A 5-Year Retrospective Review of Fungal Keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Fadzillah Mohd-Tahir, A. Norhayati, Ishak Siti-Raihan, M. Ibrahim

“…Our objectives were to identify the causative fungi, predisposing risk factors, the proportion of correct clinical diagnosis, and visual outcome of patients treated in our hospital. …”
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TB and poverty: the effect of rifampicin-resistant TB on household income by A. Ciobanu, V. Plesca, S. Doltu, M. Manea, L. Domente, A. Dadu

“…CONCLUSION: The study identified risk factors associated with poverty at each stage of TB. …”
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Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty in Elderly: Are There Factors that Can Influence Safety and Clinical Outcome? by G. Piovan, D. Screpis, S. Natali, V. Iacono, M. Baldini, L. Farinelli, M. Guerriero, C. Zorzi

“…The aim of this study was to look for preoperative patients’ related factors correlating with worse clinical outcomes in a cohort of elderly patients undergoing simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty (SiBTKA) to search for risk factors, which may influence clinical outcomes and safety. …”
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Milk and dairy products – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 by Kirsten Bjørklund Holven, Emily Sonestedt

“…Current evidence suggests an inverse association with some cardiometabolic risk factors, such as total and LDL-cholesterol, especially regarding fermented dairy products (i.e. yogurt and cheese). …”
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Economic loss attributable to premature deaths and morbidity among adolescents in India and its states by G Anil Kumar, Anamika Pandey, Rakhi Dandona

“…Methods We utilised the data on the number of adolescent deaths and attributable years lived with disability (morbidity) in every state of India as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021. We estimated the economic impact as the cost of lost output due to premature adolescent deaths and morbidity for every state of India in 2021, using an output-based method. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Bile Duct Invasion by Ke-Wei Meng, Mei Dong, Wei-Guo Zhang, Qing-Xian Huang

“…Survival was compared, and risk factors affecting prognosis were identified. Results. 35 (8.5%) patients were diagnosed BDI. …”
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Heart Failure Status among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Hospital-Based Study by Fatemeh Ravandi, Arsh Haj Mohamad Ebrahim Ketabforoush, Fereshteh Azedi, Mohsen Hoshyarkhani, Farimah Fayyaz, Nahid Abbasi Khoshsirat

“…Since heart failure (HF) and ischemic stroke have common risk factors, their concurrent occurrence is likely. …”
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Prognostic impact of primary versus secondary resistance to sorafenib in patients with HCC by Jin Lei, Hongyuan Dai, Ya Zhang, Guangling Ou, Zhi Peng Liang, Yinying Lu, Haiyang Li

“…Results: A total of 424 patients met the inclusion criteria, including 165 patients (38.9%) in the primary group and 259 patients (61.1%) in the secondary group. The independent risk factors for primary resistance were alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) > 400 ng/mL and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 40 U/L. …”
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Abdominal obesity as a predictor for response to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy in patients with diabetic macular edema by Tamer E. Wasfy, Shaimaa S. Soliman, Nehad Hawash, Elham A. Gad

“…The BMI, waist–hip ratio (WHR), and other risk factors were tested for their association with “poor response.” …”
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CT Findings and Mortality in Patients with Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Pedro Juan Barrios Fuentes, José Luis Bernal Muñoz, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Anagalys Ortega Alvelay, Liliana Teresa Caneiro González

“…Patients were characterized according to demographic and tomographic variables, considered as risk factors for the type of analyzed hemorrhage. Mortality was determined as well as the behaviour of these variables in such cases. …”
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Histological risk score and its role in predicting recurrence in early-stage oral squamous cell carcinomas by Daphne Fonseca, Rashmi Khemani, Mohan K. Pasam, Ravindranath Tagore, B. Vishal Rao, Suseela Kodandapani, Chandrasekhara Rao, K. V. V. N. Raju, T Subramanyeshwar Rao

