Lower Dose of 5 mL of 1% Lidocaine is More Suitable than the Conventional 10 mL for Caudal Block in Transrectal Prostate Biopsy: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Norichika Ueda, Mototaka Sato, Shunsuke Mori, Atsuki Matsukawa, Yuta Oki, Yuma Kujime, Ryoya Mizuno, Hiromu Horitani, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Shota Fukae, Mitsuhiro Yoshinaga, Makoto Matsushita, Mai Akiyama, Satoshi Kamido, Ayako Honda, Jiro Nakayama, Norihide Tei, Osamu Miyake

“…The pain score, anal sphincter tonus score, or prostate cancer diagnosis rate were not significantly different between the two groups. However, rectal bleeding was significantly more frequent and severe in the 10-mL than the 5-mL group (p=0.018 and p=0.0036, respectively). …”
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Factors associated with maternal mortality in Ica, Peru: A matched case-control study by Jorge Ybaseta-Medina, Marjorie Ybaseta-Soto, Olinda Oscco-Torres, Carmen Aquije-Paredes, Carmen Vera-Cáceres

“…Results The absence of a partner (adjusted OR: 12.3; 95% CI: 2.6 to 58.8), history of anemia (adjusted OR: 5.8; 95% CI: 1.5 to 21.3), delays of more than two hours in accessing medical care (adjusted OR: 10.2; 95% CI: 2.0 to 51.1), and lack of knowledge of warning signs such as unrecognized vaginal bleeding by companions (adjusted OR: 7.4; 95% CI: 1.2 to 46.7) were associated with an increased risk of maternal mortality. …”
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Successful Mechanical Thrombectomy for Bilateral Anterior Cerebral Artery Occlusions in a Rare Anatomical Variant: A Case Report by Ge B, Zhu J, Zhang F, Han X, Xia Y, Ji Z, Sun P, Li Y, Zhang H, Guo J

“…AIS was considered after no bleeding was observed on emergency head computed tomography. …”
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Systemic doxycycline as an adjunct to nonsurgical periodontal therapy in diabetic patients with periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zheng Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Zhenyu Zhang, Guoquan Zhang

“…For probing depth (PD), clinical attachment level (CAL), plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), and bleeding on probing (BOP), mean difference (MD) and the 95% confidence interval (CI) were computed. …”
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Multicenter study for CH-VAD as a fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device by Yifan Lu, Shuanglei Zhao, Jie Han, Qiang Lv, Xin Du, Zhengdong Hua, Keli Huang, Zhenwei Ge, Xiaoning Sun, Dan Zhu, Yongfeng Shao, Hongjia Zhang, Ming Gong

“…Key adverse events were infrequent, including low rates of right HF, reoperation for bleeding, and driveline infection. Importantly, no pump thrombosis or device failures were noted. …”
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Ectopic Pregnancy: A Review of Prevalence, Clinical Presentation and Outcome in Gusau, Northwest, Nigeria by Shittu MA, Olaoye SO, Aremu-Kasumu YB, Fasanu OT

“…Amenorrhea, abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding were the most common presentations (100%, 98.4% and 96.9% respectively). …”
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Scurvy as a Cause of Leg Pain and Limp in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients by Christopher J. DeFrancesco, MD, David Kell, BA, Sean Owens, BS, Matt Grady, MD, Naomi Brown, MD

“…The resulting disease, known as scurvy, can present with various findings, including gingival bleeding, bruising, other skin lesions, poor wound healing, and tooth and bone abnormalities. …”
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Oral Health Status of Elderly People Living in Different Old Homes of Karachi by Mohsin Haider, Muhammad Arqam Najmi, Kulsoom Fatima Rizvi, Maria Moin, Syed Ahmed Omer, Arsalan Khalid, Fareha Sajjad, Rabbiya Imtiaz

“…Results: A total of Fifty-nine males and 37 females were included in the study.70.8% had Bleeding on probing (BOP). Sixty two percent had pocketing of 4-5 mm. 66.6% had a greater decayed component, and eighty five percent had missing teeth. …”
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Perioperative Treatment with Rivaroxaban and Dabigatran on Changes of Coagulation and Platelet Activation Biomarkers following Left Atrial Appendage Closure by Yao Yao, Yanli Li, Qinchun Jin, Xiaoye Li, Xiaochun Zhang, Qianzhou Lv

“…The primary endpoints of this study were the efficacy and safety characteristics of different antithrombotic strategies, including DRT incidence, stroke or transient ischemic attack, systemic embolism, and clinical major and nonmajor bleeding complications during the follow-up of 180 days. …”
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Efficacy and safety of high-intensity focused ultrasound combined with suction curettage for the treatment of caesarean scar pregnancy: a systematic review and single-arm meta-anal... by Yu Jiang, Yang Liu, Nian Liu, Shize Qin, Shuting Zhong, Xiaohua Huang

