Increasing incidences and changes in treatment trends of clavicle fractures in adults during 2 decades in Denmark: a nationwide study on data from the Danish National Patient Regis... by Ida Tryggedsson, Bjarke Viberg, Per Hviid Gundtoft, Ilija Ban, Søren Overgaard, Tazio Maleitzke, Arvind von Keudell

“…Primary treatment was categorized as surgical if a relevant surgical procedure code was registered within 3 weeks of the fracture code, otherwise treatment was defined as non-surgical. …”
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Serum Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) in HCV-Positive Egyptian Patients Treated with Sofosbuvir by Ali Nada, Mohamed Abbasy, Aliaa Sabry, Azza Mohamed Abdu Allah, Somaia Shehab-Eldeen, Nada Elnaidany, Hanan Elimam, Kawthar Ibraheem Mohamed Ibraheem, Abdallah Essa

“…This prospective study included 87 Egyptian patients with chronic HCV infection treated with sofosbuvir plus daclatasvir with or without ribavirin for 12 weeks. Serum NGAL was measured before and at the end of treatment (EOT). …”
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Modelling the seasonal dynamics of Aedes albopictus populations using a spatio-temporal stacked machine learning model by Daniele Da Re, Giovanni Marini, Carmelo Bonannella, Fabrizio Laurini, Mattia Manica, Nikoleta Anicic, Alessandro Albieri, Paola Angelini, Daniele Arnoldi, Federica Bertola, Beniamino Caputo, Claudio De Liberato, Alessandra della Torre, Eleonora Flacio, Alessandra Franceschini, Francesco Gradoni, Përparim Kadriaj, Valeria Lencioni, Irene Del Lesto, Francesco La Russa, Riccardo Paolo Lia, Fabrizio Montarsi, Domenico Otranto, Gregory L’Ambert, Annapaola Rizzoli, Pasquale Rombolà, Federico Romiti, Gionata Stancher, Alessandra Torina, Enkelejda Velo, Chiara Virgillito, Fabiana Zandonai, Roberto Rosà

“…In our study, we utilized a recently published dataset documenting egg abundance observations of Aedes albopictus collected using ovitraps. and a set of environmental predictors to forecast the weekly median number of mosquito eggs using a stacked machine learning model. …”
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PIVKA-II as a surrogate biomarker for therapeutic response in Non-AFP-secreting hepatocellular carcinoma by San-Chi Chen, Hsiang-Ling Ho, Chien-An Liu, Yi‑Ping Hung, Nai-Jung Chiang, Ming‑Huang Chen, Yee Chao, Muh-Hwa Yang

“…Baseline imaging and PIVKA-II levels were recorded. After 8–12 weeks of treatment, response was evaluated through imaging and repeat PIVKA-II measurements. …”
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Comparison of Pregnancy Outcomes of Women with and Without Hypertension at the Latent Phase of Labor Who Were Under Medical Care for Preeclampsia by Resul Karakus, Cetin Kilicci, Enis Ozkaya, Ezgi Darici, Onder Tosun, Sultan Seren Karakus, Ali Aras

“…Gestational age at delivery was significantly lower in the group with resistant hypertension compared to the normotensive group (34.6 vs. 32.9 weeks, p<0.001). There was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of the rate of preterm delivery (78.5% vs. 66.7%, p=0.04). …”
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Grade IV oral mucositis treatment with Brazilian green propolis mucoadherent gel by Diogo Alvarenga Silva, Patrícia Carlos Caldeira, Silvia Ferreira de Sousa, Vagner Rodrigues Santos

“…Clinical and cellphone monitoring of patients, weekly and daily, respectively, were essential for successful treatment. …”
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INTRAPERITONEAL AEROSOL CHEMOTHERAPY UNDER PRESSURE (IACUP) – AN INNOVATIVE METHOD OF TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PERITONEAL CARCINOMATOSIS by A. D. Kaprin, V. M. Khomyakov, A. B. Ryabov, L. V. Bolotina, A. V. Ivanov, A. B. Utkina, V. V. Cheremisov, I. V. Kolobaev, A. V. Chaika, D. D. Sobolev, L. A. Koroleva

