Economic impact of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: insights from the ALDO‐DHF trial by Djawid Hashemi, Ludwig Dettmann, Tobias D. Trippel, Volker Holzendorf, Johannes Petutschnigg, Rolf Wachter, Gerd Hasenfuß, Burkert Pieske, Antonia Zapf, Frank Edelmann

“…Methods and results The aldosterone receptor blockade in diastolic HF trial is a multicentre, prospective, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial conducted between March 2007 and April 2011 at 10 sites in Germany and Austria that included 422 ambulatory patients [mean age: 67 years (standard deviation: 8); 52% women]. …”
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The Association of Vitamin D, Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), and Glial Cell-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) with Development in Children by Mia Milanti Dewi, Akhmad Imron, Nelly Amalia Risan, Grace Mediana, Raden Tina Dewi Judistiani, Budi Setiabudiawan

“…Methods: This research is a prospective cross-sectional study conducted in March 2022. The vitamin D, NGF, GDNF, and BDNF levels were measured in stored biological materials from children aged 2–4 years, and their Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) scores were also assessed. …”
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Emergency Airway Management: A Systematic Review on the Effectiveness of Cognitive Aids in Improving Outcomes and Provider Performance by Raisa Chowdhury, Ostap Orishchak, Marco A. Mascarella, Bshair Aldriweesh, Mohammed K. Alnoury, Guillaume Bousquet-Dion, Jeffrey Yeung, Lily Ha-Nam P. Nguyen

“…<b>Methods:</b> A systematic search of MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science, and ClinicalTrials.gov was conducted from February to March 2024. Studies examining the use of cognitive aids, such as the Vortex method, the ASA difficult airway algorithm, and visual airway aids, in emergency airway scenarios were included. …”
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Preparing healthcare leaders of the digital age with an integrative artificial intelligence curriculum: a pilot study by Soo Hwan Park, Roshini Pinto-Powell, Thomas Thesen, Alexander Lindqwister, Joshua Levy, Rachael Chacko, Devina Gonzalez, Connor Bridges, Adam Schwendt, Travis Byrum, Justin Fong, Shahin Shahsavari, Saeed Hassanpour

“…From September 2022 to March 2023, ten self-selected first-year students enrolled in the elective curriculum run in parallel with four existing curricular blocks (Immunology, Hematology, Cardiology, and Pulmonology). …”
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Functional Improvement Trajectories After Surgery (FIT After Surgery) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study to evaluate significant new disability after major... by E Jacobsohn, Duminda N Wijeysundera, Gerald Lebovic, M Davis, Martine T E Puts, Shabbir M H Alibhai, Karim S Ladha, C Wong, Daniel I McIsaac, C Hanley, T Barnes, G Lorello, N Siddiqui, P Serrano, Tyler R Chesney, S Choi, J Van Vlymen, D Sussman, D Macdonald, P Jüni, Emily Hladkowicz, C David Mazer, M Bosch, CD Mazer, A Jerath, J Pazmino-Canizares, E Kennedy, R Spence, V Lyon, Alice C Wei, Julian F Daza, Sahar Ehtesham, Janet M van Vlymen, DN Wijeysundera, KS Ladha, JF Daza, G Mattina, E Hladkowicz, M Tessier, S Ehtesham, S Nnorom, SMH Alibhai, M Puts, G Lebovic, TR Chesney, AC Wei, S Drozdz, M Louridas, RH Breau, M Lalu, S Abdellatif, S Gagne, E Duceppe, K Zarnke, D Dumerton, M Karizhenskaia, H El Beheiry, F Bonazza, A Zahavich, M Thorleifson, S L Russell, H Bagry, SY MacDonell, J Dale-Gandar, L Kaustov, A Fleet, E Al Azazi, M Parotto, S A McCluskey, H Poonawala, D Dillane, Di McIsaac, S Avramescu, S Shabeen

“…Recruitment began in December 2019 but was placed on hold in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recruitment was gradually restarted in October 2020, with 1-year follow-up expected to finish in 2023. …”
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Real-world clinical utility of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in the assessment of tuberculosis in a low-TB-incidence, high-resource setting by Robert C Free, Manish Pareek, Hemu Patel, Pranabashis Haldar, Jee Whang Kim, Richard Halliwell, Nelun Perera, Gerrit Woltmann, Alison Glimour-Caunt, Raman Verma

