Secondary Subtalar Arthrodesis: Surgical Outcome and Predictors of Functional Outcome and Quality of Life After Bone Block Distraction vs In Situ Technique by Robin Eelsing BSc, Sally Al-Sheikh MD, Jens A. Halm MD, PhD, Tim Schepers MD, PhD

“…Additionally, a deep surgical site infection occurred in 6 patients (7.8%). The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society ankle-hindfoot scale (AOFAS) and Foot Function Index (FFI) scores and the EuroQol–5 dimensions (EQ5D) index were similar between the 2 groups. …”
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Baska Mask versus I-gel in Spontaneously Breathing Anaesthetised Patients: A Randomised Clinical Study by Bhagyavardhan Botta, Yogarajan Ramalingam, Grishma Robba, Tanya Elizabeth, Kala Balasubramanian, Selvamani Subramanian, Senthil Kumar Vannivedu Santhnam, Kavyasri Morampudi

“…Materials and Methods: A prospective randomised single-blinded study was conducted in the Department of Anaesthesiology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India from October 2019 to October 2020 on 60 American Soceity of Anaesthesiology (ASA) physical status I and II patients, aged between 18-65 years, who were scheduled for minor surgical procedures while spontaneously breathing under general anaesthesia. …”
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Long-term outcomes of robot-assisted versus minimally invasive esophagectomy in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer: a propensity score-matched study by Toru Sakurai, Akihiro Hoshino, Kenta Miyoshi, Erika Yamada, Masaya Enomoto, Junichi Mazaki, Hiroshi Kuwabara, Kenichi Iwasaki, Yoshihiro Ota, Shingo Tachibana, Yutaka Hayashi, Tetsuo Ishizaki, Yuichi Nagakawa

“…These variables included age, sex, body mass index, alcohol consumption, smoking history, American Society of Anesthesiologists stage, comorbidities, tumor location, histology, clinical TNM stage, and preoperative therapy. …”
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Hybrid azole-based conjugates as upcoming anticancer and antimicrobial agents by Luís M. T. Frija, Bruno E. C. Guerreiro, Inês C. C. Costa, Vera M. S. Isca, Lucília Saraiva, Beatriz G. Neves, Mariana Magalhães, Célia Cabral, Maria L. S. Cristiano, Patrícia Rijo

“…Methods: Antimicrobial properties of the molecules were evaluated by the well-diffusion method, against Gram-positive bacteria [Staphylococcus aureus American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) 25923, Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 12228, Mycobacterium smegmatis ATCC 607], Gram-negative bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853) and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 2601 and Candida albicans ATCC 10231) strains. …”
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Development and assessment of a mortality risk prediction nomogram model for pneumocystis disease in ICU within 28 days by Yiru Weng, Tingting Zhou, Honghua Ye

“…From 2008 to 2022, clinical data on patients with Pneumocystis were collected using the American Critical Care Medical Information Database IV (MIMIC-IV). …”
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Mortality trends and disparities for coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease: A retrospective analysis of deaths in the United States from 1999-... by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Wania Sultan, Ajeet Singh, Abdullah, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Zubair Amin, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar, Rozi Khan, Wael AlJaroudi

“…Ethnoracial analysis showed that non-Hispanic (NH) White individuals had the highest AAMRs (82.0), followed by NH American Indian or Alaska Native (74.5), NH Black (63.6), Hispanic (38.1), and NH Asian or Pacific Islander (25.1) individuals. …”
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Effectiveness of the voluntary disclosure of corporate information and its commitment to climate change by F.G. Arredondo Trapero, E.M. Guerra Leal, J. Kim

“…This study investigated the effectiveness of companies in Climate Action and tested its impact on greenhouse gas emissions at the country and per capita levels.METHODS: This study focuses on companies of the countries from the main Latin American economies (Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina) and their major trading partners (the United States of America, Canada, China, Korea, Germany, and Japan). …”
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Minimally invasive internal splinting technique for acute closed Achilles tendon rupture by Songlin Liu, Liang Ma

“…The study recorded and compared various metrics, including the Visual analogue scale (VAS), American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS), Achilles tendon total rupture score (ATRS), and range of motion (ROM) of the plantar-flexor-extensor foot, both preoperatively and at the final follow-up. …”
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Interdisciplinary Team Pilot to Reduce Time to Administration of Piperacillin/Tazobactam in the Emergency Department at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center by DiVittorio MM, Fisher T, Steadman B, Cone B, Elfessi Z

