An interprofessional model to improve LGBTQ+ specific cultural competence in dental and pharmacy students. by Anubhuti Shukla, Sriha Yalamanchi, Guillermo Tamayo-Cabeza, Amanda Albright, Zachary A Weber, April D Newton

“…<h4>Methodology</h4>This study is a retrospective observational study which used a novel interprofessional model of three different LGBTQ+ focused educational interventions within a group of dental and pharmacy students. …”
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Familial Aggregation for Ischemic Heart Disease by José Leandro Pérez Guerrero, William Arias Salazar

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> an analytical observational study of cases and controls (family aggregation study) was carried out. …”
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Efficacy And Safety Of Low Dose Tofacitinib As Induction Therapy In Moderate To Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Pilot Study by Sadia Ahmed, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Kamran, Misbah Noureen, Iqra Ashraf, Javeria Khan

“…Tofacitinib, an orally administered micromolecule, blocks the Janus kinase (JAK) signal transducer pathway, thereby reducing mucosal inflammation. This observational study aimed to assess Tofacitinib's efficacy in relieving Ulcerative Collitis symptoms. …”
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Two-Person Technique of Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia with an Advanced Endoscopist and a Thoracic Surgeon: Initial Experience by Madhusudhan R. Sanaka, Ramprasad Jegadeesan, Prashanthi N. Thota, Udayakumar Navaneethan, Rocio Lopez, Sudish C. Murthy, Siva Raja

“…Methods. In this observational study, main outcomes measured were therapeutic success in relieving symptoms (Eckardt score < 3), decrease in lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressures, improvement in emptying on timed barium esophagogram (TBE), and complications. …”
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Stable Metabolic Control but Increased Demand for Professional Support in Children with Type 1 Diabetes in the Past Ten Years in Bern/Switzerland: A Quality Control Study by Michelle J. Dennig, Grit Sommer, Tanja Zingg, Christa E. Flück, Claudia Boettcher

“…This cross-sectional observational study collected data on 178 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes treated at the University Children’s Hospital in Bern. …”
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Assessing safety and efficacy of flexible ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy in elderly patients by Jeffer D. Álvarez-Villarraga, Herney A. García-Perdomo, Héctor A. Ramírez-Vásquez, Jorge E. Palacios-Riascos, Andrea López-Sanmiguel

“…Materials and methods: In this retrospective, multicenter observational study, we collected the anonymized clinical data of patients who underwent F-URS at two institutions in Cali, Colombia between June 2015 and May 2018. …”
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Epidemiological profile and clinical characteristics of ocular and periocular tumors in North and Central India by Chhavi Gupta, Narendra Patidar, Himanshu Gaikwad, Mihir Mishra, Sima Das

“…Settings and Design: Retrospective, descriptive, observational study. Results: A total of 3184 patients were diagnosed with 3557 ocular and periocular tumors over 11 years from 2010 to 2021. …”
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Association between Elevated Serum Tau Protein Level and Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy in Patients with Severe Sepsis by Teng Zhao, Yan Xia, Dawei Wang, Li Pang

“…This was a retrospective and observational study. The patients included in this study were diagnosed with severe sepsis or septic shock. …”
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Analysis of the Cytokine Expression in the Aqueous Humor of Individuals with BRVO-Associated Macular Edema by Chengyi Zhu, Lanlan Pan, Qiong Yi, Qiping Wei

“…In a prospective observational study, fluorescein fundus angiography (FFA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were used to classify 58 patients with non-ischemic BRVO-ME into three groups according to the degree of ME: 14-mild, 17-moderate, and 27-severe. …”
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The Change in HbA1c Associated with Initial Adherence and Subsequent Change in Adherence among Diabetes Patients Newly Initiating Metformin Therapy by Gregory A. Nichols, A. Gabriela Rosales, Teresa M. Kimes, Kaan Tunceli, Karen Kurtyka, Panagiotis Mavros

