Efficacy and Prognostic Factors for Y-90 Radioembolization (Y-90) in Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors with Liver Metastases by Erica S. Tsang, Jonathan M. Loree, Janine M. Davies, Sharlene Gill, David Liu, Stephen Ho, Daniel J. Renouf, Howard J. Lim, Hagen F. Kennecke

“…Y-90 was well-tolerated, with infrequent grade 3-4 biochemical toxicities (2%) and grade 3 abdominal pain (6%). Longer overall survival (OS) was associated with resection of primary tumor, well-differentiated histology, and low Ki-67. …”
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Perforated Carcinoma in the Gastric Remnant: A Case of Conservative Treatment Prior to Successful Curative R0 Resection by Ken Yuu, Hiroshi Kawashima, Sho Toyoda, Satoshi Okumura, Kansuke Yamamoto, Naoto Mizumura, Aya Ito, Hiromitsu Maehira, Atsuo Imagawa, Masao Ogawa, Masayasu Kawasaki, Masao Kameyama

“…He presented at our emergency department with acute-onset epigastric pain due to perforated remnant gastric cancer. Conservative medical management was selected, including nasogastric tube insertion, antibiotics, and proton pump inhibitors, because his peritonitis was limited to his epigastrium and his general condition was stable. …”
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Adverse events and overall health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination: interim results from the VAC4COVID cohort safety study by Thomas M MacDonald, Andrew Duncan, Amy Rogers, Greg Guthrie, Alex Doney, Steve Morant, Isla Mackenzie, Evelien Rooke, Rebecca Barr, Filippo Pigazzani, Krists Zutis

“…Objectives To describe the incidence of adverse events (AEs), reactogenicity symptoms, menstrual changes and overall self-rated improvement in health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination.Design VAC4COVID is an ongoing prospective, active observational, post-authorisation cohort safety study (PASS) of UK-approved vaccines for COVID-19 disease.Setting The study is conducted through a secure website (www.vac4covid.com) by MEMO Research, University of Dundee, UK.Participants 16 265 adult (18 years or older) UK residents with a valid email address and internet access.Interventions Any UK-authorised COVID-19 vaccination.Main outcome measures The outcomes reported in this interim analysis include AEs, reactogenicity-type AEs (headache, fatigue, muscle or joint pain, fever, nausea, dizziness or local vaccine reaction), menstrual changes and reported improvement in overall health and well-being.Results 11 475 consented participants (mean age 54.8 years) provided follow-up data between 2 February and 5 October 2021 (mean follow-up duration 184 days), by which date 89.2% of participants had received two vaccine doses. 89.8% of 5222 participants who completed a follow-up questionnaire in the 7 days after any COVID-19 vaccination reported no AEs. …”
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Incidental Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma in a Patient with Bone Sarcoma: A Case Report by Zanndor Jacob del Real-Romo, Carlos Montero-Cantú, Oscar Villegas-Cabello, José Antonio Díaz-Elizondo, Danae Reyes-Salas, Rene Palomo-Hoil, Guillermo Peralta-Castillo, David Martínez-Sánchez, Eduardo Flores-Villalba

“…A 36-year-old female with 2-month history of left knee pain was diagnosed with bone fibrosarcoma. A CT scan showed pulmonary nodules. …”
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: Initial One-team Experience and Short Review. by Selman Dumani, Ermal Likaj, Laureta Dibra, Saimir Kuci, Edlira Rruci, Alfred Ibrahimi, Aferdita Veseli, Fjorba Mana, Devis Pellumbi, Alessia Mehmeti, Ali Refatllari, Altin Veshti

“…The promoted advantages are less trauma, less bleeding, less pain, and fewer wound infections, allowing faster postoperative and decreased healthcare costs. …”
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Psychological and autonomous nervous system features of functional gastric dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome, duloxetine treatment efficacy by A. P. Pogromov, G. M. Dyukova, M. L. Leonova

“…., 1998), for evaluation of pain phenomena of various location – visual-analog scale.Results. …”
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Impact of the external knee flexion moment on patello-femoral loading derived from in vivo loads and kinematics by Adam Trepczynski, Paul Kneifel, Mark Heyland, Marko Leskovar, Philippe Moewis, Philipp Damm, William R. Taylor, Stefan Zachow, Georg N. Duda

