A national study of choanal atresia in tertiary care centers in Canada – part II: clinical management by Josee Paradis, Agnieszka Dzioba, Hamdy El-Hakim, Paul Hong, Frederick K. Kozak, Lily H. P. Nguyen, Demitri Perera, Evan Jon Propst, Jennifer M. Siu, Monika Wojtera, Murad Husein, National Choanal Atresia Study Working Group

“…The optimal surgical approach, age at surgical repair, use of stents, surgical adjuncts, and need for planned second look warrant further investigation. …”
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Aetiological, seasonal and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of diarrhoeal diseases in Bhutan (2016–2022): a retrospective study of surveillance data by Sangay Dorji, Kinley Gyem, Sonam Pelden, Dorji Tshering, Kinley Penjor, Rinzin Wangchuk, Jigme Tenzin, Birdi Lal Phuyel

“…Children under nine were significantly affected than the other age groups. Seasonal trends revealed that bacterial pathogen incidence peaked during the summer/monsoon season, viral pathogens were more common in winter and spring, and parasites persisted year-round. …”
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Caprini score combined with thrombotic molecular markers for predicting DVT in patients with traumatic fractures by Zhengsheng Wu, Yaoqiang Du, Xiaofeng Cai, Qian Xu

“…In univariate analysis, age (P = 0.029), postoperative Caprini score (P < 0.001), and length of hospital stay (P = 0.009) were significantly associated with the occurrence of DVT. …”
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Spirometric reference equations and lung function testing in adults from Southwestern Tanzania by R. Wenzel, E. Siyame, O. Ivanova, A. Bakuli, J. Lalashowi, F.C. Zekoll, M. Hoelscher, I. Sabi, A. Rachow, N.E. Ntinginya

“…Spirometric parameters increased with height but decreased with older age. The coefficients of our new prediction equations for spirometry parameters differed substantially from those of existing reference standards. …”
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Indigenous and non-Indigenous people experiencing homelessness and mental illness in two Canadian cities: A retrospective analysis and implications for culturally informed action by Brittany Bingham, Akm Moniruzzaman, Michelle Patterson, Jino Distasio, Jitender Sareen, John O’Neil, Julian M Somers

“…In adjusted models, Indigenous ethnicity was independently associated with being homeless at a younger age, having a lifetime duration of homelessness longer than 3 years, post-traumatic stress disorder, less severe mental disorder, alcohol dependence, more severe substance use in the past month and infectious disease. …”
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Correlation between mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) at different degrees of ejection fraction in patients with diabetes mellitus by Muhammad Rido, Khalid Saleh, A. Makbul Aman, Syakib Bakri, Haerani Rasyid, Andi Alfian Zainuddin

“…The sample included 79 patients with ages from 18 to 65 years old and a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. …”
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Elderly Patients with Nondistant Metastatic Pancreatic Head Adenocarcinoma Cannot Benefit from More Radical Surgery by Li Chen, Lanning Jia, Zhigang Tian, Yang Yang, Ke Zhao

“…Pancreatic head cancer occurs mainly in people over the age of 60, and its morbidity and mortality increase with age. …”
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Improved Diet Quality in Elite and Entry-Level Military Women Compared With Civilian-Matched Counterparts by Tyler E Oliver, Soothesuk Kusumpa, Laura J Lutz, James P McClung, Holly L McClung

“…Sill, Oklahoma, with stratified (time, sex, and age) civilian data (NHANES) were compared. The Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon rank sum and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used to assess group differences. …”
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Sociodemographic, clinical, and other serological profile of opioid-dependent intravenous drug users infected with hepatitis C virus: A cross-sectional study by Piyush Mahajan, Malvika Dahuja, Manjit Singh, Medi Nagapadma, M Ramasubba Reddy

“…Results: In our study, the mean age group was 25 ± 5 years. All were males (100%). …”
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Analysis of influenza epidemics during the COVID-19 pandemic using an improved surveillance system (from 2021 to 2024) by Ludmila S. Karpova, Maria Yu. Pelikh, Kirill A. Stolyarov, Ksenia M. Volik, Tatyana P. Stolyarova, Daria M. Danilenko

“…Influenza A(H3N2) and B epidemic in 2023–2024 was of a “very high” level in terms of the influenza incidence, but average in terms of the frequency of hospitalizations and mortality (41 cases), with higher incidence rate compared to the previous epidemic (0.28% and 0.19% of the total population), including persons over 15 years of age (0.19% and 0.12%).…”
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Financing of Preschool Education in Ukraine in 1919–1933: Historical and Legal, Historical and Economic Aspects by S. O. Tkachenko, О. V. Golovko

