Impact of obesity on the severity of trauma in patients injured in pedestrian traffic accidents by Pillsung Oh, Jin-Seong Cho, Jae Ho Jang, Jae Yeon Choi, Woo Sung Choi, Byungchul Yu

“…Methods This study included trauma patients registered in the Korean Trauma Database from July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020, whose mechanism of injury was pedestrian traffic accidents and who were treated at a single institution. …”
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Detecting and measuring Microplastic pollution in Al Hoceima City's harbor, northern Morocco by Iliass Achoukhi, Yahya EL Hammoudani, Khadija Haboubi, Abdelhak Bourjila, Abdelaziz Touzani, Kamal Reklaoui, Fouad Dimane

“…This study investigates microplastic pollution in Al Hoceima City's harbor, Northern Morocco, with a focus on their isolation, identification, and quantification. In December 2023, surface water and sediment samples were systematically collected using manta nets and core samplers. …”
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Prediction of tuberculosis-specific mortality for older adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis by Sihua Wang, Ruohua Gu, Pengfei Ren, Yu Chen, Di Wu, Linlin Li

“…BackgroundThis study aims to identify risk factors associated with tuberculosis-specific mortality (TSM) in older adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and to develop a competing risk nomogram for TSM prediction.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study and randomly selected 528 older adult pulmonary TB patients hospitalized in designated hospitals in Henan Province between January 2015 and December 2020. The cumulative incidence function (CIF) was calculated for both TSM and non-tuberculosis-specific mortality (non-TSM). …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Cancer Patients by Xingxing Chen, Ruifang Lin, Huifang Li, Meng Su, Wenyi Zhang, Xia Deng, Ping Zhang, Changlin Zou

“…Questionnaires regarding the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pre-CRT were mailed to 145 rectal cancer patients in II/III stage between January 2012 and December 2014, and 111 agreed to participate and returned completed questionnaires to the researcher. …”
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Factors influencing the occurrence of ischemic stroke in elderly patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case-control study by Chujun Li, Yuzhen Chen, Xiuli Ou, Tianhui You

“…Methods A total of 112 elderly patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes, treated at Jiangmen Central Hospital from January 2023 to December 2023, were selected and categorized into a stroke group and a non-stroke group, each comprising 56 patients. …”
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Assessing the Prevalence of Viral and Virus-Like Diseases in Citrus Orchards of Northeast Morocco: A Contribution to Orchard Health by Abdelhak Khallou, Zineb Belabess, Yassine Boualam, Safae Mohsini, Rachid Lahlali

“…Within this framework, a study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of citrus virus and virus-like diseases in the Berkane region. Between December 2022 and January 2023, a total of 100 citrus leaf samples were collected from seven orchards. …”
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Forecasting PM2.5 in Malaysia Using a Hybrid Model by Ezahtulsyahreen Ab. Rahman, Firdaus Mohamad Hamzah, Mohd Talib Latif, Azman Azid

“…Historical PM2.5 concentrations in Malaysia from January 2018 to December 2019 were used to develop a hybrid model. …”
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Health data sharing in Germany: individual preconditions, trust and motives by Elias Kühnel, Felix Wilke

“…The representative survey of a total of 1,004 people took place from December 7th to 21th, 2023. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to identify potential factors influencing the willingness to share health data.ResultsAround 43% of respondents are willing to share their health data with public research institutions, while around 17% are still undecided. …”
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Prevalence and trends of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in Basra, Iraq by Khairallah A S Mohammed, Maha M Hameed, Abdullah H Mousa, Amar T Saleh

“…The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence rates of transfusion transmitted infections among blood donors in Basra, Iraq from 2019 to 2021 as groundwork for providing safe blood transfusion in Iraq.Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out in the blood banks in Basra, Iraq from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021. A total of 197 898 samples were collected and screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), anti-hepatitis B core (HBc), anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis immunologically.Results The prevalence rates of seropositive of viral hepatitis for the year 2019, 2020, 2021 were as following: hepatitis B virus (HBV) rates 1.54%, 1.45% and 1.14% with significant declined trend by 26%; anti-HCV rates were 0.14, 0.12 and 0.11% with significant declined trend by 21.4%; and the syphilis rates were 0.38, 0.47, 0.36 with marked declined trend 5.3%, respectively.Of those donors showed HBV positive, 2503 (1.26%) had positive anti-HBc results, while only 173 (0.0874) showed positive test results for both anti-HBc and HBsAg.Conclusion Prevalence rates of viral hepatitis and syphilis showed a steady decline between 2019 and 2021, and these rates were much lower in Basra than in other parts of Iraq and neighbouring countries. …”
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Helicobacter pylori Eradication in Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials by Bum Jun Kim, Hyeong Su Kim, Hyun Joo Jang, Jung Han Kim

