Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Remains High in Patients with HBV-Related Decompensated Cirrhosis and Long-Term Antiviral Therapy by Dong-Mei Zhu, Jing Xie, Chun-Yan Ye, Mei-Yun Qian, Yuan Xue

“…This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors of HCC development in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related DC and who underwent long-term antiviral therapy. Methods. …”
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Determinants of Maternal Death in a Pastoralist Area of Borena Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study by Jarso Sara, Yusuf Haji, Achamyelesh Gebretsadik

“…Mothers who were not attending ANC were 5 times more at risk for death than those who attend (AOR 5.3, 95% CI 2.3–12.1). …”
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Harm minimisation for self-harm: a cross-sectional survey of British clinicians’ perspectives and practices by Alexandra Pitman, Nicola Morant, Faraz Mughal, Sarah L Rowe, Aishah Madinah Haris, Evelina Bakanaite

“…We explored the views of clinicians on harm minimisation for self-harm to describe reported use and acceptability in clinical practice.Design A cross-sectional study using an online survey consisting of fixed-choice and open-ended questions.Setting Primary and secondary care practices in England, Scotland and Wales.Participants Snowball sampling of UK-based clinicians (n=90; 67% female) working with people who self-harm and who have or have not previously recommended harm minimisation methods to patients.Results Of the 90 clinicians sampled, 76 (84%) reported having recommended harm minimisation techniques to people in their care who self-harm. …”
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Telehealth-facilitated palliative care enables more people to die at home: An analysis of clinical outcomes and service activity data by Helen M. Haydon, Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Andrew Broadbent, Centaine L. Snoswell, Anthony C Smith, Julie-Ann Brydon, Liam J. Caffery, Emma E. Thomas

“…Outcomes were compared between patients who had no videoconsultations (n = 683) and those who had one or more videoconsultations (n = 524). …”
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Association between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Blood Pressure among Children with History of Low Birth Weight Appropriate for Gestational Age, Low Birth Weight Small f... by Adrian Umboh, Rocky Wilar, Valentine Umboh, Adi Suryadinata Krisetya

“…The children who met the inclusion criteria were evaluated for BP and hs-CRP level. …”
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Erratum to ‘Should post-operative stereotactic radiosurgery be the standard of care in Craniopharyngioma patients?’ [World Neurosurgery: X (22C) (2024) 100327] by Saurabh Gupta, Deepak Agrawal, Shweta Kedia, Shashank Sharad Kale

“…It compares these outcomes with patients who did not receive post-operative GKRS. Methods: In this retro-prospective case–control study, we enrolled all consecutive patients who received adjuvant GKRS for recurrent/residual craniopharyngiomas from.2011 to 2019, with a minimum 12 month radiological follow-up. …”
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A spontaneous anterior fusion of lumbar spine after posterolateral lumbar fusion with pedicle screw-plate system by Chaiwat Kraiwattanapong, Issara Chandrsawang, Gun Keorochana, Panupol Rajinda, Pongsthorn Chanplakorn, Pittavat Leelapattana, Umaporn Udomsubpayakul, Thamrong Lertudomphonwanit

“…In this study, no SAF was found in patients who underwent PLF with the PSR system.…”
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Factors associated with successful treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in a district municipality of Vhembe, Limpopo by Busisiwe Mkhavele, Slindile Zondi, Lindiwe Cele, Mabina Mogale, Margeret Mbelle

“…Of these, 37.0% were cured, followed by 29.0% who defaulted treatment, 22.3% who completed the treatment and 11.7% who died during treatment. …”
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A Single Perioperative Injection of Dexamethasone Decreases Nausea, Vomiting, and Pain after Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy by Shigeyoshi Yamanaga, Andrew Mark Posselt, Chris Earl Freise, Takaaki Kobayashi, Mehdi Tavakol, Sang-Mo Kang

“…We performed a retrospective cohort study of living donors who underwent LDN between 2013 and 2015. Donors who received a lower dose (4–6 mg)  (n=70) or a higher dose (8–14 mg) of dexamethasone (n=100) were compared with 111 donors who did not receive dexamethasone (control). …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 2003 by Denis E O’donnell, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Darcy D Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Roger Goldstein, Rick Hodder, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road

“…Targeted spirometry is strongly recommended to expedite early diagnosis in smokers and exsmokers who develop respiratory symptoms, and who are at risk for COPD. …”
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Association of Biomarker Level with Cardiovascular Events: Results of a 4-Year Follow-Up Study by L. Turgunova, B. Baidildina, Y. Laryushina, B. Koichubekov, A. Turmukhambetova, L. Akhmaltdinova

“…We examined 363 people aged 30 to 65 who have been living permanently in the city of Saran, Karaganda region. …”
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Initial Experience with Robotic Retropubic Urethropexy Compared to Open Retropubic Urethropexy by Pooja R. Patel, Mostafa A. Borahay, Audrey R. Puentes, Ana M. Rodriguez, Jessica Delaisse, Gokhan S. Kilic

“…Patients. All patients who underwent robotic retropubic urethropexy from 1/1/12 to 6/1/12 by a single gynecologic surgeon were included in the case series. …”
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Earthquake effects on youth: understanding psychological challenges and support needs by Mehmet Şam, Göcan Sever, Habibe Yildiz Yüksel, Ramin Aliyev

“…Besides, the students who had to change their locations after the earthquake had significantly higher scores than those who did not have to change their locations in terms of the impact of events.…”
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Effect of Child Neglect on Learning Outcomes of Pupils of Kamwezi Sub-County Rukiga District. by Karugaba, Dickson

“…It involved respondents who gave their views, facts, and opinions that were assessed. …”
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Satisfaction by the certain subjective success in career by Janjić Ivana, Ilić Đurđijana

“…Employees who are not satisfied will not do the job properly, giving rise to direct pecuniary damage. …”
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Nominative Linkage of Records of Officials in the China Government Employee Dataset-Qing (CGED-Q) by Cameron Campbell, Bijia Chen

“… We introduce our approach to the nominative linkage of records of Qing officials who were included in the China Government Employee Datasets-Qing (CGED-Q) Jinshenlu (JSL) and Examination Records (ER). …”
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The Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Oral Glucose Challenge Tests and Body Mass Indexes in Türk Pregnant Women by Yildiz Akdas Reis, Fahri Burcin Firatligil, Arife Akay, Asya Kalayci Oncu, Yaprak Engin Ustun

“…Group 1 included patients who underwent a glucose challenge test in the year 2019 before the pandemic lockdown (n=604) was assessed as the control group; group 2 (n=505) included patients who underwent the same test in the year 2020 that in the pandemic lockdown period was evaluated as the study group. …”
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Factors Affecting Antenatal Corticosteroid Administration from the Obstetricians’ Viewpoint by Emel Kurtoğlu, Migraci Tosun, Ayşe Zehra Özdemir, Erdal Malatyalıoğlu

“…STUDY DESIGN: The pregnant women who delivered between 24 and 34 weeks of gestation were divided into two groups: Group 1, pregnant patients given corticosteroid therapy; Group 2, pregnant patients who were not given corticosteroid therapy. …”
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Development of a Positive Youth Development Program: Promoting the Mental Health of Stressful Adolescents Using Principles of Problem Solving Therapy by Daniel T.L. Shek, Joyce T.W. Chow

“…The proposed project will utilize the principles of PST as the guiding framework to run two mental health promotion courses for adolescents who are experiencing disturbing stressful responses and students who want to improve their stress management style. …”
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