Non-useful Papanicolaou smears. Analysis of their causes in the first semester 2005 in Cienfuegos city, Cuba by Miryam Magalys González González del Pino, Teresita Sabatés Llerandi, Mayrim Hernández González

“…<strong><br />Method:</strong> a retrospective study which had the non-useful Papanicolaou smear of the 1st semester of the year 2005 as samples the following variable were analyzed; age, health area and cause. …”
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Serum NGAL to Clinically Distinguish Cholangiocarcinoma from Benign Biliary Tract Diseases by Kawin Leelawat, Siriluck Narong, Jerasak Wannaprasert, Surang Leelawat

“…This study was performed according to a prospective-specimen-collection, retrospective-blinded-evaluation (PRoBE) design. A total of 50 cholangiocarcinoma and 50 benign biliary tract disease cases were randomly selected from a cohort of consecutive cases of biliary tract diseases. …”
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Pediatric Hand Trauma: An Analysis of 3,432 Pediatric Hand Trauma Cases Over 15 Years by Ki Pyo Sung, Soo Hyang Lee

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective medical record review of 3,432 children (2,265 boys, 1,167 girls, under 18 years of age) with hand injuries from January 2005 to December 2019. …”
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Biochemical Features of Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease in Native Versus Non-Native Canadians by GY Minuk, W Thompson

“…The results of this retrospective review revealed that serum alkaline phosphatase levels were markedly elevated (at least three tunes the upper limit of normal) in six of 37 (16%) native Canadians as compared to three of 40 (7.5%) non-native Canadians (PÃ0.05). …”
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Neurological ct Scan Value for Ictus in Cienfuegos Province by Idaylí Pérez Rodríguez, Dianarelys Villafuerte Delgado, Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Adelaida Martínez Godoy, José Roque Nodal

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> A retrospective, prospective, longitudinal study of a series of cases performed during a review of statistical reports as well as that of Stroke data base which stores information of patients with neurocitus in our province, and which is based on others aspects founds by means of neurological CT scan. …”
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Examining Demographic and Clinical Traits in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Patients: Insights into Vitamin D Levels and Connections with Nevus Anemicus and Neurofibromas by Vahid Ahmadi, Nazli Karimi, Arsoy S. Evans, Ayşen Karaduman

“…Aim: This article aims to examine the demographic and clinical traits of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) patients, particularly focusing on the potential links between vitamin D levels, BMI, and dermatological features. Methods: A retrospective review of medical records involving 128 patients diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) over a 3-year-period was conducted. …”
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The Cognitive Footprint of Medication Use by Marta Suárez Pinilla, Charlotte R. Stoner, Martin Knapp, Parashkev Nachev, Martin Rossor

“…Methods Bayesian multivariable regression analysis of retrospective population‐based cross‐sectional cohorts. …”
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Methotrexate Hepatotoxicity in Psoriatics: Report of 104 Patients from Nova Scotia, with Analysis of Risks from Obesity, Diabetes and Alcohol Consumption During Long Term Follow-Up by DA Malatjalian, JB Ross, CN Williams, SJ Colwell, BJ Eastwood

“…BACKGROUND AND DESIGN: Methotrexate (MTX) hepatotoxicity in psoriatic patients is well recognized, but there are discrepancies in the reported incidence and associated risk factors. This retrospective study describes 104 Nova Scotian patients with psoriasis seen between 1979 and 1990. …”
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The scientific production’s bibliometric analysis of the Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology Provincial Center by Joliette Rodríguez Peña, Leticia Castro Morejón, Felipe Piloto Mendoza

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive, retrospective study of the health professionals’ scientific production was carried out in the Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology Provincial Center publications database.…”
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Deceptive Adherence to Anticoagulation in Secondary Stroke Prevention by Riina Vibo, Juhan-Mats Kuningas, Prinno Tsakuhhin, Janika Kõrv

