Real-World Assessment of Weight Change in People with HIV-1 After Initiating Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors or Protease Inhibitors by Yen-Wen Chen, Helene Hardy, Christopher D. Pericone, Wing Chow

“…Adult PLWH who initiated INSTI- or PI-based regimens between March 1, 2016 and June 30, 2018 (index date was the first INSTI or PI prescription in this period) with ≥12-month baseline and follow-up periods, ≥1 weight measure during each period, and no prior antiretroviral use were included. …”
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Community perspectives regarding brain-computer interfaces: A cross-sectional study of community-dwelling adults in the UK. by Austen El-Osta, Mahmoud Al Ammouri, Shujhat Khan, Sami Altalib, Manisha Karki, Eva Riboli-Sasco, Azeem Majeed

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study was conducted between 1 December 2023 and 8 March 2024. The survey included 29 structured questions covering demographics, awareness of BCIs, ethical considerations and willingness to use BCIs for various applications. …”
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Nutritional Status and Educational Performance of School-Aged Children in Lalibela Town Primary Schools, Northern Ethiopia by Muluken Ayalew, Alemayehu Bayray, Abate Bekele, Simegnew Handebo

“…A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted from Feb 05- March 30, 2017 in Lalibela town. A total of 505 primary school students were included in the study. …”
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Adenosine A2A receptor activation is necessary to gate the TrkB-dependent intramuscular nerve sprouting during muscle reinnervation after a nerve crush by Michael Di Palma, Davide Lattanzi, Patrizia Ambrogini, Stefano Sartini

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Proton pump inhibitors versus histamine-2 receptor antagonists for stress ulcer prophylaxis during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a propensity score-matched analysis by Hiroki Matsui, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yutaka Kondo, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Kiyohide Fushimi

“…Our aim was to compare outcomes between patients receiving PPIs and H2RAs for stress ulcer prophylaxis during ECMO.Materials and methods We performed a retrospective cohort study using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination Database, using data recorded from 1 July 2010 to 31 March 2017. We defined patients who received PPIs within 2 days after starting ECMO as the PPIs group and those who received H2RAs within 2 days after starting ECMO as the H2RAs group. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for acute cerebral infarction in patients with intracranial tuberculosis by Xiao-Shan Huang, Xiao-Wei Qiu, An-Long Wang, Fei He, Yi-Jing Wang

“…This study aims to explore the risk factors associated with acute cerebral infarction in patients with intracranial tuberculosis.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed data from eligible intracranial TB patients treated at our hospital between January 2020 and March 2023. Based on MRI findings, patients were categorized into a cerebral infarction group and a non-infarction group. …”
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Intraoperatively identified patellofemoral osteoarthritis: no significant impact on short-term outcomes of medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty by Bei Li, Changyu Huang, Bingqian Zheng, Zida Huang, Xinyu Fang, Xiaoyong Wang, Wenming Zhang

“…Methods This single-center, retrospective study included patients who underwent UKA by a same surgical team from March 2021 to November 2022. Patients were categorized into normal, medial, middle, and lateral groups based on the intraoperative PFOA findings. …”
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Prognostic Value of the Preoperative Lymphocyte&#x2010;to&#x2010;Monocyte Ratio for Postoperative Adverse Events in Patients with Acute Type a Aortic Dissection by Jia L, Wang Y, Wang J, Lin Y, Wang C, Chen C

“…Limin Jia,1 Yanfeng Wang,2 Junqiang Wang,1 Yulian Lin,1 Chunguo Wang,1 Caihua Chen1 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Geriatrics, Taizhou Central Hospital (Taizhou University Hospital) of Zhejiang, Taizhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Caihua Chen, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, No. 150, Ximen Street, Linhai City, Taizhou, Zhejiang, 317000, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-13867656416, Email Chencaihua2024@163.comObjective: To investigate the prognostic value of the preoperative lymphocyte‐to‐monocyte ratio (LMR) for postoperative adverse events in patients with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD).Methods: A retrospective study of the clinical data collected in our hospital between March 2015 and January 2024 was performed on 290 patients diagnosed with ATAAD who underwent surgical treatment and met the inclusion criteria for patient selection. …”
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Factors Influencing the Activities of Daily Living of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury in Community by Yiting XIE, Cai JIANG, Guanli XIE, Jia HUANG, Jingsong WU, Jing TAO

“…Objective:To explore ways to improve the ability of patients with spinal cord injury in daily life activities, so as to improve the quality of life of patients with spinal cord injury in community.Methods:A total of 203 patients with spinal cord injury who met the inclusion criteria in Fuzhou, Shiyan, and Yinchuan were enrolled from March 2016 to February 2018. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate the patients and collect data from therapists on patient evaluation and patient self-assessment. …”
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Anti-SARS-Cov-2 S-RBD IgG Formed after BNT162b2 Vaccination Can Bind C1q and Activate Complement by Anas H. A. Abu-Humaidan, Fatima M. Ahmad, Dima Awajan, Raba’a F. Jarrar, Nader Alaridah