“…We conducted a observational study of 2,844 type 2 diabetes patients who initiated metformin as their first antihyperglycemic drug. …”
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Optimal endotracheal cuff pressure in the intensive care setting: A pilot study by Ananya Shree Poral, Shemin Kovammal, Rajarajeswari Nalamate, Mary Kurien, Kurien Thomas

“…Materials and Methods: A prospective, observational study was conducted in adult patients requiring positive pressure ventilation in the medical intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Mucormycosis Associated with Global Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic: A Study of Fungal Profile from a Tertiary Health-care Center by Snigdha Purohit, Kavita Mourya, Nazneen Pathan, Sunita Agarwal, Vithika Vyas, Aruna Vyas

“…Materials and Methods: This observational study was conducted for 1 month, from May 2021 to June 2021, on 200 patients admitted to our mucormycosis ward. …”
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Persistence of Olfactory Dysfunction in Post CoVid-19 Patients Using Sniffin Sticks-A Prospective Study by Priyanka Thangaraj, Sowmya Gajapathy, Jayita Das Poduval

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS This Prospective observational study was conducted at our tertiary care hospital on 40 CoVid-19 recovered patients with persistent OD. …”
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Depth of Anesthesia as a Risk Factor for Perioperative Morbidity by Argyro Petsiti, Vassilios Tassoudis, George Vretzakis, Dimitrios Zacharoulis, Konstantinos Tepetes, Georgia Ganeli, Menelaos Karanikolas

“…We designed an observational study to clarify the relative influence of deep hypnotic time (DHT) on outcome. …”
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Whole Exome Sequencing Reveals Rare Variants in Genes Associated with Metabolic Disorders in Women with PCOS by Priyal Sharma, Ashutosh Halder, Manish Jain, Manish Tripathi

“…Settings and Design: This was a hospital-based observational study. Materials and Methods: We used whole-exome sequencing for 52 PCOS women to identify the rare variants in genes related to PCOS pathogenesis. …”
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The Effect of Propofol on Chronic Headaches in Patients Undergoing Endoscopy by David Giampetro, Victor Ruiz-Velasco, Ashlee Pruett, Matthew Wicklund, Robert Knipe

“…We employed a nonrandomized, prospective observational study that recruited patients with chronic headaches who received propofol from an outpatient endoscopy center for either upper or lower endoscopies. …”
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Neurodevelopment in very low birth weight newborns in Matanzas during 2016-2018 by Gerardo Rogelio Robaina Castellanos, Solangel de la Caridad Riesgo Rodríguez, Dariana Hernández Morales

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: prospective observational study, which included preterm newborns with birth weight &lt;1500 g discharged alive from the Provincial Gynecobstetric Teaching Hospital of Matanzas, in the period 2016-2018, and who had completed their follow-up in a neurodevelopment consultation at two years old corrected age (N=52). …”
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The Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire and Quality of Life: A Longitudinal Study in Parkinson’s Disease by Emily J. Corti, Natalie Gasson, Hayley Grant, Brayden Wisniewski, Andrea M. Loftus

“…Methods: This longitudinal, observational study involved 149 participants with PD (98 males, M age = 65.78 years, SD = 9.25). …”
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Lateral Ventricular Volume Asymmetry and Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Predict Intracranial Pressure in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients by Yang Wang, Ziming Yuan, Zuoyan Zhang, Jiawei Shang, Mingna Li, Wei Wang

“…Methods. A prospective observational study was conducted in the patients admitted to our department between October 2018 and October 2020. 20 patients with moderate-severe TBI with a Glasgow Coma Scale of 3–12 were enrolled. …”
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Identifying Risk Factors Associated with Inappropriate Use of Acid Suppressive Therapy at a Community Hospital by Amandeep Singh, Vijay Bodukam, Kirit Saigal, Jaya Bahl, Yvette Wang, Alexandra Hanlon, Yinghui Lu, Michael Davis

“…In this retrospective observational study, inpatient records were reviewed from January 2011 to December 2013. …”
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