Ginkgo biloba L.: An Updated Review on the Pharmacological Activities, Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions by Zahra Moeinipour, Maryam Akaberi, Zahra Sobhani

“…Therefore, caution should be taken in consuming this plant with anticoagulants or platelet inhibitors such as warfarin, ticlopidine, clopidogrel, and aspirin. However, patients’ age, gender, and dosage forms of medicine seem to play an essential role in drug interactions. …”
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Effect of Professional Ownership on Compassion Fatigue and Quality of Life among Midwives by İpek Turan, Hacer Ünver Koca

“…Data were collected using the Personal Introduction Form, Midwifery Belonging Scale, Compassion Fatigue Brief Scale, and Quality of Life Scale for Employees.Results: The average age of the midwives in the study was 33.02, 76.6% had a bachelor's degree, 62.4% were married, 46.8% had an income equal to their expenses, 50.0% did not have children, 90.7% did not find the salary they received as a midwife sufficient, 58.3% chose the midwifery profession in order not to have problems finding a job, 30.7% were currently working at ASM, 89.8% did not have an administrative position at the institution, 48.5% worked in shifts, and the average total service period was 9.08%. …”
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Correlation of sarcopenia with progression of liver fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a study from two cohorts in China and the Un... by Fan Zhang, Longgen Liu, Wenjian Li

“…Abstract Objective The objective of this study was to investigate the association between sarcopenia and liver fibrosis in patients aged 18–59 years with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and to assess the potential of sarcopenia as a risk factor for the progression of liver fibrosis. …”
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Impact of Pediatric Chronic Dialysis on Long-Term Patient Outcome: Single Center Study by Daniella Levy Erez, Irit Krause, Amit Dagan, Roxana Cleper, Yafa Falush, Miriam Davidovits

“…Results. 110 patients were enrolled in the study. Mean age was 10.7±5.27 yrs. (range: 1 month–24 yrs). …”
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Patterns and Determinants of Change in Cortisol Levels and Thyroid Function as a Function of Cardiac Risk in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery by Khouloud Abdulrahman Al-Sofyani, Mohammed Shahab Uddin, Ebtehal Ahmed Qulisy, Osman Osama Al-Radi

“…The study involved 46 children aged 14 years or younger who underwent elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. …”
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Comparisons of CVID and IgGSD: Referring Physicians, Autoimmune Conditions, Pneumovax Reactivity, Immunoglobulin Levels, Blood Lymphocyte Subsets, and HLA-A and -B Typing in 432 Ad... by James C. Barton, Luigi F. Bertoli, J. Clayborn Barton

“…Similarities included specialties of referring physicians, mean ages, proportions of women, reactivity to Pneumovax, median serum IgG3 and IgG4 levels, median blood CD56+/CD16+ lymphocyte levels, positivity for HLA-A and -B types, and frequencies of selected HLA-A, -B haplotypes. …”
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Different effects of mechano- and metaboreflex on the central blood pressure waveform by Nobuhiro Nakamura, Peng Heng, Naoyuki Hayashi

“…We investigated the effect of muscle mechanoreflex on central BP and compared the changes in the shape of the central BP waveform during mechanoreflex and metaboreflex.MethodsWe measured 12 healthy males (age, 26 ± 2 years; height, 171.1 ± 5.2 cm; body mass, 63.3 ± 10.3 kg; body fat, 16.7% ± 3.9%; means ± standard deviation [SD]) in this study. …”
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Identifying Factors for Low-Risk Participation in Alternative Cardiac Rehabilitation Models for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Using MI’S SCOREPAD by Eric J. Brandt, Joshua Garfein, Chih-Wen Pai, Joseph Bryant, Eva Kline-Rogers, Samantha Fink, Melvyn Rubenfire

“…We report on the proportion of participants with these risk factors and the proportion with all of these low-risk factors. Results. The mean age of CR participants (n=1984) was 63 years; 25% were women, and 82% were non-Hispanic White. …”
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Comparison of NoSAS score with STOP-Bang and Berlin scores in predicting difficult airway by Onurcan Balık, Eyyüp Sabri Özden, Mustafa Soner Özcan, Filiz Alkaya Solmaz, Pakize Kırdemir

“…Methods Following the ethics committee approval, preoperative NoSAS, STOP-Bang, and Berlin scores were calculated for 420 patients aged 18 years and older who were scheduled for tracheal intubation. …”
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Applying the photovoice method with adolescents in mining areas in rural Mozambique: critical reflections and lessons learned by Olga Cambaco, Hermínio Cossa, Andrea Farnham, Eusébio Macete, Mirko S. Winkler, Karin Gross, Khátia Munguambe

