Strategies to reduce hyperglycemia-related anxiety in elite athletes with type 1 diabetes: A qualitative analysis. by Alexandra Katz, Aidan Shulkin, Marc-André Fortier, Jane E Yardley, Jessica Kichler, Asmaa Housni, Meryem K Talbo, Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, Anne-Sophie Brazeau

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Managing blood glucose levels is challenging for elite athletes with type 1 diabetes (T1D) as competition can cause unpredictable fluctuations. …”
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Association between Glucose Levels and Intraocular Pressure: Pre- and Postprandial Analysis in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients by Luis Guilherme Milesi Pimentel, Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Leticia Sant’Ana Cardoso da Silva, Aline Katia Siqueira Souza, Tiago Santos Prata

“…We concluded that there is a significant association between blood glucose levels and IOP variation, especially in diabetic patients.…”
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Managing Post COVID-19 Patient with Breathlessness by Yen Shen Wong, Muhammad Amin Ibrahim, Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Mohd Fauzi Abdul Rani

“…Unfortunately, he was re-admitted after 2 weeks with shortness of breath and fever for 3 days. Blood results revealed leucocytosis with raised C-reactive protein. …”
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The practicality of interleukin-6 in prognosis of blunt chest trauma in Korea: a retrospective study by Jeong Woo Oh, Tae Yeon Lee, Minjeong Chae

“…Methods A total of 44 blunt chest trauma patients who visited the regional trauma center from July to December 2021 were included in this retrospective study. Blood IL-6 levels were measured immediately after emergency room admittance (IL-6 E) and 24 hours after trauma (IL-6 24). …”
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Disulfidptosis-related immune patterns predict prognosis and characterize the tumor microenvironment in oral squamous cell carcinoma by Xuechen Wu, Boxin Liu, Shi-Zhou Deng, Tengteng Xiong, Lin Dai, Bo Cheng

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Sequential Therapy of Linezolid and Contezolid to Treat Hematogenous Lung Abscess Caused by Staphylococcus aureus in a Congenital Cerebral Hypoplasia Patient: A Case Report by Zhou S, Xin C, Liu W

“…In the context of negative blood culture results, the final diagnosis of MDR S. aureus as the causative agent of hematogenous lung abscess was confirmed using macrogenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) and targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS). …”
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Alcohol Intoxication and Glasgow Coma Scale Scores in Patients with Head Trauma by Jisoo Park, Taejin Park, Jung-In Ko, Woonhyung Yeo

“…This study investigates the effects of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) on the GCS score in head trauma patients with alcohol intoxication. …”
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Association between the systemic immunity-inflammation index and stroke: a population-based study from NHANES (2015–2020) by Rui Shi, Ye Tian, Junbiao Tian, Qiming Liu, Jiayun Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Yaping Sun, Zhanwei Xie

“…In subgroup analysis and interaction experiments, we found that this positive relationship was not significantly correlated among different population settings such as age, gender, race, education level, smoking status, high blood pressure, diabetes and coronary heart disease (P for trend > 0.05). …”
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Misoprostol and Sulprostone to End Pregnancy after Fetal Death by Kristin Van Mensel, Filip Claerhout, Patrick Debois, Marc J. N. C. Keirse, Myriam Hanssens

“…There was no difference in either gastrointestinal side effects, as reported by the women and their caregivers, use of analgesia, women's pain perception, blood loss or placental retention. Hyperthermia ≥38°C was more common with misoprostol (24.3%) than with sulprostone (11.6%; difference: +12.7%; 95% CI: +1.2% to +25.3%) and related to the total dose used. …”
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Neutropenic Sepsis in the ICU: Outcome Predictors in a Two-Phase Model and Microbiology Findings by Jan M. Kruse, Thomas Jenning, Sibylle Rademacher, Renate Arnold, Clemens A. Schmitt, Achim Jörres, Philipp Enghard, Michael Oppert

“…In the recovery phase, persistent organ damage and higher persistent C-reactive protein levels were associated with a poor outcome. Blood transfusions and CMV infection correlated with an unfavorable prognosis. …”
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Identification of Candidate Genes Associated with Meat Production of Aberdeen Angus Cattle by Vladimir Kolpakov, Elena Bukareva, Dianna Kosyan, Alexey Ruchay, Vitaly Ryazanov

“…This study investigated the relationships among a number of economically useful carcass traits (slaughter weight, meat yield, and meat marbling) with a group of SNPs that can act as DNA markers. Blood samples from Aberdeen Angus bulls (n = 260) were used as material for SNP genotyping. …”
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Pre-operative Neutrophil-Lymphocyte and Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratios as Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality in Diabetic Foot Infection Amputation Patients by Joseph Paulo Sales, Emiliano Tablante

