Composite Primary Outcomes Reported in Studies of Critical Care: A Scoping Review by Prashanti Marella, MD, Sansuka De Silva, Antony G. Attokaran, Kevin B. Laupland, PhD, Lars Eriksson, BA, Mahesh Ramanan, MMed

“…All studies (both non-randomized controlled trial [RCT] and RCT) conducted in ICUs treating adult patients (18 yr old or older) that described CPOs and their definitions, were included for mapping, reporting, and analyzing CPOs without any restrictions. …”
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Sodium Valproate Enhances the Urethane-Induced Lung Adenomas and Suppresses Malignization of Adenomas in Ovariectomized Female Mice by Donatas Stakisaitis, Raminta Mozuraite, Nomeda Juodziukyniene, Janina Didziapetriene, Saule Uleckiene, Paulius Matusevicius, Angelija Valanciute

“…BALB/c mice (n=60; 4–6 weeks old, females) were used in the following groups: (1) urethane-treated; (2) urethane-NaVP-treated; (3) only NaVP-treated; (4) control. …”
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Down syndrome with cryptorchidism and retroperitoneal mixed germ cell tumour in an adult patient: a case report and literature review by Qiang Wang, Hai-bin Zhou, Li Ao, Yi Jiang, Xiao-Cong Zhou

“…Case presentation A 42-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for 6 months due to a worsening abdominal pain that was followed by syncope for 8 h. …”
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Surgical management of intracranial hypertension in rickets-related craniosynostosis by Alessio Iacoangeli, Sergio Capelli, Andrea Held, Emidio Procaccini, Davide Luglietto, Matteo Barba, Alessandro De Benedictis, Carlo Gandolfo, Carlo Efisio Marras

“…We report the case of a 9-year-old boy with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets who presented with headache, fundus oculi edema, and double sinus pericranii. …”
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Intratesticular Angiolipoma: A Rare Case of Adipose Tissue Presence in the Testis by V. Kalyvas, C. Gkekas, D. Papadopoulos, A. Malioris, S. Milias, M. Papathanasiou, N. Kalinderis, K. Moysidis, K. Hatzimouratidis

“…Presentation of the Case. A 35-year-old patient presented to our andrology outpatient clinic for fertility assessment. …”
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Does Pre-existing Diabetes Correlate with Long COVID-19 in Europe? Evidence from the Analysis of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe’s Corona Surveys by Sarah Cuschieri, Piotr Wilk

“…To investigate whether having pre-existing diabetes increases the risk of developing long COVID-19 in the population of middle-aged and older adults (≥50 years old) in Europe, while assessing if this relationship can be accounted for or is modified by the known long COVID-19 and diabetes risk factors (age, sex, hospitalization, pre-existing hypertension, and weight status). …”
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Basidiobolomycosis Simulating a Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in a Togolese Rural Child by Bayaki Saka, Waguena Gnassingbe, Garba Mahamadou, Sefako Akakpo, Julienne Teclessou, Aurel Abilogun-Chokki, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Koussake Kombate, Palokinam Pitché

“…We report an atypical case, with multiple ulcers, simulating a Buruli ulcer. Case Report. A 5-year-old boy, living in a rural area, was seen for ulcers on the buttocks and at the back and right flank that had been in progress for 4 months. …”
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Varicella Zoster Virus-induced Acute Retinal Necrosis Following Acute Meningoencephalitis in a Patient with Presumed COVID-19 by Kiana Hassanpour, Faezeh Khorasanizadeh, Mahmood Nabavi, Narsis Daftarian, Alireza Ramezani

“…Case Report: A 58-year-old female presented to our emergency department with sudden unilateral visual loss following a recent hospitalization for viral meningoencephalitis. …”
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Rank Protein Immunolabeling during Bone-Implant Interface Healing Process by Francisley Ávila Souza, Thallita Pereira Queiroz, Eloá Rodrigues Luvizuto, Renato Sussumu Nishioka, Idelmo Rangel Garcia-JR, Paulo Sérgio Perri de Carvalho, Roberta Okamoto

“…Twenty male Wistar rats, 90 days old, after having had a 2 mm diameter and 6 mm long implant inserted in their right tibias, were evaluated at 7, 14, 21, and 42 days after healing. …”
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A Case of Mild Encephalopathy with a Reversible Splenial Lesion Associated with G5P[6]Rotavirus Infection by Tsuyoshi Matsuoka, Toshifumi Yodoshi, Misaki Sugai, Masato Hiyane, Takashi Matsuoka, Hideki Akeda, Masaharu Ohfu, Satoshi Komoto, Koki Taniguchi

