Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Ureterolithotomy for Proximal Ureteral Calculi in Selected Patients by Qingfeng Hu, Weihong Ding, Yuancheng Gou, Yatfaat Ho, Ke Xu, Bin Gu, Chuanyu Sun, Guowei Xia, Qiang Ding

“…All procedures were performed successfully and the mean operating time and estimated blood loss were 87 min and 64 mL. The clearance rate was 98.5% and the rates of urine leak and ureteral stricture were 2.5% and 1.0%. …”
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Pengaruh Pendidikan Kesehatan Terhadap Pelaksanaan Rentang Gerak Sendi Aktif Post Operasi Pada Pasien Fraktur Ekstremitas di Ruang Bedah Trauma Center RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padan... by Vivi Oktasari, Atih Rahayuningsih, Mira Susanti

“…Mobilization especially Range of Motion exercises can improve blood circulation which will speed healing and reduce pain. …”
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QuantumNet: An enhanced diabetic retinopathy detection model using classical deep learning-quantum transfer learning by Manish Bali, Ved Prakash Mishra, Anuradha Yenkikar, Diptee Chikmurge

“…Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), a diabetes-related eye condition, damages retinal blood vessels and can lead to vision loss if undetected early. …”
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Robotic duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection with preoperative three-dimensional visualization and intraoperative real-time indocyanine green fluorescence navigation by Yaqiang Shu, Chuanfu Li, Bo Liu, Fan Wu, Chao Zhang, Muyu Fu, Xiaohua Lei, Guodong Chen

“…The results show that the technique is safe and effective for benign masses of the head of the pancreas and may offer a benefit for maintaining the integrity of duodenal blood flow and the biliary system.…”
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Alteration of Loperamide-Induced Prostate Relaxation in High-Fat Diet-Fed Rats by Sheng-Lung Hsu, Hsien-Hui Chung, I-Hung Chen, Yat-Ching Tong

“…Body weight, prostate weight, plasma levels of glucose, insulin, triglyceride, and cholesterol, as well as systolic blood pressure, were significantly increased in the HFD rats. …”
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Sildenafil alters biogenic amines and increases oxidative damage in brain regions of insulin-hypoglycemic rats by Guzmán David Calderón, Brizuela Norma Osnaya, Herrera Maribel Ortíz, Peraza Armando Valenzuela, Mejía Gerardo Barragán, Olguín Hugo Juárez, Jiménez Francisca Trujillo

“…In groups 2, 3 and 4, insulin was administered every 24 hours for 10 days. Blood glucose was measured after the last treatment. …”
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Azelastine and suplatast shorten the distribution half-life of IgE in rats by Kazuhiko Hanashiro, Yoshihiro Tokeshi, Toshiyuki Nakasone, Masanori Sunagawa, Mariko Nakamura, Tadayoshi Kosugi

“…We aim to clarify whether suplatast and azelastine (anti-allergic drugs) can shorten the half-life of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the circulating blood. Thirty Wistar rats were divided into six groups. …”
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Delayed Manifestation of Shunt Nephritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Michael Babigumira, Benjamin Huang, Sherry Werner, Wajeh Qunibi

“…He complained of fevers, headaches, dizziness, and urticarial plaques on arms, trunks, and legs and was found to have anemia, low complement levels, elevated serum creatinine, proteinuria, and new onset microhematuria. Blood and urine cultures were negative. Renal biopsy showed features of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis attributed to vancomycin use. …”
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Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors: a case series by Rong Lih Ho, Byeong-Ho Jeong, Joungho Han, Hojoong Kim

“…Results The ages of the patients in our series ranged from 32 to 75 years, and all patients were male. Cough and blood-tinged sputum were present in all patients with endobronchial GT. …”
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Changes in the composition of urine over six hours using urine dipstick analysis and automated microscopy by Pranav C. Parikh, Serena D. Souza, Wassim Obeid

“…Significant changes were seen in bacteria as the levels increased, red blood cells and pathological casts where the level decreased, and crystal levels were determined inconclusive due to fluctuations in the results. …”
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The relationship between mitochondrial health, telomerase activity and longitudinal telomere attrition, considering the role of chronic stress by Mauricio Guillen-Parra, Jue Lin, Aric A. Prather, Owen M. Wolkowitz, Martin Picard, Elissa S. Epel