“…We examine the real-world clinical utility of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert-Ultra) as a diagnostic test and biomarker of transmissible infection in a UK TB service.Methods Clinical specimens from suspected TB cases triple tested (smear microscopy, mycobacterial culture and Xpert-Ultra) at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (1 March 2018–28 February 2019) were retrospectively analysed. …”
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Clinical analysis of molecular typing of 146 cases of endometrial carcinoma by Bo Zhang, Bo Zhang, Dan Zhou, Shuo Zhang, Jinbowen Yan, Qingwei Meng, Qiubo Lv

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the application of TCGA molecular typing in endometrial carcinoma, compare the relationship between molecular typing and clinicopathologic features, and provide a new idea for individual treatment of patients.MethodsA total of 146 EC patients who underwent surgical treatment and TCGA molecular typing in Beijing Hospital from December 2019 to March 2023 were collected. The clinicopathologic features, immunohistochemistry, and prognosis of the four TCGA molecular types were analyzed retrospectively.ResultAmong the 146 patients with endometrial cancer (EC), 8 patients (5.5%) exhibited the POLE hypermutant type, 29 patients (19.9%) displayed the MSI-H type, 94 patients (64.4%) presented the low copy-number type, and 15 patients (10.3%) manifested the high copy-number type. …”
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Reattempt Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusions after Prior Failures: A Single-Center Analysis of Strategies and Outcomes by Mingqiang Fu, Shufu Chang, Lei Ge, Dong Huang, Kang Yao, Feng Zhang, Qing Qin, Jianying Ma, Juying Qian, Junbo Ge

“…All patients with prior recanalization failures received reattempt PCIs from January 2015 to March 2019 at Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University. …”
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Feasibility of remote robot empowered teleultrasound scanning for radioactive patients by Ying Liang, Lu Wang, Manuel Escobar Amoresa, Zirui Jiang, Bo Yu, Jiami Li, Man Lu

“…In this prospective study (ChineseClinicalTrials.gov identifier, ChiCTR2200057253), 32 radioactive patients were examined by conventional ultrasound and MGIUS-R3 robot-assisted ultrasound from March 2022 to June 2022. After two scans, patients completed a satisfaction survey, including comfort score, fear score, tension score and pain score. …”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Degradable Mulching Film on the Growth, Yield and Economic Benefit of Garlic by Jiangping Song, Huixia Jia, Yang Wang, Xiaohui Zhang, Wenlong Yang, Tingting Zhang, Naijian Wang, Jianqiang Yang, Haiping Wang

“…Additionally, the BDM 0.008 mm remained intact throughout the low-temperature overwintering period, began to partially degrade as temperatures rose in March and April, and exhibited considerable fragmentation during the maturity and harvest periods of garlic. …”
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Impact of a nurse-led teleconsultation strategy for cardiovascular disease management during COVID-19 pandemic in India: a pyramid model feasibility study by Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Kavita Singh, Ambuj Roy, Bishav Mohan, Rohit Tandon, Abhishek Goyal, Bhupinder Singh, Shibba Takkar Chhabra, Naved Aslam, Gurpreet Singh Wander, Nitish Naik, Gurbhej SIngh, Shivaansh Aggarwal, Aftabh Saini

“…Patients with CVD who had an outpatient visit or hospitalisation between September 2019 and March 2020 at the Dayanand Medical College Hospital, Ludhiana, India, were contacted by phone and offered teleconsultations. …”
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Percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation for patients with liver metastases from gastrointestinal stromal tumors by Li Liu, Bing Wang, Zhong-Yi Zhang, Song Wang, Hao Wu, Hong Wang, Wei Wu, Kun Yan, Wei Yang

“…Objectives This study aimed to analyze the survival outcomes and prognostic factors of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for liver metastases from gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs).Methods Between March 2011 and November 2022, 34 patients (16 males; age range, 25–72 [median age, 52.5] years) who underwent RFA for liver metastasis from GISTs were included. …”
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Booster Vaccination against Yellow Fever in Gambian children-(BoVY) -a Phase 3 clinical trial to establish safety and immunogenicity of repeated YF vaccination in healthy Gambian c... by David Jeffries, Caitlin Pley, Beate Kampmann, Mam Nabou Leigh, Julia Strandmark, Ed Clarke, Peter Ndow, Ebrima Kanteh, Amadou Faal, Elishia Roberts

