Impact of the Timing of Enzyme Replacement Therapy Initiation and Cognitive Impairment Status on Outcomes for Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II) in the United States:... by Karen S. Yee, David Alexanderian, Yidie Feng, Xiaowei Ren, Bernd Schweikert, Olulade Ayodele

“…**Methods:** A retrospective medical chart review of 140 male patients who received a diagnosis of MPS II between 1997 and 2017 was performed at 19 US sites; data on disease manifestations and HRU stratified by age at ERT initiation or CI status were analyzed for the full study population and a subgroup of patients who received a diagnosis of MPS II before the age of 6 years. …”
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Clinical Outcomes and Safety of Partial Full-Thickness Myotomy versus Circular Muscle Myotomy in Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia Patients by Chenyu Li, Aixia Gong, Jingwen Zhang, Zhijun Duan, Linmei Ge, Nan Xia, Jing Leng, Mei Li, Yanjie Liu

“…Clinical data of achalasia of cardia (AC) patients who underwent POEM in our center during January 2014 to January 2015 was collected (34 cases). 19 patients who received partial full-thickness myotomy were assigned to group A and 14 patients who received circular muscle myotomy were assigned to group B. …”
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Maternal and Neonatal Complications of Methamphetamine Use during Pregnancy by Suthanud Premchit, Nawabhorn Orungrote, Sinart Prommas, Buppa Smanchat, Kornkarn Bhamarapravatana, Komsun Suwannarurk

“…The total number of women was 206 who were equally divided into a study and control group. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Radiotherapy Supply by Francesco Tramacere, Artor Niccoli Asabella, Maurizio Portaluri, Corinna Altini, Cristina Ferrari, Lilia Bardoscia, Angela Sardaro

“…The reasons were as follows: (1) patients whose appointments were postponed by the staff according to national guidelines; (2) patients who asked themselves to postpone the appointment; (3) patients who interrupted the treatment for causes directly or indirectly related to the pandemic; (4) patients who cancelled their care path. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Comparative Study between Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients by Shayesteh Khalili, Tahereh Sabaghian, Meghdad Sedaghat, Zahra Soroureddin, Elham Askari, Neda Khalili

“…Regardless of diabetes status, patients who developed AKI had significantly higher mortality rates compared with patients who did not develop AKI (p=0.02). …”
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Epidemiology and associated factors of genital warts among patients in Iran: A cross-sectional study highlighting the impact of education and sexual behavior by Hossein Faramarzi, Hasti Jofreyi, Nahid Heydari Marandi, Mehdi Ghahartars, Nasrin Aliabadi

“…Moreover, 98 (14.4 %) and participants who confirmed eGW suffer from addiction and 2 (0.3 %) from drug Injection. …”
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Apocalypse—Rise of the World Health Organization Priority Pathogens by Apurva Kawdiya, Swati Bhalse, Gaurav Mogra, Kewal K Arora

“…In 2017, a list of World Health Organization (WHO) global priority pathogens (GPP) was released. …”
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Consequences of COVID-19 for geriatric patients during a pandemic by Ludwig Wemhöner, Charlotte Brandts, Hannah Dinse, Eva-Maria Skoda, Sarah Jansen, Martin Teufel, Hana Rohn, Richard Dodel

“…Long-term survival was higher in patients who received comprehensive geriatric treatment (74.3% vs. 51.8%). …”
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Targeting Cytokine Storm in COVID-19: A Role of Online Hemodiafiltration with Asymmetric Cellulose Triacetate in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients—A Report of 10 Cases by José C. De La Flor, Francisco Valga, Alexander Marschall, Tania Monzon, Cristina Albarracín, Elisa Ruiz, Miguel Rodeles

“…A total of 4 patients developed severe pneumonia (3 of them died) and 1 patient developed moderate pneumonia. Patients who died (n = 3) were more likely to present bilateral pneumonia (100% vs 14.3%) at diagnosis and less reduction in interleukin 6 (IL-6) at day 14, as compared to those who survived. …”
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Utility and clinical significance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition for diagnosing lymphadenopathies in biliary tract cancer by Katsuhiko Sato, Minoru Shigekawa, Syuhei Yamamoto, Takayuki Matsumae, Yu Sato, Teppei Yoshioka, Takahiro Kodama, Hayato Hikita, Tomohide Tatsumi, Tetsuo Takehara

“…All seven FNA cytology-positive patients who were diagnosed with distant metastasis received systemic chemotherapy. …”
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Identification of Decision-Making Skills of the High School Students Participating in School Sports Activities by Ayla Karakullukçu, Mehmet Öçalan, Pelin Avcı

