Risk Factors of Bacteremia following Multiple Traumas by Hak-Jae Lee, Eol Choi, Nak-Joon Choi, Hyun-Woo Sun, Jae-Suk Lee, Jeong-Woo Lee, Tae-Yoon Kim, Yoon-Joong Jung, Suk-Kyung Hong

“…Gram-positive cocci were more frequently isolated in EOB than in LOB; otherwise, there was no statistical significance (77.8% vs. 64.7%, p=0.683). …”
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CEMP-1 Levels in Periodontal Wound Fluid during the Early Phase of Healing: Prospective Clinical Trial by Claudia Dellavia, Elena Canciani, Giulio Rasperini, Giorgio Pagni, Matteo Malvezzi, Gaia Pellegrini

“…There was a significant trend in CEMP-1 over time, and this trend was different among the 2 groups: the REG group showed a statistically significant rising CEMP-1 trend (0.18 ng/ml a week p=0.012), while the OFD had a trend that was significantly lower (-0.22 ng/ml a week compared to the REG group trend p=0.023), the OFD group lost on average 0.05 ng/ml a week. …”
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Chronic fatigue and headache in post-COVID-19 syndrome: a radiological and clinical evaluation by Gonçalo G. Almeida, Gonçalo G. Almeida, Saide Alkan, Saide Alkan, Robert Hoepner, André Euler, André Euler, Lara Diem, Franca Wagner

“…Brain MRI revealed T2-hyperintense lesions in 72% of patients, whereas spine MRI showed these lesions in only 16%. There was no statistically significant correlation between the presence of cerebral T2-hyperintense lesions and symptoms of fatigue (p = 0.815) or headaches (p = 0.178). …”
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The efficacy and safety of half-dose glucocorticoids combined with rituximab versus high-dose glucocorticoids for initial treatment of minimal change disease: a single-center exper... by Xueting Li, Peng Yan, Lu Zhang, Wei Qiao, Zhengbiao Xue, Xiangdong Fang, Ben Ke, Shuying Zhu

“…Treatment responses, including complete remission (CR) and partial remission (PR), and outcome adverse events such as steroid-induced diabetes and infections were compared among the three groups after 12 months of follow-up.ResultsAt the 12-month follow-up, the CR rates were 50%, 96.4%, and 96.2% for the RTX group, half-dose prednisolone combined with RTX group, and high-dose prednisolone group, respectively. There was no statistical difference between the half-dose prednisolone combined with RTX group and high-dose prednisolone group on CR and PR and kidney function (P > 0.05). …”
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Predictive factors of thrombosis during autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma: Experience from EHU Oran (Algeria) by Mohammed Amine BEKADJA, Brahim BENZINEB, Mansour BELKACEM, Hafida OUDJERIOUAT, Badra ENTASOLTAN, Soufi OSMANI, Kamila AMANI, Samira BOUCHAMA, Leila CHAREF, Mohamed BRAHIMI, Abdessamad ARABI, Rachir Amar BOUHASS, Nabil YAFOUR

“…Thepredictive factors studied are: age, co-morbidities, use of IMiDs, use of Granocyte colony stimualing factor in mobilization, the central venous catheter insertion site, cytapheresis count, CD34+ perfused, and finally deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis by a low molecular weight heparin .The statistical analysis focused on a univariate study, followed by a multivariate analysis using binary logistic regression. …”
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Association of clinical knowledge with patient care ownership among resident physicians: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan by Hirohisa Fujikawa, Hidetaka Tamune, Yuji Nishizaki, Taro Shimizu, Yu Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Shikino, Miwa Sekine, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yasuharu Tokuda

“…Results We included 1836 participants in our statistical analysis. Multivariable linear regression analysis revealed that after adjustment for possible confounders, GM-ITE total scores showed a significantly negative association with PCO in the highest score quartile (adjusted mean difference − 0.20, 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.33 to -0.07, compared with the lowest score quartile). …”
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Mental health service satisfaction among adults with mental illness attending a psychiatric outpatient clinic: a cross-sectional study by Wondale Getinet Alemu, Wondale Getinet Alemu, Lillian Mwanri, Clemence Due, Telake Azale, Anna Ziersch

