Impact of First- and Second-Generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors on the Development of Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Individuals with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A Retrospective Analysis on Behalf of the Polish Adult Leukemia Group by Ugo Giordano, Agnieszka Piekarska, Witold Prejzner, Lidia Gil, Jan Maciej Zaucha, Joanna Kujawska, Zuzanna Dybko, Krzysztof Dudek, Sebastian Giebel, Jarosław Dybko

“…<b>Methods</b>: In our retrospective analysis, we included 240 patients treated between 1993 and 2013 and divided them into three groups according to the therapy administered prior to haploidentical, matched-related, or matched-unrelated donor allo-HCT (imatinib group <i>n</i> = 41, dasatinib/nilotinib group <i>n</i> = 28, TKI-naïve group <i>n</i> = 171). …”
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Comparison of survival outcomes and anatomically specific severe injuries following traffic accidents among occupants of standard and K-car vehicles: A retrospective cohort study at a teaching hospital in Japan. by Yuko Ono, Tasuku Uzawa, Jun Sugiyama, Nozomi Tomita, Takeyasu Kakamu, Tokiya Ishida, Joji Kotani, Kazuaki Shinohara

“…However, data are scarce regarding whether K-car vehicles are related to poorer survival outcomes and severe trauma. We conducted a retrospective cohort study involving patients who were injured in four-wheeled vehicle accidents between 2002 and 2023 and admitted to a community teaching hospital in Japan. …”
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A Retrospective Study Comparing Nose, Lip, and Chin Morphology in Class I, Class II, and Class III Skeletal Relationships in Patients Visiting to the Department of Orthodontics, BPKIHS: A Cephalometric Study by Avinash Chaudhary, Jamal Giri, Rajesh Gyawali, Prabhat Ranjan Pokharel

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Prediction of mortality and prioritisation to tertiary care using the 'OUR-ARCad' risk score gleaned from the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic-A retrospective cohort study from South India. by Narendran Gopalan, Vinod Kumar Viswanathan, Vignes Anand Srinivasalu, Saranya Arumugam, Adhin Bhaskar, Tamizhselvan Manoharan, Santosh Kishor Chandrasekar, Divya Bujagaruban, Ramya Arumugham, Gopi Jagadeeswaran, Saravanan Madurai Pandian, Arunalatha Ponniah, Thirumaran Senguttuvan, Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan, Baskaran Dhanraj, Vineet Kumar Chadha, Balaji Purushotham, Manoj Vasanth Murhekar

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Development and validation of an integrated model for the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis with portal vein thrombosis combined with endoscopic characters and blood biochemistry data: a retrospective propensity score matching (PSM) cohort study by Jie Yang, Xu Zhang, Jia Chen, Xianghong Hou, Minghong Shi, Longlong Yin, Longchun Hua, Cheng Wang, Xiaolong Han, Shuyan Zhao, Guolan Kang, Ping Mai, Rui Jiang, Hongwei Tian

“…This study aimed to identify risk factors and establish a predictive model for diagnosis of venous thrombosis clinical by routine blood tests and endoscopic characteristics.Methods Patients from Gansu Provincial Hospital from October 2019 to December 2023 were enrolled. The retrospective modelling cohort was screened by propensity score matching (PSM) at a 1:1 ratio from the baseline characteristics before endoscopic diagnosis. …”
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Author Correction: Use of a Launderable Bed Barrier and Antibiotic Stewardship to Decrease Hospital Onset *Clostridioides difficile* Infections in an Acute Care Hospital: A Retrospective Pre/Post Case Study by Edmond A. Hooker, Peter J. Mallow, Christine McKinney, Martin L. Gnoni, Francisco Fernandez Gonzales

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Prevalence of anaemia and its associated factors among HIV-infected adults at the time of ART initiation at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective cross-sectional study by Agazhe Aemro, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Mulugeta Wassie, Basazinew Chekol

“…Objective The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of anaemia and its associated factors at the time of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation among HIV-infected adults at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital.Methods An institution-based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among 473 patients’ charts enrolled from 2014 to 2018 at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. …”
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Comparison of robotic-assisted and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy based on the PADUA score and the predictive value of the PADUA score and the Mayo Adhesive Probability score for postoperative complications: a single-center retrospective study by Shuo Liu, Bowen Zhang, Bowen Weng, Xiangqiang Liu, Sichuan Hou

