4.1%), while divorced women more likely to be infected compared to married and single women (aOR:2.1, 95%CI (1.2-3.7)). …”
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Clinical Rehabilitation Effect of Postoperative Lower-Limb Training on the Patients Undergoing OLIF Surgery: A Retrospective Study by Haoming Wang, Yachong Huo, Yachao Zhao, Botong Zhang, Dalong Yang, Sidong Yang, Wenyuan Ding

“…Seventy-seven participants in the intervention group (32 males and 45 females) and 82 in the control group (39 males and 43 females) were incorporated in this study. The median age of the participants was 57 years (39∼73) in the intervention group and 54 years (35∼71) in the control group. …”
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Achievement of guideline-based lipid goals among very-high-risk patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: results in 213,380 individuals from the cv... by Satoshi Shoji, Nishant P. Shah, Peter Shrader, Laine E. Thomas, Jonathan D. Arnold, Nafeesa N. Dhalwani, Neena A. Thomas, Bethany Kalich, Elisa L. Priest, Mahanaz Syed, Cezary Wójcik, Eric D. Peterson, Ann Marie Navar

“…Results: Among 213,380 eligible patients (median age 71.0 years, 42 % women), 51.8 % achieved guideline-based lipid goals. …”
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Interrelationships between social exclusion, mental health and wellbeing in adolescents: insights from a national Youth Survey by K. Filia, S. M. Teo, N. Brennan, T. Freeburn, D. Baker, V. Browne, A. Watson, J. Menssink, A. Prasad, E. Killackey, P. D. McGorry, S. M. Cotton, C. X. Gao

“…Methods Data were obtained from the Mission Australia 2022 Youth Survey, Australia’s largest annual population-wide survey of young people aged 15–19 years (n = 18,800). Participants’ experiences of social exclusion in different domains were explored (e.g., prevalence, co-occurrence and controlling for differences in demographic characteristics). …”
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Fecal carriage of carbapenemase and AmpC-β-lactamase producers among extended spectrum β-Lactamase-producing E. coli and Klebsiella spp. isolates in patients attending hospitals by Zakaria Garba, Isidore J. O. Bonkoungou, Namwin Siourimè Somda, Magloire H. Natama, Georges Somé, Lassana Sangaré, Nicolas Barro, Halidou Tinto

“…The carbapenemase producers were detected at tertiary and secondary hospitals, mainly in hospitalized patients and females, whereas AmpC-β-lactamase producers were detected at all levels of healthcare, predominantly in non-hospitalized patients, male, and under 15 years of age. The co-resistance rates were as high as 82% for fluoroquinolones, 91% for aminoglycosides, and 94% for sulfonamides. …”
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Developing a virtual reality application for online arts and psychomotor therapies using action research by Nathalie Jans, Nathalie Jans, Hans Wouters, Joep Kolijn, Suzanne Haeyen, Suzanne Haeyen, Suzanne Haeyen

“…The Action Research concerned a one-year co-creation project involving 17 arts and psychomotor therapists (Mean age 44.1 years, SD 11.3) together with input from media designers in education and technical VR developers. …”
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Ten years preceding a diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease in Europe and Australia: medication use, health conditions, and biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's disease, Parkins... by Dang Wei, Anna Freydenzon, Octave Guinebretiere, Karim Zaidi, Fen Yang, Weimin Ye, Niklas Hammar, Karin Modig, Naomi R. Wray, Maria Feychting, Nadine Hamieh, Bruno Ventelou, Beranger Lekens, Laurene Gantzer, Stanley Durrleman, Allan McRae, Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne, Fang Fang, Thomas Nedelec, Stanley Durrleman, Bruno Ventelou, Thomas Nedelec, Octave Guinebretiere, Karim Zaidi, Fang Fang, Dang Wei, Fen Yang, Allan McRae, Naomi Wray, Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne, Anna Freydenzon, Lydie Tran, Evans Cheruiyot

“…Findings: We included a total of 149,642 AD cases (mean age: 79.1–81.2 years), 252,696 PD cases (73.2–75.9 years), and 27,533 ALS cases (64.4–69.6 years). …”
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Ultrasound-guided ablation for T1N0M0 papillary thyroid carcinoma adjacent and non-adjacent danger triangle area: a retrospective comparative study by Jianchuan Yang, Lingpeng Tang, Yuhan Qiu, Yucheng Lin, Ting Hu, Xiaoying Lin, Songsong Wu

“…A total of 211 patients were enrolled in the study (mean age 43.25 ± 12.30 years, male-to-female ratio = 1:3). …”
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Effects of acupuncture at the Taichong (LIV3) and Hegu (LI4) points on functional connectivity with the retrosplenial cortex in patients with Alzheimer’s disease by Junkai Wang, Xinyue Bai, Xiaojun Chen, Shui Liu, Mengmeng Sun, Kuncheng Li, Yunsong Zheng, Zhiqun Wang

