Clinical utility of hematological parameters in aplastic anemia by Lizhong Zhang, Xiaonan Han, Qiujuan Zhu, Yu Qin, Yanan Jia

“…The retrospective study included 146 patients with aplastic anemia and 150 normal controls matched in age and gender, where clinical characteristics and hematological parameters were classified and statistically analyzed. …”
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Content and outcome of non-pharmacological rehabilitation in hospital, or community-based care, for women with traumatic brain injury: a scoping review protocol by Kajsa Lidström Holmqvist, Thomas Strandberg, Grahame Simpson, Jessica Massey, Marie Matérne

“…There is growing evidence that TBI rehabilitation should be differentiated and individualised according to gender to provide more effective healthcare and rehabilitation. …”
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Adaptation and combination of two scales to measure dispositional gratitude in health sciences faculty: a psychometric analysis by Jesus Alfonso Beltran-Sanchez, José Moral de la Rubia, Adrian Valle de la O, Josue Omar Nava-Manzo, Angeles Dominguez

“…The Gratitude Questionnaire, Work Questionnaire and Brief Interactive Optimism-Garcia was applied to 110 women, 104 men and 2 who prefer not to specify their gender. Results The result was a unifactorial measurement model composed of 10 items with evidence of construct validity (χ 2  = 59.83, df = 20, p < 0.001, χ 2 /df = 59.83/20 = 2.99, SRMR = 0.11, GFI = 0.96; NFI = 0.93, RFI = 0.91, AGFI = 0.93), PRATIO = 0.78, PNFI = 0.73; concurrent validity with interactive optimism (r = 0.45, p < 0.001); convergent validity (AVE = 0.42); and reliability (α = 0.88; ω = 0.88). …”
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Skin Closure Technique and Postprocedural Pain after Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation: A Retrospective Review by Markus A. Bendel, Ryan S. D’Souza, Taylor J. North, Thomas P. Pittelkow, Jonathan M. Hagedorn

“…Higher preoperative pain score (β 0.50 (95% CI 0.09 to 0.92), P=0.019) and female gender (β 1.09 (95% CI 0.15 to 2.02), P=0.023) were predictive of higher incisional pain scores at POD#10. …”
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Estimating the Burden of Illness Related to Genital Warts in Russia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Vera N. Prilepskaya, Mikhail Gomberg, Smita Kothari, Karen Yee, Amit Kulkarni, Suzanne M. Garland, Anna R. Giuliano

“…**Methods:** Russian physicians recorded daily patient logs for a two-week period and conducted a 30-minute survey to estimate GW prevalence and related resource use between January and June 2012. Age, gender, and GW diagnosis status was recorded. Prevalence was obtained for each physician and calculated into a single estimate across all physician types. …”
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Relationships of sensory processing sensitivity with creativity and empathy in an adult sample by Britta A. P. Laros-van Gorkom, Britta A. P. Laros-van Gorkom, Christienne G. Damatac, Christienne G. Damatac, Inez Stevelmans, Corina U. Greven, Corina U. Greven, Corina U. Greven

“…Most associations remained significant after controlling for openness to experience, and the other SPS components of ease of excitation and low sensory threshold and gender, age, and education.DiscussionWe conclude that SPS and AES are associated with creativity and empathy. …”
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THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PLASTIC SURGERY CASES IN A TERTIARY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SURABAYA, INDONESIA by Dwika Intania Riano, Lavonia Berlina Adzalika, Indri Lakhsmi Putri, Rachmaniar Pramanasari

“…A variety of factors were recorded and evaluated, including the patients' age, gender, diagnosis, and year. Results: We found that among 736 individuals' medical records during a four-year period, burn injuries (17.4%), microtia (11.7%), and orofacial clefts (11.5%) were the most prevalent occurrences. …”
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Progressive Epidural Hematoma in Patients with Head Trauma: Incidence, Outcome, and Risk Factors by Hao Chen, Yan Guo, Shi-Wen Chen, Gan Wang, He-Li Cao, Jiong Chen, Yi Gu, Heng-Li Tian

“…In multivariate logistic regression, patient gender, age, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score at admission, and skull fracture were not associated with PEDH, whereas hypotension (odds ratio (OR) 0.38, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.17–0.84), time interval of the first CT scanning (OR 0.42, 95% CI 0.19–0.83), coagulopathy (OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.15–0.85), or decompressive craniectomy (DC) (OR 0.46, 95% CI 0.21–0.97) was independently associated with an increased risk of PEDH. …”
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Risk Factors for Rebleeding after Emergency Endoscopic Treatment of Dieulafoy Lesion by Yongkang Lai, Jianfang Rong, Zhenhua Zhu, Wangdi Liao, Bimin Li, Yin Zhu, Youxiang Chen, Xu Shu

“…In the univariable analysis, endoscopic treatment, prothrombin time, gender, Rockall score, and leukocyte count were the risk factors for rebleeding. …”
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Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Associated Factors Among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) In Mogadishu Cross-Sectional Study by Sh Abukar IM, Asir Rage AA, Warsame MO

