Improved Outcome of Biliary Atresia with Postoperative High-Dose Steroid by Rui Dong, Zai Song, Gong Chen, Shan Zheng, Xian-min Xiao

“…Results. 53.4%, 56.9%, and 58.1% of the patients in the high-dose steroid group were jaundice-free 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery, respectively; these values were significantly higher than the 38.7%, 39.4%, and 43.3% of the low-dose steroid group. One year after surgery, the incidence of cholangitis in the high-dose group (32.0%) was lower than that in the low-dose group (48.0%). …”
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The Effectiveness Of Red Power Injection On The Hematological Profile Of Layer Chicken (Gallus domesticus) by Rahamaddanu Surya Lazwari, Anandira Dania Yasmin, Fatun Latifa Lutfiah, Zarkasya Zahra Nur Saffanah Fahmi, Zatya Dimas Prakoso Nugroho, Gogod Wahyu Dewa, Easter Palma Dewi Eros, Azzahra Shafa Fadhila Fadhila

“…Four laying hens (Gallus domesticus) that have been provided are divided into two treatment groups with a dose of group one 0.8 ml / head and a dose of group two 1.2 ml / head. …”
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Smoking Induces the Circulating Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk in Young Smokers by Dinesh NATH, Meera SHIVASEKAR, V. M. VINODHINI

“…Each group contains 120 study participants. Group one consisted of 120 healthy individuals with no physical and mental illness, group two consisted of 120 active smokers with a heart disease, and group three consisted of 120 active smokers with a heart disease and diabetes, who attended Sri Ramaswamy Memorial Hospital for cardiology checkup at the age of 20-55 years. …”
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In perennial allergic rhinitis, RQLQ is improved similarly by Azelastine 0.15 and mometasone furoate by Jean Bousquet, MD, Ludger Klimek, MD, Hans-Christian Kuhl, PhD, Duc Tung Nguyen, MD, Rajesh Kumar Ramalingam, MD, G. Walter Canonica, MD, William E. Berger, MD

“…However, there was no long-term comparison between Aze 0.15% and intranasal corticosteroids (INCS) on safety and quality of life in perennial allergic rhinitis.An open-label, active-controlled, parallel-group one-year study comparing mometasone furoate and Aze 0.15% in adults assessed safety over 1 year. …”
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Curative Effect of Wearable Back Trainer Combined with Massage on Patients of Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain by An CAO, Guozhi HUANG, Qing ZENG, Peichen HE, Rihui LI

“…There were statistical differences among the three groups in VAS score one week after treatment and two weeks after treatment respectively (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05); the score showed a downward trend with time, the decreasing amplitude of VAS score in the treatment group was higher than that of control group two weeks after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05), and the decreasing amplitude of VAS score in the treatment group and the control group was higher respectively than that of blank group one week after treatment and two weeks after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05). …”
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Protocol of a parallel group Randomized Control Trial (RCT) for Mobile-assisted Medication Adherence Support (Ma-MAS) intervention among Tuberculosis patients. by Zekariyas Sahile, Lua Perimal-Lewis, Paul Arbon, Anthony John Maeder

“…A total of 186 participants (93 per group) will be individually randomized into one of the two groups with a 1:1 allocation ratio by a computer-generated algorithm. Group one (intervention) participants will receive daily SMS texts and weekly phone calls concerning their daily medication intake and medication refill clinic visit reminder and group two (control) participants will receive the same routine standard treatment care as the intervention group, but no SMS text and phone calls. …”
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Vibrio Dynamics and Health Status of Pacific White Shrimp Fed with Cinnamaldehyde-Containing Feed by Dian Eka Ramadhani, Andri Hendriana, Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Muhammad Arif Mulya

