Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia: A Retrospective Claims Analysis of Complications, Resource Utilization, and Cost of Care by Eliza Kruger, Justin Nedzesky, Nina Thomas, Jeffrey D. Dunn, Andrew A. Grimm

“…**Objective:** This retrospective database analysis assessed the complications, resource utilization, and costs in a large cohort of patients with GSDIa. …”
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Prognostic value of HSP27 in 28-day mortality in septic ICU patients: a retrospective cohort study by Lihua Yao, Lihua Yao, Zaiwei Fan, Fangyi Yao, Xiaozhong Wang

“…BackgroundThis study aimed to investigate the association between serum heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) levels and 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis.MethodsThis retrospective study analyzed the clinical data of 76 septic patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Relationship between the ideal and reality in civil service: retrospective approach towards ethical problems in the interwar Lithuanian Republic by Jolanta Palidauskaitė

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Inpatient autopsy rate and associated factors in a Chinese megacity: a population-based retrospective cohort study by Yu Wang, Jiming Zhu, Zihan Wang, Dachun Zhao, Hange Li, Yanrong He, Xidong Guo, Hanbo Zhang, Huatang Zeng

“…Objectives This study investigated the autopsy rate of hospital deaths in Shenzhen megacity and identified factors that may impact the decision to perform an autopsy in hospital deaths.Design This is a population-based retrospective cohort study.Setting Shenzhen is a megacity in China with a population of more than 17 million and a total of 151 hospitals. …”
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Cancer incidence and the influence of immunosuppressive agents in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective cohort study by Soo-Kyung Cho, Jung-Yong Han, Yena Jeon, Seung-Hun You, Sun-Young Jung, Eun Jin Jang, Yoon-Kyoung Sung

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis utilizing data from the Korea Healthcare Bigdata Linked Platform, which integrated the National Central Cancer Registry and National Health Insurance Service databases covering the period 2008–2017. …”
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Analysis of the Effectiveness of Arytenoidectomy and Posterior Cordectomy with the Use of CFD Airflow Measurements in Patients with BVFP: A Retrospective Study by Marta Gamrot-Wrzoł, Magdalena Marków, Daniel Janecki, Bogusława Orecka, Krzysztof Warmuziński, Maciej Misiołek

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Therapeutic efficacy and prognostic indicators in re-resection for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: Insights from a retrospective study by Qi Fan, MM, Pengcheng Wei, MM, Delin Ma, MD, Qian Cheng, MD, Jie Gao, MD, Jiye Zhu, MD, Zhao Li, MD

“…Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of re-resection in recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (rHCC), identify prognostic factors, and provide clinical guidance. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 130 rHCC patients undergoing re-resection and 60 primary HCC patients undergoing initial hepatectomy at Peking University People's Hospital (2014–2022). …”
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Clinicopathological Features and Prognoses of Patients With Splenic Metastases From Breast Cancer: A Single-Centre, Retrospective Study by Xiaofeng Xie MD, Mingrui Ma MD, Xue Bai BS, Jing Hu MD, Haijie Zheng MD, Xiongqi Guo BS, Jiayi Huang MD, Xuelian Chen PhD, Liping Chen BS, Xiaofeng Lan BS, Lin Song BS, Caiwen Du PhD

“…As such, the present retrospective study explored the clinicopathological characteristics and prognoses of patients with SMBC at the breast care centre of the authors’ hospital. …”
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Retrospective analysis of 300 microbial cell-free DNA sequencing results in routine blood stream infection diagnostics by Claudio Neidhöfer, Claudio Neidhöfer, Niklas Klein, Niklas Klein, Aylin Yürüktümen, Tessa Hattenhauer, Rebekka Mispelbaum, Christian Bode, Tobias A. W. Holderried, Achim Hoerauf, Marijo Parčina

“…Noscendo GmbH (Duisburg, Germany) has developed the CE/IVD pipeline DISQVER for clinical metagenomics testing based on cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from blood samples to address this issue.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the diagnostic utility of this methodological setup in improving treatment decisions since it was introduced into our clinical setting. …”
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Efficacy and safety of immunotherapy in locally advanced or metastatic pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma: a multicenter retrospective study by Xiongwen Yang, Yi Xiao, Yubin Zhou, Hao Hu, Huiyin Deng, Jian Huang, Maoli Liang, Zihao Yuan, Longyan Dong, Shaohong Huang

“…Design: This was a multicenter retrospective study. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 252 patients with stage IIIB–IV pLELC treated across six centers. …”
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Association between surgery and increased survival in primary central nervous system lymphoma: a retrospective cohort study by Gangping Li, XinJiang Hou, Yuewen Fu, DongJie He, Di Zhang

