The Effect of Chronic Inhouse Biomass Fuel Smoke Exposure on Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon in Women Living in the Eastern Region of Turkey by Tayyar AKBULUT, Faysal SAYLIK

“…Methods: A total of 457 consecutive women who underwent coronary angiography were retrospectively enrolled in this study. Patients were divided into two groups according to the use of BMF during their lives, from birth to older ages, as biomass exposure group (BEG) and non-exposure group. …”
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Verisyse versus Veriflex Phakic Intraocular Lenses: Refractive Outcomes and Endothelial Cell Density 5 Years after Surgery by Dilek Yaşa, Alper Ağca

“…To compare refractive stability, central endothelial cell density (ECD), and complications between Verisyse (Abbott Medical Optics, Netherlands) and Veriflex (Abbott Medical Optics, Netherlands) phakic intraocular lenses (pIOL) over five years. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent Verisyse or Veriflex pIOL implantation for surgical correction of myopia. …”
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Blunt Cardiac Injuries That Require Operative Management: A Single-Center 7-Year Experience by Seung Hwan Lee, Myung Jin Jang, Yang Bin Jeon

“…Methods The medical records of 15 patients who had undergone emergency cardiac surgery for BCI between January 2014 and August 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. We included trauma patients older than 18 years admitted to Regional Trauma Center, Gachon University Gil Medical Center during the study period. …”
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Carotid endarterectomy outcomes according to anesthesia method: General anesthesia or regional anesthesia? by Fehim Can Sevil, Serkan Gume, Mehmet Tort, Necip Becit

“…Material and Methods: Demographic characteristics, operative information and follow-up results of 237 patients who underwent CEA between January 2015 and June 2020, 165 patients under regional anesthesia (RA: Group 1) and 72 under general anesthesia (GA: Group 2), were retrospectively analyzed. In Group 1, carotid shunt was placed in patients with a negative awake test (n: 21, 12.7%) and in Group 2 carotid shunt was placed in all cases. …”
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Evaluation of the Results of Patients Who Were Treated with Laparoscopic Simple Tunnel Hysterosacropexy Method to Prevent Uterine Prolapse: A New Approach by Erdal Seker, Evindar Elci

“…STUDY DESIGN: Data from women with apical prolapse of stage 2 or higher who underwent laparoscopic simple tunnel hysterosacropexy between October 1, 2017, and March 31, 2019, at the University of Health Sciences Diyarbakır Gazi Yasargil Education and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey was retrospectively assessed. Patients were treated with laparoscopic simple tunnel hysterosacropexy; the meshes were anchored to the posterior cervical area, even in the presence of advanced multi-compartment vaginal prolapse. …”
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Synovial Fluid Alpha-defensin Lateral Flow Assay is Specific but Not Sensitive for Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Revision Arthroplasty: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis by Sze Hon Yu, Chiu Kwong Yuen, Constance Wong, Cheung Amy, Cheung Man Hong, Chan Vincent Wai Kwan, Luk Michelle Hilda, Chan Ping Keung, Henry Fu

“…Methods: One hundred eleven suspected PJI cases with previous total knee or hip arthroplasty between 2017 and 2021 were retrospectively included; they were minimally followed up for 12 months after joint aspiration. …”
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Factors Affecting Visual Prognosis of Myopic Foveoschisis after Macular Buckling by Xiujuan Zhao, Yanbing Wang, Yuqing Chen, Silvia Tanumiharjo, Yijin Wu, Ping Lian, Shida Chen, Xia Huang, Bingqian Liu, Lin Lu

“…To analyze the visual prognosis of macular buckling in patients with high myopia foveoschisis (FS) and to identify factors that predict the final visual outcome. Methods. We retrospectively included 155 eyes of 155 patients who underwent foveoschisis-related macular buckling. …”
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Efficacy of Human-Recombinant Epidermal Growth Factor Combined with Povidone-Iodine for Pressure Ulcers and Its Influence on Inflammatory Cytokines by Zunjiang Zhao, Dalun Lv, Baode Zhang, Liu Yong, Rongtao Zhang, Xiukun Wang

“…One hundred and five PU patients treated between January 2018 and January 2021 were enrolled and retrospectively analyzed. Of them, 50 patients who received conventional treatment were assigned to the control group (Con group), while 55 patients treated with rh-EGF combined with PVI were assigned to the observation group (Obs group). …”
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Blurred boundaries: exploring the influence of work-life and life-work conflicts on university teachers’ health, work results, and willingness to teleworking by Filipa Sobral, Eva Dias-Oliveira, Catarina Morais, Julia Hodgson

“…COVID-19 lockdowns forced organizations to rapidly shift from face-to-face interactions to online platforms, leading to unforeseen challenges. This study retrospectively examines the extreme conditions of teleworking, which blurred the boundaries between home and workspaces, providing a unique opportunity to assess perceptions of work-life and life-work conflicts and their consequences. …”
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Presence of Serum Antinuclear Antibodies Does Not Impact Outcomes in HBV-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure by Lin Lin, Bin Lin, Qing Lan, Longgen Liu, Jianchun Lu, Xiujun Zhang, Shuqin Zheng, Yuan Xue

“…A total of 116 patients with HBV-related ACLF treated at three clinical centers were retrospectively recruited. Serum concentrations of ANA were detected using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit. …”
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Establishment of Early Multi-Indicator Prediction Models of Moderately Severe Acute Pancreatitis and Severe Acute Pancreatitis by Shan-Shan He, Dan Li, Qi-Yong He, Xiao-Ping Chen, Yong-Xu Lin, Yun-Wen Yu, Feng-Lin Chen, Jian Ding

