Prognostic Factors for in-hospital Complications of Acute ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Geovedy Martínez García, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> males predominated (72.9 %), the average age was 62.1 years. High blood pressure prevailed as a risk factor and lower face topography was the most frequent electrocardiographic location. …”
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A Case of Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome Resulting from an Invasive Pneumococcal Infection in a Patient with a Hypoplastic Spleen by Kazumasa Emori, Nobuhiro Takeuchi, Junichi Soneda

“…Peripheral blood smears revealed Howell-Jolly bodies, indicating decreased splenic function. …”
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Indications and findings of flexible bronchoscopy in trauma field in Korea: a case series by Dongsub Noh

“…The findings of FBS were mucous plugs (n=36), blood and blood clots (n=16), percutaneous dilatory tracheostomy (n=3), foreign bodies (n=2), granulation tissue at the tracheostomy site (n=2), tracheostomy tube malposition (n=1), bronchus spasm (n=1), difficult airway intubation (n=1), and negative findings (n=5). …”
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Deep learning-based malaria parasite detection: convolutional neural networks model for accurate species identification of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax by Diego A. Ramos-Briceño, Alessandro Flammia-D’Aleo, Gerardo Fernández-López, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, David A. Forero-Peña

“…We propose a CNN-based model for classifying cells infected by P. falciparum, P. vivax, and uninfected white blood cells from thick blood smears. Our best-performing model utilizes a seven-channel input and correctly predicted 12,876 out of 12,954 cases. …”
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Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation for the Treatment of Resistant Hypertension by Vasilios Papademetriou, Michael Doumas, Charles Faselis, Constantinos Tsioufis, Stella Douma, Eugene Gkaliagkousi, Chrysanthos Zamboulis

“…Indeed, current data support a sustained over a transient reduction of blood pressure through the resetting of baroreceptors, and technical deficits have been minimized with a subsequent recession of adverse events. …”
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Exercising in the Fasted State Reduced 24-Hour Energy Intake in Active Male Adults by Jessica L. Bachman, Ronald W. Deitrick, Angela R. Hillman

“…All food was weighed and measured for 24 hours. Measures of blood glucose and hunger were collected at 5 time points. …”
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Influence of Febrile Neutropenia Period on Plasma Viscosity at Malignancy by Ibrahim Tek, Selami Kocak Toprak, Efe Hasdemir, Samed Rahatli, Aysegül Yesilkaya

“…Cancer, chemotherapy, and infections all together make changes in blood rheology and may affect the defense mechanisms by changing the thrombocyte function and endothelial cell. …”
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Clinical analysis of different intestinal reconstruction methods after primary cytoreductive surgery combined with rectal resection for advanced ovarian cancer by Huimin Wang, Xiaocen Li, Ying Jiang, Jinxin Chen, Rong Cao, Jingru Zhang

“…The primary intestinal anastomosis group exhibited a larger blood transfusion volume, higher incidence rates of anastomotic leak and electrolyte disturbance, and longer times to first flatus, first feeding and drain removal than the other two groups (p &lt; 0.05).ConclusionsColostomy can be adopted for advanced ovarian cancer patients with a large ascites volume, hypoproteinemia, large intraoperative blood and fluid loss volumes, multiple intestinal resections, anastomoses located below the peritoneal reflection, high PCI and suboptimal cytoreductive surgery. …”
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FAMILY NURSING CARE OF PHYSICAL MOBILITY DISORDERS IN PATIENT WITH POST STROKE IN BLULUK VILLAGE, LAMONGAN REGENCY by Iswatun Iswatun, Endah sri Wijayanti, Rizkika Putri Silvia

“…Introduction: Stroke is brain damage due to blood supply to the brain, an event that suddenly takes place within 24 hours without realizing it, such as rupture of blood vessels in the brain and lack of blood supply in the brain. …”
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Portal‐Vein Compression Caused by Double‐Pigtail Plastic Biliary Stent by Shinsuke Akiyama, Masaya Wada, Tetsuro Inokuma

“…However, follow‐up contrast‐enhanced computed tomography (CE‐CT) revealed differences in arterial‐phase blood flow between the liver lobes without reduction in portal vein blood flow. …”
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Design and Optimization of the Circulatory Cell-Driven Drug Delivery Platform by Pengyu Gao, Dan Zou, Ansha Zhao, Ping Yang