“…To examine the association of sociodemographic, clinical, social support, and substance use factors, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were applied. Statistical significance was declared at a p-value of <0.05 and 95% CI.ResultsThe rate of low mental health service satisfaction among people with mental illness in this study was 24.7%. …”
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Clinical Utility of an Alzheimer’s Disease Blood Test Among Cognitively Impaired Patients: Results from the Quality Improvement PrecivityAD2 (QUIP II) Clinician Survey Study by Mark Monane, Demetrius M. Maraganore, Robert M. Carlile, Kim G. Johnson, David A. Merrill, Darren R. Gitelman, Kenneth S. Sharlin, Lawren A. VandeVrede, Kristi K. George, Jimin Wang, Tim West, Leslie Jacobs, Philip B. Verghese, Joel B. Braunstein

“…Louis, MO) combines the plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio and the p-tau217/np-tau217 ratio (%p-tau217) measurements in a statistical algorithm to yield an Amyloid Probability Score 2 (APS2) that informs on the likelihood of brain amyloid plaques. …”
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Improvement of soil quality through biochar in rice under wastewater irrigated soil: Effects on heavy metals reduction by Sayon Mukherjee, Satish Kumar Singh, Raimundo Jiménez Ballesta, Abhik Patra, Surendra Singh Jatav

“…Research Highlights • Biochar and its subsequent modification reduce the heavy metals content in different plant parts of rice • Application of H3PO4 modified biochar at 10 t ha-1 has declined the root concentration of Cr alone by 24.5% • FeCl3 modified biochar also reduced all heavy metals uptake in different plant parts • Performance of modified biochar at lower rates can produce statistically similar results with the higher dose of simple biochar • Reduction of translocation coefficient and translocation factor within plant emphasizes the beneficial effect of biochar application to crop …”
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Is routine preoperative head ultrasound screening before congenital cardiac surgery mandatory? by Shawana Farooq, Hanan Rashid Abu Hassan, Omai Mohammed AlSassi, Tarek Alfawzan, Abdullah Eltayeb, Seifeldin Mohamed, Suffura Rafique, Ghaida Mohammed Ali, Tarek Jamal Alanezi, Ali Hussain Alharbi, Brahim Tabarki, Abdullah Al Wadai

“…Surgery was done in 417 (78.53%) with no IVH vs. 50 (76.92%) with IVH (P = 0.766). Mortality was statistically not significantly higher in patients with abnormal HUS (14% vs. 8%; P = 0.092). …”
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Leveraging Autofluorescence for Tumor Detection, Diagnosis, and Accurate Excision with Surgical Margin Assessment in Tumor Excision by Antonis Perdiou, Ramona Dumitrescu, Daniela Jumanca, Octavia Balean, Ruxandra Sava-Rosianu, Serban Talpos, Dacian Virgil Lalescu, Atena Galuscan

“…Histopathological analysis was the gold standard for margin evaluation, with margins coded as tumor-free margins (0), close (1), or infiltrated (2). <b>Results:</b> Statistically significant differences were observed in tumor-free margins between the control (73.17%) and experimental (97%) groups (<i>p</i> = 0.003). …”
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Outcomes of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in HIV patients by Nikhitha Mantri, Haozhe Sun, Sameer Datta Kandhi, Nishant Allena, Muhammad Yasir Anwar, Vibha Hayagreev, Shalini Penikilapate, Ahmed Alemam, Hassan A Muntazir, Trishna Acherjee, Harish Patel, Jasbir Makker

“…Results Our findings reveal a statistically significant increase (p-value 0.001) in post-PEG insertion site bleeding in the HIV group (15.3%) compared to the non-HIV group (4.5%). …”
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A combined wavelet analysis-quantile mapping (WA-QM) method for bias correction: capturing the intra-annual temporal patterns in climate model precipitation simulations and project... by Xia Wu, Zhu Liu, Qingyun Duan

“…Compared to the standalone QM approach, WA-QM showed greater accuracy in monthly statistical metrics. In the CA region, WA-SDM reduced the monthly root mean square error of the mean by 25.2%, the standard deviation by 17.6%, and the 90th percentile by 26.7% compared to SDM. …”
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Patient-reported outcome measures to assess mental and physical health status, functionality, and quality of life in patients with major depression or schizophrenia by Luis San, Belen Arranz, Carlota Romans, Berta García, Marta Coromina, Sonia Ortiz, Miriam Vilaplana, Víctor Soto, Ruth Villaescusa, Joan Alvaros

