The Utility of Non-Invasive Nasal Positive Pressure Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Near Drowning Patients by June Hyeong Kim, Kyung Hoon Sun, Yong Jin Park

“…We collected the demographic (age, sex, length of hospital stay, and outcome), laboratory (arterial blood gas, lactate, oxygen saturation, partial pressure of oxygen divided by the fraction of inspired oxygen, complete blood count, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine), and clinical data (acute lung injury index and ventilator failure) of the patients. …”
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Evaluation of serum leptin and adiponectin and their associations with obesity-related renal injury among Egyptian adolescents by Azza A El-Shaheed, Reham F. Fahmy, Nermine N. Mahfouz, Salwa R El-Zayat, Hiba Sibaii, Rehab S.I. Moustafa

“…Serum adiponectin levels had significant negative correlations, with both systolic (r=−0.480, P=0.013) and diastolic (r=−0.491, P=0.011) blood pressure, while serum leptin levels did not correlate with BMI, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, HOMA- IR, eGFR, or KIM-1 in the study group (P>0.05). …”
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Evaluation of Hypertension and Renal Function in Preeclamptic Women: A Follow-Up Study at 6th Week of Postpartum by Ebru Ayguler, Gokce Anik Ilhan

“…The mean decrease in systolic blood pressure was 34.6±15.2 mmHg, while the mean decrease in diastolic blood pressure was 22.88±11.68 mmHg (p<0.001). …”
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VCAM-1 Promotes Angiogenesis of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Patients with Trauma-Induced Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head by Regulating the Apelin/CCN2 Pathway by Yiming Shao, Lei Sun, Baodong Ma, Ranran Jin, Yueyao Ban, Ruibo Li, Jianfa Wang, Hongkai Lian, Han Yue

“…Trauma-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (TI-ONFH) is a pathological process in which the destruction of blood vessels supplying blood to the femoral head causes the death of bone tissue cells. …”
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Hematological effects of coenzyme q10 in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats by Ercan Keskin, Deniz Uluışık

“…Group 2 was administered with 0,3 ml corn oil IP daily for four weeks, group 3 was injected IP with 10 mg/kg CoQ10 daily for four weeks, group 4 was made diabetic by SC injections of 40 mg/kg streptozotocin as single daily dose for two days, group 5 was made diabetic by SC injections of streptozotocin in the same way and then was injected IP with 10 mg/kg CoQ10 daily for four weeks. In blood samples received from all animals, red blood cells (RBC) and white blood cells (WBC) counts, hemoglobin amount, hematocrit value (PCV), differential leucocyte counts and mean cell volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were determined.…”
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Therapeutic Effects of Yoga in Reducing Stress in Hypertensive Patients by Evelyn Carolina Betancourt Rubio, Walter Alberto Vayas Valdiviezo, Daniela Abigail Cobo Álvarez

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> yoga therapy showed positive results in reducing stress in patients with high blood pressure. Yoga should be considered as an effective complementary therapy to relieve stress in patients with high blood pressure, with potential to improve the quality of life of patients…”
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Effects of local rosuvastatin/hyaluronan hydrogel on post-orthodontic relapse reduction in rabbits: Histological and immunohistochemical study by Saba N. Yaseen, Hakam H. Al‑Fakhry, Mohanad Y. Saleh

“…In conclusion, local injection of RSV/HAH has promising effects on alveolar bone regeneration by increasing BAP expression, osteoblast, and blood vessel counts and reducing TRAP 5 b expression and osteoclast count.…”
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Hypertension and Associated Factors in Rural and Urban Areas Mali: Data from the STEP 2013 Survey by Hamidou Oumar Bâ, Youssouf Camara, Ichaka Menta, Ibrahima Sangaré, Noumou Sidibé, I. B. Diall, Souleymane Coulibaly, Maiga Asmaou Kéita, Georges Rosario Christian Millogo

“…Collected data (sociodemographic, blood pressure, weight, height, and blood glucose) were analyzed using SPSS version 20. …”
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A Wearable Iron-Based Implant as an Intramedullary Nail in Tibial Shaft Fracture of Sheep by Sitaria F. Siallagan, Marzuki Silalahi, Arief Boediono, Sri Estuningsih, Deni Noviana

