Bronchiolitis Severity Affects Blood Count and Inflammatory Marker Levels: A Real-Life Experience by Antonella Gambadauro, Salvatore Mollica, Emanuela Rosa, Federica Xerra, Alessandra Li Pomi, Mariella Valenzise, Maria Francesca Messina, Agata Vitale, Eloisa Gitto, Malgorzata Wasniewska, Giuseppina Zirilli, Sara Manti

“…We analyzed the association between complete blood count (CBC), c-reactive protein (CRP), and novel inflammatory indexes (NLR, PLR, MLR, ELR, LMR, NPR, LPR, LNR, PNR, SII, SIRI) in predicting bronchiolitis severity at hospital admission. Methods: We retrospectively collected data from 95 infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis in a third-level hospital during three epidemic seasons. …”
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Risk assessment and prediction of occult uterine sarcoma in patients with presumed uterine fibroids before high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment by Qian Wang, Zhenjiang Lin, Xiaogang Zhu, Yangyang Wang, Ying Zhang, Min He, Lian Zhang

“…Objective To develop a diagnostic model for predicting occult uterine sarcoma in patients with presumed uterine fibroids.Materials and methods We retrospectively reviewed 41631 patients with presumed uterine fibroids who presented for HIFU treatment in 13 hospitals between November 2008 and October 2023. …”
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Prediction and Risk Factors for Prognosis of Cirrhotic Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy by Ying Peng, Qinglin Wei, Yun Liu, Zhenyu Wu, Hongjia Zhang, Hongbo Wu, Jin Chai

“…Patients with liver cirrhosis were retrospectively enrolled. Risk factors were evaluated by multivariate regression analyses. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Service Suicide Applications in a Tertiary Psychiatric Clinic in Türkiye by Buket Koparal, Mehmet Ünler, Hande Gazey, Berfu Ünal, Hatice Cansu Selvi, Selçuk Candansayar

“…Methods: This descriptive study retrospectively evaluated the data of patients between 2018 and 2022. …”
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Sociodemografic and Clinical Characteristics of Suicidal Cases who Attempted to Emergency Services in Ankara by Selma ERCAN, Mustafa AKSOY, Abdussamed YALCIN, A. Cigdem SIMSEK, S. Rahmi ACAR, Tulay ERCIN SAHIN

“…Methods: Data were obtained by examining the suicide attempted registration forms that were filled out in the emergency services of hospitals working for the Ministry of Health retrospectively. Results: The incidence of suicide attempts in women (76.5%) is higher than men (23.5%). …”
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Impact of discontinuation of cephazolin prophylaxis on the incidence of postoperative adverse events in cataract surgery by Kazutaka Uchida, Keita Takahama, Kenshiro Higashi, Yuki Kusano, Koki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Kazutaka Oda

“…Trial registration Retrospectively registered.…”
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Assessing the relationship between wrist synovitis and anxiety: a study using clinical statistics and Mendelian randomization analysis by Xunhao Wang, Linyi Zhu, Jingyi Mi, Fei Xiong

“…Trial registration This study was retrospectively registered with the WuXi 9th People’s Hospital (WuXi Orthopaedics Hospital) Medical Ethical Committee on August 6, 2023, with reference number KS2023081.…”
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Cervical cancer care at a tertiary oncology facility in Uganda: Comparing daily practice with national treatment targets on cervical cancer control. by Marlieke de Fouw, Melissa W M Boere, Carolyn Nakisige, Mariam Nabwire, Jane Namugga, Israel Luutu, Jackson Orem, Jan M M van Lith, Jogchum J Beltman

“…<h4>Patients and methods</h4>We retrospectively analyzed medical records of all cervical cancer patients presenting to UCI between January 2017 and March 2018 for sociodemographic characteristics and clinical variables with descriptive statistics. …”
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Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with self-locking standalone cage for the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease in patients over 80 years by Jian Zhou, An’nan Hu, Xiaogang Zhou, Jian Dong

“…Methods Between January 2018 and December 2019, patients with CDDD treated with ACDF were retrospectively stratified into two groups: the older group (≥ 80 years) and the younger group (< 65 years). …”
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Effectiveness of an environmental educational program on intern dentists’ knowledge and practices regarding eco-friendly green dentistry: a quasi-experimental study by Eman Helmy Hassan, Nesma Lotfy, Mamdouh Hanafy Abdou, Ebtisam Mohamed Fetohy, Mohamed Fakhry Hussein

“…Date: 20 May 2024, “retrospectively registered”.…”
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Correlation analysis of the triglyceride–glucose index and related parameters in metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease by Xin Yang, Huiting Rao, Yi Yuan, Nan Hu, Xinmei Zhang, Yingxin Zeng, Guodong Xia