“…In the schizophrenia group, a statistically significant improvement in depressive symptoms was noted at 9 months follow-up. …”
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Effectiveness of flipped classrooms in Chinese students of clinical medicine major undergoing clinical practice: a meta-analysis by Xinrui Sun, Xin Yuan, Linyu Zhang, Yi Zhang, Xue Xiao, Hanmin Liu, Fang Ma

“…The Cochran Q test and the I2 statistic were used for heterogeneity analysis. The funnel plots were used to assess the publication bias. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: An Iranian Referral Hospital-Based Study by Masoud Mohammadpour, Seyed Abbas Hassani, Meisam Sharifzadeh, Leila Tahernia, Setareh Mamishi, Bahareh Yaghmaie, Zeinab Najafi, Farzaneh Beirami, Mehrnoush Afsharipour, Maryam Minuyeefar, Mina Dolatzadeh, Neda Pak, Anahita Majmaa, Zahra Zamani, Shima Mahmoudi

“…In total, 99 patients were admitted to COVID PICU, 42.4% (42 patients) were males, and 66 patients had positive SARS-CoV-2 real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency of clinical signs and symptoms (except for fever) among patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR and negative ones. …”
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The Effect of Platelet and Mean Platelet Volume Levels on Standard-dose Methylprednisolone Treatment Response in Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia by Emrah KILICASLAN, Murat YILDIRIM, Selim SAYIN, Erdem CEVIK, Meltem AYLI, Muhammet Kursat KAPTAN

“…The mean platelet volume (MPV) levels of the NR group were statistically lower than that of the CR group (p=0.018). …”
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Is platelet-rich plasma better than steroids as epidural drug of choice in lumbar disc disease with radiculopathy? Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Sathish Muthu, Sathish Muthu, Sathish Muthu, Vibhu Krishnan Viswanathan, Vibhu Krishnan Viswanathan, Prakash Gangadaran, Prakash Gangadaran, Prakash Gangadaran

“…Diverse post-intervention pain scores [visual analog score (VAS)] and functional scores [Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), SF-36], as reported in the reviewed studies, were evaluated. Statistical analysis was performed using STATA 17 software. 5 RCTs including 310 patients (PRP/Steroids = 153/157) were included in the analysis. …”
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Distinct effects of fine and coarse aerosols on microphysical processes of shallow-precipitation systems in summer over southern China by F. Chen, F. Chen, Y. Yang, L. Yu, Y. Li, W. Liu, Y. Liu, Y. Liu, S. Lolli

“…Using 8 years of data from Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar measurements, aerosol reanalysis, and atmospheric reanalysis, this study investigates the potential influence of coarse and fine aerosol particles on the structure of the precipitation and the microphysical processes of shallow precipitation in southern China. Statistical results indicate that during coarse-aerosol-polluted conditions, shallow-precipitation clouds have a lower mean height of the storm top (STH; <span class="inline-formula">∼3.2</span> km) but a higher mean near-surface rain rate (RR; <span class="inline-formula">∼1.78</span> <span class="inline-formula">mm h⁻¹</span>) and are characterized by high concentrations of large raindrops, driven mainly by significant collision–coalescence processes (accounting for 74.1 %). …”
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Biochemical failure-free survival of 18F-rhPSMA-7 and 18F-flotufolastat PET-guided salvage radiotherapy for patients with recurrent prostate cancer by Marco M. E. Vogel, Isabel Rauscher, Jürgen E. Gschwend, Türkay Hekimsoy, Nicola Gabler, Charlotte Olufs, Calogero D’Alessandria, Jan C. Peeken, Stephanie E. Combs, Matthias Eiber

“…%bFS was greater for PSMA-PET-guided SRT than C-SRT at all evaluated timepoints. 18F-rhPSMA-7/18F-flotufolastat-guided SRT yielded favorable disease outcomes. Although statistical significance was not reached, likely due to the limited sample size in this preliminary analysis, our data illustrate potential for 18F-flotufolastat-PET-guided SRT.…”
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