A rare case of blast injury of the chest and spine on the background of a congenital malformation in the form of a complete mirror image arrangement of internal organs by E.M. Khoroshun, V.V. Makarov, V.V. Nehoduiko, S.A. Shypilov, S.V. Tertyshnyi, K.S. Slesarenko

“…He has known about the malformations of internal organs since childhood, but only about the right-sided location of the heart. The final established diagnosis is combined blast injury of the chest and spine. …”
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Measuring Lp(a) particles with a novel isoform-insensitive immunoassay illustrates efficacy of muvalaplin by Craig A. Swearingen, John H. Sloan, Grace M. Rhodes, Robert W. Siegel, Nico Bivi, Yuewei Qian, Robert J. Konrad, Michael Boffa, Marlys Koschinsky, John Krege, Giacomo Ruotolo, Stephen J. Nicholls, Laura F. Michael, Yi Wen

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Evaluating livelihood resilience in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau's pastoral communities: Insights from an entropy-TOPSIS and geospatial analysis approach by Tong Li, Lizhen Cui, Zhihong Xu, Xiaoyong Cui, Yanfen Wang

“…Augmented by focus group discussions and transect walks, we pioneered a livelihood resilience evaluation index that integrates key dimensions of buffer capacity, self-organization, and learning capacity, offering a holistic view of resilience factors. At the heart of our analytical approach is the entropy-TOPSIS method, utilized to dissect the livelihood resilience and sustainability of local herders, revealing intricate spatial resilience patterns through spatial autocorrelation analysis. …”
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Determination of Factors Affecting Sleep Quality in Postoperative Patients and Improvement of Correctible Causes by Ayşegül Özgök, Gökçe Selçuk Sert, Dilek Öztürk Kazancı

“…The diseases we investigated included hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, asthma, heart failure, cerebrovascular diseases, thyroid function disorders, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney diseases, and chronic kidney failure. …”
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Correlation of diabetes and adverse outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in China during a small-scale COVID-19 outbreak by Yu Li, Guanni Li, Jiahong Li, Zirui Luo, Yaxuan Lin, Ning Lan, Xiaodan Zhang

“…In addition, there were significant differences in age, heart rate, CRP, pH, potassium (K+), serum creatinine, white blood cell count, creatine kinase, the proportion with diabetic complications, treatment in ICU and mechanical ventilation between survivors and non-survivors of COVID-19 patients with diabetes. …”
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Parámetros de calidad de carne de bondiolas de cerdo comercializadas en la provincia de La Pampa by Vanina Nerea Murcia, Micaela Stazionati, Adriana Pordomingo, Florencia Cora Jofre, Marianela Savio

“…Estos resultados coinciden con las recomendaciones de Heart American Association de implementar dietas saludables con un contenido de hasta el 10% de ácidos grasos poliinsaturados.…”
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1q21.1 Duplication Syndrome and Anorectal Malformations: A Literature Review and a New Case by Maria Minelli, Chiara Palka Bayard de Volo, Melissa Alfonsi, Serena Capanna, Elisena Morizio, Maria Enrica Miscia, Gabriele Lisi, Liborio Stuppia, Valentina Gatta

“…Duplications have also been associated with a multitude of congenital anomalies, such as heart disease, short stature, scoliosis, urogenital, and ARMs, and they have also been found in healthy individuals. …”
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Myocardial Expression of PPARγ and Exercise Capacity in Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery by Izabela Wojtkowska, Tomasz A. Bonda, Jadwiga Wolszakiewicz, Jerzy Osak, Andrzej Tysarowski, Katarzyna Seliga, Janusz A. Siedlecki, Maria M. Winnicka, Ryszard Piotrowicz, Janina Stępińska

“…Activation of PPARs may be involved in the development of heart failure (HF). We evaluated the relationship between expression of PPARγ in the myocardium during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and exercise tolerance initially and during follow-up. 6-minute walking test was performed before CABG, after 1, 12, 24 months. …”
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Efficacy and safety of cardiac myosin inhibitors for symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Anas Abunada, Madiha Shah, Ateesh Kumar, Syeda Lamiya Mir, Dinesh Kumar, Saboor Ahmed, Muhammad Tanzeel, Vikash Kumar, Aashish Meghjiani, Muhammad Basit Ali Siddiqui, Govinda Khatri, Aneesh Rai, Fnu Deepak, Ayush Kumar

“…IntroductionHypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common genetic heart disorder. It is characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy and impaired cardiac function, with forms categorized into obstructive (oHCM) and nonobstructive (nHCM). …”
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Is There Any Association between PEEP and Upper Extremity DVT? by Farah Al-Saffar, Ena Gupta, Furqan Siddiqi, Muhammad Faisal, Lisa M. Jones, Vandana Seeram, Mariam Louis, James D. Cury, Abubakr A. Bajwa, Adil Shujaat

“…Average PEEP was ≥10 cm H2O in 23 (20.5%) patients. Congestive heart failure (CHF) significantly increased the odds of UEDVT (OR 4.53, 95% CI 1.13–18.11; P=0.03) whereas longer duration of MV (≥13 vs. <13 days) significantly reduced it (OR 0.29, 95% CI 0.11–0.8; P=0.02). …”
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Comparison of Left Ventricular Function after His Bundle Pacing vs Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing Implantation by Kurniawan Prakoso, Kevin Wibawa, Giky Karwiky, Mohammad Rizki Akbar, Januar Wibawa Martha, Mohammad Iqbal

