Evaluation of Nausea and Vomiting Severity in Pregnancies Conceived Through Assisted Reproduction by Ozge Senem Yucel Cicek, Merve Demir

“… OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the severity of nausea vomiting of pregnancy in assisted reproductive technologies pregnancies using the Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis scoring system which is a validated, clinically relevant method to assess nausea vomiting of pregnancy severity. STUDY DESİGN: A total of 101 pregnant women between 8+0-14+6 weeks of gestation were enrolled in this case-control study. …”
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Exploring Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Levels in Iraqi Patients with Stable Angina: Insights from Coronary Angiography Diagnosis by Aseel Ghassan Daoud, Wassan Abdul Kareem Abbas, Ahmed Yousif Hasan, Maha N. Abu Hajleh

“…Patients and methods: The study design was a case-control study. 90 males and females (age 40-76 years) who were presented with chest pain were enrolled in the study, all were subjected to echocardiography, ECG and coronary angiography by the cardiologist. …”
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Screening and outcomes of co-occurring traumatic brain injury among people with spinal cord injury: a scoping review by Deborah L. Snell, Phoebe Wynands, Jennifer Dunn, Joanne Nunnerley, Alice Theadom

“…There were no limitations on study design, date, or geographical location. Articles were excluded if they were not available in English. …”
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Patients Walking Faster After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Have More Gait Asymmetry by Rachel J. Knobel, Naoaki Ito, Elanna K. Arhos, Jacob J. Capin, Thomas S. Buchanan, Lynn Snyder-Mackler

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose To determine the relationship between self-selected walking speeds and gait symmetry in athletes after primary, unilateral ACLR. # Study Design Secondary analysis of a clinical trial. # Methods Athletes 24±8 weeks after primary ACLR walked at self-selected speeds as kinematics, kinetics, and electromyography data were collected. …”
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Factors Related to Complaints of Contact Dermatitis among Motorcycle Mechanics in The South And North Kembangan Areas, Jakarta in 2021 by Monica Sofia Maula, Mirta Dwi Rahmah Rusdy, Putri Handayani, Cut Alia Keumala Muda

“…Method: This research is a descriptive-analytic study with a cross-sectional study design. The population of this research is motorcycle repair workers in the southern and northern Kembangan villages amounted 78 workers. …”
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Functional Movement Screen Detected Asymmetry & Normative Values Among College-Aged Students by Craig R Triplett, Bryan S Dorrel, Matthew L Symonds, Corey A Selland, Daniel D Jensen, Christopher N Poole

“… # Purpose The objective was to determine normative FMS™ scores, report frequency counts for FMS™ asymmetries, and determine if the number of sports seasons and number of different sports an individual participated in during high school varied between university students that showed FMS™ identified asymmetries. # Study Design Cross-sectional Study # Methods One hundred university students completed the FMS™ and an associated survey to determine which sport(s) and for how many seasons they participated in each sport(s) during high school. …”
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Estimation of Eyelid Pressure Using a Blepharo-Tensiometer in Patients with Functional Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction by Jinsoo Kim, Sang-Mok Lee, Youn Joo Choi, Min Joung Lee

“…To compare the eyelid pressure between patients with functional nasolacrimal duct obstruction (FNLDO) and normal controls using blepharo-tensiometer, and to evaluate the relationship between eyelid pressure and the outcomes of silicone intubation (SI) in patients with FNLDO. Study design. Prospective case-control study. Methods. …”
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Targeted next-generation sequencing for antimicrobial resistance detection in ventilator-associated pneumonia by Yuting Li, Yanfang Jiang, Hao Liu, Yao Fu, Junying Lu, Hongyan Li, Lulu Sheng, Dejian Gu, Dong Zhang

“…Therefore, there is an urgent need for a rapid and accurate test that can identify both pathogens and their antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to improve the prognosis of patients with VAP.Study designWe analyzed samples from ICU patients with suspected VAP using both microbial tests and targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS), comparing the results of tNGS pathogen and AMR detection against microbial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST).ResultsInvolving 199 patients with suspected VAP, tNGS showed a sensitivity rate of 98.98% for pathogen identification. …”
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Reliability and Concurrent Validity of a Markerless, Single Camera, Portable 3D Motion Capture System for Assessment of Glenohumeral Mobility. by Ofra Pottorf, Daniel Vapne, Jamie Ghigiarelli, Kaitlyn Haase

“… # Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and concurrent validity of this 3D motion capture system compared to a goniometer in assessing ROM of the glenohumeral joint. # Study Design Quasi-experimental reliability, convenience sampling…”
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Characteristics of fish-bone foreign bodies in the upper aero-digestive tract: The importance of identifying the species of fish. by Tadahisa Shishido, Jun Suzuki, Ryoukichi Ikeda, Yuta Kobayashi, Yukio Katori

“…We aimed to clarify the clinical characteristics of fish-bone foreign bodies and their location and removal methods depending on the fish species.<h4>Study design</h4>Retrospective, observational, monocentric study.…”
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Hypoglycemia Prevention Practice and Associated Factors among Diabetic Patients on Follow-Up at Public Hospitals of Central Zone, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 by Gebrewahd Bezabh Gebremichael, Teklewoini Mariye Zemicheal

