Multiple air pollutants exposure and leukaemia incidence in Tehran, Iran from 2010 to 2016: a retrospective cohort study by Narges Khanjani, Nino Künzli, Zahra Khorrami, Mohsen Pourkhosravani, Marzieh Eslahi, Maysam Rezapour, Mohammad Esmail Akbari, Heresh Amini, Seyed Mahmood Taghavi-Shahri, Koorosh Etemad

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the association of ambient air pollution and leukaemia in Tehran, Iran.Design In this retrospective cohort study, data about the residential district of leukaemia cases diagnosed from 2010 to 2016 were inquired from the Ministry of Health cancer database. Data from a previous study were used to determine long-term average exposure to different air pollutants in 22 districts of Tehran. …”
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Outpatient chemotherapy drug costs and expensive chemotherapy drug use in 340B and Non-340B hospitals: an observational study by Jianhui Hu, David R. Nerenz

“…Methods This is an observational study using data from SEER-Medicare and 340B entity database. Fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries who were first diagnosed with cancer between 1/1/2013 and 12/31/2015 were included. …”
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Trends in novel antiandrogen receptor signal inhibitor use and medical costs in prostate cancer by Hikari Miura, Hayato Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Okuyama, Noritaka Ishi, Ryuma Tanaka, Takuya Oishi, Fumiya Yoneyama, Tomoko Hamaya, Kyo Togashi, Naoki Fujita, Teppei Okamoto, Chikara Ohyama, Shingo Hatakeyama

“…Abstract Objective We aimed to examine trends in novel antiandrogen receptor signal inhibitor (ARSI) usage and medical costs by collecting real‐world big data included in The National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan (NDB) Open Data, covering most of the clinical practices throughout Japan. …”
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Screening and Functional Pathway Analysis of Pulmonary Genes Associated with Suppression of Allergic Airway Inflammation by Adipose Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles by Sung-Dong Kim, Shin Ae Kang, Yong-Wan Kim, Hak Sun Yu, Kyu-Sup Cho, Hwan-Jung Roh

“…Enrichment analysis based on the Gene Ontology (GO) database and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis were also performed to further identify the function of DEGs. …”
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The Associations between VEGF Gene Polymorphisms and Diabetic Retinopathy Susceptibility: A Meta-Analysis of 11 Case-Control Studies by Liyuan Han, Lina Zhang, Wenhua Xing, Renjie Zhuo, XiaLu Lin, Yanhua Hao, Qunhong Wu, Jinshun Zhao

“…Data were collected from the following electronic databases: PubMed, Embase, OVID, Web of Science, Elsevier Science Direct, Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), and Cochrane Library with the last report up to January 10, 2014. …”
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Real-World Assessment of Weight Change in African American Females and Hispanics with HIV-1 After Initiating Integrase Strand-Transfer Inhibitors or Protease Inhibitors by Yen-Wen Chen, David Anderson, Christopher D. Pericone, Prina Donga

“…**Methods:** This retrospective, observational cohort study included data from the Optum® deidentified Electronic Health Record Database. Female African Americans or Hispanics initiating INSTI- or PI-based regimens between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018 (first prescription was index date), with ≥12-month baseline and follow-up periods, ≥1 weight measure during each period, and no prior antiretroviral (ARV) use were included. …”
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NIPAL1 as a prognostic biomarker associated with pancreatic adenocarcinoma progression and immune infiltration by Youlong Zhu, Zongze Qi, Shaoqi Zu, Fangchao Yang, Yanming Wang, Lei Zhu, Xintong Li, Ruixue Li, Hong Zhu

“…The Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer (GDSC) database was utilized to investigate the relationship between NIPAL1 expression and the efficacy of common drugs used in chemotherapy and targeted therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer. …”
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Different Effects of Structured Education on Glycemic Control and Psychological Outcomes in Adolescent and Adult Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysi... by Fang Liu, Yuzhu Guan, Xia Li, Yuting Xie, Jing He, Zhi-Guang Zhou, Lezhi Li

“…Methods. Electronic databases (EMBASE, Medline, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library) and the reference lists of included studies were searched from the beginning of the database through April 2019. …”
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The Impact of Scientific and Technical Training on Improving Routine Collection of Antenatal Care Data for Maternal and Foetal Risk Assessment: A Case Study in the Province of Sout... by Dewi Anggraini, Mali Abdollahian, Kaye Marion, Supri Nuryani, Fadly Ramadhan, Rezky Putri Rahayu, Irfan Rizki Rachman, Widya Wurianto

“…Lack of awareness, high workload, and insufficient skills and facilities are the main reasons for the database gaps. Conclusions. The training has equipped midwives with scientific knowledge and technical abilities to allow routine collection of antenatal care data. …”
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Integrative analysis of anoikis-related prognostic signature to evaluate the immune landscape and predict therapeutic response in stomach adenocarcinoma by Ziyi Zhou, Lanlan Yang, Yuan Fang, Rongzhong Xu, Xi Wang, Yuli Wang, Zhihong Fang

