The prevalence of thromboembolic events among COVID-19 patients admitted to a single centre intensive care unit (ICU): an epidemiological study from a Malaysian population by Nur Farhani Mansor, Izzati Abdul Halim Zaki, Lee Chew Kiok, Eng Kar Seng, Tharmini Ravi, Mohan Pathmanathan, Khang Wen Goh, Long Chiau Ming, Pakhrur Razi, Hanis Hanum Zulkifly

“…The proportions of patients with TE events who died, and factors associated with TE events were explored.Methods In this retrospective cohort study, patients with PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 virus and who received thromboprophylaxis within February 2020–2021 were included. …”
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The Novel Histological Prostatic Inflammation Score Helps Defining the Association Between Stromal and Glandular Inflammation with the Risk of Prostate Cancer at Prostate Biopsy by Ugo Giovanni Falagario, Francesca Sanguedolce, Angelo Cormio, Antonella Ninivaggi, Marco Finati, Francesco Guzzi, Gian Maria Busetto, Carlo Bettocchi, Daniele Castellani, Giuseppe Carrieri, Luigi Cormio

“…PIS 1 included patients who scored G 0–1/A 0–1, PIS 2 those who scored G 2–3/A 0–1, and PIS 3 included those who scored G 0–3/A 2–3. …”
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Assessment of maternal healthcare services among the women of reproductive age in the rural municipality of Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Mukesh Adhikari, Manish Rajbanshi, Anita Karki, Richa Aryal, Bishnu Prasad Choulagai

“…Ethnicity (AOR=2.4, CI=1.1–5.4), education of women (AOR=2.7, CI=1.0–7.7), having problems in receiving maternal healthcare services (AOR=4.5, CI=1.5–15.2) and distance to the nearest health facilities of less than 30 minutes (AOR=2.4, CI=1.0–5.7) were significantly associated with the use of institutional delivery. Similarly, women who were 18 years or above at the time of marriage were more likely to attend at least one PNC (AOR=3.2, CI=1.5–6.5) than women who were under 18. …”
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Feasibility of HIV self-test implementation among Mizo youths: a field investigation from Northeast India bordering Myanmar by Amrita Rao, Henry Zodinliana Pachuau, Samiran Panda, Richard L. Chawngthu, Rita Zomuanpuii, Pranoti Hemade, Amit Nirmalkar

“…IntroductionThis study investigated the potential of HIV self-test (HIVST) to reach individuals who otherwise might not access testing or antiretroviral therapy (ART). …”
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Impact of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) on Clinical Outcomes in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Does Speeding Up Neutrophil Engraftment Make a Differ... by Ahmed Alnughmush, MD, Ayman Sayyed, MD, Mats Remberger, PhD, Eshrak AL-Shaibani, MD, Carol Chen, BSc, Caden Chiarello, Ivan Pasic, MD, Igor Novitzky-Basso, MD, Arjun Datt Law, MD, Wilson Lam, MD, Dennis (Dong Hwan) Kim, MD, Armin Gerbitz, MD, Auro Viswabandya, MD, Rajat Kumar, MD, Fotios V. Michelis, MD, Jonas Mattsson, MD, PhD

“…Despite these hematological impacts, there was no observed advantage in overall survival, nonrelapse mortality, or graft-versus-host disease–free/relapse-free survival among patients who received G-CSF compared with those who did not. …”
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Infection‐Related Hospitalization and Incident Heart Failure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study by Rebecca L. Molinsky, Amil Shah, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Bing Yu, Jeffrey R. Misialek, Bruno Bohn, David Vock, Richard MacLehose, Barry A. Borlaug, Paolo C. Colombo, Chiadi E. Ndumele, Junichi Ishigami, Kunihiro Matsushita, Pamela L. Lutsey, Ryan T. Demmer

“…Hazard ratio (HR) for incident HF events among participants who had an IRH compared with those who did not was 2.35 (95% CI, 2.19–2.52). …”
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Lung transplant outcomes for recipients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, by use of alpha-1 antitrypsin augmentation therapy by Atharv V. Oak, MEng, Jessica M. Ruck, MD, PhD, Alfred J. Casillan, MD, PhD, Armaan F. Akbar, BS, Ramon A. Riojas, MD, PhD, Pali D. Shah, MD, Jinny S. Ha, MD, MHS, Sara Strout, PharmD, Allan B. Massie, PhD, Dorry L. Segev, MD, PhD, Christian A. Merlo, MD, MPH, Errol L. Bush, MD

“…Background: For patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, AAT augmentation therapy can be an important part of care. However, for those who require a lung transplant (LT), there is currently only limited information to guide the use of AAT augmentation therapy post-LT. …”
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Refining Established Practices for Research Question Definition to Foster Interdisciplinary Research Skills in a Digital Age: Consensus Study With Nominal Group Technique by Jana Sedlakova, Mina Stanikić, Felix Gille, Jürgen Bernard, Andrea B Horn, Markus Wolf, Christina Haag, Joel Floris, Gabriela Morgenshtern, Gerold Schneider, Aleksandra Zumbrunn Wojczyńska, Corine Mouton Dorey, Dominik Alois Ettlin, Daniel Gero, Thomas Friemel, Ziyuan Lu, Kimon Papadopoulos, Sonja Schläpfer, Ning Wang, Viktor von Wyl

“…Target groups are lecturers who can use these tools to design interdisciplinary courses, supervisors who guide PhD and master’s students in their interdisciplinary projects, and principal investigators who design and organize workshops to initiate and guide interdisciplinary projects. …”
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Human-Centered Design of an mHealth Tool for Optimizing HIV Index Testing in Wartime Ukraine: Formative Research Case Study by Nancy Puttkammer, Elizabeth Dunbar, Myroslava Germanovych, Mariia Rosol, Matthew Golden, Anna Hubashova, Vladyslav Fedorchenko, Larisa Hetman, Liudmyla Legkostup, Jan Flowers, Olena Nesterova

