Improvements in Hemodynamics and Right Heart Remodeling Following Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty Treatment in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: A Retrospective Study by Ahmad Furqan Anjum, Moeeza Fatima, Muhammad Burhan Anjum

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Mortality trends during the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban district hospital in South Africa: A retrospective comparative analysis by O Hirachund, C Pennefather, M Naidoo

“…Methods. This was a retrospective cohort study at a district level hospital of 311 adults who died within the first three waves of COVID‐19. …”
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Long-term mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: a propensity score matching retrospective study by Pengjie Zhang, Liru Xun, Nan Bao, Ding Tong, Bin Duan, Du Peng

“…This study aimed to investigate the differences in survival and the factors that influence it in patients with end-stage renal disease treated with HD or PD.Methods We retrospectively analyzed factors related to all-cause death with renal replacement therapy and compared the long-term mortality between HD and PD strategies in patients with ESRD who started HD or PD treatment in our renal HD center between January 1, 2008, and December 1, 2021.Results Overall, 1,319 patients were included, comprising 690 and 629 patients in the HD and PD groups, respectively, according to the inclusion criteria. …”
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Frequency of Positive Anti-CCP Antibodies in Patients of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Negative Rheumatoid Factor: A Cross-sectional Retrospective Data-based Study by Nauman Ismat Butt, Muhammad Sohail Ajmal Ghoauri

“…Materials and methods: This retrospective cross-sectional observational study was conducted at the Department of Medicine and Allied, Azra Naheed Medical College, Superior University Lahore. …”
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Effect of Ward Noise Reduction Technology Combined with Music Therapy on Negative Emotions in Inpatients Undergoing Gastric Cancer Radiotherapy: A Retrospective Study by Fengyun Zhao, Zhen Sun, Wenbo Niu

“…Methods and materials: This study retrospectively analysed the clinical data of 108 patients with gastric cancer who received radiotherapy in the oncology department of JiaoZhou Central Hospital from March 2021 to March 2022, and excluded eight patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria. …”
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Effectiveness and Side Effect Incidence in a Real-World Digital Weight-Loss Service Using Compounded Semaglutide: A Retrospective Comparative Study by Louis Talay, Matt Vickers

“…Although compounding has been relatively common over the past century, prominent medical bodies have argued that compounding a relatively novel medication such as Semaglutide represents a major safety risk. This study retrospectively compared the weight and side effect outcomes of patients from a large Australian DWLS whose lifestyle coaching was supplemented with either compounded or pure Semaglutide (both groups following the same titration schedule). …”
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TAS-102 Plus Bevacizumab as an Effective and Well Tolerated Regimen in Chemotherapy-Refractory Advanced Colorectal Cancers – A Single Institution Retrospective Analysis by Ritam Joarder, Dhwani Patel, Atul Tiwari, Jatin Choudhary, Pranaya Vana, Vallish Shenoy, Neha Mer, Anant Ramaswamy, Prabhat Bhargava, Vikas Ostwal

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Isolated Posterior Element Spinal Tuberculosis, Its Management, and Our Experience with Novel Technique of Flipped Repositioning Laminoplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Sumit Kumar, Ravi Sreenivasan, Atul Sareen, Manu B. B. Gowda, Mohit Kumar Patralekh, Tankeswar Boruah, Narendra Kumar

“…Methodology: In this retrospective and follow-up study, clinical and radiological records of confirmed cases of isolated posterior element tuberculosis were taken from the hospital database from January 2015 to January 2020 and patients with minimum 18 months of follow-up at the time of study were included. …”
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Management considerations in grease versus non-grease scald burns in adults: A retrospective cohort study at a tertiary burn care facility by William Rice, Hemasree Yeluru, Miles Reese, Ricardo Rendel, Alexa Soult, Jessica Burgess

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective chart review was done on all scald burn patients at a tertiary burn care center from January 2020 to December 2022. …”
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Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion Combined With Anterolateral Fixation and Cement Augmentation for the Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Diseases in the Elderly Population: A Retrospective Study by Weiqi Han, Lei He, Fei Wang, Xiaofeng Zhao, Cong Jin

“…This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of combining AF with cement augmentation (AF + CA) in reducing cage subsidence and improving clinical outcomes compared with AF and BPS. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 138 elderly patients with degenerative lumbar diseases treated with OLIF. …”
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Retrospective Comparison of Postoperative Fascia Iliaca Block and Multimodal Drug Injection on Early Function of the Knee in Femoral Fractures Using Retrograde Intramedullary Nailing by Songtao Li, Ping Luo, Yuhu Huang, Huarong Xia, Wushu Wei, Wendun Wei, Tianyu Xia, Kai Xu

“…However, early rehabilitation is absent or insufficient for many patients in postoperative management. This retrospective study aims to evaluate the effect of early knee function improvement in comparison to postoperative fascia iliaca blocking (FIB) and multimodal drug injection (MDI). …”
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Association of red blood cell distribution width–coefficient of variation with cranial ultrasound abnormalities in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a retrospective cross-sectional study by Hongjuan Wei, Xin Chang, Jin Wang

