Snapshot of health-related behaviours in adults living with disabilities 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey study by Syeda F Hussain, Nikki Heinze, Claire L Castle, Lauren R Godier-McBard, Theofilos Kempapidis, Renata S M Gomes

“…Mann-Whitney U and Χ2 tests were used to compare a range of health behaviours including time spent self-isolating, smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise frequency and diet in adults with and without disabilities.Setting A convenience sample of UK adults was recruited through the researchers’ personal and professional networks including UK-based sight loss sector charities, social media platforms and professional forums.Participants A total of 123 UK participants completed the survey.Outcome measures COVID-19 diagnosis, time spent self-isolating, alcohol consumption frequency, exercise frequency, change in smoking habit and eating habits.Results No significant differences were found in alcohol consumption, smoking, water intake, breakfast, or fruit and vegetable intake. …”
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Joint Use of Skull Base Surgery in a Case of Pediatric Parotid Gland Carcinoma by Yuri Ueda, Kiyoaki Tsukahara, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Ray Motohashi, Minoru Endo, Hiroki Sato, Yasuaki Katsube, Mamoru Suzuki

“…The postoperative permanent pathology diagnosis was high-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma with a low-grade component. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Treatment of Physical Health Problems Without a Known Cause, Exemplified by Hypertension and Tinnitus by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

“…For treatment in holistic medicine, it really does not matter as much that you cannot give the patient a precise medical diagnosis, because you can always work on the patient with the intention of healing his or her whole life and existence. …”
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Evaluation of the Biomarkers HMGB1 and IL-6 as Predictors of Mortality in Cirrhotic Patients with Acute Kidney Injury by Célio Geraldo de Oliveira Gomes, Marcus Vinicius Melo de Andrade, Ludmila Resende Guedes, Henrique Carvalho Rocha, Roberto Gardone Guimarães, Fernando Antônio Castro Carvalho, Eduardo Garcia Vilela

“…Clinical and laboratory data were collected at the time of diagnosis of AKI, including serum HMGB1 and IL-6. Results. …”
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Microradiography of Microcalcifications in Breast Specimen: A New Histological Correlation Procedure and the Effect of Improved Resolution on Diagnostic Validity by H.-J. Langen, S. Koehler, J. Bielmeier, R. Jocher, D. Kranzfelder, N. Jagusch, G. Treutlein, Th. Wetzler, J. Müller, G. Ott

“…Histological sections were subsequently prepared and correlated to the microradiographic image and every calcification was assigned an exact malignant or benign histological diagnosis. Five radiologists classified single groups of calcifications in both methods according to the BIRADS classification system. …”
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Risk factors for difficult peripheral venous cannulation in hospitalised patients. Protocol for a multicentre case–control study in 48 units of eight public hospitals in Spain by Jose Miguel Morales-Asencio, Ian Blanco-Mavillard, Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Calero, Ismael Fernandez-Fernandez, Luis Javier Molero-Ballester, Catalina Matamalas-Massanet, Luis Moreno-Mejias, Joan Ernest de Pedro-Gomez

“…Introduction Patients with difficult venous access experience undesirable effects during healthcare, such as delayed diagnosis and initiation of treatment, stress and pain related to the technique and reduced satisfaction. …”
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Risk Factors in Post-LASIK Corneal Ectasia by Mehmet Gurkan Tatar, Feride Aylin Kantarci, Aydin Yildirim, Haşim Uslu, Hatice Nur Colak, Hasan Goker, Bulent Gurler

“…The mean age of patients was 34.73±6.50 (23–48) years and the mean interval from LASIK to the diagnosis of post-LASIK ectasia was 36.0±16.92 (12–60) months. …”
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Fever and infections in surgical intensive care: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee clinical consensus document by Deborah M Stein, Hee Soo Jung, Lisa M Kodadek, Bryce Robinson, Aussama Khalaf Nassar, Joseph Cuschieri, Michael Steven Farrell, Abhijit Pathak, Samuel Mandell, Jasmeet Paul, Rachel D Appelbaum, Eden Nohra, Thomas Carver, Jordan Michael Kirsch

“…We discuss the evaluation of fever, the indications to obtain cultures including urine, blood, and respiratory specimens for diagnosis of infections, the use of procalcitonin, and the decision to initiate empiric antibiotics. …”
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Acute Occlusion of the Infarct-Related Artery as a Predictor of Very Long-Term Mortality in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction by Nikola Kos, Ivan Zeljković, Tomislav Krčmar, Karlo Golubić, Fran Šaler, Marijan Erceg, Diana Delić-Brkljačić, Nikola Bulj

“…The survey’s aim was to examine the significance of infarct-related artery (IRA) occlusion (verified angiographically) on very long-term outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction, within the STEMI and NSTEMI diagnosis. Methods. A single-center, nonrandomized, registry-based study on patients treated for acute coronary syndrome with percutaneous coronary intervention between June 2011 and December 2016 was conducted. …”
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A Rare Case of Digital Ischemia and Gangrene in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis with Review of the Literature by Richard A. Lau, Ramandeep Bains, Duminda Suraweera, Jane Ma, Emil R. Heinze, Andrew L. Wong, Philip J. Clements

