Portal Hypertensive Polyps as Gastroscopic Finding in Liver Cirrhosis by Firdevs Topal, Sabiye Akbulut, Cengiz Karahanlı, Süleyman Günay, Elif Sarıtaş Yüksel, Fatih Esad Topal

“…When the results of those with liver cirrhosis who received esophageal variceal endoscopic band ligation (EVL) and who did not were compared, it was observed that a higher number of individuals in the group with EVL had polypoid lesions. …”
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Maternal Opioid Drug Use during Pregnancy and Its Impact on Perinatal Morbidity, Mortality, and the Costs of Medical Care in the United States by Valerie E. Whiteman, Jason L. Salemi, Mulubrhan F. Mogos, Mary Ashley Cain, Muktar H. Aliyu, Hamisu M. Salihu

“…The mean per-hospitalization cost of a woman who used opioids during pregnancy was $5,616 (95% CI: $5,166–$6,067), compared to $4,084 (95% CI: $4,002–$4,166) for nonusers. …”
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Pengembangan Knowledge Management System Ukiran Kayu Khas Bali Berbasis Artificial Intelligence by I Putu Restu Indrawan Prabawa, Ariq Cahya Wardhana

“…In facilitating and increasing understanding of human resource management who are members of the Begeh Carving UKM through KMS which aims so that knowledge can continue in the next generation. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients with Implantable Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitors: A Single Centre Irish Experience by Niall Leahy, Cillian O’Brien, Sara Essa Alsubai, Eileen Coen, Darragh Murphy, Faisal Sharif

“…<b>Results:</b> In total, there were 33 patients with symptomatic HF who underwent device insertion between 2018 and 2023. …”
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Dose-response risks of all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality according to sex-specific cigarette smoking pack-year quantiles by Jieun Hwang, Suyoung Jo, Heewon Kang, Eunsil Cheon, Sung-il Cho

“…Methods The integrated Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study provided data for 209770 individuals who were classified as never, former, or current smokers, based on their current smoking status. …”
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Increased Corneal Toricity after Long-Term Orthokeratology Lens Wear by Zhi Chen, Jiaqi Zhou, Feng Xue, Xingtao Zhou, Xiaomei Qu

“…This study investigated 136 subjects aged between 6 and 14 (9.1 ± 1.5) years old at the commencement of ortho-k treatment, who had been undergoing overnight ortho-k treatment for 24 to 72 (37.4 ± 11.9) months. …”
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Prognostic value of remnant-like particle cholesterol in ischemic heart failure patients following percutaneous coronary intervention by Xin Huang, Tienan Sun, Biyang Zhang, Meishi Ma, Zheng Chen, Zehao Zhao, Shutong Dong, Yujie Zhou

“…This association remained consistent across various subgroups, as no significant interactions were found.Conclusion There was an independent and positive correlation between RLP-C and MACE in patients with IHF who underwent PCI.…”
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KANTO ETIKOS PĖDSAKAI R. M. HARE’O PERSPEKTYVIZME by Jūratė Baranova

“…HAREJūratė Baranova Summary The most open to Kant of all metaethishians is Richard Hare, who, in contrast to intuitivists, is not denying his theoretical debt to him. …”
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Peripheral Nerve Blocks Are Associated With Decreased Early Medical Complications, Dislocations, and Opioid Consumption Following Total Hip Arthroplasty by Brian P. McCormick, MD, Sean B. Sequeira, MD, Mark D. Hasenauer, MD, Robert P. McKinstry, MD, Frank R. Ebert, MD, Henry R. Boucher, MD

“…Methods: Opioid-naive patients who received PNBs on the same day as undergoing THA for degenerative etiologies were identified from a large national database and matched 1:5 to a control cohort using propensity scoring. …”
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Risk Factors and Management of Portal Vein Thrombosis after Hepatectomy: A Single-Center Experience by Kazuki Wakizaka, MD, PhD, Shunsuke Shichi, MD, Takeshi Aiyama, MD, PhD, Yoh Asahi, MD, PhD, Akihisa Nagatsu, MD, PhD, Tatsuya Orimo, MD, PhD, Tatsuhiko Kakisaka, MD, PhD, Akinobu Taketomi, MD, PhD