“…The systemic effect of the implants was observed using hematology and blood chemistry examination. Data collection also shows that both implants also had a minimum response to the erythrocytes, leucocytes, blood chemistry, and blood mineral during the period of observation. …”
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Hypoglycemic activity of brown seaweed (Sargassum plagiophyllum) kombucha bioactive compound in rat model type-2 of diabetes by Priambodo Ahmad Faris, Martati Erryana, Firdaus Muhamad

“…Hyperglycemia is a condition of increased blood glucose with out of normal limits criteria associated with diabetes mellitus. …”
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Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: The Learning Curve of a Low Volume Surgeon by Anuar I. Mitre, Mario F. Chammas, José Eugênio A. Rocha, Ricardo Jordão Duarte, Gustavo Xavier Ebaid, Flavio Trigo Rocha

“…An enhancement of estimated blood loss, surgery length, and presence of a positive surgical margin were all considered as a function of surgeon’s experience. …”
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MRSA Spinal Epidural Abscess as a Neurosurgical and Infectious Disease Emergency with Unresolved Antimicrobial Solution by James Ebot, W. D. Freeman, Robert Wharen, Mark Anthony Diaz, Claudia Libertin

“…Despite surgery and IV vancomycin with MIC of 1, suggesting extreme susceptibility, the patient’s blood cultures remained persistently bacteremic at day 5 of treatment. …”
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Colostrum management practices that improve the transfer of passive immunity in neonatal dairy calves: A scoping review. by T Uyama, D F Kelton, C B Winder, J Dunn, H M Goetz, S J LeBlanc, J T McClure, D L Renaud

“…Of the 256 total studies, 222 assessed blood IgG concentration while 107 measured blood total protein concentration. …”
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome as Presenting Form of Very Early Systemic Sclerosis by María Isabel Pedraza, Julia Barbado, Marina Ruiz, Ángel Luis Guerrero

“…Its mechanism depends on failure of the blood-brain barrier due to high systemic blood pressure (BP) and loss of integrity of vascular endothelium related with different triggers. …”
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Why Does Pnemococcus Kill? by Yves Bergeron, Michel G Bergeron

“…Although the kinetics of cytokines differ considerably from blood to lung tissue to alveoli, and blood levels do not correlate to tissue levels, the kinetics of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-6 in blood, as well as TNF and nitric oxide in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid are good indicators of the evolution of the disease. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Mean Platelet Volume, Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, and Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio for Late-Onset Neonatal Sepsis by Behzad Barekatain, Elahe Mardani, Alireza Sadeghnia, Zahra Heidari

“…Background: Neonatal sepsis (NS) is the most common cause of neonatal mortality, currently confirmed with blood culture as the diagnostic gold standard. However, being time-consuming, false-negative results, being affected by even a single dose of antibiotics, and expensiveness are negative aspects. …”
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Thromboelastography parameters in chronic viral liver disease and liver resection: a retrospective study by Ying Di, Jialu Li, Chunjuan Ye, Zheng Wang, Qianqian Zhu

“…In addition, R-times obtained before liver resection were weakly associated with perioperative blood loss after multivariable adjustments. TEG utility for haemostasis assessment and prediction of blood loss during liver resection should be further explored in high-quality studies.…”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation for Incomplete Paraplegia by Working Group of Clinical Practice Guidelines of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation for Incomplete Paraplegia

“…We sort out the treatment, evidence level, recommended opinions and recommended prescriptions of different syndrome types of incomplete paraplegia, such as blood stasis syndrome, Qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome, spleen and stomach weakness syndrome, liver and kidney deficiency syndrome, Qi and blood deficiency syndrome and so on. …”
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Surgical techniques in tonsillectomy: A comparative analysis of cold steel dissection and bipolar diathermy. by Nisar Akber Khan, Muhammad Dawood Saleem, Muhammad Ali, Abdul Shakoor, Nighat Arif, Izzah Islam

“… Objective: To compare intra-operative blood loss, operative time and postoperative pain scores with cold steel dissection technique versus bipolar diathermy technique in tonsillectomy at our institution. …”
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Caregiver’s Opinions on the Design of the Screens of a Future Gamified Mobile Application for Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Children in Saudi Arabia by Demah M. Alsalman, Zahra Bu Ali, Zainab Alnosaier, Norah Alotaibi, Turki M. Alanzi

“…Also, the content of the designed screens can help to monitor blood glucose readings and comply with medication treatment. …”
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