QUIET WARRIOR – Rationale and design: An ancillary study to the Women's IschemiA TRial to Reduce Events in Nonobstructive CAD (WARRIOR) by Osama Dasa, Eileen Handberg, Damini Dey, Pinaki Sarder, Margaret C. Lo, Balaji K. Tamarappoo, Steven M. Smith, Leslee J. Shaw, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Carl J. Pepine

“…In many cases, coronary angiography does not reveal obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) despite increased risk for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) compared with sex and age-matched asymptomatic cohorts. Objectives: The Women's IschemiA TRial to Reduce Events in Nonobstructive CAD (WARRIOR) evaluates intensive medical treatment for women with Ischemia with No Obstructive Coronary Arteries (INOCA). …”
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Clinical significance of Helicobacter pylori infection in iron-deficiency anemia: features of comprehensive treatment approach by I. V. Mayev, S. A. Kochetov

“…Overall 120 H. pylori-positive patients of different age (from 18 to 70 years), which were subdivided into two groups were studied. …”
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Investigating Falls Risk Awareness in Hospitals Using the Self‐Awareness of Falls Risk Measure (SAFRM): Empirical Research Quantitative by Elissa Dabkowski, Simon J. Cooper, Jhodie Duncan, Karen Missen

“…Methods Using a purposive sampling strategy, patients were eligible to participate if aged ≥ 40 years, English‐speaking, and have ambulatory capacity prior to hospital admission. …”
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Lateralized differences in power spectra across different frequency bands during NREM sleep in patients with primary insomnia by Jiao Huang, Jiao Huang, Jing Ye, Mingjie Gao, Wentao Gao, Weijia Chen, Yifeng Zhu, Yongbo Wang, Daijin Huang, Yunhui Lv, Hong Shi

“…ObjectiveTo compare the electroencephalogram power spectrum of patients with primary insomnia and good sleep controls in multiple brain areas and different frequency bands during non-rapid eye movement sleep.Methods48 primary insomnias and 30 age-and gender-matched good sleep controls were recorded overnight with polysomnography. …”
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Role of Epidural Electrode Stimulation in Three Patients with Incomplete AIS D Spinal Cord Injury by Yu-Chen Chen, Xiang-Ling Huang, Hung-Yu Cheng, Ciou-Chan Wu, Ming-Yung Wu, Lian-Cing Yan, Shin-Yuan Chen, Sheng-Tzung Tsai, Shinn-Zong Lin

“…The mean injury duration and age were 4.8 ± 4.5 (range: 1.5–10) and 56.7 ± 9 years, respectively. …”
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Time to first antenatal care visit and its predictors among women in Kenya: Weibull gamma shared frailty model (based on the recent 2022 KDHS data) by Bizunesh Fantahun Kase, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Kusse Urmale Mare, Abdu Hailu Shibeshi, Hiwot Altaye Asebe, Kebede Gemeda, Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom, Bezawit Melak Fente, Afework Alemu Lombebo, Tsion Mulat Tebeje

“…Significant predictors of ANC timing included women’s age (35–49 years: AHR 0.83; 95% CI: 0.72–0.95), education level (higher: AHR 1.45; 95% CI: 1.17–1.78), media exposure (yes: AHR 1.21; 95% CI: 1.05–1.39), parity (four or more children: AHR 0.81; 95% CI: 0.72–0.91), wealth status (richest: AHR 2.00; 95% CI: 1.63–2.43), desire for more children (did not want more: AHR 0.64; 95% CI: 0.54–0.77), residence (rural: AHR 1.22; 95% CI: 1.07–1.39), and religion (Islam: AHR 0.76; 95% CI: 0.64–0.89). …”
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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Endorsement among Adolescents and Young Adults in Tanzania: Insights from the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey by Alpha Johnson Kapola, Rahma Musoke, Glenda Marie Manayon, Hassan Fredrick Fussi, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Haji Mbwana Ally, Swalehe Mustafa Salim, Zuhura Mbwana Ally, Lynn Moshi, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Habib Omari Ramadhani

