Effects of different monochromatic light on growth performance and liver circadian rhythm of Yangzhou geese by Yingqing Xu, Yi Tang, Yiyi Cheng, Wen Yang, Jie Liu, Binbin Guo, Gang Luo, Huanxi Zhu

“…They were weighed every 10 days, and blood, liver, and pituitary gland samples were collected at six time points every four hours when the geese reached 70 days of age. The findings indicated that exposure to green light (GL) had a stimulating impact on weight gain in Yangzhou geese, while not significantly affecting the feed-to-weight ratio. …”
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Determinants of infants and young children feeding practices among mothers living in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Fatimah Alsada, Tunny Sebastian, Zainab Alzayer, Hawraa Alabbas, Narjis Alhaddad, Hawraa Abu Shahin, Atheer Alghamdi, Haya F. Alhmly, Malek J. Baassiri, Bedour Alkhalifa, Antonina N. Mutoro, Wesam A. Alyahya

“…Methods This cross-sectional study was performed via structured interviews with mothers living in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province who had children aged 6–24 months. To evaluate their adherence to the recommended WHO practices, a scoring method was applied (0–9). …”
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Approach to death and dying patients and its relation with death anxiety among medical interns: a multicenter cross-sectional study by Israa Sharabati, Mohamed M. M. Mustafa, Masah Ateeq, Hasan Al-jabali, Amira Ahmed Elsayed, Ahmed Hamdy Kandil, Mohamed Nabil Hamouda, Noor Alrawajfeh, Sadeel Abu Sharib, Razan A. Abumayyala, Omar Rafeek Alkhateeb, Mira Bishtawi, Juana Abu Rahmeh, Tasneem Hetta, Raghad Abuzant, Farah Al-Mubaid

“…Results This cross-sectional study analysis was done on 1156 participants. The median age was 24 years (interquartile range “IQR”: 24–25), with most living in urban areas (74.6%). …”
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Prevalence of potential drug‒drug interactions and associated factors among elderly patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tekletsadik Tekleslassie Alemayehu, Yilkal Abebaw Wassie, Abaynesh Fentahun Bekalu, Addisu Afrassa Tegegne, Wondim Ayenew, Gebresilassie Tadesse, Demis Getachew, Abebaw Setegn Yazie, Bisrat Birke Teketelew, Mekonnen Derese Mekete, Setegn Fentahun, Tesfaye Birhanu Abebe, Tefera Minwagaw, Gebremariam Wulie Geremew

“…Abstract Background The occurrence of potential drug‒drug interactions (pDDIs) is a serious global issue that affects all age groups, with the elderly population being the most vulnerable. …”
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Status of cerebrovascular autoregulation relates to outcome in severe paediatric head injury: STARSHIP, a prospective multicentre validation studyResearch in context by Shruti Agrawal, Claudia Smith, Stefan Y. Bogli, Michal M. Placek, Manuel Cabeleira, Deborah White, Esther Daubney, Adam Young, Erta Beqiri, Riaz Kayani, Diarmuid O'Donnell, Nazima Pathan, Suzanna Watson, Anna Maw, Matthew Ganrett, Hari Krishan Kanthimathianathan, Harish Bangalore, Santosh Sundararajan, Gayathri Subramanian, Dusan Raffaj, Avishay Sarfatti, Simona Lampareillo, Anton Mayer, Oliver Ross, Marek Czosnyka, Peter J. Hutchinson, Peter Smielewski, Carly Tooke, Caroline Payne, Holly Belfield, Amisha Mistry, Collette Spencer, Claire Jennings, Lara Bunni, Laura Anderson, Emily Morgan, Melanie James, Rebecca Beckley, Tahnima Khatun, Hafiza Khatun, Olivia Nugent, Richard Aldridge, Ruth Morgan, Julie Morcombe, Martin Quinton, Catherine Postlethwaite, Jenny Pond, Jessica Cutler, Caitlin Oxford