“…Cells, particularly those in the blood circulatory system, meet most of the demands that the nanoparticle-based delivery systems do not. …”
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Effect of high-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous training with quercetin supplementation on the mitochondrial gene expression in the diabetic heart by Mojdeh Khajehlandi, Lotfali Bolboli

“…Both training protocols, combined with quercetin, controlled blood glucose levels and improved antioxidant capacity. …”
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Direct Spinal Ventral Root Repair following Avulsion: Effectiveness of a New Heterologous Fibrin Sealant on Motoneuron Survival and Regeneration by Mateus Vidigal de Castro, Roberta Barbizan, Rui Seabra Ferreira, Benedito Barraviera, Alexandre Leite Rodrigues de Oliveira

“…In the present work, we have compared two different fibrin sealants, one derived from human blood and another derived from animal blood and Crotalus durissus terrificus venom, as a promising treatment for this type of injury. …”
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Brain-Specific Increase in Leukotriene Signaling Accompanies Chronic Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Impairment in a Model of Gulf War Illness by Sahithi Attaluri, Raghavendra Upadhya, Maheedhar Kodali, Leelavathi N. Madhu, Dinesh Upadhya, Bing Shuai, Ashok K. Shetty

“…Enhanced CysLT and LTB4 levels in the brain could also be gleaned from their concentrations in brain-derived extracellular vesicles in the circulating blood. The circulating blood in GWI rats displayed elevated proinflammatory cytokines with no alterations in CysLT and LTB4 concentrations. …”
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Probiotics Fermented Bitter Melon Juice as Promising Complementary Agent for Diabetes Type 2: Study on Animal Model by Laksmi Hartajanie, S. Fatimah-Muis, K. Heri-Nugroho HS, Ign Riwanto, M. Sulchan

“…The study was aimed to analyse the difference of the treatment that influences blood glucose and SOD level before and after treatment compared to acarbose. …”
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Identification of Predictive Factors for Massive Transfusion Activation in Trauma Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Thosapol Ueamsaranworakul, Ratcharin Niamjumnong, Kumpol Kornthatchapong, Winchana Srivilaithon

“…Introduction: Acute blood loss and uncontrolled hemorrhage in trauma require quick identification and action to restore circulating volume and save the patient. …”
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Study on the Correlation between Interleukin-27 and CXCL10 in Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Jiahui Fan, Yefeng Yang, Liang Wang, Xiaoqian Shang, Li Zhang, Hu Sun, Yujie Ma, Ying Li, Jing Wang, Xiumin Ma

“…Collect the lesion tissue and peripheral blood of pulmonary tuberculosis patients and the peripheral blood of healthy controls. …”
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Increasing inclusions of Tribulus terrestris as an additive in diets of sheep kept in confinement by Y.S. Schunk, C.F.M. Mendes, R.A. T. Almeida, I.P. Raimundo, I.Q. Takahashi, C.F. Silva, R.L. Valença, R.O. Rego, L.C. Nunes, M.T.C. Almeida

“…Inclusion of up to 5.0g/kg did not affect fermentation parameters in situ, did not harm the blood metabolic profile and reduced the population of small protozoa. …”
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Autosplenectomy in a Patient with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) by Ethan Burns, Kartik Anand, Gonzalo Acosta, Malcolm Irani, Betty Chung, Abhishek Maiti, Ibrahim Ibrahim, Lawrence Rice

“…The patient presented with septicemia two years after starting eculizumab, and his peripheral blood smear showed extensive Howell–Jolly bodies, Pappenheimer bodies, acanthocytes, and target cells. …”
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Fatal Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation in an Acquired Aplastic Anemia Patient Treated with Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin and Cyclosporine A by Tohru Takahashi, Yumiko Maruyama, Mayuko Saitoh, Hideto Itoh, Mitsuru Yoshimoto, Masayuki Tsujisaki

“…One month after the start of ATG, persistent fever which was not responsive to antibiotics or antifungal agents developed and atypical lymphocytes emerged in peripheral blood. Repeated blood cultures were negative. An extremely high level of EBV virus in his peripheral blood plasma was detected by means of a quantitative real-time PCR assay. …”
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