Clinical practice for migraine treatment and characteristics of medical facilities and physicians treating migraine: Insights from a retrospective cohort study using a Japanese claims database. by Tsubasa Takizawa, Takahiro Kitano, Kanae Togo, Reiko Yoshikawa, Masahiro Iijima

“…The real-world treatment patterns at medical facilities and their physicians' specialties treating migraine have not been fully investigated in Japan. Therefore, a retrospective cohort study aimed to describe real-world clinical practice and treatment patterns in Japanese patients with migraine according to medical facilities and physicians' specialties. …”
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Smoking Cessation Carries a Short-Term Rising Risk for Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus Independently of Weight Gain: A 6-Year Retrospective Cohort Study by Yi-Ting Sung, Cheng-Ting Hsiao, I-Jen Chang, Yu-Chih Lin, Chen-Yu Yueh

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Intestinal endometriosis amongst other extra-pelvic endometriosis foci presenting as acute/subacute bowel obstruction in women of reproductive age: a retrospective case series study by Ercument Gurluler, Ozgen Isik, Nesrin Ugras, Aysun Sahin, Murat Sen, Tuncay Yilmazlar

“…Methods A total of 23 female patients (mean ± SD age: 34.9 ± 6.5 years) who underwent abdominal surgery for acute bowel obstruction and received histopathological diagnosis of endometriosis were included in this retrospective case-series study. Data on patient characteristics, obstetric history, preoperative laboratory and imaging findings, preoperative provisional diagnosis, type of surgical intervention and the pathological diagnosis, and postoperative outcomes were recorded. …”
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Prognostic Features and Potential for Immune Therapy in Metastatic Mismatch Repair‐Deficient Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of a Large Consecutive Population‐Based Patient Series by Erkki‐Ville Wirta, Hanna Elomaa, Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin, Toni T. Seppälä, Marja Hyöty, Jan Böhm, Maarit Ahtiainen, Juha P. Väyrynen

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Incidence of acute lower respiratory tract disease hospitalisations, including pneumonia, among adults in Bristol, UK, 2019, estimated using both a prospective and retrospective methodology by Jo Southern, Adam Finn, Catherine Hyams, James Campling, Bradford D Gessner, Elizabeth Begier, Maria Garcia Gonzalez, Sharon Gray, Jennifer Oliver

“…During the prospective review, 410/1322 (31%) hospitalised adults had aLRTD signs/symptoms and annualised incidences closely replicated retrospective analysis results.Conclusions The aLRTD disease burden was high, increasing sharply with age. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the volume and diagnoses of patients admitted to the paediatric emergency department: a retrospective analysis from a third-level hospital in Northeastern Mexico by Paulina Blanco-Murillo, Ricardo J Estrada-Mendizabal, Katheryne Paola Madrazo-Aguirre, Manuel Guillermo Ruelas-Martinez, Lucia Escobedo-Berumen, Rommy Elizabeth Pineda-Magaña, Maria Guadalupe Garcia-Lima, Oscar Tamez-Rivera

“…This study aimed to analyse the changes in volume and discharge diagnoses of patients admitted to a third-level paediatric ED in northeastern Mexico before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods A retrospective observational study was carried out to compare the number of admissions and discharge diagnoses between two 3-month periods: December 2020–February 2021 (prepandemic) and December 2019–February 2020 (pandemic). …”
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Therapeutic effect of computed tomography-guided dorsal root ganglion pulsed radiofrequency regulation combined with platelet-rich plasma injection on postherpetic neuralgia: A retrospective study by Zhongwei Wang, Jing Chen, Xiaona Guo, Yan Lin, Weipeng Ge, Yunchao Chu

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Real-world clinical evidence of oral semaglutide on metabolic abnormalities in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a multicenter retrospective observational study (the Sapporo-Oral SEMA study) by Sho Furusawa, Hiroshi Nomoto, Chiho Oba-Yamamoto, Jun Takeuchi, Miki Ito, Hiroyoshi Kurihara, Shin Aoki, Aika Miya, Hiraku Kameda, Akinobu Nakamura, Tatsuya Atsumi

“…In this multi-center retrospective observational study, we analyzed subjects with type 2 diabetes newly treated with an oral semaglutide for >6 months at four medical centers located in Sapporo, Japan. …”
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Is avoidable diabetes-related hospitalization in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus associated with increased health expenditure?: A nationwide retrospective cohort study in South Korea by Woo-Ri Lee, Gyeong-Min Lee, Noorhee Son, Kyu-Tae Han, Sungyoun Chun, Yehrhee Son, Ki-Bong Yoo

