Evaluating the Factors Affecting COVID-19 Patients’ Mortality in Arak in 2020 by Hossein Mazaherpour, Masoumeh Soofian, Elham Farahani, Ahmad Saebbian, Mostafa Etebari, Sakineh Mazaherpour, Fatemeh Ashrafian, Amitis Ramezani

“…The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a leading cause of death in the world in the last few years. This study has investigated various causes and risk factors that may lead to death due to this disease. …”
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Comparison of effectiveness of aspirin, clopidogrel and cilostazol monotherapy treatment in ischaemic stroke by Endarwati Tuti, Kurniasih Khamdiyah Indah, Fauziah Fauziah, Sunarti Sunarti, Agus Salim Muh.

“…Stroke is the third most common cause of disability and the second most common cause of death globally. Between 1990 and 2019, its prevalence increased by 70%. …”
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The Potential of Neonatal Organ Donation in Central Sweden by Emil Bluhme, Ewa Henckel, Boubou Hallberg, Carl Jorns

“…Medical records of all possible donors were reviewed, identifying 85 potential donors. Main cause of death was hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy 47% (n = 40). …”
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Mathematical Model for Transmission and Control of Covid-19 in Human Population of Kigezi Sub-region. by Mukamatayebwa, Keneth

“…The parameters such as B indicates the entry of a new population into the system of the model, β indicates the rate at which the susceptible individuals are exposed to the disease, n shows the infection rate, μ natural death rate, t recovery rate, and α shows the death resulting from the disease. …”
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Subcutaneous sarilumab for the treatment of hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID19 disease: A pragmatic, embedded randomized clinical trial. by Westyn Branch-Elliman, Ryan Ferguson, Gheorghe Doros, Patricia Woods, Sarah Leatherman, Judith Strymish, Rupak Datta, Rekha Goswami, Matthew D Jankowich, Nishant R Shah, Thomas H Taylor, Sarah T Page, Sara J Schiller, Colleen Shannon, Cynthia Hau, Maura Flynn, Erika Holmberg, Karen Visnaw, Rupali Dhond, Mary Brophy, Paul A Monach

“…<h4>Main outcomes and measures</h4>The primary outcome was intubation or death within 14 days of randomization. All data were extracted remotely from the EHR.…”
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Preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen to lymphocyte ratio serves as a prognostic predictor in elderly patients with colorectal cancer: a multicentre retrospective study by Lei Jiang, Ning Tan, Xiaonan Zhang, Jiayi Jiang, Xinyi Li, Gang Deng, Tao Liang, Haohan Ma, Weiping Deng, Lichang Guan, Kaijun Zhang, Xujie Cai, Lishu Xu

“…The observed end point was all-cause death during the follow-up period postoperation.Results In the derivation cohort, CLR demonstrated an independent association with all-cause mortality. …”
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Phytochemical and Biological Investigations of Crude Extracts of <i>Astragalus pisidicus</i> by Esra Aydemir, Elif Odabaş Köse, Serap Özkaya Gül, Alaaddin Korkut, A. Cansu Kilit, Mehmet Engin Celep, Mustafa Yavuz, R. Süleyman Göktürk, Cengiz Sarikurkcu

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: <i>A. pisidicus</i> elicited apoptotic cell death in cancer cells selectively by the activation of caspases and subsequent DNA fragmentation and may serve as a novel source of an apoptosis-inducing anticancer drug.…”
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The value of thrombus markers applied in patients with respiratory failure by Yingqun Chen, Zihan Yin, Junshi Wang, Cunliang Yan, Xuwei Lin, Lei Huang

“…In addition, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in the death group was higher to that in the survival group (P<0.05). …”
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How do palliative care doctors recognise imminently dying patients? A judgement analysis by Nicola White, Priscilla Harries, Adam JL Harris, Victoria Vickerstaff, Philip Lodge, Catherine McGowan, Ollie Minton, Christopher Tomlinson, Adrian Tookman, Fiona Reid, Patrick Stone

“…The top 20% were invited to participate in phase II; 14/19 doctors completed the judgement task and were included in the phase II analysis.Measures Phase I: participants were asked to give a probability of death within 72 hours (0%–100%) for all 20 cases. …”
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A comparison of drug‐eluting stent and coronary artery bypass grafting in mildly to moderately ischemic heart failure by Kun Wang, Le Wang, Hongliang Cong, Jingxia Zhang, Yuecheng Hu, Yingyi Zhang, Rui Zhang, Wenyu Li, Wei Qi

“…The long‐term cumulative rate of all‐cause death was significantly different between the two groups (DES vs. …”
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Investigating Confined Space Asphyxias: Plastic Bag Involvement and Gas Inhalation – A Case Series and Literature Review by Sofija Saulė Kaubrytė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Giedrė Kažukauskė, Sigitas Laima, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…Forensic challenges include nonspecific autopsy findings, manipulations of death scenes, and difficulties in detecting inert gases postmortem. …”
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Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Migrate and Rescue RPE in the Setting of Oxidative Stress by Aya Barzelay, Shira Weisthal Algor, Anat Niztan, Sebastian Katz, Moshe Benhamou, Itay Nakdimon, Noam Azmon, Sandy Gozlan, Daphna Mezad-Koursh, Meira Neudorfer, Michaella Goldstein, Benjamin Meilik, Anat Loewenstein, Adiel Barak

