The Knee-SCHOOL: a brief patient-centered multidisciplinary educational program for knee osteoarthritis by Denise Vianna Machado Ayres, Sabrina Saemy Tome Uchiyama, Andréa Oliveira Prates, Rosana Aparecida Freitas Lopes, Antenor Bispo Santos Silva, Denise Rodrigues Tsukimoto, Rosimeire Alves Amorim, Taynah Souza Ribeiro, Artur Cesar Aquino Santos, André Tadeu Sugawara, André Tadeu Sugawara, Marcos Montagnini, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Marta Imamura, Marta Imamura

“…Study measures included demographic data (age, sex, and educational level), pain duration (years), pain intensity (visual analogue scale), affected knee (right, left, or both knees), comorbidities (presence of hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia), Body Mass Index (BMI), Bristol Stool Scale, Adapted Healthy Eating Index (AHEI), bioelectrical impedance, daytime sleepiness, and the impact of the KOA on pain, symptoms, activities of daily living, recreation, and quality of life. …”
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Prevalence of abnormal bone mineral density and its influencing factors among adult residents in Jiangsu province: a cross-sectional survey by Weihao WANG, Huijing HE, Yaoda HU, Xingming CHEN, Tan XU, Ji TU, Ang LI, Binbin LIN, Qihang LIU, Zhiming LU, Tianshu XI, Haibo HUANG, Da XU, Zhili CHEN, Zichao WANG, Guangliang SHAN

“…Multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that age ≥ 60 years and history of fragility fracture were risk factors for abnormal BMD in male adults, whereas education of college degree or higher was a protective factor. Age ≥ 60 years, hypertension, and menopause were risk factors for abnormal BMD in female adults, whereas high school education and moderate physical work were protective factors. …”
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Maternal prepregnancy overweight/obesity increase the risk of low Apgar scores in twins: a population-based cohort study in China by Zhoushan Feng, Zhoushan Feng, Xiaohong Wu, Xiaomei Tong, Zheng He, Chunxia Yang, Wei Shen, Yueqin Ding, Jin Liu, Qiong Meng, Aiqin Zhang, Hong Jiang, Wenkang Yan, Jianwu Qiu, Xian Wei, Yayu Zhang, Xiaobo Lin, Lijun Liu, Ya Jin, Youfen Wei, Xiufang Yang, Yitong Wang, Yangfan Cai, Xinzhu Lin, Qiliang Cui

“…Compared to normal prepregnancy weight, prepregnancy overweight/obesity significantly increased the risk of gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes in mothers [adjusted OR (95% CI): 1.85 (1.55–2.21) and 1.49 (1.27–1.74), respectively]. …”
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Effects of non-pharmacological interventions on depressive and anxiety symptoms in pregnant women: a systematic review and network meta-analysisResearch in context by Guowei Zeng, Jianfeng Niu, Ke Zhu, Fei Li, Liwen Li, Kaiming Gao, Yanlong Zhuang, Boyang Zhang, Xiaoqiang Han, Gang Ye, Zhikun Gao, Haobai Li

“…The outcomes were assessed in two groups of participants: a high-risk pregnancy group, including pregnant women with depressive and/or anxiety symptoms and high-risk pregnancies (defined as having a history of miscarriage, pregnancy complications such as gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, or preeclampsia, and advanced maternal age (i.e., over 35 years old); and a healthy group, including participants who exhibited depressive and/or anxiety symptoms only during pregnancy and did not have other high-risk pregnancy conditions or underlying health issues. …”
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Risk factors analysis and modeling prediction of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in asymptomatic young adults (青年无症状体检人群非酒精性脂肪肝危险因素分析及建模预测)... by LIU Xiaoliu (刘晓柳), GAO Yunfei (高芸飞), WANG Haibo (王海波), WANG Hui (王慧), HUANG Lijuan (黄丽娟), ZHANG Lijun (张丽君)