“…Findings: Out of 153 recruited, 135 children (median age 96 months) with consent and adequate data were included. …”
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Effectiveness–implementation hybrid-2 randomised trial of a collaborative Shared Care Model for Detecting Neurodevelopmental Impairments after Critical Illness in Young Children (D... by Paula Lister, Kristen Gibbons, Zephanie Tyack, Luregn J Schlapbach, Samudragupta Bora, Maria Isabel Castillo, James Best, Debbie Long, Helen G Liley, Belinda Dow, Kerri-Lyn Webb, Christian Stocker, Debra Thoms, Carolyn Wharton, Lori Matuschka

“…We will also assess the difference between neurodevelopmental vulnerability and parental stress in two intervention groups and the impact of child, parent, sociodemographic and illness/treatment risk factors on child and parent outcomes.Methods and analysis Single-centre randomised effectiveness–implementation (hybrid-2 design) pilot trial for parents of children aged ≥2 months and <4 years discharged from PICU after critical illness or injury. …”
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Cardiomyopathy and kidney function in agalsidase beta‐treated female Fabry patients: a pre‐treatment vs. post‐treatment analysis by Christoph Wanner, Ulla Feldt‐Rasmussen, Ana Jovanovic, Aleš Linhart, Meng Yang, Elvira Ponce, Eva Brand, Dominique P. Germain, Derralynn A. Hughes, John L. Jefferies, Ana Maria Martins, Albina Nowak, Bojan Vujkovac, Frank Weidemann, Michael L. West, Alberto Ortiz

“…Left ventricular posterior wall thickness (LVPWT)/interventricular septal thickness (IVST) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR, Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration creatinine equation) analyses included 42 and 86 patients, respectively, aged 50.0 and 46.3 years at treatment initiation, respectively. …”
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Mental health in public safety personnel with workplace injuries requiring surgery: a longitudinal population-wide administrative data study in Manitoba, Canada by Tracie O Afifi, Jitender Sareen, Dan Chateau, Alyson Mahar, Jordan Nantais, James Bolton, Allen Kraut, Sarvesh Logsetty, Thomas Turgeon, Brenda Comaskey, Justin Gawaziuk, Rae Spiwak, Lauren Burton, Anthony Wightman, Jai Sareen, Natalie Mota

“…The objective of this study was to investigate whether PSP with traumatic physical workplace injuries requiring surgery with anaesthetic have higher post-injury rates of mental disorders compared with the general population with similar non-workplace injuries.Design Retrospective longitudinal cohort study.Setting Population-based study using linked anonymised administrative data for PSP and the general population in Manitoba, Canada.Participants This study compared two groups hospitalised for a traumatic physical injury requiring surgery with anaesthetic between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2018: (1) PSP (n=293) injured in the workplace and matched 1:5 on sex, age, geographical region and surgical procedure code with (2) individuals in the general population (GenPop) injured outside the workplace (no Workers Compensation Board claim) (n=1198).Primary and secondary outcomes and measures As planned in the study protocol, the prevalence of mental disorders including anxiety, depression and substance use was measured in the cohorts 2 years pre- and post-injury.Results This study found an elevated unadjusted risk of depression in PSP compared with the general population in the 2 years post-injury, adjusting for pre-injury mental health (rate ratio, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.02 to 2.17; p<0.0001). …”
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Application of fourier transform infrared vibrational spectroscopy in identifying early biochemical changes in lipid profiles of individuals undergoing Roux-en-y gastric bypass by Amanda Motta de Bortoli, Márcia Helena Cassago Nascimento, Blanca Elena Guerrero Daboin, Beatriz Bobbio de Brito, Luiza Recla Pessotti, Paulo Roberto Filgueiras, Andressa Bolsoni Lopes, Valerio Garrone Barauna, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi

