Changes in cancer incidence and stage during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021 in the Nordic countries by Anna Johansson, Anna Skog, Tom Børge Johannesen, Tor Åge Myklebust, Simon M. Kønig, Charlotte Wessel Skovlund, Lina Steinrud Mørch, Søren Friis, Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen, David Pettersson, Eva María Gudmundsdóttir, Nanna Margrét Kristinsdóttir, Helgi Birgisson, Sandra Irenaeus, Johan Ahlgren, Mats Lambe, Elli Hirvonen, Janne Pitkäniemi, Giske Ursin

“…Background and purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted substantially on cancer healthcare, including the temporary suspension of screening activities. …”
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Establishing a radiomics model using contrast-enhanced ultrasound for preoperative prediction of neoplastic gallbladder polyps exceeding 10 mm by Dong Jiang, Yi Qian, Yijun Gu, Ru Wang, Hua Yu, Zhenmeng Wang, Hui Dong, Dongyu Chen, Yan Chen, Haozheng Jiang, Yiran Li

“…The model not only improves diagnostic accuracy and reduces healthcare costs but also optimizes patient management through personalized treatment plans, enhancing clinical outcomes and ensuring resources are more precisely allocated to patients who need surgery.…”
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Impact of surgical site infection (SSI) following gynaecological cancer surgery in the UK: a trainee-led multicentre audit and service evaluation by Rachel L O’Donnell, Georgios Angelopoulos, James P Beirne, Ioannis Biliatis, Helen Bolton, Melissa Bradbury, Elaine Craig, Ketan Gajjar, Michelle L Mackintosh, Wendy MacNab, Thumuluru Kavitha Madhuri, Mark McComiskey, Eva Myriokefalitaki, Claire L Newton, Nithya Ratnavelu, Sian E Taylor, Amudha Thangavelu, Sarah A Rhodes, Emma J Crosbie, Richard J Edmondson, Yee-Loi Louise Wan

“…Objectives Surgical site infection (SSI) complicates 5% of all surgical procedures in the UK and is a major cause of postoperative morbidity and a substantial drain on healthcare resources. Little is known about the incidence of SSI and its consequences in women undergoing surgery for gynaecological cancer. …”
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Resistome phylodynamics of multidrug-resistant Shigella isolated from diarrheal patients by Asaduzzaman Asad, Md. Abu Jaher Nayeem, Md. Golam Mostafa, Ruma Begum, Shah Nayeem Faruque, Suraia Nusrin, Israt Jahan, Shoma Hayat, Zhahirul Islam

“…We infer ARGs horizontally propagate among Enteropathogens: informing treatment strategies and supporting policymakers in strengthening AMR-containment efforts utilizing the phylodynamics network.IMPORTANCEThe world is suffering from a high burden of MDR enteropathogens. Healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often face trouble finding effective drugs among the many antibiotics introduced in diarrheal treatment. …”
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Effect of an Internet-Based Pilates Telerehabilitation Intervention in People With Multiple Sclerosis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Andrea Tacchino, Michela Ponzio, Paolo Confalonieri, Letizia Leocani, Matilde Inglese, Diego Centonze, Eleonora Cocco, Paolo Gallo, Damiano Paolicelli, Marco Rovaris, Loredana Sabattini, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Luca Prosperini, Francesco Patti, Edoardo Sessa, Elisabetta Pedrazzoli, Mario Alberto Battaglia, Giampaolo Brichetto

“…Acceptance and satisfaction with the intervention received (Client Satisfaction Questionnaire and an adapted version of the Tele-healthcare Satisfaction Questionnaire – Wearable Technology) and subjective impressions of changes in performance (Patients’ Global Impression of Change) will also be assessed. …”
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Antibiotic resistance genotype, phenotype, and clinical outcomes in patients with Gram-negative infections at Rabin Medical Center in Israel by Rachelle E. Koch, Jackson Barth, Andrew E. Clark, Dhara Desai, Jiwoong Kim, Christine A. Pybus, Xiaowei Zhan, Leonard Leibovici, Dafna Yahav, David E. Greenberg

“…Albumin levels were inversely associated with mortality and length of stay, while arrival from a healthcare facility and cancer chemotherapy predicted having a multidrug-resistant isolate. …”
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Cardiovascular risk associated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists versus other conventional glucose-lowering drugs in patients with type-2 diabetes: protocol for a nati... by François Schiele, Mikael Mazighi, Nicolas Danchin, Igor Sibon, Gilles Lemesle, Kamel Mohammedi, Laurent Fauchier, Bruno Detournay, Alexandre Caron, Corinne Emery, Camille Nevoret, Lucile Vigié, Christine Massien

