Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection and Impact of the Multiplex PCR Film Array Respiratory Panel: A 2-Year Study by Asmae Lamrani Hanchi, Morad Guennouni, Meriem Rachidi, Toufik Benhoumich, Hind Bennani, Mounir Bourrous, Fadl Mrabih Rabou Maoulainine, Said Younous, Mohamed Bouskraoui, Nabila Soraa

“…This work is a descriptive observational study from January 2018 to December 2019 including nasopharyngeal secretions collected from 534 children hospitalised in paediatric department. …”
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Evaluation of Associated Structural and Chromosomal Abnormalities in Patients with Fetal Cerebral Ventriculomegaly Detected in Ultrasonographic Imaging by Erkan Cagliyan, Samican Ozmen, Sureyya Saridas Demir, Ceren Aydin, Egehan Bilen, Handan Guleryuz, Elif Yasar, Derya Ercal, Elcin Bora, Tufan Cankaya

“…STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective cohort study was conducted at Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department between January 2009 and December 2019. Eighty-seven cases were included in the study and were evaluated for associated structural abnormalities. …”
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Variation in changes in the incidence of colorectal cancer by age and association with screening uptake: an observational study by Annie S Anderson, Callum G Fraser, Judith A Strachan, Robert JC Steele, Gavin RC Clark, Thomas G Godfrey

“…In addition, linkage between the Scottish Bowel Screening Database and the SCR allowed investigation of any association between screening participation and CRC incidence.Setting Scotland and the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme, in which guaiac faecal occult blood test screening was piloted from March 2000 and fully rolled by December 2009.Participants From the introduction of screening in 2000 through to 2017, 2 395 172 were invited to participate, of whom 1 487 999 participated at least once.Main outcome measures Incidence of CRC.Results In the screening age range (50–74 years), CRC incidence peaked at 156.5 cases per 100 000 in 2010 after full roll-out of screening across Scotland but fell to 123.9 per 100 000 in 2017. …”
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Google trend analysis of the Indian population reveals a panel of seasonally sensitive comorbid symptoms with implications for monitoring the seasonally sensitive human population by Urmila Gahlot, Yogendra Kumar Sharma, Jaichand Patel, Sugadev Ragumani

“…The GT search was carried out in the Indian population for the period from January 2015–December 2019. In the GT analysis, 11 clinical symptoms were strongly associated with Indian seasonal changes, with the exception of hypergammaglobulinemia, due to the lack of GT data in the Indian population. …”
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Childhood heart disease and parental emotional wellbeing: a predictive model to explain the perception of quality of life in children and adolescents by Teresa Grimaldi Capitello, Cinzia Correale, Giulia Amodeo, Michela Balsamo, Leonardo Carlucci, Caterina Fiorilli

“…Methods We recruited 447 children aged 5 to 18 years with a CHD diagnosis and their parents (319 mothers and 229 fathers) from January to December 2018. Patients were referred to the Cardiology Department of “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital and participated in multidisciplinary standardized follow-up. …”
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Determination of Potential Drug-Drug Interactions in Patients Using Quinolone Group Antibiotics by Cengizhan Ceylan, Erdenay Erden, Cansu Göncüoğlu, Harun Kızılay, Şeyma Tetik Rama, Yeşim Şerife Bayraktar, Jale Bengi Çelik, Görkem Yılmazer, Esranur Kıratlı, Nazlım Aktuğ Demir, Şua Sümer, Onur Ural

“… Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the potential drug drug interactions of patients receiving inpatient treatment in the intensive care unit and infectious diseases ward and using quinolone group antibiotics by using different interaction software programs.Material and Methods: The prescriptions of 100 patients who received inpatient treatment in infectious diseases service and intensive care unit at Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine Hospital between January 2022 and December 2022 and who were treated with quinolone group antibiotics during treatment were analyzed retrospectively.Results: Of the patients included in the study, 62 were male and 38 were female. …”
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A MULTICENTER STUDY OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE IN INDONESIA: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS by Besut Daryanto, Kurnia Penta Seputra, Paksi Satyagraha, Taufiq Nur Budaya, Fauzan Kurniawan Dhani, Deddy Rasyidan Yulizar, Marta Hendry, Andrie Rhomdhon, Yudi Ambeng, Ryan Akhmad Adhi

“…Patient data were collected from January 2021 to December 2023, including all patients diagnosed with BPH and who underwent TURP. …”
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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Spinal Anesthesia and Spinal Anesthesia Combined with Obturator Nerve Block in Transurethral Resection of... by Wanxin Deng, Qiang Zhang, Hongmei Yao

“…The clinical randomized controlled literature studies of ONB combined with SA in TURBT published in PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), and Wanfang databases from January 2000 to December 2021 were searched. After screening the qualified literature studies, the literature quality was assessed by the Jadad scale. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Cages and Cadaveric Allografts in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) for Treating Lumbar Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis by Huo-Liang Zheng, Bo Li, Shao-Kuan Song, Peng-Bo Chen, Xin-Feng Zheng, Lei-Sheng Jiang, Sheng-Dan Jiang

“…From January 2012 to December 2019, 56 patients underwent surgery for lumbar pyogenic spondylodiscitis. …”
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Hydrocortisone for Preventing Adverse Drug Reactions to Snake Antivenom: A Meta-Analysis by Jihua Feng, Zimeng Wu, Qiao Yu, Hongyuan Li, Pan Ji, Yanli Yang, Xiaoliang Zeng, Xiaowen Zheng, Chunling Zhao, Jianfeng Zhang