“…Results The proportion of male, smoking and hypertension in the NAFLD group was significantly higher than that in the Healthy group; The mean values of BMI and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol in the NAFLD group were significantly higher than those in the Healthy group; The median values of triglyceride, total cholesterol, uric acid, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and glycosylated hemoglobin in the NAFLD group were higher than those in the Healthy group, with significant difference(P＜0. 05). …”
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Aetiology of chronic liver disease is a valuable factor for stratifying adverse outcomes of acute decompensation: prospective observational study by Jung Hee Kim, Sung-Eun Kim, Do Seon Song, Hee Yeon Kim, Eileen L. Yoon, Ji Won Park, Tae Hyung Kim, Young-Kul Jung, Ki Tae Suk, Hyung Joon Yim, Jung Hyun Kwon, Sung Won Lee, Seong Hee Kang, Moon Young Kim, Soung Won Jeong, Jae-Young Jang, Jeong Ju Yoo, Sang Gyune Kim, Young-Joo Jin, Gab Jin Cheon, Byung Seok Kim, Yeon Seok Seo, Hyoungsu Kim, Dong Hyun Sinn, Woo Jin Chung, Hwi Young Kim, Han Ah Lee, Seung Woo Nam, In Hee Kim, Ji Hoon Kim, Hee Bok Chae, Joo Hyun Sohn, Ju Yeon Cho, Yoon Jun Kim, Jin Mo Yang, Jung Gil Park, Won Kim, Hyun Chin Cho, Dong Joon Kim

“…Background/Aims Acute decompensation (AD) is defined as the development of complications related to portal hypertension and liver dysfunction that affect the progression of chronic liver disease (CLD) or liver cirrhosis (LC). …”
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卒中恢复期患者心肺适能评估及中高强度有氧训练的可行性、安全性及有效性研究 Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy of Cardiopulmonary Fitness Assessment and Moderate to High Intensity Aerobic Training for Patients Recovering... by 谢丽娜1，朱杰2，李琴英3，刘承弘3，邓盼墨3，贾杰2，3，4 (XIE Li’na1, ZHU Jie2, LI Qinying3, LIU Chenghong3, DEN Panmo3, JIA Jie2,3,4 )