“…IntroductionAnterior knee pain and other patello-femoral (PF) complications frequently limit the success of total knee arthroplasty as the final treatment of end stage osteoarthritis. …”
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A qualitative study of community perceptions and practices relating to blood donation in Cameroon by Solange Dabou, Wilfred Ngwa, Ngo Valery Ngo, Constantine T Asahngwa, Ghyslaine Bruna Djeunang Dongho, Regina Sinsai, Evrard Kepgang, Odette D Kibu, Ronald Mbua Gobina, Denis Alemka Foretia

“…Some people do not want to donate blood due to: (1) fear of needles, donor-site pain or possible ritualistic use of donated blood, (2) certain religious beliefs, such as those held by Jehovah’s Witnesses, (3) local and cultural beliefs, (4) the perception that blood donation is a commercial activity for many health personnel and (5) lack of transparency from health personnel. …”
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The relation of MEFV gene variants to clinical phenotype and selected laboratory markers in Egyptian patients with familial Mediterranean fever by Hala T. El-Bassyouni, Ghada Nour Eldeen, Mona F. Sokkar, Mohamed B. Taher, Mohammed M. Sayed-Ahmed, Iman I. Salama, Hala M. Raslan

“…The most prevalent symptoms were abdominal pain, fever, and arthritis. Genotyping of the MEFV gene demonstrated that 215 (71.2%) patients were heterozygotes, 26 (8.6%) patients were compound heterozygotes and 12 (4.0%) patients were homozygotes, while 49 (16.2%) patients had no detected mutation. p. …”
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Scapular Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma with EWSR1-CREB1 Fusion in an Adult Patient by Hiroshi Kobayashi, Naohiro Makise, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Yuki Ishibashi, Masachika Ikegami, Shinji Kohsaka, Tetsuo Ushiku, Katsutoshi Oda, Kiyoshi Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Hiroyuki Mano, Sakae Tanaka

“…Here, we present a case of a 54-year-old man who was examined for chest pain, and computed tomography (CT) incidentally detected a bone tumor at the scapula with destruction of cortical bone and invasion into soft tissue. …”
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The Role of Physical Activity in Pregnancy: Impact on Preeclampsia, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, and Labor Outcomes by Paulina Woźniak, Ewa Wietrzykowska, Wiktoria Gajek-Flanczewska, Sebastian Flanczewski, Małgorzata Wirkijowska, Jakub Wirkijowski, Katarzyna Wójtowicz, Agata Walczak, Dominika Sobolewska, Katarzyna Michalczyk-Fraszka, Martyna Śliwińska, Anna Podraza

“…On top of that, PA seems to have a beneficial influence on various labor outcomes, such as shortened active labor duration, lowered reported levels of pregnancy-related pain, improved psychological well-being, and increased chances of natural vaginal birth as opposed to cesarean section or instrumental birth. …”
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Brewed for Performance: Caffeine’s Impact on Nutrition, Endurance and Strength in Sports by Michał Janiszewski, Marcin Komorowski, Rafał Kaczorowski, Jaromir Hunia, Jonasz Jurek, Alicja Kapciak, Julia Górny, Aleksandra Pelczarska, Tomasz Forenc

“…Our comprehensive review of literature indicates that caffeine typically ingested one hour before exercise in doses around 3-6 mg/kg raises metabolic rate, increases free fatty acids mobilization, extends time to exhaustion in running and cycling, improves maximal voluntary contraction and enhances high-speed muscular activity with low-load movements. It also blocks pain perception. These findings highlight caffeine’s role in endurance and strength sports. …”
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Perioperative care of a patient with zygomatic implant placement assisted by a dynamic real-time navigation system (动态导航引导下行穿颧种植术1例的围手术期护理)... by GUAN Zhaolan (管兆兰), YIN Xiaoqing (尹小青), XIE Lingling (谢玲玲)