“…We conducted a systematic search of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane for relevant studies on the literature published up to December 6, 2020, with no language restrictions. Premedications, including hydrocortisone with or without other drugs, were compared with placebo or no premedication. …”
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The impact of insurance type on listing status and wait‐list mortality of patients with left ventricular assist devices as bridge to transplantation by Alexandros Briasoulis, Emmanuel Akintoye, Chakradhari Inampudi, Aziz Hammoud, Paulino Alvarez

“…Methods and results Patients ≥18 years old with a left ventricular assist device implanted and listed with 1A status were identified in the United Network for Organ Sharing registry between January 2010 and December 2017, with follow‐up through March 2018. Patients were grouped based on the type of insurance private/self‐pay (PV), Medicare (MC), and Medicaid (MA) at the time of listing. …”
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Comparison of Statistical, Graphical, and Wavelet Transform Analyses for Rainfall Trends and Patterns in Badulu Oya Catchment, Sri Lanka by Ashika M. Ruwangika, Anushka Perera, Upaka Rathnayake

“…However, the analysis records one decreasing rainfall trend to Kandekatiya (8.1 mm in December) only in monthly scale. Nevertheless, it was found that the graphical method can be easily used in qualitative analysis, while discrete wavelet transformations are efficient in identifying the rainfall patterns effectively.…”
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Clinical Characteristics and Visual Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for Ocular Trauma in Shandong Province, China by Fangnan Duan, Xiunian Chen, Sai Zhang, Xiaolin Qi, Weiyun Shi, Hua Gao

“…The inpatient data of patients with eye injuries hospitalized in our institution from January 2014 to December 2018 were retrospectively reviewed, including demographic information, types of trauma, causes of injury, treatment, and initial and final visual acuities. …”
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Better Functional Outcomes in Plate Fixation of Midshaft Clavicle Fracture in Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital by Mouli Edward, Steesy Benedicta, Teddy Heri Wardhana

“…Methods: A total of 531 cases with a midshaft clavicle fracture presented to the emergency room between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2018 at Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia. …”
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Antimicrobial Usage by Small-Scale Commercial Poultry Farmers in Mid-Western District of Masindi Uganda: Patterns, Public Health Implications, and Antimicrobial Resistance of E. co... by Majalija Samuel, Tony Fredrick Wabwire, Gabriel Tumwine, Peter Waiswa

“…A cross-sectional study using a closed-end questionnaire was conducted in 140 selected small-scale commercial poultry farms in Masindi district between June and December, 2020. Analyzed qualitative data were presented as frequencies, percentages, and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). …”
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Gender disparity in care-seeking behaviours and treatment outcomes for dehydrating diarrhoea among under-5 children admitted to a diarrhoeal disease hospital in Bangladesh: an anal... by Subhasish Das, Tahmeed Ahmed, Imteaz Mahmud, Soroar Hossain Khan, A S G Faruque

“…We examined gender disparities in diarrhoeal disease severity and the treatment outcomes of under-5 children.Setting A tertiary level diarrhoeal disease hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Participants 13 361 under-5 children admitted to the hospital between January 2008 and December 2017.Outcome variables and methods The primary outcome of interest was severity of diarrhoea, defined as ‘dehydrating diarrhoea’ or ‘non-dehydrating diarrhoea’. …”
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The usefulness of presepsin in the early detection of anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy by Yoshiro Imai, Ryo Tanaka, Kentaro Matsuo, Hidero Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro Asakuma, Hideki Tomiyama, Sang-Woong Lee

“…Materials and methods: This study enrolled 27 patients between October 2019 and December 2020. Levels of presepsin, CRP, WBCs, and Neuts were measured preoperatively and on postoperative days (PODs) 1, 3, 5, and 7. …”
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Comparison of Perinatal, Newborn, and Audiometry Results of COVID-19 Pregnant Women by Mehmet Yilmaz, Şerif Aksin, Deniz Balsak, Fazil Avci, Osman Özdoğru, Bekir Helvacıoğlu, Mahmut Erdemoğlu, Yasemin Aboalhasan, Gülsüm Doğan

“…This retrospective, single-center cohort study was conducted with 65 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive pregnant women and newborns and 66 normal pregnant women and newborns who were admitted between January 2020–December 2021. Pregnancy data, perinatal outcomes, and newborn hearing test results of pregnant women and newborns were recorded and compared. …”
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Comparing Mortality Risk Predictive Ability of Different Scoring Systems in Cirrhotic Patients with Bacteremia by Chi-Chieh Hung, Yin-Chou Hsu, Kuo-Hsuan Lin

“…A single-center, retrospective cohort study was performed among adult patients who visited the emergency department from January 2015 to December 2018. All patients diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and bacteremia were enrolled and divided into survivor and nonsurvivor groups for comparison based on their 30-day in-hospital mortality event. …”
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Uptake and safety of Sotrovimab for prevention of severe COVID-19 in a cohort and self-controlled case series study by Martina Patone, Andrew JHL Snelling, Holly Tibble, Carol Coupland, Aziz Sheikh, Julia Hippisley-Cox

“…Methods Descriptive and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to evaluate uptake, and a self-controlled case series analysis performed to measure the risk of hospital admission (hospitalisation) associated with 49 pre-specified suspected adverse outcomes in the period 2–28 days post-Sotrovimab treatment among eligible patients treated between December 11, 2021 and May 24, 2022. Results Here we show that among treated and untreated eligible individuals, the mean ages (54.6 years, SD: 16.1 vs 54.1, SD: 18.3) and sex distribution (women: 60.9% vs 58.1%; men: 38.9% vs 41.1%) are similar. …”
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