Are breast cancer patients with low distress at diagnosis at risk of psychological symptoms later in their disease trajectory? Considerations for when to screen for distress by Rikke Langballe, Birgitte Mertz, Niels Kroman, Thomas Maltesen, Susanne Rosthøj, Pernille Envold Bidstrup

“…However, we did identify a sub-group of 52% of the women who experienced persistent mild anxiety (Generalised Anxiety Disorder [GAD]-7 score 5–9). …”
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Mitigating the mistreatment of childbearing women: evaluation of respectful maternity care intervention in Ethiopian hospitals by Samson Gebremedhin, Anteneh Asefa, Alison Morgan, Michelle Kermode, Hema Magge, Ephrem Tekle, Sintayehu Abebe

“…On the other hand, women who gave birth by caesarean birth after trial of vaginal birth (Aβ=0.76, 95% CI 0.63 to 0.92) and caesarean birth without trial of vaginal birth (Aβ=0.68, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.98) experienced a lesser number of mistreatment components compared with those who had vaginal birth.Conclusions Women reported significantly fewer mistreatment experiences during childbirth following implementation of the intervention. …”
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Angiopoietin-2 and D-dimer add prognostic information to clinical risk in pulmonary arterial hypertension by Heather L. Clark, Daniel Lachant, Allison N. Light, Deborah Haight, Samia Lopia, Nigel Mackman, R. James White

“…In addition, we recruited 12 healthy people and clinically stable patients with PAH (n = 45) as controls who had 2 blood samples collected twice within 14 days. …”
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Personally-oriented models of development of musically gifted children by N. G. Tagiltseva, L. V. Matveyeva, М. А. Byzova

“…The authors considered the ideas of Russian and foreign researchers about the need for pedagogical support of gifted children, who have problems in general and cultural development. …”
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Goitre Prevalence and Urinary Iodine Concentration in School-Aged Children in the Ashanti Region of Ghana by Daniel Gyamfi, Yaw Amo Wiafe, Enoch Ofori Awuah, Evans Asamoah Adu, Emmanuel Kodie Boadi

“…Thyroid volume and urinary iodine concentrations of the children were determined using the standardized methods recommended by WHO/ICCIDD. Anthropometric measurements were also evaluated. …”
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Level of Satisfaction Among Patients Using Insulin Administered by Pen vs Vial/Syringe. An Observational Prospective Study by Valladales-Restrepo LF, Delgado-Araujo AC, Oyuela-Gutiérrez MC, Ospina-Arzuaga HD, Machado-Alba JE

“…., Calle 105 No. 14-140, Pereira, Risaralda, 660003, Colombia, Email machado@utp.edu.coPurpose: To determine the satisfaction of patients with diabetes mellitus who used subcutaneous insulin application devices in Colombia.Patients and Methods: An observational prospective study of patients with diabetes mellitus receiving insulin treatment in Colombia. …”
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Mortality-related risk factors of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infection with focus on antimicrobial regimens optimization: a real-world retrospective study in China by Sheng Deng, Jinglan Chen, Pengxiang Zhou, Qin Hu

“…Subgroup analysis of the non-sepsis group showed significantly lower mortality in monotherapy than in combination therapy (0% versus 22.2%, P = 0.034). Patients who received carbapenem-containing therapy had significantly higher mortality than those who received carbapenem-sparing therapy (31.3% versus 13.9%, P = 0.022). …”
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Intersigmoid Hernia: A Forgotten Diagnosis—A Systematic Review of the Literature over Anatomical, Diagnostic, Surgical, and Medicolegal Aspects by Stella Chiarini, Paolo Ruscelli, Roberto Cirocchi, Vito D’Andrea, Beatrice Sensi, Alberto Santoro, Alessia Corsi, Federico Zepponi, Piergiorgio Fedeli, Sara Gioia

“…The diameter of the sigmoid recess was greater in patients who underwent resection due to strangulation (mean 3.31 cm, SD 1.53 cm) compared to those who underwent only reduction of the hernia (mean 2.35 cm, SD 0.74 cm). …”
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Analysis of the terms of development of infectious complications in patients after osteosynthesis of long bones by P.V. Tanasienko, H.B. Kolov, V.M. Tsokalo

“…The first group included 148 patients who developed infectious complications after osteosynthesis of long bones with a plate. …”
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Evaluation of the Safety of Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy Compared with Surgical Tracheostomy in the Intensive Care Unit by Yuta Suzuki, Takeshi Suzuki, Yuko Yamamoto, Ayano Teshigawara, Jun Okuda, Tomohiro Suhara, Tomomi Ueda, Hiromasa Nagata, Takashige Yamada, Hiroshi Morisaki

