Comparison of precision of a paperless electronic input method versus the conventional paper form in an andrology laboratory: a prospective study by Kevin K. W. Lam, Percy C. K. Tsang, Connie C. Y. Chan, Evans P. K. Ng, Tak-Ming Cheung, Raymond H. W. Li, Ernest H. Y. Ng, William S. B. Yeung

“…The same set of data was also handwritten on a paper form and was subsequently input into a standard computerized database according to routine practice. The agreement of the data entries between the two systems was then compared. …”
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Microbial Predominance and Antimicrobial Resistance in a Tertiary Hospital in Northwest China: A Six-Year Retrospective Study of Outpatients and Patients Visiting the Emergency Dep... by Caifeng Wang, Wen Li, Juanjuan Gao, Dancheng Zhang, Yali Li, Fang Li, Jine Lei

“…A retrospective study was conducted using the HIS database of a tertiary hospital between 2013 and 2018. …”
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Spine surgery and readmission: Risk factors in lumbar corpectomy patients by Julius Gerstmeyer, MD, Anna Gorbacheva, August Avantaggio, Clifford Pierre, MD, Emre Yilmaz, MD, Thomas A. Schildhauer, MD, Amir Abdul-Jabbar, MD, Rod J Oskouian, MD, Jens R Chapman, MD

“…Methods: Utilizing the 2020 Nationwide Readmissions Database adults (>18 years) were selected by ICD-10 procedure category codes for lumbar corpectomy. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Bicycle-Related Injuries at a Regional Trauma Center in Korea by Yoonhyun Lee, Min Ho Lee, Dae Sang Lee, Maru Kim, Dae Hyun Jo, Hyosun Park, Hangjoo Cho

“…This retrospective single-center study used data from the Korea Trauma Database. Results In total, 239 patients experienced bicycle-related accidents, most of whom were males (204, 85.4%), and 46.9% of the accidents were on roads for automobiles. …”
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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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Cost-Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery versus Medication Therapy for Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in China: A Markov Analysis by Bin Wan, Nan Fang, Wei Guan, Haixia Ding, Ying Wang, Xin Ge, Hui Liang, Xin Li, Yiyang Zhan

“…The corresponding costs in the medication therapy group were derived from the medical insurance database. QALYs were estimated from previous literature. …”
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Reproductive strategies in loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta: polyandry and polygyny in a Southwest Atlantic rookery by Laís Amorim, Lara Chieza, Jake A. Lasala, Sarah de Souza Alves Teodoro, Wesley D. Colombo, Ana Carolina Barcelos, Paula Rodrigues Lopes Guimarães, João Luiz Guedes da Fonseca, Ana Claudia Jorge Marcondes, Alexsandro Santos, Sarah Vargas

“…This research establishes a crucial database for future studies in Brazil, with a focus on the BSR of the Southwest Atlantic subpopulation, offering essential insights for developing effective management strategies for this vulnerable population.…”
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The prediction value of serum anion gap for short-term mortality in pulmonary hypertension patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study by Jinhua Zhu, Zeying Zhang, Yefei Lei, Zhenrong Ouyang, Shelby Kutty, Qiming Liu, Yunbin Xiao, Yunbin Xiao

“…BackgroundThe relationship between anion gap (AG) and short-term mortality of pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients with sepsis in the intensive care unit (ICU) remains unclear.MethodsThis study involved a retrospective analysis of incident PH patients with sepsis first admitted to the ICU in the MIMIC IV database (2008 to 2019). Short-term outcomes include in-hospital mortality and 28-day mortality. …”
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Efeitos da fisioterapia na função pélvica e qualidade de vida em mulheres com incontinência urinária – uma revisão sistemática by Elisabete Matos, Telma Pires, Fátima Santos, Patrícia Pires, Sara Viana, Rui Viana

“…A qualidade metodológica foi analisada através da escala de Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro). Resultados: Foram incluídos 19 artigos que cumpriram os critérios de elegibilidade com um total de 2253 participantes e com média aritmética de 8,4/10 na escala de PEDro. …”
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RAGE and its ligands in breast cancer progression and metastasis by Madalina Coser, Bogdan Mihai Neamtu, Bogdan Mihai Neamtu, Bogdan Pop, Bogdan Pop, Calin Remus Cipaian, Calin Remus Cipaian, Maria Crisan, Maria Crisan

“…Recent studies reported an interplay between the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and its ligands, S100 protein group, advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and high-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) and breast cancer growth and metastasis.Materials and methodsWe used articles available in the NCBI website database PubMed to write this scoping review. The search words used were ‘RAGE receptor’ AND/OR ‘breast cancer, RAGE ligands, glycation end products’. …”
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Quantifying research hotspots and trends in brucella spondylitis: a bibliometric analysis by Zhangui Gu, Zhangui Gu, Zongqiang Yang, Zongqiang Yang, Le Fei, Le Fei, Daihao Wei, Daihao Wei, Long Ma, Qiang Liu, Jiandang Shi