“…Abstract This study aimed to investigate the correlation and predictive value of TyG and related parameters with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) MAFLD. This study retrospectively included individuals who underwent health examinations and abdominal ultrasound from July 2021 to June 2024 at the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Sichuan Province, China. …”
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Healing potentiality of blood clot, S-PRF and A-PRF as scaffold in treatment of non-vital mature single rooted teeth with chronic peri-apical periodontitis following regenerative e... by Omnia Badawy Darwish, Said Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Hany Samy Sadek

“…Clinical trial registration The study was retrospectively registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (ID: NCT04606719 ) in 28/10/2020.…”
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The Importance of Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of the Celiac Disease by Halil Emiroğlu, Anna Carina Ergani, Reyhan Gümüştekin, Esra Kilim, Alaaddin Yorulmaz, Meltem Gümüş

“…Methods: The study was conducted by retrospectively evaluating the files of patients who were diagnosed and followed up in the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology of Selçuk University between January 2011 and January 2023. …”
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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Exon 19 Deletion Subtypes Do Not Influence Survival Outcomes Following First-line Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Ad... by Yan-Jei Tang, John Wen-Cheng Chang, Chen-Yang Huang, Yueh-Fu Fang, Ching-Fu Chang, Cheng-Ta Yang, Chih-Hsi Scott Kuo, Ping-Chih Hsu, Chiao-En Wu

“…Materials and Methods: NSCLC patients treated at Chang Gung Medical Hospitals between 2011 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Their clinicopathological characteristics, clinical tumor response, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) were collected. …”
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Rapid left ventricular dimension normalization following transcatheter ventricular septal defect closure in children by Hui Yuan, Wenjing Zhu, Jianli Lv

“…Background: This study evaluated left ventricular (LV) dimension changes after transcatheter ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure in children and identified factors influencing these changes. Methods: We retrospectively studied 124 children (mean age: 3.5 ± 3.0 years) with preoperative LV Z-scores ≥2 who underwent successful transcatheter VSD closure. …”
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The predictive value of triglyceride-glucose index combined with non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in coronary heart disease by Chunge Zhang, Hui Zhang, Zewen Yang, Yao Sheng, Ningning Ji

“…Methods and results We retrospectively collected patients who were suspected of CHD and underwent coronary angiography in Yiwu Central Hospital and collected medical history, other serum biochemical evaluation and echocardiography from the enrolled population, Non-HDL-C and TyG indices were calculated, and their correlation with Gensini score was analyzed. …”
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The Role of Dynamic Renal Scintigraphy in Detecting Vesicoureteral Reflux Diagnosed by Voiding Cystourethrogram by İlhan Çiftci, Gonca Kara Gedik, Farise Yılmaz, Fatma Özcan Sıkı, Hasan Önner, Mehmet Sarıkaya

“…Methods: The data of all pediatric patients who underwent both VCUG and DRS [technetium-99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Tc-99m DTPA) or technetium-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine dynamic renal scintigraphy (Tc-99m MAG-3)] in our hospital between 2013 and 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. Tc-99m MAG-3 was used in infants and Tc-99m DTPA radiopharmaceutical in children over one year old. …”
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Spherical implantable collamer lens with postoperative adjunctive LASIK in the treatment of high compound hyperopic astigmatism by Daniel Q. Li, Mathieu Gauvin, Guillermo Rocha, Pierre Trottier, Louis Racine, Avi Wallerstein

“…Trial registration This trial was retrospectively registered on ClinicalTrials.gov with the trial registration number NCT06742541.…”
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ABCC6 Gene Analysis in 20 Japanese Patients with Angioid Streaks Revealing Four Frequent and Two Novel Variants and Pseudodominant Inheritance by Satoshi Katagiri, Yuya Negishi, Kei Mizobuchi, Mitsuyoshi Urashima, Tadashi Nakano, Takaaki Hayashi

“…The medical records of 20 patients with AS from 18 unrelated Japanese families were retrospectively reviewed. Screening of the ABCC6 gene (exons 1 to 31) was performed using PCR-based Sanger sequencing. …”
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Deep Learning for Predicting the Difficulty Level of Removing the Impacted Mandibular Third Molar by Vorapat Trachoo, Unchalisa Taetragool, Ploypapas Pianchoopat, Chatchapon Sukitporn-udom, Narapathra Morakrant, Kritsasith Warin

“…Methods: The study included 1367 LM3 images from 784 patients who presented from 2021–2023 to the University Dental Hospital; images were collected retrospectively. The difficulty level of surgically removing impacted LM3s was assessed via our newly developed DL system, which seamlessly integrated 3 distinct DL models. …”
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