Comparison of Toric and Spherical Orthokeratology Lenses in Patients with Astigmatism by Jun Jiang, Lili Lian, Feifu Wang, Ling Zhou, Xuhong Zhang, E. Song

“…The toric group comprised 25 subjects (25 eyes, 11 M, 14 F; age, 10.67 ± 1.46 years) who were fitted with toric orthokeratology lenses. …”
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Association of Pneumatosis Intestinalis With Surgical Outcomes and Mortality: A Matched, Retrospective Cohort Study and Literature Review by Kyle D. Klingbeil, MD, MS, Hila Zelicha, PhD, RD, Yijun Chen, MD, Douglas S. Bell, MD, Edward H. Livingston, MD, FACS, AGAF

“…Mortality in patients who have pneumatosis is strongly associated with comorbid disease, with little to no independent association with PI. …”
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Using nasal sprays to prevent respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study of online consumer reviews and primary care patient interviews by Paul Little, Katherine Bradbury, Lucy Yardley, Adam W A Geraghty, Ben Ainsworth, Kate Greenwell, Deb Smith, Laura Dennison, Sian Williamson, James Denison-Day, Fiona Mowbray, Samantha Richards-Hall

“…Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis.Setting Primary care, UK.Participants 407 online customer reviews. 13 purposively recruited primary care patients who had experienced recurrent infections and/or had risk factors for severe infections.Results Both studies identified various factors that might influence nasal spray use including: high motivation to avoid RTIs, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic; fatalistic views about RTIs; beliefs about alternative prevention methods; the importance of personal recommendation; perceived complexity and familiarity of nasal sprays; personal experiences of spray success or failure; tolerable and off-putting side effects; concerns about medicines; and the nose as unpleasant and unhygienic.Conclusions People who suffer disruptive, frequent or severe RTIs or who are vulnerable to RTIs are interested in using a nasal spray for prevention. …”
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“you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of Geology From the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Analysis From an Online Survey by Steven L. Rogers, Sam Giles, Natasha Dowey, Sarah E. Greene, Rehemat Bhatia, Katrien Van Landeghem, Chris King

“…The survey asked both those who had, and had not, studied geology as a subject a series of questions in order to explore their perceptions of the discipline. …”
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Risk-Based Prenatal Hepatitis C Testing Practices and Results, Alaska 2013-2016 by Leisha D. Nolen, Courtney Gustin, Sara Seeman, Neil Murphy, Sarah Truitt, Sarah Schillie, Michael G. Bruce, Dana Bruden, James Tiesinga, Brian McMahon

“…A retrospective analysis was performed to evaluate HCV testing and exposure in women who delivered infants between 2013 and 2016 at a referral hospital in Alaska. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Food Handlers in Mettu Town, Southwest Ethiopia by Solomon Yeshanew, Melaku Tadege, Abdulhakim Abamecha

“…The multivariable logistic regression indicated that the risk to be infected with intestinal parasites were related with older age (p ≤ 0.032), food handlers who had no hand wash practices (p ≤ 0.033), who had no food handling and preparation training (p ≤ 0.005), poor personal hygiene (p ≤ 0.0001), who had not taken regular medical checkup (p ≤ 0.008), and whose nail was not trimmed (p ≤ 0.0001). …”
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Prevalence of lymphedema symptoms across cancer diagnoses and association with depression, pain interference and health-related quality of life by Gitte Sone Larsen, Christoffer Johansen, Annika von Heymann, Bolette Skjødt Rafn

“…Results: Of 1,901 patients in follow-up who received the lymphedema symptom items, 1,296 responded. …”
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A Missense Mutation in OPA1 Causes Dominant Optic Atrophy in a Chinese Family by Shaoyi Mei, Xiaosheng Huang, Lin Cheng, Shiming Peng, Tianhui Zhu, Liang Chen, Yan Wang, Jun Zhao

“…The visual acuity decreased progressively to hand movement, except for one patient (IV-12) who had relatively good vision of 20/30 and 20/28. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasitic infections in the Badi indigenous communities of Western Nepal by Jitendra Gautam, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, Kishor Pandey

“…The multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed increased odds of IPIs among participants involved in agriculture [aOR: 5.37, 95% CI: (2.31 to 12.47)], those who kept free-ranging pigs and poultry [aOR: 5.22, 95% CI: (1.87 to 14.53)], those who did not use soap before eating [aOR: 9.96, 95% CI: (2.11 to 46.99)], and those who consumed raw or undercooked meat [aOR: 2.76, 95% CI: (1.08 to 7.05)] compared with others. …”
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Clinical and Economic Outcomes Associated With Use of Liposomal Bupivacaine Versus Standard of Care for Management of Postsurgical Pain in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Spine Surge... by Robert Tracy Ballock, John Seif, Ryan Goodwin, Jennifer H. Lin, Jessica Cirillo

