Impact of Novel Guidelines on Multifactorial Control and Its Association with Mortality in Adult Patients with Hypertension and Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: A 4-Year Prospectiv... by Ngoc-Thanh-Van Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc Chau, Nam Hoai Le, Hai Hoang Nguyen, Hoai-An Nguyen

“…Results. 246 patients were included with a mean age of 64.5 ± 10.4. 58.5% were females. 64.2% were categorized as high risk. …”
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Does digital, multimedia information increase recruitment and retention in a children’s wrist fracture treatment trial, and what do people think of it? A randomised controlled Stud... by Jacqueline M Martin-Kerry, Peter Knapp, Steven Higgins, Rebecca Sheridan, Juul Achten, Duncan Appelbe, Louise Spoors, Thirimon Moe-Byrne, Daniel Perry, Jenny Roche

“…Children’s mean age was 9.2 years, 41.0% were female, 77.4% were ethnically White and 90.0% spoke English as a first language.Interventions Participants and their parents/guardian received trial information either via multimedia, including animated videos, talking head videos and text (revised for readability and age appropriateness when needed) on tablet computer (MMI group; n=681), or printed participant information sheet (PIS group; n=728).Outcome measures Primary outcome was recruitment rate to FORCE. …”
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Healthcare resource utilisation and costs of hospitalisation and primary care among adults with COVID-19 in England: a population-based cohort study by Carmen Tsang, Robert Wood, Tendai Mugwagwa, Kiran K Rai, Jingyan Yang, Theo Tritton, Jennifer L Nguyen, Kathleen Michelle Andersen, Maya Reimbaeva, Leah J McGrath, Poppy Payne, Bethany Emma Backhouse, Diana Mendes, Rebecca Butfield, Kevin Naicker, Mary Araghi

“…Median healthcare cost per hospitalisation was higher in those aged 75–84 (£8942) and ≥85 years (£8835) than in those aged <50 years (£7703). …”
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Dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: is it time to screen? by Sirin Nuntasri, Sirirat Charuvanij, Kraisoon Lomjansook, Puthita Saengpanit, Kwanjai Chotipanang, Maynart Sukharomana

“…Conclusions Nearly half of cSLE patients had dyslipidemia, especially those with younger age at diagnosis, higher body mass index, proteinuria, and suboptimal-controlled disease. …”
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Mature Ovarian Teratoma: Neurological Implications in a Young Woman by Michele Carlo Schiavi, Fabio Manganelli, Claudia Morgani, Pietro Cignini, Veronica Yacoub, Valerio Carletti, Debora Grilli, Anna Di Pinto, Francesco Bisogni, Azzurra Ligato, Francesco Galanti, Herbert Carmelo Carlo Valensise, Pier Luigi Palazzetti

“…In some cases, it is associated with various tumors; one of them is ovarian teratoma, which mostly affects women below the age of 30 years. Here, we report a case of ovarian teratoma associated with anti-NMDAR encephalitis treated with both laparoscopic surgery and immunotherapy. …”
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Isolated external iliac artery aneurysm in a patient without any concomitant vascular disease by Patrick D. Conroy, MD, Jennifer Li, MD, Allen Hamdan, MD

“…We present the case of an asymptomatic isolated external iliac artery aneurysm with no other concomitant vascular disease in a middle-aged man, treated with a stent graft.…”
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Electrocardiographic Changes in Elderly Patients During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography by NG Kounis, GM Zavras, PJ Papadaki, SN Kouni, M Batsolaki, GV Gouvelou-Deligianni, C Markoglou, JA Goudevenos, CN Mallioris, C Kokkinis, K Kalokairinou, N Grapsas, GN Kounis, CM Koutsojannis

“…OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias, changes in oxygen saturation, heart rate and blood pressure during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) via Holter monitoring in elderly patients older than 70 years of age.…”
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Gimbusowa kultura dziecięca – rekonesans badawczy by Marzenna Nowicka, Anita Lodd-Bartołd

