Dexmedetomidine Combined With Patient-Controlled Analgesia for Palliative Sedation in Terminal-Stage Cancer Patients With Refractory Pain: A Retrospective Analysis of Nine Cases by Na Li, Yumei Wang, Meng Cui

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Prognostic value of serum inflammatory markers in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing surgery: a two-center retrospective cohort study by Yaqin Dong, Fan Wang, Jiaying Deng, Tong Tong, Xiangxun Chen, Liming Wu, Yichun Wang, Mei Kang, Yutong Xu, Guangjie Shi, Liyang Zhu

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Inflammatory Markers and Severity in COVID-19 Patients with Clostridioides Difficile Co-Infection: A Retrospective Analysis Including Subgroups with Diabetes, Cancer, and Elderly by Teodor Cerbulescu, Flavia Ignuta, Uma Shailendri Rayudu, Maliha Afra, Ovidiu Rosca, Adrian Vlad, Stana Loredana

“…Methods: We conducted a retrospective, single-center study of 240 hospitalized adults with Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)-confirmed COVID-19 between February 2021 and March 2023. …”
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Comparing rates and characteristics of emergency department presentations related to pharmaceutical opioid poisoning in Australia: a study protocol for a retrospective observational study by Dan I Lubman, Suzanne Nielsen, Tina Lam, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Jane Hayman, Paul Sanfilippo

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Clinical Characteristics Related to Central Lymph Node Metastasis in cN0 Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Retrospective Study of 916 Patients by Lie-Hao Jiang, Chao Chen, Zhuo Tan, Xiao-Xiao Lu, Si-Si Hu, Qing-Liang Wang, Xiu-Xiu Hou, Jun Cao, Ming-Hua Ge

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A retrospective multicenter study on the efficacy and safety of disitamab vedotin monotherapy versus combination with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in advanced gastric cancer by Shuailei Dong, Chen Wei, Xueting Wang, Xinyi Yang, Wei Shen, Shuyi Li, Jiye Xu, Yijie Ma, Liangyu Bie, Wenyue Yu, Ning Li

“…., PD-1 inhibitors) have provided new hope as an advanced gastric-cancer (GC) treatment. This multicenter retrospective study studied RC48 monotherapy (MT)’s efficacy and safety against its combination with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy (IT) in advanced GC. …”
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Immune-related adverse events with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors: insights from a real-world cohort of 2523 patients by Ting Yan, Minghui Long, Chaoyi Liu, Jiwen Zhang, Jiwen Zhang, Xingyu Wei, Xingyu Wei, Fei Li, Fei Li, Dehua Liao

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Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant therapy with tislelizumab plus axitinib for nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus: a retrospective study by Zhongjie Zhao, Zhengsheng Liu, Kaiyan Zhang, Wei Li, Lijian Zhang, Bingliang Jiang, Bin Chen, Jinchun Xing, Xuegang Wang

“…Our study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety in the neoadjuvant therapy setting of tislelizumab and axitinib in RCC patients with IVC tumor thrombus. In this retrospective study, seven patients of nonmetastatic RCC with IVC tumor thrombus who received 3 cycles of neoadjuvant therapy with tislelizumab plus axitinib at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University from May 2020 to December 2023 were included. …”
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Short-acting beta agonist, antibiotics, oral corticosteroid and association with mortality and cardiopulmonary events in patients with COPD: a retrospective cohort study in Alberta, Canada by Mohit Bhutani, Irvin Mayers, Arsh Randhawa, Manisha Talukdar, Suzanne McMullen, Phongsack Manivong, Aaron Gelfand

“…Objective The purpose of the study was to examine the association between short-acting beta agonist (SABA), antibiotic and oral corticosteroid (OCS) use and mortality and cardiopulmonary outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Design Retrospective cohort study using administrative health data from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2020.Setting Alberta, Canada.Participants Patients ≥35 years old with COPD were identified using diagnostic codes.Primary and secondary outcome measures Patient characteristics included age, sex, geographical zone and comorbidities (as defined by the Charlson Comorbidity Index). …”
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Effects of personalized 3D-printed blocks in total knee arthroplasty and revision surgery for massive bone defects: a single-center retrospective study by Fei Lu, Congsun Li, Pengfei Hu, Bin Hu, Haobo Wu

“…Methods A single-center retrospective study was conducted on nine patients with severe bone defects who underwent TKA between 2018 and 2024. …”
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Retrospective comparison of cortical bone trajectory and pedicle screw in lumbar fusion for patients over 80, including sagittal balance: a single-center study by Giwuk Jang, Seungjun Ryu, Sanghoon Lee, Jeong-yoon Park, Dong-ah Shin, Hoyeol Zhang