“…The average hospital stay was 6.22 days, the intraoperative blood loss was 26.29 ml and the incidence of adverse events was 15.60%, including abdominal or lower limb pain, fever, vaginal bleeding, haematuria and vomiting. Furthermore, post-treatment follow-up showed that serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin levels were rapidly normalized (average of 25.48 days) and menstruation returned (average of 33.03 days). …”
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Impact of Preoperative Anemia on Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Elective Colorectal Surgery by Liu Liu, Lin Liu, Li-Chuang Liang, Zhi-qiang Zhu, Xiao Wan, Heng-bing Dai, Qiang Huang

“…However, POA was not associated with other postoperative complications, like anastomotic leak, organ space SSI, and bleeding. Upon multivariable analysis, POA and stoma formation were identified as two independent risk factors for incisional SSI (OR (95%CI): 2.44 (1.09–5.49) for POA versus no POA and 2.64 (1.20–5.81) for stoma formation versus no stoma formation). …”
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Radiologic placement of totally implantable venous access devices: Outcomes and complications from a large oncology cohort by Sonam Tashi, Alfred Bingchao Tan, Jasmine Ming Er Chua, Gek Hsiang Lim, Nanda Venkatanarasimha, Sivanathan Chandramohan

“…The early post-procedure complications were pain (24.7%), bruising (9.2%), swelling (3.6%), bleeding (0.5%), fever (0.4%), itchiness (0.2%) and allergic dermatitis (0.1%). …”
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Comparative efficacy of uterine artery embolization versus laparoscopic myomectomy in treating uterine fibroids: a propensity score matched analysis by Cunbao Wei, Xingwei Sun, Shenzhi Li, Xuming Bai, Yong Jin

“…Compared to the LM group, the UAE group had less intraoperative bleeding (P < 0.001), a lower rate of hemoglobin decrease (P < 0.001), shorter operation, postoperative, and overall hospital stays (P < 0.001), and a lower postoperative recurrence rate (P < 0.05), all statistically significant. …”
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Exploring patient-centered barriers to hemophilia care in Southern Nigeria: Study Protocol by Eguzo K, Ekwere T, Kirikareye B, Okoye H, Egharevba P, Oluoha C

“… Background: Hemophilia is a rare, inherited bleeding disorder which affects about three out of every one million Nigerians. …”
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Clinicopathological and prognostic factor analyses of primary fallopian tube carcinoma and high-grade serous ovarian cancer: a single-institution retrospective study by Mengyan Tu, Xueyan Gao, Tianchen Guo, Weiguo Lu, Junfen Xu

“…The most common clinical manifestations were abnormal vaginal bleeding and/or discharge (61%). A total of 72% of the cases were found at the early stage, and 90% of the tumors were high grade (51 cases). 51% of patients were diagnosed with PFTC before surgery, while the rest were misdiagnosed. …”
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The significance of the immunohistochemical method in diagnosing atypical endometrial polyps as manifestations of localized hyperplasia by O.V. Poslavska, D.A. Khaskhachykh, I.S. Shponka, V.O. Potapov

“…The research material consisted of histological samples from 37 patients aged 38 to 52 with abnormal uterine bleeding, treated at a clinical hospital in Dnipro. …”
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Comparison of Approaches for Stroke Prophylaxis in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: Network Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials. by Navkaranbir S Bajaj, Rajat Kalra, Nirav Patel, Taimoor Hashim, Hemant Godara, Sameer Ather, Garima Arora, Tilak Pasala, Thomas T Whitfield, David C McGiffin, Mustafa I Ahmed, Steven G Lloyd, Nita A Limdi, Pankaj Arora

“…We collected data on ischemic stroke, major bleeding, and the composite primary safety endpoint as defined by various randomized controlled trials. …”
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Autoimmune Factor V Deficiency That Took 16 Years to Diagnose due to Pseudodeficiency of Multiple Coagulation Factors by Takaaki Kato, Takaya Hanawa, Mea Asou, Tomohiko Asakawa, Hisashi Sakamaki, Makoto Araki

“…He had exhibited a tendency to bleed for the last 16 years and had visited several medical institutions, but no diagnosis had been made. …”
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Postoperative fever following surgery for oral cancer: Incidence, risk factors, and the formulation of a machine learning-based predictive model by Yanling Zhang, Kun Long, Zhaojian Gong, Ruping Dai, Shuiting Zhang

“…In univariate and multivariate logistic analysis showed that age, sex, reoperation, Charlson Comorbidity Index score (CCI), leukocyte, bleeding and blood transfusion were independent risk factors for POF of patients following surgery in oral cancer. …”
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Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt for the Treatment of Portal Hypertension in Noncirrhotic Patients with Portal Cavernoma by Xuefeng Luo, Ling Nie, Biao Zhou, Denghua Yao, Huaiyuan Ma, Mingshan Jiang, Hailong Zhang, Xiao Li

“…The other patient died of massive gastrointestinal bleeding in a local hospital. The remaining nine patients maintained functioning shunts through their last evaluation. …”
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