Development and validation of a nomogram model for prolonged length of stay in spinal fusion patients: a retrospective analysis by Linghong Wu, Xiaozhong Peng, Yao Lu, Cuiping Fu, Liujun She, Guangwei Zhu, Xianglong Zhuo, Wei Hu, Xiangtao Xie

“…Abstract Objective To develop a nomogram model for the prediction of the risk of prolonged length of hospital stay (LOS) in spinal fusion patients. Methods A retrospective cohort study was carried out on 6272 patients who had undergone spinal fusion surgery. …”
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Psychological distress in adolescence and later economic and health outcomes in the United States population: A retrospective and modeling study by Nathaniel Z. Counts, Noemi Kreif, Timothy B. Creedon, David E. Bloom

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Pediatric blunt pancreatic trauma at a single center in Korea: a retrospective review from 2007 to 2022 by Joong Kee Youn, Hee-Beom Yang, Dayoung Ko, Hyun-Young Kim

“…Patients’ medical records were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. Results Among 107 patients with abdominal trauma, 14 had pancreatic injury, with a median age of 8.2 years (interquartile range, 3.1–12.3 years). …”
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Time to recovery of COVID-19 patients and its predictors: a retrospective cohort study in HUCSH, Sidama, Ethiopia by Ali B. Anteneh, Zeytu Gashaw Asfaw

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Systemic adverse drug events to topical prostaglandin analogs for treating glaucoma: a retrospective focused pharmacovigilance study by Kannan Sridharan

“…Methods The USFDA AERS database was queried for reports on prostaglandin analogs from March 2004 to March 2024 in this retrospective pharmacovigilance study. Data were deduplicated and analyzed using disproportionality analysis with both frequentist and Bayesian approaches. …”
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The Incidence of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Study by Mohammad Mehdi Rajabi, Behdad Gharib, Mohammad Reza Mirzaaghayan

“…In this study, we aimed to investigate the incidence of bloodstream infections BSIs after cardiac surgery. This retrospective study was conducted on pediatric patients refered to Children’s Medical Center Hospital, affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences, from March 2022 to March 2023 for cardiac surgery. …”
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CBCT Analysis of Mandibular Ramus as a Donor Site for Cortical Bone Graft: A Retrospective Analytical Study by Pallabi Das, Samiran Ghosh, Kaushik Dutta, Richi Burman, Amit Ray, Debolina Pramanick, Siddhartha Chatterjee, Somak Saha

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective analytical study was carried out in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India from February 2021 to September 2022. …”
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Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes in Women ≥40 Years of Age: A Retrospective Study About 421 Cases in Mahdia by Soumaya Kraiem, Leila Souilem, Dhekra Toumi, Haifa Bouchahda

“…STUDY DESIGN: Among 9962 women who delivered in Mahdia’s hospital between January 2015 and December 2016, 421 women (4.22%) were 40 years old or older at the time of delivery. Our retrospective study included 421 pregnant women aged more than 40 years and 421 controls aged 18-39, stratified to parity. …”
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Zinc Deficiency and the Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection after Fecal Microbiota Transplant: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Blake A. Niccum, Daniel J. Stein, Brian W. Behm, R. Ann Hays

“…Methods. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 80 patients (mean age, 66; 59 women) receiving FMT for CDI from 9/2013–9/2016 at a tertiary care center. …”
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Features of extra-spinal musculoskeletal tuberculosis: A retrospective study from an North Indian Tertiary Care Institute by Shiva Prasad, Anupam Wakhlu, Ramnath Misra, Amita Aggarwal, Able Lawrence, Rakesh K Gupta, Narendra Krishnani, Vinita Agrawal, Vikas Agarwal

“…Background: The aim is to study the clinical features and diagnosis of primary extra-spinal musculoskeletal manifestations of tuberculosis (TB) in otherwise healthy individuals. Methods: In this retrospective study of 10 years duration electronic database and case records of patients with musculoskeletal TB were analyzed. …”
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Association of Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy with Visual Prognosis in Retinal Artery Occlusion: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Siying Liang, Qingshan Chen, Chenli Hu, Miaohong Chen

“…This study explored the clinical features and prognostic factors for visual acuity of RAO accompanied by PAMM. Methods. This retrospective study included patients with RAO who underwent FFA and OCT examinations at Shenzhen Eye Hospital from July 2015 to June 2019. …”
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Simultaneous Debridement and Titanium Mesh Reconstruction in Patients with Compound Depressed Skull Fracture: A Retrospective Descriptive Study by Srikant Das, Acharya Suryakant Pattajoshi, Mahesh Kumar Kusta, Dibakar Sarkar

