Quadruple Therapy Offers High SVR Rates in Patients with HCV Genotype 4 with Previous Treatment Failure by Yousry Esam-Eldin Abo-amer, Rehab Badawi, Mohamed El-Abgeegy, Heba Fadl Elsergany, Ahmed Abdelhaleem Mohamed, Sahar Mohamed Mostafa, Hatem Samir Alegaily, Shaimaa Soliman, Sally Elnawasany, Sherief Abd-Elsalam

“…This observational, open-label prospective study was carried out on 103 genotype 4 hepatitis C virus-infected patients who failed to achieve SVR12 after sofosbuvir-daclatasvir with or without ribavirin. …”
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Parental Evaluation of a Responsive Parenting Program for Infants with Hearing Loss by Reinhild Glanemann, Karen Reichmuth, Stephanie Brinkheetker, Antoinette am Zehnhoff-Dinnesen, Katrin Neumann

“…It is a family-centered intervention for parents of infants aged 3–18 months who have recently been diagnosed with hearing loss and fitted with hearing devices, including prior to or following cochlear implant surgery. …”
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Analysis of factors affecting the clinical management of infection in culture-negative patients following percutaneous endoscopic decompression: a retrospective study by Changpeng Qu, Haixin Wei, Hao Zhang, Zheng Lian, Hui Lu, Shuo Han

“…This study retrospectively analyzed the medical records of culture-negative patients following percutaneous endoscopic surgery to identify risk factors influencing antimicrobial therapy and provide insights for clinical management.MethodsData were retrospectively collected from patients who underwent lumbar percutaneous endoscopic decompression at the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University between January 2014 and June 2023. …”
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Alteration of Mastication Force via Intraoral Closed-Loop Electrical Stimulation by Junxiang Zheng, Bing Jiang, Saurabh Biswas, Su Young Lee, Erin Ealba Bumann, Teresa E. Lever, Jeonghee Kim, Hangue Park

“…Experiments were completed using the intraoral system with six healthy human subjects who masticated soft and hard foods with and without stimulation during the experiment. …”
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Nontyphoidal Salmonella Gastroenteritis in a Tertiary Children’s Hospital in Southern China: Characteristics and Dietary Considerations by Lu Ren, Min Yang, Lanlan Geng, Peiyu Chen, Huan Chen, Sitang Gong, Ding-You Li

“…We included all infants and children who were diagnosed with nontyphoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2016. …”
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Cost Effectiveness of Insulin Glargine versus Neutral Protamin Hagedorn Insulin in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Turkey by Ilhan Satman, Hayley Bennett, Candeger Yilmaz, Sazi Imamoglu, Goksun Ayvaz, Abdurrahman Comlekci, Demet Ozkaya, Toros Sahin

“…However, the results may be evaluated using thresholds derived according to methodology proposed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Insulin glargine is expected to be costeffective compared to NPH insulin, with an ICER below three times the estimated gross domestic product (GDP) per capita; 56,850 TL.…”
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Electrophysiological Characterization of Neuropathy Complicating Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Nimat Abuelwafaa, Hana Ahmed, Ilham Omer, Mohamed Abdullah, Ammar Ahmed, Afraa Musa

“…This cross-sectional study recruited 50 children with type 1 DM having mean disease duration of 4.92±3.84 years who attended the referred clinic in Sudan Childhood Diabetes Center. …”
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La villégiature anglaise et l’invention de la Côte d’Azur by Alain Bottaro

“…Between 1760 and 1860, the coast of eastern Provence and of the region of Nice (like other areas outside Europe) was “discovered” by foreign travelers on the Grand Tour who gazed at the unsullied nature of the Mediterranean and perceived it as another Garden of Eden. …”
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Exploring factors of physicians’ preferences for continuing medical education by Ruzica Nikolic Mandic, Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic, Zoran Bukumiric, Zorica Terzic-Supic, Jovana Todorovic, Sandra Grujicic, Dejan Nesic, Ulrich Laaser

“…Method This cross-sectional study was conducted among 2,625 physicians who are members of the medical chamber in Serbia. …”
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Characteristics of Medical Care During in-hospital Cardiopulmonary-cerebral Resuscitation by Viviana de la Concepción García Escudero, Liset Fuentes Santana, Víctor René Navarro Machado, Aymara Marcia Hernández Cardoso, Yanisleidys Chacón Blay, Camilo Rodríguez Pérez

