The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypokalemia in Pregnancy-Related Hospitalizations: A Nationwide Population Study by Chien-Wen Yang, Si Li, Yishan Dong

“…Among 12,431,909 pregnancy-related discharges, females of younger age (mean age 27.0 ± 6.2 vs. 28.1 ± 6.0, p<0.001), of African American race, using government-paid insurance, with an income level in the first quartile, and of a higher Charlson Comorbidity Index score (≥1) were found to have a higher likelihood of hypokalemia during pregnancy (p<0.001). …”
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High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Young Nondiabetic Coronary Heart Disease Patients by Ziyang Hu, Jingle Cui, Xueshan Li, Yaohui Zhou, Lu Cai, Shibin Zhang

“…To investigate the association between the lipid profiles and coronary heart disease (CHD) in nondiabetic patients younger than 65 years of age. Method. 424 patients were enrolled in this study from January 2019 to December 2020. …”
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Circulating Sclerostin and Irisin Are Related and Interact with Gender to Influence Adiposity in Adults with Prediabetes by Theerawut Klangjareonchai, Hataikarn Nimitphong, Sunee Saetung, Nuttapimon Bhirommuang, Rattanapan Samittarucksa, Suwannee Chanprasertyothin, Rattana Sudatip, Boonsong Ongphiphadhanakul

“…Circulating irisin and sclerostin were highly correlated (r=-0.4;P<0.001). After controlling for age, gender, and BMI, irisin was significantly related to sclerostin (P<0.001). …”
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Perceived racial discrimination, resilience, and oral health behaviours of adolescents with immigrant backgrounds. by Priyanka Saluja, Babak Bohlouli, Wendy Hoglund, Maryam Amin

“…<h4>Results</h4>In this cross-sectional study of 316 participants, average age of 15.3 (SD = 1.9) years, and a median age of 15 years (Inter Quartile Range-12-18), 76% reported discrimination experiences. …”
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Impact of Funding Source on Long-Term Outcomes in Prostate Cancer: Analysis of a Large Public Database From Sao Paulo, Brazil by Fernando C. Maluf, Cintia S.K.S. de Oliveira, Patrícia K. Ziegelmann

“…PURPOSEWe investigated the impact of the funding source (public v private) on the overall survival (OS) of men with prostate cancer in Brazil.METHODSWe retrospectively analyzed patients with prostate cancer from a large hospital registry from the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Patients age 50-99 years diagnosed with prostate acinar adenocarcinoma or adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified (NOS) between January 2014 and December 2017 were eligible. …”
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Impact of vitamin C on the reduction of opioid consumption for acute musculoskeletal pain: A double-blind randomized control pilot study. by Raoul Daoust, Jean Paquet, David Williamson, Vérilibe Huard, Caroline Arbour, Jeffrey J Perry, Marcel Émond, Simon Berthelot, Patrick Archambault, Dominique Rouleau, Judy Morris, Alexis Cournoyer

“…Participants were ≥18 years of age, treated in ED for MSK injuries present for ≤2 weeks, and discharged with a standardized opioid prescription of 20 morphine 5 mg tablets (M5T) and, at the clinician discretion, 28 tablets of naproxen 500 mg. …”
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Accidental and Deliberate Self-Poisoning with Medications and Medication Errors among Children in Rural Sri Lanka by Kavinda Dayasiri, S. F. Jayamanne, C. Y. Jayasinghe

“…Among 1621 children presented with acute poisoning over seven years of age, 410 children had acute poisoning with medications. …”
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A quality improvement initiative to improve growth monitoring of children attending immunization clinic in an urban primary health centre in Delhi by Ravneet Kaur, Udita Singh, K. Srinath, Anjusha Ranjith, Baridalyne Nongkynrih

“…The baseline coverage of weight-for-age growth chart plotting in the immunization clinic was 31%. …”
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Characteristics of exacerbators in the US Bronchiectasis and NTM Research Registry: a cross-sectional study by Nicole C. Lapinel, Radmila Choate, Timothy R. Aksamit, Joseph Feliciano, Kevin L. Winthrop, Andreas Schmid, Sebastian Fucile, Mark L. Metersky

“…In multivariable model analysis, respiratory hospitalisation, cough, haemoptysis, P.  aeruginosa, younger age, lower FEV1% predicted, asthma, and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease were associated with more exacerbations. …”
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Inflammation and endothelial gene polymorphism are associated with ischemic stroke by Wanli Chen, Jie Li, Jintao Zhou, Xingyang Yi, Hong Chen