“…Although cranial ultrasound (CUS) is crucial for assessing neonatal brain injury, the association between red blood cell distribution width-coefficient of variation (RDW-CV), a marker of red blood cell size variability, and cranial ultrasound abnormalities (CUAs) remains unclear.ObjectiveThe primary aim of this study was to explore the impact of RDW-CV on CUAs in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and to elucidate the potential clinical implications of this relationship.MethodsThis retrospective cross-sectional study included 503 cases of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia at gestational age ≥35 weeks with available RDW-CV and CUS screening data at Nanjing Lishui People's Hospital. …”
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Impact of interpregnancy weight change on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus during a second pregnancy in Chinese population: a retrospective cohort study by Ying Wang, Juan Yang, Chang Xu, Yuzhen Liu, Ao Yang, Shilin Zhong

“…Objectives This study aimed to investigate the impact of interpregnancy weight changes (IPWC) on the gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in the second pregnancy.Design A single-centre retrospective cohort study was conducted in China.Setting Data were collected in Peking University Shenzhen Hospital from 2013 January to 2021 February.Participants Participants include women who had two consecutive singleton deliveries after 28 gestational weeks (n=2372).Outcomes The GDM in the second pregnancy (s-GDM) was set as the outcome.Methods IPWC was defined as the change in body mass index between the first trimester of the second pregnancy and that of the first pregnancy, categorised into four groups with −1 kg/m² to <1 kg/m² as the reference. …”
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Significance of Baseline and Changes of Tumor Markers and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Overall Survival for Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Retrospective Analysis by Makoto Kadokura, Keisuke Tanaka, Fumitake Amemiya, Shinichi Takano, Mitsuharu Fukasawa, Nobuyuki Enomoto

“…Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 213 patients with APC who underwent chemotherapy between January 2006 and December 2018 at Kofu Municipal Hospital and University of Yamanashi Hospital. …”
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Combination of clinical factors predicts successful glucocorticoid withdrawal in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): results from a multicentre, retrospective cohort study by Alessandra Bortoluzzi, Marcello Govoni, Dimitrios T Boumpas, Antonis Fanouriakis, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, George Bertsias, Konstantinos Parperis, Argyro Repa, Ettore Silvagni, Myrto Nikoloudaki, Nestor Avgoustidis, Sofia Pitsigavdaki, Antonio Marangoni, Irini Flouri, Spyridon Katechis

“…We characterised clinical predictors and their combined effect on flares in patients with SLE who discontinued GC.Methods Retrospective cohort of 324 patients with active SLE (PGA ≥1.5 and/or SLEDAI-2K ≥6) who received GC as part of treatment intensification (median follow-up 60 months). …”
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Functional Status of Pancreatic α and β Cells in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Different Plasma Triglyceride Levels: A Retrospective Analysis by Hang Guo, Chunlei Ma, Xiaoming Wu, Congqing Pan

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Facteurs associés aux spondyloarthrites axiales difficiles à traiter : résultats d’une étude rétrospective mono centrique sur 134 patients. by G Ndaie, P Lebughe, M Nzita, M Muamba, K Lobukulu, J Kanku, F Kemiche, M Chammakhi, S Rezki, C Mulumba, M Jenny, KJJ Malemba

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Association between the Plasma-Glycosylated Hemoglobin A1c/High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio and Carotid Atherosclerosis: A Retrospective Study by Xiangming Hu, Wei Li, Chenyang Wang, Haotian Zhang, Haoyu Lu, Guang Li, Yingling Zhou, Haojian Dong

“…The aim of this study is at exploring the relationship between the HbA1c/HDL-C ratio and atherosclerosis evaluated using carotid artery intima-media thickness (cIMT) and carotid artery plaque. Methods. In this retrospective study, we enrolled 1304 patients who had multiple cardiovascular risk factors or symptoms of suspected coronary artery disease. cIMT and carotid artery plaque were measured using ultrasonography. …”
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Association between blood–urea–nitrogen-to-albumin ratio and in-hospital mortality in patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective cohort study by Ruoqing Zhou, Dianzhu Pan

“…Therefore, the present investigation aims to explore the correlation between BAR and in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19 in China. Methods This retrospective observational study enrolled a cohort of 1027 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between December 2022 and March 2023. …”
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Variability and performance of NHS England’s ‘reason to reside’ criteria in predicting hospital discharge in acute hospitals in England: a retrospective, observational cohort study by Elizabeth Sapey, Simon Ball, David McNulty, Felicity Evison, Suzy Gallier, Katherine Reeves

“…We aimed to understand the degree of intercentre and intracentre variation in R2R-related metrics reported to NHSE, define an SDM implemented within a single centre Electronic Health Record to generate an electronic R2R (eR2R) and evaluate its performance in predicting subsequent discharge.Design Retrospective observational cohort study using routinely collected health data.Setting 122 NHS Trusts in England for national reporting and an acute hospital in England for local reporting.Participants 6 602 706 patient-days were analysed using 3-month national data and 1 039 592 patient-days, using 3-year single centre data.Main outcome measures Variability in R2R-related metrics reported to NHSE. …”
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