Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antibodies and sociodemographic features of pregnant women in Mogadishu, Somalia: a cross-sectional survey study by Maryan Abdullahi Sh. Nur, Hassan Abdullahi Dahie, Nima Abdi Hassan, Bashiru Garba, Jamal Hassan Mohamoud, Najib Isse Dirie, Mohamed Hussein Adam

“…Objective Recent investigations have revealed that COVID-19 during pregnancy substantially increases the risk of harmful outcomes for mothers and neonates, including preterm death and stillbirth as well as severe maternal morbidity and mortality. …”
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Clinical Characterization of Ulcerative Colitis in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis by Shun Murasugi, Ayumi Ito, Teppei Omori, Shinichi Nakamura, Katsutoshi Tokushige

“…We reviewed the clinical/colonoscopic profiles of the concurrent UC patients and compared the clinical profiles, survival, and primary causes of death between the patients with/without UC (n=35/n=42). …”
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Research Progress on the Role of Inflammasomes in Kidney Disease by Kun Chi, Xiaodong Geng, Chao Liu, GuangYan Cai, Quan Hong

“…Inflammasomes are multimeric complexes composed of cytoplasmic sensors, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase activation and recruitment domain (ASC or PYCARD), and procaspase-1 and play roles in regulating caspase-dependent inflammation and cell death. Inflammasomes are assembled by sensing pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) and initiate inflammatory responses by activating caspase-1. …”
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Aqueous humor metabolomic profiling identifies a distinct signature in pseudoexfoliation syndrome by Arturs Zemitis, Arturs Zemitis, Juris Vanags, Juris Vanags, Theresa Schiemer, Theresa Schiemer, Kristaps Klavins, Kristaps Klavins, Guna Laganovska, Guna Laganovska

“…These results suggest a potential link to ferroptosis.ConclusionFerroptosis is a form of programmed cell death characterized by iron-dependent LPO. The inhibition of the antiporter system Xc− leads to increased oxidative stress, suggesting that the changes seen in PEXS could be linked to ferroptosis. …”
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Measles and Pregnancy: Immunity and Immunization—What Can Be Learned from Observing Complications during an Epidemic Year by Rosalia Ragusa, Armando Platania, Mario Cuccia, Gaetano Zappalà, Gabriele Giorgianni, Placido D’Agati, Maria Alessandra Bellia, Marina Marranzano

“…Adverse pregnancy outcomes included 2 spontaneous abortions, 1 therapeutic abortion, 1 foetal death, and 6 preterm deliveries. Respiratory complications were more prevalent in pregnant women (21%) than in nonpregnant women with measles (9%). 14 health care workers (1.7%) were infected with measles, and none of these had been previously vaccinated. …”
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Expression and Significance of Immune Checkpoints in Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix by Liju Zong, Qianqian Zhang, Yuncan Zhou, Yujia Kong, Shuangni Yu, Jie Chen, Youzhong Zhang, Yang Xiang

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression levels of the immune checkpoint proteins, programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), B7-H3, B7-H4, and V-domain Ig suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA), as well as the significance thereof, in clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the cervix (a rare histological subtype of cervical cancer). …”
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Short-term outcomes of oropharyngeal administration of colostrum in preterm neonates: a double-blind placebocontrolled randomized trial by Ameneh Lamsehchi, Maryam Shokouhi Solgi, Mohammad Kazem Sabzehei, Behnaz Basiri, Elahe Talebi Ghane, Kiana Kimiaei Asadi, Sina Azadnajafabad

“…The main study outcomes were neonatal death, the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), length of hospital stay, and period to full enteral feeding. …”
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Prognostic and diagnostic accuracy of intracoronary electrocardiogram recorded during percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis by Jun Fan, Weijie Li, Yizhi Pan, Jialin He, Jiankai Huang, Pingan Chen

“…The pooled ORs with 95% CIs of ST-segment elevation recorded by IC-ECG were 4.65 (1.69 to 12.77), 5.08 (1.10 to 23.44), 4.53 (0.79 to 25.90) and 1.83 (0.93 to 3.62) for major adverse cardiac events, myocardial infarction, cardiac death and revascularisation, respectively. The weighted mean difference were 6.49 (95% CIs 3.84 to 9.14) for ejection fraction when ST-segment resolution was recorded, and 0.86 (95% CIs −8.55 to 10.26) when ST-segment elevation was recorded. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for radiation-induced oral mucositis for nasopharyngeal carcinoma and prognostic value of EGF and STREM-1 by Puyu Jiang, Po Xue, Jiani Wu

“…According to the 5-year survival of patients after treatment, they were divided into a poor prognosis group (death, recurrence, and distant metastasis) and a better prognosis group and the predictive value of the prognosis of patients was analyzed by the ROC curve. …”
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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