“…Photovoice was successfully integrated into eight focus group discussions with adolescent girls and boys aged 15 to 17 years. Several lessons for guiding future research were learned. …”
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Association of Specific Leg Muscle Strength and Motor Features in Parkinson’s Disease by Chatkaew Pongmala, Chernkhuan Stonsaovapak, Austin Luker, Alexis Griggs, Miriam van Emde Boas, Jacob M. Haus, Nicolaas I. Bohnen

“…Multivariate regression analysis, adjusted for age, gender, and levodopa equivalent dose, revealed that hip abductor strength was significantly associated with overall PIGD motor severity ratings (p<0.001), impaired balance (p<0.001), and non-PIGD Parkinsonian motor features (p<0.001). …”
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Promotora intervention for metabolic and mental health to reduce type 2 diabetes risk: a pilot randomized controlled trial by Maria C. Vargas, Joshua B. Katz, Azucena Lopez, Arturo Carrillo, Dyanna L. Gregory, Matthew J. O’Brien

“…Study participants were women (95%) with mean age 49.9 (± 9.3) years, moderate levels of perceived stress, and risk factors for diabetes, including mean BMI 33.3 (± 5.4) kg/m2 and elevated HbA1c [mean 6.0% (± 0.2)]. …”
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Development of prognostic models for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer in females: a retrospective population-based study by Yan Chen, Yu Qiu, Haoyang Shen, Shuixin Yan, Jiadi Li, Weizhu Wu

“…Independent prognostic factors of BCSS and OS included: age; marital status; race; oestrogen receptor status; surgery; chemotherapy; and bone, brain, liver, and lung metastases. …”
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Prognostic Value of Serum Albumin at Admission for Neurologic Outcome with Targeted Temperature Management after Cardiac Arrest by Soo Hyun Kim, Chun Song Youn, Hyo Joon Kim, Seung Pill Choi

“…We included adult patients aged ≥18 years with nontraumatic OHCA treated with TTM whose serum albumin concentration was available and who were admitted from 2009 to 2016. …”
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The Impact of Preconception TSH on the Reproductive Outcomes of Infertile Women Undergoing the First Fresh D3 Embryo Transfer Cycle by Yuchao Zhang, Wenbin Wu, Yanli Liu, Yichun Guan, Xingling Wang, Liting Jia

“…No significant differences were observed in terms of gestational age, single live birth rates, and birth weight, or birth length. …”
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Overweight and Obesity Coexist with Thinness among Lao’s Urban Area Adolescents by Katiya Ivanovitch, Sonemany Keolangsy, Nontiya Homkham

“…A cross-sectional data on 300 adolescents aged 15–19 were collected during the months of March, April, and May 2018 by means of a self-administrated questionnaire. …”
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Management of Traumatic Pancreatic Injuries: Evaluation of 7 Years of Experience at a Single Regional Trauma Center by Min A Lee, Seung Hwan Lee, Kang Kook Choi, Youngeun Park, Gil Jae Lee, Byungchul Yu

“…Methods We identified all adult patients (age >15) with pancreatic injuries from our trauma registry over a 7-year period. …”
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Trends and Factors Affecting Hospitalization Costs in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Two-Center Study over the Past Decade by Junjie Xu, Minyue Tang, Jun Shen

“…CD patients displayed a special one peak for age at diagnosis, which was different from UC patients. …”
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Possible Roles of Micro RNA‑142‑5p and Claudin-1 in Development of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis in Iraqi Patients by Khaled Nather Taha, Farhan Abood Risan, Abdulameer Jasim Mohammed

“…Chemical thyroid function characteristics at the time of HT manifestation in adults are mostly influenced by the age of the patients and gender. …”
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Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors of Home-Based Management of Diarrhea among Caregivers of Children Attending Under-Five Clinic in Fagita Lekoma District, Awi Zone, Amhar... by Bogale Kassahun Desta, Nega Tezera Assimamaw, Tesfaye Demeke Ashenafi

“…Two hundred eight (56.2%) of them had good knowledge and one hundred thirty-nine (37.6%) of them had the good practice of home management of diarrhea, specifically, primary education (AOR: 5.384, 95% CI: 2.008, 14.438), secondary and above education (AOR: 11.769, 95% CI: 3.527, 39.275), daily laborer (AOR: 0.208, 95% CI: 0.054, 0.810), and no information about diarrhea (AOR: 0.139, 95% CI: 0.054, 0.354). Moreover, age range of 25–35 (AOR: 4.091, 95% CI: 1.741, 9.616) and 36–45 (AOR: 3.639, 95% CI: 1.155, 11.460), being single (AOR: 0.111, 95% CI: 0.013, 0.938), being divorced (AOR: 0.120, 95% CI: 0.024, 0.598), illiteracy (AOR: 0.052, 95% CI: 0.017, 0.518), primary education (AOR: 0.143, CI: 0.046, 0.440), and no information about diarrhea (AOR: 0.197, 95% CI: 0.057, 0.685) were significantly associated variables with the outcome variables in multivariate regression. …”
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