The incremental value of aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase ratio combined with CURB-65 in predicting treatment outcomes in hospitalized adult community-acquired p... by Huamei Zhou, Xuelei Zhu, Yi Zhang, Wenjuan Xu, Shiqun Li

“…This study aims to spot a routinely tested parameter with discriminative, predictive and prognostic value to enhance CURB-65’s prognostic accuracy in CAP patients with T2DM. Methods We retrospectively studied consecutive CAP patients from 2020 to 2021, comparing laboratory parameters between patients with and without T2DM. …”
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Myofascial trigger points therapy increases neck mobility and reduces headache pain in migraine patients – pilot study by Maciej Olesiejuk, Małgorzata Chalimoniuk, Tomasz Sacewicz

“…Trial registration The study protocol was retrospectively registered on December 2, 2022, as a clinical trial in the international clinical trial database ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT05646160). …”
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Time-Zero Biopsies in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Predictive Value of Histological Findings on Long-Term Graft Function by Bárbara Beirão, Henrique Borges, Joana Trigo Medeiros, Filipa Fonte Rodrigues, Ana Pena, Mário Góis, Helena Viana, Cristina Jorge

“…We aimed to identify clinical and histological factors from TzB of deceased donors influencing glomerular filtration rate (GFR) at 3- and 5-year post-transplantation. Methods:  We retrospectively analyzed TzB performed from January 2015 to August 2019. …”
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Effects of the Oral Health Promotion Program on oral health and oral microbiota changes in diabetic elderly individuals: a quasi-experimental study by Fan Liu, Siping Song, Shuqi Huang, Jing He, Xin Ye, Liwei Hu, Xin Zeng, Sicheng Deng, Xiuying Hu

“…Trial registration This study was retrospectively registered in Chinese Clinical Trial on October 9, 2022 (ID ChiCTR2200064453).…”
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Preoperative and Postoperative Bone Mineral Density Change and Risk Factor Analysis in Patients with a GH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma by Li’nan Qin, Xiaopeng Guo, Lu Gao, Zihao Wang, Chenzhe Feng, Kan Deng, Wei Lian, Bing Xing

“…Clinical data of 39 patients with growth hormone- (GH-) secreting pituitary adenomas and 29 patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas who were newly diagnosed in neurosurgery from January 2016 to December 2018 were retrospectively analysed, including measurements of preoperative and postoperative BMD, serum GH glucose inhibition, random GH and IGF-1, and other anterior pituitary hormones. …”
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Attitudes toward scale-up of an Intensive Combination Approach to Rollback the Epidemic in Nigerian adolescents (iCARE) intervention for youth in Nigeria: results of a mixed method... by Arthi Kozhumam, Revika Singh, Oche Agbaji, Adedotun Adetunji, Bopo Taiwo, Olayinka Omigbodun, Kehinde Kuti, Agatha David, Sulaimon Akanmu, Folashade Adekambi, Akinsegun Akinbami, Bibilola Oladeji, Babafemi Taiwo, Lisa M. Kuhns, Ogochukwu Okonkwor, Baiba Berzins, Amy K. Johnson, Titilope Badru, Patrick Janulis, Olubusuyi M. Adewumi, Marbella Cervantes, Olutosin Awolude, Robert Garofalo, Aima A. Ahonkhai, Lisa R. Hirschhorn

“…Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT 04950153, retrospectively registered July 6, 2021, https:// clinicaltrials.gov/.…”
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Percutaneous unilateral biportal endoscopic discectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation in geriatric patients by Rongqing Qin, Rongqing Qin, Anhong Guan, Anhong Guan, Min Zhu, Pin Zhou, Bing Zhou, Bing Zhou, Ruihua Zhou, Ruihua Zhou, Zaiyong Guan, Zaiyong Guan

“…PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the surgical efficacy and safety of percutaneous unilateral biportal endoscopic discectomy (UBED) for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in geriatric patients.MethodsSeventy-two geriatric patients, aged 65–86 years (mean age: 73.2 years), with single or two-level LDH who underwent UBED from January 2020 to September 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Clinical outcomes were evaluated based on operation time, total blood loss, hospital stay, visual analog scale (VAS) scores for leg pain, Oswestry disability index (ODI) scores, modified MacNab criteria, and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging findings.ResultsSurgery was successfully performed on all geriatric patients, with a mean operation time of 46 min (range: 32–68 min). …”
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Long-Term Results of Cabergoline Add-on Long-Acting Somatostatin Analogue Therapy in Acromegaly Patients by Mehmet Muhittin Yalçın, Gizem Bedir Keser, Meriç Coşkun, Afruz Babayeva, Emrah Çeltikçi, Mehmet Arda İnan, Emetullah Cindil, Aylar Poyraz, Ethem Turgay Cerit, Alev Eroğlu Altınova, Müjde Aktürk, Füsun Baloş Törüner, Mehmet Ayhan Karakoç, İlhan Yetkin