“…Trial registration number and date of registration Retrospectively registered.…”
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Outcomes of Abrupt Switch to Bevacizumab of Patients Undergoing Aflibercept Intravitreal Injections for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Tertiary Center in Lombardy, Italy: A Real-Life Retrospective Analysis by Alessandro Randazzo, Raffaele Raimondi, Giovanni Fossati, Mary Romano, Tania Sorrentino, Carlo Castellani, Costanza Rossi, Giuseppe Cancian, Paolo Vinciguerra

“…To assess real-life anatomical and functional outcomes of switch to bevacizumab in patients undergoing aflibercept intravitreal injections for nAMD. Methods. Retrospective chart review of all patients diagnosed with nAMD and undergoing intravitreal injections of aflibercept who switched to bevacizumab after the resolution XI/1986 of Lombardy Region. …”
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Retrospective observational study of the association of peak blood glucose during the second 24 hours of admission with hospital-acquired complications in non-critical care admissions to a tertiary referral teaching hospital by Andrew Georgiou, Getiye Dejenu Kibret, Barbara Depczynski, Sue Mei Lau

“…Less is known about the risk of poorer outcomes according to achieved glycaemia early in the admission.Research design/methods This was a retrospective observational study of patients admitted to non-critical care wards. …”
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Geography and age drive racial and ethnic disparities in hospital mortality for paediatric community-acquired pneumonia in the United States: a retrospective population based cohort study of hospitalized patientsResearch in context by Cody-Aaron L. Gathers, Nadir Yehya, Anireddy Reddy, Paula M. Magee, Vanessa C. Denny, Michelle R. Mayeda, Amanda O’Halloran, Sanjiv D. Mehta, Stephanie Wanamaker, Jessica C. Fowler, Garrett Keim

“…Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of children age < 18 years with community-acquired pneumonia hospitalized between 2016 and 2021 in the Public Health Information System (PHIS) database. …”
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Activities of daily living after surgery among older patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary-pancreatic cancers: a retrospective observational study using nationwide health services utilisation data from Japan by Ayako Okuyama, Takahiro Higashi, Hisashi Kosaka, Asao Ogawa, Masaki Kaibori

“…This study aimed to evaluate activities of daily living (ADLs) after oncological surgery in patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary-pancreatic cancers by age groups in Japan.Design Retrospective observational study using health services utilisation data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016.Setting Data for patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary-pancreatic cancers diagnosed in 2015 from 431 hospitals nationwide in Japan.Participants Patients who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and laparoscopic or open surgery were included.Outcome measures The proportion of ADL decline at discharge, death and unexpected readmission within 6 weeks postsurgery was calculated by age groups (40–74, 75–79 and ≥80 years).Results Data for 68 032 patients were analysed. …”
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Can the adherence to quality of care indicators for early rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice reduce risk of hospitalisation? Retrospective cohort study based on the Record Linkage of Rheumatic Disease study of the Italian Society for Rheumatology by Carlo Alberto Scirè, Antonella Zambon, Greta Carrara, Anna Zanetti, Lisa Argnani

“…Objective To describe the adherence to quality of care indicators in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to evaluate its impact on the risk of hospitalisation in a real-world setting.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting Patients with early-onset RA identified from healthcare regional administrative databases by means of a validated algorithm between 2006 and 2012 in the Lombardy region (Italy).Participants The study cohort included 14 203 early-onset RA (71% female, mean age 60 years).Outcome measures For each patient, a summary adherence score was calculated starting from the compliance to six quality indicators: (1–2) methotrexate or sulfasalazine or leflunomide with/without glucocorticoids, (3–4) other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) with/without glucocorticoids, (5) early interruption of glucocorticoids, (6) early clinical assessment.The relationship between low, intermediate and high categories of the summary score and the 12-month risk of hospitalisation for all causes and for RA was assessed.Results During a follow-up of 1 year, 2609 hospitalisations occurred, of which 704 were for RA (main or secondary diagnosis) and 252 primarily for RA. …”
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Body mass index changes and predictors among adults living with HIV/AIDS who are on anti-retroviral therapy at Chiro General Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based retrospective cohort study by Sintayehu Amsalu, Tara Wilfong, Sewmehon Amsalu, Abdu Oumer, Berhe Gebremichael

