Risk factors for postoperative ileus in hysterectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Zhuoer Hou, Ting Liu, Xiaoyan Li, Hangpeng Lv, Qiuhua Sun

“…<h4>Trial registration</h4>The study protocol for this meta-analysis was registered (CRD42023407167) with the PROSPERO database (www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero).…”
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Indicators Of Morbidity And Mortality From Diseases of the Digestive System in the Krasnodar Krai and the Quality of Medical Care for Gastroenterological Patients by N. V. Korochanskaya, V. M. Durleshter, O. V. Kovalevskaya, S. N. Serikova, K. I. Popandopulo

“…The analysis was carried out according to C 51 “Distribution of deaths by gender, age groups and causes of death” form of the Territorial Authority of the Federal State Statistics Service for the Krasnodar Krai for the period from 2006 to 2018, as well as on the basis of the “Demography” block database of the Parus software of the healthcare management system of the Krasnodar Krai for 6 months of 2019. 1341 medical records of patients receiving outpatient medical care and the medical records of people who had died from digestive diseases in 2017-2019 were reviewed.Results. …”
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MICROSATELLITES-BASED EVALUATION OF THE PEAR CULTIVARS SELECTED FROM NIKITSKY BOTANICAL GARDENS GERMPLASM BY THEIR ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE CHARACTERISTICS by Y. V. Plugatar, R. D. Babina, I. I. Suprun, T. S. Naumenko, Y. I. Alekseev

“…The SSR-fingerprints of the cultivars obtained will be used as a starting material for the creation of DNA-passports database of the “NBG – NSC” Gene Fund collection of pear cultivars.…”
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Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Positive Critically Ill Children by Yudy Fonseca, MD, Alise Davies, PA, Stephanie Jarrin, MD, Liliana Simon, MD, Cortney Foster, DO, Sun Kai, Adnan Bhutta, MD

“…DESIGN:. Retrospective database study. SETTING:. Data reported to the Virtual Pediatric Systems, 2018–2021. …”
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Development and biomechanical evaluation of a 3D printed analogue of the human lumbar spine by Siril Teja Dukkipati, Mark Driscoll

“…The vertebrae and the IVDs were derived from an open-source 3D MRI anatomography database, while the ligaments were modeled based on literature incorporating mounting points on the spinous and transverse processes. …”
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Challenges and adaptations in pancreatic cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in a high-volume center by Mohammed Al-Saeedi, Ali Ramouz, Elias Khajeh, Sakher Shraim, Alexander Werba, Georgios Polychronidis, Arianeb Mehrabi, Martin Loos

“…Perioperative and postoperative data were retrospectively analyzed from a prospectively maintained database together with surgical complications, mortality rates, and hospital stays. …”
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Predictive value of bile acids as metabolite biomarkers for gallstone disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Xu Han, Juan Wang, Yingnan Wu, Hao Gu, Ning Zhao, Xing Liao, Miao Jiang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Literature search of eight electronic database in both English and Chinese was completed on May 11, 2023. …”
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Adherence to the ISHLT Protocol for the Referral of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis to the Transplantation Center among of Czech Centers for Interstitial Lung Diseases by Martina Sterclova, Martina Doubkova, Lubica Sykorova, Vladimir Bartos, Monika Zurkova, Vladimira Lostakova, Radka Mokosova, Martina Plackova, Ladislav Lacina, Michaela Cimrova, Radka Bittenglova, Pavlina Lisa, Pavla Musilova, Daniel Dolezal, Jana Psikalova, Petra Ovesna, Martina Koziar Vasakova

“…The trajectory of individual patients was verified at the relevant ILD center. From the database of transplant patients (1999-12/2021, n=541), all patients who underwent transplantation for pulmonary fibrosis (n=186) were selected, and the diagnosis of IPF was subsequently verified from the patient’s medical records (n=67). …”
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Exploring the impact of deleterious missense nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in the DRD4 gene using computational approaches by Dipto Kumer Sarker, Pallobi Ray, Fayad Bin Abdus Salam, Shaikh Jamal Uddin

“…The aim of this study is to uncover novel damaging missense nsSNPs and their structural and functional effects on the DRD4 receptor. From the dbSNP database, we found 677 nsSNPs, and then we analyzed their functional consequences, disease associations, and effects on protein stability with fifteen in silico tools. …”
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A methodology to compile multi-hazard interrelationships in a data-scarce setting: an application to the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal by H. E. Thompson, J. C. Gill, R. Šakić Trogrlić, F. E. Taylor, B. D. Malamud