“…In this observational longitudinal study, we examined in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), whether MHI predicted changes in telomerase activity over a 9-month period, thus impacting telomere maintenance over this same period of time. …”
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Frequency Of Hyponatremia In Children Admitted To The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit In A Tertiary-Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ammar Yasir Khan, Arooba Idris, Asad Shabbir, Sobia Rashid, Asad Iqbal Danish, Syeda Mamoona Qudrat

“…Each child was assessed by taking a detailed history from the mother/caregiver regarding the frequency and duration of diarrhoea of the patient. A blood sample for serum electrolyte (Na) was taken under aseptic measures and was sent to the hospital’s laboratory. …”
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Identification of Individuals at Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes by Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Ernesto Vicente Peña, Aylín Altuna Delgado, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…Only 13 % were taking antihypertensive drugs and 4 % of the total has had high blood sugar levels at some point. <strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> low and slightly elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes predominated in the study population according to the results of the score applied. …”
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Observation of Gonio Structures during Microhook Ab Interno Trabeculotomy Using a Novel Digital Microscope with Integrated Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography by Akiko Ishida, Kazunobu Sugihara, Tomoki Shirakami, Aika Tsutsui, Kaoru Manabe, Masaki Tanito

“…OCT images of the region of interest were acquired successfully in 100% of the 28 nasal or temporal sides in 14 eyes, although the trabeculotomy cleft was not visualized in four (14%) sides due to blockage of the OCT signal by a blood clot. Based on the predominant locations of the TM flaps in 24 of the acquired images, the trabeculotomy clefts were classified as anterior incisional patterns in 13 (54%), middle incisional patterns in nine (38%), and posterior incisional patterns in two (8%). …”
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Etiopathogenesis of Sheehan’s Syndrome: Roles of Coagulation Factors and TNF-Alpha by Halit Diri, Elif Funda Sener, Fahri Bayram, Nazife Tascioglu, Yasin Simsek, Munis Dundar

“…Herein, we aimed to investigate the roles of Factor II (G20210A), Factor V (G1691A), MTHFR (C677T and A1298C), PAI-1 4G/5G, and TNF-α (-308  G>A) gene polymorphisms in the etiopathogenesis of SS. Venous blood samples were obtained from 53 cases with SS and 43 healthy women. …”
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Large Subcapsular Splenic Hematoma with a Large Pancreatic Pseudocyst Was Successfully Treated with Splenic Arterial Embolization and Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Drainage of Pan... by Song Zhang, Fei Liu, Heena Buch, Guifang Xu, Lei Wang

“…He underwent splenic arterial embolization to decrease the blood supply of the spleen and then ultrasound-guided percutaneous drainage of the large pancreatic pseudocyst. …”
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Case report: Hypoparathyroidism-sensorineural hearing loss-renal dysplasia without febrile seizures: a novel mutation in the GATA3 gene by Haibin Chen, Haibin Chen, Yudi Zhang, Xueyao Yang, Xueyao Yang, Yongzhen Li

“…Laboratory tests revealed decreased serum calcium, elevated blood phosphorus levels, and reduced parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels, indicating the presence of “Hypoparathyroidism”. …”
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Reevaluating the Concept of Treating Experimental Tumors with a Mixed Bacterial Vaccine: Coley’s Toxin by C. Maletzki, U. Klier, W. Obst, B. Kreikemeyer, M. Linnebacher

“…Besides, CT effectively stimulated human peripheral blood leukocytes (huPBL) from healthy volunteers. …”
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CNS resident macrophages exhibit region-specific states and immunogenic responses during Rbpj-deficient brain arteriovenous malformation by Sera Nakisli, Kayleigh Fanelli, Julia LaComb, Lily J. Arnold, Corinne M. Nielsen

“…Neurovascular diseases elicit state changes, by promoting increased vascular permeability among microvessels and thus altering blood–brain barrier integrity. Here, we used a mouse model of brain arteriovenous malformation (bAVM)—mediated by endothelial loss of Recombination signal binding protein for immunoglobulin kappa J region (Rbpj)—to investigate changes to brain resident macrophage states during neurovascular disease pathogenesis. …”
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Gender-Specific Cytokine Pathways, Targets, and Biomarkers for the Switch from Health to Adenoma and Colorectal Cancer by Patrizia Pellegrini, Ida Contasta, Tiziana Del Beato, Fabiana Ciccone, Anna Maria Berghella

“…In order to investigate these differences further, we developed Th-cytokine data-driven models of the immune response and evaluated healthy subject peripheral blood samples. Independent cohorts of colorectal cancer and adenoma patients were also studied for comparison purposes. …”
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