Trends of adverse pregnancy outcomes and its determinants in Arba Minch Zuria and Gacho Baba Woredas from 2018 to 2022: Analysis of health and demographic surveillance data. by Zeleke Gebru, Fekadeselassie Berhe, Shitaye Shibiru, Bereket Honja, Mesfin Kote, Alazr Baharu, Tadesse Awoke

“…The trends of adverse pregnancy outcomes showed 11.1/1000 in 2018 and 14.1/1000 in 2022. Age > 34 years old (aPPR = 2.93, 95%CI: 1.67, 5.17), antenatal care (aPPR = 0.52, 95%CI: 0.33, 0.83), and history of pregnancy loss (aPPR = 2.68, 95%CI: 1.36, 5.29) were identified as determinates for adverse pregnancy outcomes.…”
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Interventions to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Related Knowledge and Attitudes Among the Adolescents: Scoping Review by Putri YHS, Maryati I, Solehati T

“…Inclusion criteria included quantitative intervention research, quasi-experimental, or randomized controlled trials; involving adolescents aged 10– 19 years; describing at least one intervention to improve knowledge, attitudes, or awareness about reproductive health; and published in English or Indonesian between 2019– 2024. …”
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Evaluation of Six Preendoscopy Scoring Systems to Predict Outcomes for Older Adults with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Yajie Li, Qin Lu, Kexuan Wu, Xilong Ou

“…This was a retrospective study of 602 older adults (age≥65) presenting with UGIB at Zhongda Hospital Southeast University from January 2015 to June 2021. …”
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Influence of Nursing Time and Staffing on Medication Errors: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Administrative Data by Mutsuko Moriwaki, Michiko Tanaka, Masayuki Kakehashi, Masato Koizumi, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Kenshi Hayashida

“…<b>Results</b>: The mean patient age was 71.43 years (SD = 15.08). The medication error rate in nursing wards was 13.71%. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy in Eyes with Retinal Vascular Occlusion Diseases in Chinese Patients by Zhengwei Zhang, Yunjia Jiang, Xiaoli Huang, Zhifeng Wu, Bilian Ke

“…PAMM was detected in 49 eyes of 49 RAO patients and 29 eyes of 29 RVO patients. The mean ages at presentation were 64.49 ± 13.90 years and 54.00 ± 18.48 years in RAO and RVO patients (P=0.006), respectively. …”
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Immunosuppressive Phenotype of Esophagus Tumors Stroma by Olga V. Kovaleva, Madina A. Rashidova, Daria V. Samoilova, Polina A. Podlesnaya, Valeria V. Mochalnikova, Alexei Gratchev

“…We found that FOXP3 expression was associated with age (p=0.042) and iNOS expression was associated with the disease stage (p=0.044). …”
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Undergraduates' lifestyle and Suboptimal Health Status (SHS): A cross-sectional study in the Ha'il region of Saudi Arabia. by Bandar Alsaif, Collins Otieno Asweto, Sehar-Un-Nisa Hassan, Mohamed Ali Alzain, Mohammed Elshiekh Saeed, Ahmed Kassar, Kamal Elbssir Mohammed Ali, Mouna Ghorbel, Rafat Zrieq, Wei Wang

“…These variables included age, college, academic level, diet, BMI, and sleeping duration.…”
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The impact of dental photography in social media platforms on patients’ selection of dentists and type of treatment by Yaser Nizar Alqabbani, Nawaf Khalid Alfhaed, Khaled Fawaz Almasaad, Rahaf Yahya Mahanshi, Faraz Farooqi, Khalifa S. Al-Khalifa, Balgis Osman Gaffar

“…Results A total of 552 completed the survey of whom 289 (52.4%) aged 18–25 years, 291 (52.7%) were males, 336 (60.9%) were bachelors, and the majority 448 (81.2%) had a postgraduate degree. …”
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Occurrence and Impact of Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events during Sepsis: A 15-Year Observational Study by Ming-Shun Hsieh, Shu-Hui Liao, Vivian Chia-Rong Hsieh, Chorng-Kuang How

“…The enrollees were 70.15 ± 15.17 years of age with a hospital mortality rate of 38.91%. GIB developed in 3.80% of the patients; MACEs included ischemic stroke in 1.54%, intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in 0.92%, and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in 1.59%. …”
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Continuous atrial fibrillation monitoring using a wearable smartwatch: Using long-term Holter as reference by Yannan Pan, Erdong Chen, Shihui Jie, Dongbo Huo, Zhongru Ding, Jing Zhou, Jie Jiang, Jianping Li, Yong Huo

