Prognostic factors for complications in patients with pancreatic pseudocyst by Manuel Alejandro Martínez Corrales, Leonila Noralis Portal Benítez, Yoisel Duarte Linares, Joaquín Zurbano Fernández

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a longitudinal descriptive study was carried out in patients with pancreatic pseudocysts treated at the Arnaldo Milián Castro Hospital, in Villa Clara, from January/2013 to December/2020, 45 patients were the sample.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: patients aged 40-59 years old (57.8%), and males (62.2%) predominated. …”
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Flow-diverter stents alone and in combination with coiling as treatment options for unruptured, symptomatic true PcomA aneurysms by S. Matanov, K. Ninov, K. Minkin, K. Sirakova, G. Vladev, S. Sirakov, A. Sirakov

“…Methods: A retrospective study (March 2015–December 2023) included patients with unruptured, saccular true PcomA aneurysms presenting with ophthalmoplegia. …”
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Traumatic Dental Injuries: Clinical Case Presentation and a 10-Year Epidemiological Investigation in an Italian Dental Emergency Service by Alberto Murri Dello Diago, Luigi Generali, Roberto Apponi, Vittorio Colombini, Vittorio Checchi

“…The aim of this study is to present two clinical cases of TDI and to investigate epidemiological and etiological aspects of TDIs in patients treated in Modena, Italy, between January 2010 and December 2020. The presented case reports are two explicative clinical cases of successful TDI management with a long-term follow-up. …”
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Fully Covered Metallic Stents for the Treatment of Benign Airway Stenosis by Caroline Dahlqvist, Sebahat Ocak, Maximilien Gourdin, Anne Sophie Dincq, Laurie Putz, Jean-Paul d’Odémont

“…Their medical files were retrospectively reviewed in December 2014, with focus on stent’s tolerance and durability data. …”
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A New Frontier in Ionospheric Observations: GPS Total Electron Content Measurements From Ocean Buoys by Irfan Azeem, Geoff Crowley, Victoriya V. Forsythe, Adam S. Reynolds, Erik M. Stromberg, Gordon R. Wilson, Craig A. Kohler

“…Data collected between 1 September 2018 and 31 December 2019 are shown. The observed TEC exhibits a clear seasonal dependence characterized by equinoctial maxima in the data at both locations. …”
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Therapeutic Adherence in Patients with Arterial Hypertension by Liens Hernández Quintero, Diana Amelia Crespo Fernández, Liliet Trujillo Cruz, Liliana María Hernández Quintero, Marcia Azcuy Pérez

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in patients with arterial hypertension from office 22, belonging to the Turcios Lima Comunitary Polyclinic from December 2018 to June 2019. There was a universe of 160 patients. …”
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Time to First-Line Antiretroviral Treatment Failure and Its Predictors among HIV-Positive Children in Shashemene Town Health Facilities, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2019 by Endale Zenebe, Assefa Washo, Abreham Addis Gesese

“…Children aged less than 15 years living with HIV/AIDS that were enrolled on ART between January 1, 2011, and December 30, 2015, in Shashamene town health facilities were the study population. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Primary Posterior Continuous Curvilinear Capsulorhexis in Postvitrectomy Cataract Eyes by Mengting Yu, Duan Yan, Wenjie Wu, Yingbin Wang, Xinna Wu

“…Twenty-one postvitrectomy eyes of 21 patients with cataract between April 2017 and December 2019 were enrolled. PPCCC through the cornea incision was performed before in-the-bag intraocular lens implantation. …”
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Long-term results of surgical treatment of a locally advanced rectal cancer using extrafascial principle of dissection by P. V. Tsarkov, I. A. Tulina, D. N. Fedorov, A. Yu. Kravchenko, O. Yu. Samofalova

“…From a prospective database of the patients treated in department of coloproctology and surgery of pelvic floor of B.V.Petrovsky Russian scientific center of surgery of Russian Academy of Medical Science from June, 2006 to December, 2009, serially admitted patients, who underwent surgical resection for cancer of rectum T1-4N0-2M0 were chosen for investigation. …”
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Tracing COVID-19 cluster during offline learning in the new era of pandemic by Maria Mardalena Martini Kaisar, Helen Kristin, Tria Asri Widowati, Clarissa Rachel, Anastasia Hengestu, Sem Samuel Surja, Soegianto Ali

“…Throughout the first week of December 2022, community service was conducted at the Pluit campus of AJCUI with 749 participants (98.9% students). …”
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“Arming half-baked people with weapons!” Information enclaving among professionals and the need for a care-centred model for antibiotic use information in Uganda, Tanzania and Mala... by Susan Nayiga, Eleanor E MacPherson, John Mankhomwa, Fortunata Nasuwa, Raymond Pongolani, Rita Kabuleta, Mike Kesby, Russell Dacombe, Shona Hilton, Delia Grace, Nicholas Feasey, Clare I.R. Chandler

