Clinical patterns and predictors of trauma-related mortality over 13 years: a retrospective analysis from a Level 1 National trauma center by Ayman El-Menyar, Sandro Rizoli, Ahammed Mekkodathil, Mohammad Asim, Sajid Atique, Abdel-Aziz Hammo, Hisham Jogol, Ahad Kanbar, Khalid Ahmed, Rafael Consunji, Husham Abdelrahman, Asmaa Al-Atey, Ahmad Kloub, Fernando Spencer Netto, Gustav Strandvik, Hassan Al-Thani

“…Pre-hospital deaths followed a similar pattern to the overall mortality, while the in-hospital rates remained steady. …”
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Bacterial Isolates and Antibacterial Resistance Patterns in a Patient with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital, Southwest Et... by Abdulhakim Mussema, Getenet Beyene, Mulatu Gashaw

“…This study aimed to determine the bacteriology and antibiotic resistance patterns among patients with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) at Jimma Medical Center. …”
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Using Real World Evidence to Describe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Costs Associated with PDE-5 Inhibitor Monotherapy by George Ruiz, Jason Yeaw, Cassandra A. Lickert, Ajita P. De, Rolin L. Wade, Janis Pruett, William Drake

“… # Results PDE-5i monotherapy for PAH treatment was associated with high treatment modification rates, low adherence, increased healthcare resource utilization, and high costs. …”
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Spatial patterns and temporal trends of tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer attributed to particulate matter pollution in Asia and its 34 countries and territories, 1990–2021 by Minxia Yang, Feng Xuan, Liejiong Wang, Ying Lou, Shengjian Yu

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War’s youngest victims: a descriptive cross-sectional study on injury distributions, severity patterns, and outcomes among paediatric trauma patients in Kharkiv, Ukraine by Filippa Sennersten, Safora Frogh, Gustav Falk, Mariia Matvieienko, Olha Karafulidi, Olha Konstantynovska, Yohan Robinson, Andreas Wladis, Denise Bäckström

“…Conclusions This study offers new insights into paediatric trauma from modern warfare in a high-income setting, highlighting the occurrence of blast and shelling injuries, injury patterns overall similar to previous conflicts, and high disability rates at discharge. …”
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Global trends of depressive disorders among women of reproductive age from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis of burden, sociodemographic disparities, and health workforce correla... by Fangyi Dai, Yuzhou Cai, Min Chen, Yong Dai

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Opioid-use disorder and reported pain after spine surgery: Risk-group patterns in cognitive-appraisal processes in a longitudinal cohort study by Carolyn E Schwartz, ScD, Katrina Borowiec, MA, Bruce D Rapkin, PhD, Joel A Finkelstein, MD, MSc, FRCS(C), Tai Sutherland, BA, Olivia B Caan, BA, MS, Richard L Skolasky, ScD

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Opioid prescription patterns and pain severity among patients with opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders: a mixed methods study by Erin F. Madden, Gintare Daulys, Benjamin Tingey, Felicia Frabis, Pooja Lagisetty, Philip J. Kroth, Fares Qeadan

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Gas composition and pressure in the hypopharynx during high-flow oxygen therapy through a nasal cannula in healthy volunteers with different breathing patterns by Andrey I. Yaroshetskiy, Anna P. Krasnoshchekova, Fedor D. Tkachenko, Alina V. Rubashchenko, Daniil D. Zubarev, Vasiliy D. Konanykhin, Maxim I. Savelenok, Maxim M. Nosenko, Zamira M. Merzhoeva, Sergey N. Avdeev

“…Abstract Background High-flow nasal cannula is widespread in patients with hypoxemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure, but physiological data concerning influence of the combination of breathing pattern, preset flow rate (PFR), and inspiratory oxygen fraction (FDO2) on end-expiratory pressure (EEP), capnogram, oxygram, and exhaled tidal volume (VTe) remains insufficient. …”
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Prevalence and patterns of multiple long-term conditions among lymphatic filariasis patients in Odisha, India: a community-based cross-sectional study by Abhinav Sinha, Prakash Kumar Sahoo, Krushna Chandra Sahoo, Patrick Highton, Shubhashisha Mohanty, Trupti Nayak, Akshya Kumar Prusty, Sujata Choudhury, Barsha Kumari, Karl Puchner, Kamlesh Khunti, Sanghamitra Pati

“…We estimated the prevalence and correlates of MLTC, assessed the commonly occurring patterns, and investigated the association between self-rated health (SRH) and the number of chronic conditions among patients with lymphatic filariasis. …”
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Analysing referral patterns from a primary dermatological clinic to other medical institutions for further care: A survey on patients with certain skin diseases in Japan by Daisuke Ueo, Takashi Sakai, Erika Ochiai, Jun Sese, Yutaka Hatano