“…The treatment Protocol consisted of a laparotomy or laparoscopy for the staging of the tumor process, 3–4 courses of systemic chemotherapy scheme XELOX followed by conducting at least 3 sessions of intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy under pressure (IACUP) with an interval of 6 weeks on the background of chemotherapy. In the case of progression the patient was excluded from the study. …”
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Clinical predictors for surfactant retreatment in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome: the results of a pooled analysis by Carlo Dani, Chiara Poggi, Massimo Agosti, Massimo Bellettato, Pasqua Betta, Paolo Biban, Luigi Corvaglia, Raffaele Falsaperla, Carlo Forcellini, Diego Gazzolo, Eloisa Gitto, Camilla Gizzi, Paola Lago, Gianluca Lista, Gianfranco Maffei, Fabio Mosca, Marcello Napolitano, Gianfranco Scarpelli, Fabrizio Sandri, Daniele Trevisanuto, Giovanni Vento, Iuri Corsini, Simone Pratesi, Luca Boni

“…Methods Data were analyzed from three previous studies on infants born between 25+ 0 and 31+ 6 weeks of gestation with RDS who were treated with surfactant. …”
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Epidemiology of Yellow Fever in Nigeria: Analysis of Climatic, Ecological, Socio-Demographic, and Clinical Factors Associated with Viral Positivity Among Suspected Cases Using Nati... by Stephen Eghelakpo Akar, William Nwachukwu, Oludare Sunbo Adewuyi, Anthony Agbakizua Ahumibe, Iniobong Akanimo, Oyeladun Okunromade, Olajumoke Babatunde, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Mami Hitachi, Kentaro Kato, Yuki Takamatsu, Kenji Hirayama, Satoshi Kaneko

“…Predictors of YFV positivity were the Jos Plateau, Derived/Guinea Savanah, and the Freshwater/Lowland rainforest compared to the Sahel/Sudan Savannah; dry season compared to rainy season; the hot dry or humid compared to the temperate, dry cool/humid climatic zone; 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 epidemic years compared to compared to 2017; first, third, and fourth quarters compared to the second; male sex compared to female; age group > = 15 years compared to < 15 years; working in outdoor compared to indoor settings; having traveled within the last two weeks; being of unknown vaccination status compared to being vaccinated; and vomiting. …”
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Longitudinal assessment of thyroid function in dogs with hypoadrenocorticism: Clinical outcomes and prevalence of autoantibodies by Nadja S. Sieber‐Ruckstuhl, Barbara Riond, Federico Fracassi, Claudia Kuemmerle‐Fraune, Solène Meunier, Regina Hofmann‐Lehmann, Claudia E. Reusch, Claudia Mueller, Natalie Hofer‐Inteeworn, Felicitas S. Boretti

“…Follow‐up data were available for 24/38 and 17/28 dogs, with median follow‐up duration of 3.8 years (range, <1.0‐8.8 years) and 4 years (range, 1.1 weeks to 10.5 years), respectively. Canine thyroid stimulating hormone was above the reference range at the time of diagnosis of hypoadrenocorticism in 10 of 38 dogs but decreased into the reference range in 7 for which follow‐up data was available. …”
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Plasma myeloperoxidase interactions with cadmium, lead, arsenic, and selenium and their impact on chronic kidney disease by Hsi-Hsien Chen, Ya-Li Huang, Chih-Yin Wu, Mei-Chieh Chen, Horng-Sheng Shiue, Sheng-Lun Hsu, Ying-Chin Lin, Yu-Mei Hsueh

“…Accordingly, we recruited 395 age- and sex-matched controls and 215 patients with CKD (persistent estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for a minimum of 12 weeks without hemodialysis). We identified no associations between several MPO genotypes and CKD. …”
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A Multicentre Study: The Use of Micrografts in the Reconstruction of Full-Thickness Posttraumatic Skin Defects of the Limbs—A Whole Innovative Concept in Regenerative Surgery by Michele Riccio, Andrea Marchesini, Nicola Zingaretti, Sara Carella, Letizia Senesi, Maria Giuseppina Onesti, Pier Camillo Parodi, Diego Ribuffo, Luca Vaienti, Francesco De Francesco

