The predictive role of tertiary lymphoid structures in the prognosis and response to immunotherapy of lung cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xin Liu, Wu Lv, Danxue Huang, Hongxia Cui

“…Methods We systematically searched the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases from database inception to November 1, 2023. …”
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Using the modified frailty index as a predictor of complications in adults undergoing transforaminal interbody lumbar fusion by Momin M. Mohis, Simon G. Ammanuel, Cuong P. Luu, James A. Stadler

“…Methods: Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement (ACS-NSQIP) database, all patients who underwent TLIF in 2015–2020 were filtered for their demographics, operative characteristics, and 30-day complication outcomes. …”
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Burnout among Nurses Working in Ethiopia by Abrha Hailay, Woldu Aberhe, Guesh Mebrahtom, Kidane Zereabruk, Guesh Gebreayezgi, Teklehaimanot Haile

“…A search strategy was implemented using electronic databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Africa-Wide Information, and African Index Medicus) which were systematically searched online to retrieve related articles using keywords. …”
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Excess mortality across countries in the Western World since the COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Our World in Data’ estimates of January 2020 to December 2022 by Gertjan Kaspers, Saskia Mostert, Marcel Hoogland, Minke Huibers

“…This study explores excess mortality in the Western World from 2020 until 2022.Methods All-cause mortality reports were abstracted for countries using the ‘Our World in Data’ database. Excess mortality is assessed as a deviation between the reported number of deaths in a country during a certain week or month in 2020 until 2022 and the expected number of deaths in a country for that period under normal conditions. …”
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Identification of ubiquitination-related key biomarkers and immune infiltration in Crohn’s disease by bioinformatics analysis and machine learning by Wei Chen, Zeyan Xu, Haitao Sun, Wen Feng, Zhenhua Huang

“…Differentially expressed ubiquitination-related genes were identified by intersecting differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from the GSE95095 dataset in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database with a set of ubiquitination-related genes. …”
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Dog Bites and Rabies in the Eastern Region of Ghana in 2013–2015: A Call for a One-Health Approach by Boakye-Yiadom Adomako, Frank Baiden, Samuel Sackey, Donne Kofi Ameme, Fred Wurapa, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Ernest Kenu, Edwin Afari

“…We extracted data on dog bites and rabies from the database of the regional health service and performed descriptive analysis using Epi Info version 7™. …”
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Exploring the epidemiology of disseminated intravascular coagulation: protocol for the DANish Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DANDIC) Cohort Study by Henrik Toft Sørensen, Kasper Adelborg, Jecko Thachil, Anne-Mette Hvas, Simon Flæng, Søren Nygaard, Asger Granfeldt

“…Potential DIC cases will be identified from the hospital laboratory database, based on coagulation biomarkers, and diagnoses will be adjudicated by medical experts. …”
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Early versus late nephrology referral and patient outcomes in chronic kidney disease: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Linan Cheng, Nan Hu, Di Song, Li Liu, Yuqing Chen

“…Methods We searched online database from inception to June 1, 2022, to obtain all eligible literature reporting outcomes of patients referred early versus late to nephrologists. …”
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Evaluation of Aneurysm Cases Undergoing Surgery at a Tertiary Center in Iran: A 22‐year Retrospective Study by Hamed Ghoddusi Johari, Keivan Ranjbar, Kimia Kassaee, Seyed Mohammadali Hoseini, Reza Shahriarirad

“…In this study, we aim to evaluate the prevalence of AAA, along with the clinical features, trend, and incidence of ruptured AAA among patients undergoing surgery in our center. Methods The database of patients operated in Namazi Hospital from 2000 to 2021 was retrieved and patients undergoing vascular surgeries due to aneurysm were reviewed. …”
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The effect of healthy eating index-2015 in the associations of biological aging and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an interaction and mediation analysis by Xiang Zhang, Zhijie Ding, Yong Yan, Weiming Yang, Xiaoming Ai, Yongping Zhou

“…Methods We used data from the NHANES database between 2017–2018 years to conduct the study. …”
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Tapentadol Prolonged Release for Severe Chronic Osteoarthritis Pain in the Elderly—A Subgroup Analysis of Routine Clinical Practice Data by Andreas Schwittay, Melanie Sohns, Birgit Heckes, Christian Elling