“…The study included 1403 consecutive patients who underwent elective hepatectomy at our department from January 2010 to July 2022. …”
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Epidemiologic features of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Russia by O. M. Drapkina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Prevalence of NAFLD among adult population of Russia is very high: almost every third patient who was looking for medical attention in polyclinic, has one of NAFLD-related disease entities. …”
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Risk of Dementia and Its Associated Factors Among the Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Attending a Tertiary Cardiac Hospital of Dhaka City: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Fardina Rahman Omi, Lingkan Barua, Palash Chandra Banik, Syed Mosfiqur Rahman, Mithila Faruque

“…Methods This cross‐sectional study conveniently recruited 280 stable patients with CAD who were admitted for coronary revascularization at a tertiary cardiac hospital situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. …”
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Informed choices for some, but not for others: An exploration of Australian midlife women’s participation in mammography screening by social class by Samantha Batchelor, Belinda Lunnay, Sara Macdonald, Paul R Ward

“…We show for middle-class women screening is a ‘given’, they align closely with normative screening expectations. Working-class women who screen, do so out of a sense of compliance. …”
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Association between diabetes mellitus and total hip arthroplasty outcomes: an observational study using the US National Inpatient Sample by Jasvinder A Singh, Sumanth Chandrupatla, Kranti Rumalla

“…Objectives To investigate the association of diabetes with postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA).Design Retrospective cohort study using data from the US National Inpatient Sample (NIS).Setting Study cohort was hospitalisations for primary THA in the USA, identified from the 2016–2020 NIS.Participants We identified 2 467 215 adults in the 2016–2020 NIS who underwent primary THA using International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision codes. …”
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DEFORMATION PRACTICES OF SOCIAL REALITY INTEGRITY: OBJECTIFICATION OF DESIRES AS THE INHERITANCE OF CIVILIZATION PROGRESS by Yuliia Yu. Brodetskaya

“…He is a conformal trimmer who routinely plays ersatz and fills his live with them. …”
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State of the literature discussing smoke-free policies globally: A narrative review by Jacqueline A. Teed, Meagan O. Robichaud, Michelle Duren, Hebe N. Gouda, Ryan David Kennedy

“…We classified articles based on the location of the policy discussed (WHO region, World Bank income classification) and the environment that was being made smoke-free. …”
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Pre-injury frailty and clinical care trajectory of older adults with trauma injuries: A retrospective cohort analysis of A large level I US trauma center. by Oluwaseun Adeyemi, Corita Grudzen, Charles DiMaggio, Ian Wittman, Ana Velez-Rosborough, Mauricio Arcila-Mesa, Allison Cuthel, Helen Poracky, Polina Meyman, Joshua Chodosh

“…We limited the data to adults 65 years and older, who had trauma injuries and frailty screening at ED presentation (N = 2,862). …”
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Biopsychosocial evaluation of patients with multiple sclerosis using a short set of categories of the international classification of functioning, disability and health, and its re... by D. Valadkevičienė, I. Žukauskaitė, D. Jatužis

“…The cross-sectional study involved 184 people with MS including 157 people who had applied to the Disability and Working Capacity Assessment Office under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania (DWCAO) to determine their working capacity level and 27 people with MS who hadn’t yet applied to DWCAO. …”
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Compliance status of tobacco control laws in the university setting of Bangladesh: an analytical study followed a mixed-method approach by Nasrin Akter, Bilkis Banu, Sujana Haque Chowdhury, Tahsin Tasneem Tabassum, Sarder Mahmud Hossain

“…Non-satisfactory compliance was found significant among the younger aged (≤21 years: COR/p=2.74/0.01; 95% CI 1.27 to 5.92) from the first-year group (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)/p=2.28/0.02; 95% CI 1.15 to 4.49) who had moderate nicotine dependency (AOR/p=4.04/0.01; 95% CI 1.28 to 12.74), poor knowledge on TCLs (AOR/p=3.57/0.02; 95% CI 1.28 to 9.95) and the respondents who suggested family guidance (AOR/p=1.77/0.06; 95% CI 0.97 to 3.22) might be a sustainable way to minimise tobacco consumption in the university setting.Conclusions The study revealed some crucial factors for the non-satisfactory compliance status towards TCLs in the university setting. …”
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Composite submental flaps in facial reconstructive surgery involving the zygoma and orbit by Usman Khan, Sebastian Haupt, Matthew Rigby, S. Mark Taylor, Martin Corsten, Jonathan Trites

“…The first case was a 68-year-old male with a longstanding history of non-melanoma skin cancers who presented with a 7 cm recurrent basal cell carcinoma (BCC) with bicortical invasion of the left zygoma. …”
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