“…In this study, we used the TCGA-STAD database to identify the expression patterns and prognostic relevance of anoikis-related genes (ARGs) in STAD. …”
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Efficacy of acupuncture for primary osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Tianyi Ma, Tiantian Zhang, Le Zhang, Haoming Zhao, Ke Liu, Jianjun Kuang, Liang Ou

“…Methods We searched for potentially relevant studies in PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Biology Medicine disc, Wanfang database and ClinicalTrials.gov up to December 20, 2024. …”
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Short-Term Postoperative Pain and Function of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Discectomy versus Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Single-Segment Lumbar Disc Herniation:... by Weihao Zhu, Yu Yao, Jie Hao, Wenbin Li, Feng Zhang

“…Computer searches of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CNKI, and Wanfang databases were performed to search for studies on UBE versus PELD for single-segment lumbar disc herniation (ssLDH) from the time of database construction to Mar. 2022, and two investigators independently performed literature screening and data extraction, and evaluation of the quality of the included studies was observed as operation time, complications, and visual analogue scale (VAS) at each preoperative and postoperative stage as well as Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and meta-analysis was performed by applying the Review Manager 5.4 software. …”
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Evaluating the impact of ESICM 2023 guidelines and the new global definition of ARDS on clinical outcomes: insights from MIMIC-IV cohort data by Duanhong Song, Qingquan Chen, Shangbin Huang, Shengxun Qiu, Zeshun Chen, Yuanhang Cai, Yifu Zeng, Xiaoyang Chen, Yixiang Zhang

“…Methods Clinical consultation data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database were extracted using Structured Query Language based on the PostgreSQL tool (version 10.0). …”
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The effectiveness of dyadic interventions for health outcomes of prostate cancer patients and informal caregivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yuan Xiao, Jiao Sun, Min Liu, Haifeng Wang, Jingjing Guan

“…Methods Ten electronic databases (Web of Science, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, and SinoMed) were thoroughly searched for related publications published between the database’s founding and April 2024. …”
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The impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) status on functional outcomes and quality of life (QOL) after surgical treatment of oropharyngeal carcinoma with free-flap reconstruction by Hani Z. Marzouki, Vincent L. Biron, Peter T. Dziegielewski, Andrew Ma, Jason Vaz, Gabriela Constantinescu, Jeffrey Harris, Daniel O’Connell, Hadi Seikaly

“…Methods A retrospective review of a prospectively collected database of all patients with OPSCC diagnosed and treated from 1998 to 2009. …”
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Intracranial otogenic complications in adults: new factors that influenced its onset, frequency and nature by Małgorzata Wierzbicka, Michalina Staśkiewicz, Oskar Rosiak, Katarzyna Karmelita-Katulska, Witold Szyfter, Wojciech Gawęcki

“…Methods Retrospective analysis of patients documentation concerning urgent procedures of intracranial otogenic complications at tertiary-referral otolaryngology department. Analysed database—pre-COVID-19 cohort (January–February 2019/2020): 1434 otological outpatient visits, 509 planned otosurgeries and 17 urgent otological procedures; COVID-19 cohort (March–April 2020/2021): 1150, 566 and 20 respectively. …”
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Use of Tramadol or Other Analgesics in Patients Treated in the Emergency Department as a Risk Factor for Opioid Use by Jorge Enrique Machado-Alba, Laura Sofía Serna-Echeverri, Luis Fernando Valladales-Restrepo, Manuel Enrique Machado-Duque, Andrés Gaviria-Mendoza

“…Based on a medication dispensation database, patients over 18 years of age treated in different clinics in Colombia who for the first time received tramadol, dipyrone, or a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) in the emergency room between January and December 2018 were identified. …”
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Evaluation of the association between lymph node ratio and long-term survival in patients after surgery for lymph node-positive bladder cancer: a SEER population-based study with e... by Tao Chen, Xinchang Zou, Yihe Li, Lifen Peng, Zhen Song, Haichao Chao, Bin Fu, Tao Zeng

“…This included 3767 patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database and 144 patients from two Chinese hospitals forming the external validation cohort. …”
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A Novel Stacked Model for Classification of Vocal Cord Paralysis Over Imbalanced Vocal Data by K. Jayashree Hegde, K. Manjula Shenoy, K. Devaraja

“…Voice samples from the Saarbruecken Voice Database (SVD) for healthy and VCP are selected of the vowels /a/, /i/, and /u/ over neutral, high, low, and low-high-low pitch conditions and the phrase. …”
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Enhancing Maize Production Through Timely Nutrient Supply: The Role of Foliar Fertiliser Application by Brian Ssemugenze, Akasairi Ocwa, Ronald Kuunya, Costa Gumisiriya, Csaba Bojtor, János Nagy, Adrienn Széles, Árpád Illés

“…A literature search was conducted in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Bibliometric analyses were performed using the VOSviewer software (version 1.6.17). …”
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