“…On further evaluation, the patient was also found to have pulmonary-renal involvement and episcleritis. The diagnosis was supported with a positive cANCA (anti-proteinase 3) and a bronchoscopy consistent with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. …”
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Thyroid Dysfunction Prevalence and Risk Factors in the Southeastern Part of Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Muhammad Shahadat Hossen, Md. Mahmodul Islam, Abhijit Das, Md. Abdur Rahman Ripon, Mohammad Tohidul Amin, Mohammad Anwarul Basher, Md. Mamun Or Rashid

“…Information regarding prior diagnosis and current management of TDs was obtained through a questionnaire. …”
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Factors associated with, and variations in, COVID-19 hospital death rates in England’s first two waves: observational study by Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin, Stephen Brett, Puji Faitna

“…To quantify the correlation between hospitals’ first and second wave death rates.Design Observational study using administrative data.Setting Acute non-specialist hospitals in England.Participants All patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.Primary and secondary outcomes In-hospital death.Results Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data were extracted for all acute hospitals in England for COVID-19 admissions from March 2020 to March 2021. …”
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Monosomy 21 Seen in Live Born Is Unlikely to Represent True Monosomy 21: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Trent Burgess, Lilian Downie, Mark D. Pertile, David Francis, Melissa Glass, Sara Nouri, Rosalynn Pszczola

“…Whilst this patient had a provisional clinical diagnosis of trisomy 21, the patient also had phenotypic features consistent with monosomy 21, such as prominent epicanthic folds, broad nasal bridge, anteverted nares, simple ears, and bilateral overlapping fifth fingers, features which can also be present in individuals with Down syndrome. …”
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Enhanced detection of mild cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease: a hybrid model integrating dual biomarkers and advanced machine learning by John Sahaya Rani Alex, R. Roshini, G. Maneesha, Jeetashree Aparajeeta, B. Priyadarshini, Chih-Yang Lin, Chi-Wen Lung

“…Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex, progressive, and irreversible neurodegenerative disorder marked by cognitive decline and memory loss. Early diagnosis is the most effective strategy to slow the disease's progression. …”
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Anti-Myxovirus Resistance Protein-1 Immunoglobulin A Autoantibody in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Toru Arai, Masaki Hirose, Yoshimasa Hamano, Tomoko Kagawa, Akihiro Murakami, Hiroshi Kida, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Yoshikazu Inoue

“…We measured anti-MX1 immunoglobulin (Ig) G, IgA, and IgM autoantibody levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in serum collected at the time of diagnosis from 71 patients with IPF diagnosed according to the 2018 IPF guideline. …”
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Ocrelizumab-induced colitis—critical review and case series from a Romanian cohort of MS patients by Ileana Maria Vodă, Vlad Eugen Tiu, Vlad Eugen Tiu, Luiza Răuță, Paul Ciucur, Andreea Ioana Mușuroi, Alina Flavia Tomescu, Alina Flavia Tomescu, Nicoleta Laura Humă, Florin Dobrițoiu, Florin Dobrițoiu, Elena Terecoasă, Elena Terecoasă, Lucian Negreanu, Lucian Negreanu, Cristina Tiu, Cristina Tiu

“…Objectives: We analyzed a cohort of ocrelizumab treated patients in our MS center to evaluate the incidence of drug-induced colitis.MethodsWe present a critical review of the available literature on diagnosis and management of anti-CD20 induced colitis and display a case series of 3 suspected patients in our cohort.ResultsTwo patients met the full criteria for ocrelizumab-induced colitis, while a third partially met the criteria. …”
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Artificial intelligence in dentistry—A review by Hao Ding, Jiamin Wu, Wuyuan Zhao, Jukka P. Matinlinna, Jukka P. Matinlinna, Michael F. Burrow, James K. H. Tsoi

“…The majority of the AI applications in dentistry are for diagnosis based on radiographic or optical images, while other tasks are not as applicable as image-based tasks mainly due to the constraints of data availability, data uniformity, and computational power for handling 3D data. …”
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Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy with a Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide-Secreting Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Accompanied by a Gastric Cancer by Katsushi Takeda, Ryosuke Kimura, Nobuhiro Nishigaki, Shinya Sato, Asami Okamoto, Kumiko Watanabe, Sachie Yasui

“…Chemotherapy reduced the size of the ICC and decreased the serum PTHrP level. One year after diagnosis, the patient was alive in the face of a poor prognosis for an ICC that produced PTHrP. …”
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Analytical Approach to the Selection of Research Topics for Gallstone Disease and Acute Cholecystitis (an Overview of Cochrane Reviews) by S. I. Panin, T. V. Nechay, A. V. Sazhin, A. V. Puzikova

“…Aim: description of modern methods of statistical evaluation of the world evidence base to determine the direction of promising scientific research in diagnosis and treatment of cholelithiasis and cholecystitis.Materials and methods. …”
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How to disseminate the research results on climate change impacts in cities to guide adaptation public policies ? Application to the Paris region (France) by Julie André, Benjamin Le Roy, Aude Lemonsu, Morgane Colombert, Valéry Masson

“…Public stakeholders in the Paris area need urban climate data for various purposes (awareness, diagnosis, decision support, and evaluation) and thus seek diverse types and formats of information. …”
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