Comparison of Sustained Hemodiafiltration with Acetate-Free Dialysate and Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration for the Treatment of Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Inj... by Masanori Abe, Noriaki Maruyama, Shiro Matsumoto, Kazuyoshi Okada, Takayuki Fujita, Koichi Matsumoto, Masayoshi Soma

“…Fifty critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) who required renal replacement therapy were treated with either CVVHDF or SHDF. …”
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Risk Factors in Post-LASIK Corneal Ectasia by Mehmet Gurkan Tatar, Feride Aylin Kantarci, Aydin Yildirim, Haşim Uslu, Hatice Nur Colak, Hasan Goker, Bulent Gurler

“…Medical records of 42 eyes of 28 (10 women, 18 men) patients who developed corneal ectasia after LASIK were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Public security in the pre-classical political and legal thought of ancient Greece by Y. O. Zahumenna

“…Among the ancient Greek authors there were those who put public security in both planes at the same time, looking for its source in a kind of dialectical combination of hatred and love, war and peace, power and stability.…”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Dermatoses Observed in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients at the National Teaching Hospital (NTH-HKM) of Cotonou, Benin by Hugues Adégbidi, Fabrice Akpadjan, Odile Houngbo, Jacques Vigan, Bérénice Dégboé, Nadège Agbessi, Christiane Koudoukpo, Félix Atadokpèdé

“…Chronic hemodialysis patients who did not wish to participate in the survey were excluded. …”
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Comparison Of Isoconazole Nitrate Versus Nystatin For The Treatment Of Otomycosis by Amna Kausar, Sadia Chaudhry, Nighat Qammar, Ansa Umara Akram, Ashar Alamgir, Wajid Hussain

“…The study participants were individuals who, according to operational definitions had Otomycosis and who had presented for evaluation at the Department of Otolaryngology Rawalpindi teaching Hospital, Rawalpindi. …”
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Demographic and Clinical Presentation of Hospitalised Patients with SARS-CoV-2 During the First Omicron Wave by Mehool Patel, Elizabeth Aitken

“…Methods: Data was obtained over a month in 2021–2022 from multi-ethnic patients who were hospitalised and detected to have severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron infection. …”
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Time to breastfeeding cessation and its predictors among mothers of index children aged 2–3 years in Bedele Town, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based retrospective follow-up stud... by Gebiso Roba Debele, Fedasa Tesfa, Dereje Tsegaye

“…Background Breastfeeding ensures the survival and health of a child. The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months and continuing for up to 2 years. …”
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Determination of the Selected Heavy Metal Content and Its Associated Health Risks in Selected Vegetables Marketed in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Biset Asrade, Gebremariam Ketema

“…However, the concentration (mg.kg−1) of Pb in carrots, potatoes, and beetroots exceeded the safe limit of 0.3 mg·kg−1 set by the FAO/WHO and the concentration of Cd (mg·kg−1) in carrots, which is higher than the FAO/WHO limit, 0.2 mg·kg−1, in dry weight. …”
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Results of Routine Antenatal Screening for Cytomegalovirus at a Tertiary Center by Duygu TUGRUL ERSAK, Izzet OZGURLUK, Ayse Gulcin BASTEMUR, Esra GULEN YILDIZ, Selcan SINACI, Ezgi TURGUT, Ozgur KARA, Atakan TANACAN, Dilek SAHIN

“…In this study, we discussed the results of pregnant women who underwent antenatal CMV screening in a tertiary center and the value of CMV antenatal screening. …”
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Intention to Extend Working Life among Thai Registered Nurses in Ministry of Public Health: A National Survey by Pooncharat Sirisub, Nawarat Suwannapong, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Nopporn Howteerakul, Thinakorn Noree

“…The analysis was limited to the 3,018 participants who returned the questionnaire and met the inclusion criteria. …”
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The effect of psychiatric clerkship, educational phase, contact with mental illness and gender on stigma and mental health help-seeking attitude in medical students in Jordan by Bara’ Jaser Abuistaitah, Ehab Eyad Abu Al-Feilat, Hamid Ahmad Al-Qaralleh, Amro Emad AlMomani, Hafezaldeen Jamal Hamam, Radwan Ali BaniMustafa, Abdallah Barjas Qaswal