“…We evaluated the potential of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) as a therapeutic tool by studying the migration capacity of ASCs in vitro and their protective effect against RPE cell death under oxidative stress in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Combination Treatments of Plasma Exchange and Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients with Hepatitis B Virus-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failur... by Wen-xiong Xu, Hong-liang He, Shun-wen Pan, Yuan-li Chen, Mei-ling Zhang, Shu Zhu, Zhi-liang Gao, Liang Peng, Jian-guo Li

“…The endpoint outcomes were death and unfavorable outcome (need for liver transplantation or death). …”
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Mortality of elder financial and psychological abuse victims in rural Malaysia: a prospective cohort study by Raudah Mohd Yunus, Farizah Hairi, Noran N Hairi, Wan Yuen Choo, Sajaratulnisah Othman, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Norliana Ismail, Sharifah Nor Ahmad, Inayah Abdul Razak, Devi Peramalah, Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud, Halima B Awang, Siti Zaharah Jamaludin, Jamali Samsuddin, Mohammad Mafrukhin Mokhtar, Syed Mohd Fauzi, Zainudin Mohd Ali

“…Objectives To determine the longitudinal impact of elder financial and psychological abuse on risk of death among older Malaysians.Design 7-year prospective cohort study. …”
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Burden of brain and other central nervous system cancer in China, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of observational data from the global burden of disease study 2019 by Peng Yin, Maigeng Zhou, Fan Zhang, E Wang, Xinran Hou, Zongbin Song, Zhuoyi Liu, Wenyong Long, Zheng Long, Maoen Zhu

“…Objective To evaluate the trends in disease burden and the epidemiological features of central nervous system (CNS) cancer in China from 1990 to 2019.Design A population-based observational study.Setting The incidence, prevalence, death and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to CNS cancer in China, stratified by sex, age and provincial region, were collected from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.Participants Data were publicly available and individuals were not involved.Results In 2019, the incident cases of CNS cancer in China were 347 992 (95% UI 262 084–388 896), and the age-standardised rate (ASR) of incidence was 5.69 (95% UI 4.36–6.78) per 100 000 person-years increased by 27.9% compared with that in 1990; meanwhile, CNS cancer caused 63 527 (95% UI 47 793–76 948) deaths in China in 2019, and the ASR of death was 3.5 (95% UI 2.62–4.21) per 100 000 person-years decreased by 9.6%. …”
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Integrative genomic analyses combined with molecular dynamics simulations reveal the impact of deleterious mutations of Bcl-2 gene on the apoptotic machinery and implications in ca... by Ghazi Elamin, Ghazi Elamin, Zhichao Zhang, Depika Dwarka, Kabange Kasumbwe, John Mellem, Nompumelelo P. Mkhwanazi, Paradise Madlala, Paradise Madlala, Mahmoud E. S. Soliman

“…It plays a pivotal role in maintaining cellular homeostasis by preventing premature or excessive cell death. Genetic variations and dysregulation of Bcl-2 are particularly significant in cancer, as they disrupt the normal apoptotic machinery, enabling cancer cells to evade programmed cell death. …”
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Scrub typhus in pregnancy: A 10-year multicenter study in resource-limited settings in China. by Peilin Zhao, Tieyong Dong, Hongbin Lu, Rui Zhu, Shanshan Zhao, Wuqian Tao, Li Li, Chunmei Liu, Shuwei Pu, Ling Mo, Huanhuan Wang

“…Over 1/3 (n = 90) had a poor fetal outcome, including 40.0% (n = 36) miscarriage, 23.3% (n = 21) fetal death/stillbirth and 36.7% (n = 33) preterm birth. …”
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Association of β-Blocker Therapy at Discharge with Clinical Outcomes after Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients without Heart Failure by Yan Chen, Xiao-fang Tang, Run-lin Gao, Yue-jin Yang, Bo Xu, Jin-qing Yuan

“…We present that β-blocker significantly lowers the rate of all-cause death up to 1 year, in UA patients who have undergone PCI and have adequate LVEF. …”
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SGLT2-inhibitors in diabetic patients with severe aortic stenosis and cardiac damage undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) by Pasquale Paolisso, Marta Belmonte, Emanuele Gallinoro, Roberto Scarsini, Luca Bergamaschi, Leonardo Portolan, Matteo Armillotta, Giuseppe Esposito, Elisabetta Moscarella, Giovanni Benfari, Claudio Montalto, Monika Shumkova, Elayne Kelen de Oliveira, Francesco Angeli, Mateusz Orzalkiewicz, Margherita Fabroni, Nurcan Baydaroglu, Andrea Raffaele Munafò, Daniele Oreste D’Atri, Matteo Casenghi, Lucia Scisciola, Michelangela Barbieri, Raffaele Marfella, Felice Gragnano, Edoardo Conte, Dario Pellegrini, Alfonso Ielasi, Daniele Andreini, Martin Penicka, Jacopo Andrea Oreglia, Paolo Calabrò, Antonio Bartorelli, Carmine Pizzi, Tullio Palmerini, Marc Vanderheyden, Francesco Saia, Flavio Ribichini, Emanuele Barbato

“…Secondary outcomes included all-cause death, cardiovascular death, and HF hospitalization. …”
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La littérature comme lutte à mort des consciences by Pierre Bergounioux

“…Through Flaubert’s early works it examines the creation of an esthetics that, after the author’s ‘death to the world’, strives to target and destroy contemporary society and the reader. …”
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