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in the five intensive care units of the Emergency Department, from January to June 2020. 152 patients who suffered cardiorespiratory arrest were studied. …”
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Change in the Foveal Avascular Zone and Macular Capillary Network Density after Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Healthy Retina by Sadık Görkem Çevik, Bekir Selim Bağlı

“…Methods: The study was conducted in volunteers who received HBO2 treatment but did not have any eye disease. …”
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The Genesis of Higher Education Internationalisation by D. А. Smaliakou

“…At present, the philosophical aspects of higher education internationalisation are developed by a small number of scientists, who view its genesis from the perspective of globalisation. …”
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Analgesia Evaluation of 2 NSAID Drugs as Adjuvant in Management of Chronic Temporomandibular Disorders by Fernando Kurita Varoli, Murillo Sucena Pita, Sandra Sato, João Paulo Mardegan Issa, Cássio do Nascimento, Vinícius Pedrazzi

“…Pain relief was also recorded. Eighteen volunteers who had been suffering from chronic pain in masticatory muscles due to temporomandibular disorders were selected after anamnesis and assessment using RDC/TMD translated to Portuguese. …”
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Development of a Prognostic Nomogram Incorporating the Naples Prognostic Score for Postoperative Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients by Xu XL, Cheng H

“…Additionally, the study sought to develop a new nomogram for predicting disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS).Methods: The study included 576 OSCC patients who underwent surgical treatment at two hospitals between August 2008 and June 2018. …”
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Study of Treatment in Heart Disease Patients Installation in Undata Hospital, Central Sulawesi by Niluh Puspita Dewi, Indah Kurnia Utami, Al'vira Gunawan, Muh. Thamrin Tahir, Syafika Alaydrus, Nani Astria Polontalo

“…All samples that met the requirements who came to the hospital were used as research samples according to the required sample size of 40 respondents and based on the available data collection time. …”
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Effect of invasive tests during pregnancy on perinatal transmission of hepatitis B infection: a scoping review by Ka Wang Cheung, Tiffany Sin-Tung Au, Ying Rong Li, Zhenyan Han, Zhu Zhang, Mimi Tin Yan Seto

“…Amniocentesis could increase the risk of MTCT among women with seropositive HBeAg statuses or HBV DNA ≥ 7 log10 IU/mL, but there were no MTCT among these women who received antiviral treatment. Data on CVS, cordocentesis and intrapartum invasive tests were insufficient to conclude their effects on MTCT. …”
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Analytical validation of a novel bioassay for thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin by Paul D. Olivo, Hannah Kim, Lynn Miao, Jeffery A. Houtz, George J. Kahaly

“…An assessment of the analytical performance of this TSI bioassay is described herein.MethodsThawed cells from Turbo TSI kits were treated with different concentrations of a World Health Organization (WHO) international standard (IS) TSI-positive serum. …”
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Outcomes of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 at the University Teaching Hospital of Butare in Rwanda and validation of the Universal Vital Assessment (UVA) mortality risk score. by Dona Fabiola Gashame, Kwame A Akuamoah Boateng, Jean Damascene Twagirumukiza, Jean de Dieu Mahoro, Christopher C Moore, Theogene Twagirumugabe

“…Respiratory failure occurred in 69 (46%) including 34 (23%) who had ARDS. The case fatality rate was 44%. Factors independently associated with mortality included acute kidney injury (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 7.99, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.47-43.22, p = 0.016), severe COVID-19 (aOR 3.42, 95% CI 1.06-11.01, p = 0.039), and a UVA score >4 (aOR 7.15, 95% CI 1.56-32.79, p = 0.011). …”
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Antiviral Drugs and Vaccines for Omicron Variant: A Focused Review by Nidhi Garg, Ananya Sree Kunamneni, Pankaj Garg, Sandeep Sharma, Divakar Sharma, Adinarayana Kunamneni

“…The current recommendation for mild-moderate, nonhospitalized patients who are at a high risk of disease progression is to use Paxlovid as the first-line option. …”
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Patient Perspective on Robotic-Assisted Total Joint Arthroplasty by Siddhartha Dandamudi, BBA, Kyleen Jan, MD, Madelyn Malvitz, BS, Anne DeBenedetti, MSc, Omar Behery, MD, MPH, Brett R. Levine, MD, MS

“…Regarding surgeon choice, 94.9% did not consider if the surgeon is able to perform robotic TJA, 74.4% wanted their surgeon proficient in manual TJA, and 72.4% felt that surgeons who use robotic technology are not more capable than manual surgeons. …”
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