“…Specific features of children’s communication were also identified, which included: age separation, concentration on school problems, genre of subjects, showing off, using dialect. …”
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An 11-Year-Old Child with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Who Presented with Nephrolithiasis by Fatih Firinci, Alper Soylu, Belde Kasap Demir, Mehmet Turkmen, Salih Kavukcu

“…However, nephrolithiasis is rare in childhood age group. In this paper, an 11-year-old child with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease presenting with nephrolithiasis is discussed.…”
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Analysis of Hospital Discharge Data to Characterize Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Its Management in Adult Patients Hospitalized in Canada: 2006 to 2007 by Kathy F Spurr, Debra L Morrison, Michael A Graven, Adam Webber, Robert W Gilbert

“…BACKGROUND: Diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 2% to 7% of middle-age persons worldwide and represents a substantial health care burden. …”
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Delayed Interval Delivery following Early Loss of the Leading Twin by P. C. Udealor, I. V. Ezeome, F. C. Emegoakor, D. O. Okeke, P. C. N. Okere

“…She had miscarriage that led to loss of one of the twins at 17 weeks of gestational age. The pregnancy was however continued for 116 days following meticulous management with eventual delivery of a live female baby with good outcome.…”
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Helping Your Child with Homework by Heidi Liss Radunovich

“…Also gives background on how much homework to expect at different ages and on when to ask for outside help. Published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, October 2006. …”
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Stroke in Young in India by Manjari Tripathi, Deepti Vibha

“…The paper discusses the burden of stroke in young and its implications in a developing country like India along with an approach to identifying different causes that are known to occur in this age group.…”
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Helping Your Child with Homework by Heidi Liss Radunovich

“…Also gives background on how much homework to expect at different ages and on when to ask for outside help. Published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, October 2006. …”
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Trauma as Pathogenesis of a Plantar Forefoot Fibrolipoma: First Case and Review of the Literature by Juliana S. P. Vasconcelos, Faris Gharaibeh, Hans-Christoph Nittinger

“…Lipomas and their variants are benign soft-tissue tumors that occur at any age and most frequently on the upper back and neck, shoulder, and abdomen. …”
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Benign Mucinous Tumor of Ovary with a Sarcoma-Like Mural Nodule: A Case Report by Sailabala Garikaparthi, Renuka Inuganti Venkata, Krishna Bharathi Yarlagadda, Annapurna Parvatala

“…Sarcoma-like mural nodules occur predominantly in middle-aged women. Distinction of these lesions from true sarcomatous nodules and foci of anaplastic carcinoma is important because of the worse prognosis of these tumors in comparison with the favorable behavior of sarcoma-like mural nodules. …”
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Successful Perioperative Management of a Patient with the Left Ventricular Assist Device for Brain Tumor Resection: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rashmi Vandse, Thomas J. Papadimos

“…Heart failure is the leading cause of death in the United States. Our increasingly aged population will contribute to an increased incidence and prevalence of heart failure, thereby augmenting the need for mechanical circulatory devices. …”
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Mondes de l’écrit et société de l’information à l’époque moderne by Jérôme Lamy, Johann Petitjean

“…The worlds of the writing word in the early modern age are a reference to the profuse vitality of scriptural practices present in all social activities. …”
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Gênero em desafio: das trobairitz provençais às repentistas nordestinas by Luciana Eleonora de Freitas Calado Deplagne

“…This article spaeks of the poetics of the oral tradition sung by women during the Middle Ages and in nowadays Northeast Brazil. Thus, we try to identify the dialogue between the matches of women repentistas and the dialogued medieval songs – the tensons of the provençal trobairitz and the satirical verses of the women poets from the Al-andalus. …”
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Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in Two Pediatric Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Dongning Wu, Kenneth Bromberg, Roberto Jodorkovsky

“…While GBS infection is rare in the nonneonatal pediatric age group, GBS should be considered when treating SLE patients presenting with signs of infection.…”
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