Live birth prevalence of major congenital anomalies in the United Arab Emirates by Hiba Adam, Nadirah Ghenimi, Hassib Narchi, Amir Ahmad, Omniyat M. Al Hajeri, Iffat Elbarazi, Rami H. Al-Rifai, Luai A. Ahmed

“…Further studies are needed to identify risk factors and explore screening and prevention strategies.…”
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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

“…Conditions such as meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) and premature rupture of membranes (PROMs) are recognized risk factors for amniotic fluid infection. This study identifies the microbial patterns in the amniotic fluid of women with PROMs and MSAF to determine the presence and types of bacterial growth. …”
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Associates of Cardiopulmonary Arrest in the Perihemodialytic Period by Jennifer E. Flythe, Nien-Chen Li, Shu-Fang Lin, Steven M. Brunelli, Jeffrey Hymes, Eduardo Lacson

“…Studies have examined peridialytic sudden cardiac event risk factors, but no study has considered associates of cardiopulmonary arrests (fatal and nonfatal events including cardiac and respiratory causes). …”
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Use of the SONET Score to Evaluate High Volume Emergency Department Overcrowding: A Prospective Derivation and Validation Study by Hao Wang, Richard D. Robinson, John S. Garrett, Kellie Bunch, Charles A. Huggins, Katherine Watson, Joni Daniels, Brett Banks, James P. D’Etienne, Nestor R. Zenarosa

“…The total number of ED patients, the number of mechanically ventilated patients, and patient acuity levels were independent risk factors affecting ED overcrowding. SONET was derived and found to better differentiate severely overcrowded, overcrowded, and not overcrowded statuses with similar results validated externally. …”
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Analysis of Factors Related to Early Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Hypertensive Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: A Cross-Section... by Hoang M. Tran, Hung P. Truong, Cuong C. Tran, Tuan M. Vo, Dung N. Q. Nguyen, Liem T. Dao

“…In contrast, other cardiovascular risk factors, including smoking and dyslipidemia, did not significantly influence the GLS index (<i>p</i> > 0.05). …”
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Increased Peripheral Proinflammatory T Helper Subsets Contribute to Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetic Patients by Ru-xing Zhao, Wen-juan Li, Yi-ran Lu, Jun Qin, Chuan-long Wu, Meng Tian, Tian-yi He, Shou-nan Yi, Dong-qi Tang, Lei Sun, Li Chen

“…Logistic regression and categorical cross-table analysis further confirmed that increased proinflammatory Th subsets, especially Th22, were independent risk factors of cardiovascular complication in diabetes. …”
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Foundational community factors: A local look at what and how neighborhoods matter for early childhood development in Quebec city, Canada by Alexandra Matte-Landry, Anne-Marie Rouillier, Nicolas R-Turgeon

“…Moreover, it provides preliminary insights to inform interventions aimed at reducing risk factors and promoting protective factors, fostering systemic changes to support the wellbeing of young children.…”
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Feasibility and Safety of Bariatric Surgery in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience by Yusef Moulla, Orestis Lyros, Matthias Blüher, Philipp Simon, Arne Dietrich

“…., 2016) at least one of the following risk factors was met: age ≥ 70 years, body mass index (BMI) > 70 kg/m2, liver cirrhosis, end-organ failure, or immunosuppression by status after organ transplantation along with (Birkmeyer et al., 2010) at least two comorbidities associated with obesity. …”
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Patients Hospitalized in General Wards via the Emergency Department: Early Identification of Predisposing Factors for Death or Unexpected Intensive Care Unit Admission—A Historical... by Thierry Boulain, Isabelle Runge, Nathalie Delorme, Angèle Bouju, Antoine Valéry

“…A logistic model for hospital mortality prediction (death of all causes) still comprised oxygen administration on the ED, unknown current medications, and the use of psychoactive drug(s) as risk factors. Conclusion. The “use of oxygen therapy on the ED,” the “current use of psychoactive drug(s)”, and the “lack of knowledge of current medications taken by the patients” were important predisposing factors to severe adverse events during the 15 days of hospitalization on regular wards following the ED visit.…”
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The Relationship between Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Diabetic Retinopathy by Jingyang Wu, Jin Geng, Limin Liu, Weiping Teng, Lei Liu, Lei Chen

“…The multivariate analysis revealed that the risk factors for DR include age (P<0.001, OR = 0.940), duration of diabetes (P<0.001, OR = 1.163), hemoglobin A1c (P=0.007, OR = 1.224), systolic blood pressure (P<0.001, OR = 1.032), diastolic blood pressure (P=0.007, OR = 0.953), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (P=0.024, OR = 3.884), and eGFR (P=0.010, OR = 0.973). …”
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Relationship between VEGF to PEDF ratio and in-hospital mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients by Qifeng Luo, Ningning Shen, Jingtian Liang, Xichun Qin, Shoujie Feng, Yuting Chen, Lei Xu

