Predictive Value of Urinary KIM-1, TIMP-2 and sTREM-1 for Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Elderly Patients After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Huang W, Wang R, Zhang P

“…Urinary KIM-1, TIMP-2 and sTREM-1 levels were assessed and the preoperative and general data as well as postoperative urinary KIM-1, TIMP-2 and sTREM-1 levels were compared. The early diagnostic value of urinary KIM-1, TIMP-2 and sTREM-1 at 6 hours postoperatively for CI-AKI was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.Results: After 48 h of operation, Scr in the CI-AKI group was higher versus the non-CI-AKI group. …”
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Differentiating Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy Using Exhaled Volatile Organic Compounds: A Prospective Observational Study by Guangyu Lu, Zhixia Su, Xiaoping Yu, Yuhang He, Taining Sha, Kai Yan, Hong Guo, Yujian Tao, Liting Liao, Yanyan Zhang, Guotao Lu, Weijuan Gong

“…However, determining malignancy often requires invasive procedures or repeated radiation exposure, underscoring the need for safer, noninvasive diagnostic alternatives. Analyzing exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) shows promise, yet its effectiveness in assessing the malignancy of pulmonary nodules remains underexplored. …”
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Arthralgia and Extraintestinal Manifestations in Crohn’s Disease Elevate the Risk of IBD-Related Arthritis over Sacroiliitis by Ivan Giovannini, Nicola Cabas, Marco Marino, Annarita Tullio, Ilaria Tinazzi, Angela Variola, Carmelo Cicciò, Fabro Cinzia, Berretti Debora, Chiara Zuiani, Rossano Girometti, Luca Quartuccio, Alen Zabotti, Lorenzo Cereser

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Klebsiella pneumoniae derived outer membrane vesicles mediated bacterial virulence, antibiotic resistance, host immune responses and clinical applications by Lifeng Li, Xinxiu Xu, Ping Cheng, Zengyuan Yu, Mingchao Li, Zhidan Yu, Weyland Cheng, Wancun Zhang, Huiqing Sun, Xiaorui Song

“…We also deliberated on the potential of K. pneumoniae OMVs in vaccine development, as diagnostic biomarkers, and as drug nanocarriers. In conclusion, K. pneumoniae OMVs hold great promise in the prevention and control of infectious diseases, which merits further investigation.…”
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High-risk habitat radiomics model based on ultrasound images for predicting lateral neck lymph node metastasis in differentiated thyroid cancer by Han Liu, Chun‑Jie Hou, Min Wei, Ke‑Feng Lu, Ying Liu, Pei Du, Li‑Tao Sun, Jing‑Lan Tang

“…Results In internal testing group, Habitat 3 was identified as the high-risk habitat model in the study, showing the best diagnostic efficacy among all models (AUC(CRM) vs. AUC(Habitat 3) vs. …”
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Role of Virtual iMRI in Glioblastoma Surgery: Advantages, Limitations, and Correlation with iCT and Brain Shift by Erica Grasso, Francesco Certo, Mario Ganau, Giulio Bonomo, Giuseppa Fiumanò, Giovanni Buscema, Andrea Maugeri, Antonella Agodi, Giuseppe M. V. Barbagallo

“…Pre-operative MRI was elastically fused with an intraoperative CT scan (BodyTom; Samsung-Neurologica, Danvers, MA, USA) acquired at the end of the resection. Diagnostic specificity and the sensitivity of each tool was determined. …”
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Integrating Videoconferencing Therapist Guidance Into Stepped Care Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child and Adolescent Anxiety: Noninferiority Randomized Contr... by Sonja March, Susan H Spence, Larry Myers, Martelle Ford, Genevieve Smith, Caroline L Donovan