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Effects of EGFR-TKIs combined with intracranial radiotherapy in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases: a retrospective multi-institutional analysis by Mingfeng He, Xue Wu, Li Li, Guangming Yi, Yitian Wang, Hengqiu He, Ying Ye, Ruiqin Zhou, Zaicheng Xu, Zhenzhou Yang

“…Methods This was a retrospective study including 217 patients from two institutions between January 2018 and December 2022. …”
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Immediate extraction-implantation and provisionalization (IIP): Esthetic evaluation of IIP surgical protocols via the Pink Esthetic Score: a retrospective cross-sectional study of 39 implants by Coiffic Syliane, Soulas Hugues, Hamon Julien

“…The aims of this study were to compare the Pink esthetic Score (PES) according to the EIIP protocol, evaluate abutment visibility according to surgical protocol, and assess whether the type of tooth rehabilitated had an impact on PES or abutment visibility. A retrospective study evaluating the PES of 39 implants in 3 treatment units compared the esthetic results of surgical techniques (xenogeneic graft, alloplastic, PRF, connective tissue graft, membrane) after the crown had been in use for at least 3 weeks. …”
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Evaluating the impact of a multimodal perinatal education program on birth preparedness, mental health, and birth outcomes among rural primiparous women: a retrospective cohort study by Wei Li, TaiFang Ren, GuiHong Xu, YongShu Wang

“…This study aims to assess the impact of a holistic perinatal education program on birth preparedness, mental health, and birth outcomes among rural primiparous women. Methods A retrospective cohort design was employed, utilizing patient records from Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University between January 2021 and December 2022. …”
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Prognostic value of inflammatory markers for all-cause mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction in the coronary care unit: a retrospective study based on MIMIC-IV database by Fen Cao, Jun-jun Jiang, Gui Zhang, Jun Liu, Ping Xiao, Yang Tian, Wei Zhang, Sheng Zhang, Feng Hou, Zhong-Wu Bao, Kun Wu, Yong-zhi Zhu

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Incidence and predictors of mortality among HIV positive children on anti-retroviral therapy in the selected health facilities of West Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia: Retrospective cohort study. by Gelane Gurmu, Emiru Merdassa, Gemechu Tiruneh, Keneni Efrem, Firezer Belay, Lalisa Mekonnen, Jira Wakoya Feyisa, Matiyos Lema, Adisu Tafari Shama, Markos Desalegn

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective cohort study design was conducted. A simple random sampling method was employed to select 286 children living with HIV who started ART from 01 January 2012 to 31 October 2021. …”
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Retrospective on the special Issue of Third Republic/Troisième République (1977) “Aspects of the Woman Question during the Third Republic”, 40th anniversary, papers collected by Karen Offen by Karen Offen

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What impact has the NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) scheme had on clinical academic careers in England over the last 10 years? A retrospective study by James Neilson, David Jones, Sally Clough, James Fenton, Helen Harris-Joseph, Leesa Rayton, Caroline Magee, Lisa Ann Cotterill

“…This study examines the impact of the ACF model, over its first 10 years, in developing clinical academic careers by tracking the progression of ACF trainees.Design Retrospective analysis of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) ACF career progression. …”
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Time to neonatal mortality and its predictors among preterm neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in northern Ethiopia, 2023/2024: a retrospective cohort study by Brhanu Fisseha, Eskedar Berhanie Gidey, Berhe Gebrehiwot Tewele, Teklehaimanot Gereziher Haile

“…Methods An institution-based retrospective cohort study was conducted among 495 randomly selected preterm neonates in six out of the fourteen general hospitals of Tigray, Ethiopia from October 2023 to June 2024. …”
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Investigation of the total anticholinergic load of reported anticholinergic drug-related adverse events using the Japanese adverse drug event report database: a retrospective pharmacovigilance study by Yusuke Kan, Maki Doi, Yoshihiro Uesawa

