Neonatal morbidity after fetal exposure to antipsychotics: a national register-based study by Karin Kallen, Lisa Forsberg, Essi Heinonen, Katarina Wide, Ulrika Nörby

“…Exposed infants were compared with unexposed infants and with infants to mothers treated with antipsychotics before or after but not during pregnancy.Participants The cohort comprised a total of 1 307 487 infants, of whom 2677 (0.2%) were exposed to antipsychotics during pregnancy and 34 492 (2.6%) had mothers who were treated before/after the pregnancy.Outcome measures The primary outcome was admission rate to neonatal care. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcome of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Polyether Ether Ketone Cage in Patients with Lumbar Spondylolisthesis by Rishab Chandraprakash, Rajavel Kalirajan, Milap Bhalodiya, Vijayanand Balasubramanian, Gowthaman Nambiraj, Mohan Mahendramani

“…This study aims to assess clinical and radiological outcomes in patients who underwent transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) with a polyether ether ketone (PEEK) cage for lumbar spondylolisthesis. …”
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Associations between Autoimmunity and Depression: Serum IL-6 and IL-17 Have Directly Impact on the HAMD Scores in Patients with First-Episode Depressive Disorder by Lijuan Mao, Xiajin Ren, Xin Wang, Feng Tian

“…The autoimmunity status was overactivated in FDD patients, and serum IL-6 and IL-17 levels had direct impact on the HAMD score. Patients who experienced more negative life events had higher activation level of autoimmunity status and HAMD scores, and serum IL-6 and IL-17 levels can be decreased by SSRI treatment.…”
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Associations between inflammation and striatal dopamine D2-receptor availability in aging by Vanessa Crine, Goran Papenberg, Jarkko Johansson, Carl-Johan Boraxbekk, Anders Wåhlin, Ulman Lindenberger, Martin Lövdén, Katrine Riklund, Lars Bäckman, Lars Nyberg, Nina Karalija

“…Conclusions These findings suggest negative associations between one proxy of inflammation and DRD2 availability in older adults, selectively for men who had higher DNA methylation scores. Future studies should investigate other inflammatory markers in relation to dopamine integrity.…”
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Assessing Associations of Nurse‐Managed Hypertension Care on Pharmacotherapy, Lifestyle Counseling, and Prevalence of Comorbid Cardiometabolic Diseases in All Patients With Hyperte... by Charlotte Ivarsson, Monica Bergqvist, Per Wändell, Sebastian Lindblom, Anders Norrman, Julia Eriksson, Jan Hasselström, Christina Sandlund, Axel C. Carlsson

“…Data was acquired from VAL, the administrative databases of Region Stockholm in Sweden, encompassing all individuals 30 years or older with a registered hypertension diagnosis who attended to the primary health care center they were registered at. …”
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Assessing routine childhood vaccination acceptance, hesitancy and refusal in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa: a mixed-method study protocol by Charles Shey Wiysonge, Lindi Mathebula, Moleen Zunza, Sara Cooper

“…Since the introduction of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation worldwide by WHO in 1974, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives and prevented countless illnesses and disabilities. …”
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Prevalence of Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in a Public General Hospital, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study Design by Ebud Ayele, Guesh Gebreayezgi, Teklewoini Mariye, Degena Bahrey, Gebrekiros Aregawi, Gebregziabher Kidanemariam

“…Agriculture as occupation (AOR = 2.6, 95% CI: 1.5, 4.5), women who wanted the pregnancy (AOR = 0.25, 95% CI: 0.14, 0.448), no history malaria during pregnancy (AOR = 0.291, 95%: (0.152, 0.555)), coffee intake during pregnancy (AOR = 1.6, 95% CI: 1.04, 2.69), and hemoglobin < 11 g/dl (AOR = 4.9, 95% CI: 3.09, 7.8) were the factors that were significantly associated with undernutrition, p value (<0.05). …”
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Assessment Of Heavy Metals Concentration and Pollution Indices Of Surface Water In Enerhen River, Warri South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria by A. O. Egai, M. Paaru

“…Data obtained show that the result indicated the concentration of Zinc 0.065mg/l - 0.190mg/l, Pb (0.003mg/l -0.142mg/l), Cu (0.081mg/l - 0.213mg/l), Cd (0.02mg/l - 0.282mg/l, Cr (0.041mg/l - 0.171mg/l), Fe (0.162mg/l - 0.278mg/l) and Ni (0.104mg/l - 0.762mg/l)  comparison with WHO 2012 permissible limit the probed water sample falls within the allowable concentration of the standard except the  concentration of lead (Pb) in SW1, SW2, SW4 and SW5 which is a  concern because it exceeded the allowable limit, lead is considered toxic to human at higher concentrations . …”
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Changing Attitudes Towards Research Through a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience by Keith Brazendale, Michael Rovito, Jeanette Garcia

