The Impact of Hyperoxia on Outcome of Patients Treated with Noninvasive Respiratory Support by Seyhan Pala Cifci, Yasemin Urcan Tapan, Bengu Turemis Erkul, Yusuf Savran, Bilgin Comert

“…Oxygen therapy is one of the most common treatment modalities for hypoxemic patients, but target goals for normoxemia are not clearly defined. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Findings in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Yakup Cevik, Hande Taylan Sekeroglu, Burce Ozgen, Kadriye Erkan Turan, Ali Sefik Sanac

“…This study included 36 newly diagnosed Graves’ disease patients and 23 control participants. Patients and control participants underwent detailed ophthalmologic examination. …”
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Establishment and validation of predictive model of ARDS in critically ill patients by Senhao Wei, Hua Zhang, Hao Li, Chao Li, Ziyuan Shen, Yiyuan Yin, Zhukai Cong, Zhaojin Zeng, Qinggang Ge, Dongfeng Li, Xi Zhu

“…Abstract Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a prevalent complication among critically ill patients, constituting around 10% of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and mortality rates ranging from 35 to 46%. …”
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Development and validation of the treatment expectation scale for patients with liver cancer by Xiaoyi Yang, Ruijun Yang, Yang Xu, Shuang Zang

“…Introduction Liver cancer is one of the most common tumors in the world. Patients with liver cancer usually face substantial physical, psychological, and social burdens, which has created a great demand and expectation to ease the burden in all aspects. …”
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Gaps in the Management of Hypertensive Patients in a Metropolitan Area of Havana by Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Alejandra Caridad Piña Alonso, Addys Díaz Piñera, René García Roche, Susana Balcindes Acosta

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> knowing and facing the difficulties which appear during the control of the hypertensive patient is a challenge for every health system. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to identify the gaps in the management of hypertensive people in a metropolitan area of Havana. …”
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Glycaemic Control Impact on Renal Endpoints in Diabetic Patients on Haemodialysis by Danielle Creme, Kieran McCafferty

“…To identify the number of haemodialysis patients with diabetes in a large NHS Trust, their current glycaemic control, and the impact on other renal specific outcomes. …”
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Cataract Surgery in Elderly Patients: Impact on Life Quality and Functionality by Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol, Kattia Molina Castellanos, Inés Zamora Galindo, Alina González Díaz, Jorge Jackson Villalpando Rodríguez, Yisel María Mayo Saavedra

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> patients who underwent cataract surgery showed evidence of improvement in visual acuity, functionality and life quality.…”
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Electrocardiographic Changes in Elderly Patients During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography by NG Kounis, GM Zavras, PJ Papadaki, SN Kouni, M Batsolaki, GV Gouvelou-Deligianni, C Markoglou, JA Goudevenos, CN Mallioris, C Kokkinis, K Kalokairinou, N Grapsas, GN Kounis, CM Koutsojannis

“…OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias, changes in oxygen saturation, heart rate and blood pressure during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) via Holter monitoring in elderly patients older than 70 years of age.…”
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Transarterial Chemoembolization of Metastatic Liver Lesions in Patients with Colorectal Cancer by O. Yu. Stukalova, G. P. Gens, Z. Kh. Shugushev, V. V. Maslov, A. G. Chepurnoy

“…To evaluate the efficacy of transarterial chemoembolization in patients with metastases of colorectal cancer in the liver.Materials and methods. …”
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Plasma Prolidase Activity and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Akhilesh Kumar Verma, Janak Raj, Vivek Sharma, Tej Bali Singh, Shalabh Srivastava, Ragini Srivastava

“…PPA was associated with oxidative stress markers in patients with PD. Decreased PPA and TAS and increased TOS and OSI were associated with progression of disease and higher age.…”
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Increased Choroidal Thickness in Keratoconus Patients: Perspectives in the Disease Pathophysiology by João Pinheiro-Costa, João Viana Pinto, Sara Perestrelo, João Nuno Beato, Luís Torrão, Elisete Brandão, Ângela Carneiro, Maria Dulce Madeira, Fernando Falcão-Reis

