Effectiveness, Safety, and Barriers to Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit by Gopala Krishna Alaparthi, Aishwarya Gatty, Stephen Rajan Samuel, Sampath Kumar Amaravadi

“…Early mobilization prevents or reduces these effects and improves outcomes in patients following critical illness. The purpose of this review is to summarize different aspects of early mobilization in intensive care. …”
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A Case of Early Disseminated Neurological Lyme Disease Followed by Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations by Vamsi Kantamaneni, Vikas Sunder, Mohammad Bilal, Scott Vargo

“…Lyme disease (LD) is a tick-borne illness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. …”
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Risk Factors of Underweight in Children Aged 6–59 Months in Ethiopia by Deneke Tosheno, Yohannes Mehretie Adinew, Thilagavathi Thangavel, Shimelash Bitew Workie

“…Child age (AOR: 2.36), gender (AOR: 1.82), illness (AOR: 0.09), maternal decision making power (AOR: 0.07), maternal education (AOR: 0.19), employment/occupation (AOR: 5.29), and household income (AOR: 4.16) were found to be independent and significant predictors of underweight children. …”
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Patterns of Brucellosis Infection Symptoms in Azerbaijan: A Latent Class Cluster Analysis by Rita Ismayilova, Emilya Nasirova, Colleen Hanou, Robert G. Rivard, Christian T. Bautista

“…Delay in seeking medical care may explain severe illness. Future work needs to determine the factors that influence brucellosis case seeking and identify brucellosis species, particularly among cases from Beylagan.…”
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Polymorphisms of ATG5 Gene Are Associated with Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases, Especially Thyroid Eye Disease by Wen Wang, Zheng-yao Yu, Rong-hua Song, Shuang-tao He, Liang-feng Shi, Jin-an Zhang

“…To explore the association of ATG5 gene polymorphisms with autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) including Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) and Graves’ illness (GD) as well as their clinical features. Methods. rs6568431, rs548234, and rs6937876 were selected to investigate the correlation of single-nucleotide polymorphisms of ATG5 gene with AITDs. …”
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The Experience of Patients with Schizophrenia Treated with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Auditory Hallucinations by Priya Subramanian, Amer Burhan, Luljeta Pallaveshi, Abraham Rudnick

“…We suggest that there are useful findings in the study worth further exploration, specifically in relation to the role of an individual’s acceptance and ownership of the illness process in relation to this biomedical intervention. …”
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Comorbidities related to the COVID-19 severity in adults. Hospital San Vicente de Paul. 2021 by Mónica Echeverría Martínez, Jorge Luis Anaya González, Secundino González Pardo, Juan Francisco Vaca Oña

“…Furthermore, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was associated with an increased risk of developing mild to moderate illness from COVID-19.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the study favors monitoring the association between comorbidities as the pandemic progressed and using the information as a prognostic factor to guide early intervention and an appropriate therapeutic approach.…”
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Quantification and discovery of PCR inhibitors found in food matrices commonly associated with foodborne viruses by Cassandra Suther, Matthew D. Moore

“…Human norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness globally. Detection and quantification of norovirus commonly involves the use of reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR); however, the presence of inhibitory compounds in foods limit detection and accurate quantification. …”
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Application of Proteomics to Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research: Current Status and Future Perspectives by Arash Assadsangabi, Caroline A. Evans, Bernard M. Corfe, Alan Lobo

“…Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic relapsing/remitting inflammatory illness of the gastrointestinal tract of unknown aetiology. …”
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Exploring ethical considerations in medical research: Harnessing pre-generated transformers for AI-powered ethics discussions. by Takuya Mori, Takuya Watanabe, Shinji Kosugi

“…<h4>Results</h4>The AI successfully highlighted considerations for informed consent regarding individuals with dementia and mental illness, as well as concerns about invasiveness in research. …”
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Euthanasia as a professional dilemma in nursing students by María Verónica Aveiga Hidalgo, Clara Eliza Pozo Hernández, Olga Mireya Alonso Pico, Erika Marcela León Ravelo

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 79 % recognize that euthanasia is a procedure that helps end the life of the patient who is critically ill. 46% believe that euthanasia should only be applied to patients with incurable diseases. …”
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A Case of Thyroid Storm Associated with Cardiomyopathy and Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis by Lisa J. Underland, Gerson A. Vallencia Villeda, Abhijeet Pal, Leslie Lam

“…Thyroid storm has a high mortality rate and is often associated with a precipitating factor such as intercurrent illness or infection. It is rare in pediatric patients. …”
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The CREATION Model: A whole-person wellness model to facilitate patient-provider partnerships for health promotion by Gabriella A. ANDERSON, Amanda T. SAWYER, Stephanie L. HARRIS, Patricia S. ROBINSON

“…The CREATION model can facilitate robust patient-provider partnerships that may help shift the healthcare delivery paradigm from an illness model to a wellness model.…”
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Assessing the Impact of Physical Activity on Dementia Progression Using Clustering and the MRI-Based Kullback–Leibler Divergence by Agnieszka Wosiak, Małgorzata Krzywicka, Katarzyna Żykwińska

“…Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, is a neurodegenerative illness characterized by the progressive impairment of cognitive functions, posing a significant global health threat. …”
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A comparative study of breast lesions using the IAC Yokohama System for reporting breast cytopathology against histopathological biopsy by Chandrakala Joshi, Ruchi Varma, Shruti Tiwari Pande

“…Background: Breast lumps pose a significant health concern globally, contributing to both illness and death. The International Academy of Cytology (IAC) Yokohama system has established a uniform method for reporting breast cytology, categorizing it into five groups: inadequate, benign, atypical, suspicious, and malignant. …”
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Psychological Status, Compliance, Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, and Nerve Growth Factor Levels of Patients with Depression after Augmented Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Th... by Huirong Guo, Yuming Ren, Bailing Huang, Junru Wang, Xuhuang Yang, Yali Wang

“…All participants were assessed with the questionnaires including the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-17), Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSES), Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (SAQ), and Stigma Scale (Scale of Stigma in People with Mental Illness, SSPM). The serum levels of BDNF and NGF were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
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Benson’s spiritual relaxation and lavender aromatherapy toward anxiety, sleep quality, and blood pressure by Eppy Setiyowati, Umdatus Soleha, Mulyadi Mulyadi, Muhammad Basuni

“…Anxiety caused by illness is one of the factors contributing to elevated hypertension across all age groups. …”
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Levofloxacin-induced visual hallucinations: A case report and review of the literature by Valentina Raffaelli, Giulia Cantoni, Gabriella Nucera, Pietro Marino

“…She had no history of psychiatric disorders or any family history of mental illness. The patient underwent EEG and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which resulted normal. …”
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Anxiety and depression screening reveals the importance of advancing mental health support for Haitian healthcare providers by Youri Encelotti Louis, Brooke Betson, Samy Auguste

“…In addition to the ongoing humanitarian crisis that continues to pre-dispose the people of Haiti to a variety of health conditions and mental illnesses, Haitian healthcare providers face further vulnerability to mental illness due to the high-stress nature of their work in a resource-limited environment. …”
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Prevalence and initial diagnostic evaluation of smoking in adolescents from Moa, Holguín by Alexander Torres Molina

“…<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: smoking in adolescence constitutes a global public health problem, is being considered the main preventable cause of illness and premature death.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to describe smoking behavior in adolescents.…”
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