Adrenal aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) histopathology and its association with disease-induced sudden death: a cross-sectional studyResearch in context by Antero Ylänen, Juhani Isojärvi, Antti Virtanen, Helena Leijon, Tiina Vesterinen, Aapo L. Aro, Heini Huhtala, Eeva Kokko, Ilkka Pörsti, Marianna Viukari, Pasi I. Nevalainen, Niina Matikainen

“…Methods: In this study, autopsies and histopathological analyses, including aldosterone synthase staining of adrenal glands, were performed on 403 consecutive individuals who experienced sudden death. These individuals were classified into 258 cases of DSD and 144 deaths caused by trauma, suicide, or intoxication, i.e., non-disease-induced sudden death (nDSD). …”
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Feasibility of implementing a decision aid for advanced cancer patients in a comprehensive cancer centers' outpatient setting: Valuable lessons learned by K. Laryionava, R. Boekels, J. Schildmann, M. Wensing, U. Wedding, B. Surmann, K. Mehlis, C. Gebel, M. Cinci, K. Krug, E. C. Winkler

“…To inform the development of a DA and understand challenges related to its implementation, we conducted semi‐structured interviews with 24 oncologists (Dataset 1) and three focus groups with various healthcare professionals (n = 19) and in addition post‐implementation semi‐structured interviews with oncologists who used the DA in conversations with their cancer patients (n = 5) (Dataset 2). …”
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The effects of the positioning of a bolt in the femoral neck system on the short-term outcomes of middle-aged and young adults with displaced femoral neck fractures by Yujie Jin, Xiaoqiang Zhou, Zhiqiang Li, Yubo Liu, Renjie Xu, Jun Shen, Xiangxin Zhang, Xiao Yu

“…Methods This was a retrospective study involving 114 middle-aged and young adults with displaced FNFs who were surgically treated with internal fixation via the FNS in the Department of Orthopedics, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, from December 2019 to January 2023. …”
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Estimating the need for diabetic retinopathy services in north India: evidence from a population-based survey in the catchment population of an eye care provider in central Uttar P... by Andrew Bastawrous, Vaibhav Jain, Ian McCormick, Shalinder Sabherwal, Ishaana Sood, Atanu Majumdar, Shamanna B R, Mohd Javed, Sandeep Buttan, Simrat Chandi, Basitali Lakhani, Shreya Tyagi, Utsav Deep

“…The prevalence of any DR among people with diabetes who consented to dilated pupillary examination was 22.8% (51 of 224), (95% CI 18.2% to 27.3%). 5.8% (13/224) of people with diabetes were found to have sight-threatening DR and only 15.4% (2/13) had received treatment. 84.8% of people with previously diagnosed diabetes had never had their eyes tested for DR; this was significantly higher in women (90.2% vs 76.0%, respectively, p<0.001). 76% of people with previously diagnosed diabetes had poorly controlled diabetes; this was significantly higher for those on non-allopathic treatment (p<0.01). …”
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Systematic Evaluation of Clinical Efficacy of Shiyiwei Shenqi (Ginseng and Astraglus, Eleven Ingredients) Preparation in Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Malignant Tumor by Bowei HUANG, Yuhui ZENG, Lisha LU, Huijuan GAN

“…Patients with malignant tumors were included in the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) who were treated with Shiyiwei Shenqi preparation in adjuvant chemotherapy. …”
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Phase II trial of nab-paclitaxel plus ramucirumab in combination with nivolumab for unresectable advanced or recurrent gastric cancer after progression on first-line treatment incl... by Hidekazu Hirano, Naoki Takahashi, Yusuke Amanuma, Nobumi Suzuki, Daisuke Takahari, Takeshi Kawakami, Chie Kudo-Saito, Kengo Nagashima, Narikazu Boku, Ken Kato, Hirokazu Shoji

“…Therefore, we hypothesized that this triplet regimen may improve clinical outcomes in patients with AGC who experienced disease progression on first-line treatment including anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibody. …”
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A qualitative study on the experience of nurses participating in new media health science popularization (护士参与新媒体健康科普真实体验的质性研究) by LI Ting (李婷), XU Jianwen (徐建文), QIANG Hong (羌虹), WEI Xiaoxiao (卫笑笑), WANG Juan (汪娟), WANG Jingting (王婧婷)

“…Methods Using the qualitative research method of phenomenology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 nurses who participated in the production and promotion of new media health science popularization. …”
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Stakeholders’ Views on Factors Influencing Nutrition Policy: a Qualitative Study Across Ten European Countries by Jeruszka-Bielak Marta, Sicińska Ewa, Wit Liesbeth de, Ruprich Jiří, Řehůřková Irena, Brown Kerry A., Timotijevic Lada, Sonne Anne-Mette, Haugaard Pernille, Guzzon Antonella, Garcia Noé Brito, Alevritou Eleni, Hermoso Maria, Sarmant Yuliya, Lähteenmäki Liisa, Roszkowski Wojciech, Raats Monique M.