“…This study aimed to retrospectively analyze the clinical and surgical outcomes following posterior lumbar interbody fusion with pedicle screw fixation compared to cortical bone trajectory in patients aged ≥ 80 years with degenerative lumbar spine disease. …”
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Gender-based Morphometric Analysis of the Human Orbital Aperture Profile using 3D Reconstruction Computed Tomography: A Cross-sectional Retrospective Study by Muhammad Omer Afzal Bhatti, Mujeeb Ur Rehman Parrey, Muhammad Ikram Ali, Allah Rakhyo Shoro, Abdulkrem Ahmed Alenazi, Rayan Alhumaidi Alruwaili

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted from January to June 2024 in the Radiology Department of Tower Hospital, Arar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, following the acquisition of ethical approval from the Local Bioethics Committee at Northern Border University. …”
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Patient and provider factors associated with follow-up for positive depression screens in adults: a retrospective review of University of Utah primary and specialty care clinics by Tess Battiola, Tanner Ellison, Danica Dummer, Rachel Weir, Katie Kaput, Deepika Reddy

“…Objective To identify patient and provider factors associated with lower rates of follow-up for positive depression screens in outpatient settings.Design Retrospective cohort study with electronic health record analysis investigating factors associated with follow-up care for patients with moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms. …”
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Are patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy at risk for cardiac events? Results from a retrospective cohort study by Juliette Degens, D De Ruysscher, Ruud Houben, Bastiaan Kietselaer, Gerben Bootsma, Lizza Hendriks, Ellen Huijbers, Annemie Schols, Anne-Marie C Dingemans

“…Therefore, the incidence of new cardiac events, with a common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) score of ≥2 within 5 years after diagnosis, were analysed.Design Retrospective multicentre cohort study of patients with stage III NSCLC treated with CRT from 2006 to 2013. …”
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Microbial Predominance and Antimicrobial Resistance in a Tertiary Hospital in Northwest China: A Six-Year Retrospective Study of Outpatients and Patients Visiting the Emergency Department by Caifeng Wang, Wen Li, Juanjuan Gao, Dancheng Zhang, Yali Li, Fang Li, Jine Lei

“…The aim was to investigate the characteristics of microbial species and their antimicrobial resistances in a tertiary hospital with an Emergency Department and outpatient clinics for a period of six years. Methodology. A retrospective study was conducted using the HIS database of a tertiary hospital between 2013 and 2018. …”
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Is Occult Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding a Definite Indication for Capsule Endoscopy? A Retrospective Analysis of Diagnostic Yield in Patients with Occult versus Overt Bleeding by Ikue Watari, Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, Makoto Nakano, Taiki Aoyama, Shigeto Yoshida, Kazuaki Chayama

“…We aimed to clarify whether occult OGIB is a definite indication for CE. Methods. We retrospectively compared the cases of 102 patients with occult OGIB and 325 patients with overt OGIB, all having undergone CE. …”
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Ultrasound-MR fusion imaging combined with intraductal cooling via PTCD during microwave ablation of perihilar liver tumors: a retrospective pilot study by Jiangyu Guo, Shuang Liang, Huahui Liu, Liping Luo, Shanshan Wu, Sainan Guan, Ying Liu, Yongyan He, Erjiao Xu, Ronghua Yan

“…The technical success, technique efficacy, local tumor progression, intrahepatic distant recurrence and complications were recorded and analyzed.Results In total, 12 patients with 12 liver tumors were retrospectively enrolled in this study. US-MR fusion imaging was utilized in all patients, and PTCD-ICSP assistance was successfully used for 4 nodules abutting HBDs (0 mm). …”
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Novel Predictive Strategy Using CA19-9 and Fecal Elastase Levels to Make Treatment Decisions for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Retrospective Study by Hyung Sun Kim, Woojin Kim, Won-Gun Yun, Hye-Sol Jung, Youngmin Han, Mirang Lee, Wooil Kwon, Jin-Young Jang, Joon Seong Park

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Impact of home-based family planning counselling and referral on modern contraceptive use in Karachi, Pakistan: a retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study by Iqbal Shah, Sajid Soofi, Ryoko Sato, David Canning, Kristy Hackett, Elizabeth Henry, Imtiaz Hussain, Mirbaz Khan, Khalid Feroz, Navdep Kaur

“…Objectives To assess: (1) the impact of a reproductive health program on modern contraceptive use from baseline to program close; (2) the sustained impact from baseline to follow-up 36 months later; and (3) the exposure-adjusted impact at program close and follow-up.Design Retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study.Setting Karachi, Pakistan.Participants 2561 married women aged 16–49 years.Interventions The Willows Program, a community-based family planning counselling and referral program implemented from 2013 to 2015.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was community-level modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR), measured for January 2013 (baseline), June 2015 (program close) and at follow-up 36 months later. …”
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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis technique failure in adult patients treated at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa: a retrospective analytical study by Tshifhiwa B. Sikhipha, Claire Barrett, Nicoline van Zyl, Cornel van Rooyen, Feziwe B. Bisiwe

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective analytical study reviewing files of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) whose peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter was removed, or who died with a functioning PD catheter while on the PD program at Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa, from 01 January 2015 until 31 December 2019. …”
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