“…Results The study evaluated 29 individuals (86.2% female) with a mean age of 41.2 ± 7.8 years. Significant differences were observed in anthropometric parameters and body composition (p < 0.001). …”
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Strategies adopted by men to deal with uncertainty and anxiety when following an active surveillance/monitoring protocol for localised prostate cancer and implications for care: a... by Chris Metcalfe, Jenny Donovan, Julia Wade, Vincent J Gnanapragasam, Michael Davis, David Neal, Richard Martin, Athene Lane, Edward Rowe, Freddie Hamdy, James Catto, Emma Turner, David Gillatt, Eleanor Walsh, Derek Rosario, Tim Peters, Roger Kockelbergh, Alan Paul, Peter Holding, Howard Kynaston, Owen Hughes, Prasad Bollina, Alan Doherty, Edgar Paez

“…This study investigated men’s strategies for coping with the uncertainties of active monitoring (AM, a surveillance strategy within the Prostate testing for cancer and Treatment, ProtecT trial) over the longer term and implications for optimising supportive care.Design Longitudinal serial in-depth qualitative interviews every 2–3 years for a median 7 (range 6–14) years following diagnosis.Setting Four centres within the UK Protect trial.Participants Purposive sample of 20 men with localised PCa: median age at diagnosis 64 years (range 52–68); 15 (75%) had low-risk PCa; 12 randomly allocated to, 8 choosing AM. …”
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Sleep quality during pregnancy following assisted reproductive technology and natural conceiving: a prospective birth cohort study by Yidong Xie, Yidong Xie, Ruoti Peng, Li Xiao, Li Xiao, Shangwei Li, Shangwei Li, Xiaohong Li, Xiaohong Li

“…In addition to psychological factors and IVF/ICSI treatment, poor sleep quality was also associated with advanced age. However, there was no significant difference in sleep quality between the husbands of the IVF/ICSI and NC groups.ConclusionThe study reveals that women receiving IVF/ICSI treatment are at a higher risk of experiencing sleep disturbances throughout their pregnancy compared with women with natural conception. …”
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Estimating the need for diabetic retinopathy services in north India: evidence from a population-based survey in the catchment population of an eye care provider in central Uttar P... by Andrew Bastawrous, Vaibhav Jain, Ian McCormick, Shalinder Sabherwal, Ishaana Sood, Atanu Majumdar, Shamanna B R, Mohd Javed, Sandeep Buttan, Simrat Chandi, Basitali Lakhani, Shreya Tyagi, Utsav Deep

“…Objective The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and retina screening coverage among people with diabetes in the catchment area of a high-volume eye care organisation in north India.Design A population-based cross-sectional study using Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness survey, including the DR module.Setting A customised rural district in the catchment of Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital in Uttar Pradesh in north India.Participants 4095 people of age 50 years and above were enrolled using a two-staged cluster sampling, 3867 (94.4%) participated; 2167 (52.9%) were women. 3803 of 4095 (92.9%) participants were assessed for diabetes. …”
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Robot-assisted pyeloplasty and laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children: A comparison of single-port-plus-one and multiport surgery by Jianglong Chen, Jianglong Chen, Huihuang Xu, Huihuang Xu, Shan Lin, Shan Lin, Shaohua He, Shaohua He, Kunbin Tang, Kunbin Tang, Zhixiang Xiao, Zhixiang Xiao, Di Xu, Di Xu

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to compare the effects of various trocar placements in robot-assisted and laparoscopic pyeloplasty involving children diagnosed with obstruction of the ureteropelvic junction (OUPJ).MethodsWe retrospectively collected the data on 74 patients under 14 years of age who had been diagnosed with OUPJ; these patients underwent either robot-assisted or laparoscopic pyeloplasty in our hospital between January 2015 and November 2021. …”
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Oxycodone for analgesia in children undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: a randomized, double-blind, parallel study by Wei Ji, Wei Ji, Liping Sun, Liping Sun, Yue Huang, Yue Huang, Jie Bai, Jie Bai, Jijian Zheng, Jijian Zheng, Kan Zhang, Kan Zhang

