Examining the impact of implementing routine rotavirus vaccination on the number of paediatric admissions due to diarrhoea and dehydration in Kenyan hospitals: A study using interr... by Samuel Akech, Lucas Malla, Daisy Chelangat, Reuben C. Langat

“…Routinely collected data for children aged 2-36 months were examined. We used a segmented mixed effects model to assess changes in the burden of diarrhoea and dehydration after introduction of rotavirus vaccine. …”
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Correlates of physical activity behaviour among nursing professionals: A systematic search and literature review by Amanda H Wilkerson, Hunter O Thomas, Vinayak K Nahar

“…The reviewed studies showed that demographic variables, such as age and BMI, were significantly associated with nursing professional’s PA. …”
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Bone Density, Geometry, and Mass by Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography and Bone Turnover Markers in Children with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 by Maciej Jaworski, Elżbieta Wierzbicka, Edyta Czekuć-Kryśkiewicz, Paweł Płudowski, Maria Kobylińska, Mieczysaw Szalecki

“…Bone mineral density, mass, and geometry on the lower leg using peripheral quantitative computed tomography and serum osteocalcin (OC) and carboxyterminal cross-linked telopeptide of type 1 collagen (CTx) were measured in 35 adolescents with T1DM (15 girls) aged 12.3-17.9 yrs. The results were compared to age- and sex-adjusted reference values for healthy controls. …”
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Exploring the risk factors of blood transfusion in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury based on machine learning prediction models by LIU Wei, XIONG Ziqing, WU Chenggao, LE Aiping

“…Furthermore, the SHAP framework was used to explain and visualize the optimal model CatBoost, showing that surgical treatment, lower GCS, higher INR, lower Hct, lower K, lower Ca, age ≥60 years, skull fractures and hemorrhagic shock increase the risk of blood transfusion in patients. …”
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Use of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and risk of multiple myeloma in US Veterans with rheumatoid arthritis by Kate Tokareva, Alexander C. Peterson, Aaron Baraff, Sarah P. Chung, Jennifer Barton, Joshua F. Baker, Bryant R. England, Ted R. Mikuls, Nicholas L. Smith, David G. Coffey, Noel S. Weiss, Namrata Singh

“…Adjusting for age and other demographic characteristics, the hazard ratio for MM associated with use of b/tsDMARDs was 1.32 (95% CI 0.78, 2.26). …”
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Multiple Comorbidities, Psychiatric Disorders, Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Adults with Essential Tremor: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Large US Comme... by Dingwei Dai, Ali Samiian, Joaquim Fernandes, Henriette Coetzer

“…Patients with and those without ET were matched 1:1 on age, gender, payer type, and first 3 digits of their ZIP code. …”
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Place of injuries of elbow joint in the structure of primary permanent disability among Ukrainian population by L.Y.  Naumenko, T.O. Zub, A.O. Mametyev

“…During the reporting period a disability group due to upper extremity injuries was established totally for 1 211 patients in age over 18 years, among them 195 people had consequences of elbow traumas. …”
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Temporary spinal cord stimulation combined with lidocaine patch for postherpetic neuralgia in the elderly: a controlled study by Yun Li, Chunhui Hao, Shengtao Wang, Feng Qiu, Xuli Zhao, Tao Sun

“…Pain intensity (VAS) and sleep quality (PSQI) were assessed at baseline and on days 1, 3, 7, 30, and 90 post-interventions. Subgroup analyses by age and PHN duration were conducted.ResultsAt day 90, the experimental group had greater reductions in VAS scores (1.6 ± 1.1) than the control group (2.7 ± 1.3, p < 0.01). …”
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Plasmodium Parasitaemia and Urine Alterations among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Aba Metropolis, Abia State, Nigeria by Paula Melariri, Chioma Ihemanma, Udoka Chigbo, Kirstie Eastwood, Chika Uche, Paschal Etusim

“…The overall malaria prevalence rate was 68.4% (n=308). Age group of 21-25 years had the highest prevalence rate of 20.4% (n=92) while the least was recorded among the age group of 41-45 years (17 (3.8%)). …”
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Trajectories of self-rated health in an older general population and their determinants: the Lifelines Cohort Study by Barbara C van Munster, Nynke Smidt, Sophia E de Rooij, Marlies Feenstra, Janet L MacNeil Vroomen