“…The spectrum and weight of the factors influencing nutritional policy depends on nutrient, country and degree of its “advanced status” within nutrition policy, political environment, culture and socio-economic conditions as well as the point of view (who is expressing the opinion).…”
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Changes in Alcohol Consumption During and After the Covid-19 Pandemic From 2020 to 2023 in a Prospective Cohort of Italian Adults by Sonia Cerrai, Giulia Carreras, Filippo Monti, Chiara Stival, Alessandra Lugo, Cristina Bosetti, Silvia Biagioni, Tiziana Fanucchi, Giuseppe Gorini, Andrea Amerio, Luisa Mastrobattista, Claudia Mortali, Anna Odone, Sabrina Molinaro, Luc Smits, Silvano Gallus, the “Lost in Italy” and “Lost in Toscana” Study Investigators

“…Considering the cohort of individuals who took part to the first and at least one other wave (n = 5,378), a multilevel logistic model was used to derive odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of being at-risk drinkers. …”
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Weight loss for overweight and obese patients with prostate cancer: a study protocol of a randomised trial comparing clinic-based versus Telehealth delivered EXercise and nutrition... by Robert U Newton, Daniel A Galvão, Dennis R Taaffe, Suzanne K Chambers, David Joseph, Amanda Devine, Colin I Tang, Nigel Spry, Emily Jeffery, Dickon Hayne, Pedro Lopez, P Lyons-Wall, Christine Kudiarasu

“…However, the intervention needs to be accessible to all patients and not just those who can access a supervised clinic-based programme. …”
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Automated Video Assistant Referee in Lead Climbing by Eliane Künzler, David Roder, Urs Stöcker, Peter Wolf

“…These points are awarded immediately after an attempt by a judge who observed the athlete. Competition organisers are required to make video recordings, but these are only viewed by the head referee in case of an appeal. …”
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Ambulance attendances involving personality disorder – investigation of crisis-driven re-attendances for mental health, alcohol and other drug, and suicide-related events by JH Broadbear, RP Ogeil, M McGrath, DS Scott, Z Nehme, F Moayeri, D Lubman, S Rao

“…These findings are a valuable reminder to emergency clinicians that they are primarily seeing service users who have the most severe presentations, and may serve as a bulwark against therapeutic nihilism.…”
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Evaluating the Benefit of Home Support Provider Services for Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Protocol for an Ambispective International R... by Sarah Alami, Manuella Schaller, Sylvie Blais, Henry Taupin, Marta Hernández González, Frédéric Gagnadoux, Paula Pinto, Irene Cano-Pumarega, Lieven Bedert, Ben Braithwaite, Hervé Servy, Stéphane Ouary, Céline Fabre, Fabienne Bazin, Joëlle Texereau

“…MethodsThis real-world, ambispective, cohort study—conducted in France, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal—will recruit adults with OSA who started PAP therapy between 2019 and 2023 and were followed by an Air Liquide Healthcare home support provider. …”
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Identifikasi Dan Pengendalian Hama Tanaman Jambu Air Dengan Pendekatan Case Based Reasoning Berbasiskan Sistem Pakar by Dasril Aldo

“…There still needs to be more information for the public about pests that attack water guava plants which will cause losses to people who cultivate guava, causing many problems, such as crop failure, imperfect growth, rotten fruit, leaves quickly falling, and other problems. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Caustic Esophageal Stricture with Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation in Chinese Children by Lan-Lan Geng, Cui-Ping Liang, Pei-Yu Chen, Qiang Wu, Min Yang, Hui-Wen Li, Zhao-Hui Xu, Lu Ren, Hong-Li Wang, Shunxian Cheng, Wan-Fu Xu, Yang Chen, Chao Zhang, Li-Ying Liu, Ding-You Li, Si-Tang Gong

“…We retrospectively reviewed the data of all patients who had a diagnosis of CES and underwent EBD from August 1, 2005, to December 31, 2014. …”
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Effect of Tiaoshen Patting Therapy Combined with Zhichan Granule on Patients with Parkinson's Disease by CAI Li, HAN Yue, WANG Taidong, GU Linyi, ZHU Kun, LIU Yi

“…ObjectiveTo observe the clinical effect of Tiaoshen patting therapy combine with Zhichan granule on tremor, stiffness and postural instability on patients with Parkinson's disease.MethodsA total of 228 patients with Parkinson's disease who were treated in the Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and it's medical consortium, which were randomly divided into Western medicine treatment group, traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment group and combined treatment group,with 76 cases in each group. …”
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Oxycodone for analgesia in children undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: a randomized, double-blind, parallel study by Wei Ji, Wei Ji, Liping Sun, Liping Sun, Yue Huang, Yue Huang, Jie Bai, Jie Bai, Jijian Zheng, Jijian Zheng, Kan Zhang, Kan Zhang

“…Eighty-two pediatric patients aged 2–18 years who were scheduled for elective ERCP were randomly assigned to receive either oxycodone (0.2 mg/kg) or fentanyl (2 μg/kg). …”
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Efficacy analysis of prophylactic hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer: a retrospective study by Zhijie Gong, Zhijie Gong, Liping Zhou, Yinghao He, Yinghao He, Jun Zhou, Yanjie Deng, Zudong Huang, WeiWei Wang, Qiangbang Yang, Jian Pan, Yingze Li, Xiaolu Yuan, Minghui Ma

“…Additionally, it explores how the frequency and timing of P-HIPEC influence treatment outcomes.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on 227 patients with locally AGC who underwent laparoscopic surgery at Maoming People’s Hospital from January 2016 to December 2022. …”
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Application of PDCA cycle management model in home-based nursing of patients with indwelling gastric tubes (PDCA循环管理模式在留置胃管患者居家护理中的应用) by ZHANG Yue (张悦), ZHANG Jingzhi (张京芝)

“…Methods A total of 14 patients who chose to have indwelling gastric tube at home from January to June of 2021 were enrolled. …”
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Food-related behaviors of rural (Asaase Kooko) and peri-urban (Kaadjanor) households in Ghana by Prince Kwabena Osei, Megan A. McCrory, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Edward Sazonov, Mingui Sun, Wenyan Jia, Tom Baranowski, Gary Frost, Benny Lo, Alex Kojo Anderson

“…All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim by professional transcribers, and manually coded using the directed content analysis approach.ResultsAll but three key informants were mothers, who were also the main food preparers for their households. …”
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