“…Key nursing issues should be taken into consideration included: preoperative psychological counseling and treatment of nasosinusitis; intraoperative airway management and nursing cooperation for using dynamic real-time navigation system; postoperative pain control, ice compress, oral care, prevention of complications of paranasal sinus, eyes, face and maxillary sinus, incision wound care, dietary guidance, health education about maintenance of false teeth. …”
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Biological and psychosocial factors associated with the persistence of pruritus symptoms: protocol for a prospective, exploratory observational study in Germany (individual project... by Sonja Ständer, Stefan W Schneider, Gudrun Schneider, Stefan Kahnert, Manuel Pedro Pereira, Christian Mess, Volker Huck, Konstantin Agelopoulos, Gina Frank

“…We expect that psychosocial factors relevant to the persistence of symptoms such as fatigue and pain may also show associations to CP.Methods and analysis In this prospective, exploratory observational study situated in Germany, three cohorts of 40 patients each with acute exacerbation of atopic dermatitis and chronic atopic dermatitis and 40 CP patients with unaffected skin will be recruited for a comprehensive translational investigation including pruritus-specific and the shared psychosocial assessments of the RU SOMACROSS. …”
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Association between serum uric acid-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease among Chinese children with obesity by Meijuan Liu, Bingyan Cao, Qipeng Luo, Yanning Song, Kai Liu, Di Wu

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Engineering spatially-confined conduits to tune nerve self-organization and allodynic responses via YAP-mediated mechanotransduction by Xiaobin Luo, Jia Yang, Yonggang Zhao, Toshitatsu Nagayasu, Junlin Chen, Peilun Hu, Zhi He, Zifan Li, Jun Wu, Zhe Zhao, Guman Duan, Xiaodan Sun, Lingyun Zhao, Yongwei Pan, Xiumei Wang

“…This spatially confined conduit strategy significantly alleviates allodynia, thus preventing autotomy behavior and reducing pain-induced gait alterations.…”
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Is acupuncture effective for knee osteoarthritis? A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jing-Wen Yang, Jian-Feng Tu, Myeong Soo Lee, Chuan-Yang Liu, Ling-Yu Qi, Fang-Ting Yu, Shi-Yan Yan, Jin-Ling Li, Lu-Lu Lin, Xiao-Wan Hao, Xin-Tong Su, Li-Qiong Wang

“…The primary outcome will be pain intensity. Risk of bias will be assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias. …”
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Safety and Potential Complications of Facial Wrinkle Correction with Dermal Fillers: A Systematic Literature Review by Audra Janovskiene, Deividas Chomicius, Dominykas Afanasjevas, Zygimantas Petronis, Dainius Razukevicius, Egle Jagelaviciene

“…A total of 7719 injection site reactions were classified as mild or temporary, such as swelling (n = 1184), sensitivity (n = 1145), pain (n = 1064), bleeding (n = 969), hardening/stiffness (n = 888), nodules/irregularities (n = 849), and erythema (redness) (n = 785). …”
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Green tea silver nanoparticles improve physiological motor and cognitive function in BALB/c mice during inflammation by Herbert Izo, Ninsiima, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Kenneth, Ssekatawa, Halima, Nalugo, Caroline, Asekenye, David, Onanyang, Edson Ireeta, Munanura, Moses, Ariong, Kevin, Matama, Gerald, Zirintunda, Ngala Elvis, Mbiydzenyuy, Fred, Ssempijja, Adam Moyosore, Afodun, Ibe Michael, Usman, Oscar Hilary, Asiimwe, Julius, Tibyangye, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…Paw edema was measured at a 2 h interval for 3 days, while the pain was assessed by measuring the locomotion activity using the voluntary wheel running and the anxiety- like behavior. …”
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Post Covid-19 Syndromes, The Time line of Covid by Nadia Shams, Zaid Umar, Lubna Meraj, Neelam Ayub, Muhammad Waseem, Kazim Abbas Virk

“…In CVS, retrosternal chest pain in 11, orthopnea/PND 05, myocarditis/myocardial fibrosis 04, pericardial effusion 01, new onset hypertension 03, worsened hypertensive control 02, palpitations 10 and POTS 03. …”
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