Auditory evoked-potential abnormalities in a mouse model of 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and their interactions with hearing impairment by Chen Lu, Jennifer F. Linden

“…Our results demonstrate the relevance of comorbid hearing loss to auditory brain dysfunction in 22q11.2DS and also identify potential biomarkers for psychiatric disease that are robust to hearing impairment.…”
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Clinical Utility of Zuranolone for Postpartum Depression: A Narrative Review by Giannopoulos A, Singh J, Deligiannidis KM

“…Secondary analyses demonstrated that zuranolone improves comorbid symptoms of anxiety and insomnia and some measures of health-related quality of life. …”
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Resolution of Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes after Laparoscopic Truncal Vagotomy, Subtotal Gastrectomy, and Roux-en-Y Gastrojejunostomy for a Patient with Intractable Gastric Ulcers by Laura F. Tait, Gezzer Ortega, Daniel D. Tran, Terrence M. Fullum

“…The patient was seen 3 months preoperatively, followed for 24 months postoperatively, and evaluated for postoperative complications, weight loss, and improvement in comorbidities. Results. The patient had no postoperative surgical complications. …”
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The role of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists in enhancing endothelial function: a potential avenue for improving heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (H... by Darshan Hullon, Ghasaq K. Subeh, Yelizaveta Volkova, Karolina Janiec, Adam Trach, Ruslan Mnevets

“…The findings indicate that HFpEF is associated with various comorbidities, such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension, which contribute to endothelial dysfunction. …”
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report by Dela Hangri Jalmas, Fauzar Fauzar, Roza Kurniati, Deka Viotra, Harnavi Harun, Vesri Yoga, Alexander Kam

“…Older patients, male gender and those with preexisting comorbidities such as chronic kidney disease are reported to be more likely infected with SARS CoV-2 and are at higher risk of severe illness or death. …”
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Influence of Donor Thickness on Visual Acuity in Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty by Tomislav Kuzman, Ana Meter, Miro Kalauz, Sanja Masnec, Ivan Škegro, Ivana Jonjić

“…Patients had no other comorbidities that could affect visual acuity. Data about lamellar thickness and visual acuity were measured six months after surgery with anterior segment optical coherent tomography (A5-OCT). …”
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Acute Pulmonary Aspergillosis as a Severe Complication of Influenza, Pneumococcal Pneumonia, and Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in ICU by Tamara Seitz, Wolfgang Hoepler, Stephanie Neuhold, Christoph Wenisch

“…A fifty-three-year-old woman without any comorbidities was admitted to hospital due to high fever. …”
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Addressing the mental health needs of India’s aging population: Understanding depression prevalence and social risk factors in tertiary care outpatients by Joanne Lydia Rajkumar, Surekha Viggeswarapu, Suja Kurian, Munaf B. Nandyal, Mahasampath Gowri

“…Apart from traditional risk factors, medical comorbidities, chronic illness, and social factors can contribute to depression in the older person. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Mortality in Elderly Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Multicenter, Retrospective Study by Md. Asaduzzaman, Z. H. M. Nazmul Alam, Mohammad Zabed Jillul Bari, M. M. Jahangir Alam, Shishir Ranjan Chakraborty, Tasnim Ferdousi

“…Except hypertension, other comorbidities like diabetes, chronic kidney disease, ischemic heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were more prevalent in nonsurvivors. …”
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Contemporary Trends of the Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, and Resource Utilization of Necrotizing Fasciitis in Texas: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Lavi Oud, Phillip Watkins

“…Key changes between 2001-2002 and 2009-2010 included rising incidence of NF (5.9 versus 7.6 per 100,000 [P<0.0001]), chronic comorbidities (69.4% versus 76.7% [P<0.0001]), and development of ≥1 organ failure (28.5% versus 51.7% [P<0.0001]). …”
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Factors affecting heat resilience of drone honey bees (Apis mellifera) and their sperm. by Alison McAfee, Bradley N Metz, Patrick Connor, Keana Du, Christopher W Allen, Luis A Frausto, Mark P Swenson, Kylah S Phillips, Madison Julien, Zoe Rempel, Robert W Currie, Boris Baer, David R Tarpy, Leonard J Foster