“…Abstract Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has a high mortality rate worldwide; thus, identifying death risk factors related to ARDS is critical for risk stratification in patients with ARDS. …”
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Vaccination and Infection as Causative Factors in Japanese Patients With Rasmussen Syndrome: Molecular Mimicry and HLA Class I by Yukitoshi Takahashi, Kazumi Matsuda, Yuko Kubota, Jiro Shimomura, Etsuko Yamasaki, Tatsuya Kudo, Katsuyuki Fukushima, Hitoshi Osaka, Noriyuki Akasaka, Atsushi Imamura, Shinji Yamada, Naomi Kondo, Tateki Fujiwara

“…Some alleles and haplotypes of HLA class I may be the risk factors in Japanese patients. Cross-reactivity of cytotoxic T lymphocytes may contribute to the processes leading from infection to the involvement of CNS.…”
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The burden of hepatitis E virus infection among Ghanaian pregnant women by Husein Bagulo, Husein Bagulo, Ayodele O. Majekodunmi, Ayodele O. Majekodunmi, Susan C. Welburn, Susan C. Welburn, Langbong Bimi

“…Logistic regression analysis was carried out in univariate and multivariate models to assess risk factors associated with HEV infection.ResultsHEV-Immunoglobulin G (IgG) seroprevalence of 8.3% was recorded among the pregnant women with 1% HEV-antigen prevalence. …”
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Endocrinopathies after Allogeneic and Autologous Transplantation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells by Francesco Orio, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Stefano Palomba, Bianca Serio, Mariarosaria Sessa, Valentina Giudice, Idalucia Ferrara, Libuse Tauchmanovà, Annamaria Colao, Carmine Selleri

“…Our analysis further provides evidence that main recognized risk factors for endocrine complications after HSCT are the underlying disease, previous pretransplant therapies, the age at HSCT, gender, total body irradiation, posttransplant derangement of immune system, and in the allogeneic setting, the presence of graft-versus-host disease requiring prolonged steroid treatment. …”
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An Inflammatory Polymorphisms Risk Scoring System for the Differentiation of Ischemic Stroke Subtypes by Elena Muiño, Jurek Krupinski, Caty Carrera, Cristina Gallego-Fabrega, Joan Montaner, Israel Fernández-Cadenas

“…Different genetic risk factors have been specifically associated with the subtypes of ischemic stroke (cardioembolic, atherothrombotic, and lacunar). …”
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Sustained Self-Regulation of Energy Intake: Initial Hunger Improves Insulin Sensitivity by Mario Ciampolini, David Lovell-Smith, Riccardo Bianchi, Boudewijn de Pont, Massimiliano Sifone, Martine van Weeren, Willem de Hahn, Lorenzo Borselli, Angelo Pietrobelli

“…The IHMP improved insulin sensitivity and other cardiovascular risk factors over a 5-month period.…”
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False-Negative CSF Cryptococcal Antigen with Cryptococcus gattii Meningoencephalitis in Southeastern United States: A Case Report and Literature Review by Shawn Esperti, Austen Stoelting, Andrew Mangano, Dveet Patel, Jilian Sansbury, Robert Sherertz

“…We present this case of Cryptococcus gattii meningoencephalitis to highlight the risk factors, characteristics, and challenges in diagnosis and treatment of an emerging disease in the Southeastern United States.…”
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Application prospect of speckle tracking echocardiography in pacemaker implantation by Nan Xu, Xiaoping Cheng, Lei Ren, Quan Yuan

“…Several potential risk factors for heart failure and arrhythmias after pacemaker surgery have been identified, but their occurrence remains difficult to predict clinically. …”
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Pulse Wave Velocity as Marker of Preclinical Arterial Disease: Reference Levels in a Uruguayan Population Considering Wave Detection Algorithms, Path Lengths, Aging, and Blood Pres... by Ignacio Farro, Daniel Bia, Yanina Zócalo, Juan Torrado, Federico Farro, Lucía Florio, Alicia Olascoaga, Walter Alallón, Ricardo Lluberas, Ricardo L. Armentano

“…A conservative approach was used, and we excluded symptomatic subjects; subjects with history of cardiovascular (CV) disease, diabetes mellitus or renal failure; subjects with traditional CV risk factors (other than age and gender); asymptomatic subjects with atherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteries; patients taking anti-hypertensives or lipid-lowering medications. …”
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Is the Association Between TNF-α-308 A Allele and DMT1 Independent of HLA-DRB1, DQB1 Alleles? by Grazyna Deja, Przemyslawa Jarosz-Chobot, Joanna Polanska, Urszula Siekiera, Ewa Malecka-Tendera

“…Diabetic children and their siblings present similar genetic risk factors for DMT1. The association between TNF-α-308 A allele and DMT1 is dependent of HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 alleles.…”
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