“…These exemplars are collated into a Kathmandu Valley Single Hazards and Multi-Hazard Interrelationships Database (Thompson et al., 2024) accompanying this paper. …”
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Partial weight bearing and long-term survival outcomes in extracapsular hip fractures treated with trochanteric Gamma3 nails by Carlos Hernández-Pascual, José Ángel Santos-Sánchez, Jorge Hernández-Rodríguez, Carlos Fernando Silva-Viamonte, Carmen Pablos-Hernández, Pablo Alonso-Rodríguez, José Antonio Mirón-Canelo

“…We used FMS (Fracture Mobility Score) and the National Mortality Database from the Spanish Ministry of Health at > 5 years. …”
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Triatomine Fauna and Recent Epidemiological Dynamics of Chagas Disease in an Endemic Area of Northeast Brazil by Cláudia M. Melo, Ana Carla F. G. Cruz, Antônio Fernando V. A. Lima, Luan R. Silva, Rubens R. Madi, Veronica de Lourdes S. Jeraldo, Ruben Mercado

“…This is a retrospective analytical study that utilized information from the database of the National Chagas Disease Control Program. …”
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Maternal Opioid Drug Use during Pregnancy and Its Impact on Perinatal Morbidity, Mortality, and the Costs of Medical Care in the United States by Valerie E. Whiteman, Jason L. Salemi, Mulubrhan F. Mogos, Mary Ashley Cain, Muktar H. Aliyu, Hamisu M. Salihu

“…We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of pregnancy-related discharges from 1998 to 2009 using the largest publicly available all-payer inpatient database in the United States. We scanned ICD-9-CM codes for opioid use and perinatal outcomes. …”
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Acupuncture for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with dry eye: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ting Li, Xin Xu, Juan Wei, Qingbo Wei, Zhouyu Xie, Xiangyu Bian, Yunchuan Wu

“…However, systematic reviews on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture are lacking, therefore this systematic review aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for T2DM with dry eye.Methods and analysis Four English databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase and Ovid), three Chinese databases (China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, Chonqing VIP Information), three Japanese databases (Japan Science, Technology Agency and Japan Medical Abstracts Society) and three Korean databases (Korean Medical database, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System and Research Information Service System) will be searched for reports published between 1 January 2007 and 1 October 2021. …”
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Risk prediction models for falls in hospitalized older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Anli Mao, Jie Su, Mingzhu Ren, Shuying Chen, Huafang Zhang

“…Trial registration The study was registered in the International Database of Prospectively Registered Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) CRD42024503718.…”
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Effectiveness of mental health interventions for older adults in South Asia: A scoping review. by Hoimonty Mazumder, Farah Faizah, Easter Protiva Gain, Irfath Sharmin Eva, Kaniz Ferdouse Mou, Nobonita Saha, Farzana Rahman, Jyoti Das, A M Khairul Islam, Fazilatun Nesa, M Mahbub Hossain

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We searched six electronic databases and additional sources for experimental/non-experimental studies evaluating the effectiveness of geriatric mental health interventions in eight countries in the South Asia region from the date of inception of each database up to August 5, 2022. …”
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Effect of home-based interventions on basic activities of daily living for patients who had a stroke: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Ping Qin, Canxin Cai, Xuan Chen, Xijun Wei

“…Risk of bias of individual study was assessed by Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale. Meta-analyses were performed where studies reported comparable interventions and outcomes.Results In total, 49 studies were included in the systematic review and 16 studies had sufficient data for meta-analyses. …”
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Relationship between TyG-related index and hearing loss in people over 45 s in China by Chao Wang, Mengdi Shi, Liangzhen Xie, Chenhao Jiang, Yunxin Li, Jingxiao Li, Shulin Li, Yan Li

“…This study investigates the association of the TyG index, BMI index, and TyG-BMI index with hearing loss, with a focus on their potential implications for the aging population.MethodsData from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) database were analyzed using R software. We applied multi-factor logistic regression, linear regression, restricted cubic splines, and subgroup analyses to assess the impact of the TyG index, BMI index, and TyG-BMI index on hearing loss across different age groups.ResultsThe TyG index was not significantly associated with hearing loss. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of soil organic carbon in desert region and its response to climate change: A case study of Heihe river by Yuqing Chen, Haiyang Xi, Wenju Cheng

“…This study aims to construct a comprehensive SOC database for the lower reaches of the Heihe River (HRL) and simulate the spatiotemporal distribution of SOC density within the 0 – 100 cm soil profile. …”
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Peripheral Nerve Blocks Are Associated With Decreased Early Medical Complications, Dislocations, and Opioid Consumption Following Total Hip Arthroplasty by Brian P. McCormick, MD, Sean B. Sequeira, MD, Mark D. Hasenauer, MD, Robert P. McKinstry, MD, Frank R. Ebert, MD, Henry R. Boucher, MD

“…Methods: Opioid-naive patients who received PNBs on the same day as undergoing THA for degenerative etiologies were identified from a large national database and matched 1:5 to a control cohort using propensity scoring. …”
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