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Prevalence and patterns of pre-existing multimorbidity in pregnancy in Northern Ireland: a population-based, retrospective study using linked routinely collected healthcare data by Lisa Kent, Siang Ing Lee, Megha Singh, Steven Wambua, Katherine Phillips, Utkarsh Agrawal, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Colin McCowan, Jonathon Kennedy, Holly Hope, Ngawai Moss, Rachel Plachcinski, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Mairead Black, Sinead Brophy, Aideen Maguire, Dermot O’Reilly, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Kelly-Ann Eastwood, The MuM-PreDiCT Group

“…The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence and patterns of maternal multimorbidity in a UK population. …”
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Global burden trends of tension-type headache, 1990–2021: socio-demographic patterns, age-period-cohort effects, and frontier analysis from the GBD 2021 study by Can Wang, Can Wang, Chao Liao, Yuyin Liu, Yuyin Liu, Peng Chen, Yuanlun Xie, Li Tian

“…We used absolute numbers and age-standardized rates from 1990 to 2021. Spearman correlation assessed the relationship between rates and the Socio-Demographic Index (SDI). …”
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Sublinear association between cortical thickness at the onset of the adult lifespan and age-related annual atrophy parallels spatial patterns of laminar organization in the adult c... by Bruno Hebling Vieira, Carlos Ernesto Garrido Salmon

“…Our results show that, whilst there is no obvious shared pattern between the initial surface area of cortical regions at eighteen years and their yearly rate of decay, for cortical thickness there is enough evidence to suggest thicker regions at eighteen years of age also present higher yearly rates of thinning, although yearly percentages are proportionately smaller. …”
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Future perspective of China's feed demand and supply during its fast transition period of food consumption by Wan-lu DONG, Xiao-bing WANG, Jun YANG

“…China has experienced dramatic changes in food consumption patterns over the last three decades. However, there are different opinions regarding the future trends in consumption. …”
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Isolation, Identification of Bacterial Species Causing Chronic suppurative Otitis Media and Detection Some of Their Virulence Factors by Yumna Shaker Mahmood, Suha Maher Abed, Amar Mohammed Alwan

“…Cloacae), S. aureus had scored the highest rate (41%) of the total infections while the lowest rate was scored by E.Cloacae(1%). …”
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Real-World Clinical Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, and Clinical Outcomes in US Patients with Stage I–III Resected NSCLC Without Known EGFR Mutations: The RESECT Study by Jhanelle E. Gray, Rachel J. Salomonsen, Ignacio Diaz Perez, Alice Wang, Ling Cai, Graham Wetherill, Yang Xiao, Claire Fielden, Nefeli Georgoulia

“…Five-year overall survival rates were 73.4%, 61.9%, and 50.5% in stage I, II, and III patients; 5-year real-world relapse-free survival rates were 35.4%, 23.1%, and 14.0%. …”
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MissPred: A Robust Two-Stage Radar Echo Extrapolation Algorithm for Incomplete Sequences by Ziqi Zhao, Chunxu Duan, Lin Song, Qilin Zhang, Wenda Zhu, Yi Liu

“…To address these issues, we propose MissPred, a radar echo extrapolation model specifically designed for missing data patterns. MissPred employs a dual encoder–decoder architecture. …”
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Clinical and radiological characteristics of novel subtypes of end-stage knee osteoarthritis based on joint space loss patterns in standing extended view and fixed flexion view by Woo-Suk Lee, Tae Hyung Kim, Hyuck Min Kwon, Jun Young Park, Kwan Kyu Park, Byung-Woo Cho

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to classify end-stage knee osteoarthritis (KOA) based on the pattern of joint space loss in standing extended view (SEV) and fixed flexion view (FFV) and to investigate clinical and radiological differences. …”
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Pattern and appropriateness of antibiotic therapy for acute respiratory tract infection among under-five children accessing care in a tertiary facility, Sokoto, Nigeria by Fatima Ishaq Abubakar, Hadiza Kubra Ahmed, Omotolani Olawunmi Akintunde, Idrees Abiodun Rufai

“…Introduction Acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs) are a major cause of antibiotic use among under-five (U5) children, often leading to inappropriate prescriptions that contribute to antimicrobial resistance, adverse drug reactions and higher healthcare costs.Objectives To assess the pattern and rate of antibiotic prescriptions and evaluate their appropriateness based on WHO and Paediatric Association of Nigeria guidelines for ARI treatment among U5 children at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, SokotoMethods A retrospective review of medical records (case folders and prescription sheets) was conducted for U5 children diagnosed with ARI over a 10-month period at the paediatric outpatient and inpatient units, Department of Paediatrics, UDUTH. …”
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