“…**Conclusions:** Pediatric patients undergoing spine surgery who received LB had significantly reduced in-hospital postsurgical opioid consumption, LOS, and hospital costs compared with those who did not.…”
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Identifying Complex Scheduling Patterns Among Patients With Cancer With Transportation and Housing Needs: Feasibility Pilot Study by Allan Fong, Christian Boxley, Laura Schubel, Christopher Gallagher, Katarina AuBuchon, Hannah Arem

“…Scheduling complexity can complement count-based metrics when identifying patients who might need additional care coordination support especially as it relates to transportation and housing needs.…”
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Determinants of minimum meal frequency among children in Kumbungu District of Ghana: a cross-sectional study by Ambrose Atosona, Hidaya Abdul Wahab, Fuseini Alhassan, Mildred Donkoh, Michael Akenteng Wiafe, Clement Kubreziga Kubuga

“…Conclusions The proportion of children who received minimum meal frequency was high. Child age and minimum dietary diversity were significant determinants of minimum meal frequency. …”
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Increased Mortality from Extrapancreatic Infections in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Pancreatitis by Guido Grajales-Figueroa, Héctor Adrián Díaz Hernández, Martín Alejandro Chacón Portillo, Luis F. Uscanga, Mario Peláez-Luna, Jorge Hernández Calleros

“…The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features of hospitalized patients with AP who died during their hospitalization and to evaluate risk factors associated with mortality. …”
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Outcomes of Age-Friendly Health Systems: Return to Clinic After 4Ms Care Delivery by Grace Q. Armstrong MPH, Heba M. Aldossary MSN, RN, Jessica Bingham BSN, Lilia Pino PhD, RN, FNP-C, Anne Pohnert DNP, RN, FNP-BC, Mary A. Dolansky PhD, RN, FAAN, Nicholas K. Schiltz PhD

“…Throughout the study period, patients who received complete AFHS 4Ms care exhibited greater rates of returning to the convenient care clinic compared to those who received partial or no 4Ms 4Ms care. …”
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level in relation to weight change and the risk of weight gain in adults of normal weight at baseline: the Norwegian HUNT cohort study by Yi-Qian Sun, Yue Chen, Xiao-Mei Mai, Adaline Heitz

“…Objective We sought to investigate the relationship of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) level with weight change and the risk of weight gain in an adult population who had normal weight at baseline and were followed up for 11 years.Design A population-based prospective cohort study.Setting Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.Participants The study included 1501 adults who participated in the second and third surveys of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT2 (1995–1997) and HUNT3 (2006–2008)) and had a normal body mass index ≥18.5 and <25.0 kg/m2 at baseline.Primary and secondary outcome measures Relative weight change (%) was calculated as ((HUNT3 weight−HUNT2 weight)/HUNT2 weight×100). …”
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GB Virus C Infection: Clinical Significance by Xiang Wei Meng, Masafumi Komatsu, Shigetoshi Ohshima, Kunio Nakane, Tomoo Fujii, Takashi Goto, Kazuo Yoneyama, Tomoyuki Kuramitsu, Motokazu Mukaide

“…In chronic hepatitis C patients who had received interferon treatment, no difference was found in clinical findings, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) concentrations, histology or response to interferon between 11 patients who were GBV-C RNA-positive and 101 patients who were GBV-C RNA-negative. …”
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Modern approach to infusion therapy of pregnant women with gestational hypertension by O.V. Vaskiv, A.P. Grigorenko, O.G. Gorbatyuk, A.S. Shatkovska, A.M. Binkovska, I.A. Priymak

“…We observed 73 pregnant women with single fetation, starting from 28 weeks of gestation, who were observed before and during childbirth, and in the postpartum period by the time of discharge from the hospital. …”
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Emergency Department Screening for Unhealthy Alcohol and Drug Use with a Brief Tablet-Based Questionnaire by Joshua W. Elder, Evan F. Wu, James A. Chenoweth, James F. Holmes, Aman K. Parikh, Aimee K. Moulin, Tommie G. Trevino, John R. Richards

“…There were 43 (33%) who screened positive for combined unhealthy alcohol and drug use. …”
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Case report: Watch-and-wait strategy in resectable esophageal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy: a case series by Lingyu Tan, Lingyu Tan, Guozhen Yang, Guozhen Yang, Chufeng Zeng, Chufeng Zeng, Xu Zhang, Xu Zhang, Xu Zhang

“…This pilot case series involves six clinical complete responders who deferred surgery under close surveillance after three or four cycles of neoadjuvant camrelizumab plus chemotherapy and who subsequently received camrelizumab as maintenance treatment. …”
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Does an emergency access button increase the patients’ satisfaction and feeling of safety with the out-of-hours health services? A randomised controlled trial in Denmark by Morten Bondo Christensen, Helle Collatz Christensen, Bo Christensen, L Huibers, Jonas Fynboe Ebert

“…Data from questionnaire survey.Setting Two out-of-hours (OOH) services in Denmark.Participants 217 510 citizens who called the OOH services between 4 September 2017 and 30 November 2017.Randomisation Two-faze study period: First half with randomisation of participants based on their date of birth; even date randomised to intervention, uneven date randomised to control group. …”
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