Effect of Admission Hyperglycemia on Short-Term Prognosis of Patients with Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome without Diabetes Mellitus by Wei Liu, Zhijuan Li, Shiying Xing, Yanwei Xu

“…The clinical data of 498 patients with NSTE-ACS admitted to the Department of Cardiology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology between March 2018 and November 2020 were analyzed. Based on the blood glucose (BG) level at admission, patients were divided into three groups: A (BG<7.8 mmol/L), B (7.8 mmol/L≤BG<11.1 mmol/L), and C (BG≥11.1 mmol/L). …”
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Frequency of Detection of Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Campylobacter spp. in the Faeces of Wild Rats (Rattus spp.) in Trinidad and Tobago by Comfort Nkogwe, Juliah Raletobana, Alva Stewart-Johnson, Sharianne Suepaul, Abiodun Adesiyun

“…Characterization of E. coli was done on sorbitol MacConkey agar to determine non-sorbitol fermentation, blood agar to determine haemolytic and mucoid colonies and by using E. coli O157 antiserum to determine O157 strain. …”
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Treatment goals and preferences of pediatric psoriasis patients, young adults, and parents by Mirjam J. Schaap, Susanne C. E. Broekhuis, Saskia Spillekom-van Koulil, Hans M. M. Groenewoud, Elke M. G. J. de Jong, Marieke M. B. Seyger

“…Pediatric patients rated ‘not sticky’, ‘quick results’, and ‘no/few blood samples needed’ higher than parents and/or young adults. …”
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Nursing of an elderly patient with chronic constipation treated by auricular acupoint sticking and pressing therapy (耳穴贴压治疗老年慢性便秘1例的护理体会) by YE Yun (叶云), CAO Fang (曹芳), TIAN Zheng (田征)

“…To summarize the nursing experience of an elderly patient with chronic constipation of Qi-blood deficiency syndrome treated by auricular acupoint sticking and pressing therapy. …”
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Movement in the Shadow of Sadness: How Physical Activity Supports the Fight Against Depression by Agata Ossolińska, Patrycja Marta, Filip Huzarski, Gabriela Ferfecka, Klaudia Pawełek, Lucyna Stolarska, Magdalena Rosa-Bończak, Natalia Morawiecka, Olivier Carlton, Weronika Kłosowicz

“…The biological mechanisms associated with physical activity include improved cerebral blood flow, modulation of neurotransmitter systems, and increased levels of neurotrophic factors like BDNF. …”
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Administration of Melatonin in Diabetic Retinopathy Is Effective and Improves the Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment by Samraa H. Abdel-Kawi, Khalid S. Hashem

“…The confirmed diabetic rats were divided into 4 groups: diabetic group: confirmed diabetic rats received no treatments with a regular follow of the blood glucose profile for 8 weeks; melatonin group: confirmed diabetic rats received melatonin (5 mg/kg/day); stem cell group: the confirmed diabetic rats were given intravitreal injection of stem cells (2 μl cell suspension of stem cells (3×104 cells/μl)); and melatonin+stem cell group: confirmed diabetic rats received melatonin (5 mg/kg/day), orally once daily for 8 weeks, and 2 μl cell suspension of stem cells (3×104 cells/μl) was carefully injected into the vitreous cavity. …”
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Sex Differences in the Renal Vascular Responses of AT1 and Mas Receptors in Two-Kidney-One-Clip Hypertension by Zahra Pezeshki, Mehdi Nematbakhsh

“…Responses of mean arterial pressure (MAP), renal blood flow (RBF), and renal vascular resistance (RVR) to Ang II were determined. …”
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Clinical value of miR-200b in diagnosis and prognosis of childhood pneumonia by Weiwei Qi, Beibei Teng, Fan Zhang, Ying Chen, Jinmei Xu, Jinling Luan

“…Methods RT-qPCR was used to measure the miR-200b expression in venous blood. ROC curve was adopted to assess the diagnostic ability of miR-200b in children with CP. …”
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Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Administration Alleviates Allergic Airway Inflammation in Mice by Regulating the JAK-STAT Signaling Pathway by Zhihui Min, Jiebai Zhou, Ruolin Mao, Bo Cui, Yunfeng Cheng, Zhihong Chen

“…PQQ administration also changed the secretion of IFN-γ and IL-4 as well as the percentages of Th1, Th2, Th17, and Treg cells in the peripheral blood and lung tissues, along with inhibition the phosphorylation of STAT1, STAT3, and STAT6 while promoting that of STAT4 in allergic airway inflammation model mice. …”
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LEVEL SELECTION OF NON-TRAUMATIC LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CRITICAL ISCHEMIA by S.M. Vasyliuk, V.S. Osadets, O.V. Prudnikov, O.M. Makarchuk, B.V. Krysa, V.V. Ivanyna

