Contemporary Results of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Obese Patients by T. Owais, M. El Garhy, P. Lauten, M. Haensig, H. Lapp, P. C. Schulze, T. Kuntze

“…Our demographic data analysis showed 41% of patients were male and the mean age was 78 (range, 61–92 years). According to the WHO classification, 33% patients had normal weight, 42% were defined as overweight, and 22% were obese. …”
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A Clinical Monitoring Program of COVID-19 Outpatients: A Prospective Cohort Study by Hossein Kasiri, Cyrus Mahjub, Mohammadreza Mazaeri, Fahimeh Naderi-Behdani, Aliyeh Bazi, Monireh Ghazaeian, Sahar Fallah

“…Most of the patients were female (66.7%) with a mean age of 39.39 years (SD: ± 15.82). The mean time of the symptom onset was 5.6 days (SD: ±1.79). …”
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Bladder mucosal smoothness predicts early recovery of urinary continence after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy by Le Yu, Ye Yan, Hongling Chu, Shaohui Deng, Jianfei Ye, Guoliang Wang, Yi Huang, Fan Zhang, Shudong Zhang

“…A model was developed to predict the risk of urinary incontinence (UI) at three months after LRP. Results Age group, clinical T stage group, BMS grade group, PV group, IPPL group, and MUL group differed significantly between patients in the UI group and the UC group (all P values < 0.05). …”
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A retrospective cohort study: do patients with graves’ disease need to be euthyroid prior to surgery? by Abrar Al Jassim, Tim Wallace, Sarah Bouhabel, Agnieszka Majdan, Michael Hier, Veronique-Isabelle Forest, Richard Payne

“…Results The study comprised 67 participants with a mean age of 46 years (range16–78 years). A total of 78% of patients were on methimazole, 34% on beta-blockers, 27% on potassium iodine solution, 10% on propylthiouracil and 7% on steroids. …”
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Correlation Between the Inferior Vena Cava/Aorta (Ivc/Ao) Ratio and Serum Lactate Levels in Children With Renal Disorder by Hakim DDL, Widiasta A, Rachmadi D, Rahayunigsih SE, Apandi PR, Adrizain R, Martiano MRA

“…Understanding these parameters could improve early diagnosis, aid clinical decisions, and enhance outcomes for pediatric AKI patients, offering an accessible monitoring method for clinicians.Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 48 pediatric patients aged 5– 18 years showing Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) ≥ 3 and diagnosed with renal disorders. …”
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Level of physical activity of students from the police force academy in Bratislava by Gabriel Bujdos, Štefan Adamčák, Michal Marko, Anna Kozaňáková

“…Our study group was divided into two groups according to their gender, the first group consisted of 249 female students and the second o 190 male students. The overall average age of our students of 21.55 years. Our survey was carried out at the end of the summer semester in June 2022. …”
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Some haematological values in the healthy kangol dogs and german wolfdogs by Zafer Durgun, Mursayettin Eksen, Ercan Keskin

“…In this study, 11 male, 7 temale Kangal do gs and 18 male, 10 temale German Wolfdogs, aged, 1-3 were used. The required blood for haematological analysis were taken from v. cephalica antebrachi or v. saphena parva.…”
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Assessing Health Disparities in Digital Services and Technologies During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis Using HINTS Data by Shih HJ, Min H, Chang J

“…Our cross-sectional study assessed patient portal use and various predictors. Age, marital status, sex, mental health, education, income, urban/rural (urbanity), family size, trust, social media use, chronic condition, and health app use predict. …”
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Optical coherence tomography angiography reveals abnormal retinal vascular density and perfusion in patients with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: a cross-sectional study by Lujie Zhang, Yongqiu Yu, Ting Liu, Chongyi Li, Liang Tan, Shuiqian Wen

“…Methods Fifty-two patients and 47 age-matched controls were included in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Evaluation of 902 Total Abdominal Hysterectomies Performed for Benign Reasons by Fazilet Kübra Boynukalın, Ömer Tolga Güler, Mehmet Coşkun, Özgür Özyüncü, Nasuh Utku Doğan

“…RESULTS: Among 902 patients in whom abdominal hysterectomy was performed the mean age was 47.9 (range: 30-77), and the most common hysterectomy indication was uterine leiomyoma (n=552, 61.2%). …”
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Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a paediatric cohort in Kuwait by Mohammad Alghounaim, Saadoun Bin-Hasan, Fatemah Alhaddad, Ali Abdulkareem, Danah Alsharrah, Abdullah Alkandari, Mona Al-Ahmad, Hashem Al Hashemi

“…The incidence of reinfection decreased to 0.78 (95% CI 0.52 to 1.17) and 0.47 (95% CI 0.28 to 0.79) per person-day when the minimum interval between PCR repositivity was increased to 60 and 90 days, respectively. The mean age of reinfected subjects was 8.5 (IQR 3.7–10.3) years and the majority (70%) were girls. …”
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Comparative assessment of the quality of life of the patients after phacoemulsification of cataract, complicated by a violation of capsular support of the lens, with various method... by Kozhukhov A.A, Kapranov D.O.