“…Recommendations propose targeted mental health interventions, especially for females, addressing gender-based violence and loss. Programs should consider those with multiple displacements, addressing cumulative trauma impact. …”
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What do medical students think about conscientious objection? A cross-sectional study from Turkey by M. Murat Civaner, Eylül Yalçinkaya, Arlene Macdonald

“…The participants stated that they would most frequently object to requests for extreme aesthetic interventions (splitting the tongue in half − 39.1%, changing eye color – 28.2%, removing the lowest rib – 26.8%), euthanasia (23.2%), hymen restoration (17.3%), gender change (16.5%), and optional pregnancy termination (14.0%). …”
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Reaching back to enhance the future: the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Pipeline Program by Sharon M Henry, Karen J Brasel, Cherisse Berry, Bethany Lauren Strong, Latoya Silverton, William Wical

“…There was under-representation in medicine racial/ethnic or gender concordance for 80% (N=8 of 10) of the mentee–mentor pairings. …”
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Clinical Traits of SARS-CoV-2 Infection by O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. L. Dzhakhaya, N. D. Potskherashvili, K. B. Puzakov, O. Yu. Кiseleva, N. I. Kokina, E. R. Buklis, T. V. Roshchina, I. I. Коmkova

“…The risk of critical SARS-CoV-2 infection increases with elder age (p ≤ 0.001), associates with the male gender and presence of concomitant diseases, such as obesity (p &lt; 0.01), diabetes mellitus (p &lt; 0.001), hypertension (p ≤ 0.001), CHD (p ≤ 0.001) and atrial fibrillation (p &lt;0.05).Conclusion. …”
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Ascertaining provider-level implicit bias in electronic health records with rules-based natural language processing: A pilot study in the case of prostate cancer. by Ashwin Ramaswamy, Michael Hung, Joe Pelt, Parsa Iranmahboub, Lina P Calderon, Ian S Scherr, Gerald Wang, David Green, Neal Patel, Timothy D McClure, Christopher Barbieri, Jim C Hu, Charlotta Lindvall, Douglas S Scherr

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>Implicit, unconscious biases in medicine are personal attitudes about race, ethnicity, gender, and other characteristics that may lead to discriminatory patterns of care. …”
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Analysis of artery injury types and clinical characteristics of patients with transcatheter angioembolization after percutaneous nephrolithotomy by Xianghu Meng, Rong Cong, Yibo Hua, Zengjun Wang, Ninghong Song, Wei Yang, Rijin Song

“…Clinical data on the TAE patients, such as gender, age, body mass index, TAE interval, hemoglobin (Hb) decrease, operation time, stone size, the number and size of tracts, and clinical bleeding type, were summarized. …”
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Latent iron deficiency in non-anemic children under five years of age by Qurat ul Ain Riaz, Saima Ahsan, Tanveer Hussain Chaudhary, Abdul Hafeez Soomro, Muhammad Sabir Khan, Shanza Nazish

“…SPSS version 23 was used for data entry and analysis. Age and gender for effect modifiers were controlled by stratification. …”
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Effect of different neuromuscular training modalities on postural stability in healthy recreation people: a randomized controlled trial by Dragan Marinkovic, Drazenka Macak, Vukasin Stanic, Dejan M. Madic, Danilo Radanovic, Zoran Gojkovic, Miodrag Spasic, Aleksandra Ilic, Tatjana Trivic, Patrik Drid

“…The 179 participants (age 24.02 ± 2.07 years) were divided into the gender-balanced groups: MIX (n = 47), DNS (n = 45), WBV (n = 44), and control group (CONTROL, n = 43) and underwent two months treatment. …”
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Comparison of Endogenous Endophthalmitis in Patients with and Without COVID-19 Infection by Ehsan Namvar, Mehdi Moallem, Mehrdad Afarid, Alireza Bolkheir

“…There were no statistically significant differences in age (P = 0.653), mean follow-up (P = 0.943), gender (P = 0.313), and clinical presentation (P = 0.409) between the case and control groups. …”
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Association between the exposure to brominated flame retardants and psoriasis risk among U.S. adults: A population-based study by Jingbo Zhang, Xiangyun Shi, Genlong Bai, Jin Chen, Yidian Fu, Aijun Chen

“…Moreover, the association between PBB153 and psoriasis risk remained stable across all subgroup analyses, including those stratified by gender. Our study presents robust evidence connecting BFRs exposure to the prevalence of psoriasis, emphasizing the necessity for continued research and policy interventions to address this environmental health issue. …”
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Combined effects of reflexology massage and respiratory relaxation on pain following chest tube removal in heart surgery patients by Zainab Bahramian, Majid Kazemi, Reza Vazirinejad, Hadi Hasani

“…Results The participants of the four groups were not meaningfully different in terms of age, BMI, duration of surgical operation, gender, job, education, place of residency, number of chest tubes, history of operation (P = 0.99, 0.31, 0.06, 0.81, 0.97, 0.96, 0.17, 0.10, 0.89 respectively). …”
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