“…Among them, 13 cases (19.12%) did not complete the cardiopulmonary exercise testing, 5 cases (7.35%) experienced adverse reactions such as lower extremity pain, myocardial ischemia, hypertension, and arrhythmia during the evaluation, and 6 cases (8.82%) refused the follow-up trial. …”
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Lung function and onset of cardiometabolic diseases in the longitudinal Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study by Andre F S Amaral, Andrzej Pająk, Thorarinn Gislason, Syed Masud Ahmed, Rain Jogi, Abdul Rashid, Christine Jenkins, Fiona McLean, James Potts, Tobias Welte, Dali Wang, Eric Bateman, Wen Wang, Zafar Fatmi, Kevin Mortimer, Christer Janson, Nanshan Zhong, João Cardoso, Parvaiz A Koul, Rune Nielsen, Nazrul Islam, Graham Devereux, Andrei Malinovschi, Sanjay Juvekar, Talant Sooronbaev, Berik Emilov, Bertrand Mbatchou, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Padukudru Anand Mahesh, Kate Hardaker, EFM Wouters, Imed Harrabi, Amund Gulsvik, Sundeep Salvi, Muhammad Irfan, Bill Brashier, Inga Sif Ólafsdóttir, Zouhair Tabka, Peter G J Burney, Jaymini Patel, Filip Mejza, David M Mannino, Meriam Denguezli, Michael Studnicka, Althea Aquart-Stewart, Parvaiz Koul, Herve Lawin, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Olayemi Awopeju, Gregory E Erhabor, Louisa Gnatiuc, Ali Kocabas, Cristina Barbara, Hasan Hafizi, Anila Aliko, Donika Bardhi, Holta Tafa, Natasha Thanasi, Arian Mezini, Alma Teferici, Dafina Todri, Jolanda Nikolla, Rezarta Kazasi, Hamid Hacene Cherkaski, Amira Bengrait, Tabarek Haddad, Ibtissem Zgaoula, Maamar Ghit, Abdelhamid Roubhia, Soumaya Boudra, Feryal Atoui, Randa Yakoubi, Rachid Benali, Abdelghani Bencheikh, Nadia Ait-Khaled, Guy Marks, Tessa Bird, Paola Espinel, Brett Toelle, Torkil Dawes, Bernd Lamprecht, Lea Schirhofer, Akramul Islam, Shayla Islam, Qazi Shafayetul Islam, Mesbah Ul-Haque, Tridib Roy Chowdhury, Sukantha Kumar Chatterjee, Dulal Mia, Shyamal Chandra Das, Mizanur Rahman, Shahaz Uddin, Nurul Islam, Luiza Khatun, Monira Parvin, Abdul Awal Khan, Maidul Islam, Arsene Kpangon, Karl Kpossou, Gildas Agodokpessi, Paul Ayelo, Benjamin Fayomi, Atongno Humphrey Ashu, Wan C Tan, Shengming Liu, Jiachun Lu, Pixin Ran, Yumin Zhou, Hendrik Laja, Katrin Ulst, Vappu Zobel, Toomas-Julius Lill, Isabelle Bodemann, Henning Geldmacher, Bryndis Benedikdtsdottir, Kristin Jörundsdottir, Lovisa Gudmundsdottir, Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Mahesh Rao, Sajjad Malik, Nissar A Hakim, Umar Hafiz Khan, Rohini Chowgule, Vasant Shetye, Jonelle Raphael, Rosel Almeda, Mahesh Tawde, Rafiq Tadvi, Sunil Katkar, Milind Kadam, Rupesh Dhanawade, Umesh Ghurup, Siddhi Hirve, Somnath Sambhudas, Bharat Chaidhary, Meera Tambe, Savita Pingale, Arati Umap, Archana Umap, Nitin Shelar, Sampada Devchakke, Sharda Chaudhary, Suvarna Bondre, Savita Walke, Ashleshsa Gawhane, Anil Sapkal, Rupali Argade, Vijay Gaikwad, Jyoti Londhe, Sapna Madas, Akosua Francia Aikman, Meerim Akmatalieva, Saadat Usenbaeva, Jypara Kydyrova, Eliza Bostonova, Ulan Sheraliev, Nuridin Marajapov, Nurgul Toktogulova, Toktogul Azilova, Gulnara Beishekeeva, Nasyikat Dononbaeva, Aijamal Tabyshova, Wezzie Nyapigoti, Ernest Mwangoka, Mayamiko Kambwili, Martha Chipeta, Gloria Banda, Suzgo Mkandawire, Justice Banda, Li-Cher Loh, Siti Sholehah, Mohamed C Benjelloun, Chakib Nejjari, Mohamed Elbiaze, Karima El Rhazi, Daniel Obaseki, Gregory Erhabor, Olufemi Adewole, Tina Endresen, Lene Svendsen, Asaad A Nafees, Aysha Zahidie, Natasha Shaukat, Meesha Iqbal, Luisito F Idolor, Norberto A Francisco, Camilo C Roa, Fernando G Ayuyao, Cecil Z Tady, Daniel T Tan, Sylvia Banal-Yang, Vincent M Balanag, Renato B Dantes, Lourdes Amarillo, Lakan U Berratio, Lenora C Fernandez, Gerard S Garcia, Teresita S de Guia, Thessa Reyes, Leander P Simpao, Jakub Frey, Rafal Harat, Pawel Nastalek, Wojciech Skucha, Andrzej Szczeklik, Magda Twardowska, Fátima Rodrigues, Hermínia Dias, João Almeida, Maria João Matos, Paula Simão, Moutinho Santos, Reis Ferreira, H Alorainy, E El-Hamad, A Hashi, R Dela, R Fanuncio, E Doloriel, I Marciano, Anamika Jithoo, Desiree Adams, Edward Barnes, Jasper Freeman, Anton Hayes, Sipho Hlengwa, Christine Johannisen, Mariana Koopman, Innocentia Louw, Ina Ludick, Alta Olckers, Johanna Ryck, Janita Storbeck, Kirthi Gunasekera, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Asma Elsony, Hana A Elsadig, Nada Bakery Osman, Bandar Salah Noory, Monjda Awad Mohamed, Suhaiba Khalifa, Mahmoud Elhadi, Mohand Hassan, Dalia Abdelmonam, Katarina Nisser, Gunilla Hägg, Terence Seemungal, Fallon Lutchmansingh, Liane Conyette, Myriam Denguezli, Hager Daldoul, Zaki Boukheroufa, Firas Chouikha, Wahbi Belhaj Khalifa, Attila Hancioglu, Ismail Hanta, Sedat Kuleci, Ahmet Sinan Turkyilmaz, Sema Umut, Turgay Unalan, Peter GJ Burney, Hadia Azar, Caron Amor, Michael Tumilty, Risha Dudhaiya, A Sonia Buist, Mary Ann McBurnie, William M Vollmer, Suzanne Gillespie, Sean Sullivan, Todd A Lee, Kevin B Weiss, Robert L Jensen, Robert Crapo, Paul Enright, John Cain, Rebecca Copeland, Dana Hazen, Jennifer Methvin, Rana Ahmed, Ewa Niżankowska-mogilnicka, Sullian S Naval, Jin-Ping Zheng, Gunnar Gudmundsson, Ben Knox-Brown, Dhiraj Agarwal, M Al Hajjaj, L Safia, Namarig Mohamed Elhassan, Marwa Mohamed Mohamaden, Sanjay K Juvekar, Stefanni Nonna M Paraguas, Anders Ørskov Rotevatn, Alexandra SchwedaLinow, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Bermet M. Estebesova, GJ Wesseling, MariaTeresita N Reyes, Flordeliza Sanchez, MAl Ghobain, Hasab Alrasoul Akasha Ahmed Osman, Abdel Mu’is El Zain, Ulrike SpetzNystrom, GunMarie Lund