“…Univariate analysis identified LVI (P < 0.00001), DOI (P < 0.00001), nodal involvement (P < 0.00001), worst pattern of invasion (WPOI) (P < 0.00001), lymphocytic host response (LHR) (P = 0.004), perineural invasion (PNI) (P = 0.012) as strong statistically significant risk factors for LRR. Conclusion: Adequate assessment of simple parameters on routine H and E by incorporating Brandwein-Gensler histological risk scoring model at the initial presentation can help prognosticate and predict LRR and select patients for post-surgical adjuvant therapy.…”
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Prediction of neonatal survival among Pacific Islander preterm births in the US. by Bohao Wu, Sarah Taylor, Veronika Shabanova, Nicola L Hawley

“…Pacific Islanders have been underrepresented in existing prediction tools and have unique, maternal obesity-related risk factors for both preterm birth and neonatal mortality. …”
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Myocardial infarction without obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA) by Klever Geovanny Cárdenas Chacha, Yeseb Janira Vera Torres, Antonella Fanny Montenegro Villavicencio, Amilkar Suárez, Shirley Abigail López Baños

“…Conclusions: Myocardial infarction without obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA), is associated with unconventional risk factors. It should be taken into account that a normal coronary angiogram or an angiogram showing non-obstructive disease does not mean that it is benign. …”
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Effects of Long-Term Testosterone Therapy on Patients with “Diabesity”: Results of Observational Studies of Pooled Analyses in Obese Hypogonadal Men with Type 2 Diabetes by Ahmad Haider, Aksam Yassin, Gheorghe Doros, Farid Saad

“…Long-term T therapy for up to 6 years resulted in significant and sustained improvements in weight, T2DM, and other cardiometabolic risk factors in obese, diabetic men with TD and this therapy may play an important role in the management of obesity and diabetes (diabesity) in men with T deficiency.…”
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Changing Landscape of Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis and Implication on Public Health by John Allonce, Mohammed Ahsan, Angelina Browne, Rebecca Witherell, Mark Rasnake

“…We present two cases that emphasize the shift of invasive infection, risk factors, and elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) as a complication. …”
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Sociodemographic Determinants, Early Maladaptive Schemas, and Childhood Traumas Increase the Risk of Substance and/or Alcohol Use in Women: A Case–Control Study by Cinar Ozgu, Ergin Isil

“…Schemas and traumas are risk factors of alcohol or substance use in women.…”
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Literature review of spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage: treatment management and prevention (Part II) by J. Grigaitė, G. Rutkauskaitė, L. Piliponis, J. Ščerbak, D. Jatužis, J. Valaikienė

“…CTA and MRA are also recommended for people with two or more family members with unruptured intracranial aneurysms or the diagnosis of SAH and other risk factors. Patients who are accidentally diagnosed with an unruptured aneurysm are recommended to quit smoking, have their blood pressure measured periodically, and avoid heavy weights. …”
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Factors Associated with Acute Malnutrition among Children Admitted to a Diarrhoea Treatment Facility in Bangladesh by Connor Fuchs, Tania Sultana, Tahmeed Ahmed, M. Iqbal Hossain

“…To assess the risk factors for acute malnutrition (weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) < −2), a case-control study was conducted during June–September 2012 in 449 children aged 6–59 months (178 with WHZ < −2 and 271 comparing children with WHZ ≥ −2 and no edema) admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b in Bangladesh. …”
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Acute Liver Failure among Patients on Efavirenz-Based Antiretroviral Therapy by Innocent Lule Segamwenge, Miriam Kaunanele Bernard

“…During a 6-month period, four patients without other known risk factors for acute hepatitis presented with symptomatic drug-induced liver injury with varying symptoms and outcomes. …”
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Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer: Clinical, pathological, mutational, and outcome analysis by Amit Agarwal, Nelson George, Niraj Kumari, Narendra Krishnani, Prabhaker Mishra, Sushil Gupta

“…Survival was higher in the operable group (54.26, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 30.83–77.70 vs. 20.25, 95% CI: 0–54.07) months, respectively; however, 10-year survival was only 5% and only the tumor size and presence of mitosis were independent risk factors. Conclusion: PDTC presents with worrisome features like large size, ETE, and rapid growth. …”
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