Effect of nutrition education on hemoglobin level of pregnant women in Southeast Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial by Girma Beressa, Susan J. Whiting, Tefera Belachew

“…The study was registered on Clinicaltrials.gov retrospectively with the registration number PACTR202201731802989 on 24/01/2022.…”
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Outcomes of intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®) in patients with post-surgical macular edema – a real-world scenario by Elder Ohara de Oliveira Júnior, Isabel Ahn, Rodrigo Antonio Brant Fernandes, Arthur Gustavo Fernandes

“…Methods Patients with post-surgical macular edema diagnosed by optical coherence tomography (Cirrus SD-OCT) and treated with Ozudex were selected for the current study. Data was retrospectively collected from medical records from January 2020 to December 2022 and included sex, age, laterality, and timeline of treatment (i.e. implant alone or at the time of silicon oil removal in cases requiring vitreorretinal surgery). …”
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Insights into Omicron: Genomic Characterization and Inpatient Risk Assessment at Single Tertiary Hospital in Indonesia by Turbawaty DK, Komala DR, Andriyoko B

“…Data was collected retrospectively from medical records, SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results, and WGS results of patients at Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung from July to December 2022, who met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Arthroscopic-assisted reduction for Developmental Hip Dysplasia (DDH) through the sub-adductor and anterolateral portals; A 24-month follow-up prospective descriptive study by Amr Samir Rashwan, Mahmoud El-Desouky, Hassan Elbarbary, Mahmoud Abd Elhamid Madbouly, Ahmed Khedr

“…Clinical Trial Registration (Retrospectively registered) Registration number: NCT06520436. 25-7-2024.…”
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Analysis of pulmonary sequestration cases, based on the 11-year birth defects surveillance data of Changsha hospitals by Ruobin Xie, Tao-Sha Wang, Yanling Wang, Wei-Dong Wang

“…The medical records of children diagnosed as PS at all the birth defects monitoring hospitals of Changsha City from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. The factors influencing survival were evaluated by univariate and multivariate analyses. …”
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Masticatory muscle changes on magnetic resonance imaging of dogs with Neospora caninum compared to meningoencephalitis of unknown origin by Jessica Zilli, Kathryn Fleming, Chloe Fisher, Chloe Fisher, Tim Sparks, Tom Harcourt-Brown, Edward Ives

“…Cases diagnosed with neosporosis or MUO at two referral centers in the United Kingdom (UK) were retrospectively collected. Clinical data were reviewed, and each MRI study was blindly assessed by a radiologist, a neurologist, and a neurology resident for the presence of masticatory muscle changes by consensus opinion. …”
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The association between body composition and overall survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer by Liang Fu, Haiming Ding, Liupei Mo, Xiaoyu Pan, Lijuan Feng, Shenglian Wen, Qiaoqing Lan, Liling Long

“…Data from 425 patients diagnosed with advanced NSCLC between January 2016 and December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed, with an average follow-up of 15.3 months. …”
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Unresectable Hepatic Metastasis of Uveal Melanoma: Hepatic Chemosaturation with High-Dose Melphalan—Long-Term Overall Survival Negatively Correlates with Tumor Burden by R. Brüning, M. Tiede, M. Schneider, P. Wohlmuth, H. Weilert, K. Oldhafer, A. Stang

“…Patients and Methods. We retrospectively reviewed clinicopathological, radiological, and outcome data of 19 patients with unresectable LMUM treated with 43 PHP-M (median 2 PHP-M) between 2014 and 2019. …”
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The Effect of Corneal Refractive Power Area Changes on Myopia Progression during Orthokeratology by Minfeng Chen, Xinting Liu, Zhu Xie, Pengqi Wang, Miaoran Zheng, Xinjie Mao

“…One hundred and sixteen children who met the inclusion criteria and insisted on wearing orthokeratology lenses for two years were retrospectively assessed. Seventy-two children with the orthokeratology lens decentration distance more than 0.5 mm but less than 1.5 mm were in the decentered group, and forty-four children with the orthokeratology lens decentration distance less than 0.5 mm were in the centric group. …”
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The learning curve for laparoscopic-assisted single-port mediastinoscopic esophagectomy: an analysis of proficiency by Wenhao Li, Xiangfeng Gan, Liangzhan Lv, Yingmeng Wu, Weizhao Huang, Yi Liang, Qingdong Cao

“…Methods This study retrospectively analyzed data from consecutive surgeries performed by the same surgeon at the same center from 2016 to 2021. …”
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Effectiveness of a training program for the acquisition of motor milestones in infants: a randomized clinical trial by Luis Fernández-Sola, Beatriz Cano-Díez, Yessica Pons-Solaz, Begoña Vera-Egido, Sergio Moreno-González