“…We aimed to assess OAC treatment adherence in secondary stroke prevention and to find predictors of adherence using individualized patient data. Methods. This retrospective cohort study included patients with a discharge diagnosis of ischemic stroke and AF from Tartu University Hospital from 2017 to 2018. …”
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Cognitive Driven Multilayer Self-Paced Learning with Misclassified Samples by Qi Zhu, Ning Yuan, Donghai Guan

“…In this study, we proposed a cognitive driven SPL method, i.e., retrospective robust self-paced learning (R2SPL), which is inspired by the following two issues in human learning process: the misclassified samples are more impressive in upcoming learning, and the model of the follow-up learning process based on large number of samples can be used to reduce the risk of poor generalization in initial learning phase. …”
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Optimal Timing of Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage in High-Risk Acute Cholecystitis Patients and Its Impact on Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy by Sakarie Mustafe Hidg, Hannan Samatar

“… Aim To compare the effect of the timing of Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage PTGBD intervention on the difficulty of elective Laparoscopic cholecystectomy LC in high-risk patients with acute cholecystitis.Methods A retrospective analysis was used to collect data from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University. …”
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Historical Chinese Microdata. 40 Years of Dataset Construction by the Lee-Campbell Research Group by Cameron D. Campbell, James Z. Lee

“…This article is a retrospective on the construction of these datasets and a summary of their findings. …”
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Association of fracture type with enophthalmos and intraorbital volume correction in orbital fractures: A computed tomographic study by Anantanarayanan Parameswaran, Elavenil Panneerselvam, Bipasha Mukherjee

“…Methods: The investigation was a retrospective cohort study involving CT data of all patients who underwent delayed primary or secondary surgery for orbital/zygomatico-orbital trauma between 2019 and 2021. …”
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Evaluation of the Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Rates of Oral Antidiabetic Prescribing in Accordance with Guidelines and Manufacturer Recommendations in Type 2 Diabetic... by Ning Wu, Xia Yu, Mallik Greene, Gary Oderda

“…This retrospective study assessed the prevalence of moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) among nursing home (NH) residents with type 2 diabetes. …”
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Adverse Effects of Proton Pump Inhibitors on Platelet Count: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Subhajit Mukherjee, Tanima Jana, Jen-Jung Pan

“…Thrombocytopenia attributed to use of PPIs has been described in a few case reports and a retrospective study. In this case report, we describe a case of PPI-induced thrombocytopenia. …”
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Total Endoscopic Thyroidectomy with Intraoperative Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring by Bin Lv, Bin Zhang, Qing-Dong Zeng

“…Materials and Methods. This retrospective study included 280 patients who underwent endoscopic thyroidectomy with or without LNM. …”
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Prevalence of caries and social classes in a group of children under 6 years old in southern Chile by Gloria Analia González Nieto

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> retrospective study on children admitted for dental treatment during 2018 at the San Sebastián University Health Center. …”
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The Duration of Breastfeeding and Its Association with Metabolic Syndrome among Obese Children by Renata Yakubov, Erez Nadir, Roni Stein, Adi Klein-Kremer

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate whether duration of breastfeeding is associated with a lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome in obese children. Methods. A retrospective analysis of obese children aged 3 to 18 years followed at a pediatric outpatient clinic at a single center between the years 2008 and 2012. …”
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Pre-trained convolutional neural network with transfer learning by artificial illustrated images classify power Doppler ultrasound images of rheumatoid arthritis joints by Jun Fukae, Yoshiharu Amasaki, Yuichiro Fujieda, Yuki Sone, Ken Katagishi, Tatsunori Horie, Tamotsu Kamishima, Tatsuya Atsumi

“…Objective To study the classification performance of a pre-trained convolutional neural network (CNN) with transfer learning by artificial joint ultrasonography images in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods This retrospective study focused on abnormal synovial vascularity and created 870 artificial joint ultrasound images based on the European League Against Rheumatism/Outcome Measure in Rheumatology scoring system. …”
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