Short bowel syndrome: pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment by Anna F. Sheptulina, O. Z. Okhlobystina, O. S. Shifrin

“…SBS prophylaxis is feasible and, taking into account of high disability and mortality rates of such patients, is essential both at preoperative stage, and during surgical intervention. …”
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Falls and Fractures in the Elderly with Sinus Node Disease: The Impact of Pacemaker Implantation by Nazmi Krasniqi, Diana Segalada, Thomas F. Lüscher, Kurt Lippuner, Laurent Haegeli, Jan Steffel, Thomas Wolber, Corinna Brunckhorst, Johannes Holzmeister, David Hürlimann, Firat Duru

“…Falls and fractures in the elderly are among the leading causes of disability. We investigated whether pacemaker implantation prevents falls in patients with SND in a large cohort of patients. …”
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Targeting and reprogramming microglial phagocytosis of neutrophils by ginsenoside Rg1 nanovesicles promotes stroke recovery by Kaichao Hu, Junrui Ye, Pinglong Fan, Ruifang Zheng, Shasha Wang, Ye Peng, Yuan Ruan, Xu Yan, Zhao Zhang, Shifeng Chu, Naihong Chen

“…Stroke remains one of the leading causes of adult disability worldwide, with neovascularization is crucial for brain repair after stroke. …”
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Sense of Coherence in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Randi Opheim, May Solveig Fagermoen, Lars-Petter Jelsness-Jørgensen, Tomm Bernklev, Bjørn Moum

“…Longitudinal studies are warranted to investigate the value of SOC as a predictor of disability, medication adherence, coping behavior, and health-related quality of life.…”
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CLINICAL EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF LIPOFILLING WITH DELAYED RECONSTRUCTION by A. D. Zikiryakhodzhayev, A. A. Masri, A. S. Sukhotko, F. N. Usov, M. V. Starkova, V. V. Ratushnaya, N. V. Evtyagina

“…Malignant breast tumors are one of the causes of disability due to lack of breast or having operational defects. …”
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Spectrum of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Children: A Report from PICU of a Resource Limited Country by Qalab Abbas, Qurat ul Ain Merchant, Bushra Nasir, Anwar ul Haque, Basit Salam, Gohar Javed

“…Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in children is a rare but disabling disease that accounts for almost half cases of stroke. …”
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Efficacy of Abatacept for Arthritis in Patients with an Overlap Syndrome between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Kei Ikeda, Yoshie Sanayama, Sohei Makita, Junichi Hosokawa, Mieko Yamagata, Daiki Nakagomi, Katsuhiko Takabayashi, Hiroshi Nakajima

“…Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) also significantly decreased between baseline and 24 weeks (). …”
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Perspectives from the 2nd International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium: mobilising advocacy and research for improved outcomes by B.W. Allwood, R. Nightingale, G. Agbota, S. Auld, G.P. Bisson, A. Byrne, R. Dunn, D. Evans, G. Hoddinott, G. Günther, Z. Islam, J.C. Johnston, G. Kalyatanda, C. Khosa, S. Marais, G. Makanda, O.M. Mashedi, J. Meghji, C. Mitnick, C. Mulder, E. Nkereuwem, O. Nkereuwem, O.B. Ozoh, A. Rachow, K. Romanowski, J.A. Seddon, I. Schoeman, F. Thienemann, N.F. Walker, D.T. Wademan, R. Wallis, M.M. van der Zalm

“…In 2020, it was estimated that there were 155 million survivors of TB alive, all at risk of possible post TB disability. The 2nd International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium (Stellenbosch, South Africa) was held to increase global awareness and empower TB-affected communities to play an active role in driving the agenda. …”
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Intra-articular injections with Carboxymethyl-Chitosan in patients affected by knee osteoarthritis non-responders to hyaluronic acid: a pilot study by Nicola Manocchio, Concetta Ljoka, Nicolò Piacentini, Roberto Sorge, Giulia Vita, Calogero Foti

