Spectrum of thyroid disorders among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Md Rakibul Hasan, Raisa Siddika, Sayma Akther Mou, Md Shahed Morshed

“…Results: Total 1424 patients with T2DM were enrolled in the study. The mean age of the study population was 48.8 ± 12.9 years and 45.2% and 54.8% were male and female respectively. …”
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Clinical analysis of risk factors for diarrhea associated with enteral nutrition in post-craniocerebral surgery patients by Lei Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Xiaojie Zhu, Leiming Xu, Lin Zhu, Hai Zhou, Shengkai Yang

“…A diagnostic nomogram was constructed to predict the probability of diarrhea in patients receiving EN after craniocerebral surgery.ResultsAccording to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 141 patients were enrolled in this study, including 50 patients in the diarrhea group and 91 patients in the non-diarrhea group. …”
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A conceptual model for advanced/metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer: a review of qualitative studies and results from patient interviews by France Ginchereau Sowell, Thom de Milliano, Keri J. S. Brady, Ginamarie Foglia, Medha Sasane, Samira Bensfia, Matthew Reaney

“…Patients were mostly positive about their experience of care, willing to enroll in clinical trials, and keen to receive innovative treatments with few side effects. …”
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Risdiplam utilization, adherence, and associated health care costs for patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a United States retrospective claims database analysis by Anish Patel, Walter Toro, Min Yang, Wei Song, Raj Desai, Mingchen Ye, Nadia Tabatabaeepour, Omar Dabbous

“…Results 86 patients with ≥ 1 SMA diagnosis, risdiplam treatment, and ≥ 6 months of continuous enrollment after the index date (SMA diagnosis) were identified in the IQVIA PharMetrics® Plus database (01/01/2020−06/30/2022). …”
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Effect of Dietary Magnesium on the Association Between Serum Uric Acid and Female Infertility by Xin X, Zhang Q, Xu J, Huang J

“…Xiaoqin Xin,1 Qi Zhang,2 Jing Xu,1 Jungao Huang3 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Ganzhou People’s Hospital, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ganzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Medical Genetic, Ganzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jungao Huang, Email jungaohuang@sina.comBackground: Few studies have evaluated the correlation between serum uric acid (SUA) levels and the prevalence of female infertility in the general population, and the effect of magnesium intake on this correlation has not been investigated.Methods: All participants aged 18– 45 years at baseline were enrolled from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Surveys (NHANES) 2013– 2018. …”
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Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors for Obese Type 2 Diabetes Patients Uncontrolled on Met... by Lu Ding, Bang Sun, Xinhua Xiao

“…Results. Totally, 3 RCTs enrolled 2066 patients were identified. Compared with SGLT-2is, treatment with GLP-1RAs achieved significant reduced HbA1c by 0.40% (95% CI: −0.54, −0.25; p<0.00001), fasting blood glucose (FBG) by 0.17 mmol/L (95% CI: −0.31, −0.04; p=0.01), and postprandial blood glucose (PBG) by 0.32 mmol/L (95% CI: −0.49, −0.14; p=0.0003) for obese T2D patients uncontrolled on metformin. …”
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Impact of Prone Position on 12-Lead Electrocardiogram in Healthy Adults: A Comparison Study with Standard Electrocardiogram by Yunis Daralammouri, Murad Azamtta, Hamza Hamayel, Amro Adas, Osama Sawalmeh, Yahia Ismail, Saed H. Zyoud

“…A cross-sectional observational study enrolled forty healthy adults (24 males and 16 females) aged between 18 and 40 years. …”
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Association of ultra-processed food-related metabolites with selected biochemical markers in the UK Biobank by Anthony Kityo, Byeonggeun Choi, Jung-Eun Lee, Chulho Kim, Sang-Ah Lee

“…UPF and UNPF intakes were evaluated using the NOVA classification, and related metabolites were identified using elastic net penalized regression. A UPF metabolomic signature was computed as a weighted sum of UPF-related metabolites, using elastic net coefficients as weights. …”
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Il "corpo paziente", da oggetto a soggetto della cura: embodiment e caring touch by Anna Restaino, Loredana Cavagnero, Paola Mosca, Mariangela Mazzone, Gabriella Mincione

“…METODOLOGIA: Revisione della letteratura attraverso la consultazione di Pubmed, MSAL, FNOPI, Regione Abruzzo, AGENAS, CESPI e la Gazzetta ufficiale, utilizzando le seguenti parole chiave: «tocco infermiere», «contatto nel nursing», «bisogno del contatto», «touch therapy», «scale valutazione touch», «caring touch» e «benefici del touch nel nursing». …”
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Deep learning radiomics nomogram for preoperatively identifying moderate-to-severe chronic cholangitis in children with pancreaticobiliary maljunction: a multicenter study by Hui-min Mao, Kai-ge Chen, Bin Zhu, Wan-liang Guo, San-li Shi

“…Methods A total of 323 pediatric patients with PBM who underwent surgery were retrospectively enrolled from three centers, and divided into a training cohort (n = 153), an internal validation cohort (IVC, n = 67), and two external test cohorts (ETC1, n = 58; ETC2, n = 45). …”
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Cognitive behavior therapy for academic burnout, procrastination, self-handicapping behavior, and test anxiety among adolescents: a randomized control trial by Khizra Khurshid, Rabia Mushtaq, Umara Rauf, Nida Anwar, Qasir Abbas, Sumayah Aljhani, Zoobia Ramzan, Mafia Shahzadi

