Excess mortality and associated community risk factors related to hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico by Kristen N Cowan, Diego E Zavala, Erick Suarez, José A Lopez-Rodriguez, Omar Alvarez

“…Background: In the 6 months following Hurricane Maria the number of people who died from the hurricane was much higher than was initially estimated from death certificates. …”
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Magnitude of immediate postpartum anaemia and associated factors among mothers at selected public hospitals in North Shoa Zone, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional s... by Genanew Nigusu, Negash Wakgari, Mistiwat Abebe, Meseret Moroda

“…In Ethiopia, postpartum anaemia remains a public health issue.Objective To assess the magnitude of immediate postpartum anaemia and associated factors among postpartum mothers who delivered at public hospitals in the North Shoa Zone, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia, in 2022.Design A cross-sectional study was conducted. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Mammography, Ultrasound, and Fine-Needle Aspiration in Detecting Breast Cancer in Patients with Painful Breast Masses:A Medical Record-Base Study by Hassan Vafapour, Sajad Borzoueisileh, Fatemeh Vafapour, Zafar Masoumi Moghaddam, Frough Nikeghbali, Yaghoub Barfar, Amir Hekmatifar

“…This cross-sectional study examined 150 patients who presented with breast pain within the last six months. …”
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Insulin Resistance and Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Mihaela Vladu, Diana Clenciu, Ion Cristian Efrem, Mircea-Cătalin Forțofoiu, Anca Amzolini, Simona Tudorică Micu, Maria Moţa, Maria Forțofoiu

“…In patients with CKD, age and diabetes duration are significantly higher than in those who do not have this complication. CKD is more frequent in males than in females (50.9% men versus 34.5% women, p=0.022). …”
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A 10-year review of isoniazid-resistant TB management in Uzbekistan 2009-2020 by M.L. Rekart, P. Thit, M. Oluya, S. Moe, T. Hasan, N. Parpieva, K. Safaev, A. Khristusev, T. Zinaida, J. Singh, S. Allamuratova, I. Azamat, C.G. Restrepo, N. Sitali, J. Achar, J.L. Alvaraez, A. Sinha

“…BACKGROUND: Isoniazid (INH, H) resistance is the most common drug-resistant TB pattern, with treatment success rates lower than those in drug-susceptible TB. The WHO recommends a 6-month regimen of rifampicin (RIF, R), ethambutol (EMB, E), pyrazinamide (PZA, Z), and levofloxacin (Lfx) (6REZLfx) for INH-resistant, RIF-susceptible TB (HRRS-TB). …”
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Forms and correlates of child maltreatment among autistic children involved in child protection services by Jacinthe Dion, Jacinthe Dion, Geneviève Paquette, Geneviève Paquette, Mireille De La Sablonnière-Griffin, Mireille De La Sablonnière-Griffin, Malena Argumedes, Alexa Martin-Storey, Alexa Martin-Storey, Marie-Louise Bolduc, Sonia Hélie, Ève-Line Bussières

“…They were more likely to be boys (OR = 5.747), and to present with an intellectual disability (OR = 11.987), but less likely to have previously been investigated by child protection services (OR = 0.722).ConclusionThese findings suggest that autistic children who have been maltreated are facing specific challenges that require protective interventions tailored to their specific needs.…”
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Discriminatory power of trabeculectomy bleb internal reflectivity and morphology in surgical success using anterior segment optical coherence tomography by Jeremy C.K. Tan, Matthew Roney, Matteo Posarelli, Abdus Samad Ansari, Mark Batterbury, Neeru A. Vallabh

“…Methods Cross-sectional study of patients with glaucoma who had undergone trabeculectomy at least one year prior. …”
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Clinical Risk Factors for Gastroduodenal Ulcer in Romanian Low-Dose Aspirin Consumers by Anca Negovan, Mihaela Iancu, Valeriu Moldovan, Septimiu Voidazan, Simona Bataga, Monica Pantea, Kinga Sarkany, Cristina Tatar, Simona Mocan, Claudia Banescu

“…The study included patients who underwent an upper digestive endoscopy and took low-dose aspirin treatment. …”
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Psychological and pedagogical readiness of a guide to work with disabled people by O. V. Zaslavskaya, A. S. Malafiy

“…However, this tendency rises to the demand for pedagogical technologies and creation of pedagogical conditions for working with tourists, who need of additional attention and support.The aims of the present article are the following: to consider the activities of guides from the point of view of its pedagogical component; to assess the degree of psychological and pedagogical readiness of employees of excursion and tourism industry to serve people with disabilities and to be ready for successful, productive communication with them.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Characterizing Telehealth Barriers and Preferences to Promote Acceptable Implementation Strategies in Central Uganda: Multilevel Formative Evaluation by Michael Kizito, Erina Nabunjo Mugabi, Sabrina Ford, Bree Holtz, Kelly Hirko

