Analysis of risk factors for benign central airway stenosis after COVID-19 infection by Ruiyang Wang, Jiuling Cheng, Yuping Zhang, Huaqi Wang

“…Methods The clinical data of 235 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from October 2022 to October 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. Based on the occurrence of postoperative central airway stenosis, the patients were categorized into a stenosis group (118 cases) and a control group (117 cases). …”
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Paracetamol and Ibuprofen in the Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Trial by S. Mohsin Ali Shah, Shaista Azeem Khan, Faran Sadiq, Ruba Gul, Faizan Sadiq, Misbah Ullah Khan, Muhammad Khalid Khan, Faryal Uzma, Arooj Khan, Sabir Khan

“…Conclusion Our study has concluded that paracetamol is more effective than ibuprofen in closing patent ductus arteriosus. The trials were retrospectively registered at NIH Trial Registry (NCT06601114) https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06601114 dated 15/09/2024.…”
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RGB Pixel Brightness Characteristics of Linked Color Imaging in Early Gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study by Xue Sun, Li Zhao

“…We aimed to evaluate the RGB pixel brightness characteristics of EGC and noncancer areas in LCI images. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed early gastric cancer (EGC) patients and LCI images. …”
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Death risk prediction model for patients with non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage by Yidan Chen, Xuhui Liu, Mingmin Yan, Yue Wan

“…Methods 1274 ICH patients who met the specified inclusion and exclusion criteria were analyzed retrospectively in the MIMIC IV 3.0 database. Patients were randomly divided into training, validation, and testing datasets in a ratio of 6:2:2 based on the outcome distribution. …”
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Vitreous Decompression Combined with Phacoemulsification for Medically Unresponsive Acute Angle Closure by Xiaoli Xiang, Yuan Chen, Jinyu Wang, Zhengru Huang, Zheng Gu

“…This study evaluated a technique of vitreous needle aspiration combined with phacoemulsification for the treatment of acute angle closure with continuous high intraocular pressure (IOP). We retrospectively reviewed the results of vitreous needle aspiration combined with phacoemulsification in 17 eyes (17 patients) with acute angle closure with continuous high IOP and coexisting visually significant cataracts between September 2018 and April 2020 at the glaucoma unit of the affiliated Changshu Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University. …”
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An Intratumoral Aneurysm and an Extrarenal Synchronous Cystic Tumour in a Case of a Renal Cell Carcinoma by Supun De Silva, Lalani De Silva, Susantha De Silva, Priyani Amarathunga

“…The aneurysm was of venous origin histologically, and a radiologically demonstrable arteriovenous fistula was recognized retrospectively. The extrarenal cyst has also showed similar histology to that of main tumor and had no evidence of a degenerated lymph node. …”
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Does treatment with somatostatin analogs differ in the uptake of normal target organs and malignant lesions on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT imaging? by Çağlagül Erol, Ahmet Volkan Çelik, Özlem Şahin, Gonca Kara Gedik, Hasan Önner, Farise Yılmaz

“…Material and Method: We retrospectively analyzed 253 patients who underwent 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT imaging between 2018 and 2022. …”
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Effectiveness of aspirin in preventing deep vein thrombosis following proximal femoral fracture surgery in Japan by Takao Ohmori, Kazukiyo Toda, Takuya Taoka, Takeshi Ishihara, Yasuo Ito

“…This study aimed to investigate whether continued aspirin use in patients with PFF, who were already taking aspirin for cerebrovascular disease prevention before injury is effective as a prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We retrospectively analyzed PFF patients (≥ 65 years) who underwent postoperative duplex ultrasonography from January 2010 to December 2023.The study compared patients taking aspirin alone (aspirin group) and those not taking antiplatelet agents or anticoagulants (control group), matched by propensity scores. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor for early mortality in older patients requiring hemodialysis; insights for hemodialysis access planning by Hyo Kee Kim, Heungman Jun, Sun-Young Ko

“…Materials and methods Between January 2016 and December 2020, we retrospectively analyzed electronic medical records of 448 patients aged ≥ 70 years undergoing first-time arteriovenous access surgery at three tertiary care hospitals, all of whom had not received prior dialysis treatment. …”
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Characteristics of patients with neurotic disorders requiring long‐term treatment: Relationship to “nervous personality” as described in Morita's Shinkeishitsu theory by Hiroshi Matsumoto, Takashi Uchino, Tomoyuki Funatogawa, Masafumi Mizuno, Takahiro Nemoto

“…The subjects' medical records over a 10‐year period from 2010 until 2020 were examined retrospectively to determine the influence of the presence of a “nervous personality” in the subjects on the duration of their treatment. …”
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Mémoire et littérature : la trace mémorielle et le souvenir de la traite des Noirs dans « La Trace : Agouzou femme esclave » de Monique Arien-Carrère by Aubain Pemangoyi Leyika

