Analysis of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes of Pregnant Women with Syphilis and Maternal-Infant Serological Association in Changzhou, China, 2015–2019 by Chaorong Bian, Zhiqiang Qin, Jieying Zhang, Mengtao Sun, Manman Gu, Kejin Chen

“…Syphilis-infected pregnant women reported in Changzhou City from 2015 to 2019 were selected as the study population (data were obtained from the “China Information System for Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission of AIDS, Syphilis and Hepatitis B.” Demographic characteristics, laboratory tests, and medication were collected to describe adverse pregnancy outcomes and the distribution of non-pale leptospiral antibody titers during pregnancy. …”
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Impact of Clinical Factors on Generic and Disease-Specific Quality of Life in COPD and Asthma-COPD Overlap with Exacerbations by Zsófia Lázár, Alpár Horváth, Gábor Tomisa, Lilla Tamási, Veronika Müller

“…Patients with COPD (N =705) and ACO (N =148) belonging to C and D groups according to GOLD 2017 were recruited in stable condition. Demographic and clinical data were collected, spirometry was performed, and patients rated the intensity of respiratory symptoms during the previous week. …”
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Receipt of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy among people with HIV in Southern US states: an assessment using electronic health records and claims data by Yiyang Liu, Rebecca J. Fisk-Hoffman, Maitri Patel, Robert L. Cook, Mattia Prosperi

“…We analyzed electronic health records (EHRs) to provide real-world evidence of demographic and clinical characteristics associated with the receipt of LAI ART among people with HIV (PWH). …”
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Comparative Analysis of Percutaneous Nephrostomy and Double J Stenting in Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction with Acute Kidney Injury: A Tertiary Hospital Based Prospective Study by Manzoor Ahmad, Vivek Pachauri, Saif Quaiser, Wasif Md Ali, Imad Ali, Adnan Habib

“…Patients were classified into upper urinary tract obstruction and lower urinary tract obstruction. 70 patients of the upper urinary tract obstruction cases were further managed by either percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) or double-J (DJ) ureteral stenting diversion procedures. 68 out of 70 upper urinary tract obstruction underwent either of the two procedures. Clinical, demographic, and laboratory parameters were analysed in such patients, and their outcomes were assessed at one and three months. …”
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Evaluation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Measures in Patients with Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain before a Definitive Diagnosis by Leila Farhad Mollashahi, Narges Farhad Mollashahi, Fahimeh Afzaljavan, Amir Hossein Saati

“…This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutic measures patients underwent before reaching a definitive diagnosis.Methods and Materials: This cross-sectional descriptive study, included patients referred to the pain clinic of Mashhad Dental School from April 2023 to February 2024, whom received a diagnosis of PIFP. In addition to demographic information, the average time between the onset of symptoms and the final diagnosis, the number of consultations before diagnosis and the history of undergone diagnostic and therapeutic measures for pain relief; were recorded. …”
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Association of Habitual Physical Activity Measured by an Accelerometer with High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients by Ryota Matsuzawa, Atsuhiko Matsunaga, Toshiki Kutsuna, Akira Ishii, Yoshifumi Abe, Kei Yoneki, Manae Harada, Mio Ishibashi, Yasuo Takeuchi, Atsushi Yoshida, Naonobu Takahira

“…Baseline characteristics, such as demographic factors, physical constitution, primary kidney disease, comorbid conditions, smoking habits, drug use, and laboratory parameters, were collected from patient hospital records. …”
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Trends in Real-World Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Rearranged Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Receiving One or More ALK Tyrosine Kinase Inh... by Lara Chayab, Natasha B. Leighl, Mina Tadrous, Christine M. Warren, William W. L. Wong

“…Using linked provincial health administrative databases, we examined real-world outcomes of patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC receiving ALK TKIs in Ontario between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2021. Demographic, clinical characteristics and treatment patterns were summarized using descriptive statistics. …”
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Evaluation of a pilot family planning educational seminar and subsequent attitudes towards family planning among Muslim communities in Tanzania. by Alexandra A Cordeiro, Hajirah Gumanneh, Aneth Nzali, Valencia J Lambert, Amina Yussuph, Albert Kihunrwa, Yassin Mchondo, Ramadhan Mtita, Hidaya Yahaya, Samuel E Kalluvya, Joyce Wamoyi, Mehrunisha Suleman, Jennifer A Downs, Agrey H Mwakisole

“…Interviews explored participants' knowledge and perceptions of FP, views of its permissibility in Islam, and actions that they had taken since attending the seminar. Demographic and survey data was analyzed using R software. …”
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How far? Travel burdens for children admitted to hospitals in the Western Cape Province of South Africa by M Richards, D le Roux, D Pienaar

“…Methods: Over a period of 5 years from 2017-2021, all the admission details to every hospital in the Western Cape of children under 18 years of age were collected, with basic demographic and disease data including place of residence. …”
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Rabies-preventive health program for mothers in maternal and child health centers: quasi experimental study by Samia Ibrahim Mabrouk Baraka, Rania Abd Elmohsen Abo El Nour, M. A. Abdelzaher, Eman Mahmoud Seif El–Nasr

