Establishing the first ever pediatric procedural sedation clinic in a low-income country: Assessment of the safety and efficacy by Tigist Bacha, Segni Kejela, Scott A. Hagen

“…The most common procedural sedation used was the combination of ketamine and propofol in 60.6%. …”
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SEASONAL VARIATION OF PHYTOPLANKTON FUNCTIONAL GROUPS IN TUYEN LAM RESERVOIR, CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, VIETNAM by Thi Hoang Yen Tran, Thi Trang Le, Doan Dang Phan, Thanh Thai Tran, Van Tu Nguyen, Ngoc Lam Nguyen, Thanh Luu Pham

“…Group M (Microcystis aeruginosa) was the most common in both seasons, while group P (Closterium, Staurastrum, Aulacoseira), group E (Dinobryon, Synura), and group G (Sphaerocystis, Eudorina) were more common in the rainy season. …”
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Efficacy of the Enteroadsorbent Silicol®gel in Adults with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Subtypes IBS-D or Mixed: Observational Open-Label Study by Gordon Crawford, Rory Taylor, David Young, Chris G. Hatton

“…Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common chronic gut-brain interaction disorder with limited effective treatment options. …”
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Factors associated with delayed referrals of patients with sepsis from primary to tertiary healthcare in Blantyre, Malawi: a qualitative study by Sylvester Kaimba, Eric Umar

“…Ambulances and personal transport are common transportation mode used during referrals. …”
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Very Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEO-IBD) Presenting with Recurrent Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Preceded by Streptococcal Pharyngitis by Ashley Fonseca, Julee Sunny, Lina M. Felipez

“…Extraintestinal manifestations in IBD, such as erythema nodosum (EN), pyoderma gangrenosum (PG), and, less likely, leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LV), are more commonly present in Crohn’s disease. Association between LV and ulcerative colitis (UC) is not commonly seen. …”
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Peritoneal Dialysis with Marked Pneumoperitoneum by Norio Nakamura, Masamichi Nakata, Daiki Nagawa, Ikuyo Narita, Takeshi Fujita, Reiichi Murakami, Michiko Shimada, Hirofumi Tomita

“…Pneumoperitoneum, the presence of free air within the peritoneal cavity, is often caused by the perforation of gas-containing viscus and commonly requires surgical treatment. However, in patients with peritoneal dialysis, free air is commonly seen on X-ray. …”
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Winging of Scapula due to a Sinister Etiology by Shania Niromi Gunasekera, Priyanka Yogananda, Harindra Karunatilaka, Bimsara Senanayake

“…Scapular winging is a rare but disabling deformity, which is commonly caused by lesions of the long thoracic and spinal accessory nerves that innervate the serratus anterior and trapezius muscles, respectively. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli Isolated from Various Meat Types in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana by Frederick Adzitey, Prince Assoah-Peprah, Gabriel A. Teye, Anou M. Somboro, Hezekiel M. Kumalo, Daniel G. Amoako

“…The results showed that Escherichia coli was commonly present in the various meat types and exhibited multidrug resistances, necessitating efficient antibiotic stewardship guidelines to streamline their use in the production industry.…”
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Five Years Pathological Evaluation of Corneal Regrafts: A Study from Southern Iran by Masoomeh Eghtedari, Mahmood Kamalzadeh, Masoud Yasemi, Hossein Movahedan, Mohammad Javad Ashraf

“…Among a total of 1190 corneal grafts, 76 of them (6.38%) were regrafts. The most common type of grafting was penetrating keratoplasty (PK). …”
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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Exon 19 Deletion Subtypes Do Not Influence Survival Outcomes Following First-line Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Ad... by Yan-Jei Tang, John Wen-Cheng Chang, Chen-Yang Huang, Yueh-Fu Fang, Ching-Fu Chang, Cheng-Ta Yang, Chih-Hsi Scott Kuo, Ping-Chih Hsu, Chiao-En Wu

