Use of Drugs Associated with QT Interval Prolongation at the Hospital Level during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia by Andrés Gaviria-Mendoza, Manuel Enrique Machado-Duque, Luis Fernando Valladales-Restrepo, Carlos Fernando Tovar-Yepes, Jorge Enrique Machado-Alba

“…A total of 355,574 patients who received QT-prolonging drugs were identified (equivalent to 51.4% of all inpatients treated during the study period). …”
Get full text

Korelasi Kadar Adiponektin dengan Kadar Kolesterol High Density Lipoprotein pada Penyandang Obes by Fiona Septi Mulya, Efrida Efrida, Zelly Dia Rofinda

“…Research subjects were grouped into two groups based on WHO Asia Pacific body mass index (BMI) classification. …”
Get full text

Clinical Factors of Blood Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury and Changes in Levels of Treg-Related Cytokines by Lifang Sun, Yu Liu

“…Analysis of clinical factors and changes in regulatory T cell (Treg)-related cytokine levels in transfusion-associated acute lung injury (TRALI). Methods. 62 patients who underwent blood transfusion and developed TRALI (TRALI group) in our hospital between January 2018 and December 2021 and 58 patients who did not develop TRALI (non-TRALI group) from blood transfusion were selected to collect clinical data from patients and construct a logistic regression model to analyze clinical risk factors for TRALI. …”
Get full text

Maternal healthcare service utilisation and associated factors among mothers in a rural Wolaita, southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Wondimagegn Paulos Kumma, Abera Kuche

“…Objective To assess the level of maternal healthcare service utilisation and related factors to its frequency of care among mothers who gave birth in the previous 2 years before the survey in rural Wolaita, southern Ethiopia.Design Cross-sectional survey.Setting This study was undertaken in Kindo Didaye, rural Wolaita, southern Ethiopia, from February to March 2016.Participants Out of 552 who gave birth, 544 (98.5%) mothers aged between 15 and 49 years, selected using two-stage random sampling, participated in the study.Outcome measures Maternal healthcare service utilisation frequency and proportion and associated factors.Result The proportion of maternal healthcare service utilisation was 59.38% (95% CI: 55.11% to 63.53%), with 50.74% (95% CI: 46.45% to 55.01%), 16.18% (95% CI: 13.18% to 19.54%) and 31.80% (95% CI: 27.90% to 35.90%) prevalence of antenatal care (ANC), delivery care and postnatal care (PNC), respectively. …”
Get full text

The use of agencies by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR to control academic historical science in Soviet Ukraine (1953) by O. N. Yarmysh, V. A. Grechenko

“…Biographical materials on the names of the leading historians of Ukraine who worked at that time were added: O. K. Kasimenko, F. …”
Get full text

Case Series of Brittle Cornea Syndrome by Taher Eleiwa, Mariam Raheem, Nimesh A. Patel, Audina M. Berrocal, Alana Grajewski, Mohamed Abou Shousha

“…Case 1 was a 4-year-old boy who developed cataract and glaucoma after undergoing right tectonic penetrating keratoplasty (PK) secondary to a spontaneous corneal rupture. …”
Get full text

MRI of the cervical nerve roots in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: a single-institution, retrospective case–control study by Toshihiko Suenaga, Kanta Tanaka, Nobuyuki Mori, Yusuke Yokota

“…Objective To systematically evaluate the usefulness of assessing the cervical nerve roots by MRI for the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).Design Single-institution, retrospective case–control study.Setting A regional referral hospital.Participants We retrospectively enrolled 15 consecutive patients with CIDP who satisfied the European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society (EFNS/PNS) typical and definite criteria and underwent cervical MRI. 30 control patients who had also undergone cervical MRI were included, matched with regard to sex, age and MRI system. …”
Get full text

Increasing TB/HIV Case Notification through an Active Case-Finding Approach among Rural and Mining Communities in Northwest Tanzania by R. Abeid, C. Mergenthaler, V. Muzuka, A. Goodluck, T. Nkwabi, J. Bigio, Aguilera Vasquez N, T. Pande, F. Haraka, J. Creswell, T. Rahman, M. Straetemans

“…While Tanzania is among the high TB burden countries to reach the WHO’s End TB 2030 milestones, 41% of the people estimated to have had TB in 2020 were not diagnosed and notified. …”
Get full text

Evaluating Adult Cystic Fibrosis Care in BC: Disparities in Access to a Multidisciplinary Treatment Centre by James M. Roberts, Pearce G. Wilcox, Bradley S. Quon

“…We performed a retrospective chart review of 168 patients who accessed CF care primarily through the St. Paul’s Hospital Adult CF Clinic. …”
Get full text