“…Tracheostomy is a necessary procedure for patients who require long-term mechanical ventilation support. …”
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Renal Dysfunction after Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: Experience with 500 Cases by Ehab E. Abdel-Khalek, Alrefaey K. Alrefaey, Amr M. Yassen, Ahmed Monier, Hesham M. Elgouhari, Mohamed Samy Habl, Gehad Tawfik, Thuraya Elzayat, Reham Adly Zayed, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab

“…A retrospective cohort study of consecutive adults who underwent living-donor liver transplantation between May 2004 and October 2016, in a single center, was conducted. …”
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Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy combined with systemic therapy sequentially or simultaneously for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma by Yu-zhe Cao, Jia-yu Pan, Guang-lei Zheng, Chao An, Meng-Xuan Zuo

“…Clinical relevance statement. The patients who received hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy combined with targeted therapy and PD-(L)1 blockade simultaneously have a better prognosis than those who received it sequentially.…”
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Experience in the treatment of type C congenital esophageal atresia using a staged approach by Yong Zhao, Shihui Tan, An Wang, Shuangshuang Li, Junmin Liao, Dingding Wang, Kaiyun Hua, Yichao Gu, Yanan Zhang, Jinshi Huang

“…Those diagnosed with type C EA who were not amendable to primary anastomosis were included for analysis. …”
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Relationship between socioeconomic status and social network with loneliness: a cross-sectional study of China older adults with activity of daily living disabilities by Xin Cao, Luyao Niu, Wenjie Qu, Xinyu Ying, Ruyu Li, Xiyue Wang, Ruizhi Gao, Yuhua Chen, Yue-Xia Gao

“…Objectives The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between loneliness and socioeconomic status and social networks in older adults with activity of daily living (ADL) disabilities in China and investigate people who are more likely to feel lonely.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting This study was conducted in six districts of Nantong, Jiangsu, China.Participants A total of 880 older adults with ADL disabilities who participated in long-term care insurance and had an ADL score of less than 40 were investigated by the convenient sampling method.Primary outcome measures The UCLA Loneliness Scale (V.3) was used to assess loneliness.Results Among 880 participants, the mean age was 80.64 years (SD 10.29) and 59.43% were females. …”
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Impact of obesity, overweight and underweight on life expectancy and lifetime medical expenditures: the Ohsaki Cohort Study by Shinichi Kuriyama, Miyuki Kawado, Shuji Hashimoto, Ichiro Tsuji, Atsushi Hozawa, Toshimasa Sone, Masato Nagai, Masako Kakizaki, Kaori Ohmori-Matsuda

“…Objectives People who are obese have higher demands for medical care than those of the normal weight people. …”
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Multicenter audit of operating room staff compliance with the surgical safety checklist: a cross-sectional study from a low- and middle-income country by Sana J. Yaseen, Sari Taha, Abdulsalam Alkaiyat, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

“…Abstract Background Unsafe surgical practices are a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. The WHO published its surgical safety checklist (SSC) to help reduce surgical errors and complications and improve patient outcomes. …”
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Paraspinal muscle volume and fatty infiltration after circumferential minimally-invasive deformity correction by John Paul G. Kolcun, Ryan M. Kelly, Bradley L. Kolb, Dustin H. Kim, Alireza Borghei, John E. O'Toole, Richard G. Fessler

“…Methods: We identified patients who underwent cMIS deformity correction and had lumbar spine MRIs at baseline and at minimum 1-year postoperatively. …”
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Integrating Infant Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding Education Into an App in a Novel Approach to Reaching High-Risk Populations: Prospective Observational Study by Tamar Krishnamurti, Rachel Moon, Rudolph Richichi, Rachel Berger

“…There was no difference in engagement between pregnant persons who were low and high risk. The most viewed videos were ones addressing the use of pacifiers, concerns about infant choking, and the response of the body to the start of breastfeeding. …”
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Complex use of cycleand power-ergometry in determining the physical working capacity of young athletes by M. F. Khoroshukha, M. M. Filippov, A. I. Bosenko, Ye. L. Mykhaliuk, O. Yu. Buriak

“…Young athletes (boys) aged 15–16 (n = 91) of the Brovary Higher School of Physical Education (Kyiv region) (experimental group), who participated in the study, were divided into two groups. …”
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Domestic violence victimisation and its association with mental distress: a cross-sectional study of the Yangon Region, Myanmar by Johanne Sundby, Espen Bjertness, Lars Lien, Win Thuzar Aye, Hein Stigum, Berit Schei

“…Mental distress was significantly associated with lifetime DV in women who were afraid of their husbands and men who had wives who exhibited controlling behaviours.Conclusions Domestic violence is prevalent among both men and women and is associated with mental distress. …”
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