“…Data of all patients with chronic OA pain were extracted from the database of a prospective, 3-month noninterventional tapentadol PR trial. …”
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Effectiveness of case management interventions for frequent users of healthcare services: a scoping review by Catherine Hudon, Maud-Christine Chouinard, Isabelle Dufour, Mireille Lambert, Cynthia Krieg

“…This study aimed to examine the evidence of the effectiveness of CM interventions for frequent users of healthcare services.Design Scoping review.Data sources An electronic literature search was conducted using the MEDLINE, Scopus and CINAHL databases covering January 2004 to December 2015. A specific search strategy was developed for each database using keywords ‘case management’ and ‘frequent use’.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies To be included in the review, studies had to report effects of a CM intervention on healthcare use and cost or patient outcomes. …”
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma From 2000 to 2022 by TAN Meijuan, YANG Shijie, XU Xiequn

“…ObjectiveTo review the state of research on medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) over the past two decades, so as to offer a quick reference for understanding the current state and future trends in this field.MethodsA computer was employed to search the Web of Science Core Collection database for MTC-related literature (types: articles and reviews) published between 2000 and 2022. …”
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Identification of duplicate accessions in the sweet maize collection by means of zein electrophoresis by V. V. Sidorova, Yu. A. Kerv, A. V. Konarev

“…The research included an analysis of zein electrophoretic patterns (protein markers); a study of their biotype composition and the nature of genetic polymorphism, as well as the creation of a protein pattern database for each accession. For a series of accessions with the same varietal name, but different catalog numbers, the degree of their identity was determined from their biotype composition in order to exclude duplication. …”
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Spatial-temporal analysis of flood patterns in semiarid river catchments of SE Iberian Peninsula since CE 1850 by Carlos Sánchez-García, Lothar Schulte

“…Study focus: The main objective of this study was to analyse the evolution of the spatial distribution and the frequency of floods in the four main basins of the Province of Almería since 1850. A database of the main historical floods reported in written historical documents in the Almanzora, Andarax, Antas and Aguas river basins was compiled, and information on the damage caused by the floods was retrieved from 15 historical archives, allowing an understanding of how floods have behaved over the past 170 years and how they are likely to behave in the near future. …”
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Cohort study evaluating pressure ulcer management in clinical practice in the UK following initial presentation in the community: costs and outcomes by Julian F Guest, Graham W Fuller, Peter Vowden, Kathryn Ruth Vowden

“…Objectives The aim of this study was to estimate the patterns of care and annual levels of healthcare resource use attributable to managing pressure ulcers (PUs) in clinical practice in the community by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), and the associated costs of patient management.Methods This was a retrospective cohort analysis of the records of 209 patients identified within a randomly selected population of 6000 patients with any type of wound obtained from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) Database, who developed a PU in the community and excluded hospital-acquired PUs. …”
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Outpatient visits and treatment methods of patients with hand and wrist injuries in Vreden National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics by Eugeniy V. Veber, Alexander P. Zavyalov, Alexander I. Avdeev, Margarita A. Zhogina, Sergey S. Smirnov

“…A sample of 18.848 patients who applied to the emergency department with hand and wrist injury in the period from 2020 to 2023 was drawn in the database of the Medialog medical information system of the Center. …”
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<i>Solanum nigrum</i> L. is a potato spindle tuber viroid reservoir by N. V. Mironenko, A. V. Khiutti, E. I. Kyrova, N. M. Lashina, O. S. Afanasenko

“…The amplification products were cloned and sequenced, and the nucleotide sequences were deposited in the GenBank database.Results. RT-PCR showed that 80–100% of plants were infected with PSTVd. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis assessing adverse event profile and tolerability of nicergoline by Amit Garg, Jun Xu, Mario Fioravanti, Taku Nakashima

“…Objective To evaluate the safety profile of nicergoline compared with placebo and other active agents from published randomised controlled trials.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis of nicergoline compared with placebo and other active agents across various indications.Data sources MEDLINE, Medline-in-process, Cochrane, EMBASE, EMBASE alerts, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR) for all the randomised controlled trials, open-label or blinded, in adults treated with nicergoline. …”
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Novel (Q)SAR models for prediction of reversible and time-dependent inhibition of cytochrome P450 enzymes by Sadegh Faramarzi, Arianna Bassan, Kevin P. Cross, Xinning Yang, Glenn J. Myatt, Donna A. Volpe, Lidiya Stavitskaya

“…The non-proprietary training database for the QSAR models contains data for 10,129 chemicals harvested from FDA drug approval packages and published literature. …”
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