“…À travers un dispositif narratif polyphonique, il réinterroge l’histoire de l’esclavage colonial, matrice de l’imaginaire antillais pour se souvenir. Cette rétrospection permet de déchiffrer dans l’esclavage des Noirs les éléments nécessaires à la construction mémorielle familiale ou collective et à l’interprétation et la compréhension de la société antillaise. …”
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Serum amylase level measurement in acute abdominal pain by Taher Abdullah Hawramy, Dara Ahmed Mohammed, Botan H. Tahir

“…Our study is based on data collected retrospectively from patients’ medical records admitted to Shar Emergency Surgical Unit, Sulaimani, Iraq from 10th January 2019 to 20th May 2019. …”
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Prognostic Factors for Survival and Relapse in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis with Renal Involvement: A Clinical Long-Term Follow-Up Study by Anna Salmela, Tom Törnroth, Tuija Poussa, Agneta Ekstrand

“…Data from 85 patients with renal biopsy-proven AAV at a single center with up to 20-year [median 16.2 years (95% CI 14.9-17.7)] follow-up were retrospectively collected. Results. Overall, 55% of the patients had microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and 45% had granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). …”
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Irrational medicine use and its associated factors in conflict-affected areas in Mali: a cross-sectional study by Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed, Alassane Seydou, Issa Coulibaly, Karina Kielmann, Raffaella Ravinetto

“…Seven hundred eighty-nine (789) prescriptions were retrospectively selected and analysed; four hundred forty-three (443) patients were interviewed: and health facility-related indicators were collected prospectively from the 20 CHCs. …”
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ESTIMATION OF ENTRANCE SURFACE DOSE (ESD) AS A DOSE PROFILE FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING RADIOGRAPHY EXAMINATION BASED ON TUBE OUTPUT MEASUREMENT by Risalatul Latifah, Muhammad Rosyid, Firdy Yuana, Achmad Hidayat

“…Method: The patient data and exposure factors were retrospectively recorded for 263 patients. The ESD was estimated from the measurements of the X-ray tube output and recorded exposure factors.  …”
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Expression of serum miR‐135a in patients with allergic rhinitis and its relationship with Treg/Th17 balance by Jing Cai, Fang Wang, Sheng‐Liu Shi

“…A total of 93 AR patients and 76 healthy controls were retrospectively recruited. Levels of serum miR‐135a, peripheral blood Th17 and Treg cells, and Treg/Th17‐related cytokines were measured. …”
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Laparoscopy and Laparotomy for Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes’ Comparison by Lan Hong, Xiuzhen Wang, Shengtan Wang, Wei Li, Lang Zheng, Jun Liu, Haocheng Gao, Xiaohang Liu, Guifei Li, Lifan Shen, Hengzhi Zhuang, Genhai Zhu

“…From January 2012 to July 2020, 693 endometrioid adenocarcinoma patients undergoing laparoscopy versus laparotomy were retrospectively identified and enrolled in this study. …”
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Initial assessment of hemorrhagic shock by trauma computed tomography measurement of the inferior vena cava in blunt trauma patients by Gun Ho Lee, Jeong Woo Choi

“…As a modality to obtain accurate measurements, we measured the diameters of the IVC and aorta on trauma computed tomography scans and investigated the correlation between the IVC to aorta ratio and the shock index in blunt trauma patients. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 588 trauma patients who were transferred to the regional trauma center (level 1) of Wonkang University Hospital from March 2020 to February 2021. …”
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Parallel Hatching: A New Method of Hand Deformity Surgery in Epidermolysis Bullosa by Siamak Farokh Forghani, MD, Rana Irilouzadian, MD, Ali Shabbak, MD, Amir Saraee, MD

“…We aim to evaluate the results of our surgery method for the hand deformities in EB patients. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the chart of the EB patients from 2013 to 2023 and included the patients that had the surgery by the same surgeon with the technique of parallel transverse hatching incisions in their hands with using amnion as a dressing and no grafts. …”
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Cerebral 18F-FDG PET in macrophagic myofasciitis: An individual SVM-based approach. by Paul Blanc-Durand, Axel Van Der Gucht, Eric Guedj, Mukedaisi Abulizi, Mehdi Aoun-Sebaiti, Lionel Lerman, Antoine Verger, François-Jérôme Authier, Emmanuel Itti

“…<h4>Methods</h4>18F-FDG PET brain images of 119 patients with MMF and 64 healthy subjects were retrospectively analyzed. The whole-population was divided into two groups; a training set (100 MMF, 44 healthy subjects) and a testing set (19 MMF, 20 healthy subjects). …”
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