Stent-graft implantation for late postpancreatectomy hemorrhage after pancreatoduodenectomy by Xiaoye Li, Shibo Xia, Liangxi Yuan, Lei Zhang, Chao Song, Xiaolong Wei, Qingsheng Lu

“…One patient had herniation of the small intestine into the thoracic cavity, which caused a broad thoracic and abdominal infection and died during hospitalization. Rebleeding occurred at the gastroduodenal artery stump in 1 case after stent-graft implantation for the splenic artery and was successfully treated with another stent-graft implantation. …”
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Determinants of mortality and prolonged hospital stay among dengue patients attending tertiary care hospital: a cross-sectional retrospective analysis by Yusra Habib Khan, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Amer Hayat Khan, Azmi Sarriff, Azreen Syazril Adnan

“…Factors associated with dengue mortality were age >40 years (p=0.004), secondary infection (p=0.040), comorbidities (p<0.05), acute kidney injury (p<0.001), prolonged PT (p=0.022), multiple-organ dysfunctions (p<0.001), haematocrit >20% (p=0.001), rhabdomyolosis (p<0.001) and respiratory failure (p=0.007). …”
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Pulsed Radiofrequency of the Trigeminal Ganglion for Treating Postherpetic Neuralgia of the Ophthalmic Branch by Dong-Yang Liu, Jin-Sheng Chen, Ze-Zang Fang, Shao-Yan Liu, Li Wan

“…Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a painful, long-lasting condition as a consequence of nerve damage resulting from a herpes zoster infection. Although there are many different treatments available to reduce pain duration and severity, PHN is often refractory to them and no single therapy shows an effective cure for all cases of PHN, especially for those involving the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve. …”
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Triglyceride-glucose index is associated with microcirculatory resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes and STEMI undergoing primary PCI by Guoyu Wang, Cen Xu, Jian Wang, Zhimei Teng, Xiang Sha, Kai Xu, Ruzhu Wang, Li Zhu

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Differential Production of Midkine and Pleiotrophin by Innate APCs upon Stimulation through Nucleic Acid-Sensing TLRs by Elias A. Said, Sumaya Al-Dughaishi, Wadha Al-Hatmi, Iman Al-Reesi, Mohammed S. Al-Balushi, Atika Al-Bimani, Juma Z. Al-Busaidi, Marwa Al-Riyami, Murtadha Al-Khabori, Salam Al-Kindi, Francesco A. Procopio, Shadia Al-Sinawi, Aliyaa Al-Ansari, Crystal Y. Koh, Khalid Al-Naamani, Ali A. Al-Jabri

“…This highlights the potentially important role of iAPCs in angiogenesis, tumors, infections, and autoimmunity through the differential production of MK and PTN upon TLR triggering.…”
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A nociceptor-specific RNAi screen in Drosophila larvae identifies RNA-binding proteins that regulate thermal nociception by Amber Dyson, Gita Gajjar, Katherine C. Hoffman, Dakota Lewis, Sara Palega, Erik Rangel Silva, James Auwn, Andrew Bellemer

“…Nociceptor neurons exhibit plasticity in which their sensitivity to noxious stimuli and subsequent ability to drive behavior may be altered by environmental conditions, injury, infection, and inflammation. In some cases, nociceptor sensitization requires regulated changes in gene expression, and recent studies have indicated roles for post-transcriptional mechanisms in regulating these changes as an aspect of nociceptor plasticity. …”
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Female Patients Seeking or Undergoing Fertility Treatment in a Single In Vitro Fertilisation Clinic in Greece: An International,... by Konstantina Pappa, Emmanouil M. Xydias, Apostolos C. Ziogas, Kanelina Bimba, Elias Tsakos, Efstratios Kolibianakis

“…The majority of patients experienced a degree of stress (65.2%) due to the delays, however were not fearful of COVID-19 infection (54.7%). Most patients were aware of the protective measures taken by IVF clinics (80.2%), and this was a determinant factor (71.7%) for their decision to restart their fertility treatment. …”
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Barriers facilitators and needs of female sex workers in Arak to access sexual health services a qualitative study by Iman Navidi, Elham Shakibazadeh, Firoozeh Raisi, Samaneh Akbarpour

“…Psychological and social barriers included partner rejection following infection. Facilitators for accessing sexual health services included respectful care, effective counseling for anxiety and stress. …”
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Pregnancy in Sickle Cell Disease Is a Very High-Risk Situation: An Observational Study by Narcisse Elenga, Aurélie Adeline, John Balcaen, Tania Vaz, Mélanie Calvez, Anne Terraz, Laetitia Accrombessi, Gabriel Carles

“…We also noted that the main maternofetal complications of pregnancies were anemia (36.5%), infection (31.7%), vasoocclusive crisis (20.6%), preeclampsia (17.5%), premature birth (11.1%), intrauterine growth retardation (15.9%), abnormal fetal heart rate (14.3%), and intrauterine fetal death (4.8%). …”
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Descriptive retrospective cross-sectional study of rehabilitation care for poststroke users in Québec during the COVID-19 pandemic by Palak Vakil, Perrine Ferré, Johanne Higgins, Louis-David Beaulieu, Marie-Helene Milot, Marie-Hélène Boudrias

