The impact of margins and re‐resection in pediatric synovial sarcoma by Andres F. Espinoza, Priya B. Shetty, Jillian C. Jacobson, Hannah Todd, Kelley Harrell, Alfred F. Trappey, John Doski, Eumenia C. Castro, Nicole I. Montgomery, M. Fatih Okcu, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Dai H. Chung, Sanjeev A. Vasudevan

“…Methods A cohort of 36 patients less than 18 years of age at diagnosis who were treated for localized synovial sarcoma at three tertiary pediatric hospitals between January 2004 and December 2020 were included in this study. Patient and tumor demographics, treatment information, and margin status after surgical resection were collected from the medical record. …”
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Effect of Ingestion Training Guided by Volume-viscosity Swallow Test on Post-Stroke Dysphagia by DENG Li, HE Yingzi, JIN Yanping, LU Yan

“…ObjectiveTo observe the effect of ingestion training guided by volume-viscosity swallow test (V-VST) on swallowing functions and quality of life of patients with dysphagia after stroke.MethodsA total of 150 patients with dysphagia after stroke who were treated in the Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University from January 2019 to December 2020, were recruited and randomly divided into control group and observation group, with 75 cases in each group. …”
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Risk factors for electroconvulsive therapy-induced fever: a retrospective case-control study by Can-Jin Deng, Can-Jin Deng, Jian-Wen Yang, Jian-Wen Yang, Zi-Zhe Liu, Zi-Zhe Liu, Ting Ning, Ting Ning, Sha Nie, Sha Nie, Xiong Huang, Xiong Huang, Xin-Hu Yang, Xin-Hu Yang, Xing-Bing Huang, Xing-Bing Huang, Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng

“…Patients diagnosed with MMD underwent ECT between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021, at a large psychiatric hospital in China. …”
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Percentage of primiparous water buffalo cows becoming pregnant in the first 90 days postpartum by Héctor Nava-Trujillo, José Colmenares-Duque, Frank Díaz-Huerta, Adriana Morgado-Osorio, Armando Quintero-Moreno

“…For this, 47 primiparous buffaloes from a commercial farm (La Fria, Tachira, Venezuela) calving between October- December, with a BCS of at least 3 (scale of 1 to 5) and without follicular or luteal structures at day 30 postpartum, were divided into three groups: Control (n=11), no treatment; G30 (n=18), treated with 21μg of GnRH at day 30 postpartum; and G45 (n=18), treated with 21 μg of GnRH at day 45 postpartum. …”
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Endoscopic Removal of Ingested Dentures and Dental Instruments: A Retrospective Analysis by Ken-ichi Mizuno, Kazuya Takahashi, Kentaro Tominaga, Yuki Nishigaki, Hiroki Sato, Satoshi Ikarashi, Kazunao Hayashi, Takashi Yamamoto, Yutaka Honda, Satoru Hashimoto, Kenya Kamimura, Manabu Takeuchi, Junji Yokoyama, Yuichi Sato, Masaaki Kobayashi, Shuji Terai

“…Twenty-nine consecutive patients with 29 dental objects who were treated at the Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital from August 2009 to December 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. Characteristics of the patients and the ingested dental objects, the clinical features and findings of radiological imaging tests, and outcomes of endoscopic removal were analyzed. …”
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Behavioral factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Results from a web-based case-control survey in the Capital Region of Denmark by Mikkel Porsborg Andersen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Helle Collatz Christensen, Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Amalie Lykkemark Moeller, Birgitte Lindegaard, Mille Dybdal Cajar, Florence Chia Chin Tan, Mogens Karsboel Boisen, Sebastian Moretto Krog, Rúna Nolsoee, Peter Lommer Kristensen, Thomas Broe Christensen, Maria Elisabeth Lendorf

“…Objective To study the association between behavioural factors and incidence rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Design Case–control web-based questionnaire study.Setting Questionnaire data were collected in the Capital Region of Denmark in December 2020 when limited restrictions were in place, while the number of daily SARS-CoV-2 cases increased rapidly.Participants 8913 cases of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were compared with two groups of controls: (1) 34 063 individuals with a negative SARS-CoV-2 test from the same date (negative controls, NCs) and 2) 25 989 individuals who had never been tested for a SARS-CoV-2 infection (untested controls, UC). …”
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Exploring the Mechanism of Canmei Formula in Preventing and Treating Recurrence of Colorectal Adenoma Based on Data Mining and Algorithm Prediction by Xiaoling Fu, Yimin Xu, Xinyue Han, Xiangying Lin, Jingnan Wang, Guanhong Li, Xiaochen Fu, Min Zhang

