Changes in incidence and severity of commercial motorcycle accidents due to the use of delivery service platforms in Korea: a retrospective cohort study by Dam Moon, Jae Ho Jang, Jin Seong Cho, Jae Yeon Choi, Jae-hyug Woo, Woo Sung Choi, Sung Yeol Hyun, Seung Hwan Lee

“…The odds for severity were affected by patients age (odds ratio [OR], 1.008; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.004–1.013), and overnight/morning (00:00–12:00; OR, 1.243; 95% CI, 1.091–1.415). …”
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Assessment of vegetation in Murchison falls national park five years after the completion of oil and gas exploration by Hindrah Akisiimire, William Tinzaara, Keneth Tumwebaze, Charles K.Twesigye

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A novel intraoperative Esophagus-Sparing Anastomotic Narrowing Revision (ESANR) technique for patients who underwent esophagojejunostomy: three case reports and a review of the lit... by Jian Zhou, Zhenhong Wang, Guobiao Chen, Yi Li, Min Cai, Fathima Shifly Pannikkodan, Xiangzhi Qin, Dan Bai, Zhenbing Lv, Lei Gong, Yunhong Tian

“…No anastomotic stricture or leakage was found following ESANR, and all three patients recovered without complications. 12 studies with a total of 174 patients were analyzed. The management of anastomotic stricture, which included Balloon Dilation (BD), Endoscopic Incision Therapy (EIT), stent placement, Endoscopic combination therapy (Needle-Knife stricturotomy NKS, Balloon Dilation with Triamcinolone Injection TAC), and re-do laparoscopic esophagojejunostomy. …”
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Low-Protein Diet Supplemented with Keto Acids Is Associated with Suppression of Small-Solute Peritoneal Transport Rate in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients by Na Jiang, Jiaqi Qian, Aiwu Lin, Wei Fang, Weiming Zhang, Liou Cao, Qin Wang, Zhaohui Ni, Qiang Yao

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Drivers of Palliative Care and Hospice Use Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer by Megan C. Edmonds, Melissa Mazor, Mayuri Jain, Lihua Li, Marsha Augustin, José Morillo, Olivia S. Allen, Amina Avril, Juan P. Wisnivesky, Cardinale B. Smith

“…In our adjusted model, older patients and those reporting negative lung cancer beliefs were more likely to receive hospice care (OR: 1.06, 95% CI: 1.004–1.138; OR: 1.04, 95% CI: 1.002–1.093, respectively). …”
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Impact of shock index (SI), modified SI, and age-derivative indices on acute heart failure prognosis; A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Mehrbod Vakhshoori, Niloofar Bondariyan, Sadeq Sabouhi, Mehrnaz Shakarami, Sayed Ali Emami, Sepehr Nemati, Golchehreh Tavakol, Behzad Yavari, Davood Shafie

“…In-hospital and follow-up mortality rates in seven(n = 12955) and three(n = 5253) enrolled records were 6.18% and 10.14% with mean SI of 0.68(95%CI:0.63-0.73) and 0.72(95%CI:0.62-0.81), respectively. …”
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VERİLİ BİR DEĞER DUYGUSU OLARAK ADALET by Muhammet Caner Ilgaroğlu

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Decreased Levels of Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase (IRAP) in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study by Osman Köse, Koray Gök, Elif Köse, Sezen Irmak Gözükara, Abdullah Tüten, Mehmet Sühha Bostancı

“…Serum IRAP levels showed significant negative correlations with fasting glucose, insulin, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) levels and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) (r = –0.541, p = 0.001; r = –0.447, p = 0.001; r = –0.584, p = 0.001; r = –0.361, p = 0.001). The optimum serum IRAP cut-off value was calculated to be 0.857 ng/mL, with a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 80% for the prediction of GDM (p = 0.001). …”
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Сandidate SNP-markers of rheumatoid arthritis that can significantly alter the affinity of the TATA-binding protein for human gene promoters by I. V. Chadaeva, D. A. Rasskazov, E. B. Sharypova, I. A. Drachkova, E. A. Oshchepkova, L. K. Savinkova, P. M. Ponomarenko, M. P. Ponomarenko, N. A. Kolchanov, V. A. Kozlov

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Gastritis Stages in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Dyspeptic Twins by Mindaugas Urba, Jurgita Skieceviciene, Dainius Janciauskas, Laimas Jonaitis, Limas Kupcinskas, Matteo Fassan, Massimo Rugge, Juozas Kupcinskas

“…Concordance for corpus atrophy in monozygotic versus dizygotic twins was 92.9% (13/14 pairs) and 86.7% (13/15 pairs), respectively (p=0.584). …”
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Severity of grinder injuries and related factors compared with other high-rotation cutting tool injuries: a multicenter retrospective study from 2011 to 2018 by Juni Song, Yang Bin Jeon, Jae Ho Jang, Jin Seong Cho, Jae Yeon Choi, Woo Sung Choi

“…While using a nongrinder tool, the most frequently injured body part was also the hand (64.0%), followed by the lower leg (11.4%). The odds of a severe injury were affected by patient age (odds ratio [OR], 1.024; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.020–1.028) and using a grinder (OR, 2.073; 95% CI, 1.877–2.290). …”
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Intracranial CT findings in traumatic brain injury: A retrospective, cross-sectional study among Igbo population in Nigeria by Angel-Mary Anakwue, Felicitas Ugochinyere Idigo, Uloma Benedicta Nwogu, Sylvester Osita Ogbu, Anthony Nnamani, Kennedy Joseph, Camillus Chukwuemeka Ugwoke

