Midterm Clinical Impacts of Biodegradable Polymer Everolimus-Eluting Stents Compared with Durable Polymer Everolimus-Eluting Stents: A 3-Year Propensity-Matched Study by Hiroaki Matsuda, Ai Kagase, Takahiro Tokuda, Yusuke Ochiumi, Akira Murata, Yoriyasu Suzuki, Tatsuya Ito

“…Between January 2016 and December 2017, 395 consecutive patients were treated with BP-EES and 391 consecutive patients were treated with DP-EES in Nagoya Heart Center. …”
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Comparison of Early Efficacy of the Percutaneous Presuture Technique with the Femoral Artery Incision Technique in Endovascular Aortic Repair under Local Anesthesia for Uncomplicat... by Qingsong Wu, Debin Jiang, Xiaochai Lv, Jiaxin Zhang, Rongda Huang, Zhihuang Qiu, Liangwan Chen

“…Two hundred and ninety-five patients diagnosed with uTBAD who underwent EVAR under local anesthesia from June 2017 to December 2021 were consecutively and randomly selected for retrospective analysis. …”
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From research to practice: bridging the implementation gap on the use of tranexamic acid in total knee arthroplasty by Robin M. Pfister, Benjamin F. Pfister, Ronald L. Hager, Nathan Sandholtz, Daniel Abulafia, David Bradshaw

“…Methods A total of 763 patients aged over 18 years of age underwent primary TKA at a level 4 metropolitan hospital in Australia between January 2011 and December 2017. Primary outcome measure was use of TXA at operative induction. …”
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Causality Analysis of Air Quality and Meteorological Parameters for PM2.5 Characteristics Determination: Evidence from Jakarta by Tri Istiana, Budhy Kurniawan, Santoso Soekirno, Alberth Nahas, Alvin Wihono, Danang Eko Nuryanto, Suko Prayitno Adi, Muhammad Lukman Hakim

“…In Central Jakarta and South Jakarta, the coupling pattern of PM2.5 concentration and air quality parameters increased during the DJF (December–February) season, while the coupling pattern of PM2.5 concentration and meteorological parameters increased during the DJF and MAM (March–May) seasons. …”
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Expanding the clinical spectrum of 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome: a case report highlighting nephrotic syndrome and literature review by Wenjie Sun, Hong Yan, Mengxin Sun, Jie Wang, Kunxia Li

“…Case presentations A 4-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital in December 2020 with a fever and cough that had persisted for 3 days. …”
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Epidemiological and cluster characteristics of dengue fever in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China, 2013–2023 by Shu-Zhen Deng, Xiao-Yu Liu, Jian-Juan Su, Ling-hui Xiang, Li-Tao Chang, Jun-Jie Zhu, Hai-Lin Zhang

“…Imported cases from Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam were reported each year, with indigenous outbreaks occurring from June to December. The majority of cases occurred among young adults, mainly farmers, service workers, homemakers, and the unemployed. …”
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Increased Risk of Dementia in Patients with Antidepressants: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Yao-Chin Wang, Po-An Tai, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Md Mohaimenul Islam, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Chieh-Chen Wu, Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li

“…We searched articles through MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google, and Google Scholar from inception to December 1, 2017, that reported on the association between antidepressant use and dementia risk. …”
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists’ Experience on Relevance of Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Training and Clinical Practice: A Survey Study from Italy by Chiara Baglioni, Andrea Galbiati, Debora Meneo, Greta Cavadini, Francesca Gelfo, Francesco Mancini, Carlo Buonanno

“…The questionnaire was diffused through the mailing list of the Italian Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy Society (Società Italiana di Terapia Comportamentale e Cognitiva, SITCC) throughout December 2023 and January 2024. Results: A total of 213 participants completed the survey. …”
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The combined effect of bed-to-nurse ratio and nurse turnover rate on in-hospital mortality based on South Korean administrative data: a cross-sectional study by Hyun-Young Kim, Yunmi Kim, Jiyun Kim

“…Methods This study analyzed data from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) on 459,113 admitted patients and 111,342 employed nurses in 403 hospitals in South Korea from January to December 2016. Differences in in-hospital mortality and nurse turnover among hospital characteristics, including the bed-to-nurse ratio, were explored using the chi-square test. …”
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Application of Anchoring Technique in Unilateral Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Neurologically Intact Kümmell’s Disease by Rongqing Qin, Xing Zhang, Hongpeng Liu, Bing Zhou, Pin Zhou, Chuanliang Hu

“…From January 2014 to December 2017, 29 patients (17 males and 12 females) with neurologically intact Kümmell’s disease were operated on using anchoring technique in unilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP). …”
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Study protocol for an international registry observational study evaluating clinical outcomes of transcatheter versus standard surgical mitral valve operation for secondary mitral... by Antonio Salsano, Francesco Nappi, Sanjeet Singh Avtaar Singh, Cristiano Spadaccio, Yasushige Shingu, Satoru Wakasa, Antonio Fiore

