Knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding pediatric palliative care in a teaching nursing institute by Dinabndhu Barad, Kalpana Panda, Soumya Satpathy, Neelanjana Jena, Nirupama Behera, Syed Ghulam Mustafa, Jayeeta Dey, Jami Bikrant Kumar Prusty

“…Materials and Methods: This descriptive (cross-sectional observational) study was carried out by SUM Nursing College, Bhubaneswar from November 2022 to October 2023 by using three tools (a self-structured questionnaire on sociodemographic data, a standardized questionnaire on knowledge, and a standardized questionnaire on attitude) to assess the level of knowledge and attitude among study participants toward PPC. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of personality disorders in males with alcohol dependence syndrome undergoing inpatient treatment in a tertiary care hospital in South India by Aravindan Balachandran, Parthasarathy Ramamurthy, Pradeep Thilakan

“…Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted among the inpatients of the psychiatry department in a tertiary care teaching hospital. …”
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A Prospective Observational Comparative study Between qSOFA and SIRS Scores for Early Prediction of Sepsis Outcome in an Emergency Medicine Department , Kozhencherry, South Centr... by Rahul Rajeev, , J S Krishna Raj, Anu T R, Pratibha Dabas, Roshni, Seeja Sumedhan

“…Methods A prospective observational study was conducted on 63 patients aged 18-80 years presenting with suspected sepsis at Muthoot Health Care, Kozhencherry. …”
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Quality of life in patients with spinal muscular atrophy in Brazil: patient self-assessment and carer perception by Maíra Coelho, Marise Bueno Zonta, Salmo Raskin, Silvia Valderramas

“…Methods: Cross-sectional analytical observational study. In the first part, socioeconomic, demographic, clinical, and treatment information were collected from patients diagnosed with SMA, regardless of type, sex, or age. …”
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Relationship of Physical Factors to the Occurrence of Injuries in Young Gymnasts by Yuria Kobayashi, Yasuharu Nagano, Makoto Suzukawa

“… # Study Design Prospective observational study. # Methods A total of 36 healthy young gymnasts (at national competition level) were enrolled in the study. …”
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Age-Adjusted D-Dimer in Ruling Out Acute Aortic Syndrome by Dayeon Lee, Yong Won Kim, Tae Youn Kim, Sanghun Lee, Han Ho Do, Jun Seok Seo, Jeong Hun Lee

“…A retrospective observational study design was used. Consecutive adult patients who visited an emergency room between January 2015 and September 2020 and who underwent a D-dimer test and computed tomography angiography for suspected AAS were enrolled. …”
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Serum Cytokines in Young Pediatric Patients with Congenital Cardiac Shunts and Altered Pulmonary Hemodynamics by Leína Zorzanelli, Nair Yukie Maeda, Mariana Meira Clavé, Vera Demarchi Aiello, Marlene Rabinovitch, Antonio Augusto Lopes

“…Design. Prospective, observational study. Methods and Results. Patients (n=44) were aged 2.6 to 37.6 months. …”
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Health-related quality of life following bisphosphonate therapy in individuals with Paget’s disease of bone – A study from a teaching hospital in Southern India by Fibi K. Ninan, Kripa Elizabeth Cherian, Remya Rajan, Felix Jebasingh, Nitin Kapoor, Hesarghatta S. Asha, Nihal Thomas, Thomas V. Paul

“…Methods: In this prospective observational study spanning 6 years (Jan 2017–Dec 2022), we included 29 treatment-naïve patients diagnosed with PDB based on clinical, biochemical, and radiographic features. …”
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Investigation of Blood Characteristics in Nonsyndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Retrospective Study by Yijing Yang, Ying Deng, Ye Tian, Zhen Yao, Yasha Zhou, Ying Wang, Qinghua Peng, Jun Peng

“…This is a retrospective observational study. Methods. We collected vein blood from 101 cases of patients with nonsyndromic RP and 120 cases of normal individuals according to a single-blind study and used routine clinical examination to detect the indicators of blood. …”
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The use of intraoperative mannitol during the laparoscopic nephrectomy in living kidney donor and the prevention of delayed graft function by Fernando Giron-Luque, Nasly Patino-Jaramillo, Yenny Baez-Suarez, Andrea García-López