“…E746_A750 mutation, a common 15 nucleotide deletion, or a pure deletion without insertion/substitution. …”
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Student Mobility as a Form of Education Internationalization: A Systems Approach to Management by A. E. Godenko, G. V. Boyko, R. B. Gadgiev, N. Yu. Filimonova

“…According to the analysis of the existing internationalization strategies it is demonstrated that its main source is an international students’ mobility, which is based on ability, willingness and common interest in cooperation of three following subjects: countries importing education, education-exporting countries, higher educational institution of the exporting country, which provides its educational services for the citizens of the country importing education. …”
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Using the TOPSIS method to select the best low-toxicity organic cosolvent for rice-based toxicity tests by Xingren Pan, Yi Kang, Jun-Feng Lu, Xiao-Zhang Yu

“…The application of low-toxicity cosolvents in phytotoxicity tests is a common technique to enhance the distribution of non-water-soluble organic pollutants in the aqueous phase. …”
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Inovirus-Encoded Peptides Induce Specific Toxicity in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> by Juehua Weng, Yunxue Guo, Jiayu Gu, Ran Chen, Xiaoxue Wang

“…<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> is a common opportunistic pathogen associated with nosocomial infections. …”
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The clinical profile and outcome of patients receiving continuation electroconvulsive therapy (C-ECT): A retrospective study by Sandeep Grover, Sanjana Kathiravan, Subho Chakrabarti

“…The most common indication was persistent psychotic symptoms poorly responding to multiple antipsychotic trials of 3.09 (SD: 1.39), including clozapine. …”
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An atypical presentation of autoimmune hepatitis with delayed menarche in a Nigerian adolescent: a case report by Promise Udoka Asogwa, Bruno Basil, Winifred Njideka Adiri, Nelson Ugwu, Gideon Ekene Anigbo, Evaristus Offia, Casmir Orjioke

“…The case is unique owing to the absence of jaundice, a common symptom of liver dysfunction, and features such as delayed menarche and bilateral leg swelling. …”
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Genetic assessment of apolipoprotein E polymorphism and PRNP genotypes in rapidly progressive dementias in Pakistan by Urwah Rasheed, Minahil Khalid, Aneeqa Noor, Umar Saeed, Rizwan Uppal, Saima Zafar

“…In the case of PRNP mutations, the most common genotype was M129-Ε200 (71%) and V129-Ε200 (29%). …”
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Oral health status in children undergoing chemotherapy at Erbil city: A case control study. by Zahraa Emaad Ahmed, Sazan Sherdl Salim

“…Moreover, among the factors indirectly associated with oral health status (OHS), it turned out that between both groups mother’s education, occupation, frequency of child’s tooth brushing, and age were the most common contributing factors to the child’s OHS. …”
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ZleepNet: A Deep Convolutional Neural Network Model for Predicting Sleep Apnea Using SpO2 Signal by Hnin Thiri Chaw, Thossaporn Kamolphiwong, Sinchai Kamolphiwong, Krongthong Tawaranurak, Rattachai Wongtanawijit

“…Sleep apnea is one of the most common sleep disorders in the world. It is a common problem for patients to suffer from sleep disturbances. …”
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Comparison of SNP Variation and Distribution in Indigenous Ethiopian and Korean Cattle (Hanwoo) Populations by Zewdu Edea, Hailu Dadi, Sang Wook Kim, Tadelle Dessie, Kwan-Suk Kim

“…Across the Ethiopian cattle populations, a common variant MAF (≥0.10 and ≤0.5) accounted for an overall estimated 73.79% of the 7,045 SNPs. …”
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Antibiotic Use among Patients Visiting Primary Hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Survey by Adeladlew Kassie Netere, Ashenafi Kibret Sendekie

“…Poor knowledge and inappropriate beliefs combined with the misuse of antibiotics may be common in the community and public health institutions. …”
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