“…CASI-Plus provides client-facing information on APS methods and uses a standardized, self-guided questionnaire with nonjudgmental language for clients to list partners who would benefit from HIV testing. The tool also enables health care workers (HCWs) to see summarized data to facilitate partner tracking. …”
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Determinants of Dropout From a Virtual Agent–Based App for Insomnia Management in a Self-Selected Sample of Users With Insomnia Symptoms: Longitudinal Study by María Montserrat Sanchez Ortuño, Florian Pecune, Julien Coelho, Jean Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi, Nathalie Salles, Marc Auriacombe, Fuschia Serre, Yannick Levavasseur, Etienne De Sevin, Patricia Sagaspe, Pierre Philip

“…ResultsThe users’ mean age was 47.95 (SD 15.21) years. Of those who dropped out early and those who completed the treatment, 65.1% (3153/4846) were women and 34.9% (1693/4846) were men. …”
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Gambaran Faktor Risiko dan Tipe Stroke pada Pasien Rawat Inap di Bagian Penyakit Dalam RSUD Kabupaten Solok Selatan Periode 1 Januari 2010 - 31 Juni 2012 by Cintya Agreayu Dinata, Yuliarni Safrita Safrita, Susila Sastri

“…The samples were all stroke patients who had been treat in the Department of Internal Medicine of South Solok hospital in the period from January 1st 2010 until June 31th 2012 that meet the inclusion criteria.The results: The results showed the highest proportion of strokes were ischemic stroke (61.46%), women (54.17%) aged> 50 years (81.25%) who work as housewives (43.75%). …”
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Patient participation in free cataract surgery: a cross-sectional study of the low-income elderly in urban China by Bo Qu, Hui Chen, Xuhua Tan, Xiaohang Wu, Haotian Lin, Zhenzhen Liu, Lixia Luo, Bo Zhang, Erping Long, Duoru Lin, Weirong Chen, Yizhi Liu, Haofeng Jiang, Jingjing Chen, Zhuoling Lin, Xiaoyan Li, Jinzhu Tang, Yingfen Lin

“…In this study, participants who underwent free cataract surgery between January and August 2014 received a telephone interview based on a structured questionnaire. …”
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Role of Neuron-Specific Enolase in the Diagnosis and Disease Monitoring of Sarcoidosis by Noriaki Sunaga, Yasuhiko Koga, Yoshimasa Hachisu, Koichi Yamaguchi, Masaki Aikawa, Norimitsu Kasahara, Yosuke Miura, Hiroaki Tsurumaki, Masakiyo Yatomi, Reiko Sakurai, Toshitaka Maeno, Takeshi Hisada

“…Serum NSE levels were associated with organ involvement and were higher in sarcoidosis patients who had been treated with oral corticosteroid (OCS) than in those who had never received OCS therapies; there was a positive association between elevated serum NSE levels and OCS use. …”
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation practices amid COVID-19 in four Gauteng public hospitals by Almien Smit, Andreas Engelbrecht, Suma Rajan

“…Among the 53.4% of respondents who had tested positive for COVID-19, 79.7% reported occupational exposure. …”
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The Impact of Care Upon Alzheimer Patient’s Family Caregiver in Sulaimani City by Farida Abdulqadir Tahir

“…A cross-sectional quantitative study carried out among family members who care for older patients with Alzheimer’s disease. …”
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Fournier’s Gangrene: A 4-Year Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Academic Hospital by Almas Nur Prawoto, Iswinarno Doso Saputro, Lynda Hariani, Andreas Arkhipus Dewantara

“…Methods: Medical records of 14 patients with Fournier’s gangrene who underwent treatment were analyzed retrospectively. …”
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Two Unrelated Iranian Patients with Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency: A Case Report and Review of Treatment by Parvaneh Karimzade, Aziz Eghbali, Mohammad Keramatipour, Reza Shiari, Zahra Golchehre, Mahdieh Taghizadeh, Mazdak Fallahi, Shahrzad Fallah, Nasrin Khakbazan Fard, Narges Eslami, Narges Bazgir, Mahnaz Jamee, Zahra Chavoshzadeh

“…The first patient was a 7-year-old female who experienced recurrent neurological symptoms such as vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and right-sided hemiparesis. …”
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From deliberation to acclamation: how did Twitter’s algorithms foster polarized communities and undermine democracy in the 2020 US presidential election by Gustavo Morales, Gustavo Morales, Augusto Salazar, Diego Puche

“…Trump’s defeat marked a collision between users who took to the streets under the banner of a conspiracy theory, which had gained traction as an alternative virtual truth through acclamation as practice, and citizens who use the practice of deliberation over empirical results of the electoral process. …”
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A Unique and Rare Presentation of Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Common Atrium Associated with Coronary Aneurysms and Fistula by Muhammad Shabbir Rawala, Alex Munoz, Mohammad Hassan Pervaiz

“…To our knowledge, this is the first-ever presentation of a complete congenital absence of IAS in a patient who has survived into adulthood with the development of severe pulmonary hypertension without Eisenmenger syndrome. …”
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Determinants of Intraocular Pressure (IOP) of Glaucoma Patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia by Mitiku Wale Muluneh, Shewayiref Geremew Gebremichael

“…A retrospective cohort study design was conducted on 328 randomly selected glaucoma patients in the ophthalmology clinic at the hospital under the follow-up period from January 2014 to December 2018. Glaucoma patients who have two and more than two visits in the study period were included in the study, but patients who are attending medications less than two visits were excluded from the study. …”
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