“…Data was collected via medical chart review. Complete blood count (CBC) parameters closest to the time of amputation were obtained to calculate the neutrophil-lymphocyte and platelet-lymphocyte ratios. …”
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Rapid isolation and recovery of Salmonella using hollow glass microspheres coated with multilayered nanofilms by Rutwik Joshi, Hesaneh Ahmadi, Md Nayeem Hasan Kashem, Fariha Afnan, Siva Parameswaran, Chau-Chyun Chen, Gizem Levent, Wei Li

“…Here, we present a novel, rapid yet simple method for isolation and recovery of Salmonella from mixed bacterial populations in food matrices and blood. This method utilizes self-floating hollow glass microspheres (HGMS) coated with biodegradable layer-by-layer (LbL) films and Salmonella specific antibodies. …”
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Cavernous Hemangioma-Like Kaposi Sarcoma: Histomorphologic Features and Differential Diagnosis by Nilüfer Onak Kandemir, Figen Barut, Banu Doğan Gün, Nilgün Solak Tekin, Sevinç Hallaç Keser, Şükrü Oğuz Özdamar

“…Histopathological examination revealed a lesion formed by cavernous hemangioma-like vascular structures organized in a lobular pattern that became dilated and filled with blood. Typical histological findings of early-stage KS, consisting of mononuclear inflammation, extravasated erythrocytes, and a few immature vascular structures in superficial dermis, were observed. …”
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Graves’ Disease Causing Pancytopenia and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia at Different Time Intervals: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Peyman Naji, Geetika Kumar, Shabana Dewani, William A. Diedrich, Ankur Gupta

“…His hemoglobin improved to 10.7 g/dL at discharge without blood transfusion. Graves’ disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hematologic abnormalities. …”
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Synbiotics effects of d-tagatose and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG on the inflammation and oxidative stress reaction of Gallus gallus based on the genus of cecal bacteria and their me... by Yuanqiang Lv, Jie Chu, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Xuan Li, Aijiao Yin, Industrial Microbiology Laboratory

“…<h4>Results and conclusion</h4>The results indicated that oxidative stress and immune response factor expressions quantity in Gallus gallus decreased significantly after 14 days of treatment, compared with model group, the low-dose treatment group's SOD1, SOD3, GPX1, GPX2, GSR, H6DP, and HO-1 genes in liver were downregulated by 36.03%, 40.01%, 45.86%, 40.79%, 37.68%, 25.04%, and 29.89%, the IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IgA, IgM, and IgG genes in blood and spleen were downregulated by 26.59%, 34.19%, 21.19%, 28.18%, 35.93%, 12.67%, 21.81 and 35.93%, 22.85%, 21.19%, 28.78%, 35.93%, 15.36%, 29.73%. …”
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ET-1 Plasma Levels, Aqueous Flare, and Choroidal Thickness in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa by Ernesto Strobbe, Mauro Cellini, Michela Fresina, Emilio C. Campos

“…Early stage RP patients show a breakdown of blood-ocular barrier and increased ET-1 plasma levels and these findings may contribute to the reduction of choroidal thickness.…”
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Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adolescents from a Doctor's Office by Marlene Ferrer Arrocha, Elikana Kiplagat Chirchir, Maylín Isabel Alonso Martínez, Héctor Pérez Assef

“…The variables studied were: age, sex, personal and family history of diabetes mellitus, weight, height, waist circumference, body mass index, blood pressure, presence of central obesity and waist/height ratio, consumption of fruits and vegetables, and physical activity. …”
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Pharmacist-led medication reviews: A scoping review of systematic reviews. by Miriam Craske, Wendy Hardeman, Nicholas Steel, Michael James Twigg

“…Other lower-quality reviews reported evidence supporting intervention effectiveness for some clinical outcomes (odds ratio: achieving diabetes control = 3.11 95% prediction intervals (PI), 1.48-6.52, achieving blood pressure target = 2.73, 95% PI, 1.05-7.083.50).…”
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Adult classic Bartter syndrome: a case report with 5-year follow-up and literature review by Le Jiang, Dongmei Li, Qiansha Guo, Yunfeng Li, Lei Zan, Rihan Ao

“…Bartter syndrome (BS) is a rare, inherited salt-losing renal tubular disorder characterized by secondary hyperaldosteronism, hypokalemia, hypochloremia, metabolic alkalosis, and low-to-normal blood pressure. Classic BS, or BS Type 3, the most common subtype in the Asian population, is caused by a molecular defect in ClC-Kb, a voltage-gated chloride channel in renal tubules, due to CLCNKB gene mutation. …”
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