“…Hospital-based cross-sectional study design was employed from March 1 to April 1, 2018, in the central zone of Tigray regional state of Ethiopia. …”
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Type-Specific Persistence/Clearance Results in Human Papillomavirus Infections in Turkish Women by Haci Ozturk Sahin, Beril Gurlek, Bulent Demir, Fatma Silan

“…The aim of the present study is to investigate the persistence and clearance of genotype-based human papillomavirus infections and also some cofactors that could be effective in persistence. STUDY DESIGN: Data of 115 patients whose human papillomavirus and genotype detection was made with multiplex Polymerase chain reaction, and capillary electrophoresis were categorized as low-risk human papillomavirus/high risk human papillomavirus and single/multiple human papillomavirus infections, and clearance/persistence data of two years were investigated. …”
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Impact of Pediatric Chronic Dialysis on Long-Term Patient Outcome: Single Center Study by Daniella Levy Erez, Irit Krause, Amit Dagan, Roxana Cleper, Yafa Falush, Miriam Davidovits

“…The aim of this study was to understand the causes of mortality. Study Design. Clinical data were collected retrospectively from the files of children on chronic dialysis (>3 months) during the years 1995–2013 at a single pediatric medical center. …”
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Linguistic-cultural validation of a French version of the oral health assessment tool by Rapp Lucie, Vergnes Jean-Noel, Monsarrat Paul, Kémoun Philippe, Balardy Laurent, Lacoste-Ferré Marie-Hélène

“…Abstract Objectives The aim of this study is to conduct a linguistic-cultural validation for the French context, of the original Australian version of the Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT) scale. Methods The study design is a mixed retrospective-prospective psychometric and linguistic translation/validation/study of the Oral Health Assessment Tool. …”
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Patterns and Determinants of Change in Cortisol Levels and Thyroid Function as a Function of Cardiac Risk in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery by Khouloud Abdulrahman Al-Sofyani, Mohammed Shahab Uddin, Ebtehal Ahmed Qulisy, Osman Osama Al-Radi

“…We assessed adrenal and thyroid hormonal changes and their determinants following cardiac surgery in children and explored their prognostic value in predicting cardiac outcomes. Study Design and Methods. A prospective cohort study was conducted at King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), between 2017 and 2018. …”
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Does IVF-ET Procedure Increase the Pregnancy Rates in Women Underwent Laparoscopic Endometriosis Surgery? by Gürhan Güney, Aytekin Tokmak, Ali İrfan Güzel, Turgut Var, Esra İşçi, Ali Sertaç Batıoğlu

“… OBJECTIVE: To evaluate pregnancy rates in women who underwent In Vitro Fertilization-Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET) following laparoscopic endometriosis surgery and to assess the success of IVF-ET. STUDY DESIGN: One hundred forty-one primary infertile patients who underwent laparoscopic endometriosis surgery were included in this retrospective study. …”
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Evaluation of Prevalence and Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression Using the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale: A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study by Gaye Kahveci, Bekir Kahveci, Hamza Aslanhan, Pakize Gamze Erten Bucaktepe

“… Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and associated risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD) using the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS).   Study design: The population of this cross-sectional analytic study consisted of 311 women who were admitted to our hospital at 4-6 weeks after birth. …”
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Borrowing, loss of income and related sociodemographic factors in post-traumatic stress disorder in COVID-19 patients: A cross-sectional study from a government hospital in Mumbai,... by Amit Bhondve, Shruti Vijay Tilak, Nived G. Sudarson, Shermeen Rajesh More, Prashant Harish Saraf, Shreyansh Dinesh Singh, Eeshwari Vinay Lele, Ritu Mohit Shah, Kavya Amitabh Shah, Diya Padam Mehra

“…Material and Methods: The present study aimed to assess the prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of PTSD among patients previously hospitalized with COVID-19 in a government hospital in Mumbai, India, through a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study design. Patients were contacted through telephonic interviews 3 months following discharge. …”
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Higher Levels of Income and Education are Associated with More Specialized Sport Participation Behaviors: Results from a Representative Sample of Youth Sport Parents from the Unite... by Eric G Post, Matthew J. Rivera, Darleesa Doss, Lindsey E. Eberman

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine associations of parent income and education with child sport specialization behaviors among a nationally representative sample of youth sport parents in the United States. # Study Design Cross-sectional. # Methods Parents of youth athletes in the United States (n=236, age: 39.2±8.1 years, 57.2% female) were recruited to complete an online questionnaire by Qualtrics Online Samples (Qualtrics, Provo, UT) using a combination of actively managed, double-opt-in market research panels. …”
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Patterns Of HRCT In Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis At A Tertiary Care Hospital by Sohail Anwar, Arsalan Nawaz, Imran Ahmed Moinuddin, Muhammad Kashif, Asim Mumtaz, Muhammad Ijaz Bhatti

“…Objective: To determine different patterns of HRCT in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Study Design: Retrospective observational study. Setting: Department of Pulmonology & Internal Medicine, University of Lahore Teaching Hospital, Lahore. …”
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