The Effect of Anesthesia on the Immune System in Colorectal Cancer Patients by Yangjie Dang, Xingxing Shi, William Xu, Mingzhang Zuo

“…Anesthesia is an effective way to control the stress response, and recent basic and clinical research has shown that anesthesia and related drugs can directly or indirectly affect the immune system of colorectal cancer patients during the perioperative period. Thus, these drugs may affect the prognosis of CRC surgery patients. …”
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Physical Activity and Blood Lipids and Lipoproteins in Dialysis Patients by Hiroyuki Imamura, Keiko Mizuuchi, Reika Oshikata

“…The relationship between physical activity and blood lipids and lipoproteins in dialysis patients is reviewed in the context of the potentially confounding factors such as nutritional intake, cigarette smoking, obesity, alcohol intake, and physical activity levels in the general population and additional confounding factors such as mode of dialysis and diabetes in dialysis patients. …”
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Isolation of Acinetobacter in patients admitted to Intensive Care Units by Midiela López López, Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodriguez, Midiala Iglesias López, Yanet Rodríguez Zulueta

“…<br /> <strong>Objective:</strong> to characterize microbiological isolations of Acinetobacter in patients admitted to the Intensive Care Units at the Provincial Hospital Dr Gustavo Aldereguia Lima. …”
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Incidence and Control of Symptoms at the End of Life in Cancer Patients by Celita Mairely Celada Cifuentes, Javier García Gutiérrez, Sandra Pérez Palenzuela, Cecilia Navarrete Dávalos

“…<strong>Background:</strong> at the end of life, the patient with cancer conditions presents various physical, emotional and spiritual symptoms. …”
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Retinal changes in patients with different COVID-19 course by Kateryna Hutsaliuk, Nataliia Skalska, Oleksandra Zborovska, Nadiia Ulianova

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Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with Hypertensive Heart Disease by Milian Carralero Romero, Alián Pérez Marrero, Liliana Espinosa Castro

“…As well as type IV in hypertensive patients with more than thirty years of evolution (42.7 %). …”
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Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome by Yoshiko Shutto, Hideaki Yamabe, Michiko Shimada, Takeshi Fujita, Norio Nakamura

“…The goal of the study was to investigate quality of life (QOL) in adult patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) and to test the relationship of QOL with the level of self-care. …”
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Mycobiome analyses of critically ill COVID-19 patients by Danielle Weaver, Sara Gago, Matteo Bassetti, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Juergen Prattes, Martin Hoenigl, Florian Reizine, Hélène Guegan, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Michael John Bromley, Paul Bowyer

“…ABSTRACT Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) is a life-threatening complication in patients with severe COVID-19. Previously, acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with COVID-19 has been associated with lung fungal dysbiosis, evidenced by reduced microbial diversity and Candida colonization. …”
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Hypokalaemia and outcomes in older patients hospitalized for heart failure by Miroslava Valentova, Samir Patel, Phillip H. Lam, Charles Faselis, Cherinne Arundel, Gregg C. Fonarow, Yan Cheng, Richard M. Allman, Stephan vonHaehling, Stefan D. Anker, Ali Ahmed

“…Abstract Aims Hypokalaemia is a risk factor for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure (HF). The objective of this study was to examine the association between hypokalaemia and outcomes in hospitalized patients with decompensated HF in whom sudden death is less common. …”
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Clinical-epidemiological behaviour of patients after cataract surgery by Leydi E. Jacomino Hernández, Idalia Triana Casado, Juan C. Medina Perdomo

“…We included all patients over 18 years old meeting the inclusion criteria who had had a cataract surgery between July and December 2007. …”
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Acute inflammatory profile of patients submitted to pulmonary resection by Andrea Pelicia Roso de Souza, Raquel Palhares, Letícia Baltieri, Ricardo Kalaf Mussi, Edson Antunes, Glaucia Coelho de Mello

“…ABSTRACT Purpose: To establish a profile of the inflammatory response in the preoperative and postoperative period of pulmonary resection of patients without postoperative complications, in order to trace the inflammatory profile of lung resection surgery. …”
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Risk Factors of Lymph Edema in Breast Cancer Patients by Haghighat Shahpar, Akbari Atieh, Ansari Maryam, Homaei Shandiz Fatemeh, Najafi Massoome, Ebrahimi Mandana, Yunesian Masud, Mirzaei Hamid Reza, Akbari Mohammad Esmaeil

“…Materials & Methods. The breast cancer patients who were followed up in three centers in Tehran and Mashhad in 2010 were recruited in the study. …”
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Clinical Significance of Prothrombin Time in Cholangiocarcinoma Patients with Surgeries by Hui-shan Wang, Xian-xiu Ge, Quan-peng Li, Jun-jie Nie, Lin Miao

“…This study aims to investigate the predictive values of PT levels in patients with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Methods. We retrospectively analyzed the PT from 86 CCA patients who underwent curative resection in our hospital from December 2008 to August 2017. …”
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Health-related quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis by Lázaro Aurelio Vázquez Gómez, Carlos Hidalgo Mesa, Benita Mabel Beltrán González, Yunier Broche Pérez, Ana María Mederos Herrera

“…The study population consisted of 86 patients who were part of a multidisciplinary follow-up strategy.…”
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Electrocardiographic Changes in Pregnant Patients With Congenital Heart Disease by Maria A. Pabon, Amrit Misra, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Madeline E. Duncan, Ava Conklin, Katherine E. Economy, Fred M. Wu, Thomas Tadros, Anne Marie Valente, For the STORCC Investigators

“…ABSTRACT Background Electrocardiograms (EKGs) are routinely performed in pregnant patients with pre‐existing cardiovascular disease. …”
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Low serum zonulin level in patients with systemic sclerosis by Karolina Wąż, Eugeniusz J. Kucharz, Magdalena Kopeć-Mędrek, Ewelina Machura-Porębska, Robert Pieczyrak, Przemysław Kotyla

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Management of Recurrent Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections in Adult Patients by Neval Elgormus, Yusuf Elgormus, Bagnu Dundar, Fatma Bozkurt, Huseyin Dogu, Hafize Uzun

“…<b>Methods:</b> This study included 110 patients with SVPS infections and 55 patients with RVPS infections. …”
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Urinary Markers of Tubular Injury in HIV-Infected Patients by Temesgen Fiseha, Angesom Gebreweld

“…Renal disease is a common complication of HIV-infected patients, associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, progression to AIDS, AIDS-defining illness, and mortality. …”
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Preparation of patients for endoscopic investigations and surgery of the large intestine by B. N. Bashankaev, A. G. Yuldashev, D. F. Yermakov, P. V. Tsarkov

“…To demonstrate modern approach to preparation of patients for endoscopy and colon and rectal surgery.Original positions. …”
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Electrocardiographic Characteristics of Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Chemotherapy by Xufei Liang, Yueying Wang, Xi Yin, Xiaohong Gong, Shuo Pan, Ziliang Chen, Xuhong Geng

“…Introduction. Patients receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer may be at risk of developing cardiac dysfunction and electrophysiological abnormalities. …”
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