Twenty years’ experience of midgut malrotation and volvulus in a tertiary center in northern Taiwan: A retrospective study by Wen-Yu Tseng, Ming-Wei Lai, Jin-Yao Lai, Chien-Chang Chen, Hsun-Chin Chao, Jeng-Chang Chen, Shih-Yen Chen, Yung-Ching Ming, Hung-Yu Yeh, Hung-Hsiang Lai, Sze-Ya Ting, Pai-Jui Yeh

“…Patients were classified into the poor-outcome group (PO) if they underwent bowel resection or experienced mortality; all others were categorized as the favorable-outcome group (FO). Data on demographics, initial presentations, laboratory results, radiographic or sonographic findings, maternal conditions, and outcomes were collected and analyzed. …”
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Pan-Canadian assessment of image guided adaptive radiation therapy and the role of the radiation therapist by Amanda Moreira, Tara Rosewall, Yat Tsang, Patricia Lindsay, Peter Chung, Winnie Li

“…The survey questions included centre demographics, presence of offline and/or online ART activities as standard of care, corresponding roles and responsibilities of the multidisciplinary team, and training activities. …”
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Mechanically powered negative pressure dressing reduces surgical site infection after stoma reversal by Brian Williams, MD, Aubrey Swinford, MD, Jordan Martucci, MD, Johnny Wang, MD, Jordan R. Wlodarczyk, MD, Abhinav Gupta, MD, Kyle G. Cologne, MD, Sarah E. Koller, MD, Christine Hsieh, MD, Marjun P. Duldulao, MD, Joongho Shin, MD

“…Results: Forty-six patients undergoing local ileostomy or colostomy closure were identified for the study group. Patient demographics and surgical variables were reported. One (2.2 %) patient in the study cohort developed superficial SSI within 30 days of their surgery. …”
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The Development of the Radial Bow in Children: Normative Values by Samara F. Kass, Julia L. Conroy, Alisa Forsberg, Rebecca S. Li, Catherine C. May, Natasha S. McKibben, Julio J. Jauregui, Raymond W. Lui, Joshua M. Abzug

“…Methods: A retrospective review of radiographs from children aged 0–17 years with no previous history of an upper extremity fracture or condition was performed. Patient demographics, maximal radial bow location, and depth were recorded in millimeters and as percentages of the total radial length. …”
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Vascularized composite allograft deceased donation in the United States by Wida S. Cherikh, Samantha M. Noreen, Alexandra Lewis, Sarah E. Booker, Jesse Howell, Erin M. Schnellinger, Jennifer L. Wainright, Christopher C. Curran

“…As the field continues to evolve and more data becomes available, further analyses need to be conducted to understand the demographics of VCA donors and the potential impact of VCA donation within the donation and transplant system.…”
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Influence of Enhanced Recovery Pathway on Surgical Site Infection after Colonic Surgery by Caroline Gronnier, Fabian Grass, Christiane Petignat, Basile Pache, Dieter Hahnloser, Giorgio Zanetti, Nicolas Demartines, Martin Hübner

“…Over 100 items related to demographics, surgical details, compliance, and outcome were retrieved from a prospectively maintained database. …”
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Static and dynamic brain functional connectivity patterns in patients with unilateral moderate-to-severe asymptomatic carotid stenosis by Junjun Wang, Junjun Wang, Linfeng Song, Binlin Tian, Li Yang, Xiaoyu Gu, Xu Chen, Lei Gao, Lin Jiang

“…This study aimed to explore differences in static and dynamic intrinsic functional connectivity and temporal dynamics between patients with ACS and those without carotid stenosis.MethodsWe recruited 30 patients with unilateral moderate-to-severe (stenosis ≥ 50%) ACS and 30 demographically-matched healthy controls. All participants underwent neuropsychological testing and 3.0T brain MRI scans. …”
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Outcomes of Joint Arthrodesis in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis by Melanie Bertolino, BS, Kyra A. Benavent, BS, Zachary Li, BS, Dafang Zhang, MD, Philip E. Blazar, MD, Brandon E. Earp, MD

“…Six patients who underwent arthrodesis of 13 IP joints were included in the study. Patient demographics, comorbidities, surgical information, and postoperative outcomes were collected from the medical record. …”
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Blood Transfusions in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: An Analysis of Outcomes by Thomas Danninger, Rehana Rasul, Jashvant Poeran, Ottokar Stundner, Madhu Mazumdar, Peter M. Fleischut, Lazaros Poultsides, Stavros G. Memtsoudis

“…Patient and health care demographics, as well as comorbidities and perioperative outcomes were compared. …”
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Factors associated with hospital length of stay in patients with thoracic hydatid cyst disease undergoing surgical intervention: a retrospective study by Reza Ershadi, Mohammadreza Salehi, Ghazal Roostaei, Niloofar Khoshnam Rad, Sara Soltanmohammadi, Hesam Amini

