Challenges in Burns Management in a Tertiary Care Center in Albania by Vladimir Filaj, Ester Tabaku, Ina Kola, Ferdiola Gjonaj, Vilma Tafilaj, Henri Drinjak

“…Data on patient demographics, burn causes, total body surface area (TBSA), and burn severity were collected and analyzed using SPSS software. The mean patient age was 36.1 years, with children aged 0-10 most affected, especially 2-year-olds. …”
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Metformin versus insulin in glycemic control in pregnancy (MevIP): a randomized clinical trial protocol by Carolina Freitas Alves Amaral-Moreira, Daiane Sofia Morais Paulino, Belmiro G. Pereira, Patricia Moretti Rehder, Fernanda G. Surita

“…Metformin is safe in pregnancy and appears to produce better results than insulin, including reduced gestational weight gain (GWG) and smaller gestational-age newborns. Few studies have been conducted on this topic in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Comparison of Intravitreal Aflibercept and Ranibizumab for Treatment of Myopic Choroidal Neovascularization: One-Year Results—A Retrospective, Comparative Study by Burak Erden, Selim Bölükbaşı, Emine Baş, Akın Çakır

“…There were 12 eyes in IVA group, with a mean age of 60.0 ± 10.2 years. The mean BCVA significantly improved from baseline 1.54 ± 0.76 to 0.85 ± 0.61 and the mean CMT significantly decreased from baseline 384.3 ± 119.1 μm to 305.9 ± 75.4 μm at Month 12 (p:0.024 and p:0.011, respectively). …”
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Smoking Induces the Circulating Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk in Young Smokers by Dinesh NATH, Meera SHIVASEKAR, V. M. VINODHINI

“…As a result, smoking-induced elevated serum MMP-9 levels, particularly at a younger age, raise the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). …”
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The Level of hs-CRP in Coronary Artery Ectasia and Its Response to Statin and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Treatment by Yilmaz Ozbay, Mehmet Akbulut, Mehmet Balin, Hidayet Kayancicek, Adil Baydas, Hasan Korkmaz

“…We measured serum hs-CRP level in 40 CAE (26 males, mean age: 56.32±9 years) and 41 O-CAD (34 males, mean age: 57.19±10 years) patients referred for elective coronary angiography at baseline and after 3-month statin and ACE inhibitor treatment. …”
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Iranian Pediatric COVID-19 Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics by Shahnaz Armin, Mohammadreza Mirkarimi, Zahra Pourmoghaddas, Marjan Tariverdi, Azadeh Jafrasteh, Noushin Marhamati, Armin Shirvani, Abdollah Karimi, Sedigheh Rafiei Tabatabaei, Roxana Mansour Ghanaei, SeyedAlireza Fahimzad, Fariba Shirvani, Seyedeh Mahsan Hoseini-Alfatemi

“…Also, a small number of children received oxygen therapy, most of whom were in the age group of 1 to 5 years.…”
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Prevalence, risk factors, and adverse outcomes of bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women: a systematic review by Neha Sethi, Vallikkannu Narayanan, Rahmah Saaid, Aizura Syafinaz Ahmad Adlan, Soo Tein Ngoi, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh, Mashitah Hamidi, on behalf of WHOW research group

“…Abstract Introduction Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of the most common genital tract infections among women of reproductive age. The existence of BV among pregnant women has momentously attracted the attention of both clinicians and the scientific community due to its potential link with adverse clinical outcomes in pregnancy. …”
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Effect of frailty on the short-term functional outcome of elderly patients with traumatic brain injury by Yujing Gu, Huiqin Cui, Yang Gu, Xiaojiang Liu

“…[Results] Among the 127 elderly patients with traumatic brain injury, 48 cases had frailty.A total of 34 patients died during hospitalization, and 63 patients had poor neurological outcome at 3 months follow-up.Compared with the non-frailty group, the frailty group was older, had a higher mortality rate during hospitalization, and had a higher proportion of poor neurological prognosis at 3 months after onset (P<0.05).Multivariate logistics regression analysis shows that age >75 years old, higher Glasgow coma score and clinical frailty score ≥5 were independent risk factors for poor neurological prognosis in elderly patients with traumatic brain injury at 3 months onset.The results of the ROC curve indicated that the area under the curve of the Glasgow coma score predicting poor neurological prognosis in elderly patients with traumatic brain injury at 3 months after onset was 0.643 (95%CI:0.532-0.727), which was increased to 0.874 (95%CI:0.782-0.931) when indicators of patient age, Glasgow coma score and clinical frailty score were applied. …”
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Substitution of non-forage fibre sources for cereal grains and molasses in calf starter on performance and development of ruminal function by D.B. Vagnoni, C. Sousa, M.A. Messman

“…Total tract apparent NDF digestibility increased linearly with age but did not differ among diets. Blood concentrations of glucose and β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) decreased and increased, respectively, with age. …”
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Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics of Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis Admissions to COVID-19 Free UAE Tertiary Center during Pandemic by Shoroogh Marei, Dalia Ra’a Said, Raya Almazrouei, Walid Kaplan, Noura Al Hassani

