Circulating Stress Hormones, Brain Health, and Cognition in Healthy Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Findings and Sex Differences in Age-Well by Maxie Liebscher, Silke White, Simon Hass, Anne Chocat, Florence Mezenge, Brigitte Landeau, Marion Delarue, Oriane Hébert, Anne-Laure Turpin, Natalie L. Marchant, Gaël Chételat, Olga Klimecki, Géraldine Poisnel, Miranka Wirth, Claire André, Pierre Champetier, Léa Chauveau, Fabienne Collette, Sophie Dautricourt, Robin de Flores, Vincent De La Sayette, Harriet Demnitz-King, Séverine Fauvel, Francesca Felisatti, Victor Ferment, Eglantine Ferrand-Devouge, Julie Gonneaud, Antoine Garnier-Crussard, Anaïs Hamel, Sacha Haudry, Pierre Krolak-Salmon, Elizabeth Kuhn, Valérie Lefranc, Antoine Lutz, Valentin Ourry, Cassandre Palix, Anne Quillard, Géraldine Rauchs, Eric Salmon, Edelweiss Touron, Patrik Vuilleumier, Tim Whitfield

“…Stress hormone levels were measured in overnight fasting blood serum (cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate) and blood plasma (epinephrine, norepinephrine) samples. …”
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Maximal Glycemic Difference, the Possible Strongest Glycemic Variability Parameter to Predict Mortality in ICU Patients by Thanaphruet Issarawattana, Rungsun Bhurayanontachai

“…This retrospective study aimed to determine the correlation of blood glucose and glycemic variability with mortality and to identify the strongest glycemic variability parameter for predicting mortality in critically ill patients. …”
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Iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy and maternal and neonatal health outcomes: A prospective study, Spain, 2021–2022 by Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández, Raúl Juárez-Vela, José Antonio Garcia-Erce, Kapil Nanwani-Nanwani, Silvia González-Fernández, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Ignacio Larrayoz-Roldán, Alberto Tovar-Reinoso, Pablo del Pozo-Herce, Pilar Sanchez-Conde, Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido, Manuel Quintana-Diaz

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Analysis of occupational health examination results among medical radiation workers in Hangzhou City by GUAN Fuqiang, ZHOU Qihong, ZHANG Tianxi, YU Huijuan

“…The physical examination data including blood routine, eye lens, thyroid ultrasound, thyroid function, liver function, renal function and blood lipid were collected, and the abnormal rates of occupational health examinations among workers with different genders, working years and occupational exposure types were analyzed. …”
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Interleukin-15 Affects Patient Survival through Natural Killer Cell Recovery after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas by Luis F. Porrata, David J. Inwards, Ivana N. Micallef, Patrick B. Johnston, Stephen M. Ansell, William J. Hogan, Svetomir N. Markovic

“…Natural killer cells at day 15 (NK-15), after autologous peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (APHSCT), is a prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). …”
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Hattrick of H-deficient phenotypes at a tertiary care health center in India by Yashaswi Dhiman, Basanta Khatiwada, Manish Raturi, Dushyant Singh Gaur, Rolika Nautiyal, Himanshu Rawat

“…H-deficient phenotypes, commonly known as Bombay blood type, have more inclination to be found in the Indian subcontinent, and conventional gold standard tube techniques are still the recommended method to identify them, provided a strict adherence to testing protocol. …”
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Clozapine-induced hypertension: A paradox by Hamza Hussain, P. C. B. Gupta, Rajeevi Keeta

“…A 42-year-old female with no prior hypertension and normal baseline blood pressure developed high blood pressure (150/90 mmHg) on clozapine 50 mg/day. …”
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The Predictive Role of Lactate in the Emergency Department in Patients with Severe Dyspnea by Maciej Niczewski, Szymon Gawęda, Paulina Kluszczyk, Mikołaj Rycerski, Daria Syguła, Anna Danel, Szymon Szmigiel, Konrad Mendrala, Aleksandra Oraczewska, Czarosław Kijonka, Monika Nowicka, Michał Wita, Tomasz Cyzowski, Grzegorz Brożek, Maciej Dyrbuś, Szymon Skoczyński

“…The clinical and laboratory parameters were retrospectively evaluated, and three groups were distinguished—arterial blood gas (ABG), venous blood gas (VBG), and mixed blood gas. …”
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Prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infection and reactive donor response rate in a tertiary care hospital in South India: A retrospective observational study by Kingsley Simon, Kevin Alphones, B. Gayathri Priyadharshini