“…Methods: This study was a retrospective observational study with living kidney transplant recipients and donors who underwent laparoscopic hand-assisted nephrectomy at Colombiana de Trasplantes from January 2015 to September 2019. …”
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Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Single Center Retrospective Study in Malaysia by Piem Jie Leong, Anna Farazilah Mohd Salleh

“…Conclusion: Our observational study showed that a higher APACHE-II score was associated with a higher mortality rate. …”
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Agreement of zero-heat-flux thermometry compared with infrared tympanic temperature monitoring in adults undergoing major surgery by Jingyan Wang, Hao Liang, Congzhe Tian, Guiyuan Rong, Xinfeng Shao, Cheng Ran

“…We conducted a prospective observational study and enrolled 130 patients scheduled for major surgery with general anesthesia. …”
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Clinical characteristics of spinning-induced rhabdomyolysis and other causes of rhabdomyolysis: a comparative study by Kashyap Shroff, Moganapriya d/o Gunasegaren, Kunzang Norbu, Eunizar Omar

“…Methods: This was a retrospective observational study of adult patients presenting with rhabdomyolysis to an emergency department from August 2018 to August 2019. …”
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Six-month course and outcome of treatment-seeking individuals with alcohol dependence syndrome by Thenmozhi Sivaraman, Susan Solomon, Parthasarathy Ramamurthy, Pradeep Thilakan

“…Materials and Methods: A longitudinal observational study was conducted in treatment-seeking male patients with alcohol dependence syndrome. …”
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Outcome-based simulation training for ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement: clinical impact on preventing mechanical complications by Joho Tokumine, Tomoko Yorozu, Kiyoshi Moriyama, Teruko Suzuki, Chikako Okada

“…Recent studies have shown that simulation-based education on ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement improves puncture success rates; however, its effect on reducing mechanical complications remains unclear. This observational study examined how outcome-based simulation training for ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement affects the incidence of mechanical complications in a clinical setting. …”
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Relationship between Fecal Content of Fatty Acids and Cyclooxygenase mRNA Expression and Fatty Acid Composition in Duodenal Biopsies, Serum Lipoproteins, and Dietary Fat in Colecto... by K. Almendingen, A. T. Høstmark, L. N. Larsen, O. Fausa, J. Bratlie, L. Aabakken

“…We report here findings of an observational study on 29 colectomized familial adenomatous polyposis patients that describe the fecal content of fatty acids, and relate this to the proportions of fatty acids and levels of cyclooxygenase mRNA expression in duodenal biopsies, levels of serum lipoproteins, and diet. …”
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Characterization of relaparotomies performed at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima General University Hospital (2015-2017) by Jorge Ernesto Gonzalez García, Mayquel Monzón Rodriguez, Lidia Torres Ajá, Dianelys Molina Macías

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: descriptive, longitudinal and prospective observational study, which included patients who required relaparotomies, which were performed in the Surgery service of the Dr. …”
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Cost of Intravenous Analgesia for the Management of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department is Substantial in the United States by Pamela P. Palmer, Judith A. Walker, Asad E. Patanwala, Carin A. Hagberg, John A. House

“…**Materials and Methods:** A retrospective observational study of data derived from the Premier database was conducted. …”
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Microbial Pattern in Amniotic Fluid from Women with Premature Rupture of Membranes and Meconium-Stained Fluid by Fauna Herawati, Patricia Valery Rahaded, Ruddy Hartono, Rika Yulia

“…Conducted as a descriptive observational study with prospective data collection, this research included maternal patients with PROMs lasting more than 12 h and those with MSAF, along with their infants. …”
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Mapping spreading depolarisations after traumatic brain injury: a pilot clinical study protocol by Anant Naik, Samuel W Cramer, Isabela Peña Pino, Danielle Carlson, Michael C Park, David P Darrow

“…Therefore, this study aims to determine the feasibility of using a multistrip electrode array to identify CSDs and characterise their propagation in space and time after TBI.Methods and analysis This pilot, prospective observational study will enrol patients with TBI requiring therapeutic craniotomy or craniectomy. …”
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