“…Methods Building on extended periods of fieldwork amongst end-users and antibiotic providers in the three countries, we conducted two workshops in each, with a total of 44 medical and veterinary professionals, policy makers and drug regulators, in December 2021. We carried out extensive documentary and literature reviews to characterise antibiotic information systems in each setting. …”
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Clinical Efficacy and Meta-Analysis of Stem Cell Therapies for Patients with Brain Ischemia by Lukui Chen, Guilong Zhang, Ahsan Ali Khan, Xiaoyuan Guo, Yuchun Gu

“…We searched Cochrane Library, PubMed, Ovid, CBM, CNKI, WanFang, and VIP Data from its inception to December 2015, to collect randomized controlled trials (RCT) of stem cell transplantation for the ischemic stroke. …”
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Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Near-Peer Teaching Modality In Undergraduate Dental Students Learning A Psychomotor Skill (Partial Denture Fabrication) Considering Social And Cogni... by Saima Irshad, Gulmina Saeed Orakzai, Waqar-Un Nisa, Nauman Bari Khan, Misbah Ali, Saba Farooq

“… Objective: To analyze the effectiveness of Near Peer Teaching (NPT) modality in the psychomotor skills development of dental students in fabricating removable partial dentures considering cognitive and social congruence factors Methods: This sequential two-phase experimental study was carried out from September 2022- December 2022 at Watim Dental College Rawalpindi. 50 Students of second-year BDS and recently graduated dental interns who were doing House jobs participated in the study. 50 students were divided into 2 groups A and B respectively. …”
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The relationship between pre-pregnancy BMI and energy and macronutrients intakes during pregnancy in women from Yucatan, Mexico by Hugo Azcorra, Federico Dickinson, José Luis Batún

“…In this observational study, our aim was to analyse the association between pre-pregnancy BMI and adequacy rates of energy and macronutrient intakes in a sample of pregnant women from Yucatan, Mexico. From September to December 2019, we collected data on socioeconomic, pregnancy, and dietary characteristics, and took anthropometric measurements of women during household visits. …”
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Evaluation of the Presentation of Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Children During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic by Semine Özdemir Dilek, Fatma Özgüç Çömlek

“…Between October 2020 and December 2021 was defined as the pandemic period, and between January 2022 and March 2023 as the post-pandemic period. …”
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Functional Outcome of Lateral End Clavicle Fractures Treated with Precontoured Lateral End Clavicle Plates Verses Clavicle Hook Plate – A Comparative Study by K. Lingaraju, Mohd Ejazul Haq Chand, Girishastri Kashikar

“…Materials and Methods: In 20 patients with lateral end clavicle fractures 10 patients were treated with open reduction and internal fixation with precontoured lateral end clavicle locking plate and 10 patients treated with CHP at the Department of Orthopaedics MMCR and I, Mysore, from December 2020 to May 2022 with age from 18 years to 65 years. …”
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BACTERIAL PROFILE AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST AMONG DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS WITH GANGRENE IN SURABAYA by Imro`atul Qona`ah, Aliyah Siti Sundari, Ratna Wahyuni, Dwi Wahyu Indriati

“…Purpose: Determine the prevalence of infection-causing bacteria and antibiotic sensitivity tests in diabetic gangrene patients at Haji Regional General Hospital, East Java Province, for January-December 2021. Method: The method used in this study is observational analytical cross-sectional, which is based on secondary data and is analyzed using the percentage formula and Chi-Square test. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Waterpipe Smokers in Sulaimani City/ Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Bestun Ibrahim Hama Rahim, Abdulrahman M. Ibrahem, Niaz Mustafa Kamal

“…A descriptive case-series study was performed from 10th of October 2017 to 20th of December 2017 in eight waterpipe cafeterias in Sulaimani city. …”
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Wind Power Potential Analysis for Sustainable Development in Northern Sumba by Hesty N.W., Fithri S.R., Aminuddin, Nurrohim A., Raharja M.B., Kuncoro A.H., Nurliyanti V., Niode N., Pranoto B., Pandin M.

“…The dry season (May to August) is the most favorable period for wind energy production at both locations, while November, December, and March are the least favorable. The prevailing wind direction is southeast for both locations. …”
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Evaluation of vitamin B6 supplementation in Wilson’s disease patients treated with D-penicillamine by Olivier Guillaud, Alain Lachaux, Justin Mbala, Abdelouahed Belmalih, Eduardo Couchonnal Bedoya

“…The objective of our study was to evaluate the level of vitamin B6 in WD patients treated with DP with and without associated supplementation.Methodology All WD patients followed at the National Reference Centre for WD in Lyon between January 2019 and December 2020 treated with DP for more than 1 year were included and separated in two groups according to vitamin B6 supplementation. …”
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