“…This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current status and research trends in the BS field using bibliometric methods.MethodsPublications on BS from January 1, 1980, to March 24, 2024, were retrieved from the Web of Science database. We used Biblioshiny, VOSviewer, Scimago Graphica, CiteSpace, and Microsoft Office Excel Professional Plus 2016 to analyze publication frequency, geographic distribution, institutional affiliations, international collaborations, authorship, journal sources, keyword usage, trends, and cited references.ResultsBetween January 1, 1980, and March 24, 2024, 197 publications on BS were analyzed. …”
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Ventricular assist device implantation in children with a mechanical valve: An ACTION registry analysis by Sabena F. Hussain, MD, MSc, Elyse Miller, MD, Othman Aljohani, MBBS, MPH, Scott Auerbach, MD, David Bearl, MD, Victor Benvenuto, MD, Erica Bonura, MD, Richard L. Crawford, Anna Joong, MD, Jameson Dyal, MD, Christina Hartje-Dunn, MD, Sujit Jana, MD, Sonia Kaushal, MD, Melanie Lynn, MD, Joseph Spinner, MD, Laura Radel, MD, Alexander Raskin, MD, Diana Torpoco-Rivera, MD, Sarah J. Wilkens, MD, MPH, Chet R. Villa, MD

“…Methods: All patients with a history of CHD (n = 433) in the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network database were included in the study (January 2012-January 2023). …”
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Emerging Trends and New Developments in Transient Elastography: A Bibliometric and Cocitation Analysis from 1999 to 2017 by Jingjing Gu, Weimian Wang, Ziyuan Zou, Fangze Huang, Chihua Fang, Xun Li, Xiaolong Qi

“…The top-cited articles focusing on transient elastography from 1999 to 2017 were retrieved from Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) database. The most prolific article, journal, country and continent, top-cited article in different period, international collaboration, cocitation analysis of journal were retrieved and analyzed in this article. …”
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Role of microvascular pericyte dysfunction in antibody-mediated rejection following kidney transplantation by Jie Xu, Junyan Pu, Hao Chen, Li Sun, Shuang Fei, Zhijian Han, Jun Tao, Xiaobing Ju, Zijie Wang, Ruoyun Tan, Min Gu

“…KEGG pathway analysis from the GEO database identified gene expression changes in pericytes, which were further analyzed using electron microscopy and Western blot techniques.Results There were statistically significant differences in creatinine, urea nitrogen, urine protein, and eGFR among the groups over time, with ABMR displaying the poorest outcomes. …”
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Current status and development trends of deep coalbed methane research in China by Wei JU, Shu TAO, Zhaobiao YANG, Jiayao CHENG, Haiyan SHANG, Weike NING, Chunlong WU

“…To understand the current status of CBM research and development in China, systematic retrieval and classification of deep CBM-related publications are conducted using the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database and Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform. …”
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Discovery of a broad-spectrum monoclonal antibody recognizing a conserved, linear epitope WFYDGYPT on VP1 protein of Enterovirus A species by Lie Fu, Wei-Ping Jin, Wen-Hui Wang, Chen Wang, Sha-Sha Qian, Meng-Jun Wang, Rui-Lun Liu, Song-Zhuang Li, Ya-Xin Du, Sheng-Li Meng, Jing Guo, Ze-Jun Wang, Xiao-Qi Chen, Shuo Shen

“…BLAST of the epitope in the NCBI genus Enterovirus protein database indicates that the epitope sequence is highly conserved among Enterovirus A species, but not among the other Enterovirus species. …”
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Real-world Data of Antithrombotic Therapy in Neuroendovascular Therapy: Analysis of JR-NET 4 by Nozomi SASAKI, Yukiko ENOMOTO, Hiroshi YAMAGAMI, Koji IIHARA, Akira ISHII, Hirotoshi IMAMURA, Nobuyuki SAKAI, Chiaki SAKAI, Tetsu SATOW, Yuji MATSUMARU, Shinichi YOSHIMURA

“…Details on antithrombotic therapy in neuroendovascular therapy for ruptured cerebral aneurysms, unruptured cerebral aneurysms, and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty or stenting were collected from the JR-NET 4 database. These data were analyzed and compared with those from the JR-NET 2 (January 2008 to December 2009) and JR-NET 3 (January 2010 to December 2014). …”
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Using machine learning to predict outcomes following transcarotid artery revascularization by Ben Li, Naomi Eisenberg, Derek Beaton, Douglas S. Lee, Leen Al-Omran, Duminda N. Wijeysundera, Mohamad A. Hussain, Ori D. Rotstein, Charles de Mestral, Muhammad Mamdani, Graham Roche-Nagle, Mohammed Al-Omran

“…The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) database was used to identify patients who underwent TCAR between 2016 and 2023. …”
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Factors and Their Correlation with Injury Severity of Elderly Pedestrian Traffic Accidents by Tae gyu Hyun, Seok-Ran Yeom, Sung-Wook Park, Deasup Lee, Hyung bin Kim, Il Jae Wang, Byung Gwan Bae, Min keun Song, Youngmo Cho

“…Purpose No previous study has assessed elderly pedestrian traffic accidents based on a nationwide database. This study aimed to help primary physicians who examine patients in emergency departments to determine and make prompt and accurate treatment decisions. …”
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Weekend effect on in-hospital outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: insights from a propensity-matched national analysis by Guangzhi Cong, Bo Shi, Xueping Ma, Congyan Ye, Rui Yan, Shizhe Fu, Kairu Wang, Haowei Li, Ru Yan, Shaobin Jia, Israel Gitangaza, Abdul Rehman

“…Methods A nationwide cohort study was conducted using the National Inpatient Sample Database. We identified 82,094 eligible patients aged ≥ 18 years admitted for TAVR between 2013 and 2021. …”
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