“…We selected the 429 ischemic stroke patients as the research subjects, and adopted a 1:1 matching method to select 429 healthy people with a 2-year age difference and the same gender and hypertension as the control group. …”
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Case Report of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in an Adult with Chronic Visceral Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency by David Cassiman, Louis Libbrecht, Wouter Meersseman, Alexander Wilmer

“…A patient with severe splenomegaly was diagnosed with ASMD at age of 25. At age 64 they had multiple hospital admissions for hematochezia (originally diagnosed as ischemic colitis) accompanied by hypotension (blood pressure 91/45 mmHg), anemia (hemoglobin 8.5g/dL, ref 12-16; INR 1.4, ref ≤1.2), and mild renal insufficiency (creatinine 1.33mg/dL, ref 0.51-0.95). …”
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Association between the use of electronic cigarettes and subsequent initiation of tobacco cigarettes in the youth population of a city: A retrospective cohort study by Khadeejah Hussain, Sancheti P. V., Agrawal M, Parande M. A., Tambe M. P., Borle P

“…Material and Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted among youths from general population for a duration of 4 months in a metro city. Cohort of youths (age group of 16 to 25 years) using E- cigarette and not using E-cigarette were taken as subjects. …”
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Promiscuous Chemokine Antagonist (BKT130) Suppresses Laser-Induced Choroidal Neovascularization by Inhibition of Monocyte Recruitment by Shira Hagbi-Levi, Michal Abraham, Liran Tiosano, Batya Rinsky, Michelle Grunin, Orly Eizenberg, Amnon Peled, Itay Chowers

“…Background. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in the developed world, usually affects individuals older than 60 years of age. …”
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Normative values of spinal and peripheral proprioception in position sense among healthy adolescents and young adults by Kenney Ki Lee Lau, Kenny Yat Hong Kwan, Jason Pui Yin Cheung, Karlen Ka Pui Law, Arnold Yu Lok Wong, Daniel Hung Kay Chow, Kenneth Man Chee Cheung

“…Subgroup analyses revealed that subjects aged 10 to 13 years had the poorest proprioceptive performance. …”
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POPULATION-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE RECTAL CANCER STAGE STRUCTURE AND INCIDENCE AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PROJECT “HEALTH” AND ALL-NATIONAL DISPENSARIZATION IN THE ARKHAN... by D. M. Dubovichenko, M. Y. Valkov, A. A. Karpunov, A. Yu. Pankrat'eva

“…Over the study period, 3721 cases of the RC were selected. Age-standardized (ASR) RC incidence rate was calculated. …”
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SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTRIC STUMP CANCER: A COHORT STUDY OF 51 PATIENTS by Eric DRIZLIONOKS, Valdir TERCIOTI JUNIOR, João de Souza COELHO NETO, Nelson Adami ANDREOLLO, Luiz Roberto LOPES

“…RESULTS: There were 43 (83.3%) men, with a mean age of 66.9 years. The mean interval between the initial gastrectomy and surgery for the treatment of gastric stump neoplasia was 34.7 years. …”
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The association between individual radiographic findings and improvement after chiropractic spinal manipulation and home exercise among older adults with back-related disability: a... by Michele J. Maiers, Andrea K. Albertson, Christopher Major, Heidi Mendenhall, Christopher P. Petrie

“…Methods This IRB-approved secondary analysis used randomized trial data of community-dwelling adults age ≥ 65 with chronic spinal pain and disability. …”
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Breast Cancer Survivors with Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Yaadwinder Shergill, Danielle B. Rice, Eve-Ling Khoo, Virginia Jarvis, Tinghua Zhang, Monica Taljaard, Keith G. Wilson, Heather Romanow, Brittany Glynn, Rebecca Small, Joshua A. Rash, Andra Smith, Lynette Monteiro, Catherine Smyth, Patricia A. Poulin

“…The intervention group participants (mean age 51.3 years, standard deviation = 11.4) and waitlist participants (mean age 55.1 years, standard deviation = 9.6) reported an average pain duration of approximately three years. …”
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A Nationwide Exploration of Social Inequalities in Cancer Mortality Amidst the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Belgium by Yasmine Khan, Laura Van den Borre, Delphine De Smedt, Nick Verhaeghe, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Patrick Deboosere, Katrien Vanthomme, Sylvie Gadeyne

“…Direct age‐standardized mortality rates were calculated in 2019 and 2020 to calculate absolute and relative changes in cancer mortality by social indicators. …”
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The Role of Using Motorized Diamond Burr Polisher Instrument in Minimizing the Recurrent Rate of Pterygium Excision by Sakar Abdulkarim Nidhamalddin

“…Each individual factors like age, gender, visual acuity, BCVA pre and postoperatively, IOP measurement, dryness of the eye and risk factors like smoking and UV exposure affecting the recurrence were assessed. …”
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