“…Background: Transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) are a serious problem to our blood centers as they necessitate utilization of massive resources and labor to detect and remove infected blood donations and also turn out to be a source of great distress to the patients recieving blood components and the doctors treating them. …”
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Opportunities for NCD screening and control efforts among people living with HIV/AIDS attending care and treatment clinic at a regional referral hospital in Dar es Salaam by Atuganile Musyani, Grace Mosi, Erik Kinyenje, Mucho Mizinduko, Rogath Kishimba, Meshack Shimwela, Leonard Subi

“…Conducted between January and June 2020, the study included interviews, secondary data reviews, and screening for blood pressure and blood glucose levels using the World Health Organization STEPS surveillance tool. …”
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Diagnostic efficacy of serological and epigenetic methods of screening diagnostics of colorectal cancer by O. I. Kit, D. V. Burtsev, A. Yu. Maksimov

“…Diagnostic efficacy of CRC screening diagnostics by testing of blood levels of CEA, СА 242 and СА 19-9 was 40,4, 50,8 and 51,7% respectively. …”
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Hubungan Kecemasan pada Visit Pre-Anestesi dengan Tekanan Darah sebelum Tindakan Anestesi di Rumah Sakit Universitas Sumatera Utara by Christine Christine, Cut Meliza Zainumi, Tasrif Hamdi, Husnul Fuad Albar

“…During anxiety, one of the body responses is the release of epinephrine to the blood vessel resulting in increased blood pressure. …”
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Evaluation of some laboratory data in traumatic dogs by Semih Altan, Fahrettin Alkan, Yılmaz Koç

“…<b>Aim:</b> The aim of this study is to determine prognosis and prevent potential complications in blood samples taken from stray dogs brought into the surgery clinic with complaints of trauma based on hematology, blood gas, serum biochemistry and oxidative stress levels.…”
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STUDI JUMLAH TROMBOSIT ANTARA PENDONOR LAKI-LAKI DAN PEREMPUAN PADA USIA YANG BERBEDA DI UNIT TRANSFUSI DARAH CABANG KOTA MALANG by Anis Nur Khasanah, Suyadi Suyadi

“…Blood is part of the body which has 6-8 % of total body weight which include of the blood cell and plasma. …”
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Clinical Usefulness of Haptoglobin Levels to Evaluate Hemolysis in Recently Transfused Patients by Shilpi Gupta, Kathleen Ahern, Fadi Nakhl, Frank Forte

“…Serum haptoglobin measurement is used as a laboratory marker for the diagnosis of hemolytic anemia. Since stored blood contains free hemoglobin, transfusion may affect haptoglobin levels. …”
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Antihypertensive effect of sinapine extracted from rapeseed meal in 2K1C hypertensive rats by Gaoyuan Yang, Lin Zhu, Yu Wang, Yang Yu, Xiaoguang Liu, Jingbo Xia, Yunjie Yang, Huiguo Wang, Baomin Feng

“…One-time or long-term administration of sinapine significantly reduced the rats’ systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic pressure (DBP), and mean blood pressure (MBP). …”
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Thr92Ala Polymorphism of Human Type 2 Deiodinase Gene (hD2) Affects the Development of Graves' Disease, Treatment Efficiency, and Rate of Remission by Babenko Alina, Popkova Daria, Freylihman Olga, Solncev Vladislav, Kostareva Anna, Grineva Elena

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Effect of gonadectomy and estradiol on the expression of insulin signaling cascade genes in female and male mice by T. V. Iakovleva, N. E. Kostina, E. N. Makarova, N. M. Bazhan

“…In females, gonadectomy reduced the level of estradiol in the blood, increased insulin resistance and blood glucose levels compared to Sham females. …”
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Correction: Prognostic impact of donor mitochondrial genomic variants in myelodysplastic neoplasms after stem-cell transplantation by Jing Dong, Shahram Arsang-Jang, Tao Zhang, Zhongyuan Chen, Yung-Tsi Bolon, Stephen Spellman, Raul Urrutia, Paul Auer, Wael Saber

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Transfusion and Risk of Infection in Canada: Update 2006 by Noni MacDonald

“…In Canada and other developed countries, many steps are taken to minimize the risk of infection from transfusion of blood or blood products (1). However, the infection risk can never be zero because these are biological products taken from living donors who are never 'germ free' (2). …”
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