“…Thirty-five patients with acromegaly who did not respond adequately to postoperative SSA and in whom cabergoline was added to the treatment were analyzed. Patients were retrospectively evaluated in terms of age, gender, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) values before and after cabergoline, disease duration, treatment dose, adenoma size, growth hormone level, and prolactin staining on pathologic examination. …”
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Multiparameter body composition analysis on chest CT predicts clinical outcomes in resectable non-small cell lung cancer by Yilong Huang, Hanxue Cun, Zhanglin Mou, Zhonghang Yu, Chunmei Du, Lan Luo, Yuanming Jiang, Yancui Zhu, Zhenguang Zhang, Xin Chen, Bo He, Zaiyi Liu

“…Methods Patients who underwent surgical resection for NSCLC between January 2006 and December 2017 were retrospectively enrolled in this multicenter study. Body composition metrics, including the area of skeletal muscle, intermuscular adipose tissue, subcutaneous adipose tissue, visceral adipose tissue, muscle radiodensity, and derivative parameters from five basic metrics mentioned before, were calculated based on preoperative non-contrast-enhanced chest CT images at L1 level. …”
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Active Retrograde Extra Backup with a Mother-and-Child Catheter to Facilitate Retrograde Microcatheter Collateral Channel Tracking in Recanalization of Coronary Chronic Total Occlu... by Yong Wang, Xiao-Jiao Zhang, Hong-Wei Zhao, Cheng-Fu Wang, De-Feng Luo, Qing-Kun Meng, Yu Zhu, Jie Tao, Bao-Jun Chen, Yi Li, Ai-Jie Hou, Bo Luan

“…A total of 271 consecutive patients with CTO who underwent retrograde PCI between January 2015 and January 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Clinical data of two groups were compared to evaluate the feasibility and safety of ARB. …”
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Application of nursing consultation in special outpatient service (护理咨询在特需门诊服务中的应用) by ZHANG Yongli (张永丽), MI Wei (米薇), SHU Baozhen (舒宝珍), YU Lei (于蕾), XING Hui (兴慧), WANG Jing (王静)

“…Indicators of patient revisits and appointment were monitored before and after the implementation of nursing consultation, and the basic information of patients one week before and after the implementation were retrospectively analyzed. Results After the implementation of nursing consultation, the number of patient revisits, appointments and satisfaction rate were 57. 07 %, 70. 57 % and 100 % respectively, which were significantly higher than those before the implementation of nursing consultation(P＜0. 01). …”
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Nursing cooperation in implant-supported immediate restoration of edentulous jaws under dynamic navigation (基于以即刻修复为目标的动态导航下无牙颌种植手术护理配合)... by MA Yu (马玉), YU Donghui (于冬辉), ZONG Jianting (宗建婷), CHEN Hongmei (陈红梅), SUN Feng (孙凤), MA Feifei (马斐斐)

“…Methods Totally 42 patients with edentulous jaws treated in First Clinical Division, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology from January 2019 to May 2023 were analyzed retrospectively. All the patients were treated with implant-supported immediate restoration of edentulous jaws under dynamic navigation. …”
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Multi-omics uncovers immune-modulatory molecules in plasma contributing to resistance exercise-ameliorated locomotor disability after incomplete spinal cord injury by Ren Zhou, Jibao Chen, Yunhan Tang, Chuijin Wei, Ping Yu, Xinmei Ding, Li’ao Zhu, Jiajia Yao, Zengqiang Ouyang, Jing Qiao, Shumin Xiong, Liaoliao Dong, Tong Yin, Haiqing Li, Ye Feng, Lin Cheng