“…Wilcoxon signed rank tests for paired data were conducted and Mann-Whitney U tests assessed whether there were any differences between students who completed the course face-to-face versus online. …”
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Chronic Kidney Disease and Mortality in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Recipients by Aamir Cheema, Tejwant Singh, Manreet Kanwar, Karuna Chilukuri, Viqar Maria, Fareena Saleem, Katrina Johnson, John Frank, Luis Pires, Sohail Hassan

“…We evaluated 441 consecutive patients who underwent ICD implantation at our center between 1994 and 2002. …”
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Human health risk assessment of aluminium in water treated with aluminium-based coagulants in a rural area by Fernando García-Ávila, Tatiana Encalada-Alvear, Luis M. Alvarez-Altamirano, Alex Avilés-Añazco, Lorgio Valdiviezo-Gonzalez, Emigdio Alfaro-Paredes

“…The results revealed significant variations in the concentration of aluminium between seasons, although all measurements remained within the limits allowed by Ecuadorian regulations and the WHO, which sets a limit of 0.2 mg/L for aluminium in drinking water. …”
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Local anesthesia with and without conscious sedation versus general anesthesia for oral surgical procedures in pediatric patients: a retrospective cross-sectional study by Ana López-Velasco, Francisco Javier Carrera-Hueso, Miguel Puche-Torres, Francisco Javier Silvestre, Pedro Vázquez-Ferreiro

“…Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of 192 pediatric patients who underwent 227 minor oral surgery procedures between 2017 and 2019 at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Hospital Clínico Universitario in Valencia, Spain. …”
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Development and assessment of a mortality risk prediction nomogram model for pneumocystis disease in ICU within 28 days by Yiru Weng, Tingting Zhou, Honghua Ye

“…Abstract To develop and assess a nomogram predictive model for evaluating the 28-day mortality risk in patients diagnosed with Pneumocystis who have been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Demographics and Clinical and Endoscopic Characteristics of Patients with Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Case-Control Study by Amir Mari, Naim Mahroum, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Mahran Shalaata, Tawfik Khoury, Abdulla Watad, Mahmud Mahamid

“…Methods and Materials. All patients who underwent gastroscopy for an indication of GERD during the study period between 2015 and 2017 at the EMMS Nazareth Hospital were considered eligible for the study and therefore were included. …”
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Neglecting the neglected: Tobacco cessation support is 'essential' for the management of asthma and COPD by Dilek Karadogan, İlknur Kaya, Merve Yumrukuz Şenel, Esin Bilgin Konyalıhatipoğlu, Tahsin Gökhan Telatar, Metin Akgün

“…Patients aged ≥18 years who had been diagnosed with asthma or COPD for at least a year, were included in the study. …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Gastrointestinal Carriage of Pathogenic Gram Negative Enteric Bacteria among Apparently Healthy Food Handlers of Public Hospitals, Addis Abab... by Tegegn Belhu, Kinfe Fissehatsion, Abraham Tesfaye, Dr Yohannes Woldekidan, Kassu Desta

“…From 368 food handlers who participated in the study, 81% were females. 119 (32.34%) were positive for at least one intestinal parasite. …”
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Population pharmacokinetics of iruplinalkib in healthy volunteers and patients with solid tumors by Guihong Yang, Yimei Wang, Huimin Zhao, Ziyi Jiang, Shansong Zheng, Mingjing Ge, Meimei Si, Xiaoyan Kang

“…Plasma concentration–time data were collected from 392 participants (16 healthy volunteers and 372 patients with solid tumors) who received single or multiple doses of iruplinalkib in four trials. …”
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Evaluation of the relationship between worry and anxiety with the general health status of pregnant women at risk of diagnosing abnormalities by Maryam Hassanzadeh Bashtian, Morvarid Irani, Alireza Afshari-Safavi, Fatemeh Keramati, Roya Ram, Tooba Farazmand

“…Conclusion The present findings demonstrate a relationship between the general health and worry and anxiety levels of pregnant women at risk of abnormality diagnosis. Pregnant women who are anxious and worried tend to have lower general health levels. …”
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Case Report: Dangerous liaisons between splenectomy and eltrombopag-induced chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: report of two ca... by Roberto Castelli, Enrico Atzori, Alessandro Palmerio Delitala, Salvatore Antonio Masala, Valentina Micheluzzi, Enrico Ponti, Enrico Ponti, Giuseppe Sanna, Dante Castro, Antonio Gidaro, Mattia Donadoni, Roberto Manetti, Pierluigi Merella, Nicia Isabella Profili, Andrea Maria D'Armini, Gavino Casu, Gavino Casu

“…Splenectomy and thrombopoietin receptor agonists are recommended for patients who do not respond to steroids or immunosuppressive treatments. …”
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Aligning urban forest management actions with urban sustainability goals: A multi‐city expert elicitation by Corinne G. Bassett, Susan D. Day, Cecil C. Konijnendijk, Lara A. Roman, Victoria Hemming

“…This research underscores the necessity of considering site‐level ecosystem management actions to advance strategic sustainability goals, while also revealing the complexity of the role and responsibilities of professionals who manage urban ecosystems.…”
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