“…Serum samples were collected in the period of July 2021-March 2022. Participants’ demographic data, type of vaccine, date of vaccination, as well as adverse effects of the vaccine were recorded. …”
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Polypharmacy and anticholinergic burden scales in older adults: a cross-sectional study among psychiatric outpatients in a tertiary care hospital by Manjunath Bidarolli, Biswadeep Das, Vikram Singh Rawat, Sachin Manocha, Hannah Theresa Sony, Akash Agnihotri, Mahima Gupta, Franklin Agera

“…Methods Study was conducted at a psychiatry outpatient clinic at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India, from December 2021 to March 2023. Elderly patients (aged ≥ 60 years) who were on at least one psychotropic medication and had a primary working diagnosis of psychiatric illness were included. …”
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Unintended Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Bako Tibe District Public Health Facility, Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Habtamu Bekele, Merga Dheressa, Bezatu Mengistie, Yitagesu Sintayehu, Gelana Fekadu

“…A facility-based cross-sectional study was done from 1 March to 1 April 2019, among 612 randomly selected pregnant women attending antenatal care at Bako Tibe district public health facility. …”
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The Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Their Associated Factors among Diabetes Mellitus Patients at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Sintayehu Ambachew, Muluneh Assefa, Yalewayker Tegegne, Ayalew Jejaw Zeleke

“…An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital from February 15 to March 30, 2018. A total of 234 diabetes mellitus patients were enrolled. …”
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Case report: Long-term GPS tracking throughout the breeding and non-breeding seasons of the streaked shearwater Calonectris leucomelas by Taito Kamata, Masaki Shirai, Kazuhiko Hirata, Takahiro Sato, Haruka Mukai, Maki Yamamoto, Tsuneo Sekijima

“…In this study, we succeeded in long-term GPS tracking, obtaining highly accurate tracking data during the non-breeding season from November to March and the early breeding season from April to July. …”
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Short-Term Clinical Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction In Adolescents During The COVID-19 Pandemic by Adam Weaver, Brandon Ness, Dylan Roman, Nicholas Giampetruzzi, Joshua Cleland

“…Two separate review timeframes were defined according to date of surgery (control: September 2017 - October 2019; COVID: March 2020 - May 2021). Patients were classified into pre-COVID (control) and COVID groups by surgical date and were then age- and sex-matched. …”
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Effective treatment of severe acute pancreatitis and COVID-19 pneumonia with tocilizumab by Piotr Zielecki, Magdalena Kaniewska, Mariusz Furmanek, Tomasz Bulski, Grażyna Rydzewska

“…In December 2019 the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was reported for the first time in Wuhan, China [1], and it subsequently rapidly spread to the rest of the world. On 11th March 2020 COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation [2]. …”
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Prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infection and reactive donor response rate in a tertiary care hospital in South India: A retrospective observational study by Kingsley Simon, Kevin Alphones, B. Gayathri Priyadharshini

“…Materials and Methods: We have done a retrospective study that aimed to analyze blood center samples and look for the number of TTI positivity in our donations and compare with the total number of donations during the period of January 2016 to March 2023. The data was collected from the blood donor questionnaire and data was put up in an Excel sheet which was later analyzed on the Statistical P program. …”
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Health profession students’ perceptions of ChatGPT in healthcare and education: insights from a mixed-methods study by Lior Moskovich, Violetta Rozani

“…Methods The study involved a convenience sample recruited through various methods, including Faculty of Medicine announcements, social media, and snowball sampling, during the second semester (March to June 2023). Data were collected using a structured questionnaire with closed-ended questions and three open-ended questions. …”
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Prediction of postoperative myocardial injury in patients undergoing laparoscopic pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma resection: protocol for an ambispective cohort study by Yuguang Huang, Yuelun Zhang, Ling Lan, Yi Zhang, Ye Ma, Le Shen, Yifei Zhao, Yaohan Li

“…For external validation, we will use an independent prospective cohort (validation cohort) of patients from 1 March 2023 to 31 May 2025.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of PUMCH (IRB-K2893). …”
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Debriefing Methodologies in Nursing Simulation: An Exploratory Study of the Italian Settings by Sonia Lomuscio, Emanuele Capogna, Stefano Sironi, Marco Sguanci, Sara Morales Palomares, Giovanni Cangelosi, Gaetano Ferrara, Stefano Mancin, Antonio Amodeo, Anne Destrebecq, Mauro Parozzi, Susy Dal Bello

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