A Rare Presentation of Orbital Castleman’s Disease by Ruchi Goel, Akash Raut, Ayushi Agarwal, Shweta Raghav, Sumit Kumar, Simmy Chaudhary, Priyanka Golhait, Sushil Kumar, Ravindra Saran

“…We aim to report a case of a 62-year-old male who presented with left painless proptosis for the past three years. …”
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Myocarditis Concurrent with Sweet Syndrome: A Presentation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Christopher G. Burkeen, David Pottinger, Chaitanya Iragavarapu, Reshma Ramlal, Gerhard Hildebrandt

“…Herein, we report a case of a 45-year-old male with a history of obesity and depression who presented with chest pain, a tender and diffuse rash, and pancytopenia. …”
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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

“…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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Comparison of NoSAS score with STOP-Bang and Berlin scores in predicting difficult airway by Onurcan Balık, Eyyüp Sabri Özden, Mustafa Soner Özcan, Filiz Alkaya Solmaz, Pakize Kırdemir

“…Methods Following the ethics committee approval, preoperative NoSAS, STOP-Bang, and Berlin scores were calculated for 420 patients aged 18 years and older who were scheduled for tracheal intubation. Mask ventilation and intubation were performed by research assistant with a minimum of two years of experience. …”
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Overall quit in triple users of conventional cigarette, e-cigarette and heated tobacco product among healthy adults: a Korea Medical Institute health check-up study by Sun Ha Jee, Heejin Kimm, Keum Ji Jung, Hye Won Yun

“…We aimed to analyse overall quit in triple users of CC, EC and HTP among healthy adults.Methods A questionnaire was conducted on 89 360 adults who visited the Korea Medical Institute health check-ups in Seoul, Korea, from May 2018 to September 2019. …”
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Molecular epidemiological investigations of human parvovirus B19 among blood donors in Lanzhou by WU Kangle, YANG Shulong, FENG Weiping, WANG Weirong, PAN Deng

“…[Results] The results showed that the positive rate of B19 DNA in Lanzhou was 0.30%, and the positive population mainly consisted of female individuals aged 18-30 years old who were first-time blood donors; furthermore, genotype 1a was identified as predominant. …”
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Fetal medicine and current practice of prenatal screening by Akshatha Prabhu

“…In addition, Carrier Screening can be considered especially by consanguineous couples who are known to be at increased risk for having an affected baby. …”
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The Modified Gil-Vernet Antireflux Surgery: A Successful Technique for High-Grade Vesicoureteral Reflux Correction in Children—Long-Term Follow-Up by Mahmoudreza Moradi, Abolhassan Seyedzadeh, Saeed Gharakhloo, Aref Teymourinezhad, Kaveh Kaseb, Haress Rezaee

“…A retrospective study in which we evaluated efficacy, safety, and complications of modified Gil-Vernet antireflux surgery as a choice procedure for high-grade reflux in all patients who underwent it since 2000 to 2016 at 2 hospitals of Kermanshah University of medical sciences that all of them were done by one surgeon. …”
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Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels Guidance of Low-Dose Furosemide Treatment to Prevent Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients with Per... by Guoqiang Gu, Demin Liu, Rui Lu, Wei Cui

“…A total of 1053 consecutive patients (71.98% men) who underwent PCI at our hospital were enrolled. …”
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Association between parental education level and intelligence quotient of children referred to the mental healthcare system: a cross-sectional study in Poland by Urszula Sajewicz-Radtke, Ariadna Łada-Maśko, Michał Olech, Paweł Jurek, Łucja Bieleninik, Bartosz M. Radtke

“…This cross-sectional study included 80,303 children aged 3–18 years who were referred to the mental healthcare system between 2018 and 2023. …”
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Ablation Depth-Dependent Survival Analysis of Phototherapeutic Keratectomy for Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome by Kunal A. Gadhvi, Georgios Vakros, Alfredo Borgia, Kirithika Muthusamy, Laura de Benito-Llopis, Alexander C. Day, Daniel M. Gore