“…Sodium-glucose transport protein 2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) will be excluded as comparators, as this class of oral hypoglycaemic agents just started in 2020 to be marketed in France.Methods and analysis The Système National des Données de Santé is a comprehensive nationwide administrative healthcare database in France that covers approximately 67 million people.Several cohorts of adult patients with T2D initiating any GLP1-RA in dual or triple therapies, as recommended by the French Health authorities, will be identified in this database over the period 2016–2021. …”
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A phase Ia study of a novel anti-HER2 antibody–drug conjugate GQ1001 in patients with previously treated HER2 positive advanced solid tumors by Chenfei Zhou, Bin Wang, Christina Teng, Hui Yang, Sarina A. Piha-Paul, Gary Richardson, Ashanya Malalasekera, Yajun Sun, Wei Wang, Jieqiong Liu, Yan Shi, Xianbao Zhan, Charlotte Lemech

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Development of a core outcome set and core measurement set for kangaroo mother care: a study protocol by Yuan Li, Xia Li, Qiong Chen, Ying Xin Li, Han Mei Peng, Xue Mei Guo, Xiao Wen Li, Yan Ling Hu, Xing Li Wan

“…A core outcome set (COS), which defines a list of critical outcomes, can help harmonise the outcomes reported across studies in the same healthcare field. Further, how these outcomes should be measured and/or reported is defined in a core measurement set (CMS). …”
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The initial results of using brolucizumab (Beovu®), an angiogenesis inhibitor, for choroidal neovascularization in patients with age-related macular degeneration by N.S. Zhayvoronok, O.V. Kolenko, L.P. Danilova, E.L. Sorokin

“…Fedorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation </p> <p> ²Institute of Advanced Training of Healthcare Specialists, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation </p> <p> ³Far Eastern State Medical University, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation </p> <p> <b>Aim</b>: to assess the clinical efficacy of brolucizumab for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). …”
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Personality and help-seeking for psychological distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Anna Szücs, Anna Szücs, Anna Szücs, Rachel Hui Xin Lam, Wymann Shao Wen Tang, Lifan Zhou, Monica Lazarus, Andrea B. Maier, Andrea B. Maier, Andrea B. Maier, Jose M. Valderas, Jose M. Valderas, Jose M. Valderas

“…Understanding which personality traits relate to help-seeking can help better tailor mental healthcare to individual needs. However, findings regarding associations of personality traits with help-seeking have been inconsistent.MethodsThis systematic review and meta-analysis focused on English-language research studies on the association of personality (encompassing personality disorders, Five Factor –Big Five– dimensions, and other measures of personality) with depression, anxiety, or unspecified psychological distress in adults aged 18 years and older. …”
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Phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation study on the safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of intravenous Coxsackievirus A21 (V937), with or without pembrolizumab, in pat... by Christy Ralph, Sumati Gupta, Matthew Zibelman, Brendan D Curti, Kevin J Harrington, Steven J O'Day, Andrew G Hill, David C Campbell, Gavin M Wright, David E Gerber, Jonathan E Rosenberg, Jaime R Merchan, Charles M Rudin, Hardev S Pandha, Wallace L Akerley, Daphne Day, Timothy D Clay, Ross R Jennens, Yixin Ren, Emmett V Schmidt, Lisa Guttman

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In situ simulation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training: A systematic review by Andrea Cortegiani, Mariachiara Ippolito, Cristian Abelairas-Gómez, Sabine Nabecker, Alexander Olaussen, Kasper G. Lauridsen, Yiqun Lin, Taylor Sawyer, Joyce Yeung, Andrew S. Lockey, Adam Cheng, Robert Greif, Aaron Donoghue, Barbara Farquharson, Chih-Wei Yang, Heike Geduld, Kathryn Eastwood, Kevin Nation, Sebastian Sch naubelt, Tasuku Matsuyama, Ying-Chih Ko, Katherine S. Allen, Tracy Kidd, Jan Breckwoldt, Ming-Ju Hsieh