“…Participants who reported having doctor-diagnosed hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and stroke at follow-up but not at baseline were considered new cases of these diseases. …”
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Hokuriku-plus familial hypercholesterolaemia registry study: rationale and study design by Hiroshi Matsumoto, Akihiro Nomura, Hayato Tada, Hirofumi Okada, Atsushi Nohara, Masa-aki Kawashiri, Koji Maeno, Manabu Fujimoto, Shohei Yoshida, Masaya Shimojima, Toyonobu Tsuda, Mika Mori, Shin-ichiro Takashima, Takeshi Kato, Soichiro Usui, Kenji Sakata, Kenshi Hayashi, Noboru Fujino, Akihiro Inazu, Shizuko Takahara, Yasuhito Imai, Takao Matsubara, Kenji Miwa, Masanobu Namura, Hidenobu Terai, Taiji Yoshida, Tsutomu Araki, Masahiro Minamoto, Toru Aburao, Yuji Ito, Chiaki Nakanishi, Suguru Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Todo, Junji Koizumi, Yoshihito Kita, Hiroaki Shintaku, Akihiko Hodatsu, Hidekazu Ino, Toshinori Higashikata, Mutsuko Takata, Katsushi Misawa, Masato Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Noji, Kazuo Osato, Tomohito Mabuchi, Taro Ichise, Bunji Kaku, Shoji Katsuda, Katsuharu Uchiyama, Kensuke Fujioka, Takuya Nakahashi, Tsuyoshi Nozue, Ichiro Michishita, Kazuo Usuda, Kanichi Otowa, Kazuyasu Okeie, Satoshi Hirota, Isao Aburadani, Keisuke Kurokawa, Osamu Takatori, Shunichiro Hondo, Hiroyuki Oda, Shigeo Takata, Hisayoshi Murai, Masaki Kinoshita, Hideo Nagai, Yoshiteru Sekiguchi, Satoru Sakagami, Wataru Omi, Chikara Fujita, Tatsuo Katsuki, Hiroshi Ootsuji, Atsushi Igarashi, Manabu Nakano, Seiichiro Okura, Yasuhito Mitamura, Naoki Sugimoto, Masakazu Yamamoto, Hironobu Akao, Kouji Kajinami, Masayuki Takamura