“…Findings: A total of 8,268 respondents aged 15–24 years were evaluated, of whom 5,852 (70.9%) were female. …”
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Malignancies in people living with HIV: A 25-years observational study from a tertiary hospital in Italy by Antonio Anastasia, Walter Mazzucco, Luca Pipitò, Santo Fruscione, Roberta Gaudiano, Marcello Trizzino, Maurizio Zarcone, Antonio Cascio

“…Results: Overall, 153 cases of malignancy were observed, with a higher percentage of NADC (60.8 %) rather than ADC (39.2 %). Mean age at tumour diagnosis was significantly lower for ADC than for NADC in HIV positive individuals (p-value= 0.001). …”
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Cardiovascular risk burden, dementia risk and brain structural imaging markers: a study from UK Biobank by Ting Li, Jing Chen, Yan Zheng, Klodian Dhana, Geng Zong, Yuan Ma, Trudy Voortman, Wei Gan, Yaying Cao, Yonghua Hu, Changzheng Yuan, Jie Shen, Gaohong Zhu, Chengwu Feng

“…Background Cardiovascular risk burden is associated with dementia risk and neurodegeneration-related brain structure, while the role of genetics and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains unclear.Aims To examine the association of overall cardiovascular risk burden with the risk of major dementia subtypes and volumes of related brain regions in a large sample, and to explore the role of genetics and CVD onset.Methods A prospective study among 354 654 participants free of CVD and dementia (2006–2010, mean age 56.4 years) was conducted within the UK Biobank, with brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurement available for 15 104 participants since 2014. …”
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Outcome of critically ill patients receiving systemic chemotherapy on the intensive care unit by Panagiotis Karagiannis, Felix Klingler, Viktor Arelin, Winfried Alsdorf, Christina König, Kevin Roedl, Walter Fiedler, Katja Weisel, Stefan Kluge, Carsten Bokemeyer, Dominic Wichmann

“…The primary reasons for ICU admission were respiratory failure and shock/sepsis, each accounting for 34% of cases, while complications associated with oncological therapy accounted for less than 8%. The median age of hematological patients (n = 129) was 62 years (IQR 50–70), and for solid tumor patients (n = 38), it was 60 years (IQR 52–65). …”
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Designing a multi-epitope vaccine candidate against human rhinovirus C utilizing immunoinformatics approach by Tajul Islam Mamun, Tajul Islam Mamun, Md. Ahad Ali, Md. Nazmul Hosen, Jillur Rahman, Md. Anwarul Islam, Md. Golam Akib, Kamruz Zaman, Md. Masudur Rahman, Md. Masudur Rahman, Ferdaus Mohd Altaf Hossain, Ferdaus Mohd Altaf Hossain, Samir Ibenmoussa, Mohammed Bourhia, Turki M. Dawoud

“…Human rhinovirus C (HRV-C) is a significant contributor to respiratory tract infections in children and is implicated in asthma exacerbations across all age groups. Despite its impact, there is currently no licensed vaccine available for HRV-C. …”
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Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrom by Yusrawati ., Rika Effendy

“…The second baby died at the age of 7 days with suspected sepsis. To date the baby still has a routine medical checkup to RS. …”
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A multicenter analysis to identify the risk factors for stroke recurrence and mortality within 1 year by Eman A. Alraddadi, Eman A. Alraddadi, Hashim F. Alotaibi, Hashim F. Alotaibi, Yasser Alatawi, Ahmed Aljabri, Ahmed A. Alghamdi, Ahmed A. Alghamdi, Fahad Alturki, Fahad Alturki, Faisal F. Alamri, Faisal F. Alamri