“…Over 72% (n=66) of patients who had used telehealth previously reported satisfaction with the telehealth services they received. …”
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The prognostic value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in colorectal cancer and colorectal anastomotic leakage patients: a retrospe... by Nuo Xu, Jian-Xin Zhang, Jia-Jie Zhang, Zhuo Huang, Lian-Chun Mao, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Wei-Dong Jin

“…Methods This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 1016 patients who underwent radical resection for colorectal cancer at a single center between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2023. …”
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Individual- and Community-Level Risk Factors Associated with Childhood Diarrhea in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis of 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey by Setegn Muche Fenta, Teshager Zerihun Nigussie

“…From the community-level factors, living in a rural area (AOR=1.505; 95% CI: 1.233, 1.836)), unprotected source of drinking water (AOR=1.289; 95% CI: 1.060, 1.567), and availability of unimproved latrine facilities (OR: 1.289; 95% CI: 1.239, 1.759) associated with the higher incidence of childhood diarrhea. Besides, children who live in Afar, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella, SNNPR, and Dire Dawa regions had higher incidence of childhood diarrhea. …”
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Mechanical Thrombectomy in Medium Vessels Occlusion (MeVOs): An Institutional Experience with M2 Divisions of Middle Cerebral Artery by Bheru Dan Charan, Shailesh B Gaikwad, Savyasachi Jain, Ajay Garg, Leve Joseph Devarajan Sebastian, M V Padma Srivastava, Rohit Bhatia, Awadh Kishore Pandit, Shashank Sarad Kale

“…In this institutional experience, we aim to delineate the recanalisation rates achieved through mechanical thrombectomy in cases involving the M2 segment of the MCA.Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent thrombectomy due to M2 MCA occlusions in the period from January 2018 to December 2021. …”
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Comparison of Medical Students’ Peer Evaluation and Teaching Staff Evaluation of Community Health Projects: Perceptions and Experiences by Mahmoud MA, Almutairi ZS, Mahmoud AM, Alanazi HB, Abdulrahman SM, Bin Abdulrahman KA

“…Data was analyzed by IBM SPSS 29.Results: The study included 187 participants, primarily medical students (98.3%), who evaluated 20 community health projects. Three teaching staff members also rated the same projects. …”
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Predictive Factors for Access-Site Pain Chronicity after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention via Radial Artery Access by Liuda Brogiene, Giedre Baksyte, Agne Klimaite, Martynas Paliokas, Andrius Macas

“…Data of selected patients (n = 161) who underwent elective PCI were collected prospectively and analysed in 2020. …”
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Intensive home visiting for adolescent mothers in the Family Nurse Partnership in England 2010–2019: a population-based data linkage cohort study using propensity score matching by Ruth Gilbert, Jan van der Meulen, Katie Harron, Eilis Kennedy, Sally Kendall, Francesca Cavallaro

“…Using propensity score matching, we compared indicators of child maltreatment, health and development outcomes, and maternal hospital utilisation and educational outcomes up to 7 years following birth for mothers who did or did not enrol in FNP.Results We found no evidence of an association between FNP and indicators of child maltreatment, except for an increased rate of unplanned admissions for maltreatment/injury-related diagnoses up to age 2 years for children born to FNP mothers (6.6% vs 5.7%, relative risk (RR) 1.15; 95% CI 1.07, 1.24). …”
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Atherogenic Index in Type 2 Diabetes and Its Relationship with Chronic Microvascular Complications by Zhen Li, Qi Huang, Li Sun, Tengfei Bao, Zhe Dai

“…This study included 2523 patients with T2DM who had not been treated with lipid-lowering drugs and were admitted to the Department of Endocrinology at Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, during the period from January 2015 to February 2018. …”
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Qalification assessment practices: new possibilities and constraints by M. N. Kicherova, M. Yu. Semenov, E. V. Zyuban

“…The primary sector of the economy hinders the development of the high-technology manufacturing industry and the employers who are interested in creating a competency framework. …”
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STABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE PROFESSIONALS’ EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE by A. M. Beloborodov, E. E. Symaniuk

“…Considerable changes in the world of professions, the intensity of production and consumption of new knowledge, strengthening of a communicative component of professional activity are characteristic features of post-industrial society. Workers who have such professional and psychological qualities as self-control, psychological self-control and ability to operate own emotions and emotions of people around (partners and colleagues) are more in demand in labour market. …”
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Diagnostic performance of the DISQVER metagenomic sequencing tool for the identification of pathogens in febrile neutropenic patients: the ADNEMIA trial by Geneviève Héry-Arnaud, Christophe Burucoa, Marie Kempf, David Boutoille, Yohann Foucher, Philippe Lanotte, Maxime Pichon, Stéphane Corvec, Cécile Le Brun, Helene Pailhories

“…Will include patients≥18 years old, treated for malignancy, at high risk of FN (Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer score≤21) with an expected duration of neutropenia≥7 days. Patients who received antibiotic treatment within 24 hours prior to enrolment, have previously participated and/or have enhanced protection will be excluded. …”
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