Endogenous sex hormone levels are associated with the revised Framingham Stroke Risk Profile in postmenopausal women: a longitudinal study in a Swedish cohort by Kristin Ottarsdottir, Åsa Tivesten, Claes Ohlsson, Ying Li, Margareta Hellgren, Ulf Lindblad, Bledar Daka

“…Larger studies studying stroke events are warranted to confirm these findings. Clinical trial number Not applicable.…”
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Target Groups for a Short Dexamethasone Course among Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients by Armen Oganesyan, Ruslan Menzulin, Yury Surovoy, Andrei Nikiforchin, Kirill Zykov

“…Dexamethasone administration in patients ≥65 years is associated with a significantly higher rate of adverse events than that in younger patients…”
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Characteristics and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among students under school supervision in Japan: a descriptive epidemiological study (2008–2021) by Kosuke Kiyohara, Mamoru Ayusawa, Masahiko Nitta, Takeichiro Sudo, Taku Iwami, Ken Nakata, Yuri Kitamura, Tetsuhisa Kitamura

“…The demographic characteristics, event details, and outcomes were compared across the three groups by using χ2 tests for categorical variables and one-way analyses of variance for continuous variables. …”
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Association Between Liver Fibrosis and Risk of Incident Stroke and Mortality: A Large Prospective Cohort Study by Zijie Wang, Zhitao Gong, Jianshang Wen, Shanyu Zhang, Xiao Hu, Wenliang Guo, Yanghua Tian, Qi Li

“…Conclusions Liver fibrosis is associated with increased risk of incident stroke and death among people without previous stroke or cardiovascular events, with particularly greater risk of intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage. …”
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Impact of Methotrexate and 7‐Hydroxymethotrexate Exposure on Renal Toxicity in Pediatric Non‐Hodgkin Lymphoma by Hao Bing, Yi Ma, Jiamin Xu, Qixian Ling, Yanlong Duan, Libo Zhao

“…A Cmax threshold of 9.26 μmol/L for MTX or a Cmax threshold of 0.66 μmol/L for 7‐OHMTX was associated with the best sensitivity/specificity for toxicity events (MTX: sensitivity = 0.886; specificity = 0.70; 7‐OHMTX: sensitivity = 0.886; specificity = 0.70). …”
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Analyzing the Influence of Managerial Traits and Financial Strategies on Corporate Risk-taking in the Tehran Stock Exchange by Gholamreza Karami, Ali Asghari

“…MethodsThis research is applied in terms of the type of objective and post-event in terms of the experimental research method. …”
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Analysis of the accuracy of disease prediction in pediatric ward patients based on the modified early warning score for children: A randomized controlled trialWhat is already known... by Kang Lin, Xiaojun Weng, Bing Du, Ting Tian, Xiaoxiang Quan

“…Background: Due to their young age and limited ability to communicate, pediatric patients in internal medicine wards are at risk of nursing assessment errors, which can lead to adverse events and disputes. Objective: To explore the application effect of modified pediatric early warning score (PEWS) in the early identification of critically ill children in pediatric general wards. …”
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Investigating the dual causative pathways linking immune cells and venous thromboembolism via Mendelian randomization analysis by Ning Qi, Zhuochen Lyu, Lu Huang, Yun Zhao, Wan Zhang, Xinfeng Zhou, Yang Zhang, Jiasen Cui

“…However, our analysis using MR method suggests a potential link between VTE and immune cell traits, suggesting the complex interplay between the immune system and thrombotic events. While this study is exploratory and needs validation, the findings of this study are hypothesis-generating with resect to the mechanisms underlying VTE and encourage further investigation into the role of immune activity in VTE pathology. …”
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Comparison of biodegradable and durable polymer drug-eluting stents in acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis by Tingting Wei, Can Huang, Yifan Zeng, Haoyong Yuan, Zhongshi Wu, Ting Lu, Yalin Liu

“…Objective To compare the safety and effectiveness between biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents (BP-DES) and durable polymer drug-eluting stents (DP-DES) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).Design Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs).Primary and secondary outcome measures Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) were considered the primary endpoint. …”
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Rehabilitation using virtual gaming for Hospital and hOMe-Based training for the Upper limb post Stroke (RHOMBUS II): protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial by Cherry Kilbride, Tom Butcher, Meriel Norris, Nana Anokye, Alyson Warland, Karen Baker, Dimitrios A Athanasiou, Guillem Singla-Buxarrais, Jennifer Ryan, Francesca Gowing, Carole Pound, Victoria Stewart, Basaam Aweid, Arul Samiyappan

“…Safety will be assessed by recording adverse events and using pain, spasticity and fatigue scores. …”
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Reciprocal regulation between DNMT3A/3B and microRNAs miRs-299-3p/-30e is a causal factor for the downregulation of microRNAs targeting androgen receptor in prostate cancer by Kavya Ganapathy, Christian F. Harrs, Samuel Harris, Stephen J. Staklinski, Ayman Khatib, Jong Y. Park, Ratna Chakrabarti