“…For each patient, the reconstructive outcome was evaluated weekly to assess the efficacy of this technique and any arising complication. …”
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Modulation of Caecal Microbiome in Obese Mice Associated with Administration of Amaranth or Soybean Protein Isolates by Diana Olguín-Calderón, Jorge L. González-Escobar, Rosalva Ríos-Villa, Elena Dibildox-Alvarado, Antonio De León-Rodríguez, Ana P. Barba de la Rosa

“…Male C57BL/6 mice were fed for 8 weeks with regular (RD) or high-fat (HF) diet, without or with complementation with amaranth or soybean protein isolates. …”
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Safety of Potato Consumption in Slovak Region Contaminated by Heavy Metals due to Previous Mining Activity by Janette Musilova, Judita Bystricka, Alena Vollmannova, Beata Janotova, Matyas Orsak, Lubos Harangozo, Alzbeta Hegedusova

“…At current average consumption levels of potatoes, tolerable weekly intake (TWI) or tolerable daily intake (TDI) for observed heavy metals was not exceeded.…”
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Development and Evaluation of User‐Friendly Modeled Approach for Sustainable Polymer Membranes for Advanced Hemodialysis by Ahmed Khan, Zaib Jahan, Muhammad Ahsan, Muhammad Bilal Khan Niazi, Muhammad Nouman Aslam Khan, Ahmed Sayed M. Metwally, Farooq Sher

“…Additionally, increasing residual renal clearance by 0.5 mL min−1 doubled the standard Kt V−1 Kt/V, and similar effects were seen by increasing weekly hemodialysis sessions. The app allows simulations, plots, and comparisons with minimal inputs and can be integrated into MATLAB or other platforms, benefiting both patients and researchers in prognosis and treatment analysis.…”
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The microbiome of Total Suspended Particles and its influence on the respiratory microbiome of healthy office workers by Giulia Solazzo, Sabrina Rovelli, Simona Iodice, Matthew Chung, Michael Frimpong, Valentina Bollati, Luca Ferrari, Elodie Ghedin

“…Biological and environmental samples were collected over three collection periods lasting three weeks each, between May and July 2022 at the University of Milan and the University of Insubria Como. …”
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Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging responses in head and neck cancer patients treated with magnetic resonance-guided hypofractionated radiation therapy by Ryan Bonate, Musaddiq J. Awan, Heather A. Himburg, Stuart Wong, Monica Shukla, Sergey Tarima, Joseph Zenga, Eric S. Paulson

“…Daily monitoring enhanced result significance compared to weekly collection. Conclusions: Daily qMRI effectively monitors tumor response over short periods and varying treatment conditions. …”
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Resistance-Associated Substitutions (RAS) and Clinical Factors as Determinants of Sofosbuvir-Daclatasvir Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients by Juferdy Kurniawan, Anugrah Dwi Handayu, Gita Aprilicia, Darlene Raudhatul Bahri, Irsan Hasan

“…All patients were followed up until 12 weeks after completion of treatment to determine the sustained virological response 12 (SVR12). …”
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Statistical analysis plan for the LAST ACT clinical trial; a Leukotriene A4 hydrolase Stratified non-inferiority Trial of Adjunctive Corticosteroids for HIV-negative adults with Tu... by Joseph Donovan, Dong Huu Khanh Trinh, Ronald B. Geskus, Marcel Wolbers, Guy E. Thwaites, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Le Thanh Hoang Nhat

“…The trial was an LTA4H genotype stratified, parallel group, randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled multi-centre Phase III trial of dexamethasone given for 6–8 weeks in addition to standard anti-tuberculosis drugs. …”
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To What Extent Can Orbital Cellulitis Emergency Aspect Influence the Diagnosis of Maxillary Sinus Lymphoma? by Yousra Ajhoun, Ismail Aissa, Taoufik Abdellaoui, Yasmine Chaoui Roqai, Ilias Benchafai, Redouan Messaoudi, Rachid Zerrouk, Karim Reda, Abdelbarre Oubaaz

“…The same treatment protocol was given but with corticosteroid tapering over weeks. Nevertheless, steroid dependency persisted. …”
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