“…Methods This open-label, non-randomised clinical vaccine trial (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05332197, registered on 31 March 2022, URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05332197) will assess the safety and immunogenicity of a booster dose of the licensed 17D YF vaccine in Gambian children. …”
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Clinical Findings in Diabetes Mellitus Patients with COVID-19 by Ting Guo, Qinxue Shen, Xiaoli Ouyang, Wei Guo, Jinhua Li, Wenlong He, Bo Yu, Chenfang Wu, Zhiguo Zhou, Hong Luo, Hong Peng

“…Twelve DM patients (63.2%) changed diabetic therapy during hospitalization, and all DM patients admitted to the ICU used insulin. As of March 14, all 19 DM patients have been discharged, and no death occurred. …”
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Preclinical study and parallel phase II trial evaluating antisense STAT3 oligonucleotide and checkpoint blockade for advanced pancreatic, non-small cell lung cancer and mismatch re... by Heather Lin, Vivek Subbiah, Siqing Fu, Aung Naing, Courtney Nicholas, Shubham Pant, Chad Tang, Michael A Curran, David S Hong, Ying Yuan, Sarina A Piha-Paul, Jordi Rodon Ahnert, Timonthy A Yap, Apostolia M Tsimberidou, Daniel D Karp, Anupallavi Srinivasamani, Coline Couillault, Genevieve P Hartley, James Dai, Ecaterina E Ileana Dumbrava, Paola Guerrero, Sarah Dhebat, Theresa Proia

“…Within tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes there was expansion of CD4 and PD-1+ CD8 populations with STAT3 ASO.Thirty-seven patients (29 PDAC, 7 NSCLC and 1 MRD CRC) from a single institution started treatment on trial between April 2017 and March 2020. No objective responses were observed. …”
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Determinants of handwashing practice and its associated factors among mothers of under-5 children in Kolladiba town, Northwest Ethiopia: cross-sectional study by Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Maereg Wolde, Meshehsa Abate, Gebremeskel Mandefro, Ezedin Beru, Aysheshim Kassahun

“…Mothers serve as the children’s nurses and poor practice of simple hygiene increases the risk of the spread of diseases to under-5 children.Objective This study aimed at investigating the proportion of handwashing practice at critical times and associated factors among mothers of under-5 children in Kolladiba town, Northwest Ethiopia.Design, Setting, participants and outcome measures A community-based cross-sectional study design was carried out from 20 February 2020 to 12 March 2020, in Kolladiba town. A total of 334 mothers participated in this study. …”
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Correlation between Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated with Lipocaline and Beta-2 Microglobulin with Other Renal Markers in Iraqi Patients with Multiple Myeloma by Inas Nazeeh Abed, Usama Salman Al-timari, Hiba Abid Al-Hussein hassan, Abbas Thamer Dwayyikh

“…For the period from November 2021 to March 2022. Information taken from patients involved age, genus, drugs used, and other medical details. …”
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Mediation Effect of Resilience Between Social Support and Depression Symptoms in Patients With Strabismus: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mo Y, Zhang H, Yu X, Xu Z, Xiao H, Gao L, Wang Y

“…This study aimed to examine the relationship between social support, resilience, and depression symptoms in patients with strabismus and how the relationship between social support and depression symptoms is mediated by resilience.Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among adult patients undergoing strabismus surgery at an ophthalmic centre in Guangzhou, China, between March 2021 and May 2023. Patients completed the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Social Support Rating Scale, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. …”
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Pelletization of composted swine manure solid fraction with different organic co-formulates: effect of pellet physical properties on rotating spreader distribution patterns by Elio Romano, Massimo Brambilla, Carlo Bisaglia, Niccolò Pampuro, Ester Foppa Pedretti, Eugenio Cavallo

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Aplikasi Jurnal Harian Covid-19 untuk Pemantauan Isolasi Mandiri (PISOM) by Mutiara Anggun, Margaretha Amanda, Tri Ahmad Sandi, Rinto Priambodo

“…Hundreds of millions of cases have been reported in different countries and regions. Since March 2020 the Indonesian government has declared Covid-19 a national disaster. …”
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