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Clinical management of community-acquired meningitis in adults in the UK and Ireland in 2017: a retrospective cohort study on behalf of the National Infection Trainees Collaborative for Audit and Research (NITCAR) by Amy Robinson, Kamaljit Khalsa, Arjun Chandna, John Bowen, Viva Levee, Jan Coebergh, Tom Solomon, Clive Graham, David Turner, Robert Tilley, Tim Jones, Susan Hopkins, Matthew Stevens, Daniel White, Celestine Eshiwe, Anna Goodman, Ramandeep Singh, Robert S Heyderman, Nicholas Davies, Joseph Thompson, Ed Moran, Martin Williams, Rhea O’Regan, Simon Tiberi, Jonathan Lambourne, Naomi Bulteel, Susan Larkin, Ruth McEwen, Hassan Paraiso, Aarti Shah, Martin Wiselka, Sylviane Defres, Ernest Mutengesa, Maria Krutikov, Ruth Owen, David Griffith, David Harvey, Trupti Patel, Brendan Davies, Emma Mclean, Joanna Allen, Ali Khan, Alastair Miller, Ashutosh Deshpande, Christopher Green, Lewis Jones, Mark Melzer, Fiona McGill, Amanda Fife, Nimal Wickramasinghe, Stephanie Harris, Ewan Hunter, Jayne Ellis, Benedict Rogers, Imogen Fordham, Elen Vink, Victoria Ward, Anna Smith, Andrew Rosser, Alison Muir, Ken Woodhouse, John Shone, Iain Crossingham, Ryan Jayesinghe, Eavan Muldoon, Avneet Shahi, Terry John Evans, Jeremy Wong, Eloisa MacLachlan, Amy Chue, Karishma Gokani, Katherine Ajdukiewicz, Lucinda Barrett, Frances Edwards, Adam Usher, Mairi McLeod, Su su Htwe, Grace Duane, Nicholas Wong, Jennifer Poyner, Jenni Crane, Ollie Lloyd, Emma Chisholm, Ildiko Kustos, Sam Sutton, M. Estee Torok, Isobel Ramsay, Monica Ivan, Joshua York, Jennifer Ansett, Maithili Varadarajan, Priya Sekhon, James Cruise, Shivani Kanabar, Mirella Ling, Charlotte Milne, Jayanta Sarma, Aline Wilson, Lynn Urquhart, Sahar Eldirdiri, Leila White, Jody Aberdein, Phillip Simpson, Hnin Hay Mar, Keying Tan, Eint Shwe Zin thein, Mahmoud Aziz, Anthony Cadwgan, Natasha Weston, Salman Zeb, Angela Houston, Louise Wootton, Iona Willingham, Aimee Johnson, Ashley Horsley, Eamonn Trainor, Olivier Gaillemin, Nicholas J Norton, Katie Cheung, Megan Duxbury, Emilie Bellhouse, Helena Brezovjakova, Kanitkar Tanmay, Alexsander Dawidziuk, Razan Saman, Hugh Adler, Elshadai Ejere, Yiwen Soo, Wendy Beadles, Heather Sturgeon, Brodie Cameron, David Chadwick Ben Tomlinson, Claire McGoldrick, Katie McDowell, Mpho Molosiwa, Katherine FlackAdrian Kennedy, Phoebe Cross, Fay Perry, Vithusha Inpadhas, Sarathy Selvam, Vhairi Bateman, Henry Wu, Monika Pasztor, Ajanthiha Karunakaran, Basma Soliman, Andrew Blanshard, Harish Reddy, Helen Chesterfield, Ben Schroeder, Tee Keat Teoh, Sathyavani Subbarao, Caryn RosmarinLucy Bell, Emma McGuire, Robert Serafino, Ishaan Bhide, Karanjeet Sagoo, Indran Balakrishnan, Kajal Patel, Barzo Faris, Graeme Calver, Ricky Singh, Hazel Sanghvi, Mohamed Eltayeb, Rathur Haris

“…Objectives To assess practice in the care of adults with suspected community-acquired bacterial meningitis in the UK and Ireland.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting 64 UK and Irish hospitals.Participants 1471 adults with community-acquired meningitis of any aetiology in 2017.Results None of the audit standards, from the 2016 UK Joint Specialists Societies guideline on diagnosis and management of meningitis, were met in all cases. …”
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Short‐Course Blinatumomab Treatment as a Bridge to Further Salvage Therapy for Relapsed/Refractory B‐Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Retrospective Single‐Center Study by Jin Yin, Xiaoya Cai, Bingxin Qian, Ying Liu, Dengju Li

“…With current needs for cost‐efficiency and resource management in health care, we retrospectively evaluated the clinical effects of short‐course blinatumomab treatment for R/R Ph‐ B‐ALL at our center. …”
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