“…Methods: Randomised controlled trials (RCT) and non-randomised studies evaluating in situ simulation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR training of healthcare workers in any setting compared to traditional training and reporting data on patients’ survival, patients’ outcomes, clinical performance and teamwork in actual or simulated resuscitation and resources needed were included. …”
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Work ability following breast cancer – the MyHealth randomized controlled trial by Trine A. Horsbøl, Lena Saltbæk, Caroline Urhammer, Randi V. Karlsen, Christoffer Johansen, Pernille E. Bidstrup, Beverley L. Høeg, Vibeke Zoffmann, Federica Belmonte, Ingelise Andersen, Anne S. Friberg, Mads N. Svendsen, Helle G. Christensen, Vesna Glavicic, Dorte L. Nielsen, Susanne O. Dalton

“…MyHealth included individual self-management sessions, electronic symptom monitoring, and assistance with navigating healthcare services. Control follow-up consisted of biannual outpatient visits with a physician. …”
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Oral health care in older people in long-term care facilities: An updated systematic review and meta-analyses of implementation strategies by Lina F. Weening-Verbree, Anouk Douma, Cees P. van der Schans, Getty J. Huisman-de Waal, Annemarie A. Schuller, Sytse U. Zuidema, Wim P. Krijnen, Johannes S.M. Hobbelen

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Incidence and prevalence of traumatic and non-traumatic wounds and burns and access to wound care in Sierra Leone; data from a nationwide household survey (PRESSCO) 2020 by Jonathan H. Vas Nunes, Alex J. van Duinen, Daniel Boateng, Amidu J. Tommy, Osman Sankoh, Martin P. Grobusch, Håkon A. Bolkan

“…It further describes access to wound care and wound-related healthcare-seeking behaviour. Methods: Between October 2019 and March 2020, a nationwide cross-sectional household survey was performed. …”
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Special issue: Proceedings of the 15th ISIC - The Information Behaviour Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, August 26-29, 2024

“…Montague Situating complexity: information behaviour in the contact zone Hye Lim Joy Nam An information behaviour exploration of personal and family information and curation of our life histories Bhuva Narayan, Annemarie Zijlema, Vanessa Reyes, Mary Anne Kennan Layers upon layers: data sharing & reuse challenges in archaeological contexts Michael Olsson, Olle Sköld, Lisa Andersson Development in the adoption of a national digital healthcare system and experience at taking new technology in use – changes from 2019 to 2022 Ágústa Pálsdóttir Ubiquitous but invisible – public librarians’ self-imposed professional information practices as articulation work Ola Pilerot, Jenny Lindberg Transdisciplinarity: an imperative for information behaviour research Sarah Polkinghorne, Paul Bowell, Lisa M. …”
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The role of smell in medical and psychological disorders: An interdisciplinary approach by Giuseppe Riva

“…Further studies are however needed for an early treatment in order to increase the patients’ quality of life [9] and to reduce the direct and indirect costs for the healthcare systems. Furthermore, the psychophysical evaluation of olfactory impairments associated with some treatments, such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and with several types of rhinitis could help address patients’ complaints, and increase the patient’s quality of life [10, 11]. …”

Protocol for a phase IV double-blind randomised controlled trial to investigate the effect of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccha... by Tao Chen, Duolao Wang, Konstantinos Liatsikos, Stephen B Gordon, Hassan Burhan, Ben Morton, Tinashe K Nyazika, Bradford D Gessner, Helen Hill, Andrea Collins, Josh Hamilton, Kelly Davies, Fred Fyles, Phoebe Hazenberg, Elizabeth Begier, Angela Hyder-Wright, Sherin Pojar, Christopher Myerscough, Jesus Reine, Ryan E Robinson, Britta Urban, Elena Mitsi, Carla Solorzano, Angela Quinn, Kaijie Pan, Annaliesa S Anderson, Christian Theilacker, Daniela M Ferreira, Kelly Convey, James Court, Madlen Farrar, Lisa Hitchins, Ashleigh Howard, Lauren Kerruish, Samuel Latham, Annabel Murphy, Elissavet Nikolaou, Angelina Peterson

“…Furthermore, we will explore the immune responses associated with these vaccines, their effect on colonisation and the relationship between colonisation and urinary pneumococcal antigen detection.Ethics and dissemination The study is approved by the NHS Research and Ethics Committee (Reference: 20/NW/0097) and by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (Reference: CTA 25753/0001/001–0001). …”
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Evolving trends in lung cancer risk factors in the ten most populous countries: an analysis of data from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease StudyResearch in context by Chinmay T. Jani, Samuel A. Kareff, Dan Morgenstern-Kaplan, Ana S. Salazar, Georgina Hanbury, Justin D. Salciccioli, Dominic C. Marshall, Joseph Shalhoub, Harpreet Singh, Estelamari Rodriguez, Gilberto Lopes

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