Assessment of Risk Factors of Critical Points in Forest Firefighting in Difficult-to-Access Sites by Marianna Tomašková, Jiří Pokorný, Jozef Krajňák, Michaela Balážiková

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Risk factors associated with complications of palliative drainage of ascites with tunneled peritoneal catheters by Domenique Machnik, Sarah Fischer, Marcel Vetter, Ricarda Lamprecht-Bailer, Rachel Rouse-Merkel, Daniel Klett, Markus F. Neurath, Deike Strobel, Sebastian Zundler, Sophie Haberkamp

“…Objectives: To explore potential risk factors associated with complications of tunneled peritoneal catheters. …”
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Nailfold Capillary Hemorrhages: Microvascular Risk Factors for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma by Nicholas M. Pfahler, Jordan L. Barry, Indre E. Bielskus, Agni Kakouri, Michael C. Giovingo, Nicholas J. Volpe, Paul A. Knepper

“…The high specificity of nailfold hemorrhages makes them viable clinical risk factors for POAG.…”
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Bilateral Femoral Neck Fracture in a Postpartum Woman: Beware of the Risk Factors by Ismail Sahan, Julie De Deken, Konstantinos Anagnostakos

“…The patient had two predisposing factors (epilepsy history, transient osteoporosis) that were neglected as possible risk factors by the treating physicians. Awareness of the factors might have prevented the emergence of this injury.…”
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Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: Risk Factors, Clinical Criteria and Diagnosis in Current Literature by Christian Xavier Mata Chango, Nancy Urbin Romo, María Ilusión Solís Sánchez

“…The objective of the research was to identify the main risk factors, clinical criteria and diagnosis in cervical ectopic pregnancies and their impact on health. …”
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Synopsis of colorectal cancer: prevalence, symptoms, screening, staging, risk factors, and treatment by Gehan F. Balata, Hany N. Azzam

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Opioid-Induced Constipation in an Older National Veteran Cohort by Fern FitzHenry, Svetlana K. Eden, Jason Denton, Hui Cao, Aize Cao, Ruth Reeves, Guanhua Chen, Glenn Gobbel, Nancy Wells, Michael E. Matheny

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Cryptococcosis in wait-listed liver transplant candidates: Prevalence, manifestations, and risk factors by Wan-Ting Tsai, Aristine Cheng, Yu-Chung Chuang, Cheng-Maw Ho, Yao-Ming Wu, Ming-Chih Ho, Hsin-Yun Sun, Ray-Hung Hu, Yee-Chun Chen

“…Cryptococcosis was diagnosed by positive culture or CrAg. Risk factors for cryptococcosis were also assessed. Results: Of the 377 candidates with a median MELD-Na score of 18, 84.4% had hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. …”
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Clinical profile and risk factors for respiratory failure in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection by Yanfei Wang, Limin Huang, Junjie Qian, Kelei Deng, Zihao Yang, Zhenjie Chen, Wei Li, Linhua Tan

“…Additionally, the study identified high-risk factors for respiratory failure in the context of MPP. …”
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Analysis of Risk Factors Associated with the Incidence of Placenta Accreta at an Indonesian Tertiary Hospital by Aisha Grayli Cahyani, Willy Sandhika, Gatut Hardianto

“…The purpose of this study was to analyze the risk factors associated with the incidence of placenta accreta in women giving birth at Dr. …”
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of African Horse Sickness in Three Agroecological Zones of Cameroon by Mohamed M. F. Ndebé, Mohamed M. M. Mouiche, Frédéric Moffo, Rodrigue N. S. Poueme, Julius Awah-Ndukum

“…Potential risk factors associated with AHS were assessed based on the information collected in the field. …”
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Immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced diabetes mellitus: clinical characteristics and risk factors by Mei Zhan, Mei Zhan, Qinran Long, Qinran Long, Jinhan He, Jinhan He, Jinhan He, Litao Huang, Bin Wu, Bin Wu, Haixia Xu, Li Mo, Ting Xu

“…In all patients, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, using glucocorticoids or immunosuppressants, lung cancer, and using more than one pathway of ICI were associated with a higher risk of ICI-DM. However, the risk factors for ICI-DM in patients without the influence of glucocorticoids or immunosuppressants were only hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and pancreatic lesions. …”
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Coffee and tea are unlikely to be risk factors or preventers of Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia by Josef Finsterer

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Clinical Risk Factors for Gastroduodenal Ulcer in Romanian Low-Dose Aspirin Consumers by Anca Negovan, Mihaela Iancu, Valeriu Moldovan, Septimiu Voidazan, Simona Bataga, Monica Pantea, Kinga Sarkany, Cristina Tatar, Simona Mocan, Claudia Banescu

“…Concomitant use of NSAIDs or anticoagulants, comorbidities (cerebrovascular disease), and male gender are the most important independent risk factors for ulcer on endoscopy in low-dose aspirin consumers, in a population with a high prevalence of H. pylori infection.…”
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Geographical prevalence and risk factors for pterygium: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zhe Yuan, Lei Liu, Jingyang Wu, Desheng Huang, Jin Geng

“…Objective Pterygium is considered to be a proliferative overgrowth of bulbar conjunctiva that can induce significant astigmatism and cause visual impairment; this is the first meta-analysis to investigate the pooled prevalence and risk factors for pterygium in the global world.Design A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies.Setting International.Participants A total of 20 studies with 900 545 samples were included.Primary outcome measure The pooled prevalence and risk factors for pterygium.Results 20 studies were included. …”
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The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Gastric Polyp in Asymptomatic Patients Receiving Health Examination by Fu-Wei Wang, Su-Chi Young, Ru-Yih Chen, Kung-Hung Lin, Yan-Hua Chen, Ping-I Hsu, Hsien-Chung Yu

“…Background. To determine the risk factors and prevalence of asymptomatic gastric polyps in the general population of Taiwan. …”
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Risk Factors of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Adults with Fever of Unknown Origin: A Retrospective Study by Tian F, Xie N, Sun W, Zhang W, Zhang W, Chen J, Ruan Q, Song J

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Recurrent hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: Neonatal age and pyloric canal length as risk factors by Naser El-Mefleh

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Risk Factors for Acute Febrile Reaction after Zoledronic Acid Treatment for Primary Osteoporosis by WU Hongliang, ZHENG Sihang, ZHANG Enchong, HOSSAIN Mohammad Showkat, GONG Helong, XING Ruida, JING Shengjie, LI Yan

“…The fever rate of joint fracture group (56.60%) was significantly higher than spine fracture group (38.54%) (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).ConclusionSurgery, fracture, type Ⅰ osteoporosis and first zoledronic acid medication might be independent risk factors of acute febrile reaction after medication. …”
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Regular exercise in adolescents with ACE gene polymorphism helps preventing cardiovascular risk factors by Nivaldo de Jesus Silva Soares Junior, Carlan Senna, Carlos Alberto Alves Dias-Filho, Bruno Rodrigues, Maria Claudia Irigoyen, Danielle da Silva Dias, Vinícius Santos Mendes, Carlos José Moraes Dias, Sally Cristina Moutinho Monteiro, Cristiano Teixeira Mostarda

“…Conclusion: Regular physical activity in adolescents can contribute to the maintenance of blood pressure levels, preventing autonomic imbalance and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents with ACE gene polymorphism. …”
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