“…Result During the period from October 1 2021 to December 31 2023, a total of 228 participants were included in the study. …”
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Early Outcomes from Proton Craniospinal Irradiation for Leptomeningeal Metastasis From Solid Tumors by Keng Lam, MD, Lewis F. Nasr, MD, Clark R. Andersen, MS, Kathryn E. Marqueen, MD, Jing Li, MD, PhD, Chenyang Wang, MD, Thomas H. Beckham, MD, PhD, Nazanin K. Majd, MD, PhD, Ashley E. Aaroe, MD, Monica Loghin, MD, Barbara J. O'Brien, MD, Susan L. McGovern, MD, PhD

“…Methods and Materials: This is a retrospective review of patients treated with pCSI for solid-tumor LM from December 2020 to January 2024 at our center. Patient characteristics were summarized using descriptive statistics. …”
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Effect of Floating Needle Perfusion Therapy combined with Joint Mobilization on Shoulder Pain of Hemiplegia after Stroke by Xin WANG, Hu LI, Xiuyan LU

“…Methods: A total of 90 hemiplegia patients with shoulder pain after stroke in the department of rehabilitation medicine of Shandong Provincial Third Hospital from February to December 2019, which were divided into the control group, the floating needle group and the comprehensive group according to the random number table, with 30 cases in each group. …”
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Is global health truly global? A hashtag analysis of #GlobalHealth disparities on X by Zara Arshad, Pranav Sharma, Shweta Sharma, Mustafa Sajjad Cheema, Mustafa Sajjad Cheema, Charu Agarwal, Charu Agarwal, Tamara Tango, Tamara Tango, Farhan Bin Matin, Atanas G. Atanasov, Atanas G. Atanasov, Atanas G. Atanasov, Bodrun Naher Siddiquea, Maima Matin, Olga Adamska, Artur Stolarczyk, Rahul Kashyap, Rahul Kashyap, Faisal A. Nawaz, Faisal A. Nawaz

“…This study analyses #GlobalHealth to understand its pattern, global digital distribution, and other parameters during the COVID-19 pandemic on X.MethodsData was collected by utilizing posts using #GlobalHealth on X from 1st December 2019 to 1st November 2022. The analysis was performed using Symplur Signals to assess several parameters, such as the cumulative number of posts, impressions, category of users, co-occurring hashtags, and geolocation. …”
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Intra-mesenteric steroids for steroid-refractory graft-versus-host disease in pediatric patients: A safe option by Ana M. Aristizábal, Lina P. Montaña, Jaiber Gutiérrez, Diego Medina, Alexis A. Franco, Eliana Manzi, Ángela Devia Zapata, Walter Mosquera

“…The study included patients under 18 years old with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation who underwent intra-mesenteric steroid injection for resistant gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease between January, 2016, and December, 2021. Methylprednisolone was administered via intra-arterial injection through the celiac trunk and the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries. …”
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Elevated D-dimer on admission may predict poor prognosis in childhood influenza associated encephalopathy by Huizhen Wang, Lingkong Zeng, Xingfeng Cheng, Hui Li, Hong Zhang, Yuanmei Shi, Yong Zhang, Changjian Li

“…Abstract To determine the risk factors for poor prognosis of influenza-associated encephalopathy (IAE), 56 eligible children with IAE who were treated in the pediatric intensive care unit of Wuhan Children’s Hospital from January 2022 to December 2023 were selected for retrospective analysis and grouped according to poor prognosis or not, and independent risk factors for poor prognosis were found by regression analysis. …”
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Nature and prevalence of long-term conditions in people with intellectual disability: retrospective longitudinal population-based study by Ashley Akbari, Navjot Kaur, Rania Kousovista, Gemma Lewin, Emeka Abakasanga, Rishika Shivamurthy, Georgina Cosma, Gyuchan Jun, Satheesh Gangadharan

“…Objective Explore the nature and prevalence of long-term conditions in individuals with intellectual disability.Design Retrospective longitudinal population-based study.Setting Primary and secondary care data across the population of Wales with the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank.Participants 14 323 individuals were identified during the study date period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2021 using the following inclusion criteria: 18 or older, alive at the cohort start date, a resident of Wales, with a primary care registration at a SAIL providing general practice with available records and a recorded diagnosis of intellectual disability. …”
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Locking compression plate as a sequential external fixator following the distraction phase for the treatment of tibial bone defects caused by fracture-related infection: experience... by Xiriaili Kadier, Kai Liu, Aierbanjiang Shali, Yimurang Hamiti, Sulong Wang, Xin Yang, Alimu Keremu, Aihemaitijiang Yusufu

