PPARG2 Pro12Ala and TNFα -308G>A Polymorphisms Are Not Associated with Heart Failure Development in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Izabela Wojtkowska, Tomasz A. Bonda, Andrzej Tysarowski, Katarzyna Seliga, Janusz A. Siedlecki, Maria M. Winnicka, Janina Stępińska

“…Methods. 122 patients without HF (aged 63 ± 8.8 years, 85% males) with confirmed coronary artery disease qualified for coronary bypass grafting were enrolled in the study. …”
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Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with atrial fibrillation receiving catheter ablation: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial (RCT) with embedded... by Gregory Y H Lip, Helen Jones, Mark T Mills, Dhiraj Gupta, Lawrence Foweather, Benjamin JR Buckley, Charlotte Fitzhugh

“…Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects approximately 2.5% of the UK population, with a risk of 1 in 3–5 individuals after the age of 45 years. The global prevalence has risen sharply in the past two decades, from 33.3 million to 59 million individuals living with AF, and is associated with stroke, heart failure and mortality. …”
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Precise Detection of Gene Mutations in Fine-Needle Aspiration Specimens of the Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Using Next-Generation Sequencing by Feng-xia Yu, Min-xia Hu, Han-xue Zhao, Li-juan Niu, Xue-yu Rong, Wei-hua Li, Qiang Zhu, Jian-ming Ying, Ning Lyu

“…But the BRAF mutation was not found to be significantly associated with the gender or age of patients with PTMC (P>0.05). Conclusions. …”
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Size-resolved Compositional Analysis and Source Apportionment of Submicron Aerosol during Lockdown Period Using HR-ToF-AMS by Prodip Acharja, Akash Vispute, Prasanna Lonkar, Suresh W. Gosavi, Sreyashi Debnath, Narendra G. Dhangar, Kaushar Ali, Gaurav Govardhan, Sachin D. Ghude

“…The size-resolved analysis showed the unimodal size distribution of organic and inorganic constituents with peaks at 550 nm, implying the dominant presence of mixed and aged aerosol species. The stoichiometric neutralization analysis showed the almost neutralized nature of submicron aerosol with an average aerosol neutralization ratio (ANR) of 0.8. …”
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Perceived stress and family adaptability in head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy: the chain-mediated effect of social support and family resilience by Xiaoru Li, Xiaoru Li, Xiaoru Li, Yu Zhu, Yu Zhu, Yu Zhu, Hongwei Wan, Hongwei Wan, Hongwei Wan

“…Bootstrap methods to analyze independent and chained mediation effects between variables.ResultsThe research participants had a mean age of 43.63 ± 12.78 years, were mostly male (61.7%), married (85.8%), had a university education (51.6%), were uninsured (50.9%), had ear, nose, and throat tumors (56.3%), and had an illness duration of 1-6 months (43.4%). …”
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POSSIBILITIES OF DIAGNOSIS OF RADIATION INJURIES AND REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS AFTER COMBINED TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT TUMORS OF THE BREAST by A. V. Kondakov, M. E. Borodina, O. V. Andrianov, N. I. Rozhkova

“…The main contingent of the test (82.4%) were middle-aged women from 33 to 59 years old. For an objective diagnosis of the state of post-radiation fibrosis and scarring using modern methods of instrumental diagnostics: Sonoelastography, infrared thermography and thermal imaging diagnostics. …”
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Prevalence, associated factors, management and outcomes of hypokalaemia in hospitalised patients at a South African tertiary centre by C Burton, M-Y Chothia, A Zemlin, S Lahri

“…The median (interquartile range) age was 46 (33 - 63) years, and 60% were female. …”
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Novel indicator of microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and shortened erythrocyte lifespan: a multicenter cross-sectional analysis by Yunqi Wu, Binshan Zhang, Xin Ma, Pei Yu, Saijun Zhou, Xinli Wang

“…Results Our study comprised 140 participants with T2DM (62 men and 78 women, with a median age of 67 years) with a median DM duration of 9.68 years, a mean glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) value of 7.10%, and a median GA value of 16.10%. …”
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Clinical analysis of molecular typing of 146 cases of endometrial carcinoma by Bo Zhang, Bo Zhang, Dan Zhou, Shuo Zhang, Jinbowen Yan, Qingwei Meng, Qiubo Lv

“…A comparative analysis of the four TCGA types and age yielded statistically significant results (p = 0.012). …”
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The prevalence and prognostic significance of Sarcopenia and Adipopenia in Pleural Mesothelioma by Andrew C. Kidd, Gordon W. Cowell, Geoffrey A. Martin, Jenny Ferguson, Dean A. Fennell, Matt Evison, Kevin G. Blyth

“…Pre-chemotherapy T4 muscle indices were inversely associated with age. No associations were observed with tumour volume, histology, weight, inflammatory markers. …”
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Description of the Serological Response After Treatment of Chronic Imported Schistosomiasis by Marta González-Sanz, Irene Martín-Rubio, Oihane Martín, Alfonso Muriel, Sagrario de la Fuente-Hernanz, Clara Crespillo-Andújar, Sandra Chamorro-Tojeiro, Begoña Monge-Maíllo, Francesca F. Norman, José A. Pérez-Molina

“…Results: Of the 83 patients included, 72 (86.7%) were male, and the median age was 26 years (IQR 22–83). Most patients, 76 (91.6%), were migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Effectiveness of mobile health for exercise promotion on cardiorespiratory fitness after a cancer diagnosis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Megan E. Gregory, Weidan Cao, Saurabh Rahurkar, Fadi Haroun, James C. Stock, Sanam M. Ghazi, Daniel Addison

