Comparative growth kinetics and drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages prevalent in Ethiopia: implications for tuberculosis treatment and management by Tesfaye Gebreyohannis Hailemariam, Tesfaye Gebreyohannis Hailemariam, Melaku Tilahun, Abay Atnafu, Tesfaye Gelanew, Tewodros Tariku Gebresilase, Mekdes Alemu Tola, Abaysew Ayele, Shewki Moga Siraj, Workineh Shibeshi, Kidist Bobosha, Liya Wassie, Yonas Hirutu, Ephrem Engidawork

“…Sub-lineages 4.1.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 had MIC values matching WHO’s critical concentrations (except for rifampicin). …”
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Diagnostic disparities in inborn errors of immunity: From clinical suspicion to diagnosis by Karen M. Gilbert, PhD, Robert F. LeCates, MA, Alison A. Galbraith, MD, MPH, Paul J. Maglione, MD, PhD, Stephanie Argetsinger, MPH, Nicholas L. Rider, DO, Jocelyn R. Farmer, MD, PhD, Mei-Sing Ong, PhD

“…Participants included patients diagnosed with an “unspecified immune deficiency” (uID) and presented with IEI-related symptoms, who later received an IEI diagnosis (n = 1429). …”
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Determination of Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Crimean–Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in the Endemic Region in Turkey: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Rıza Çıtıl, Mücahit Eğri, Yalçın Önder, Fazilet Duygu, Yunus Emre Bulut, Özkan Yaşayancan, Nagehan Yıldız Çeltek, Şafak Şahin

“…The sample size was determined among the subjects aged ≥20 who registered with the FMUs, due to gender, age group, and the urban/rural population size of Tokat using the stratified cluster sampling method. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression, general depressive symptoms, anxiety and stress (PODSAS) among mothers during their 4-week postnatal follow-up in five public... by Boon How Chew, Subashini Ambigapathy, Saidatul Akmar Mohammad Redzuan, Priyasini Suntharalingam, Thenmoli Palaniyappan, Venotha Ganasan, Puteri Normalina Megat Abu Bakar, Paream Kaur, Lili Zuryani Marmuji, V Paranthaman

“…Participants will be mothers aged 18 years and above at 4 weeks postdelivery who are able to understand the English and Malay languages. …”
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Prevalence, predictors, and economic burden of mental health disorders among asylum seekers, refugees and migrants from African countries: A scoping review. by Wael Osman, France Ncube, Kamil Shaaban, Alaa Dafallah

“…There is, however, a prominent presence of minors and women who have suffered a variety of forms of violence, in particular sexual violence. …”
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Impact of religious fasting on ocular dryness: objective and subjective assessment by Amal F. Alomari, Sara Issa, Asma Musleh, Mohammad Abusamak, Mohammad Abusamak, Omar Bdair, Omar Bdair, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Alanoud Al-Wakfi, Mohammed Jaber, Ahmad Alloubani, Haitham Sahawneh, Haitham Sahawneh, Muhannd El-Faouri, Ayman Abdul Aziz, Muawyah Al Bdour

“…In this prospective study, we evaluated the effect of prolonged fasting on dry eye disease using both objective and subjective measures.MethodsWe included patients who fasted for at least 12 h a day for at least 2 weeks, including the testing day, and retested them at least 1 week after the fasting period had ended with no fasting on the testing day. …”
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Comparing clinical only and combined clinical laboratory models for ECPR outcomes in refractory cardiac arrest by Chun-Chieh Chiu, Yu-Jun Chang, Chun-Wen Chiu, Ying-Chen Chen, Yung-Kun Hsieh, Shun-Wen Hsiao, Hsu-Heng Yen, Fu-Yuan Siao

“…Medical records between January 2012 and January 2019 in our institution were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who met the following criteria were enrolled in the ECPR program: age 18–75 years, CCPR started with CA in < 5 min, CA was assumed to be of heart origin, and refractory CA. …”
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Medication patterns and potentially inappropriate medication in patients with metastatic breast cancer: results of the BRE-BY-MED study by Lilly Sophia Brandstetter, Anna Grau, Peter U. Heuschmann, Max Müller-Reiter, Jessica Salmen, Stefan Störk, Achim Wöckel, Jens-Peter Reese

“…Methods Between July 2022 and February 2024 individuals with advanced or mBC, aged ≥ 18 years, living in Bavaria, and who gave written informed consent, were included in the BRE-BY-MED “Breast Cancer Care in Bavaria for Patients with Metastatic Disease” cohort study (DRKS00026601). …”
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Skin graft take rate among minor burns – A cohort study to investigate the effect of factors such as burn depth, burn size, and timing of the operation by Sinan Dogan, Arina Mahmoud, Ingrid Steinvall, Elin Albertsson, Elina Bergman, Jamila Halimi, Moustafa Elmasry

“…Methods: This retrospective study included patients with thermal injury, a burn size smaller than 11 % total body surface area (TBSA), and who were treated with a skin graft operation. Take rate at the second dressing change after operation was used as main outcome, a cut-off of 95% take rate was for the multivariable logistic regression. …”
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Prognostic Value of the Tricuspid Regurgitation Impact on Outcomes (TRIO) Score in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation by Jizhong Wang, Yuanwei Chen, Xuxing Zhang, Songyuan Luo, Jie Li, Fang Pei, Jianfang Luo