“…The registry will enrol consecutive patients who underwent mechanical intervention for SMR between January 2007 and December 2023. The investigators assessed the difference between replacement and repair for both the standard surgical approach and the transcatheter procedure. …”
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Psychological stress and depression symptoms in nursing undergraduates: the chain mediating effect of cognitive reappraisal and ruminate thinking by Yinjuan Zhang, Fang Liu, Jin Ma, Jing Wu, Chao Shen, Fengjiao Chang, Wendong Hu, Hongjuan Lang

“…Methods A total of 1,220 nursing undergraduates were carried out by stratified sampling from July to December of 2023 via online survey. The investigation adopted the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), Ruminative Response Scale (RRS), and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) to measure the level of psychological stress, cognitive reappraisal, ruminative thinking and depression symptoms, respectively. …”
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CORRELATION OF HYPERNATREMIA TO SUCCESS RATE OF SKIN GRAFT IN BURN PATIENTS DR. SOETOMO GENERAL ACADEMIC HOSPITAL BURN CENTER FROM 2014-2018 by Ephora Christina Wulandari, Lynda Hariani, Agus Santoso Budi

“…Soetomo Hospital between January 2014 and December 2018 were evaluated. Results : 143 subjects were involved in this study. 44 subjects are female (31%) and 99 subjects are male (69%). 66% of the burn injuries are caused by fire (93 subjects), 14% caused by electricity (20 subjects), 8% caused by scald (12 subjects), 6% caused by boiled oil (8 subjects), 4% caused by chemical agent (6 subjects) and 2% caused by blast injury (1 subject). 77% of all subjects (110 subjects) underwent split thickness skin graft less than 10% while 23% (33 subjects) underwent the procedure 10% or more than it. …”
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Comparative analysis of real-world data on the efficacy and safety of and adherence to ICS/LABA combinations in asthma management by Hee Sun Park, Jungkuk Lee, Hasung Kim, Seong-Dae Woo

“…Methods Utilizing South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service data, we conducted a population-based cohort study involving patients aged 18–80 years, newly diagnosed with asthma who received ICS/LABA combination therapy between January 2016 and December 2020. Outcomes assessed included treatment adherence, asthma exacerbations, hospitalizations, emergency-department visits, mortality, and safety outcomes within 3-month and 1-year post-index periods. …”
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Obesity Index That Better Predict Metabolic Syndrome: Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Waist Hip Ratio, or Waist Height Ratio by Abdulbari Bener, Mohammad T. Yousafzai, Sarah Darwish, Abdulla O. A. A. Al-Hamaq, Eman A. Nasralla, Mohammad Abdul-Ghani

“…A cross-sectional survey from April 2011 to December 2012. Data was collected from 1552 participants followed by blood sampling. …”
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Medical researchers' perception of sharing of metadata from case report forms by Alexandra Meidt, Carolin Walter, Christoph U. Lehmann, Martin Dugas

“…Methods We examined CRF data sharing commitments for 1842 interventional trials registered on the German Clinical Trials Registry (DRKS) from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021. We invited 1360 individuals registered as contacts on DRKS to participate in a web‐based survey between May 10, 2022, and June 30, 2022. …”
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Student nurse education and preparation for palliative care: A scoping review. by Abiola Durojaiye, Ruth Ryan, Owen Doody

“…A comprehensive literature search of five electronic databases and grey literature were conducted from January 2002 to December 2021. The aim was to review the empirical evidence and ascertain how undergraduate student nurses' palliative care education is organised, facilitated, delivered and evaluated. …”
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Lessons learned in migrating from one commercial genetics clinical decision-making tool to another: Assessment of data integrity and utilization by Calvin Le, Kevin Tatunay, Wayne Liu, Haibo Lu, Nicole-Ann Rodis, Thomas Nam, Mercy Y. Laurino, Marianne E. Dubard-Gault

“…Methods: Between July and December 2023, the genetics team migrated a family history database from one commercial software solution to another. …”
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Understanding the impact of racism on surgical outcomes in settler nation-states USA and Canada: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mary Brindle, Oluwatomilayo Daodu, Tyara Marchand, Saffa Aziz, Ifeoluwa Adedipe, Mirna Matta

“…To derive literature-based estimates of the outcome gap for racialised surgical patients, we will systematically review and meta-analyse rates of adverse postoperative events associated with common and/or high-risk operations performed in Canada and the USA.Methods and analysis An electronic search of Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Central, CINAHL and Scopus will be conducted to identify studies reviewing complication rates of racialised compared with non-racialised patients from inception to December 2023. We will include publications from the USA and Canada comparing surgical outcomes of racialised and non-racialised patients. …”
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Maternal and Neonatal Complications of Methamphetamine Use during Pregnancy by Suthanud Premchit, Nawabhorn Orungrote, Sinart Prommas, Buppa Smanchat, Kornkarn Bhamarapravatana, Komsun Suwannarurk

“…This historical cohort study was conducted at Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital (BAH), Bangkok, Thailand, between January 2017 and December 2019. The total number of women was 206 who were equally divided into a study and control group. …”
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