“…The secondary endpoints are as follows: LDL cholesterol, secondary ASCVD events and the occurrence of other diseases including hypertension, diabetes and malignancies.Ethics and dissemination This study is being conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki, the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects, and all other applicable laws and guidelines in Japan. …”
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Cohort profile: the BangladEsh Longitudinal Investigation of Emerging Vascular and nonvascular Events (BELIEVE) cohort study by Anisur Rahman, Stephen Sutton, Mahbubur Rahman, Jason Crawte, Tahmeed Ahmed, Md Saimul Islam, Aliya Naheed, Adam S Butterworth, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Matthew Walker, John Danesh, Angela Wood, Sarah Hawkes, Sadika Akhter, Catherine Perry, Aytalina Azarova, Ruchira T Naved, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Nusrat Khan, Rajiv Chowdhury, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Nusrat Jahan, Stephen Kaptoge, Md Zahidul Islam, Kaniz Fatema, Kim Robin van Daalen, Shammi Luhar, Roderic L Jones, Abbas Bhuiya, Md Khalequzzaman, Syed Shariful Islam, Henry Taylor, Shamima Akter, Simon Griffin, Khairul Islam, Salma Akter, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Abdul Malik, Rubhana Raqib, Animesh Talukder, Richard Houghton, Tahmina Shirin, Lawrence King, Kamrun Nahar, Samantha Farrow, Giulia Loffreda, Samsad Rabbani Khan, Valerie Rhenius, Nahida Akter, Md Mostafa Monower, Sabina Akter, Mantaka Rahman, Lisa Pennells, Maria L C Iurilli, Md Taslim Uddin Miah, Khan Mohammad Thouhidur Rahman, Sharraf Samin, Kazi Nazmus Saqeeb, Ishrat Tasmin, Eleanor Farrow, Ank Michielsen, Sarah Spackman, Charlotte van Coeverden, James Ajioka, Khondker Abdul Abdul Awal, Evangelia Chatzidiakou, Jörg Feldmann, Richard Fenner, Tuhin Haque, Sirajul Islam, Kamrul Hasan Khan, Fazila-Tun-Nesa Malik, Olalekan Popoola, Nicholas Mascie Taylor, Md Alfazal Khan, Israt Akter, Laboni Akter, Shoriful Islam, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Monalisa Moni, A H M Rezwan, K M Thouhidur Rahman, Monjeline Sultana, Jesmin Akhter, Ayasha Akter, Bakul Akter, Jharna Akter, Jesmin Akter, Juba Akter, Khadiza Akter, Khadija Akter, Lipi Akter, Maksuda Akter, Mousumi Akter, Mst Lovely Akter, Nasima Akter, Samima Akter, Sema Akter, Shahida Akter, Shahnaj Akter, Taslima Akter, A T M Zorjis Alam, Mahmuda Atique, Lutfa Begum, Mst Nazma Begum, Farjana Choudhury, Mitali Paul Chowdhury, Robin Reza Chowdhury, Mukul Rani Debnath, Nahid Ferdash, Naima Ferdous, Md Rakib Al Hasan, Khandaker Hashanuzzaman, Shamima Haq, Md Riazul Haque, Alamgir Hossain, Md Ibrahim, Shahi Israt Jahan, Israt Jahan Jarin, Zohora Pradhan Jonaki, Asik Kabir, Tonema Kader, Md Mostafa Kamal, Sayed Kamruzzaman, Sadik Fatima Kanon, Nazmul Karim, Shamsul Karim, Tanuja Khanom, Shamim Ara Khatun, Badrun Nahar Lorin, Mst Sirajum Manira, Farhana Jahan Mary, Kazi Dilruba Mita, Lipi Mitra, Basudeb Mollik, Sudipta Nargis, Nusrat Alam Nawmee, Esrat Zahan Nesa, Mahmuda Akter Nipa, Mehenaz Parvin, Sanjida Parvin, Shahnaj Parvin, Suraiya Parvin, Nayan Rabidash, Rulia Rahman, Madhabi Rani, Shahjalal Sarker, Smriti Sarker, Razia Sultana Shathi, Fatema Shelly, Ireen Sultana, Rovaiya Sultana, Israt Jahan Sumi, Sharmin Tamanna, Khadija Akter Topy, Umme Habiba Urmee, Suraya Yesmin, Julianne Halley, Charlotte van Coeverden, Mahmuda Akther Akhi, Asia Akter, Labony Akter, Ms Mili Akter, Mst Shamima Akter, Setu Akter, Tahmina Akter, Md Sabdar Ali, Mst Jesmin Ara, Edyta Bujnik, Apu Chandra Das, Many Das, Nurjahan Fatema, Md Riyad Hasan, Soniya Jannat, Mst Amena Khatun, Most Nurnahar Khatun, William Mossman, Robyn Murdoch, Zannaton Naeem, Evrikleia Ntasi, Silvia Alonso Rodriguez, Tripty Roy, Most Abida Sultana, Laryssa Amado, Tanya Braune, Eilidh Cowan, Steve Ellis, Ellie Farrow, Hannah Lombardi, Niko Ovenden, Tamara Sabri, Md Khalid Sultan, Jim Ajioka, Khondker Abdul Awal, Arul Baradi, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Camilla Faidutti, Joerg Feldmann, Louise Hair, Sharifuddin Hasnat, Shahid Akhter Hossain, Md Mominul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Joe Lavallée, Fazila Tun-Nesa Malik, Nick Mascie-Taylor, Md Sirajul Islam, Laurie Savage, Sara Shazad, Lalitha Sundaram, Aloka Tulukdar, Kim Van Daalen, Tanvir Chowdhury, Nurul Huda, Samia Naz Isha, Riaz Hossain Khan, Aliva Salmeen, Zeeba Zahra Sultana

