Utilisation of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence tools among medical faculty in Uganda: a cross-sectional study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reserva... by Job Kuteesa, Faith Oguttu, Ian Guyton Munabi, Aloysius Gonzaga Mubuuke, Sarah Kiguli, Ritah Nantale, David Mukunya, Elizabeth Ajalo, Frank Kayemba, Jonathan Babuya, Kennedy Pangholi, Amelia Margaret Namiiro, Suzan Langoya Akuu, Steven Ekak, Ronald Tweheyo, Kirsten Nantongo, Brenda Nakitto, Milton W. Musaba, Joseph Luwaga Mpagi

“…Methods We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among medical faculty at four public universities in Uganda from November to December 2023. Participants were recruited consecutively. …”
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Integrating D-Dimer Thresholds into the Revised Caprini Risk Stratification to Predict Deep Vein Thrombosis Risk in Preoperative Knee Osteoarthritis Patients by Yi-Feng Guo MS, Dingding Zhang PhD, Yaping Chen MS, Weinan Liu BS, Na Gao MS, Xisheng Weng MD, Jin Lin MD, Jin Jin MD, Wenwei Qian MD, Xu Yang BS, Yin-Ping Zhang PhD, Xiaopeng Huo BS

“…Materials and Methods This retrospective cohort study included 1605 knee osteoarthritis patients scheduled for total knee arthroplasty from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, screened between January 2015 and December 2018. A revised Caprini risk stratification model was developed, and a predictive DVT model was developed based on this revised system. …”
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Associations between local COVID-19 policies and anxiety in the USA: a longitudinal digital cohort study by Jeffrey E Olgin, Gregory M Marcus, Rita Hamad, John Kornak, Carmen R Isasi, Ana Sanchez-Birkhead, Mark Pletcher, Soo Park, Natasha Williams, Thomas Carton, Aaron E Cozen, Madelaine Faulkner Modrow, Amy Chiang, Matthew Brandner, Jaime H Orozco, Kristen Azar, Sylvia E K Sudat, Pelin Ozluk, Heather Kitzman, Sara J Knight

“…Local government policies may have contributed to increases in anxiety and mental health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods We analysed associations between composite policy scores for containment and closure, public health or economic support from the US COVID-19 County Policy Database and self-reported anxiety scores (Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7) from COVID-19 Citizen Science participants between 22 April 2020 and 31 December 2021.Results In 188 976 surveys from 36 711 participants in 100 counties across 28 states, associations between anxiety and containment and closure policy differed by employment (p<0.0001), with elevated anxiety under maximal policy for people working in hospitality and food services (+1.05 vs no policy; 95% CI: 0.45, 1.64) or arts and entertainment (+0.56; 95% CI 0.15, 0.97) and lower anxiety for people working in healthcare (−0.43; 95% CI −0.66 to –0.20) after adjusting for calendar time, county-specific effects and COVID-19 case rates and death rates. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy and safety of Landiolol and Esmolol in critically ill patients: a propensity score-matched study by Xiang Si, Hao Yuan, Rui Shi, Wenliang Song, Jiayan Guo, Jinlong Jiang, Tao Yang, Xiaoxun Ma, Huiming Wang, Minying Chen, Jianfeng Wu, Xiangdong Guan, Xavier Monnet

“…Results From June 2016 to December 2022, 438 patients were included after PSM, (292 in the Esmolol group and 146 the in Landiolol group). …”
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A study of relationship between cardiac exposure dose-volume and cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in radiotherapy by CHEN Hongyu, SU Pengyu, LUO Wenzi, PANG Dequan, WANG Feiran

“…Methods: We prospectively collected data of patients with malignant tumors who underwent thoracic radiotherapy in the Radiotherapy Department of the Affiliated Hospital of North China University of Science and Technology from February 2023 to December 2023. Inclusion criteria: ① Patients who were pathologically confirmed to have malignant tumors (lung cancer breast cancer or esophageal cancer); ② patients with radiation therapy indications as recommended by the guidelines; ③ patients with an ECOG score of 0-1; ④ patients with no significant abnormalities in electrocardiogram and echocardiography results. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine enema combined with injection via gastric tube in the treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunction in ICU patients (中药胃肠联合治疗ICU患者胃肠功能障碍的效果观察)... by ZHONG Yongjian (钟永建)

“…Methods Totally70 critically ill patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction who were hospitalized in the Department of Critical Care Medicine from January 2022 to December 2022 were selected. They were randomly divided into the observation group and control group, with35 cases in each group. …”
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Intratumoral oncolytic virus OH2 injection in patients with locally advanced or metastatic sarcoma: a phase 1/2 trial by Lu Zhang, Shu Li, Jing Huang, Yan Wu, Liang Han, Tian Gao, Qingxia Fan, Suxia Luo, Binlei Liu, Lixin Zhou, Xinyu Wang, Ling Jia, Jianhua Shi, Zhichao Tan, Zhengfu Fan, Sijuan Ding, Chujie Bai, Ruifeng Xue, Jiayong Liu