“…COV− users showed rehabilitation care indicators resembling the ones of pre-COV despite spending less time in rehabilitation.Conclusions Patients who had a stroke infected with COVID-19 exhibited greater vulnerability on admission to rehabilitation. …”
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Invasion of pancreatic ductal epithelial cells by Enterococcus faecalis is mediated by fibronectin and enterococcal fibronectin-binding protein A by Munefumi Shimosaka, Jumpei Kondo, Mamika Sonoda, Rui Kawaguchi, Emika Noda, Kaho Nishikori, Asuka Ogata, Shinji Takamatsu, Ken Sasai, Hirofumi Akita, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yoshihiro Kamada, Shigefumi Okamoto, Eiji Miyoshi

“…Overall, these results suggest that E. faecalis can colonize pancreatic tissue by infecting iPDECs, at least in part, via the expression of the cell adhesion factor EfbA.…”
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Clinical Patterns and Outcome of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Seon Young Ahn, Suk Bae Kim, Il Han Song

“…A total of 622 HCC patients with associated NAFLD (n = 56), ALD (n = 173), or HBV infection (n = 393) were enrolled. The clinical characteristics and survival were analyzed according to the underlying liver diseases. …”
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Studi Awal Deteksi COVID-19 Menggunakan Citra CT Berbasis Deep Learning by Windra Swastika

“…Tests of upper and lower respiratory tract specimens are now an effective method of finding whether a person is infected with COVID-19 or not. One indication of COVID-19 infection is shortness of breath or pneumonia and the appearance of ground-glass opacity on CT images. …”
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Prognostic relevance of Ki-67 and P16/INK4a markers in histological diagnosis of cervical dysplasia by T. A. Dimitriadi, D. V. Burtsev, E. A. Dzhenkova, T. N. Gudtskova, K. V. Dvadnenko

“…Biopsy material of the cervix was studied in 71 patients who were carriers of HPV infection. Immunohistochemical method (IHC) in biopsy specimens determined the expression of Ki‑67 and p16/INK4a markers.Results. …”
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At what cycle threshold level are dogs able to detect SARS-CoV-2 in humans? by Víctor M Vidal-Martínez, Juan Manuel Mancilla-Tapia, Lilia C Soler-Jiménez, Iván Velázquez-Abunader, Matilde Jiménez-Coello, Antonio Ortega-Pacheco, David Hernández-Mena

“…Dogs can discriminate between people infected with SARS-CoV-2 from those uninfected, although their results vary depending on the settings in which they are exposed to infected individuals or samples of urine, sweat or saliva. …”
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Local anesthesia with and without conscious sedation versus general anesthesia for oral surgical procedures in pediatric patients: a retrospective cross-sectional study by Ana López-Velasco, Francisco Javier Carrera-Hueso, Miguel Puche-Torres, Francisco Javier Silvestre, Pedro Vázquez-Ferreiro

“…Pain, occurring in 2.56% of general anesthesia procedures and 2.73% of local anesthesia procedures, was the most common complication, followed by infection (1.71% of general anesthesia procedures). …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Gastrointestinal Carriage of Pathogenic Gram Negative Enteric Bacteria among Apparently Healthy Food Handlers of Public Hospitals, Addis Abab... by Tegegn Belhu, Kinfe Fissehatsion, Abraham Tesfaye, Dr Yohannes Woldekidan, Kassu Desta

“…Food handlers with poor personal hygiene working in hospitals could be infected with different intestinal parasites and pathogenic enteric bacteria. …”
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The Microbiota Determines Susceptibility to Experimental Autoimmune Uveoretinitis by Jarmila Heissigerova, Petra Seidler Stangova, Aneta Klimova, Petra Svozilkova, Tomas Hrncir, Renata Stepankova, Miloslav Kverka, Helena Tlaskalova-Hogenova, John V. Forrester

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Diagnostic efficacy and necessity of 18F-FDG PET/CT in fever of unknown origin: insights from a retrospective cohort study by Xiaoman Yu, Shuang Wang, Na Du, Hongguang Zhao, Haiying Chen

“…BackgroundDespite advancements in medical examination equipment and techniques, fever of unknown origin (FUO) remains challenging in internal medicine.PurposeThis study evaluates the diagnostic efficacy and necessity of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) in patients with FUO.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the results of 18F-FDG PET/CT in a cohort of 284 patients with FUO admitted to the Department of Infection at the First Hospital of Jilin University between January 2018 and March 2024. …”
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Comparative Analysis of COVID‐19 Severity and Mortality Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Individuals During the Delta Variant Surge in a Tertiary Care Center: A Cohort Study by Fatemeh Hasani, Zahra Norouzi, Kimia Jazi, Gholamreza Roshandel, Alireza Norouzi

“…Studies have also shown that vaccination provides strong protection against SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, COVID‐19‐related hospitalization, and mortality. …”
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