“…Methods: This single-center study included 530 consecutive patients who underwent TAVI. Patients with a TRIO score >4 were compared to those with a score ≤4. …”
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A telehealth-delivered intervention to extend the veteran HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention: V-EXTRA-CVD study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Lewis Musoke, Hayden B. Bosworth, Christina Dickson, Pamela Gentry, Elizabeth Strawbridge, Soumya Subramaniam, Jennifer Gierisch, Valerie Smith, Sandra Woolson, John Pura, Willington Amutuhaire, Susanna Naggie, Julie Schexnayder, Karen Hall, Chris T. Longenecker, Nadine M. Harris, Chantrice Rogers, Puja Van Epps, for V-EXTRA-CVD Group

“…We aim to conduct a randomized control trial among PWH (n = 300) with a diagnosis of hypertension (HTN) who are enrolled in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinics, on suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART), randomized 1:1 to intervention vs. education control for a 12-month duration. …”
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Oxygen Requirement and Associated Risk Factors in Post-COVID-19 Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Care Center: A Cross-Sectional Study by Bishnu Deep Pathak, Binit Upadhaya Regmi, Sushil Joshi, Bishal Dhakal, Suhail Sapkota, Kanchan Bishwakarma, Ashim Bhandari, Seejan Pathak, Shriya Sharma, Aakriti Adhikari, Nabin Simkhada, Dhan Shrestha

“…An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on the admitted post-COVID-19 patients who had recently tested real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) negative in a tertiary care center from August 2021 to mid of October 2021. …”
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Anemia in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, determinants, and health impacts in Egypt by Ahmed Azzam, Heba Khaled, Alrefaey K. Alrefaey, Amar Basil, Sarah Ibrahim, Mohamed S. Elsayed, Muhammad Khattab, Nashwa Nabil, Esraa Abdalwanees, Hala Waheed Abdel Halim

“…Abstract Background The WHO considers anemia in pregnancy a severe public health issue when prevalence surpasses 40%. …”
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ANALISIS PERAN BANK SAMPAH HAPAKAT HATANTIRING DESA LUWUK KANAN SEBAGAI BENTUK PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DALAM PENGELOLAAN by Dea Imut, Nova Riyanti

“…From the research results, it is known that commonity participation is still lacking, this can be seen from the fact that only a few people who are classified as elderly and school children partisipate in managing waste at the Hapakat Hatantiring waste bank Luwuk Kanan village. …”
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Efficacy and safety of NeoAdjuvant chemotherapy with or without tIslelizumab followed by debulking surgery for oVarian cancEr (NAIVE study) in China: study protocol of an open-labe... by Ying Zhu, Jianwei Zhou, Zhigang Zhang, Jiaojiao Zhang, Jing Fei, Xiaoqing Zhu

“…The primary endpoint of the study is the 1-year progression-free survival (PFS) rate, measured as the percentage of patients who are free of tumour progression or death for 1 year after receiving the first dose of study drug. …”
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Refinement of a meaning-centered counseling program for Chinese patients with advanced cancer: integrating cultural adaptation and implementation science approaches by Florence Lui, Qingyi Zhang, George Chengxi Bao, Bharat Narang, Ruo Yan Chen, Yunshan Niu, Jennifer Leng, William Breitbart

“…Methods Fifteen purposively sampled mental health professionals who work with Chinese cancer patients completed surveys providing Likert-scale ratings on acceptability and comprehensibility of MCP-Ch content (guided by the EVM) and pre-implementation factors (guided by PRISM), followed by semi-structured interviews. …”
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Clinical results of autologous fat transfer for basal thumb arthritis with a minimum of three years’ follow-up by Elisabeth M. Haas-Lützenberger, Iana Emelianova, Moritz C. Bader, Sinan Mert, Nicholas Moellhoff, Wolfram Demmer, Ursula Berger, Riccardo Giunta

“…Results: Out of 136 treated joints, the study involved 87 patients (37 patients were loss to follow-up, and 12 patients (9%) who underwent resection arthroplasty) with a median follow-up of 4.9 years (IQR 5.4 to 5.9). …”
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Lesion-specific coronary artery calcium score to predict stent underexpansion by Wentao Yang, Ke Xu, Xi Fu, Weifeng Zhang, Ziyong Hao, Zhenchi Sang, Lisheng Jiang, Xingbiao Qiu, Shengxian Tu, Linghong Shen, Ben He

“…We aimed to determine the association between lesion-specific CAC score and stent underexpansion.MethodsIn this retrospective observational study, we included 416 lesions from 359 patients who underwent intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided stent implantation. …”
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Supplementation with essential amino acids in the early stage of carbohydrate reintroduction after a very-low energy ketogenic therapy (VLEKT) improves body cell mass, muscle stren... by Giuseppe Annunziata, Ludovica Verde, Vincenzo D’Orsi, Massimiliano Caprio, Stefania Gorini, Silvia Savastano, Annamaria Colao, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea

“…Methods A total of 68 women of reproductive age and with grade I obesity who had completed 45 days of the ketogenic phase with VLEKT (KeNuT protocol) and 40 days of non-ketogenic phase of KeNuT protocol with VLEKT (phase 3, fruit reintroduction) were included in the study. …”
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The Impact of Hangeshashinto on Symptoms and Gut Microbiota in Diarrhea-type Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Retrospective Analysis by Naohisa Yoshida, Takeshi Yasuda, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Daisuke Hasegawa, Kohei Fukumoto, Takaaki Murakami, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Kazuhiko Uchiyama, Tomohisa Takagi, Yoshito Itoh

“…Patients diagnosed with IBS-D based on the ROME IV criteria between April 2019 and December 2023, who received HST 7.5 g/day for 2-3 weeks were included. …”
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