“…Highlight Research • Cinnamaldehyde for shrimp • Dynamics of Vibrio and the correlation with shrimp health status • Green and yellow Vibrio bacteria in water, intestine, and hepatopancreas of shrimp • Cinnamaldehyde decrease the number of green Vibrio bacteria   Abstract Disease can cause shrimp mortality and high economic losses caused by Vibriosis group. One alternative is using cinnamaldehyde which function as an anti-microbial and inhibit the production of toxins released by microorganisms. …”
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Utilizing vaginal natural orifice to facilitate bowel manipulation during totally intracorporeal ileal conduit construction: a retrospective cohort study by Kaipeng Jia, Shiwang Huang, Zhun Wang, Yuda Lin, Yiduo Bai, Chong Shen, Zhe Zhang, Zhouliang Wu, Yunkai Qie, Hailong Hu

“…In the MICUD group, there was one case of local tumor recurrence, two cases of distant metastasis, including one death from progression; in the ECUD group, one patient had distant metastasis and died from progression.Conclusion RARC with MICUD represents a safe, feasible and easy-to-learn minimally invasive surgical approach. …”
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A differentiated approach to complex treatment of radioiodine-induced salivary gland lesions by A. V. Kopchak, V. А. Makarenko

“…Thus, the treatment we offered, which included long-acting glucocorticoids, proteolysis inhibitors, and sialendoscopic techniques, completely resolved or minimized the clinical manifestations of the disease in 73.3 % of patients (33.3 % in the control group) one year after the start of treatment. The therapeutic effect was not found only in 6.7 % of patients compared to 20.0 % in the control group. …”
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Total neoadjuvant chemotherapy according to the FOLFIRINOX regimen for locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the stomach and cardioesophageal junction: interim results by M. V. Sedova, M. A. Batov, A. A. Kolomeytseva, V. M. Khomyakov, N. N. Volchenko, A. A. Fedenko

“…Fiſty-nine patients were enrolled into the FLOT group and 60 into the FOLFIRINOX group. One-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 67,5 % in the FLOT group and 90,4 % in the FOLFIRINOX group (p = 0,29). …”
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Bibliotherapy Services in Public Libraries: the Case of Lithuania by Jurgita Girčienė, Miglė Damijonaitytė

“…Out of them, slightly more than twice (both qualitatively and quantitatively) of services are attributable to passive bibliotherapy, exclusively covering an intrapersonal level of communication, based on recommendations of books to be read, which is traditionally more characteristic of these institutions, rather than those to be associated with its active variety, which includes an individual interaction of a reader with a librarian inspired by the read book, or a group one - with the members of the book club led by them that integrates an interpersonal level of communication as well. …”
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Improved Outcomes following the Establishment of a Neurocritical Care Unit in Saudi Arabia by Ibrahim Soliman, Waleed Tharwat Aletreby, Fahad Faqihi, Nasir Nasim Mahmood, Omar E. Ramadan, Ahmad Fouad Mady, Babar Kahlon, Abdulrahman Alharthy, Peter Brindley, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…A retrospective before and after cohort study comparing the outcomes of neurologically injured patients. Group one met criteria for NCCU admission but were admitted to the general ICU as the NCCU was not yet operational (group 1). …”
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Comparison of the efficacy of the modified S-P approach and the Ganz method for surgical hip dislocation in Pipkin I fractures: an early follow-up study by Hanwen Zhang, Wei Deng, Shengtao Wang, Yong Yin

“…Heterotopic ossification (HO) occurred in 5 patients in each of the mS-P and GSD groups. 2 patients in the mS-P group developed post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA), compared to 5 patients in the GSD group. One patient in the GSD group developed a sciatic nerve injury (SNI). …”
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Changes of Lacrimal Puncta by Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography after Topical Combined Antibiotic and Steroid Treatment in Cases of Inflammatory Punctual Stenosis by Islam Awny, Elshimaa A. Mateen Mossa, Tasneem Mohammed Bakheet, Hany Mahmoud, Amr Mounir