“…Results Of 656 articles, nine (n = 392) met systematic review inclusion criteria (mean age range 19–62 years, 71.9% female, 60.9% breast cancer). …”
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Nursing of a critically ill patient undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement combined with coronary stent implantation (1例危重症患者一站式经导管主动脉瓣置换术联合冠状动脉支架植入术的护理)... by YU Dan (喻丹), ZHOU Ge (周舸)

“…Giving the increasing surgical risk caused by issues such as advanced age and concomitant diseases, the one-stop minimally invasive surgery was carried out, in combination of transcatheter aortic valve replacement combined with coronary stent implantation. …”
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Protocol for faecal microbiota transplantation in irritable bowel syndrome: the MISCEAT study – a randomised, double-blind cross-over study using mixed microbiota from healthy dono... by Lenka Kramna, Ondrej Cinek, Jakub Hurych, Jiri Vejmelka, Lucie Hlinakova, Vladyslav Larionov, Michal Kulich, Pavel Kohout

“…Our study will examine the effectiveness of stool transfer with artificially increased microbial diversity in IBS treatment.Methods and analysis A three-group, double-blind,randomised, cross-over, placebo-controlled study of two pairs of gut microbiota transfer will be conducted in 99 patients with diarrhoeal or mixed type of IBS. Patients aged 18–65 will be randomised into three equally sized groups: group A will first receive two enemas of study microbiota mixture (deep-frozen stored stool microbiota mixed from eight healthy donors); after 8 weeks, they will receive two enemas with placebo (autoclaved microbiota mixture), whereas group B will first receive placebo, then microbiota mixture. …”
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The Role of Rotational Thromboelastometry in Early Detection of the Hemostatic Derangements in Neonates with Systemic Candida Infection by Rozeta Sokou, Alexia Eleftheria Palioura, Aikaterini Konstantinidi, Alexandra Lianou, Maria Lampridou, Martha Theodoraki, Daniele Piovani, Stefanos Bonovas, Konstantina A. Tsante, Petros Ioannou, Nicoletta Iacovidou, Andreas G. Tsantes

“…Specifically, neonates with SCI had significantly prolonged clotting time (CT) and clot formation time (CFT), as well as lower clot amplitude at 10 min (A10) and maximum clot firmness (MCF) when compared to healthy neonates (<i>p</i> values < 0.05), findings that remained consistent after adjusting for confounding factors such as gestational age, birth weight, and sex. In addition, a strong correlation was noted between ROTEM parameters and disease severity based on the modified NEOMOD, nSOFA, and NeoBAT scores. …”
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Role of the Specialized Proresolving Mediator Resolvin D1 in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Preliminary Results by Luca Navarini, Tiziana Bisogno, Domenico Paolo Emanuele Margiotta, Alessandra Piccoli, Silvia Angeletti, Alice Laudisio, Massimo Ciccozzi, Antonella Afeltra, Mauro Maccarrone

“…Thirty patients with SLE and thirty age- and sex-matched healthy subjects (HSs) have been consecutively recruited at Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital. …”
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Feasibility of remote robot empowered teleultrasound scanning for radioactive patients by Ying Liang, Lu Wang, Manuel Escobar Amoresa, Zirui Jiang, Bo Yu, Jiami Li, Man Lu

“…Among 32 patients (mean age, 54.9 ± 9.8 [SD]; 16 women), 29 had consistent diagnoses and 3 had inconsistent diagnoses between two scans, but the diagnostic consistency was good (Kappa = 0.818, P < 0.001). …”
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Electroacupuncture Improves Clearance of Amyloid-β through the Glymphatic System in the SAMP8 Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease by Pei-zhe Liang, Li Li, Ya-nan Zhang, Yan Shen, Li-li Zhang, Jie Zhou, Zhi-jie Wang, Shu Wang, Sha Yang

“…Seven-month-old SAMP8 mice were randomized into a control group (Pc) and an electroacupuncture group (Pe). Age-matched SAMR1 mice were used as normal controls (Rc). …”
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Previous treatment with anthracycline does not affect the course of sepsis in cancer patients: Retrospective cohort study by Camille Windsor, Adrien Joseph, Stephanie Pons, Djamel Mokart, Frederic Pène, Achille Kouatchet, Alexandre Demoule, Fabrice Bruneel, Martine Nyunga, Edith Borcoman, Matthieu Legrand, Michael Darmon, Lara Zafrani, Elie Azoulay, Virginie Lemiale

“…Comparison between patients who received anthracycline and those who did not was performed using a propensity score, including confounding variables (age and underlying diseases). A competing risk adjusted for severity of illness (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment [SOFA] score) was used to analyze the duration of vasopressor requirement. …”
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Serum metabolome associated with novel and legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure and thyroid cancer risk: A multi-module integrated analysis based on machine learning by Fei Wang, Yuanxin Lin, Lian Qin, Xiangtai Zeng, Hancheng Jiang, Yanlan Liang, Shifeng Wen, Xiangzhi Li, Shiping Huang, Chunxiang Li, Xiaoyu Luo, Xiaobo Yang

“…Objectives: Explore the effects of PFAS exposure on the serum metabolome and its correlation with TC. Methods: A 1:1 age- and sex-matched case-control study was administered with 746 TC cases and healthy controls. …”
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