Indications for Laparotomy in Patients with Abdominal Penetrating Injuries Presenting with Ambiguous Computed Tomography Findings by Eun Ji Choi, Sanghee Choi, Byung Hee Kang

“…This study aimed to identify the factors associated with negative laparotomy. findings Methods Data of patients who underwent laparotomy for APIs between 2011 and 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who presented with definite indications for laparotomy were excluded. …”
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Congenital Malformations in the Moroccan Surveillance System: Contribution to Prevalence Estimation by Soukaina Kannane, Samia Boussaa, Jamila El Mendili, Oulaid Touloun

“…In this study, the epidemiology of CMs in Morocco was assessed retrospectively using the national surveillance system data gathered from case notification forms from 2017 to 2021. …”
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LEGAL ACTIVITY AS A TYPE OF LEGAL WORK by Vadym O. Anokhin

“…The article is devoted to the study of the legal activities of the legal support units of state bodies, in particular the bodies of the state tax service, taking into account a certain retrospect. The article contains references and citations of scientists whose research subjects were legal work, the activities of the legal service and legal support in the state tax service bodies. …”
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Plastic surgery in a trauma center: a multidisciplinary approach for polytrauma patients by Kyung-Chul Moon, Yu-Kyeong Yun

“…The patient variables included age, sex, etiology, the injured area, and injury characteristics. We also retrospectively investigated surgical data such as the duration of the operation, hospital stay, length of time from injury to surgery, and collaboration with other departments. …”
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Treatment of Cancer Gene Changes in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Big Data Analysis Platform-Based Dasatinib by Linlin Song, Qi Li, Hui Shi, Pengxia Zhang

“…In addition, the efficacy of dasatinib in the treatment of patients with advanced CML was then retrospectively analyzed. The results showed that the IEAS system could incorporate the gene expression analysis vectors it contained by JAVA-related technologies, and the generated clustering genes showed similar functions. …”
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MACEDONIAN NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM – MAIN CHALLENGES by Radmil Polenakovik, Ivana Stankovska, Bojan R. Jovanovski

“…This paper aims to retrospect the main activities for developing innovation infrastructure and enhancing innovation capacities. …”
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Morphometric Assessment of the Piriform Aperture and Its Clinical and Forensic Applications by Beryl Shitandi Ominde, Joyce Ekeme Ikubor, Jennifer Efe Jaiyeoba-Ojigho, Orovwoghene Faithful Omoro, Patrick Sunday Igbigbi

“…Materials and Methods: The PA’s dimensions were retrospectively examined using 336 (199 males and 137 females) adult cranial computed tomography images in the database of the radiology unit of a university teaching hospital in Delta State, Nigeria, following institutional authorization. …”
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Diabetes Remission after Nonsurgical Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Adham Mottalib, Mahmoud Sakr, Mohamed Shehabeldin, Osama Hamdy

“…Limited data is available about the possibility of inducing diabetes remission through intensive weight reduction. We retrospectively evaluated diabetes remissions after one year of the Weight Achievement and Intensive Treatment (Why WAIT) program, a 12-week intensive program for diabetes weight management in real-world clinical practice. …”
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Our Surgical Results in Popliteal and Infrapopliteal Artery Injuries: 21 Cases without Amputation by Burak Tamteki̇n, Güler Gülsen Ersoy

“…Between 2016 and 2023; 21 patients who were operated in our clinic due to popliteal and infrapopliteal artery injuries were retrospectively evaluated. Results. 2 of the patients were female (9.5%) and 19 were male (90.5%). …”
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Time Trends and Predictors of Abnormal Postoperative Body Temperature in Infants Transported to the Intensive Care Unit by Hedwig Schroeck, Angela K. Lyden, Wendy L. Benedict, Satya Krishna Ramachandran

“…Preoperative and postoperative temperature readings, patient characteristics, and procedural factors of critically ill infants at a single institution were retrieved retrospectively from June 2006 until May 2014. The primary endpoints were the incidence and trend of postoperative hypothermia and hyperthermia on arrival at the intensive care units. …”
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Effectiveness of Predicted Low-Glucose Suspend Pump Technology in the Prevention of Hypoglycemia in People with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Real-World Data Using DIA:CONN G8 by Jee Hee Yoo, Ji Yoon Kim, Jae Hyeon Kim