“…In parallel with the literature, females and students who experienced mental illness show less stigmatizing attitudes and more positive help-seeking behaviour.…”
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Prevalence of overweight misperception and weight control behaviors among normal weight adolescents in the United States by Kathleen S. Talamayan, Andrew E. Springer, Steven H. Kelder, Emmanuel C. Gorospe, Karen A. Joye

“…The percentage of students who practiced at least one weight control behavior was similar by ethnicity. …”
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Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis developed during treatment for systemic sclerosis: a case report by Tomoki Kozono, Kentaro Tanaka, Tomoko Yagi, Kazuto Kamikawaji, Masaki Watanabe, Azusa Iwanaga, Minako Hamada, Yoshifusa Koreeda, Hiromasa Inoue, Ikkou Higashimoto

“…Here, we describe a rare case of a patient with systemic sclerosis who was diagnosed with APAP after the exacerbation of lung opacities during treatment with immunosuppressive agents. …”
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Not all quad bikers are the same: unsupervised cluster analysis identifying injury risk groups among quad bike riders in Dubai, UAE by Michal Grivna, Ahmed Mohammed, Preetha Menon, Saeeda Buti Saeed, Ibrahim Abdalla Alfaki, Mohamed El Sadig, Omar Ahmed Zain Alsakaf, Rashad Gamar

“…Tightlipped Young Colliders were very young riders who experienced quad bike collisions or did not report their crash history. …”
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Epigenetic Mechanisms in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review by Deenadhayalan Ashok, Monisha Prasad, Mohammad Fareed, Anis Ahmad Chaudhary

“…Epigenetic biomarkers could be helpful for risk assessment, early diagnosis, and tailored therapy for people with T2DM who are at risk or who have already been diagnosed. …”
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Romanul Arhanghelii și „epoca de aur” a mineritului din Țara Moților by Alexandru Dumitriu

“…But there were still people who had known that bountiful life, and they were happy to tell about it”. …”
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Acute dental pain and the different management methods among adults in Taif, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Bandar S. Shukr, Ayman Mandorah, Faisal K. Altalhi, Yousef A. Alqurashi, Hassan T. Shawli, Ali A. Alqarni, Mohammed A. Alzubaidi

“…For formal-care methods, those who obtained professional help to control their pain were more likely to be dentists/dental students (AOR = 6.17, P = 0.02). …”
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Risk factors analysis of hypokalemia after radical resection of esophageal cancer and establishment of a nomogram risk prediction model by Guanqiang Yan, Jingxiao Li, Yiji Su, Guosheng Li, Guiyu Feng, Jun Liu, Xiang Gao, Huafu Zhou

“…Thus, this study provides a reference for the clinical development of intervention measures.MethodsClinical data of EC patients who underwent radical surgery from January 2020 to November 2022 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University were retrospectively collected. …”
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Protocol for a meta-review of interventions to prevent and manage ICU delirium by Andrew Booth, Maria Pufulete, Ben Gibbison, Burak Kundakci, Katherine Louise Jones

“…Introduction Intensive care unit (ICU) delirium is an acute brain dysfunction that affects up to 7 out of 10 patients admitted to ICUs. Patients who develop ICU delirium cannot think clearly, have trouble paying attention, do not understand what is happening around them and may see or hear things that are not there. …”
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Cardiometabolic risk factors in the Swedish Werlabs cohort based on self-initiated health screening: cohort profile by Peter Ueda, Kerstin Brismar, Anna Norhammar, Daniel Peter Andersson, Hannah Coudé Adam, Omid Hajimirsadeghi, Lovisa Krantz, Nadia Bandstein Forsberg

“…Purpose There is limited research on individuals undergoing self-initiated health examinations, and the Werlabs cohort will be a base for such research.Participants All individuals aged 18 or older who had undertaken a self-initiated health examination at Werlabs AB with at least one recorded value of creatinine or cholesterol in Sweden (from 1 January 2015 through 31 December 2023) was included. …”
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