“…Trial registration The study was retrospectively registered on 17 July, 2024, in Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (No.: ChiCTR2400087038) at https://www.chictr.org.cn/ .…”
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A deep learning model for carotid plaques detection based on CTA images: a two stepwise early-stage clinical validation study by Zhongping Guo, Ying Liu, Jingxu Xu, Chencui Huang, Fandong Zhang, Chongchang Miao, Yonggang Zhang, Mengshuang Li, Hangsheng Shan, Yan Gu

“…ObjectiveTo develop a deep learning (DL) model for carotid plaque detection based on CTA images and evaluate the clinical application feasibility and value of the model.MethodsWe retrospectively collected data from patients with carotid atherosclerotic plaques who underwent continuous CTA examinations of the head and neck at a tertiary hospital from October 2020 to October 2022. …”
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Feasibility study of Omaha System in the construction of health education program for elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (奥马哈系统在老年慢性阻塞性肺疾病健康教育方案构建中的可行性研究)... by YANG Yuanqin (杨元琴), YIN Cuihong (尹翠红), SHEN Xiaohong (申晓红), WU Sichao (吴思超), WANG Anxiu (王安秀)

“…Methods The medical records of 60 elderly COPD patients were analyzed retrospectively to classify and statistically compare the language of the medical records description with Omaha problem classification subsystem and intervention classification subsystem. …”
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Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX): study protocol by Lisa Maher, Thomas Kerr, Matthew Hickman, Alexander Thompson, Peter Higgs, Paul Dietze, Paul A Agius, Nick Scott, Daniel O’Keefe, Mark A Stoové, Jack Stone, Dylan Vella-Horne, Ashleigh C Stewart, Amanda Roxburgh, Sione Crawford, Josephine Norman, Zachary Lloyd, Nico Clark

“…The Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX) aims to provide evidence of the effects, including cost-effectiveness, of a SIF embedded within a community health service, the Melbourne Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR), which has a range of integrated harm reduction, health and social support services on-site.Methods and analysis The SIRX study design involves two prospective cohort studies that collect behavioural data and retrospectively and prospectively linked administrative data for primary and tertiary health services, criminal justice records, and mortality. …”
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Sacubitril/valsartan in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with end‐stage of renal disease by Seonhwa Lee, Jaewon Oh, Hyoeun Kim, Jaehyung Ha, Kyeong‐hyeon Chun, Chan Joo Lee, Sungha Park, Sang‐Hak Lee, Seok‐Min Kang

“…Methods and results We retrospectively analysed the clinical and laboratory data of 501 HFrEF patients who administered with SV from March 2017 to April 2019 in a single tertiary university hospital. …”
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Low-activity [18F]-somatostatin receptor (SSTR) imaging using [18F]SiTATE on a long axial field-of-view PET/CT scanner by Nils F. Trautwein, Eduardo Calderón, Pia M. Linder, Gerald Reischl, Philippe Driessen, Wenhong Lan, Andreas S. Brendlin, Thorben Groß, Helmut Dittmann, Martina Hinterleitner, Christian la Fougère, Fabian P. Schmidt, Lena S. Kiefer

“…Methods Twenty-four patients with histologically confirmed neuroendocrine tumor, who underwent clinically indicated [18F]SiTATE PET/CT examination (3.0 MBq/kg, 5 min PET scan time) on a Siemens Biograph Vision Quadra LAFOV PET/CT, were included retrospectively in this study. PET list-mode data were rebinned for shorter frame durations to simulate 5 min scans with lower activities of injected radiotracer. …”
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Nursing cooperation of robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy through retroperitoneal approach (经后腹腔入路达芬奇机器人肾部分切除术的护理配合) by ZHANG Han (张含), LIN Li (林丽), DONG Kui (董奎), LIU Qing (刘青)

“…Methods The clinical data of 62 patients who underwent Da Vinci robotic partial nephrectomy through retroperitoneal approach were retrospectively analyzed, the satisfaction of doctors and patients with nurses in the operating room was evaluated respectively, and the key points of perioperative nursing coordination were summarized. …”
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Periapical bone edema volume in 3D MRI is positively correlated with bone architecture changes by Alexander W. Marka, Monika Probst, Tobias Greve, Nicolas Lenhart, Niklas Graf, Florian Probst, Gustav Andreisek, Thomas Frauenfelder, Matthias Folwaczny, Egon Burian

“…Materials and methods Patients with clinical evidence of apical periodontitis were included retrospectively and received OPT as well as MRI of the viscerocranium including a 3D-STIR and a 3D-T1 gradient echo sequence. …”
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