“…The upbringing of children from the early age, according to the Program of the party and the decisions of the Soviet government, had to become the complete prerogative of public educational agencies. …”
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The prognostic importance of the pan-immune-inflammation value in patients with septic shock by Yasemin Bozkurt Turan

“…Method This prospective study was performed with 82 patients aged 18 or over admitted to a tertiary ICU with diagnoses of septic shock. …”
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Effect of delivery hospital busyness on early mortality in small preterm infants: a Finnish population-based cohort study in 2006–2016 by Mika Gissler, Sari Räisänen, Seppo Heinonen, Sture Andersson, Riitta Vilkko, Markus Leskinen

“…We analysed differences in the incidence of selected adverse outcomes between quiet and busy days compared with optimal delivery-volume days by logistic regression followed by crude (ORs) and adjusted ORs (aORs) with 99% CIs.Setting A population-based cohort study based on prospectively collected real-world data from five university hospitals and 21 non-tertiary-level delivery hospitals in Finland, 2006‒2016.Participants 4323 small preterm infants.Primary outcome measures Umbilical cord pH ≤7.05, Apgar score 0–3 points at the age of 1 min, Apgar score 0–3 points at age 5 min, birth asphyxia (International Classification of Diseases-10 code), resuscitation with intubation.Secondary outcome measures Perinatal mortality comprising stillbirths and early neonatal deaths (&lt;7 days).Results Busy days (busy vs optimal) showed no correlation with the primary birth-related outcomes. …”
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Forest Attribute Dynamics in Secondary Forests: Insights for Advancing Ecological Restoration and Transformative Territorial Management in the Amazon by Carlos H. Rodríguez-León, Armando Sterling, Amelia Trujillo-Briñez, Yerson D. Suárez-Córdoba, Lilia L. Roa-Fuentes

“…The results show a consistent increase in AGB, species diversity, forest structure, and soil quality with forest age, though recovery patterns varied between both landscapes evaluated. …”
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Real-World Clinical Outcomes and Treatment Patterns Among Black and Non-Black Patients With Prostate Cancer Initiated on Apalutamide in a Urology Setting by Benjamin H. Lowentritt, Carmine Rossi, Erik Muser, Frederic Kinkead, Bronwyn Moore, Patrick Lefebvre, Dominic Pilon, Shawn Du

“…**Results:** This study included 589 patients with mCSPC (mean age, 75.9 years) and 406 patients with nmCRPC (mean age, 78.8 years). …”
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Prognostic Value of Atherosclerotic Extent in Diabetic Patients with Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease by Yipu Ding, Zinuan Liu, Guanhua Dou, Xia Yang, Xi Wang, Dongkai Shan, Bai He, Jing Jing, Yundai Chen, Junjie Yang

“…Methods and Results. 813 DM patients (mean age 58.9±9.9 years, 48.1% male) referred for CCTA due to suspected CAD in 2015-2017 were consecutively included. …”
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Malignant Paraganglioma With Calvarial Metastases Presenting With Recurrent Catecholamine-Induced Cardiomyopathy by Beatrice A. Brumley, MD, Run Yu, MD, PhD, Shadfar Bahri, MD, Jane Rhyu, MD

“…Case Report: Our patient was a 31-year-old man diagnosed with periaortic PGL and succinate dehydrogenase subunit B pathogenic variant at the age of 9 years with cardiac arrest. He developed intra-abdominal and skeletal metastatic disease by the age of 14 years and treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. …”
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Validity of the scoring system for traumatic liver injury: a generalized estimating equation analysis by Kangho Lee, Dongyeon Ryu, Hohyun Kim, Chang Ho Jeon, Jae Hun Kim, Chan Yong Park, Seok Ran Yeom

“…Each measure is scored as 0–1 (age and Injury Severity Score) or 0–3 (serum total bilirubin level, prothrombin time, and creatinine level). …”
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Nutritional Status and Cardiovascular Health in Female Adolescent Elite-Level Artistic Gymnasts and Swimmers: A Cross-Sectional Study of 31 Athletes by Boštjan Jakše, Barbara Jakše, Nataša Fidler Mis, Borut Jug, Dorica Šajber, Uroš Godnov, Ivan Čuk

“…We examined nutritional status and cardiovascular health markers of two groups of female athletes of the same age and competition period, involved in weight-bearing and a non-weight-bearing sport: gymnasts (n = 17) and swimmers (n = 14); mean age 17.4 and 16.6 years. …”
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Post-marketing safety surveillance for the recombinant zoster vaccine (Shingrix), vaccine adverse event reporting system, United States, October 2017–April 2024 by Yamin Shu, Wenxin Cheng, Xucheng He, Liu Huang, Wei Chen, Qilin Zhang

“…Descriptive analyses included sex, age, time-to-onset, seriousness, most commonly reported AEs, AE of special interest, and cause of death. …”
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