“…Methods: This descriptive retrospective study included 130 episodes of DKA for patients aged below 16 years admitted to Tawam Hospital, a COVID-19-free hospital, between March 2017 and Feb 2021. …”
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Side Effects and Patient Tolerance with the Use of Blood Flow Restriction Training after ACL Reconstruction in Adolescents: A Pilot Study by Jennifer Prue, Dylan P Roman, Nicholas G Giampetruzzi, Arthur Fredericks, Adel Lolic, Allison Crepeau, J. Lee Pace, Adam P Weaver

“… # Study Design Prospective Cohort Study # Methods Patients between 12 and 18 years of age who underwent ACLR at Connecticut Children’s were included. …”
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Markers of Anemia in Children with Type 1 Diabetes by Ewa Rusak, Anna Rotarska-Mizera, Piotr Adamczyk, Bogdan Mazur, Joanna Polanska, Agata Chobot

“…Methods. 94 (59% ♀) T1D children without other autoimmune disorders, aged 12.5 ± 4.1 years, T1D duration: 4.2 ± 3.6 years, HbA1c 7.3 ± 1.5% (57 ± 12.6 mmol/mol). …”
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Immunogenicity and safety of the MF59-adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccine in non-elderly adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Alexander Domnich, Carlo-Simone Trombetta, Elettra Fallani, Marco Salvatore

“…<h4>Objective</h4>In Europe, the age indication for the MF59-adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine (aQIV) has recently been extended from ≥65 to ≥50 years. …”
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CAN WE PREDICT INCIPIENT DIABETES MELLITUS IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSFUSION DEPENDENT β-THALASSEMIA (β-TDT) REFERRED WITH A HISTORY OF PREDIABETES? by Vincenzo De Sanctis, Ashraf Soliman, Shahina Daar, Ploutarchos Tzoulis, Christos Kattamis

“…Patients: The study included 11 β-TDT (aged 15.11- 31.10 years) with history of prediabetes. …”
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P-glycoprotein and/or Histone Deacetylase 2 Regulates Steroid Responsiveness in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome by Harshit Singh, Narayan Prasad, Durga Prasanna Misra, Akhilesh Kumar Jaiswal, Vikas Agarwal

“…Materials and Methods: Thirty-one patients were recruited at baseline (n = 31) (before initiating steroid therapy); after 6 weeks of steroid therapy, 24 patients achieved remission (steroid-sensitive NS [SSNS] n = 24 mean age, 7.96 ± 3.90), whereas seven patients were resistant to steroids (SRNS, n = 7, mean age 10.00 ± 3.55). mRNA expression of HDAC2 and P-gp and functional analysis of P-gp and enzymatic activity of HDAC2 were analyzed at baseline, and at 6 weeks of steroid treatment and at the time of relapse. …”
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Computerized Tomography-Based Volumetric Analysis Of The Maxillary, Sphenoid, And Frontal Sinuses: An Observational Study by Ashish Dhakal, Bikash Lal Shrestha, Monika Pokharel, Samip Shrestha, Subindra Karki, Krishna Sundar Shrestha

“…Results: The study included 154 patients, median age was 29 years (IQR: 22.75 - 39.25) and 84 (54.5%) were male. …”
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Impact of blastocyst biopsy for preimplantation genetic testing on maternal and neonatal outcomes following single frozen embryo transfer cycles by Tingting He, Wenhao Shi, Xia Xue, Juanzi Shi

“…However, despite the limited sample size, our findings may not be applicable to those aged 35 or over; therefore, larger cohort studies are imperative for the validation of our results.…”
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Knowledge, willingness to provide service and preparedness for monkeypox infection among medical practitioners working in Bangladesh: a multicentred cross-sectional study by Mohammad Jahid Hasan, Salwa Islam, Mir Susmita Zaman, Jannatul Fardous, Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Tamanna Tabassum, Monirul Hasan, Mohiuddin Sharif

“…Overall, about half of the respondents (57%) showed a good knowledge of monkeypox and the remainder (43%) had poor knowledge. Older age, higher education and having a higher job designation were found to be associated with good knowledge. …”
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NT-proBNP and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Who Received Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Prospective... by Zuoan Qin, Yaoyao Du, Quan Zhou, Xuelin Lu, Li Luo, Zhixiang Zhang, Ning Guo, Liangqing Ge

“…This prospective cohort study included 405 patients with STEMI aged 20–90 years who underwent emergency PCI at the First People’s Hospital of Changde City from April 6, 2017, to May 31, 2019. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of hyperuricaemia in non-obese Chinese: a single-centre cross-sectional study by Chengfu Xu, Jinghua Wang, Xinyu Wang, Yishu Chen, Shenghui Chen, Haoliang Zhai

“…The prevalence of hyperuricaemia markedly increased in women aged above 50 years. The prevalence of hyperuricaemia was significantly higher in metabolically unhealthy participants with normal weight than in metabolically healthy participants with normal weight. …”
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