“…The measures included a clinical diagnostic interview (Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule) with clinician-rated severity rating as the primary outcome and parent- and child-reported web-based surveys assessing anxiety and anxiety-related interference (secondary outcomes). …”
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Validating a clinically based MS-MLPA threshold through comparison with Sanger sequencing in glioblastoma patients by Halka Lhotska, Karolina Janeckova, Hana Cechova, Jaromir Macoun, Tatiana Aghova, Libuse Lizcova, Karla Svobodova, Lucie Hodanova, Dora Konecna, Jiri Soukup, Filip Kramar, David Netuka, Zuzana Zemanova

“…Conclusions Our results show that the threshold for methylation detection with the MS-MLPA method determined here is useful from a diagnostic perspective because it allows the stratification of patients who will benefit from specific treatment protocols, including temozolomide. …”
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The reliability and quality of short videos as health information of guidance for lymphedema: a cross-sectional study by Xuchuan Zhou, Gejia Ma, Xuefeng Su, Xinyi Li, Xinyi Li, Wenfei Wang, Linxi Xia, Linxi Xia, Chen Yang, Chen Yang, Bin Liu

“…BackgroundThe prevalence of lymphedema is rising, necessitating accurate diagnostic and treatment information for affected patients. …”
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Geometrical Features of Subbasal Corneal Whorl-like Nerve Patterns in Dry Eye Disease by Ziqing Feng, MD, Kang Yu, MD, Yupei Chen, MS, Gengyuan Wang, MS, Yuqing Deng, MD, Wei Wang, MD, Ruiwen Xu, MD, Yimin Zhang, MD, Peng Xiao, PhD, Jin Yuan, MD, PhD

“…Purpose: To investigate the geometrical feature of the whorl-like corneal nerve in dry eye disease (DED) across different severity levels and subtypes and preliminarily explore its diagnostic ability. Design: Cross-sectional study. Participants: The study included 29 healthy subjects (51 eyes) and 62 DED patients (95 eyes). …”
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Retinoblastoma. Part 2.  Treatment strategies for intraocular retinoblastoma by S.V. Ivanova, S.A. Kuleva, N.N. Sadovnikova, M.I. Komissarov, M.N. Chistyakova, A.V. Khokhlova, N.A. Shchegoleva

“…Petersburg, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <i>Retinoblastoma is one of the most common retinal tumors in young children. Current early diagnostic and treatment strategies focus on the possibility to implement eye-preserving therapies. …”
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Analysis of students' cognitive difficulties based on the revised Bloom's taxonomy in solving mathematics problems by Azis Azis, Imelda Tria Handayani, Ferniati Ferniati, Nurmarini Anggriana, Aisyah Aisyah

“…Data collection in this study was carried out using measurement techniques in the form of diagnostic tests in the form of Mathematics National Examination questions for the 2018/2019 school year which had been modified by the researcher and interviews to support the analysis results. …”
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Identification of differentially expressed non-coding RNAs in the plasma of women with preterm birth by Waqasuddin Khan, Samiah Kanwar, Mohammad Mohsin Mannan, Furqan Kabir, Naveed Iqbal, Mehdia Nadeem Rajab Ali, Syeda Rehana Zia, Sharmeen Mian, Fatima Aziz, Sahrish Muneer, Adil Kalam, Akram Hussain, Iqra Javed, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Javairia Khalid, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Fyezah Jehan

“…Further studies are required to elucidate the precise mechanisms by which these DE ncRNAs contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) and their potential as diagnostic biomarkers.…”
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Automatic vessel segmentation and reformation of non-contrast coronary magnetic resonance angiography using transfer learning-based three-dimensional U-net with attention mechanism by Lu Lin, Yijia Zheng, Yanyu Li, Difei Jiang, Jian Cao, Jian Wang, Yueting Xiao, Xinsheng Mao, Chao Zheng, Yining Wang