“…The patient (male, 4 years and 3 months old) was admitted to our hospital for diarrhea and afebrile seizures. …”
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Cocaine-Induced Giant Bullous Emphysema by Steven Douedi, Vandan D. Upadhyaya, Ishan Patel, Usman Mazahir, Eric Costanzo, Mohammad A. Hossain

“…Case Presentation. A 50-year-old male with a history of chronic cocaine abuse was found unresponsive in the field and given multiple doses of naloxone without any improvement in mental status. …”
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A Case of Cushing’s Syndrome due to Ectopic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Secretion from Esthesioneuroblastoma with Long Term Follow-Up after Resection by Leslee N. Matheny, Sudipa Sarkar, Hanyuan Shi, Jiun-Ruey Hu, Hannah Harmsen, Ty W. Abel, Shubhada M. Jagasia, Shichun Bao

“…We present a case of a 52-year-old male who developed Cushing’s Syndrome due to ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) secretion from a large esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) of the nasal sinuses. …”
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Macular Microvasculature Density Changes in Anisometropic Amblyopic Eyes after Successful Treatment by Wuhe Chen, Frank Thorn, Ruzhi Deng, Xiaoman Li, Jiangtao Lou, Yingjie Wang, Xinping Yu

“…Twenty-two children with hyperopic anisometropic amblyopia (median, 8 years old) were enrolled along with 66 healthy controls of similar age and gender distribution. …”
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Disorder of intracellular cobalamin metabolism: Importance of rapid diagnostic illustrated by a case report of early-onset methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria, cobalamin C ty... by Etienne Mondesert, Bastien Baud, Agathe Roubertie, Jean-François Benoist, Pierre-Edouard Grillet, Jean-Paul Cristol, Marie Céline Francois-Heude, Manuel Schiff, Stéphanie Badiou

“…Here, we report the case of a 6-month-old child, presenting severe subacute neurological decline associated with failure to thrive. …”
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Effectiveness of a Short-Term Treatment of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy into Healing in a Posttraumatic Wound by Irene Degli Agosti, Elena Ginelli, Bruno Mazzacane, Gabriella Peroni, Sandra Bianco, Fabio Guerriero, Giovanni Ricevuti, Simone Perna, Mariangela Rondanelli

“…Case Presentation. A 46-year-old man had a motorcycle accident and underwent amputation of the right tibia and fibula. …”
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Finding Ways to Lift Barriers to Care for Chronic Pain Patients: Outcomes of Using Internet-Based Self-Management Activities to Reduce Pain and Improve Quality of Life by Kevin Rod

“…Two hundred (200) patients (61% females, 39% males, between 18 and 75 years old) from one community pain clinic in Toronto, Canada (Toronto Poly Clinic), participated. …”
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Combined Use of Excimer Laser and High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy to Overcome a Severely Calcified Lesion in Endovascular Therapy by Keisuke Nakabayashi, Shinya Hata, Nobuhito Kaneko, Akihiro Matsui, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Hiroshi Ando, Minoru Shimizu

“…In this report, we discuss the case of a 74-year-old male with coronary artery disease and end-stage renal disease who presented at our institution with bilateral intermittent claudication. …”
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Nonlinear association between proteinuria levels and the risk of cardiovascular disease events and all-cause mortality among chronic kidney disease patients by Haiying Song, Yuheng Liao, Haofei Hu, Qijun Wan

“…Cox proportional hazards regression, smooth curve fitting, piecewise linear regression, and subgroup analyses were used.Results The mean age of the included individuals was 67.3 ± 13.6 years old. Adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for UPCR in middle and high groups, compared to the low group, were 1.93 (95% CI: 1.28–2.91) and 4.12 (95% CI: 2.87–5.92), respectively, after multivariable adjustment. …”
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Thyroid Function in Chronically Transfused Children with Beta Thalassemia Major: A Cross-Sectional Hospital Based Study by Suraj Haridas Upadya, M. S. Rukmini, Sowmya Sundararajan, B. Shantharam Baliga, Nutan Kamath

“…Methodology. BTM children, 3 years old and above, on regular blood transfusions with serum ferritin > 1500 mcg/l were included in the study. …”
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Interactions between DASH-style diet and ADIPOQ and ARL15 genes polymorphisms on blood pressure and central obesity in Iranian adults by Mehdi Mollahosseini, Zeinab Yazdanpanah, Azadeh Nadjarzadeh, Masoud Mirzaei, Seyed Mehdi Kalantar, Hamid Reza Ashrafzadeh, Khadijeh Mirzaei, Hassan Mozaffari-Khosravi

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted on 387 adults (20–70 years old) residing in Yazd, Iran. The participants were selected from participants in the recruitment phase of the Yazd Health Study (YaHS) which is a population-based cohort of 9,962 adults. …”
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