“…To analyze and compare choroidal thickness between keratoconus (KC) patients and age-matched non-KC subjects. Methods. …”
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Dose-dependent incidence of agranulocytosis in patients treated with methimazole and propylthiouracil by Jaeduk Yoshimura Noh, Kosuke Inoue, Nami Suzuki, Ai Yoshihara, Miho Fukushita, Masako Matsumoto, Hideyuki Imai, Shigenori Hiruma, Masahiro Ichikawa, Masakazu Koshibu, Akiko Sankoda, Rei Hirose, Natsuko Watanabe, Kiminori Sugino, Koichi Ito

“…Within this subset, 18,259 patients had been treated with MMI, and 4,734 had been treated with PTU. …”
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Lifetime of patients and prognostic value of manifestations and complications of liver cirrhosis by G. K. Mirodzhov, S. A. Avezov, N. S. Tukhtayeva, A. Bakhtibekov, M. M. Giyasov

“…Studying of liver cirrhosis (LC) prevalence in Tajikistan, survival rates, lifetimes and principal causes of death of patients, and evaluation of prognostic value of manifestations and complications of LC.Material and methods. 1374 patients of the LC were investigated. …”
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TNF-α and Microalbuminuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by I.-Th. Lampropoulou, M. Stangou, A. Papagianni, T. Didangelos, F. Iliadis, G. Efstratiadis

“…Aim of the present study was to investigate possible correlation between the presence and degree of microalbuminuria and markers of inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Patients-Methods. …”
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Use of Cystatin C Biomarker in Patients with Possible Renal Failure by Alexander Benavides Couto, Yamila Rodríguez Jiménez, Dellys González Borges, Idalmis Luisa Martinez Serrano, Ibis Hernandez Palet, Belkis Rosa Vilaboy Perez

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Clinical Characterization of Ulcerative Colitis in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis by Shun Murasugi, Ayumi Ito, Teppei Omori, Shinichi Nakamura, Katsutoshi Tokushige

“…The clinical/colonoscopic features of ulcerative colitis (UC) associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), the prognostic impact of UC, and the utility of UC screening in PSC patients are unknown. We characterized UC associated with PSC and assessed UC’s impact on the prognosis of PSC and the importance of colonoscopic UC screening in PSC patients. …”
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Evaluation of adipocytokines and oxidative stress biomarkers in sera of hemodialysis patients by Shahad F. Obeid, Israa Abass Rashed, Mohammed S. Al-Hindawi

“…The current study aimed to evaluate adipocytokines and oxidative stress biomarkers in sera of hemodialysis patients. This study involved 60 hemodialysis patients, of whom 64% were female and 36% were male. …”
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Risk factors for severe adverse drug reactions in hospitalized patients by Petrović Nemanja Z., Pejčić Ana V., Milosavljević Miloš N., Janković Slobodan M.

“…The incidence of sADRs is approaching 6.7%, and the incidence of fatal adverse reactions is 0.32% in hospitalized patients. Of these, 48.5% are, at least potentially, preventable.…”
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Estimation of salivary IL-6 and calprotectin in patients with ulcerative colitis by Fadhel A. Abdullah, Maha A. Mahmood

“…The recent study was measured the levels of Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and calprotectin in saliva of UC patients using ELISA method. The present results showed a significant increase in the levels of both (IL-6) and calprotectin  in UC patients when compared with that of control group (P=<0.05).Moreover, this study was found a significant positive correlation between IL-6 levels and age in all study groups (UC and control) (P <0.05) and between IL-6 and calprotectin in UC patients(p<0.05). …”
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Postinfluenza Vaccination Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Three Elderly Patients by Joji Nagasaki, Masahiro Manabe, Kentaro Ido, Hiroyoshi Ichihara, Yasutaka Aoyama, Tadanobu Ohta, Yoshio Furukawa, Atsuko Mugitani

“…We report the cases of three elderly patients who developed ITP after receiving influenza vaccinations. …”
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