The relationship between anxiety and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents with obesity: propensity scores by Miguel Angel Villasis-Keever, Jessie Nallely Zurita-Cruz, Areli Zulema Pichardo-Estrada, Wendy Alejandra Mazón-Aguirre

“…BackgroundIt has been described that there is a relationship between metabolic health and anxiety.ObjectiveTo determine the relationship between anxiety and metabolic syndrome, as well as cardiometabolic risk factors, in adolescents with obesity.MethodsWe conducted a comparative cross-sectional study of adolescents with obesity between January 2019 and December 2022. In each patient, we recorded somatometric measurements, lipid profiles, and serum insulin levels. …”
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Characterising COVID-19 school and childcare outbreaks in Canada in 2021: a surveillance study by Kaitlin Patterson, Erin McGill, Demy Dam, Anna Bellos, Cameron Mark Coulby, Rachel McCormick

“…This paper describes outbreak trends observed in school and childcare settings from January to December 2021 when many public health measures were in place.Methods School and childcare outbreak data from five jurisdictions were included, representing 76% of the total Canadian population. …”
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Assessment of Management Factors Influencing Vaccination Against Cholera in the Health District of Katana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Irène Ntererwa-Nsimire, Leonid M Irenge, Paulin B Mutombo, Eric M Mafuta, Jean-Luc Gala, Dosithée Ngo-Bebe

“…From October 1st to December 31st, 2022, we conducted a mixed descriptive study to analyze the management process underpinning the cholera vaccination campaign in the Katana health district, South Kivu province, DRC. …”
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Highly Time-Resolved Elemental Source Apportionment at a Prague Urban Traffic Site by Laurence C. Windell, Petra Pokorná, Jaroslav Schwarz, Petr Vodička, Philip K. Hopke, Naděžda Zíková, Radek Lhotka, Jakub Ondráček, Petr Roztočil, Michal Vojtišek, Vladimír Ždímal

“…Abstract Positive Matrix Factorization was used for source apportionment of 2-hour online metals (Xact625i; PM2.5) and elemental and organic carbon (EC/OC analyser; PM1) data at an urban traffic site in Prague, Czech Republic, for two month-long periods in spring (February–March) and winter (November–December), 2020 (400 samples). Five factors were obtained for spring: Local heating (39%), Soil/road dust (21%), Secondary inorganic aerosol (20%), Traffic (12%), and Road salt (9%), while four factors were resolved for winter: Local heating (20%), Soil/road dust (31%), Secondary inorganic aerosol (SIA; 36%), and Traffic (13%). …”
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Examines The Impact of Product And Service Quality On Customer Satisfaction at PT. BMTP With Personal Branding by Andi Nadirah M., Indrawan, Suparman Parintak, Anne Attas, Burhanuddin Harahap

“…BMTP, data collected from November to December 2023. The research sample was 120 customer respondents, Data was collected by administering a questionnaire with structure to the respondents based on the scale known as the Likert. …”
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Mortality and readmission following hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study comparing conventional and fast-track care by Kristin Haugan, Lars G Johnsen, Trude Basso, Olav A Foss

“…Objective To compare the efficacies of two pathways—conventional and fast-track care—in patients with hip fracture.Design Retrospective single-centre study.Setting University hospital in middle Norway.Participants 1820 patients aged ≥65 years with hip fracture (intracapsular, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric).Interventions 788 patients were treated according to conventional care from April 2008 to September 2011, and 1032 patients were treated according to fast-track care from October 2011 to December 2013.Primary and secondary outcome Primary: mortality and readmission to hospital, within 365 days follow-up. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Children in Northern Iran by Leila Shahbaznejad, Hamed Rouhanizadeh, Mohammad Reza Navaeifar, Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh, Faeze Sadat Movahedi, Mohammad Sadegh Rezai

“…Objective. Since December 2019, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been spread rapidly all over the world, infecting all age groups with this novel virus. …”
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HIV-Associated Central Nervous System Disease in Patients Admitted at the Douala General Hospital between 2004 and 2009: A Retrospective Study by Henry Namme Luma, Benjamin Clet Nguenkam Tchaleu, Elvis Temfack, Marie Solange Doualla, Daniela Pamela Ntchankam Ndenga, Yacouba Njankouo Mapoure, Alfred Kinyuy Njamnshi, Vincent-de-Paul Djientcheu

“…From January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2009, we did at the Douala General Hospital a clinical case note review of 672 admitted adult (age ≥ 18 years) HIV-1 patients, and 44.6% (300/672) of whom were diagnosed and treated for HIV-associated CNS disease. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients with and without Diabetes in Wuhan Red Cross Hospital by Guozhen Li, Qin Deng, Jiali Feng, Fang Li, Nian Xiong, Qiong He