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Ketogenic metabolic therapy for schizoaffective disorder: a retrospective case series of psychotic symptom remission and mood recovery by Nicole Laurent, Erin L. Bellamy, Katherine A. Tague, Donika Hristova, Ally Houston

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Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Retrospective Cohort of a Brazilian Reference Hospital in the Post-HAART Era of Universal Access by Aline Z. de Azambuja, Gustavo Wissmann Neto, Guilherme Watte, Luciana Antoniolli, Luciano Z. Goldani

“…Patients and Methods. A retrospective study was conducted in tertiary care hospital in southern Brazil. …”
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Mortality and readmission following hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study comparing conventional and fast-track care by Kristin Haugan, Lars G Johnsen, Trude Basso, Olav A Foss

“…Objective To compare the efficacies of two pathways—conventional and fast-track care—in patients with hip fracture.Design Retrospective single-centre study.Setting University hospital in middle Norway.Participants 1820 patients aged ≥65 years with hip fracture (intracapsular, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric).Interventions 788 patients were treated according to conventional care from April 2008 to September 2011, and 1032 patients were treated according to fast-track care from October 2011 to December 2013.Primary and secondary outcome Primary: mortality and readmission to hospital, within 365 days follow-up. …”
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Neoadjuvant everolimus in renal angiomyolipoma with or without tuberous sclerosis complex: Results from a multicenter, retrospective study by Ruopeng Su, Tingxuan Huang, Liangyou Gu, Yige Bao, Zhihong Liu, Pinghong Dao, Lin Yao, Xiaoyi Hu, Guanghou Fu, Jitao Wu, Thibault Tricard, Guangyu Wu, Minfeng Chen, Chancan Li, Zhiyang Huang, Bing Zheng, Yonghui Chen, Wei Xue, Gang Guo, Pei Dong, Jiwei Huang, Jin Zhang

“…After a median follow‐up of 24 months, only 1 TSC patient recurred with a diameter >3 cm. Retrospective nature is the major limitation of this study. …”
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Predictive value of gemstone spectral imaging for chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer liver metastases: A retrospective study by Hou-Fa Ning, Yun-Long Qin, Kui-Tao Yue, Shuai Wang, Wei-Guang Shao, Guang-Zhi Wang

“…Materials and Methods: From October 2012 to October 2018, 46 patients (28 males and 18 females) with CRCLM received GSI followed by chemotherapy were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were divided into a response group (n = 32) and a nonresponse group (n = 14) according to the tumor response to chemotherapy. …”
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A retrospective analysis of outcomes and complications of living- and deceased-donor split-liver transplantation in Johannesburg, South Africa by R Crawford, J Loveland, P Gaylard, J Fabian, K Kinandu, B Bobat, A Mahomed, D Parbhoo, M Beretta, S Berkenfeld, S Rambarran, F van der Schyff, L Brannigan, B Strobele

“…To evaluate outcomes of the LDLT and DDSLT programmes. Methods. A retrospective analysis of de-identified recipient and donor variables from all adult and paediatric DDSLTs and LDLTs conducted between 2013 and 2021 was performed. …”
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Retrospective Study Investigating the Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Hepatitis B Virus Precore and Basal Core Promoter Variants by Meaghan O’Brien, Adara Casselman, Gerry Smart, Ainsley Gretchen, Kelly Kaita, Kamran Kadkhoda

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Retrospective evaluation of acid–base imbalances, clinicopathologic alterations, and prognostic factors in hospitalized calves with Eimeria-associated diarrhea by Andrea Urgibl-Bauer, Annette Lorch, Dana Badura, Yury Zablotski, Peter D. Constable, Florian M. Trefz

“…The aim of the present study was therefore to characterize acid–base and related clinicopathologic alterations in calves with Eimeria-associated diarrhea and to identify variables associated with in-hospital mortality.MethodsRetrospective analysis of clinical and clinicopathologic findings extracted from medical records of 118 calves aged 1 to 5 months admitted to a veterinary teaching hospital.ResultsSeverely affected calves were profoundly hyponatremic and hypochloremic, with a strong correlation between plasma sodium and chloride concentrations (Spearman’s rs = 0.90). …”
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Risk factors for long-term severe tricuspid regurgitation following mitral valve replacement: a retrospective study by Shan-Shan Li, Ling-Zhi Dou, Bing Han, Bing-Rong Miao, Sen Wang, He Jiang, Yu-Li Zheng, Jian-Ming Li, Hong-Yun Ruan

“…Abstract Background The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with the development of long-term severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) following mitral valve replacement (MVR). Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted involving 308 patients who underwent single-valve MVR at Xuzhou Central Hospital between April 2017 and December 2022. …”
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