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disabling disease that causes pain and functional limitation. …”
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Ectopic expression of the cation-chloride cotransporter KCC2 in blood exosomes as a biomarker for functional rehabilitation by L. Caccialupi Da Prato, A. Rezzag Lebza, A. Consumi, M. Tessier, A. Srinivasan, C. Rivera, C. Rivera, J. Laurin, C. Pellegrino

“…BackgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disabilities in industrialized countries. Cognitive decline typically occurs in the chronic phase of the condition, following cellular and molecular processes. …”
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Clinical Characteristics in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Differences between Genders by M. Intriago, G. Maldonado, J. Cárdenas, C. Ríos

“…The results are similar to other publications that establish that women have a more aggressive disease with greater activity of the disease and disability.…”
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Health Status Measurement Instruments in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Yves Lacasse, Eric Wong, Gordon Guyatt, Roger S Goldstein

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with primary respiratory impairment, disability and handicap, as well as with secondary impairments not necessarily confined to the respiratory system. …”
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A Strangulated Congenital Diaphragmatic Bochdalek Hernia Diagnosed in an Adult by Warsinggih Warsinggih, Julianus Aboyaman Uwuratuw, Arham Arsyad, Muhammad Faruk

“…In particular, CDHs are accompanied by high mortality and marked disability later in life due to concomitant morbidity (i.e., caused by pulmonary lung hypoplasia and persisting pulmonary hypertension of neonates) and require long-lasting neonatal treatment in an intensive care unit. …”
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Differential Grey Wolf Load-Balanced Stochastic Bellman Deep Reinforced Resource Allocation in Fog Environment by S. V. Nethaji, M. Chidambaram

“…In the event of an overutilized VM pool, a grey wolf optimization strategy based on differential evolution can detect both under and overutilized VMs, allowing for smooth transit between fogs. This step disables a number of virtual machines in order to reduce latency. …”
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Trends in the disease burden of cystic echinococcosis in China, 1990–2044 analysis and forecasting study by Jianping Li, Jingjing Wei

“…Using the Global Burden of Disease 2019 (GBD 2019) database, we analyzed the trends in annual percentage change (APC) and average annual percentage change (AAPC) for incidence, prevalence, death, and disability-adjusted life years (DALY) rates of cystic echinococcosis in China via the Joinpoint Regression Program 4.8.0.1 software. …”
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Frequency of Sportive Injuries in Amateur Athletes and Factors Affecting Injuries by Arif Satıcı, Osman İmamoğlu, Egemen Ermiş

“…The most injured areas were the wrists and ankles, with a ratio of 36.4%. The period of disability was found to be 0-1 days with 62.8%. The injured rested for 7 days or less with a ratio of 57.4%. …”
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Frailty among Older Adults Who Developed Acute Coronary Syndrome during Hospitalization for Noncardiac Illness and Their Outcome: A Prospective Observational Study by Arun David, Priya Vijayakumar, M Vijayakumar

“…Frailty and physical disability during hospitalization and follow-up were more in Group II. …”
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CAUSES AND EFFORTS TO REDUCE ANXIETY IN STROKE PATIENTS by Nanda Kurnia Amalia, Susilo Harianto, Hafna Ilmy Muhalla

“…Introduction: Stroke can cause mild to severe disability, which is the main trigger for anxiety and other effects of stroke. …”
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Clinical and radiological outcomes of lumbar endoscopic decompression for treating lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a retrospective study at mean 4.4 years... by Ning Fan, Aobo Wang, Shuo Yuan, Peng Du, Tianyi Wang, Lei Zang

“…The pre- and postoperative visual analog score (VAS) and the Oswestry disability index (ODI) were recorded and analyzed to compare clinical outcomes. …”
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Functional and Radiological Outcome of Surgical Management in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis – A Comparative Study by Makesh Ram Sriraghavan, Kandasamy Natesan, Pavalan Louis, Harish Shanmugam Punniakotti, Naveen Venkidusamy, Namala Sai Vinay Bharadwaj

“…Results: Both the groups were analyzed preoperatively and postoperatively based on demographic criteria and on clinical history, radiographic angle measurements, and Oswestry Disability Index. Conclusion: The diagnosis of LSS is often challenging and requires proper clinical assessment of the patients and their symptoms and correlates with the radiological findings. …”
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