“…They were divided into two groups, the epiphora group one (EG1) received eye drops containing combination of antibiotics and steroids (orchadexoline eye drops, each ml contains 5 mg chloramphenicol, 1 mg dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 0.25 mg tetryzoline hydrochloride, 2 mg hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, 10 mg α-tocopherol acetate (vitamin E), and 8 mg macrogol 400), 5 times daily for the first week, three times daily for the next two weeks, and one time daily for another one week. …”
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Menstrual Blood-Derived Stem Cells Transplantation Combined with Exercise Training in Promoting Spinal Cord Injury Recovery in Rats by QI Longju, CHEN Shiyuan, LIAO Zehua, SHI Yuanhu, SUN Yuyu, WANG Qinghua

“…The rats were then divided into two groups: the Cell and Treadmill Training (CTMT) group, which received MenSCs transplantation and treadmill training after SCI, and the SCI group (control), with 12 rats in each group. One week after modeling, the CTMT group received a microinjection of 1×105 MenSCs at the injury site, followed by two weeks of weight-supported aerobic exercise training. …”
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A sex-disaggregated analysis of the prognostic value of lean type 2 diabetes mellitus in the adult population with acute myocardial infarction by Gwyneth Kong, Jaycie Koh, Jobelle Chia, Bryan Neo, Yiming Chen, Grace Cao, Bryan Chong, Mark Muthiah, Hui Wen Sim, Gavin Ng, Chieh Yang Koo, Chin Meng Khoo, Mark Yan-Yee Chan, Poay-Huan Loh, Nicholas W. S. Chew

“…Majority had the non-lean T2DM phenotype (40.4%), followed by non-lean non-T2DM (29.8%), lean non-T2DM (15.9%), and lean T2DM (13.9%). In the T2DM group, one-quarter was lean (N = 1324), while the vast majority (74.5%) was non-lean. …”
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In vitro evaluation of hypochlorous acid-silver nanoparticle waterline disinfectant for dental unit waterline disinfection by Tingting Yin, Qiaowen Li, Huan Sun, Jin Zheng, Yuanyuan Wang, Yi Luo, Li Wang

“…Specifically, one group (5 units) received HA disinfectant (HA group), one group (5 units) received AgNP disinfectant (AgNP group), and another group (5 units) received a combination of HA and AgNP disinfectant (HA + AgNP group). …”
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The Efficacy and Safety of the Chinese Herbal Formula, JTTZ, for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes with Obesity and Hyperlipidemia: A Multicenter Randomized, Positive-Controlled, Op... by Xiaotong Yu, Lipeng Xu, Qiang Zhou, Shengping Wu, Jiaxing Tian, Chunli Piao, Hailong Guo, Jun Zhang, Liping Li, Shentao Wu, Meizhen Guo, Yuzhi Hong, Weirong Pu, Xiyan Zhao, Yang Liu, Bing Pang, Zhiping Peng, Song Wang, Fengmei Lian, Xiaolin Tong

“…In addition, symptoms were significantly relieved in participants in the JTTZ group compared to those in the MET group. One case of hypoglycemia was reported in the MET group. …”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF CIRCADIAN BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH THYROID FUNCTION by Nataliia Kuz, Tetiana Solomenchuk

“…The patients were divided into two groups according to thyroid function. Group one (I) included 51 individuals (40.8%) - hypothyroid patients (TSH level>4mIU/ml), mean age - 62.51±1.18 years old; Group II included 74 individuals (59.2%) - euthyroid patients (TSH level 0.4-4mIU/ml), mean age - 59.93±1.08 years old. …”
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Effect of different endotracheal suctioning methods on clearance of airway secretions in patients with craniocerebral injury and tracheotomy (不同吸痰方式对颅脑损伤气管切开患者气道分泌物清除的效果观察)... by AN Delian (安德连), DAI Meng (戴萌), WEI Xiaomei (卫小梅), TANG Zhiming (唐志明), XU Ziyang (许自阳), WEN Hongmei (温红梅), DOU Zulin (窦祖林)

“…There was no significant difference in blood oxygen saturation between the experimental group and the control group one minute before sputum aspiration (P＞0. 05). …”
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