“…This study identified trajectories of SRH and investigated the associations of trajectory membership with chronic diseases, health risk behaviours and physiological markers in community-dwelling older adults.Study design and setting Prospective general population cohort.Participants Trajectories of SRH over 5 years were identified using data of 11 600 participants aged 65 years and older of the Lifelines Cohort Study.Outcome measures Trajectories of SRH were the main outcome. …”
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Research on the Relationship Between Urban Visual Quality and Students’ Emotional Experience Driven by Multimodal Data: A Case Study of Beijing Olympic Park Museum Group by Ruoshi Zhang, Dingnan Chai, Zhenzhi Zhou, Rui Sun, Zekai Zhang, Chuhuan Chen

“…The technological leap in the digital age has triggered a higher demand for emotional experiences. …”
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Fatigue after subarachnoid haemorrhage: a study of patients with good clinical outcome by G. Makarevičius, K. Pilypaitė, G. Terbetas, G. Šustickas, G. Bulotienė

“…Total of 30 patients participated in our study: 20 female (66.67%) and 10 male (33.33%), median age 47 years (range 29-68). The median duration between SAH and fatigue evaluation was 37.5 months (range 11-46). …”
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Relationship of serum irisin levels, physical activity, and metabolic syndrome biomarkers in obese individuals with low-calorie intake and non-obese individuals with high-calorie i... by Jalal Hejazi, Bijan Ghobadian, Nasrin Ghasemi, Hossein Sadeh, Nasim Abedimanesh, Mehran Rahimlou

“…The mean age of the participants in the obese and non-obese groups was 38.33 ± 14.88 and 30.24 ± 13.37 years, respectively. …”
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Budesonide in treatment of alcohol-induced severe hepatitis: results of randomized trial by I. I. Komkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The first group included 17 patients (7 men, 10 women, mean age 46,53±11,01 years). Median of daily alcohol dose was 77 g; 25th and 75th percentiles were 55 and 96 g; duration of intake 13,41±8,55 years. …”
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Similarities and Differences between Clavicular Bacterial Osteomyelitis and Nonbacterial Osteitis: Comparisons of 327 Reported Cases by Nan Jiang, Ping Zhang, Wei-ran Hu, Zi-long Yao, Bin Yu

“…Compared with BO, clavicular NBO favored females (P<0.001) and age below 20 years (P<0.001) and mostly presented in a chronic phase (disease term exceeding 2 months) (P<0.001). …”
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The flow pattern of neuro-pediatric emergency visits during COVID-19 pandemic by Imad M. Khojah, Osama Y. Muthaffar, Anas S. Alyazidi, Maha K. Alghamdi, Mayar Alhuqaili, Hassan A. Alalawi, Ohud T. Alharbi, Latifa A. Almuharib

“…Patients were grouped into pre- and post-pandemic visits according to their age group. We identified demographic and clinical variables. …”
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Evaluation of Preptin and other Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus by Saja T. Yassen, Layla O. Farhan

“…Methods: One hundred and twenty Iraqi participants between the ages of 40 and 60 years were enrolled (80 patients and 40 age-matched controls). …”
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Differences between frequent emergency department users in a secondary rural hospital and a tertiary suburban hospital in central Japan: a prevalence study by Makoto Kaneko, Masashi Okubo, Michael D Fetters, Machiko Inoue, Allison K Cullen Furgal, Benjamin F Crabtree

“…At the patient level, after adjusting for age, gender and receiving public assistance, older age (OR 1.01, 95% CI: 1.00 to 1.02) and receiving public assistance (OR 7.19, 95% CI 2.87 to 18.07) had an association with frequent ED visits. …”
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Acute kidney injury in critically ill COVID-19 patients in a tertiary hospital: short and long-term kidney and patient outcomes by Juliana Alves Manhães de Andrade, Gisele Meinerz, Raphael Palma, Eduardo Rech, Marco Antônio Vinciprova Dall’Agnese, Cristiane Bundchen, Fernanda Bordignon Nunes, Gisele Branchini, Elizete Keitel

“…Results: 360 patients were included, 60.6% were male, median age was 66.0 (57.0–72.0) years, 38.1% had diabetes, and 68.6% had hypertension. …”
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Hospitalisation from seasonal influenza among persons with type 1 diabetes: a cohort study from the Swedish National Diabetes Register by Katarina Eeg-Olofsson, Björn Eliasson, Hanne Krage Carlsen, Lena Svensson, Magnus Gisslén, Elin Allansson Kjölhede, Oliver Martyn

“…Persons with T1D had an unadjusted HR 4.7 (95% CI 4.0 to 5.5) for risk of hospitalisation from influenza during the study period and HR 3.4 (95% CI 2.9 to 4.0) when adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic factors and chronic medical conditions at baseline. …”
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