“…Background. Since the end of December 2019, novel coronavirus- (SARS-CoV-2-) infected pneumonia (COVID-19) has spread rapidly in China. …”
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Hodgkin Lymphoma at the Paediatric Oncology Unit of Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital, Bamako, Mali: 5-Year Experience by B. Togo, F. Traoré, A. P. Togo, C. B. Traoré, K. Dumke, M. Diawara, A. A. Diakité, M. Sylla, F. Traoré-Dicko, B. Traoré, T. Sidibé

“…From January 2005 to December 2009, all children under 18 years of age, with Hodgkin lymphoma were included in this study. …”
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Nudging in the nursing home: A qualitative interpretive study by Anne Helene Mortensen, Dagfinn Nåden, Dag Karterud, Vibeke Lohne

“…The study was conducted between December 7th. 2019 and July 2nd. 2020. Participants: Individuals involved in the units during the observation period. …”
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Lysine (K)-specific methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A) rearrangements among Iraqi de novo acute myeloid leukemia by Riyam Qusay Al Jadir, Saba Abdulmahdi Abdulameer, Jaffar Nouri Alalsaidissa, Ali AlJabban

“…PATIENTS, MATERIALS, AND METHODS: A prospective cohort study conducted between December 2020 and May 2022 enrolled 115 Iraqi adults newly diagnosed with AML at the Hematology Unit of Baghdad Teaching Hospital. …”
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Physical functioning outcome measures in the lumbar spinal surgery population and measurement properties of the physical outcome measures: protocol for a systematic review by Alison B Rushton, Jai Mistry, Michael J Lukacs, Katie L Kowalski, Maren Goodman

“…Using a two-staged approach, searches will be performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Health and Psychosocial Instruments, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, PEDro and the grey literature from inception until 15 December 2021. Stage 1 will identify studies evaluating physical functioning with patient-reported or physical outcome measures in the lumbar spinal surgery population. …”
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Main Factors Influencing Winter Visibility at the Xinjin Flight College of the Civil Aviation Flight University of China by Jing Zhang, Pengguo Zhao, Xiuting Wang, Jie Zhang, Jia Liu, Bolan Li, Yunjun Zhou, Hao Wang

“…Between 2013 and 2017, the average winter visibility in Xinjin Airport was lowest in January, followed by that in December. The occurrence frequency of haze days in winter was much higher than that of nonhaze (clean) days, being 90.2% and 9.8%, respectively. …”
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The Effects of Cigarette Smoking on the Cardiovascular System: Mechanisms of Damage, Risk Factors, and Prevention Strategies by Kinga Janowska, Joanna Szydziak, Aleksandra Hrapkowicz, Daria Dąbkowska, Olga Szeidl, Dominika Rehan, Agnieszka Mioskowska

“…The review was conducted using the PubMed database, with 53 works used and accessed before December 2024. Conclusions: Tobacco significantly affects the cardiovascular system, with numerous studies highlighting the negative impacts of both active and passive smoking. …”
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Self-care practices on hypertension: Prevalence and predictors in Puducherry, South India by Chandru Sivamani, Ganesh Kumar Saya, Revathi Ulaganeethi, Palanivel Chinnakali

“…Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among people with hypertension aged ≥18 years from September to December 2023. Systematic random sampling technique was used to recruit the participants. …”
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Relationship between PLR and Clinicopathological Characteristics of Patients with Advanced NSCLC and Its Predictive Value for the Efficacy of Chemotherapy and Prognosis by Jianming Zhao, Yiping Pan, Yu Sheng, Jun Sun

“…The clinical data of 175 patients with advanced NSCLC diagnosed from March 2017 to December 2018 in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed, and the data of 175 healthy subjects from our hospital physical examinations were included. …”
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Improved Outcome of Severe Acute Pancreatitis in the Intensive Care Unit by Polychronis Pavlidis, Siobhan Crichton, Joanna Lemmich Smith, David Morrison, Simon Atkinson, Duncan Wyncoll, Marlies Ostermann

“…Retrospective analysis of patients with SAP admitted to the ICU in a single tertiary care centre in the UK between January 2005 and December 2010. Results. Fifty SAP patients were admitted to ICU (62% male, mean age 51.7 (SD 14.8)). …”
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Evaluation of a national framework for rational use of medicines in Kazakhstan and its role in improving medicine use practices at the organizational and national levels by Gulzira Zhussupova, Ainur Aiypkhanova, Saule Zhaldybayeva, Dinara Satmbekova, Tamila Akhayeva, Sholpan Kaliyeva

“…Materials and methods This cross-sectional study was conducted from October to December 2019 at 22 state-owned primary health care organizations (polyclinics) serving adults and children in Astana, Kazakhstan. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Associations of composite dietary antioxidant index with cardiovascular disease mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes by Chan Yang, Qiangfei Yang, Xi Peng, Xinqiong Li, Guocheng Rao

“…Death statistics were gathered by connecting the cohort database to the National Death Index through December 31, 2019. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were utilized to calculate hazard ratios and 95% CIs for the relationship of CDAI with risks of CVD and all-cause mortality. …”
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