“…The primary endpoints were safety and tolerability in phase 1 and objective response rate determined by RECIST (V.1.1) criteria and immune-RECIST in phase 2.Results Between October 20, 2020 and December 30, 2023, 26 patients were enrolled. Seven patients were treated with single-agent OH2 and 19 with HX008 and OH2 combination. …”
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Assessment of Bowel Preparation Using Low-Volume Sulphate-Based Preparations in Comparison with Macrogols: A Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Study of the 3rd Phase by E. D. Fedorov, V. V. Veselov, S. V. Kashin, E. V. Tikhomirova, A. V. Veselov, D. V. Zavyalov, A. Kornowski, T. E. Gorskaya, M. Volteau, T. Ponchon

“…This study was conducted in three Russian research centres during the March–December, 2015 period. Men and women over the age of 18 scheduled to undergo routine diagnostic colonoscopy were randomly assigned either to the OSS group or to the Macrogol group with a fractional use mode before the colonoscopy. …”
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Wild grasses as the reservoirs of infection of rust species for winter soft wheat in the Northern CaucasusWild grasses as the reservoirs of infection of rust species for winter sof... by E. I. Gultyaeva, L. A. Bespalova, I. B. Ablova, E. L. Shaydayuk, Zh. N. Khudokormova, D. R. Yakovleva, Yu. A. Titova

“…Depending on weather conditions, the symptom expression is noted from late September to December and then from late February to May–June. Potentially, an autumn infection on grasses can serve as a source for infection of winter soft wheat cultivars sown in October. …”
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Humoral and cellular response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in paediatric heart transplant recipients by Amanda Bermejo-Gómez, Laura Tarancon-Diez, Beatriz Lazaro-Martin, Begoña Santiago-Garcia, Nuria Gil Villanueva, Roberto Alonso, Mª Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández, Manuela Camino López, Alicia Hernanz-Lobo, María Luisa Navarro Gómez

“…All participants were 5–18 years old and vaccinated with mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 between December 2021 and May 2022. Methods: The humoral response was measured by quantifying antibody titers against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (anti-S). …”
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The value of 18F⁃FDG PET in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy with parkinsonism⁃predominant by DU Xiao‐xiao, DONG Wan‐hui, LI Yi, SUN Zhi‐hui, FAN Kang‐li, ZHANG Ying

“…Methods Total 96 patients with PD and 52 patients with MSA ⁃ P from The First Hospital of Jilin University from May 2019 to December 2022 were included, and 18F⁃FDG PET data were collected from all patients and 18F⁃FDG PET data was analyzed using CortexID Suite software. …”
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Application effect of Zhulianhua Gargle in oral care of inpatients with hyperthermia syndrome (竹连花含漱液在实热证住院患者口腔护理中的应用效果) by HAO Tiantian (郝天天), WEI Jinrong (魏金荣), ZHANG Lingyan (张玲燕), QIU Shuang (邱爽), ZHAO Wei (赵伟), GENG Tong (耿桐)

“…Methods From January 2022 to December 2023, 240 hospitalized patients with phlegm-heat stagnation lung syndrome, intestinal damp-heat syndrome, damp-heat obstructing syndrome, and liver-stomach depression heat syndrome were selected and divided into 2 groups, with 120 cases in each group by random number table method. …”
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Renal function and clinical outcomes in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Hao-Wei Lee, Ming-Jen Kuo, Pai-Feng Hsu, I-Hsin Lee, Chih-Yu Yang, Teh-Fu Hsu, Chorng-Kuang How, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Chin-Chou Huang

“…Method: This retrospective cohort study enrolled consecutive patients with OHCA between June 2017 and December 2021. Acute kidney injury (AKI) was defined based on the “Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)” guidelines. …”
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Exploring using HBsAg to predict interferon treatment course to achieve clinical cure in chronic hepatitis B patients: a clinical study by Fei Yan, Fei Tang, Jing Chen, YiCheng Lin, XinYu Chen, Qin Du, WeiLi Yin, Jing Liang, Lei Liu, Fang Wang, BaiGuo Xu, Qing Ye, HuiLing Xiang

“…This research aimed to develop an efficient model for predicting interferon (IFN) treatment course.MethodsPatients with chronic hepatitis B, undergoing PEG-IFN α-2b monotherapy or combined with NAs (Nucleoside Analogs), were recruited from January 2018 to December 2023 at Tianjin Third Central Hospital. All patients achieved hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) clearance post-treatment.ResultThe study enrolled 176 patients with chronic hepatitis B, with the median IFN treatment course of 35.23 ± 25.22 weeks. …”
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Prevalence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens in Canadian Hospitals: Results of the Canadian Ward Surveillance Study (CANWARD 2007) by George G Zhanel, James A Karlowsky, Mel DeCorby, Kim A Nichol, Aleksandra Wierzbowski, Patricia J Baudry, Philippe Lagacé-Wiens, Andrew Walkty, Frank Schweizer, Heather Adam, Melissa McCracken, Michael R Mulvey, The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA), Daryl J Hoban