“…Data were collected using a standardized checklist covering demographics, medical history, clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, treatment details, surgical characteristics, and risk factors. …”
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Correlation of Clinical Severity and Laboratory Parameters with Various Serotypes in Dengue Virus: A Hospital-Based Study by Pooja Rao, Achappa Basavaprabhu, Suchitra Shenoy, Nikhil Victor Dsouza, Basavaiah Sridevi Hanaganahalli, Vaman Kulkarni

“…Clinical data were extracted from medical records including demographics, presence of comorbid conditions, clinical presentation, laboratory investigations, and course including length of hospital stay and outcome. …”
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Machine learning validation of the AVAS classification compared to ultrasound mapping in a multicentre study by Katerina Lawrie, Petr Waldauf, Peter Balaz, Radoslav Bortel, Ricardo Lacerda, Emma Aitken, Krzysztof Letachowicz, Mario D’Oria, Vittorio Di Maso, Pavel Stasko, Antonio Gomes, Joana Fontainhas, Matej Pekar, Alena Srdelic, VAVASC Study Group, Stephen O’Neill

“…A prospective multicentre international study (NCT04796558) with patient recruitment from March 2021-July 2024. Demographics, risk factors, vessels parameters, types of predicted and created VA (pVA, cVA) were collected. …”
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Assessing paramedic performance and background factors in emerging disease outbreak by Karim Javanmardi, Abbas Dadashzadeh, Hossein Feizollahzadeh, Neda Gilani, Mansour Ghafourifard, Javad Dehghannejad

“…Data was collected using a questionnaire to assess the demographics and performance of paramedics in caring for COVID-19 patients. …”
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Femoral Head Pathology in Subcapital Hip Fractures: Clinical Value and Cost-Effectiveness in a 230-Patient Case Series by Nissim Ohana, Omer Marom, David Segal, Refael Behrbalk, Yuval Ben-Sira, Alex Tavdi, Ezequiel Palmanovich, Eyal Yaacobi

“…Patients undergoing surgical treatment for SCF between 2015 and 2018, with available femoral head pathology reports, were included. Data on demographics, prior or active malignancies, surgical procedures, and pathology results were analyzed. …”
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The Effectiveness of Add-on Treatment with Nutraceutical by V. T. Ivashkin, M. A. Morozova, E. A. Poluektova, O. S. Shifrin, A. G. Beniashvili, G. E. Rupchev, A. A. Alekseev, Yu. M. Poluektov, Z. A. Mamieva, A. L. Kovaleva, A. I. Ulyanin, E. A. Trush

“…Patients of the experimental and control groups did not differ from each other either in terms of demographics, basic treatment, or in the severity of symptoms at the beginning of the study.The effectiveness of the treatment in the patients, who received add-on “SZ Gastro” was significantly higher than in the patients of the control group: in the control group the percentage of improvement of somatic symptoms was 22.35 %, in the experimental group it amounted to 49.18 % (χ2 = 15.9; p = 0.0001). …”
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Risk Factors for Perforation in Endoscopic Treatment for Early Colorectal Cancer: A Nationwide ENTER-K Study by Ik Hyun Jo, Hyun Gun Kim, Young-Seok Cho, Hyun Jung Lee, Eun Ran Kim, Yoo Jin Lee, Sung Wook Hwang, Kyeong-Ok Kim, Jun Lee, Hyuk Soon Choi, Yunho Jung, Chang Mo Moon

“…We investigated the demographics, endoscopic findings at the time of treatment, and histopathological characteristics of the resected specimens. …”
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Precision Adverse Drug Reactions Prediction with Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network by Yang Gao, Xiang Zhang, Zhongquan Sun, Payal Chandak, Jiajun Bu, Haishuai Wang

“…Traditional machine learning‐based methods primarily focus on predicting potential ADRs for drugs, but they often fall short of capturing the complexity of individual demographics and the variations in ADRs experienced by different people. …”
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Role of Anti-MICA Antibodies in Graft Survival of Renal Transplant Recipients of India by Mohit Chowdhry, R. N. Makroo, Mandhata Singh, Manoj Kumar, Yogita Thakur, Vandana Sharma

“…Association of various demographics, HLA-A + B + DRB1 mismatches, anti-HLA antibody screen, and anti-MICA antibodies was assessed using Pearson’s chi-square test. …”
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Prevalence of psychological distress: a scientific approach towards the mental health and wellbeing of population during the SARS-COV-2 outbreak [version 2; peer review: 2 approved... by Shazia Sadaf, Sara Noreen, Ahmed Alsubaie, Inayat Shah, Saman Tauqir, Saqib Ali

“…The questionnaire collected data on demographics, socioeconomic status, and residential area. …”
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Impact of sociodemographic factors, sleep, physical activity, and sedentary lifestyle on central obesity in schoolchildren aged 6–12 years in Marrakech, Morocco by Youssef Lahyani, Latifa Adarmouch, Majda Sebbani, Ouassim Mansoury, Hicham EL Mouaddib, Mohamed Amine

“…Background: Central obesity is a growing public health concern globally, and the recognition of its specific impact on Moroccan demographics remains scarce. This study examined the associations of body mass index (BMI) and central obesity status (WtHR) with sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyle habits in a sample of school-aged children from Marrakech, Morocco. …”
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