“…Eighty-two pediatric patients aged 2–18 years who were scheduled for elective ERCP were randomly assigned to receive either oxycodone (0.2 mg/kg) or fentanyl (2 μg/kg). …”
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Multidimensional 1-Year Outcomes After Intensive Care Admission for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children by Thomas C. Seijbel, BSc, Levi Hoste, MD, Corinne M. P. Buysse, MD, PhD, Karolijn Dulfer, PhD, Filomeen Haerynck, MD, PhD, Matthijs de Hoog, MD, PhD, Naomi Ketharanathan, MD, PhD

“…Seventy MIS-C patients (62% male; median age, 10.0 [interquartile range, 7.4–13.0]) were admitted to the PICU, mostly (86%) due to (imminent) circulatory failure. …”
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Characteristics and outcomes of patients with LAM receiving sirolimus in France based on real-life data by Vincent Cottin, Vincent Cottin, Antoine Cases, Virginie Bourdin, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Sandrine Hirschi, Mallorie Kerjouan, Rémi Diesler, Rémi Diesler, Brieux Chardès, Stéphane Fiévez, Nada Assi, Aurélie Schmidt, Hélène Denis, Lidwine Wémeau-Stervinou, Yurdagul Uzunhan

“…Over the entire study period, 638 patients were considered as treated with sirolimus for possible LAM, including 208 patients treated for “probable” LAM and 33 patients for TSC-LAM. Median [Q1; Q3] age at index date was 45.0 years [34.0; 58.5] for patients with probable LAM and 40.0 years [28.0; 56.0] for patients with TSC-LAM. …”
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Physical and Sensory Long-Term Disabilities from <i>Bothrops</i> Snakebite Envenomings in Manaus, Western Brazilian Amazon by Eduardo M. G. Fernández, Débora N. Oliveira, Alexandre V. Silva-Neto, Rafaela N. Dávila, Ligia Lengler, Marco A. Sartim, Altair S. Farias, Luiz C. L. Ferreira, Érica da Silva Carvalho, Fan H. Wen, Felipe Murta, Fernando Almeida-Val, Manuela B. Pucca, Jacqueline A. G. Sachett, Wuelton M. Monteiro

“…The summary WHODAS 2.0 disability rate was 59%. Age > 59 years (<i>p</i> = 0.02)] was associated with protection against disability. …”
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Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: Clinical, Endoscopic, and Radiological Findings by Emanuele Sinagra, Dario Raimondo, Domenico Albano, Valentina Guarnotta, Melania Blasco, Sergio Testai, Marta Marasà, Vincenzo Mastrella, Valerio Alaimo, Valentina Bova, Giovanni Albano, Dario Sorrentino, Giovanni Tomasello, Francesco Cappello, Angelo Leone, Francesca Rossi, Massimo Galia, Roberto Lagalla, Federico Midiri, Gaetano Cristian Morreale, Georgios Amvrosiadis, Guido Martorana, Marcello Giuseppe Spampinato, Vittorio Virgilio, Massimo Midiri

“…The prevalence of SMA syndrome was 0.005%. Median age and body mass index were 23.5 years and 21.5 kg/m2, respectively. …”
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Insulin resistance surrogates are associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in population with metabolic syndrome: a retrospective cohort study of NHANES by Jinhao Liao, Linjie Wang, Lian Duan, Fengying Gong, Huijuan Zhu, Hui Pan, Hongbo Yang

“…The prospective cohort of 6662 participants aged 18 years and older with metabolic syndrome was extracted from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(NHANES 1999–2016). …”
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How trait mindfulness protects late adolescents from stress-induced sleep problems: the unique role of mindfulness facets and gender differences by Huiting Cao, Jing Qian, Fenghua Tang, Yunyan Dong, Haining Ren, Xiaoran Xue, Ningning Mao, Xiaoyu Liu

“…Methods The study tracked 1,926 Chinese vocational high school students (M age = 18.49) over a year, assessing them for their sleep problems, perceived impact of stressful life events, and mindfulness facets through self-reported questionnaires. …”
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