“…Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study in the Neurosurgery Department at Veer Surendra Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India, from January 2018 to June 2023 and consisting of case records of 98 patients with head injuries associated with compound skull fractures who were admitted. …”
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Long-Term Oncological Outcomes Related to Lymphadenectomy in Clinical Stage I NSCLC: A Multicenter Retrospective Experience by Beatrice Manfredini, Carmelina Cristina Zirafa, Alessandro Stefani, Gaetano Romano, Greta Alì, Riccardo Morganti, Ilaria Ceccarelli, Federico Davini, Pier Luigi Filosso, Franca Melfi

“…Methods: Data from clinical stage I NSCLC patients undergoing lobectomy and hilar-mediastinal lymphadenectomy at two thoracic surgery centers from 2016 to 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. Information regarding perioperative outcomes and lymphadenectomy details was collected and analyzed, and their impact on OS, CSS, and DFS was assessed. …”
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Risk Prediction of Liver Injury in Pediatric Tuberculosis Treatment: Development of an Automated Machine Learning Model by Zeng Y, Lu H, Li S, Shi QZ, Liu L, Gong YQ, Yan P

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Gestational weight gain patterns as predictors of cesarean deliveries in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus by Tzu-Ling Chen, Su-Fen Cheng, Chien-Lin Kuo, Chu-Yu Huang, Chia-Hsun Wu

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Epidemiological evidence for a hereditary contribution to myasthenia gravis: a retrospective cohort study of patients from North America by Joel Oger, Joshua D Green, Bryan J Traynor, Richard J Barohn, Michael Benatar, Emanuela Bartoccion, Derrick Blackmore, Vinay Chaudhry, Manisha Chopra, Andrea Corse, Mazen M Dimachkie, Amelia Evoli, Julaine Florence, Miriam Freimer, James F Howard, Theresa Jiwa, Henry J Kaminski, John T Kissel, Wilma J Koopman, Bernadette Lipscomb, Michelanglo Maestri, Mariapaola Marino, Janice M Massey, April McVey, Michelle M Mezei, Srikanth Muppidi, Michael W Nicolle, Robert M Pascuzzi, Mamatha Pasnoor, Alan Pestronk, Carlo Provenzano, Roberta Ricciardi, David P Richman, Julie Rowin, Donald B Sanders, Zaeem Siddiqi, Aimee Soloway, Gil I Wolfe, Charlie Wulf, Daniel B Drachman

“…Objectives To approximate the rate of familial myasthenia gravis and the coexistence of other autoimmune disorders in the patients and their families.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting Clinics across North America.Participants The study included 1032 patients diagnosed with acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR)-positive myasthenia gravis.Methods Phenotype information of 1032 patients diagnosed with AChR-positive myasthenia gravis was obtained from clinics at 14 centres across North America between January 2010 and January 2011. …”
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A Retrospective Analysis of Self-Limiting Fever following Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Defect Closure by Francesca Galasso, Felicia Wassenaar, Timothy Barry, Omar J. Baqal, Donald J. Hagler, John P. Sweeney, F. David Fortuin

“…Long-term device success was achieved in all fever patients. This small retrospective study suggests that the observed fever is benign and self-limiting but further investigation is warranted to determine its true incidence, mechanism, and prognosis.…”
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Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in Pregnant Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B: A Retrospective Observational Case Series Study by Shiwei Wang, Haofeng Xiong, Changling Luo, Hong Zhao, Ying Fan, Ting Zhang, Lili Wang, Qi Wang, Wen Xie

“…Although a considerable number of studies on ACLF has been published, there are few reports on ACLF in pregnant women with CHB. This study retrospectively reviewed five patients who were diagnosed with ACLF during pregnancy in the past 10 years. …”
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Percutaneous two unilateral iliosacral S1 screw fixation for pelvic ring injuries: a retrospective review of 38 patients by Whee Sung Son, Jae-Woo Cho, Nam-Ryeol Kim, Jun-Min Cho, Nak-Jun Choi, Jong-Keon Oh, HanJu Kim

“…Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate fixation using percutaneous two unilateral IS S1 screws for pelvic ring injuries and its subsequent clinical outcomes. Methods We retrospectively reviewed 38 patients who underwent percutaneous two unilateral IS S1 screw fixation for pelvic ring injuries. …”
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Feasibility and Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Telephysiotherapy for Treatment of Pain in Low-Resource Setting: A Retrospective Pre-Post Design by Shambhu P. Adhikari, Pragya Shrestha, Rubee Dev

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of TPT in management of pain caused due to various problems among patients living in rural areas of a developing country. Methods. This retrospective study conducted in rural areas of Nepal recruited all patients who met the eligibility criteria during a day campaign. …”
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