“…Materials and methods A total of 200 adolescents were enrolled for eligibility assessment; 129 participants met the eligibility criteria, and they were allocated to the experimental and waitlist control conditions. …”
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Correlation between depressive symptoms and cognitive function in middle-aged and elderly population in China: an analysis of CHARLS baseline data by Yuchao SUN, Jing FENG, Zihui LEI, Ge QU, Xinyan LI, Yong GAN

“…MethodsData on 17 705, 2 834, and 574 individuals aged ≥ 45 years were extracted from the 2011, 2013, and 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) enrollment surveys, which used the 10-item Center for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression Short Form (CES-D-10) to identify participants′ depression symptoms. …”
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The Clinical and Economic Impact of Employees Who Are Care Partners of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis by Disease Severity by Barry Hendin, Richard A. Brook, Ian A. Beren, Nathan Kleinman, Cindy Fink, Amy L. Phillips, Carroline Lobo

“…**Methods:** Employees with spouses/domestic partners with MS from the Workpartners database (Jan. 1, 2010–Dec. 31, 2019) were eligible if: spouse/partner had at least 3 MS-related (ICD-9-CM/ICD-10-CM:340.xx/G35) inpatient/outpatient/disease-modifying therapy claims within 1 year (latest claim = index date); 6-month pre-index/1-year post-index enrollment; and age 18 to 64 years. Employee care partners’ demographic/clinical characteristics and direct/indirect costs were compared across predetermined MS severity categories. …”
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Beyond BRAFV600E: Investigating the Clinical and Genetic Spectrum of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in Children by Xue Tang, Ju Gao, Xia Guo, Zhi Wan, Jing‐jing Sun

“…Results A total of 309 pediatric LCH patients with molecular alterations beyond BRAFV600E were enrolled in the study, among whom 33 were from our center. …”
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Acupuncture combined with multiple therapies for angina pectoris: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Xiangyu Kong, You Gu, Zhao Qiu

“…A random-effects Bayesian NMA was performed using R (version 4.3.1) and Stata (version 16.0).Results46 RCTs were enrolled, with 3976 patients with angina pectoris. …”
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Vitamin D supplementation during intensive care unit stay is associated with improved outcomes in critically Ill patients with sepsis: a cohort study by Caifeng Li, Ke Zhao, Qian Ren, Lin Chen, Ying Zhang, Guolin Wang, Keliang Xie

“…Both propensity score matching (PSM) and stepwise regression analyses were employed to adjust for potential confounders.ResultsA total of 20230 eligible patients were enrolled in the entire unmatched cohort, and 8710 patients were included in the matched cohort. …”
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CECT-Based Radiomic Nomogram of Different Machine Learning Models for Differentiating Malignant and Benign Solid-Containing Renal Masses by Qian L, Fu B, He H, Liu S, Lu R

“…Lu Qian,1,&ast; BinHai Fu,2,&ast; Hong He,2 Shan Liu,1 RenCai Lu2 1Department of Pathology, the First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650032, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, the Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650032, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: RenCai Lu, Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, the Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, No. 157 Jinbi Road, Kunming, Yunnan, 650032, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 087163614503, Email lrc_09@126.comObjective: This study aimed to explore the value of a radiomic nomogram based on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) for differentiating benign and malignant solid-containing renal masses.Materials and Methods: A total of 122 patients with pathologically confirmed benign (n=47) or malignant (n=75) solid-containing renal masses were enrolled in this study. Radiomic features were extracted from the arterial, venous and delayed phases and further analysed by dimensionality reduction and selection. …”
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Combined real-time fMRI and real time fNIRS brain computer interface (BCI): Training of volitional wrist extension after stroke, a case series pilot study. by Avi K Matarasso, Jake D Rieke, Keith White, M Minhal Yusufali, Janis J Daly

“…<h4>Approach</h4>We enrolled a four-case series and administered three sequential rt-fMRI and ten rt-fNIRS neural feedback sessions interleaved with motor learning sessions. …”
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The activity of a herbal medicinal product of Phyllanthus niruri and Silybum marianum powdered extracts (Heptex®) in patients with apparent risk factors for nonalcoholic steatohepa... by Mohamed Kamal Shaker, Mohamed Hassany, Basem Eysa, AbdulMoneim Adel, Ahmed Zidan, Shahnaz Mohamed

“…Results A total of 146 patients were enrolled in the study. A significant decrease was observed in ALT levels in the low-dose group (57 IU/L to 40 IU/L, p = 0.026) and the high-dose group (61 IU/L to 47.5 IU/L, p < 0.0001) and in AST levels in the high-dose group (43.5 IU/L to 32 IU/L, p = 0.001), with no significant difference between the relative percent change in ALT (p = 0.465) or AST (p = 0.632) between the three groups. …”
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Hp eradication decreased the expression level of PG II in patients of Hp negative with gastric intestinal metaplasia: a retrospective cross-sectional study by Yanhong Wang, Xixiang Cao, Baodong Shan, Song Chen, Shengnan Li, Sujuan Fei, Xunlei Pang

“…Methods A total of 247 normal controls (NC) and 240 patients diagnosed with GIM were enrolled in this study. All participants underwent a gastroscopy procedure followed by pathological examination for diagnosis confirmation. …”
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