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Long-term prognostic impact of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist before ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patients with type 2 diabetes: a nationwide cohort stud... by Jasmine Melissa Madsen, Alexander Krüger Kjaer, Jacob Thomsen Lønborg, Lars Køber, Charlotte Glinge, Reza Jabbari, Thomas Engstrøm

“…There was no association between GLP-1RA and ischemic stroke (adjusted HR 1.05, 95% CI 0.57–1.94), recurrent myocardial infarction (adjusted HR 0.74, 95% CI 0.48–1.15), or hospitalisation for heart failure (adjusted HR 0.71, 95% CI 0.48–1.05). …”
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The usage of personalized scheme of fentanyl administration during coronary artery stenting by D.О. Dziuba

“…Ninety patients with ischemic heart disease who underwent planned stenting of the coronary arteries were studied. …”
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Operation time as a prognostic indicator on postoperative complications following percutaneous nephrolithotomy by Alireza Pakdel, Abdolreza Mohammadi, Amirreza Shamshirgaran, Ehsan Zemanati Yar, Leila Zareian Baghdadabad, Farshid Alaeddini, Roghayeh Koohi Ortakand, Leonardo Oliveira Reis, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir

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Efficacy of Administration of an Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor for Two Years on Autonomic and Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus by Triantafyllos Didangelos, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Charalambos Margaritidis, Zisis Kontoninas, Ioannis Stergiou, Stefanos Tsotoulidis, Eleni Karlafti, Alexandros Mourouglakis, Apostolos I. Hatzitolios

“…Patients with hypertension or coronary heart disease were excluded. To detect DPN and DCAN, the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument Questionnaire and Examination (MNSIQ and MNSIE), measurement of vibration perception threshold with biothesiometer (BIO), and CARTs [R-R variation during deep breathing [assessed by expiration/inspiration ratio (E/I), mean circular resultant (MCR), and standard deviation (SD)], Valsalva maneuver (Vals), 30 : 15 ratio, and orthostatic hypotension (OH)] were used. …”
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Helicobacter pylori CagA+ strains modulate colorectal pathology by regulating intestinal flora by Shasha Cui, Xinqiang Liu, Fengxia Han, Lu Zhang, Jingjing Bu, Sainan Wu, Jiafen Wang

“…Method 6-week C57BL/6J mice were divided into: (a) HP CagA+ group undergoing HP CagA+ strains administration by gavage at 0.2 mL for 10 days; (b) HP CagA- group undergoing HP CagA- strains administration by gavage at 0.2 mL for 10 days; (c) control group intragastrically given 0.2 mL of brian heart infusion (BHI) medium for 10 days. Gastric mucosa was collected for Giemsa staining, and colorectal mucosa was for hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, 16 S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequencing and immunohistochemistry for Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC). …”
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Pregnancy in Sickle Cell Disease Is a Very High-Risk Situation: An Observational Study by Narcisse Elenga, Aurélie Adeline, John Balcaen, Tania Vaz, Mélanie Calvez, Anne Terraz, Laetitia Accrombessi, Gabriel Carles

“…We also noted that the main maternofetal complications of pregnancies were anemia (36.5%), infection (31.7%), vasoocclusive crisis (20.6%), preeclampsia (17.5%), premature birth (11.1%), intrauterine growth retardation (15.9%), abnormal fetal heart rate (14.3%), and intrauterine fetal death (4.8%). …”
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Higher systemic immune-inflammation index is associated with increased risk of Parkinson’s disease in adults: a nationwide population-based study by Jiayu Zhao, Zhipeng Wu, Zhipeng Wu, Fengyin Cai, Xuejv Yu, Zhenyu Song

“…Subgroup analysis showed that this association was more significant in women, younger than 60 years old, non-smokers, alcohol drinkers, non-obese, and without a history of stroke, diabetes, or coronary heart disease. In addition, there was a positive dose-response relationship between SII and PD, and SII had an acceptable diagnostic value for PD (AUC = 0.72).ConclusionSII is positively correlated with the prevalence of PD in the adult population, and SII can help differentiate between PD and non-PD cases.…”
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Effectiveness of the application of a digitalized repository on the quality of graduate and post-graduate education in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation by Ivet B. Koleva, Ivet B. Koleva, Ivet B. Koleva, Borislav R. Yoshinov, Radoslav R. Yoshinov

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Suggestive Diagnostic Process in a Case of Multiple Myeloma with Gastrointestinal Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis Accompanied by Protein-Losing Enteropathy by Katsuya Endo, Takehito Ito, Jun Nomura, Keigo Murakami, Shiho Kondo, Tomonori Satoh, Daisuke Fukushi, Yuki Yoshino, Yoshiteru Sasaki, Atsuko Takasu, Takayuki Kogure, Morihisa Hirota, Takayoshi Meguro, Kazuhiro Murakami, Junichi Kameoka, Kennichi Satoh

“…Multiple myeloma is known to cause immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis, which frequently involves the kidney and heart. Bone pain or fractures caused by osteolytic lesions and physical disorders related to renal or cardiac AL amyloidosis are major initial symptoms in multiple myeloma. …”
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