“…However, the severity of chronic ischemia of the lower limb is determined not only by the level of occlusion, but also by the severity of collateral blood flow at the same level of damage. That is why, in our opinion, the results of an ultrasound examination of the lower limb arteries cannot be decisive when choosing the level of amputation. …”
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Psychological and Physiological Relaxation Induced by Nature-Working with Ornamental Plants by Jiang Tao, Ahmad Hassan, Chen Qibing, Liu Yinggao, Guo Li, Mingyan Jiang, Deng Li, Li Nian, Lv Bing-Yang, Zhong Ziqin

“…A total of 40 Chinese females (mean age 22.2 ± 0.9 years) participated in this experiment. The Blood pressure, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the electroencephalograms (EEGs) were used to measure the participants’ psychophysiological responses. …”
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Liver Metabolic Alterations and Changes in Host Intercompartmental Metabolic Correlation during Progression of Malaria by Arjun Sengupta, Angika Basant, Soumita Ghosh, Shobhona Sharma, Haripalsingh M. Sonawat

“…Indications are that the females are able to regulate their metabolism in the liver in such a way to maintain homeostasis in the blood. In males, however, choline in liver showed anticorrelation to choline content of serum indicating a higher phospholipid degradation process. …”
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Cell-free DNA Levels in Herpes Zoster: A Cross-sectional Longitudi­nal Study by Chaya Bracha Gordon, Yaron Zenaty, Ayelet Ollech, Gidon Test, Amos Douvdevani, Amir Horev

“…Cell-free DNA was extracted from blood samples of patients with herpes zoster or post-herpetic neuralgia and compared with healthy controls. …”
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LESIONS OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENT WITH MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL by I.A. Mormol, O.A. Borzykh, N.D. Gerasymenko, C. Esanu, L.P. Ozarchuk

“…The patient had all the characteristic signs of a severe course of SLE with the development of a complication - severe anemia (frequent exacerbations of the main disease, a significant and constant decrease in the number of erythrocytes and the level of hemoglobin in the general blood test against the background of glucocorticosteroid therapy, the severity of clinical symptoms). …”
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Risk Factors and Predictive Model for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Patients with Multiple Myeloma by Rong Bao MM, Mengtong Fan MM, Min Hu MM, Ling Li BD,   Hasichaolu BD

“…Objectives Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematologic malignancy comprising approximately 10% of all blood cancers. Patients with MM are at risk for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), a serious complication characterized by systemic coagulation activation, leading to microthrombi, organ dysfunction, and severe bleeding. …”
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Early postoperative results after surgical aortic valve replacement concomitant with different methods of myocardial revascularization by K.S. Boyko, B.M. Todurov

“…Moreover, the patients of the first group required intraoperative use of more than two doses of blood red cell mass by 21.4 % less often (p = 0.046). …”
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In Vivo Inflammatory Effects of Ceria Nanoparticles on CD-1 Mouse: Evaluation by Hematological, Histological, and TEM Analysis by Anna Poma, Anna Maria Ragnelli, Joaquin de Lapuente, David Ramos, Miquel Borras, Pierpaolo Aimola, Mario Di Gioacchino, Sandro Santucci, Laura De Marzi

“…Histological evaluation demonstrated the NPs presence in lungs tissues and this can be explained by assuming their ability to go into the blood stream and lately into the organs (generating inflammation).…”
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A Case of Large Perianal Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Arising from Recurrent Abscess and Complex Fistulae by Fahmi Pramaditto Azmi, Nur Afdzillah Abdul Rahman, Luqman Mazlan, Normala Basiron, Farrah-Hani Imran

“…He presented with a 6-month history of a discharging growth in perianal region and painful defecation associated with occasional blood mixed stools. An incisional biopsy from the ulcer revealed mucinous adenocarcinoma. …”
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Acute kidney injury and ANCA positivity in a patient treated with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir: a case report by Lawrence Hyun Kwon, Jennifer Griffiths, Lanny DiFranza

“…His serum creatinine rose to 4.46 mg/dL and blood urea nitrogen to 44 mg/dL. ANCA serology revealed dual perinuclear and cytoplasmic positivity, though anti-proteinase 3 and anti-myeloperoxidase antibody tests were negative. …”
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Targeted Imaging of Endometriosis and Image-Guided Resection of Lesions Using Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analogue-Modified Indocyanine Green by Jing Peng, Qiyu Liu, Tao Pu, Mingxing Zhang, Meng Zhang, Ming Du, Guiling Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Congjian Xu

“…No obvious toxicity was observed in routine blood tests, serum biochemicals, or histopathology in mice. …”
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