“…Additional risk factors for the composite outcome included older age of patients (HR = 1.02, 95% CI:1.01–1.03, p = 0.0009), admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) (HR = 3.70, 95% CI:2.63–5.22, p = 0.0105), pneumonia (HR = 1.47, 95% CI:1.05–2.05, p = 0.0249), and brain edema (HR = 2.36, 95% CI:1.58–3.46, p = 0.0001).ConclusionKey findings include a stroke recurrence rate of 9.96% and a combined death/stroke recurrence rate of 21.83% within 365 days. …”
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Assessing gut barrier integrity and reproductive performance following pre-mating oral administration of solid-lipid-nanoparticles designed for drug delivery by Valentina Lacconi, Valentina Lacconi, Micol Massimiani, Micol Massimiani, Giulia Antonello, Paolo Gasco, Roberta Bernardini, Cristiana Ferrari, Lorenzo Ippoliti, Gina La Sala, Antonio Pietroiusti, Ivana Fenoglio, Chiara Riganti, Luisa Campagnolo

“…Considering that assumption of drug-delivering nanocarriers in reproductive age may potentially affect women’s reproductive health, the aim of the present study was to evaluate whether repeated oral administration of SLNs to female mice prior to mating would influence key pregnancy outcomes. …”
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Dexmedetomidine versus Dexamethasone as an Adjuvant to Ropivacaine in Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Infraumbilical Surgeries for Postoperative Analgesia: A Randomised Clinic... by Anupama Kumari, Aarjvi Patel, Payal Berawala, Sara Mary Thomas

“…The time to first rescue analgesia demand and haemodynamic parameters were recorded. Results: The mean age of the study participants was 40.15±7.46 years (Group-R1) and 39.5±5.59 years (Group-R2). …”
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Periapical bone edema volume in 3D MRI is positively correlated with bone architecture changes by Alexander W. Marka, Monika Probst, Tobias Greve, Nicolas Lenhart, Niklas Graf, Florian Probst, Gustav Andreisek, Thomas Frauenfelder, Matthias Folwaczny, Egon Burian

“…Results Of the 42 patients of the initial cohort 21 patients with 38 periapical lesions were included in the analysis (mean age 57.2 ± 13.8 years, 9 women). Reactive bone edema was detected on MRI in 23 periapical lesions with corresponding radiolucency on OPT. …”
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The computerized algorithm for renal assessment improves diagnostic accuracy of renal impairment in hospitalized patients by Chun-You Chen, Te-I. Chang, Cheng-Hsien Chen, Shih-Chang Hsu, Yen-Ling Chu, Nai-Jen Huang, Yuh-Mou Sue, Tso-Hsiao Chen, Po-Hsun Huang, Chung-Te Liu, Hui-Ling Hsieh

“…Among the included patients, the mean age was 73.0 years; in-hospital mortality was 14.8%, and AKI was present in 28.6% of patients. …”
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Nasopharyngeal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in a rural population, Sierra Leone by Lisa Maria Kleine, Emmanuel Marx Kanu, Tobias Grebe, Desmond Mohamed Sesay, Henning Loismann, Maxwell Sesay, Tom Theiler, Viktoria Rudolf, Alexander Mellmann, Laura C. Kalkman, Martin P. Grobusch, Frieder Schaumburg

“…Results: Of 300 participants (62.7 % females, median age: 16 years), 168 (56 %) were colonized with S. aureus-related complex; six participants carried two different S. aureus genotypes, resulting in a total number of 174 isolates. …”
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Pemeriksaan Laboratorium Cystatin C Untuk Uji Fungsi Ginjal by Rismawati Yaswir, Afrida Maiyesi

“…Cys-C levels are independent of age, gender, height and weight, muscle mass, inflamatory condition, hormone and ras. …”
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Risk of acute coronary syndrome and relationship with the use of khat and tobacco products in the Jazan region, Saudi Arabia: A prospective case-control study by Rashad Alsanosy, Mohamed Salih Mahfouz, Abdulelah Mohammed Arishi, Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Manal Taha, Osama Albasheer, Hasan Mohammed Daghriri, Khalid Ahmed Majrashi, Abdullah Farasani, Ahmed A. A. Altraifi, Isameldin E. Medani, Nasser Hakami

“…The cases and controls were matched for age (±5 years) and gender. Data were analyzed using descriptive, inferential, and modeling analyses. …”
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