“…Registered December 28, 2020, retrospectively registered. https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04693494 .…”
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Risk Factors of Upper Limb Lymphedema after Breast Cancer Surgery in Women by Jinghui HUANG, Feng HUANG, Pei ZHU, Shuainan SHEN, Kefan CAO, Cheng LIU, Fanfu FANG, Bai LI

“…The clinical data were retrospectively analyzed, combined with the statistical factors associated with BCRL, onset age, preoperative BMI, follow-up BMI, operation method, operative side, number of lymph nodes dissected, positive lymph nodes, hypertension, diabetes, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endocrine therapy, etc..…”
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Analysis of Risk Factors for Infection in Orthopedic Trauma Patients by Gi Ho Moon, Jae-Woo Cho, Beom Soo Kim, Do Hyun Yeo, Jong-Keon Oh

“…In addition, injury severity score (ISS) which is used as an evaluation tool for morbidity of trauma patients, confirms whether there is a relationship with infection after orthopedic fracture surgery. Methods We retrospectively reviewed 1,818 patients who underwent fixation surgery at orthopedic trauma team, focused trauma center from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2017. …”
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Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Gout: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Xiaoli Li, Lianju Li, Yuling Xing, Tiantian Cheng, Shaohui Ren, Huijuan Ma

“…Therefore, we systematically retrospected available observational studies to clarify the impact of DM on the risk of gout. …”
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Prediction of outcomes after chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer by neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio by Jing Yu, Longzhang Huang, Ting Dong, Lihua Cao

“…Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have been widely applied to the diagnosis of cancers.Methods The clinicopathologic data of 180 patients with stage IB2-IIB cervical cancer who underwent radical concurrent chemoradiotherapy from January 2018 to December 2019 were retrospectively analysed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted to analyse the optimal cut-off values of NLR and PLR for predicting the therapeutic effects of concurrent chemoradiotherapy. …”
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Functional analysis of heterozygous variants in the SALL1 gene in 2 children with Townes-Brocks syndrome with FSGS by Rong Liang, Bixia Zheng, Chunli Wang, Sanlong Zhao, Wei Zhou, Ying Chen, Ruochen Che

“…Abstract Background To investigate the functional characteristics of heterozygous variants in the SALL1 gene in two children with Townes-Brocks syndrome (TBS), as well as the underlying mechanisms leading to chronic kidney disease. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, and genetic backgrounds of two TBS patients admitted to our hospital presenting with chronic kidney disease stage 2 and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). …”
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Analysis of the risk factors of delayed extubation after surgery for Ebstein’s anomaly by Yan He, Yu Feng, Ting-Zhou Zhang, Xing Fan, Yan Zhu, Hong-Sheng Zhang

“…Methods The perioperative data of 76 pediatric patients undergoing EA surgery in the Surgical Department of the Pediatric Heart Center of Anzhen Hospital from September 2013 to September 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Results Among these cases, 37 (48.6%) were male, with an average age of 4.67 (2, 11.19) years and an average weight of 18 (12.4, 37) kg. …”
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Challenges and adaptations in pancreatic cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in a high-volume center by Mohammed Al-Saeedi, Ali Ramouz, Elias Khajeh, Sakher Shraim, Alexander Werba, Georgios Polychronidis, Arianeb Mehrabi, Martin Loos

“…Perioperative and postoperative data were retrospectively analyzed from a prospectively maintained database together with surgical complications, mortality rates, and hospital stays. …”
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Clinical analysis of pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma coexisting with lung cancer by Heng Yang, Man-Hui Li, Qiu-Hong Li, Ke-Bin Cheng, Wei-Jun Cao

“…The clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of this co-occurrence, however, remain poorly understood. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical, imaging, genetic mutations and pathological data among adult patients with pulmonary MALT lymphoma coexisting with lung cancer who were confirmed by pathological examinations after operation at Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital between 1st January 2013 and 31st May 2024. …”
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Role of Huangqin Qingre Chubi Capsule in the Reduction of the Risk of Re-Admission in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Cohort Study by Qi Y, Liu J, Chen Y, Hu Y, Zhou Q, Huang D, Cong C, Li Y

“…Yajun Qi,1– 3 Jian Liu,1,3 Yiming Chen,1,3 Yuedi Hu,1,3 Qiao Zhou,1,3 Dan Huang,1,3 Chengzhi Cong,1,3 Yang Li1,3 1The First College of Clinical Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230031, People’s Republic of China; 2College of Acupuncture and Massage, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230012, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230031, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jian Liu, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230031, People’s Republic of China, Email liujianahzy@126.comObjective: This study evaluates whether Huangqin Qingre Chubi Capsule (HQC), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) compound, is associated with the risk of re-admission in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).Methods: In this study, we retrospectively collected the clinical data of 1,296 AS patients. …”
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