“…The patients were divided into three groups equivalent by the age and degree of maturity of the cataract - the main group (MG, 56 eyes), in which the IOL was sutured by an original technique, according to which the ends of the filaments were fixed in the corneal layers, and two control groups, where IOL was fixed under the scleral flap (K1, 58 eyes) and to the iris (K2, 60 eyes). …”
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Pancreatic cancer mortality in South Africa: A case-control study by M L Nhleko, I Edoka, E Musenge

“…Controls were randomly selected to be as similar as possible to the cases, and matched by age, sex and year of death. Conditional logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with pancreatic cancer mortality. …”
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Reasons Why Patients Do Not Return to Sport Post ACLReconstruction: A Cross-Sectional Study by Hamdan M, Haddad BI, Amireh S, Abdel Rahman AMA, Almajali H, Mesmar H, Naum C, Alqawasmi MS, Albandi AM, Alshrouf MA

“…The factors considered encompassed knee-related symptoms, life-related reasons, and choice-related reasons, such as fear of reinjury.Results: Among the 138 participants who were included, the mean age was 33.49 ± 9.19 years, with only 39 (28.3%) patients indicated a successful return to their pre-injury activity levels. …”
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Randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial of fenofibrate for treatment of diabetic macular oedema with economic evaluation (FORTE study): study protocol for a randomised co... by Gerald Liew, Paul Mitchell, Bamini Gopinath, Helen Nguyen, Richard Kha

“…Multiple regression analyses adjusting for age, glycated haemoglobin, number of injections and other covariates will also be performed.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been granted by the University of Sydney Human Ethics Committee (HREC-2019/892), and the trial has been registered with the Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12618000592246). …”
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Forensic Assessment of Alcohol Intoxication in Cases of Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Lithuania by Beata Kirstukaitė, Akvilė Paškauskienė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Sigitas Laima, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…We analyzed blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in relation to sex, age, road user type, place and time of the day at death. …”
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Treatment of a collapse fracture of the anterolateral tibial plateau with a lateral locking plate and the Jail screw technique by Wei Jiang, Xu Liu, Xiang-Ru Kong, Bing Wang, Jian-Ning Sun, Hong-Bin Zheng, Ming Chen

“…Twenty-six patients were successfully included, including 15 males and 11 females, with an average age of 58.6 ± 7.8 years (range 45–68 years). All fractures were Schatzker type II fractures. …”
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Response Time Threshold for Predicting Outcomes of Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest by Ling Hsuan Huang, Yu-Ni Ho, Ming-Ta Tsai, Wei-Ting Wu, Fu-Jen Cheng

“…After adjustment for confounding factors, age (odds ratio [OR] = 0.983, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.975–0.992, p<0.001), witness (OR = 3.022, 95% CI: 2.014–4.534, p<0.001), public location (OR = 2.797, 95% CI: 2.062–3.793, p<0.001), bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR, OR = 1.363, 95% CI: 1.009–1.841, p=0.044), EMT-paramedic response (EMT-P, OR = 1.713, 95% CI: 1.282–2.290, p<0.001), and prehospital defibrillation using an automated external defibrillator ([AED] OR = 3.984, 95% CI: 2.920–5.435, p<0.001) were statistically and significantly associated with survival to hospital discharge. …”
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p16 expression in patient with Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) by Putu Erika Paskarani, I Gede Sastra Winata, Elisa Laura Oktrinita Sitohang, Felyanto Felyanto, Sang Ayu Putu Yuliantini

“…Unfortunately, p16 expression was not significant statistically based on age, parity, and contraceptive history, with p-values of 1.00, 0.45, and 0.65, respectively. …”
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Malaria and Geohelminthiasis Coinfections in Expectant Women: Effect on Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes in a Malaria Endemic Region in Kenya by Wekesa Antony Wanyonyi, Chrispinus Siteti Mulambalah, David H. Mulama, Elizabeth Omukunda, Darwin Injete Siteti

“…To collect data on malaria and maternal haematological parameters, blood samples were obtained from 750 participants aged 18-49 years and analyzed. Haemoglobin and eosinophils levels were determined by coulter counter while malaria parasitemia levels and red blood cell morphology were assessed by preparing and observing blood smears under the microscope. …”
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