“…Clinical data of 469 patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) between 2015 and 2020, at the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, and between 2012 and 2020, at the Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, were retrospectively analyzed. The unweighted predictive score (unwScore) and weighted predictive score (wScore) for MSAP and SAP were derived using logistic regression analysis and were compared with four existing systems using receiver operating characteristic curves. …”
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Development and internal validation of a metabolism-related model for predicting 30-day mortality in neonatal sepsis by Xiangwen Tu, Junkun Chen, Wen Liu

“…Methods The clinical data of neonatal sepsis at Ganzhou Women and Children’s Health Care Hospital from January 2019 to December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Neonatal sepsis cases were divided into survival and non-survival groups. …”
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Integrated care teams in primary care improve clinical outcomes and care processes in patients with non-communicable diseases by Pei Lin Hu, Cynthia Yan-Ling Tan, Ngoc Hoang Long Nguyen, Rebekah Ryanne Wu, Juliana Bahadin, Nivedita Vikas Nadkarni, Ngiap Chuan Tan

“…Methods: Data was retrospectively extracted from the electronic medical records (EMRs) of consecutive adult Asian patients empanelled to ICT and those in UC at a typical primary care clinic (polyclinic) in eastern Singapore in 2018. …”
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Risk Factors for Decreased Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength: Which is More Effective? by Omer Demir, Cihan Comba

“…Study Design: Between September 2017 and September 2018, 250 patients admitted to an outpatient gynecology clinic was examined by a single physician and their anamnesis were taken, the data obtained were evaluated retrospectively. As a result of the examination, the pelvic floor muscle strength was evaluated according to the Modified Oxford Scale and the patients evaluated as 1/5 and 2/5 were grouped as having weak muscle strength and the rest were grouped as having high muscle strength. …”
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Clinical Impact of Local Anesthesia on Sedation Stability and Propofol Dosage in Pediatric Dental Sedation by Merve Hayriye Kocaoglu, Çağıl Vural, Betül Büşra Ursavaş

“… Background: Local anesthesia (LA) is often preferred for stabilization of vital signs, depth of anesthesia and pain control in dental restorations but the efficacy of LA administration during deep sedation is controversial.Aim: To retrospectively investigate the effects of LA on heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, depth of anesthesia and total dose of anesthetic drugs given in pediatric patients sedated for dental procedures.Materials & Methods: Records of 50 healthy children were divided into two groups: Patients who received infiltration LA at the beginning of sedation (Early LA) or who received LA at the end of sedation after completion of restorations (Late LA). …”
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Emergency response planning for sudden cardiac arrest in amateur football clubs in Germany (federal state Saarland) by Tim Meyer, Florian Egger, Ana Ukaj

“…A high availability of CPR- and AED-trained staff (>75% likelihood of being present at the pitch) was more likely during a match (61% and 84%) than training (40% and 51%), respectively. Retrospectively, over 7 years, five clubs reported that CPR-trained staff used an AED, resulting in a survival rate of 80%. 16 clubs (10%) had an EAP in the event of an SCA.Conclusion German amateur football clubs show low emergency readiness for SCA despite a promising survival rate when an AED is used by CPR-trained staff on-site. …”
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Outcomes of Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination in a Private Women Health Clinic in Lebanon by Muhieddine Seoud, Iman Jaafar, Rayan Ghanem, Christiane Soubhieh, Abdallah Adra, Anwar Nassar, Ali Khalil

“…Opportunistic HPV vaccination is offered at the Women’s Health Center of the AUBMC. We retrospectively reviewed the patients’ demographic data, the incidence of adverse events, and their cytological screening. …”
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Prophylactic intravenous immunoglobulin use in allogeneic stem cell transplantation; does intravenous immunoglobulin affect survival, sepsis, and engraftment time? by Ahmet Kaya, İlhami Berber, İrfan Kuku, Emin Kaya, Mehmet Ali Erkurt, Soykan Biçim, Süleyman Arslan, Fatma Hilal Yağin

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, sepsis status, infection focus causing sepsis, neutrophil and platelet engraftment time of patients the length of stay in the hospital at the time of the stem cell transplant, if the patient died, how many days after the transplant the event developed, and the data of the bone marrow transplant unit were reviewed retrospectively. One hundred and eleven patients who were given IVIG (400 mg/kg/week IVIG intravenous was given to the patients as a weekly prophylactic up to 100 days starting on the 7th day after transplantation) and 190 patients who did not receive IVIG were included in the study. …”
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Optical Coherence Tomography Biomarkers of the Outer Blood—Retina Barrier in Patients with Diabetic Macular Oedema by Ioana Damian, Simona Delia Nicoara

“…Materials and method. We set up retrospectively 3 groups of patients diagnosed with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and DMO, proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and DMO, and controls. …”
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Prevalence of Three-Rooted Deciduous Mandibular Molars in the Children of Northwestern Iran by Maryam Khosrozadeh, Maryam Mostafavi, Mohammad Hassan Hamrah, Elham Niknejad

“…In this descriptive cross-sectional study, periapical radiographs of patients attending private oral and maxillofacial radiology offices in the northwestern region of Iran from 2017 to 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. A total of 300 cases in the 3–10-year age range having bilateral periapical radiographs from mandibular primary molars were screened. …”
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