“…Forty people with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) who used a DIA:CONN G8 for at least 2 months with prior experience using pumps without and with PLGS were retrospectively analyzed. The objective was to assess the changes in time spent in hypoglycemia (percent of time below range [%TBR]) before and after using PLGS. …”
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Do We Need to Clamp the Renal Hilum Liberally during the Initial Phase of the Learning Curve of Robot-Assisted Nephron-Sparing Surgery? by Ömer Acar, Tarık Esen, Ahmet Musaoğlu, Metin Vural

“…Charts of the initial RANSSs (n=44), which were performed by a single surgeon, were retrospectively reviewed. R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry system, modified Clavien classification, and M.D.R.D. equation were used to record tumoral complexity, complications, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), respectively. …”
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The effect of local anaesthetic agents on opioid use and recovery in patients undergoing open heart surgery: a randomized controlled study by Hatice AZİZOĞLU, Mehmet AŞAM, Zeynep GÜRKAN, Yasemin BOZKURT, Canan DEMİR

“…Trial registration Current Controlled Trials NCT06642077 (Retrospectively registered).…”
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Effect of core stability exercises on upper limb reaching in children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial by Nadia Hassan Abd-Elhameed, Heballah Mohammed Kamal, Mai Elsayed Abbass

“…Trial registration This study was authorized by the Faculty of Physical Therapy’s ethics committee under the number “REC/012/003125” and registered in ClinicalTrial.gov with the number “NCT05316090” on 9 April 2022 retrospectively.…”
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Pneumothorax in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 Infection by Raziye Ecem Akdogan, Turab Mohammed, Asma Syeda, Nasheena Jiwa, Omar Ibrahim, Rahul Mutneja

“…Data on their demographics, preexisting risk factors, laboratory workup, imaging findings, treatment, and survival were collected retrospectively between March and July 2020. Four out of five patients (4/5; 80%) had a bilateral pneumothorax, while one had a unilateral pneumothorax. …”
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Identifying factors for pembrolizumab eligibility in head and neck cancer by Satoru Miyamaru, Daizo Murakami, Kohei Nishimoto, Yorihisa Orita

“…In this study, we examined factors associated with the therapeutic effects of pembrolizumab. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 54 patients with R/M HNC treated with pembrolizumab from January 2020 to December 2022. …”
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Uric Acid to High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio is a Novel Marker to Predict Functionally Significant Coronary Artery Stenosis by Fanqi Li, Donghui Zhao, Qiuyu Li, Xiaolong Lin, Haoxuan Sun, Qian Fan

“…However, there is little research on this in the Chinese population. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed 690 patients who underwent FFR measurements to determine the functional significance of a single ICS. …”
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Evaluation of Second-Line Treatment for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer following the Administration of Upfront Androgen Receptor Signaling Inhibitors by Kazuro Kikkawa, Masahiro Tamaki, Kouhei Maruno, Tatsuya Hazama, Toshifumi Takahashi, Yuya Yamada, Masakazu Nakashima, Noriyuki Ito

“…This study evaluated the effects of docetaxel and androgen receptor signaling inhibitors as second-line treatments in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer after androgen receptor signaling inhibitors as first-line treatment. This study retrospectively evaluated the clinical outcomes of second-line treatment with docetaxel or androgen receptor signaling inhibitor in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer who received first-line treatment with androgen receptor signaling inhibitors. …”
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Anticoagulants utilization in eight hospitals within the Luzhou region from 2019 to 2023. by Wei Luo, Yan Li, Jiali Yang, Yang Liu, Yue Shi, Hongli Luo

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The utilization of anticoagulants was retrospectively analyzed. The data on anticoagulant utilizations in tertiary-care hospitals within a district were collected from January 2019 to December 2023. …”
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Contribution of Experimental Animal Research Studies to the Emergency Medicine Literature by Umut Ocak, John H. Zhang

“…To this end, the experimental animal research articles published in EM journals indexed to the Science Citation Index Expanded database with a date of publication between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2017, were reviewed retrospectively. All data regarding the journal name, publication year, country, department and institution of the first author, subject species, type of the experimental model, target organ/system/functions, evaluation method, outcome measures, and citation counts were noted. …”
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