Consumer’s Purchase Intention Towards Sustainable Fashion Products: Effect of Perceived Consumer Effectiveness and Attitude by Annisa Tusholihah, Liza Nora

“…Quantitative data was collected through an online questionnaire via Google Form and distributed to people who met the sample size requirements: consumers over 17 years old who live in Jabodetabek and have minimal awareness of sustainable fashion products. …”
Get full text

Speckled-egg staining appearance of cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient by Matthew Alexander Stack, John-Paul Lavik, Jack G. Schneider, Brynne E. Cross

“…Our case was unique given that it occurred in a patient who appeared to be immunocompetent and the Gram stain showed a speckled-egg staining pattern that alone was not distinctive for cryptococcal yeasts. …”
Get full text

Combination of Triple Therapy and Chronic PPI Use May Decrease Risk of Colonic Adenomatous Polyps in Helicobacter pylori Infection by Rina Zuniga, Josef Bautista, Katherine Sapra, Keith Westerfield, Susan Williams, Alexander M. Sy

“…This case-control study included 943 patients who had H. pylori testing and underwent colonoscopy. …”
Get full text

Prevalence, predictors and selected outcomes of early sexual initiation among adolescents in secondary schools in Lugbe, Abuja, Nigeria: a mixed methods study by Uchechi Grace Okonta

“…Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was done including a binary logistic regression to determine the predictive factors and outcomes of early sexual initiation with statistical inference made at p value <0.05.Results The prevalence of early sexual initiation was 11%; 80% of the respondents who had initiated sex did so before age 15, while 20% had first sex at ages between 15 and 19. …”
Get full text

THE EFFECT OF TRANEXAMIC ACID INJECTION ON HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL, ALBUMIN LEVEL, AND PAIN ON PATIENT RECEIVING TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT by Dwikora Novembri Utomo, Teddy Heri Wardhana, Ahmad Hannan Amrullah, Hamzah Hamzah

“…Result: There are 64 patients who had undergone total knee replacement surgery. …”
Get full text

Lung Function and Relevant Clinical Factors in Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants with Chronic Lung Disease: An Observational Study by I-Ling Chen, Hsiu-Lin Chen

“…Chronic lung disease (CLD), most commonly seen in premature infants who required mechanical ventilation, is associated with functional consequences on lungs and respiratory morbidity. …”
Get full text

Solidarity in Ethnically Diverse Contexts: Supportive Relations of First‐Generation Roma Graduates’ Social Mobility in Hungary by Judit Durst, Margit Feischmidt, Zsanna Nyírő

“…What kind of mobility trajectories do these supportive (and hindering) relations engender? What happens to those who experience dislocation of social class and change of status? …”
Get full text

VAS and NRS, Same or Different? Are Visual Analog Scale Values and Numerical Rating Scale Equally Viable Tools for Assessing Patients after Microdiscectomy? by Joanna Bielewicz, Beata Daniluk, Piotr Kamieniak

“…To compare the viability of the numerical rating scale (NRS) and the visual analogue scale (VAS) as a pain assessment tools among a large cohort of patients who underwent microdiscectomy. Summary of Background Data. …”
Get full text

The Effect of Adjuvant Therapy on Metabolic Syndrome in Schizophrenia Patients at Madani Hospital by Indah Kurnia Utami, Yasinta Rakanita, Patricia Novina Nurak, Niluh Puspita Dewi

“…Method: This study used a quasi-experimental design with a single-blind, pretest-posttest approach. Patients who had been using atypical antipsychotics, either monotherapy or combination therapy, for more than 3 were examined pretest to determine metabolic syndrome levels. …”
Get full text

A novel Pringle maneuver instrument for laparoscopic hepatectomy by Chu Hongpeng, Wang Yongkai, Shen Zhengchao, Xi Shihang, Jiang Bin, Pan Xuan, Wang Xiaoming

“…Patients who underwent an intraoperative Pringle maneuver were selected. …”
Get full text

Prevalence of S. mansoni Infection and Associated Risk Factors among School Children in Guangua District, Northwest Ethiopia by Belaynesh Tazebew, Denekew Temesgen, Mastewal Alehegn, Desalew Salew, Molalign Tarekegn

“…School children in the age group 5-9 years old (AOR (95% CI): 22.27 (3.70-134.01), p=0.001), age group 10-14 years old (AOR (95% CI): 4.58 (1.14-18.42), p=0.032), grade levels 5-8 (AOR (95% CL): 14.95 (4.297-52.03), p=0.001),who swim frequently (AOR (95% CI): 11.35 (2.33-55.33), p=0.003), and those who cultivate near the irrigation area (AOR (95% CI): 7.10 (2.31-21.80), p=0.001) were significantly associated with high risk of S. mansoni infection. …”
Get full text