“…These experiments establish a vital framework for understanding the importance of population origin and comorbidities for drone heat sensitivity.…”
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Unusual Sequence of Events in a Case of Takotsubo Syndrome by C. Henriquez, R. Landau, N. Sabharwal, D. Rodriguez, V. Virparia, A. Sadiq, J. Shani

“…A 73-year-old female with multiple comorbidities including coronary artery disease was admitted for an elective PCI of a lesion detected in the RCA. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Interstitial Lung Disease Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure Admitted to the ICU by Sourabh Pahuja, Milta Kuriakose, Satyam Agarwal, Pradeep Bajad, Arjun Khanna, Deepak Talwar

“…Conclusion: Baseline lung function tests, comorbidities, and exacerbating factors are invaluable in predicting the clinical outcomes. …”
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Characteristics of ocular findings of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in China by Shudan Wang, Jiaoyang Feng, Rui Zhu, Xin Jin, Yiheng Ding, Di Jin, Yu Guo, Hong Zhang

“…The anonymous survey collected information on demographics, systemic COVID-19 symptoms, ocular diagnosis and symptoms, comorbidities and disease history.ResultsA total of 2,405 survey responses were collected and the final analysis included individuals in the 335 COVID-19 positive group and 434 individuals in the COVID-19 negative group. …”
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ROUNDS Studies: Relation of OUtcomes with Nutrition Despite Severity—Round One: Ultrasound Muscle Measurements in Critically Ill Adult Patients by Carlos Alfredo Galindo Martín, Reyna del Carmen Ubeda Zelaya, Enrique Monares Zepeda, Octavio Augusto Lescas Méndez

“…Rectus femoris and vastus intermedius thicknesses were measured by B-mode ultrasound in adult patients at admission, along with demographic characteristics, illness severity, comorbidities, biochemical variables, treatments, and in-hospital mortality as main outcomes. …”
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Awareness of Contraindications Among Cancer Patients in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mansour Almuqbil, Rama Abdulhamid Mohammed Alobaid, Amouna Abdulrahim Mazal Alhamad, Noor Hussam Eddin, Nora Al Yahya, Walaa F. Alsanie, Abdulhakeem S. Alamri, Majid Alhomrani, Amal F. Alshammary, Rafiulla Gilkaramenthi, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq

“…This study aimed to evaluate cancer patients’ awareness of these contraindications and to explore the influence of sociodemographic factors, support systems, comorbidities, and medication use on their knowledge. …”
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Evaluation of self medication practices and prescription patterns in patients of chronic kidney disease: A cross-sectional, questionnaire based study by Raakhi K Tripathi, Chaitali Pilliwar, Snehalata V. Gajbhiye, Sujeet K. Bhilwade, Tukaram Jamale

“…Background: Pharmacotherapy of chronic kidney disease (CKD) consists of prescribing myriad of drugs such as antihypertensives, antidiabetics, and phosphate binders to delay disease progression and control the comorbidities, resulting in inherent variability in prescriptions. …”
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Tracing the Landscape of Research in Meniere Disease: A Visualized Analysis by Shadman Nemati, Sina Sarli, Roghayeh Ghorbani Bousari

“…Applying co-word analysis led to the formation of 6 clusters and “related comorbidities on the severity of MD” was well developed, had the highest occurrence of keywords, and held the most significant position in impact. …”
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The Real-World Utilization Pattern of Increased Utilization of Advanced Topical Adjunctive Hemostats in a Vertically Integrated Healthcare System by Lee Stern, Yi-Chien Lee, Biwen Tao, Lois Lamerato, Gaurav Gangoli, Richard Kocharian, Walter Danker III

“…A significantly greater proportion of patients given advanced SURGICEL® products had comorbidities (91.0% vs 85.6%, p=.0024), prior bleeding conditions (49.9% vs 30.9%, p<.0001), and prior use of anticoagulants (27.7% vs 5.3%, p<.0001). …”
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Prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in post-tuberculosis lung fibrosis patients: A cross-sectional observational study by Rupak Chatterjee, Priyanka Ghosh, Kumkum Sarkar, Shambo Samrat Samajdar, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Alex George, Netai Pramanik

“…Sixty adult post-TB lung fibrosis patients without any cardiovascular or other pulmonary comorbidities were included in this study. Results: Out of the 60 patients with varying degrees of lung fibrosis confirmed radiologically, eight patients were found to have PAH (13.33% of the study population). …”
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