“…Significant heterogeneity in mortality was observed based on admission urgency, with a 3.27 times higher increased risk of death observed for elective admissions on weekends than on weekdays (P for interaction = 0.001). …”
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The Utah Population Database. A Model for Linking Medical and Genealogical Records for Population Health Research by Ken R. Smith, Alison Fraser, Diana Lane Reed, Jahn Barlow, Heidi A. Hanson, Jennifer West, Stacey Knight, Navina Forsythe, Geraldine P. Mineau

“…The UPDB includes medical information about cancer, causes of death, and medical details associated with births. …”
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The association of lipid accumulation product with inflammatory parameters and mortality: evidence from a large population-based study by Yi Chi, Yiqing Zhang, Huang Lin, Shanshan Zhou, Genlin Jia, Wei Wen

“…By considering inflammatory factors as mediators, we investigate the mediating effects of AVI on mortality.ResultsAfter a median follow-up of 69 months, there were 1,260 deaths, with 337 attributed to cardiovascular causes within the older adult population studied. …”
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Economic impact of road accidents on costs of employee turnover: A quantitative study from Poland by Agata Małgorzata Jaździk-Osmólska, Magdalena Kalbarczyk Kalbarczyk, Daniel Trzaskowski, Robert Wojtachnik, Adrianna Trzaskowska-Dmoch

“…A decrease in the risk of death in road safety in Poland in 2014-2019 did not reduce the costs to enterprises, which grew from PLN 1.1 million to PLN 1.6 million. …”
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Effect of nursing process-based nursing decision implementation on emergency patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by Tiantian Wan, Caixia Wang, Jingli Shi, Shujian Wu

“…Results Through intervention, the IG suggested visibly shorter rescue time, vein opening time, intervention procedure time, and hospital stay compared to the CG; the probability of heart failure (HF), cardiac arrest, and death in the IG was visibly lower than in the CG; the physical health, mental health, social relationships, and environmental scores in the IG were visibly higher than in the CG. …”
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Rice genotypes (Oryza sativa) respond to varying planting dates and environmental conditions by 1Asif Ali Kaleri, 1Danish Manzoor,1Rabia Laghari,2Muzamil Awan, 3Bina Khanzada, 4Hafsa Munir, 2Saba Solangi, 2Tameer Hyder Shah.5Ameer Jan, 6Laiba Ashfaq, 2Ghulam Sajjad Kaleri Kaleri

“…However, planting rice too early exposes it to cold conditions, which can lead to low vigour, poor germination, and even seedling death. On the other hand, planting rice too late might result in lower yields and lower-quality grains since the rice grain's essential reproductive phase corresponds with the hottest part of the summer. …”
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Endovascular Treatment and Outcomes for Femoropopliteal In-Stent Restenosis: Insights from the XLPAD Registry by Michael H. Vu, Glaiza-Mae Sande-Docor, Yulun Liu, Shirling Tsai, Mitul Patel, Chris Metzger, Mehdi H. Shishehbor, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, Nicolas W. Shammas, Peter Monteleone, Subhash Banerjee

“…Primary endpoint included major adverse limb events (MALE) at 1 year, a composite of all-cause death, target limb repeat revascularization, or major amputation. …”
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The evaluation of safe zones for the corona mortis using a cadaver simulation of the Modified Stoppa approach by Jade Naicker, Zithulele Nkosinathi Tshabalala, Andries Masenge, Obakeng Modisane, Steven Matshidza, Nkhensani Mogale

“…These risks arise from the inadvertent severing of vessels along the pelvic brim, resulting in bleeding, prolonged recovery, or even death. The specific vessels of concern include the corona mortis (CM) anastomosis and aberrant vasculature, which course over the superior pubic ramus. …”
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Global burden of musculoskeletal disorders and attributable factors in 204 countries and territories: a secondary analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study by Binyan Wang, Ding Ye, Shiwen Liu, Shuzhen Fan, Yaxuan Wang, Yuxuan Zhan

“…However, the age-standardised death rate showed a stable trend (AAPC 0.05, 95% CI −0.05 to 0.15) from 1990 to 2019. …”
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Analysis of marker substitutions in A/chicken/Astrakhan/2171-1/2020 H5N8 isolate of avian influenza virus recovered in the Astrakhan Oblast by N. G. Zinyakov, A. V. Andriyasov, Ye. V. Ovchinnikova, A. A. Kozlov, P. D. Zhestkov, D. B. Andreychuk, I. A. Chvala

“…At the end of 2020, a large-scale bird death was registered at one of the poultry farms in the Astrakhan region, the cause of which was avian influenza. …”
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Outcomes and predictors of unplanned intensive care unit admission for pediatric trauma patients by Tyler Liang, MD, Areg Grigorian, MD, Robert Painter, MD, James Jeng, MD, Theresa Chin, MD, Laura F. Goodman, MD MPH, Yigit S. Guner, MD, Catherine Kuza, MD, Jeffry Nahmias, MD MHPE

“…Conclusion: UIA for PTPs is rare but associated with increased complications and death. Significant predictors of UIA include ureteral, esophageal and brain injury.…”
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