“…Methods A Facility-based retrospective cohort study was implemented among 1049 randomly selected charts of adults living with HIV/AIDS. …”
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Nicolet Cl., Ilbert R., Depaule J.-Ch. (éds), Mégapoles méditerranéennes. Géographie urbaine rétrospective, Ecole française de Rome-MMSH-Maisonneuve, Rome-Aix-en-Provence-Paris, 2000. by Jean Samuel Bordreuil

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Assessing the feasibility of using publicly available data sources to identify healthcare data discrepancies and enhance service delivery: a retrospective cross-sectional study of four low human index scoring countries by Sheila Leatherman, Matthew Neilson, Alix Boisson-Walsh, Jack Lewis

“…We based the selection of metrics on the quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings framework domains and the Donabedian model. Criteria for our retrospective cross-sectional study included a LHDIS and recent availability of both DHS and SPA data for data relevance.Results The approach was feasible, with relevant indicators distributed across various QoC categories. …”
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Association of the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in critical ill acute ischemic stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study of MIMIC-IV database 3.0 by Yongwei Huang, Zongping Li, Jianjun Wang, Jianjun Wang, Decai Wang, Decai Wang, Xiaoshuang Yin

“…In the subgroup analysis of 365-day ACM, subgroups of HTN, CRRT, and malignancy tumor had an interaction effect (all Pfor interaction &lt; 0.05).ConclusionIn this retrospective cohort study, our findings reveal that a confluence of deteriorated nutritional and renal function is significantly linked to heightened risks of ACM, and BAR may operate as an effective predictive indicator for AIS patients in ICUs. …”
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Correction: Risk factors indicating immune-related adverse events with combination chemotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors and platinum agents in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a multicenter retrospective study by Airi Fujimoto, Yoshimichi Koutake, Daisuke Hisamatsu, Noriko Ookubo, Yurika Yabuuchi, Go Kamimura, Tatsuo Kai, Aki Kozono, Takahiro Ootsu, Hiroto Suzuki, Keisuke Matsuo, Kimiko Kuwahara, Yoshita Oiwane, Yuko Nagata, Kenya Tanimoto, Eri Sato, Mei Suenaga, Tomohiro Uehara, Akira Ikari, Satoshi Endo, Yoichi Hiraki, Yosei Kawamata

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Determining whether ethnic minorities with severe obesity face a disproportionate risk of serious disease and death from COVID-19: outcomes from a Southern California-based retrospective cohort study by Qiaowu Li, Hemesh Mahesh Patel, Shefali Khandwala, Poonam Somani, Stephanie Tovar, Alejandra Montano

“…We aim to determine if ethnic minorities with severe obesity—defined as a body mass index (BMI) above 40 kg/m²—experience higher rates of hospitalisation, invasive ventilation and death.Design and setting Retrospective cohort study from 1 March 2020 to 28 February 2021 within an integrated healthcare organisation in Southern California.Participants We identified 373 831 patients by COVID-19 diagnosis code or positive laboratory test.Methods Multivariable Poisson regression with robust error variance estimated adjusted risks of hospitalisation, invasive ventilator use and death within 30 days. …”
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You cannot be what you cannot see: a retrospective natural longitudinal cohort study exploring the impact of face-to-face rural immersion on student medical training satisfaction and intention to practice rurally by Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Matthew R McGrail, Bushra F Nasir, Alan Bruce Chater

“…This study aimed to explore the impact of online learning on medical students’ satisfaction levels and intentions to practice in a rural area after graduation.Design, setting and participants We conducted a natural quasi-experimental longitudinal retrospective cross-sectional study during 2011–2022 for all Australian domestic medical students who undertook a Rural and Remote Medicine (RRM) placement at the University of Queensland. …”
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