“…MEtHODS: Bacterial isolates were obtained between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2007, inclusive, from patients in 12 hospitals across Canada as part of the Canadian Ward Surveillance Study (CANWARD 2007). …”
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Acute kidney injury is associated with liver-related outcomes in patients with hepatitis B virus infection: a retrospective cohort study by Jiao Liu, Ruixuan Chen, Shiyu Zhou, Zhixin Guo, Licong Su, Lisha Cao, Yanqin Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Fan Luo, Ruqi Xu, Qi Gao, Yuxin Lin, Xin Xu, Sheng Nie, the CRDS study Investigators

“…Methods The multicenter, retrospective cohort study included Chinese adults with HBV infection from 24 regional central hospitals between January 2000 and December 2022. AKI was defined as a ≥ 26.5 μmol/l increase in serum creatinine concentration within 48 h, or a ≥ 50% increase over the baseline within 7 days. …”
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COVID-19 in discharged patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease: one-year follow-up and evaluation by Enrong Ran, Enrong Ran, Yutong Zou, Chuanyi Zhao, Kai Liu, Jiamin Yuan, Wenjie Yang, Lijun Zhao, Qing Yang, Jia Yang, Xuegui Ju, Linli Cai, Yanlin Lang, Xingyuan Li, Ke Liu, Fang Liu, Fang Liu

“…PurposeTo evaluate the all-cause mortality rate and renal outcomes in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) following hospital discharge for COVID-19.MethodsThis single-center prospective observational study included 187 discharged COVID-19 patients with diabetes and CKD, admitted between December 2022 and January 2023 at West China Hospital, Sichuan University. …”
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Functional Improvement Trajectories After Surgery (FIT After Surgery) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study to evaluate significant new disability after major... by E Jacobsohn, Duminda N Wijeysundera, Gerald Lebovic, M Davis, Martine T E Puts, Shabbir M H Alibhai, Karim S Ladha, C Wong, Daniel I McIsaac, C Hanley, T Barnes, G Lorello, N Siddiqui, P Serrano, Tyler R Chesney, S Choi, J Van Vlymen, D Sussman, D Macdonald, P Jüni, Emily Hladkowicz, C David Mazer, M Bosch, CD Mazer, A Jerath, J Pazmino-Canizares, E Kennedy, R Spence, V Lyon, Alice C Wei, Julian F Daza, Sahar Ehtesham, Janet M van Vlymen, DN Wijeysundera, KS Ladha, JF Daza, G Mattina, E Hladkowicz, M Tessier, S Ehtesham, S Nnorom, SMH Alibhai, M Puts, G Lebovic, TR Chesney, AC Wei, S Drozdz, M Louridas, RH Breau, M Lalu, S Abdellatif, S Gagne, E Duceppe, K Zarnke, D Dumerton, M Karizhenskaia, H El Beheiry, F Bonazza, A Zahavich, M Thorleifson, S L Russell, H Bagry, SY MacDonell, J Dale-Gandar, L Kaustov, A Fleet, E Al Azazi, M Parotto, S A McCluskey, H Poonawala, D Dillane, Di McIsaac, S Avramescu, S Shabeen

“…Recruitment began in December 2019 but was placed on hold in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Association between exposure to 35 environmental pollutants and mortality from cerebrovascular diseases: A long-term prospective study by Lingjun Yan, Bingqin Xie, Zilin Liu, Yu Huang, Chenyu Ding, Wenhua Fang, Fuxin Lin, Yuanxiang Lin, Dezhi Kang, Fa Chen

“…Cerebrovascular disease-related deaths were ascertained from the National Center for Health Statistics, with mortality follow-up data available until December 31, 2019. Weighted univariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses were employed to evaluate the association between environmental pollutants and mortality from cerebrovascular diseases. …”
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Microwave ablation vs. single-needle radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of HCC up to 4 cm: A randomized-controlled trial by Katsutoshi Sugimoto, Kento Imajo, Hidekatsu Kuroda, Go Murohisa, Kazue Shiozawa, Kentaro Sakamaki, Takuya Wada, Hirohito Takeuchi, Kei Endo, Tamami Abe, Takashi Matsui, Takahiro Murakami, Masato Yoneda, Atsushi Nakajima, Shigehiro Kokubu, Takao Itoi

“…Results: In total, 240 participants were screened from July 12, 2018, to December 7, 2021. Four participants were excluded: three did not meet inclusion criteria, and one died from an unknown cause during treatment. …”
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