“…The comparison between the AI model and manual processing by experienced radiologists on vessel reformation was based on reformatted image quality (rIQ) scoring, post-processing time, and the number of necessary user interactions. The diagnostic performance of AI-segmented CMRA for significant stenosis (≥50% diameter reduction) was evaluated using conventional coronary angiography (CAG) as a reference in sub-set data. …”
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The role of mycobacteremia screening in enhancing non-tuberculous mycobacteria detection in hospitalized persons with HIV by Mengjiao Miao, Hongyan Zhu, Ziyao Liu, Jinjin Yang, Yiting Zhang, Chenyu Ma, Jiamin Qin, Yaling Chen, Hongxia Wei, Wei Chen, Yongfeng Yang, Zhiliang Hu, Zhiliang Hu, Zhiliang Hu

“…These findings underscore the importance of mycobacteremia screening in improving the detection of NTM infections among severely immunocompromised hospitalized patients, especially those with CD4 counts &lt;50 cells/μL, and highlight the value of incorporating MBC into diagnostic protocols to enhance clinical management of these high-risk individuals.…”
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A novel way to use cross-validation to measure connectivity by machine learning allows epilepsy surgery outcome prediction by Karla Ivankovic, Alessandro Principe, Justo Montoya-Gálvez, Linus Manubens-Gil, Riccardo Zucca, Pablo Villoslada, Mara Dierssen, Rodrigo Rocamora

“…However, EN dynamics is highly variable across patients, hindering the development of diagnostic biomarkers. Without relying on specific connectivity variables, we focused on a general hypothesis that the EN undergoes the greatest magnitude of connectivity change during seizure generation, compared to other brain networks. …”
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Predictive Validity of Hospital-Associated Complications of Older People Identified Using Diagnosis Procedure Combination Data From an Acute Care Hospital in Japan: Observational S... by Seigo Mitsutake, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Shohei Yano, Takumi Hirata, Kae Ito, Ko Furuta, Yoshitomo Shimazaki, Hideki Ito, Alison Mudge, Kenji Toba

“…HAC-OP-DPC were identified using diagnostic codes for functional decline, incontinence, delirium, pressure injury, and falls occurring during the index hospitalization. …”
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The enigmatic diploid Chenopodium ucrainicum (Chenopodiaceae / Amaranthaceae s. l.): geographical, ecological, and phytosociological patterns as clues to its origin by Shynder O.I., Pashkevych N.A., Kharytonova I.P., Holovko O.V., Mandák B., Mosyakin S.L.

“…., is proposed, highlighting the diagnostic value of C. ucrainicum in ruderal and other anthropogenic plant communities. …”
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The compensatory enrichment of sphingosine-1-phosphate on HDL in FSGS enhances the protective function of glomerular endothelial cells compared to MCD by Yunfeng Xiong, Qiuping Ye, Lifang Liu, Wanjun Lin, Yonggen Liao, Ruiyu Gao, Jiaming Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Ruoyan Chen, Sihui Chen, Qiaoling Chen, Lixin Wei

“…The enhanced presence of S1P on HDL could serve as a diagnostic marker to differentiate FSGS from MCD. Incorporating S1P into HDL enhances glomerular endothelial cell function, suggesting that the S1P/S1PR pathway might offer a promising therapeutic avenue for FSGS.…”
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American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guideline on gastrostomy feeding tubes: methodology and review of evidence by Divyanshoo Rai Kohli, MD, Natalie Cosgrove, MD, Wasif M. Abidi, MD, PhD, Jorge D. Machicado, MD, MPH, Madhav Desai, MD, MPH, Nauzer Forbes, MD, MSc, Neil B. Marya, MD, Nikhil R. Thiruvengadam, MD, Nirav C. Thosani, MD, MHA, Omeed Alipour, MD, Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD, Sherif E. Elhanafi, MD, Sunil G. Sheth, MD, Wenly Ruan, MD, John C. Fang, MD, Stephen A. McClave, MD, Rodrick C. Zvavanjanja, MD, MSc, FRCR(UK), FSIR, DABR(DR/VIR), Dhruvil K. Radadiya, MBBS, Amir Y. Kamel, PharmD, BCNSP, Bashar J. Qumseya, MD, MPH

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