“…This tool consisted of two parts: demographic characteristics of the studied mothers and mothers’ knowledge about rabies. …”
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Surgical delay-associated mortality risk varies by subtype in loco-regional breast cancer patients in SEER-Medicare by Macall Leslie Salewon, Rashmi Pathak, William C. Dooley, Ronald A. Squires, Hallgeir Rui, Inna Chervoneva, Takemi Tanaka

“…Inverse propensity score-weighting was adjusted for demographic, clinical, and treatment variables impacting TTS. …”
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Clinical profile and outcomes analysis of HIV infection by Ashwant Kumar, Yoganathan Chidambaram, Clement J. Dhas, Nekkanti Abilash, Murali Alagesan

“…Participants were assessed for their demographic, medical, clinical, hematological, and viral characteristics as well as treatment rendered and disease outcomes. …”
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Evaluating catastrophic health expenditures among patients with long bone fractures in Ghana's major teaching hospitals: a hospital-based analysis by Alexis D. B. Buunaaim, Michel Adurayi Amenah, Dominic Konadu-Yeboah, Richard Baidoo, Amgbo Asare, Wilfred Larbi Addo, Claude Martin

“…Methods This cross-sectional study analyzed data from 2,980 patients with long bone fractures treated at four major teaching hospitals in Ghana from July 2017 to July 2020. We collected demographic, clinical, and economic data, including OOP payments and patient-reported income, to assess the incidence of CHE at varying income thresholds (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%). …”
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The First Saint Petersburg Regional Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Registry on the Basis of the Regional Health Information System: Principles of Functioning, Testing Results, Plan of... by Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. M. Sarana, L. N. Melentyeva, A. V. Yazenok, S. V. Petrov, Yu. A. Fominykh, S. V. Ivanov, A. V. Shotik, A. M. Segal, T. V. Gorbacheva, S. D. Plotnikova, K. V. Dronov

“…The General Statistical Module is intended to analyze the prevalence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, the number of patient visits to medical institutions; to assess the burden on the healthcare system, demographic characteristics, routing and mortality for the whole region. …”
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Comparing the Critical Thinking Skills of Dentistry, Engineering, and Law Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mashhad, Iran by Mohammad Hosein Sadeghi, Ali Kazemian, Maryam Mehrabkhani

“…The first part of the questionnaire inquired about the demographic information of students. Participants were asked to complete the web-based questionnaire anonymously. …”
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Adverse events following immunization surveillance on two types of enterovirus 71 vaccines: A real-world comparative study in China by Yiqing Zhu, Yihan Wang, Jinghui Wang, Yafei Wang, Li Sun, Shiheng Cui, Jing Li, Yu Guo

“…No significant differences in the AEFI reported rate were found between two types of EV71 vaccines across various demographic. However, a higher number of AEFI was reported in children under 1-year old following EV71-Vero compared to EV71-H2 with a reversal in 4–5 years- group (χ2 = 13.90, p = .01). …”
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Prevalence and characteristics of HPV vaccine hesitancy among parents of adolescent females across Saudi Arabia by Sahar Othman, Ranya Ghamri, Wala Alhamadah, Anwaar Alsatty, Dhuha Khesfaty, Ohoud Alghamdi, Ragad Arbaein, Alaa M. Baglagel, Jumana Khayyat, Bushra Almalki

“…Descriptive statistics, univariate binomial regression, and multivariate binary logistic regression were employed for statistical analysis.ResultsAmong the 667 participants who completed the questionnaire, 34% were hesitant about immunizing their adolescent daughters with the HPV vaccine. A few demographic variables were significantly associated with vaccine hesitancy, including lower household income and living in the southern region. …”
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The impact of the number of aneurysms on the course of the acute period of subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients with multiple intracranial aneurysms by Yulia O. Solodovnikova, Anatoliy S. Son

“…Patients were divided into two groups depending on the number of aneurysms. Demographic indicators (age, gender) and clinical-instrumental factors (comorbidities, extent of hemorrhage, severity at admission, clinical manifestations), treatment characteristics, and outcomes were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression. …”
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Improving reproductive outcomes in frozen embryo transfer over fresh embryo transfer in women with endometrioma: A historical cohort study by Parisa Pirooznia, Mehri Mashayekhi, Firouzeh Ghaffari, Nadia Jahangiri, Zahra Zolfaghari, Firoozeh Ahmadi, Fateme Hasani, Nima Narimani

“…Results: No significant differences were observed between the groups in terms of demographic characteristics and endometrioma size. The only significant difference in fertility outcomes was the LBR, which was 36.4% for the FET group compared to 22.8% for the fresh ET group (p = 0.04). …”
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Characterization of Vaginitis Among Women Complaining of Genital Tract Symptoms by Hemin Muheddin Kareem, Muhammed Saed Qadir, Safa Bakr Karim, Solaf Jawhar Ali

“…All relevant clinical information such as patient demographic profiles, socioeconomic variables, risk factors and symptoms have been collected by questionnaire based study. …”
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