A Descriptive Study of Nosocomial Infections in an Adult Intensive Care Unit in Fiji: 2011-12 by Keshni Naidu, Ilisapeci Nabose, Sharan Ram, Kerri Viney, Stephen M. Graham, Karen Bissell

“…A retrospective study in Fiji’s largest ICU (2011-12) reported that 114 of a total 663 adult ICU admissions had bacteriological culture-confirmed nosocomial infection. …”
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Spectrum and Clinical Characteristics of Renal Diseases in Ghanaian Adults: A 13-Year Retrospective Study by Perditer Okyere, Isaac Okyere, Richard Kobina Dadzie Ephraim, Joseph Attakorah, Charlotte Osafo, Bernard Arhin, Sarah Bachelle, Albert Abaka-Yawson

“…This study revealed that patients at the nephrology unit of KATH, Ghana, are mainly adults between ages 46–55. The clinical pattern of renal diseases is dominated by CKD and ESRD. …”
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Vesicoureteral Reflux, a Scarred kidney, and Minimal Proteinuria: An Unusual Cause of Adult Secondary Hypertension by Shaifali Sandal, Apurv Khanna

“…Hypertension affects about 65 million individuals in the United States. In adult patients, primary aldosteronism and renovascular causes are described as most prevalent. …”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence and risk factors of oral frailty among older adults by Pingping Huang, Linjing Wu, Rongxiang Zhang, Rongxiang Zhang, Shiqi Chen, Shiqi Chen, Yu Zhang, Yuan Chen, Yuan Chen

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Compound Odontoma Associated with Dentigerous Cyst Incidentally Detected in an Adult Patient: Tomography and Histological Features by Mattia Manfredini, Susanna Ferrario, Luca Creminelli, Elisabetta Kuhn, Pier Paolo Poli

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Brain connectivity for constructing new face representations in typical adults versus a prosopagnosic patient by Ela I. Olivares, Jorge F. Bosch-Bayard, Ana S. Urraca, Alba Jiménez-Bascuñán, Rolando J. Biscay, Jaime Iglesias

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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension among Saudi Adult Population: A National Survey by Abdalla A. Saeed, Nasser A. Al-Hamdan, Ahmed A. Bahnassy, Abdelshakour M. Abdalla, Mostafa A. F. Abbas, Lamiaa Z. Abuzaid

“…This cross-sectional study aimed at estimating prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and predictors of hypertension among Saudi adult population. Multistage stratified sampling was used to select 4758 adult participants. …”
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Comorbidities related to the COVID-19 severity in adults. Hospital San Vicente de Paul. 2021 by Mónica Echeverría Martínez, Jorge Luis Anaya González, Secundino González Pardo, Juan Francisco Vaca Oña

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A young adult patient with Philadelphia positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting with extreme hyperleukocytosis by Gulten Tikit, Elif Yucesu, Aliye Serpil Sarıfakıoglu, Imdat Dilek, Sule Mine Bakanay

“…Key Clinical Message Extreme hyperleukocytosis (Leukocyte count >200 × 109/L) in an adolescent young adult (AYA) patient with B‐ALL could result in mild symptoms of leukostasis. …”
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Using the Hospital Frailty Risk Score to predict length of stay across all adult ages. by Huda Kutrani, Jim Briggs, David Prytherch, Claire Spice

“…Previous work focused on patients over 75 years of age, but we explore the relationship between HFRS and LOS for all adults.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a retrospective cohort study using data from a large acute hospital during the period from 01/01/2010 to 30/06/2018. …”
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Scrotal exploration for suspected testicular torsion in adolescents and adults: analysis of a series of 135 cases by Brahima Kirakoya, Clotaire Yameogo, Morgane Kambou, Ouedan Idogo, Abdullah Ayed, Gille Nacthagande, Fasnewinde Aristide Kabore

“…Any non-traumatic acute scrotal pain in adolescents and young adults is considered TT until proven otherwise. It is a urological emergency. …”
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An Investigation into Dietary Fibre Intake, Bowel Function and Mood among a sample of Irish Adults by Sophie Mulligan, Ellen Lynch, Suzanne Doyle

“…This study examines the association between dietary fibre intake, bowel function and mood in a cohort of Irish adults at a university campus. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted. …”
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Nutrient composition of meals served to adult inpatients in public hospitals in North West, South Africa by Mantombi J. Jiyana, Lindiwe J. Ncube

“…Setting: The normal diet meals of four district hospitals and one regional hospital in the North West province were collected for this study. Methods: Regular adult meals for breakfast, lunch and supper including all snacks for the day were collected from five hospitals. …”
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Educational intervention on COVID-19 in older adults of the Family Doctor´s Office No. 4. Cumanayagua, 2020 by Dayamí Guerra Villarpanda, Vivian González Suárez, Eneida Bravo Polanco, Rosario Cavada Fernández, Carmen Benítez Cabrera, Raquel Rubio Roque

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> the COVID 19 pandemic causes the death of many people, mainly older adults. Knowing about it is one way to prevent it.…”
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Challenges of parents of young adults misusing psychoactive substances in small-scale mining communities in Ghana by Philip Asamoah, Samuel Nana Abokyi, Victor Fannam Nunfam

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Experiences of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus with low socioeconomic status: a qualitative study by Vahide Semerci Çakmak, Ebru Sönmez Sari, Serap Çetinkaya Özdemir

Subjects: “…Adults with diabetes…”
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Subclinical depressive symptoms and job stress differentially impact memory in working and retired older adults by Lorena A. Ferguson, Amritha Harikumar, Stephanie L. Leal

“…Here, we aimed to examine how subclinical depressive symptoms and job stress in working and retired older adults impacted emotional memory. We found that retired, but not working, older adults with greater depressive symptoms showed enhanced negative and impaired positive memory. …”
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Prevalence and Correlates of Hypertension Unawareness among Lebanese Adults: The Need to Target Those “Left Behind” by Fatima Ghaddar, Lama Hammad, Rania A. Tohme, Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, Nahla Hwalla, Abla M. Sibai

“…In this study, we examine the prevalence and correlates of hypertension unawareness among adult Lebanese population. Methods. The study sample included a nationally representative sample of 2214 adults ≥25 years of age from the Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Risk Factor WHO-STEPS cross-sectional survey conducted in Lebanon. …”
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Knowledge about spychologocal violence and its relation with psycho- social factors in young adult women by Lorena Fabiola Velásquez Chalán, Rubén García Núñez, Juan Manuel Armendáríz Tubón, María Aurelia San Juan Bosch, Alexis Díaz Brito

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine knowledge about psychological violence and their relation with bio-social factors in Young adult women.<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> cross descriptive study realized at the Lacas San Vicente neighborhood, Ecuador from January to June 2016. …”
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Allograft tolerance after adult living donor liver transplantation: a case-control study by Mohamed S. Habl, Moataz Maher Emara, Reham A. Zayed, Ahmed M. Sultan, Ahmed Elsabagh, Ahmed Marwan Elsaid, Ehab E. Abdel-khalek, Mohamed M. El-Saadany, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Ahmed Shehta

“…Abstract Background To investigate the incidence and potential predictors of immune tolerance among adult living donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients. …”
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