“…Cerebral oedema was the most common finding observed in the study (n = 64, 24.44%, CI 19.03% to 29.85%), followed by subarachnoid haemorrhage (n = 41, 16.94%, CI 12.21% to 21.67%) and epidural haematoma (n = 26, 10.74%, CI 6.84% to 14.64%). …”
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Impact of caffeine and vitamin D3 on the body-weight of pregnant BALB/c mice by Maimoona Khan, Muhammad Saad Abdullah, Fareeha Mushtaq, Faiza Umbreen, Muhammad Rizwan Bashir Kiani, Ayesha Shahid

“…Results:  Mean body-weights of mice in control group G1 were noted as 26.8 ± 0.789g,  30.7 ± 0.949g, 36 ± 0.667g and 42 ± 1.054g on 1st, 7th, 14th and 21st day of gestation, respectively.  …”
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Increased Plasma Levels of 8-Hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in Patients with Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma by Altaf A. Kondkar, Tahira Sultan, Taif A. Azad, Lubna Tabussum, Essam A. Osman, Saleh A. Al-Obeidan

“…A significant positive correlation was observed between 8-OHdG levels and intraocular pressure (R=0.284, p=0.008) and cup/disc ratio (R=0.233, p=0.031). …”
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The nutritional content of bilih fish (Mystacoleucus padangensis blkr) eggs waste as source of fish feed material by Hafrijal Syandri

“…The study showed that bilih fish eggs meal contained protein 22,44-59,90%, fat 12,67-18,09%, moisture 7,33-10,62%, ash 3,25-5,43%, amino acid total 14,57-27, 50%, fatty acid 0,24-0,53%, mangan 1,38-1,66 mg/100 g, zinc 22,39-24,73 mg/ 100 g, vitamin  A 188,95-218,44 mg/100 g, vitamin C  10,42-18,08  mg/100 g and  vitamin  E 8,64-10,39 mg/100 g samples. …”
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Performance of Cementless Hip Arthroplasty Stem Types Based on Consolidated Large Registry Data by Logan E. Finger, MD, Matthew F. Gong, MD, Asher Mirvish, BS, Alexandra S. Gabrielli, MD, Ahmad P. Tafti, PhD, Michael J. O’Malley, MD, Brian A. Klatt, MD, Johannes F. Plate, MD, PhD

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Evaluating the overall renal outcomes of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by Min-Jia Cao, Ting-Ting Liang, Li Xu, Fang-Hong Shi

“…We found that there was no decline in the rate of change in eGFR after 13 weeks and SGLT2 inhibitors treatment significantly improved the rate of change in eGFR after 64 weeks (64–104 weeks: WMD, 1.024 mL/min/1.73m2/per year, 95% CI 0.643–1.406; 104 weeks: 0.978, 0.163–1.794).SGLT2 inhibitors reduced the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) (OR 0.836; 95% CI 0.747–0.936; I 2 = 0%), mainly derived from empagliflozin (P = 0.001) and increased the incidence of volume-related adverse events (AEs) by 23%.However, no statically differences were observed in death due to kidney disease (P = 0.182) or events of eGFR < 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 (P = 0.202). …”
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The effect of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 5.2 infection on perioperative physiological indicators in orthopedic patients by Hao Wu, JunZhe Yang, YuQin Yan, Xiao Hu, BiXi Li, PengFei Cheng, XiaoYang Song

“…Multivariate regression analysis revealed that Omicron BA 5.2 infection, older age and a history of cerebral infarction were associated with increased D-dimer and FDP levels, and their odds ratios (ORs) and confidence intervals are 3.339 [95% CI, 1.372–8.419], P = 0.008; OR, 1.080 [95% CI, 1.023–1.139]; P = 0.005; OR, 10.644 [95% CI, 1.352–83.320], P = 0.025, respectively. …”
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A mediation analysis of meteorological factors on the association between ambient carbon monoxide and tuberculosis outpatients visits by Tianfeng He, Tianfeng He, Xujun Qian, Jing Huang, Guoxing Li, Xinbiao Guo

“…The maximum relative risk (RR) was 1.091 (95%CI, 1.020–1.168, lag 0–2 days). Similarly, the maximum cumulative lag effect of CO exposure was 1.781 (RR = 1.781, 95%CI: 1.157–2.742, lag 0–15 days). …”
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Ocular Signs and Ocular Comorbidities in Monoclonal Gammopathy: Analysis of 80 Subjects by Kitti Kormányos, Klaudia Kovács, Orsolya Németh, Gábor Tóth, Gábor László Sándor, Anita Csorba, Cecília Nóra Czakó, Achim Langenbucher, Zoltán Zsolt Nagy, Gergely Varga, László Gopcsa, Gábor Mikala, Nóra Szentmáry

“…There were 160 eyes of 80 patients (38.75% males; age 67.61 ± 10.48 (range: 38–85) years) with monoclonal gammopathy and 86 eyes of 43 control subjects (32.56% males; age 62.44 ± 11.89 (range 37–86) years). …”
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