“…Focusing only on the 65 822 adult participants aged 20–79 years at baseline, 15 411 (23%) reported being diagnosed with hypertension; 10 578 (16%) with type 2 diabetes and 7624 (12%) with hypercholesterolaemia. …”
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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…It is clear that although also young people can be severely infected by the virus, the mortality rate is higher among the elderly and often worsen by risk factors like hypertension and obesity. Looking at these evidences it is astonishing that the task force advising the Italian Government has not studied specific restrictive rules for age groups more at risk. …”

The Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence Registry and the Eighth Joint National Committee by Ernesto Ledesma Sánchez, Carlos Alberto Hernández Rodríguez, Alexander Miguel Martínez Pérez, Alberto Morales Salinas

“…One of them is the recommendation to raise the treatment goal in hypertensive patients over 60 years of age (with no history of diabetes or chronic kidney disease) to <150/90 mmHg. …”
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Acute Cardiac Failure in a Pregnant Woman due to Thyrotoxic Crisis by Nao Okuda, Mutsuo Onodera, Yumiko Tsunano, Emiko Nakataki, Jun Oto, Hideaki Imanaka, Masaji Nishimura

“…While hyperthyroidism can easily lead to hypertensive cardiac failure and may harm the fetus, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish hyperthyroidism from normal pregnancy. …”
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Laparoscopic Surgery for Pheochromocytoma in Hemodialysis Patients by Shuichi Tatarano, Akihiko Mitsuke, Takashi Sakaguchi, Ryosuke Matsushita, Satoru Inoguchi, Hirofumi Yoshino, Hiroaki Nishimura, Yasutoshi Yamada, Hideki Enokida

“…An increase in systolic blood pressure at CO2 insufflation was a predictor of the intraoperative hypertensive spike. The research in this manuscript is not registered. …”
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Estimated Visceral Adipose Tissue, but Not Body Mass Index, Is Associated with Reductions in Glomerular Filtration Rate Based on Cystatin C in the Early Stages of Chronic Kidney Di... by Ana Karina Teixeira da Cunha França, Alcione Miranda dos Santos, João Victor Salgado, Elane Viana Hortegal, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Natalino Salgado Filho

“…We investigated whether the visceral adipose tissue is more associated with reductions in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) than total and abdominal obesity in hypertensive individuals with stage 1-2 CKD. A cross-sectional study was implemented which involved 241 hypertensive patients undergoing treatment at a primary health care facility. …”
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Baird-Pattinson Aetiological Classification and Phases of Delay Contributing to Stillbirths in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital by Jacob Olumuyiwa Awoleke, Abiodun Idowu Adanikin

“…Based on Baird-Pattinson classification of the primary obstetric causes of stillbirth, adverse intrapartum events, hypertensive diseases, and unexplained intrapartum fetal deaths were topmost causes of stillbirths. …”
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Postpartum HELLP syndrome associated with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome by Rita Pinto Medeiros, Maria Ruão, Pedro Vita, Raquel Monte, Aníbal Marinho

“…Our patient developed multiple organ dysfunction (renal, hepatic, haemolysis and thrombocytopenia) postpartum associated with an arterial hypertensive profile. The patient experienced seizures along with the maintenance of an arterial hypertensive profile resistant to pharmacological therapy. …”
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Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in patients with peripheral arterial disease by Jana Petrkova, Jaroslava Szotkowska, Zuzana Hermanova, Jan Lukl, Martin Petrek

“…Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is elevated in patients with coronary artery disease and in hypertensive patients. This study therefore investigated MCP-1 in patients with PAD.…”
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Labour and Neonatal Outcome in Small for Gestational Age Babies Delivered Beyond 36+0 Weeks: A Retrospective Cohort Study by K. E. Boers, J. A. M. van der Post, Ben W. J. Mol, J. M. M. van Lith, S. A. Scherjon

“…We analysed two groups of pregnancies: (I) with isolated SGA and (II) with both SGA and hypertensive disorders. Onset of labour was related to route of delivery and neonatal outcome. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia Treatment. by Frank Carlos Alvarez Li, Carlos Zerquera Alvarez, Moisés Aramis Santos Peña, Pedro Nieto Prendes

“…This disease is part of a group of conditions known as hypertensive disease in pregnancy that have in common the existence of high blood pressure. …”
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