“…The two groups were similar in age, sex, and African-American race. There was a statistically significant reduction in the average time from EM pharmacist verification to nurse administration when comparing the groups (46.5± 49.8 vs 30.6± 28.7 minutes, p=0.004). …”
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Comparison of objectively measured and estimated cardiorespiratory fitness to predict all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysi... by Ben Singh, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Bruno G.G. da Costa, José Castro-Piñero, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Magdalena Cuenca-García, Carol Maher, Nuria Marín-Jiménez, Ryan McGrath, Pablo Molina-García, Jonathan Myers, Bethany Gower, Francisco B. Ortega, Justin J. Lang, Grant R. Tomkinson

“…Background: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a powerful health marker recommended by the American Heart Association as a clinical vital sign. …”
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Accuracy of Large Language Models for Infective Endocarditis Prophylaxis in Dental Procedures by Paak Rewthamrongsris, Jirayu Burapacheep, Vorapat Trachoo, Thantrira Porntaveetus

“…Methods: Twenty-eight true/false questions based on the 2021 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for IE were posed to 7 popular LLMs. …”
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Efficacy of latissimus dorsi and teres major tendon transfer in anterosuperior irreparable rotator cuff tears and posterosuperior irreparable rotator cuff tears by Chang Hee Baek, Chaemoon Lim, Jung Gon Kim, Bo Taek Kim, Seung Jin Kim

“…Moreover, the achievement of minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score and UCLA score showed a significant difference between two groups (p = 0.021 and 0.042, respectively). …”
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Association between life's essential 8 and Parkinson's disease: a case–control study by Jiaxin Fan, Yanfeng Wang, Xingzhi Guo, Shuai Cao, Shuqin Zhan, Rui Li

“…The LE8 metrics were calculated according to the American Heart Association criterion, and participants were divided into 3 groups using tertile range. …”
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Prevalence of neutropenia in the U.S. among reproductive-aged women: a population-based analysis of NHANES 2013–2020 by Junfeng Chen, Shuangna Song, Yiran Li

“…Moreover, compared to non-smokers in the racial populations, including white, Mexican American, and black people, the smokers exhibited significantly elevated mean leukocyte count and mean neutrophil count. …”
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Spacer-type tibial osteotomy versus open wedge high tibial osteotomy and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for Kellgren-Lawrence grade 3–4 medial unicompartmental knee osteoarthri... by Yi Zhang, Xiangzhi Yin, Jinli Chen, Yingze Zhang, Tengbo Yu

“…The clinical outcomes recorded preoperatively and at 6, 12 and 24 months postoperatively were the range of motion (ROM), visual analogue scale (VAS), American Knee Society Score (KSS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Global (WOMAC) score, operation time, length of incision, relevant complications and failures. …”
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Predicting abatacept retention using machine learning by Rieke Alten, Claire Behar, Pierre Merckaert, Ebenezer Afari, Virginie Vannier-Moreau, Anael Ohayon, Sean E. Connolly, Aurélie Najm, Pierre-Antoine Juge, Gengyuan Liu, Angshu Rai, Yedid Elbez, Karissa Lozenski

“…Using this model, the five most important variables predicting 12-month abatacept retention were low body mass index (BMI), low American College of Rheumatology functional status class, anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) positivity, low Patient Global Assessment, and younger age. …”
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Association of oxidative balance score with metabolic syndrome and its components in middle-aged and older individuals in the United States by Qu Zhang, Yemei Wu, Bo Luo

“…This study explores the association between OBS and MetS, as well as its individual components, in middle-aged and older Americans.MethodsData from 6,157 participants aged 45 years and older in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (1999–2018) were analyzed. …”
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Altered Topological Properties of Grey Matter Structural Covariance Networks in Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury Patients: A Graph Theoretical Network Analysis by Wen-Li Wang, Yu-Lin Li, Mou-Xiong Zheng, Xu-Yun Hua, Jia-Jia Wu, Fei-Fei Yang, Nan Yang, Xia He, Li-Juan Ao, Jian-Guang Xu

“…Partial correlation analysis was performed to explore the relationship between the GMV of structurally changed brain regions and SCI patients’ clinical variables, including injury duration, injury level, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS), International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) scale, Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), and Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), after removing the effects of age and gender. …”
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Comparison of vaginal versus intramuscular progesterone in programmed cycles for frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer in patients with endometriosis by Ziqi Jin, Guoxia Yang, Tianrui Wen, Benyu Miao, Chen Wang, Qingyan Zhang, Fang Gu, Yanwen Xu

“…Interaction tests were employed to determine whether the revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine (r-ASRM) stages of endometriosis moderated the differences between the routes of progesterone administration and pregnancy outcomes. …”
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Early warning systems (EWSs) for chikungunya, dengue, malaria, yellow fever, and Zika outbreaks: What is the evidence? A scoping review. by Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Tatiana Rivera Ramírez, Axel Kroeger, Ernesto Gozzer, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Data were extracted from Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Google Scholar, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), PubMed, Web of Science, and WHO Library Database (WHOLIS) databases until August 2019. …”
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