“…Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical records and consecutive X-ray images of patients with tibial bone defects who were treated with an LCP as a sequential external fixator following the distraction phase, between June 2017 and December 2022. The ASAMI criteria were applied to assess the bone and functional outcomes, and postoperative complications were evaluated by using the Paley classification. …”
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Effect of Interference Electric Stimulation at Baliao and Dachangshu Acupoints Combined with Mosapride on Constipation Patients with Diabetes by JIANG Huiyu, ZHOU Wei, MING Xiaohong, LIU Haichao, WU Xiuxiang

“…ObjectiveTo observe the clinical effect of interference electric stimulation at Baliao and Dachangshu acupoints combined with mosapride on constipation patients with diabetes.MethodsA total of 40 constipation patients with diabetes in the outpatient department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College from January 2018 to December 2019 were randomly assigned to the control group and the observation group, with 20 cases in each group. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 in three states of Nigeria in 2022 by Alash’le Abimiku, Nifarta Andrew, Elima Jedy-Agba, Rita Okonkwo, Olumide Okunoye, Oyewole Oyedele, Martin Edun, Ugochi Ezenwelu, Asmau Aminu-Alhaji, Aondoakura Kombu, Timothy Attah, Jibreel Jumare, Kenneth Enwerem, Sophia Osawe, Victor Ejeh, Michaela Udioh, Okame Okah-Avae, Elonna Obak, Olusola Anuoluwapo Akanbi, Mary Okoli, Nnaemeka C Iriemenam, McPaul Okoye

“…This study assessed KAP towards COVID-19 among HCWs (laboratorians, doctors, nurses and pharmacists) in Nigeria from August to December 2022.Method A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 1341 HCWs (laboratorians, doctors, nurses and pharmacists) in 7 healthcare facilities across 3 states in Nigeria. …”
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The impact of different gastrointestinal reconstruction techniques on gut microbiota after gastric cancer surgery by Yu Yang, Yu Yang, Hang-Yu Zhou, Guo-Min Zhou, Guo-Min Zhou, Jin Chen, Rui Ming, Dong Zhang, Huai-Wu Jiang, Huai-Wu Jiang

“…A random sampling method was used to select patients who underwent gastric cancer surgery at the hospital from January 2023 to December 2023. All patients signed written informed consent forms. …”
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Immune responses in children with secondary infection of mycoplasma pneumoniae after COVID-19: focus on eosinophils and IgE by Pingping Wang, Jin Yao, Yaqiong Li, Zhanjun Zhang, Ruiling Zhang, Shouting Lu, Meixia Sun, Xiaorong Huang

“…Methods This study is a retrospective observational study, and a total of pediatric patients who were treated in our hospital from January 2023 to December 2023 were included. The study group included children who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection and further infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and the control group included children who were only infected with SARS-CoV-2 and had no other pathogens. …”
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Scleral Buckling for Primary Retinal Detachment: Outcomes of Scleral Tunnels versus Scleral Sutures by Matthew R. Starr, Edwin H. Ryan, Anthony Obeid, Claire Ryan, Xinxiao Gao, Malika L. Madhava, Sean M. Maloney, Adam Z. Adika, Krishi V. Peddada, Kareem Sioufi, Luv G. Patel, Michael J. Ammar, Nora J. Forbes, Antonio Capone Jr., Geoffrey G. Emerson, Daniel P. Joseph, Dean Eliott, Carl D. Regillo, Jason Hsu, Omesh P. Gupta, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, for the Primary Retinal Detachment Outcomes (PRO) Study Group

“…Methods: This retrospective study examined all patients with primary RRD who were treated with primary SB or SB combined with vitrectomy from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 across six sites. Two cohorts were examined: SB affixed using scleral sutures versus scleral tunnels. …”
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Steroids In caRdiac Surgery (SIRS) trial: acute kidney injury substudy protocol of an international randomised controlled trial by Michael Walsh, Salim Yusuf, Chirag Parikh, Jessica Vincent, P J Devereaux, Francois Lamontagne, Matthew T V Chan, Richard Whitlock, Meaghan Cuerden, Amit X Garg, Andre Lamy, Daniel I Sessler, Kevin Teoh, Ainslie Hildebrand, Yunxia Zuo, Pallav Shah, Seyed Hesameddin Abbasi, Mackenzie Quantz, Jean-Pierre Yared, Nicolas Noiseux, Georgios Tagarakis, Antoine Rochon, Janice Pogue, Abbas Salehiomran

“…At the time of surgery, compared with placebo, methylprednisolone divided into two intravenous doses of 250 mg each may reduce the risk of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI).Methods and analysis With respect to the study schedule, over 7000 substudy eligible patients from 81 centres in 18 countries were randomised in December 2013. The authors will use a logistic regression to estimate the adjusted OR of methylprednisolone versus placebo on the primary outcome of AKI in the 14 days following surgery (a postoperative increase in serum creatinine of ≥50%, or ≥26.5 μmol/L, from the preoperative value). …”
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