“…A systematic computerized search of the electronic databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Library (up to December 2017) was conducted. Results. From six studies, a total of 241 patients (125 in eradication group and 116 in control group) were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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Analysis of “Dr Ding Xiang” on WeChat in China to Determine Factors Influencing Readership on Medical Social Media: Observational Study by Jiaman Liao, Xueliang Huang, Hao Huang, Cuina Shen, Lixia Li, Yushao Li, Yiqiang Zhan

“…MethodsA total of 5286 articles published on the “Dr Ding Xiang” WOA from January 2021 to December 2021 were collected and analyzed. Additionally, a random sample of 324 articles was selected for detailed text analysis. …”
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Health-related quality of life postventral hernia repair: Retrospective analysis by Abdulaziz Shaher, Hassan Mashbari, Abdallah Alferdaus, Shaima Yahya Ali Al-Hamdan, Rand Abduallah, Sharefah Ahmed Y Alabdullah, Raneem Mushabab Al-Murayeh, Amjad Abdulrahman Alqahtani, Walaa Muteb Alahmari

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients who underwent surgery between January 2020 and December 2022 were included in this time-bound study. …”
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Clinical audit of current Helicobacter pylori treatment outcomes in Singapore by Tiing Leong Ang, Kim Wei Lim, Daphne Ang, Yu Jun Wong, Malcolm Tan, Andrew Siang Yih Wong

“…Methods: Clinical data of H. pylori-positive patientswho underwent empirical first- and second-line eradication therapies from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2018 were reviewed. Treatment success was determined by 13C urea breath test performed at least 4 weeks after treatment and 2 weeks off PPI. …”
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Characteristics of patients with neurotic disorders requiring long‐term treatment: Relationship to “nervous personality” as described in Morita's Shinkeishitsu theory by Hiroshi Matsumoto, Takashi Uchino, Tomoyuki Funatogawa, Masafumi Mizuno, Takahiro Nemoto

“…Methods The study included 70 patients aged ≥15 years old who first visited the Department of Psychiatry, Toho University Omori Medical Center, between January 2010 and December 2010 and were diagnosed as having neurotic disorders. …”
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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic contamination in fresh vegetables in Bangkok, Thailand, and surrounding areas: A cross-sectional survey by Pokkamol Laoraksawong, Uthaitip Bunkasem, Anunya Pradidthaprecha

“…This cross-sectional survey was conducted from November 1 to December 31, 2022. Vegetable samples were purchased from 12 markets in Bangkok and on surrounding areas. …”
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Application of clown care in hospitalized children: A scoping review. by Guo Xin, Fu Yingping, Chen Yue, Wu Jiaming, Hu Xue

“…At the same time, the references and other grey literatures included in the paper were also manually searched. covering publications from inception to December 10, 2023. Screening of the literature was done based on predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, with data extraction and synthesis carried out independently by two researchers.…”
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Weight-Adjusted Waist Index, Psoriasis, and All-Cause Mortality: Findings from the NHANES 2003–2006 and 2009–2014 by Zhou T, Wu J, Wang Y, Gao Y, Cheng K

“…The primary endpoint studied was all-encompassing mortality up to December 2019. The interplay between WWI and psoriasis was analyzed through multivariable logistic regression techniques. …”
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The influence of uterine leiomyomatosis on the onset of psoriasis: a nationwide population-based study of 2.5 million Korean females by Yeong Ho Kim, Hyun Jee Kim, Jee Yun Doh, Kyung Do Han, Ji Hyun Lee

“…Monitoring began at the initial national health assessment within the time frame and continued until either the diagnosis of emerging psoriasis or until December 2018. Results Among 2,503,769 females included, 1.96% were diagnosed with psoriasis and 0.72% with uterine leiomyomatosis. …”
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Threat to fish food safety in Nigeria: Role of antimicrobial usage and resistance in aquaculture by Lukman Adegoke Agbabiaka, Favour Ogechi Onwuzuruigbo, Olatunji Abubakar Jimoh

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2022 and December 2023, involving 120 fish farmers practicing either extensive or intensive management systems in Orlu Senatorial zone, Imo State, Nigeria. …”
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Early Driving Pressure Changes Predict Outcomes during Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Harry Magunia, Helene A. Haeberle, Philipp Henn, Martin Mehrländer, Peer O. Vlatten, Valbona Mirakaj, Peter Rosenberger, Michael Koeppen

“…Therefore, we performed a propensity score-matched analysis to identify other potential predictors of outcomes in patients supported by ECMO therapy. Results. Between December 2014 and May 2018, 105 patients underwent venovenous ECMO in our institution. …”
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