“…Methods Retrospective case notes review with prospective patient-reported outcome measures for all patients who had undergone PTK for RCES at a single tertiary referral unit. …”
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Real-Life Report on Chemoembolization Using DEBIRI for Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer by M. Stutz, A. Mamo, D. Valenti, A. Hausvater, T. Cabrera, P. Metrakos, P. Chaudhury, G. Steacy, E. Garoufalis, P. Kavan

“…Patients with LMCRC, ECOG 0–2, who failed at least 1 line of systemic chemotherapy, received embolizations with 2 mL of microspheres preloaded with 100 mg of irinotecan. …”
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Prognostic Value of Serum Albumin at Admission for Neurologic Outcome with Targeted Temperature Management after Cardiac Arrest by Soo Hyun Kim, Chun Song Youn, Hyo Joon Kim, Seung Pill Choi

“…We included adult patients aged ≥18 years with nontraumatic OHCA treated with TTM whose serum albumin concentration was available and who were admitted from 2009 to 2016. Serum albumin was measured within 1 h after ROSC, and hypoalbuminemia was defined as admission serum albumin <3.5 g/dl. …”
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A Rare Case of Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of Calcaneum: A Case Report by Chayan K Pal, RP Raghavendra Raju, Athmaram Meda, Chennur Shaik Mohammed Sibghatulla Mazhar, Navya Pulimi, Y Kiran Kumar

“…Here, we are presenting a rare case of ABC of calcaneum who has presented to us with pain and swelling of the heel for 3 months. …”
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Understanding repeated non-attendance in health services: a pilot analysis of administrative data and full study protocol for a national retrospective cohort by Alex McConnachie, Philip Wilson, Ross McQueenie, David A Ellis, Andrea E Williamson

“…The statistical analysis will focus on 2 key areas: factors that predict patients who serially miss appointments, and serial missed appointments as a predictor of future patient outcomes. …”
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Enhanced recovery after surgery protocol optimizes results and cost of laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy by Jiageng Shi, Siming Chen, Jiawei Nie, Kangping Xiong, Gang Wang, Kaiyu Qian, Hang Zheng, Xinghuan Wang

“…Abstract Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) strategy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) patients undergoing laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy (LRNU). Methods 90 patients who received LRNU at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University between January 2018 and July 2022 were retrospectively analyzed, including 43 in the ERAS group and 47 in the pre-ERAS group. …”
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Determination of Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (uNGAL) Reference Intervals in Healthy Adult and Pediatric Individuals Using a Particle-Enhanced Turbidimetric I... by Tabari M. Baker, Christopher A. Bird, Dennis L. Broyles, Ursula Klause

“…<b>Methods</b>: Urine samples were collected from apparently healthy individuals aged ≥3 months who met all inclusion criteria and no exclusion criteria. …”
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Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pneumocystis Pneumonia of an Infant with AIDS by Grégoire Cane, Arnaud De Boislambert, Charlotte Sgro, Pierre Lavedan, Hélène Foulgoc, Nadir Tafer, Alexandre Ouattara

“…We report here the case of a 13-week-old girl who was previously healthy presenting with altered immunity and refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) initially attributed to bacterial pneumonia. …”
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Depression and Anxiety Disorders among Patients with Psoriasis: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study by Masoud Golpour, Seyed Hamzeh Hosseini, Mohammad Khademloo, Maryam Ghasemi, Aghdas Ebadi, Fatemeh Koohkan, Soheila Shahmohammadi

“…In this hospital-based case-control study, One hundred patients with psoriasis (case) referred to the dermatology department and 100 patients with otolaryngology problems and dermatological healthy volunteers (control) who referred to the Otolaryngology Department of Bouali Sina Hospital in Sari, Iran, in 2007 were studied. …”
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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

“…On bivariate analyses, being unmarried or divorced or separated (P = 0. 037), having children who were minors (P = 0. 002), traveling from outside the state for hospitalization (P < 0.001), borrowing (P = 0.002), or loss of income (P = 0.028) due to hospitalization were significantly associated with subthreshold PTSD. …”
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