“…The aim of this study was to examine the effect of acupuncture on FC with the RSC in patients with AD.MethodsDemographic data, neuropsychological assessments, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data were collected from 14 AD patients and 14 normal controls (NCs) matched by age, sex, and educational level at baseline. After the baseline MRI scan, acupuncture stimulation on the Taichong (LIV3) and Hegu (LI4) points was performed for 3 min. …”
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Analysis of Nucleotide Alterations in the E6 Genomic Region of Human Papillomavirus Types 6 and 11 in Condyloma Acuminatum Samples from Brazil by Marina Carrara Dias, Bruna Stuqui, Paola Jocelan Scarin Provazzi, Cíntia Bittar, Natália Maria Candido, Renata Prandini Adum de Matos, Rodolfo Miglioli Badial, Caroline Measso do Bonfim, Patricia Pereira dos Santos Melli, Silvana Maria Quintana, José Antônio Cordeiro, Paula Rahal, Marilia de Freitas Calmon

“…None of the mutations found in the 32 analyzed samples resulted in amino acid changes. Patient age, local occurrence, and HIV infection did not show significant association with HPV infection. …”
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Morphological features of compensatory and reparative processes of the cecum in the long term of the experiment using polycaprolactone thread modified with L-arginine by O.M. Pronina, S.M. Bilash, I.V. Ksyonz, M.M. Kobeniak, A.V. Pirog-Zakaznikova, Ya.O. Oliinichenko, M.M. Koptev, S.V. Donchenko, B.S. Kononov, V.V. Oleksiienko

“…Colotomy was performed on 35 sexually mature outbred domestic rabbits (of different sexes) aged 8-10 months and weighing (2.6±0.2) kg. The experimental animals were divided into two groups: control and experimental. …”
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Women’s experiences of gender-based violence supports through an intersectional lens: a global scoping review by Amaya Perez-Brumer, Beverley M Essue, Cyndirela Chadambuka, Isabel Arruda-Caycho, Danielle Tocallino, Rebecca Balasa, Prossy Kiddu Namyalo, Carmina Ravanera, Sarah Kaplan

“…Objective To apply an intersectional lens to explore how the interconnected social identities of women across global settings impact access experiences for gender-based violence (GBV) supports.Design A scoping review.Data sources We systematically searched seven databases to identify studies published in English from the database inception to January 2023.Inclusion criteria We included peer-reviewed studies with a primary objective of examining the access experiences of populations who self-identify as women (aged 15 years or older) who have experienced GBV, have intersecting identities (ie, racialisation, poverty, etc) that can further contribute to marginalisation and utilised or sought support services.Methods Two reviewers independently completed title/abstract, full-text screening and data charting. …”
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Investigating the relationship between inflammatory cytokines and adolescent depression: a comparative analysis by Mengqi Liu, Mengqi Liu, Jie Tang, Jie Tang, Gaoyang Xu, Gaoyang Xu, Xu Chen, Xu Chen, Kun Fang, Fan He, Fan He, Yi Zheng, Yi Zheng

“…The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the diagnostic value of cytokines.ResultsSerum IL-4, IFN-γ, and TNF-α levels were significantly elevated in MDD group compared with healthy controls (p < 0.05). In MDD group, the age of first onset of depression in females was significantly younger than that in males (p < 0.05), and female serum TNF-α levels were significantly higher than those in males (p < 0.05). …”
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Integrin α8 is a useful cell surface marker of alveolar lipofibroblasts by Atsuki Fukada, Yasunori Enomoto, Ryo Horiguchi, Yoichiro Aoshima, Shiori Meguro, Hideya Kawasaki, Isao Kosugi, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Noriyuki Enomoto, Naoki Inui, Takafumi Suda, Toshihide Iwashita

“…The fluorescence intensity of LipidTOX in the ITGA8+ fibroblasts was highest in newborn compared to adult or aged lungs. The transcriptome profile of ITGA8+ fibroblasts in adult mouse lungs, evaluated through two independent single-cell RNA-seq datasets, consistently showed higher expression of Tcf21 and Plin2, which are canonical markers of lipofibroblasts. …”
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Factors and barriers to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine uptake for intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy in Ghana by Akua Kumi Yeboah, Patrick Ohemeng Gyaase, Richmond Bediako Nsiah, Regina Amoa-Tutu, Saida Abdul-Rahman Zakaria, Lynna Naa Adede Obeng, Frank Prempeh, Phenihas Kwadwo Opoku, Amos Andoono, Gilbert Elara Dagoe, Kwame Kusi Agyemang, Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami, Dominic Nyarko, Paul Kofi Awuah, Gifty Sefaah Owusu, Solomon Anum-Doku

“…Sociodemographic factors such as age, education, and parity showed no significant associations. …”
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