“…Background: Promoter hypermethylation is one of the events that downregulate microRNAs (miRNA), resulting in the differential expression of genes implicated in the progression of cancer. …”
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Země Koruny české a Svatá říše římská v raném novověku by Petr Vorel

“…The exclusion of the Bohemia Crown from the empire took place under mutual consent and as a purely diplomatic event; therefore, it did not stir up any conflict of power (unlike in Switzerland). …”
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Safety profile of sacituzumab govitecan in patients with breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Maria Inez Dacoregio, Isabella Michelon, Caio Ernesto do Rego Castro, Francisco Cezar Aquino de Moraes, Guilherme Rossato de Almeida, Lis Victória Ravani, Maysa Vilbert, Ricardo Lima Barros Costa

“…Most common all-grade adverse events (AEs) were: neutropenia (70 %, 95 % CI, 64–76 %), followed by nausea (62 %, 95 % CI, 55–68 %), diarrhea (54 %, 95 % CI 47–60 %) and anemia (51 %, 95 % CI, 38–65 %). …”
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Strategies to Improve Health Care Provider Prescription of and Patient Adherence to Guideline-Recommended Cardiovascular Medications for Atherosclerotic Occlusive Disease: Protocol... by Aidan M Kirkham, Dean A Fergusson, Justin Presseau, Daniel I McIsaac, Risa Shorr, Derek J Roberts

“… BackgroundIn patients with atherosclerotic occlusive diseases, systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) report that antiplatelets, statins, and antihypertensives reduce the risk of major adverse cardiac events, need for revascularization procedures, mortality, and health care resource use. …”
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Traditional Chinese medicine manual therapy for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case report by Bowen Zhu, Miaoxiu Li, Jun Ren, Tianxiang He, Xin Zhou, Shoujian Wang, Lingjun Kong, Min Fang, Min Fang

“…(d) The patient's Cobb angle was 20° before treatment, 7° after the 7 month of treatment, and 8° at follow-up to 18 months. No adverse events during treatment.ConclusionsTCMMT is a conservative treatment option worthy of consideration when considering a conservative treatment strategy for AIS.…”
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Cost-Consequence Analysis of Apixaban Versus Rivaroxaban for Managing Patients with Venous Thromboembolism in Saudi Arabia by Abdulaali R. Almutairi PhD, Yazed Alruthia PhD, Majed S. Alyami PharmD, Omar A. Alshaya PharmD, Taif Z. Alanazi PharmD, Sarah I. Al Daghreer PharmD, Ghazwa B. Korayem PharmD, Sarah A. Alrasheed PharmD, Reema A. Alorf PharmD, Omar A. Almohammed PhD

“…The measure of effectiveness is defined as the likelihood of preventing the composite of VTE recurrence (rVTE), major bleeding (MB), or clinically relevant non-major bleeding (CRNMB) within 90 days of the indexed VTE event, and rehospitalization due to rVTE, MB, or CRNMB. …”
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Il luogo e il senso: creazione e significazione degli spazi nel mondo globale by Gambardella, Fabiana, Amodio, Paolo

“…The end of the strong subject of Cartesian metaphysics, replaced by a nomadic and fluid subjectivity, seems to be in line with a new reconfiguration of space: the temporary exposition replaces the monument; event supplants the codified liturgy of the ritual; online forum or the participation to the initiative through the click “Going”, replaces the square and the physical space of the relationship and contestation; smart working succeeds the factory and the office as spaces of production and sharing of work and ideas. …”
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April 15th war and hemodialysis patients in Sudan: a cross-sectional study by Malaz Hassan Dafaalla Idrees, Moez Mohammed Ibrahim Bashir, Balqees Abdeen Ahmed Mohamed, Amal Essam Ali Ahmed, Hamid Mohieldin Mohamed Abdalla, Kamil Mirghani Ali Shaaban

“…Finally, it encourages the use of telemedicine services as a backup plan to provide continuous hemodialysis consultation and care in the event of conflict disruptions.…”
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Risk prediction modeling for cardiorenal clinical outcomes in patients with non-diabetic CKD using US nationwide real-world data by Christoph Wanner, Johannes Schuchhardt, Chris Bauer, Meike Brinker, Frank Kleinjung, Tatsiana Vaitsiakhovich

“…Multivariable time-to-first-event risk prediction models were developed for each outcome using swarm intelligence methods. …”
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Progression of the faecal microbiome in preweaning dairy calves that develop cryptosporidiosis by M. F. Hares, B. E. Griffiths, L. Barningham, E. E. Vamos, R. Gregory, J. S. Duncan, G. Oikonomou, C. J. Stewart, J. L. Coombes

“…Thereafter, sampled calves were monitored for diarrhoeal disease and those that suffered a diarrhoea event were tested for C. parvum by lateral flow testing (LFT). …”
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