“…Results The study analyzed 72 patients (48 males, mean age 65.4 ± 8.5) with 914 AF episodes lasting 834.7 hours, including 142 longer-than-5-minute AF episodes. …”
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Human Immune System Increases Breast Cancer-Induced Osteoblastic Bone Growth in a Humanized Mouse Model without Affecting Normal Bone by Tiina E. Kähkönen, Mari I. Suominen, Jenni H. E. Mäki-Jouppila, Jussi M. Halleen, Azusa Tanaka, Michael Seiler, Jenni Bernoulli

“…The study was performed using CIEA NOG (NOG) mice engrafted with human CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells (huNOG) and age-matched immunodeficient NOG mice. Bone phenotyping was performed to evaluate baseline differences. …”
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The association between dietary sodium density and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in US adults by Peilin An, Silin Wang, Lingyun Liu, Xuelin Li, Xin Lv, Xin Lv

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted using NHANES data, focusing on adults aged 20 years and older with available dietary and thyroid profile data. …”
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Efficacy of Kolofort in Combined Functional Gastroenterological Pathology: an Open Study by Yu. P. Uspenskiy, O. S. Mirzoev, Yu. A. Fominykh, A. A. Gnutov, S. V. Polyushkin

“…The study included 56 patients with IBS and FD diagnosed according to the Rome IV revision criteria and the Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the average age was 36.36 ± 6.42 years. All patients received Kolofort 2 times a day, 2 tablets per dose for 28 days.Results. …”
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Constructing a fall risk prediction model for hospitalized patients using machine learning by Cheng-Wei Kang, Zhao-Kui Yan, Jia-Liang Tian, Xiao-Bing Pu, Li-Xue Wu

“…Results The final model included the following variables: Adl_standing, Adl_evacuation, Age_group, Planned_surgery, Wheelchair, History_of_falls, Hypnotic_drugs, Psychotropic_drugs, and Remote_caring_system. …”
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Retinal assessment in 143 patients with white matter lesions: the potential of OCTA as an evaluation tool by Dong Zhang, Xueying Jiang, Yan Zhang, Jingcui Qin

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the association between retinal status and white matter lesions (WMLs) in 143 patients aged 50–80 years, utilizing Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) and the Fazekas Visual Scale for assessment.MethodsA total of 143 subjects underwent MRI scanning to assess the degree of WMLs using the Fazekas scale. …”
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Comparison of Nutritional and Meat Quality Characteristics between Two Primal Cuts from Aceh Cattle in Aceh Province, Indonesia by Hamny Sofyan, Aryani Sismin Satyaningtijas, Cece Sumantri, Etih Sudarnika, Srihadi Agungpriyono

“…This study used a sample of longissimus lumborum and semitendinosus muscles from 18 adult male Aceh cattle with the age of 2–2.5 years and a BCS of 3.24. Muscle samples were obtained shortly after the cattle were slaughtered in slaughterhouses in Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar districts. …”
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Urinary phthalate metabolites associated with increased prevalence of gallstone disease in U.S. adults: data from the NHANES study by Feng Jia, Yu Chang, Yuguang Li, Fangqi Li, Xinqiao Chen, Xiangliang Liu, Wei Li, Jiuwei Cui

“…Methods We analyzed data on 1,696 adults aged ≥ 30 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017–2018. …”
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Polysomnographic features of children with obesity: body mass index predict severe obstructive sleep apnea in obese children? by Rungrat Sukharom, Prakarn Tovichien, Kanokporn Udomittipong, Pinyapach Tiamduangtawan, Wattanachai Chotinaiwattarakul

“…Results A total of 132 children with obesity (76.5% male; mean age, 12.5±3.2 years) were included. Severe OSA was identified in 64 children (48.5%). …”
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Regional Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by V. V. Genkel, R. G. Portnova, T. V. Antipina, I. I. Shaposhnik

“…According to the results of the correlation analysis, the increase in cfPWV was associated with an increase in patient age (r = 0.564; p = 0.01), the duration of IBD history (r = 0.628; p = 0.003), fasting plasma glucose (r = 0.367; p = 0.034) and GFR decrease (r = -0.482; p = 0.031). …”
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears with Bone Marrow Concentrate and Platelet Products Compared to Exercise Therapy: A Midterm Analysis by Christopher Centeno, Zachary Fausel, Ian Stemper, Ugochi Azuike, Ehren Dodson

“…Patients enrolled into the study were between 18 and 65 years of age presenting to an outpatient orthopedic clinic with partial to full thickness, nonretracted supraspinatus tendon tears. …”
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