“…Another result obtained from the study is that the students who are interested in team sports have higher self-confidence than the students who are interested in individual sports. …”
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Investigating processes to support and improve informed financial consent in Australian cancer services: an implementation process mapping study and analysis by Natalie Taylor, Elizabeth Kennedy, Carolyn Mazariego, Raylene Cox, Kate Whittaker, Megan Varlow

“…The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) informed the development of interview questions and a process map outlining a normative process or workflow for patient consults was used during the interviews.Setting Australian cancer care provider health services.Participants Australian healthcare professionals who provide services to cancer patients and indicated having an IFC process or activities in their service were approached through existing networks to participate in a semistructured interview.Results Ten healthcare professionals who regularly worked with cancer patients were interviewed. …”
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Timing of Tracheotomy in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Morbidly Obese Patients by Ahmad Alhajhusain, Ailia W. Ali, Asif Najmuddin, Kashif Hussain, Masooma Aqeel, Ali A. El-Solh

“…Rates of NP and total duration of MV were significantly higher in those who had tracheostomy ≥ 9 days (P=0.004 and P=0.002, resp.). …”
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Influence of Timing on Surgical Outcomes for Acute Humeral Shaft Fractures by Ryogo Furuhata, Yusaku Kamata, Aki Kono, Yasuhiro Kiyota, Hideo Morioka

“…In addition, we performed subgroup analyses on outcomes in a subgroup of patients who underwent intramedullary nailing and one who underwent plate fixation. …”
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« La baraque [les camps], on y était ! » Faire la preuve administrative de son statut d’enfant de harki by Alice Baudy

“…This article looks at the production and appropriation of an administrative category, that of the child of a harki who has passed through the camps, within the framework of a public action program aimed at repairing prejudices linked to the colonial past. …”
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An assessment of South African policy and strategic framework for the development of a sufficient, equitably distributed and well-performing health workforce for the implementation... by S V Mokoena, P Naidoo

“…They were individuals and stakeholders who interact with and/or are in the employment of statutory health councils, regulatory bodies, medical aid administrators, medical schemes, voluntary bodies/organisations and healthcare workers who are registered with the SA Pharmacy Council, Health Professions Council of SA and SA Nursing Council. …”
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Risk factors for difficult peripheral venous cannulation in hospitalised patients. Protocol for a multicentre case–control study in 48 units of eight public hospitals in Spain by Jose Miguel Morales-Asencio, Ian Blanco-Mavillard, Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Calero, Ismael Fernandez-Fernandez, Luis Javier Molero-Ballester, Catalina Matamalas-Massanet, Luis Moreno-Mejias, Joan Ernest de Pedro-Gomez

“…The control group will be obtained from records of patients who do not meet the above conditions. It has been stated a minimum sample size of 2070 patients, 207 cases and 1863 controls.A descriptive analysis will be made of the distribution of the phenomenon. …”
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REFERENCE POINTS OF THE PATHOGENESIS OF THE PHENOMENON OF MODEL FORMATION RISKY REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR TEENAGE GIRLS by Ирина Вячеславовна Бабенко-Сорокопуд

“…Materials and methods The study included adolescents with a gynecological age of at least 2 years who had data on menstrual disorder (MD) and risky sexual activity (RSA) over the past 6 months – group A (n = 257): non-heterosexual (NH), exclusively and predominantly same-sex preference when choosing a potential partner (I, n = 89) and heterosexual (H), who have never had a partner of the same sex (II, n = 168). …”
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Association between health insurance coverage and stage of diagnosis for cervical cancer among females in Indiana from 2011 - 2019 by Mrithula Suresh Babu, Monica L. Kasting, Natalia M. Rodriguez

“…Additionally, Black (OR = 1.98, 95 % CI = 1.21–3.24) and Hispanic females (OR = 2.19, 95 %CI = 1.04–4.61) were significantly more likely to be diagnosed at the regional stage than the in-situ stage when compared to Non-Hispanic White females. Females who are uninsured (OR = 4.43, 95 % CI = 2.23–8.44) and those who have Medicaid (OR = 3.03, 95 % CI = 1.91–4.80) were significantly more likely to be diagnosed at the distant stage than in-situ, compared to females with private insurance. …”
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Characteristics and outcomes of the screening program of autism spectrum disorder in Primary Healthcare Centers in Bahrain by Muna A. Almohri, Mahmood A. Alawainati, Zahra A. Ayoob, Nayla A. Nasser, Noof A. Abdulaal, Ahmed A. Aldailami, Donya A. Aldailami

“…The vast majority of children who were positive on screening had a confirmed diagnosis of ASD. …”
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