Impact of neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio on mortality in iron-deficiency anemia patients: a retrospective study using MIMIC-IV database by Weide Lin, Junfan Chen, Xufa Peng, Yaohua Yu, Shiqing Huang, Shurong Li, Bixia Lin

“…Materials and methods We analyzed data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV (MIMIC-IV) 3.0 database spanning the years 2008–2022 and identified a cohort of 817 patients with IDA who met our inclusion criteria. Through multivariate Cox regression analysis, the relationship between NPAR levels and 30-day and 365-day mortality risks was assessed, and restricted cubic splines (RCS) models were used to explore potential nonlinear relationships. …”
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Analysis of pulmonary sequestration cases, based on the 11-year birth defects surveillance data of Changsha hospitals by Ruobin Xie, Tao-Sha Wang, Yanling Wang, Wei-Dong Wang

“…In the absence of timely diagnosis and early intervention, some cases may need labor induction, and some of the infants who survive may develop symptoms in childhood. The manifestations are repeated lung infections, dry cough, chest pain, chest tightness, and hemoptysis. …”
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Stentless Strategy by Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty following Directional Coronary Atherectomy for Left Main Bifurcation Lesion by Norihiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Yamawaki, Shinsuke Mori, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Yohsuke Honda, Kenji Makino, Shigemitsu Shirai, Masafumi Mizusawa, Yoshiaki Ito

“…A total of 38 patients who underwent DCB angioplasty following DCA for LM bifurcation lesions were retrospectively enrolled. …”
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Visual electrophysiological assessment of children with poor response to treatment for functional amblyopia by Dong-Qing Yuan, Wei-Wei Zhang, Liu-Wei Gu, Qing-Huai Liu

“…AIM: To assess the visual electrophysiological outcomes in children with functional amblyopia who exhibited poor response to conventional treatment. …”
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Assessment of Ganglion Cell Complex and Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Changes following Cataract Surgery in Patients with Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma by Ahmed A. Abdelghany, Moataz A. Sallam, Abdallah A. Ellabban

“…They were divided into two groups; the first group included patients with PEXG and cataract who underwent phacoemulsification (pseudophakic group; n = 40 eyes). …”
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Identification of critical biomarkers and immune landscape patterns in glioma based on multi-database by Hanzhang Yuan, Jingsheng Cheng, Jun Xia, Zeng Yang, Lixin Xu

“…These 3 genes were found significantly correlated with clinicopathological features (age, WHO grade, IDH mutation status, 1p19q codeletion status). …”
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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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健择+顺铂和泰索帝+铂尔定对高龄晚期非小细胞 肺癌病人的毒副反应比较 by 黄邵洪, 谷力加, 吴一龙, 翁毅敏, 冯卫能, 程　超, 钟文昭

“…化疗期间每 3～ 5 d查血常规及生化,至末次用药后 2 周,其他毒副反应以电子表格形式在病程记录中体现。毒性反应按 WHO 标准作等级评 价。【结果】性别组成以男性为主( 65. 7%) ,病理类型以鳞癌占优势( 68. 6%) ,病人基线特征在组间分布均衡。…”
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Electrocardiographic markers predict hemodynamic parameters in adults with uncorrected secundum atrial septal defect by Kunti N. Umamy, Astri K. Martiana, Risalina Myrtha, Irnizarifka Irnizarifka, Alfa A. Nursidiq

“…We collected data and measured ECG parameters of secundum ASD patients who underwent elective RHC from May 2019 until November 2023. …”
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Association between oral microbiome diversity and all-cause mortality: a longitudinal study of NHANES, 2009–2012 by Bo Lin, Liang Zheng, Wanna Chen, Ju Yu, Zhanqiang Zhang, Weiming Lv

“…Objective The study investigates the association between oral microbiome diversity and all-cause mortality.Design Population-based cohort study.Setting US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2009–2010 and 2011–2012).Participants A total of 8224 participants who had valid data on the oral microbiome diversity and survival through 31 December 2019 were included in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures Oral microbiome diversity was measured using the observed number of amplicon sequence variant (ASV) and grouped into quartiles. …”
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THE ROLE OF DISPOSITION OF CONNECTING TISSUE IN THE RISE OF NONTRAUMATIC SUBARACHNOIDAL HEMORRHAGE IN YOUNG AGE by E. V. Petrova, T. F. Popova, I. A. Gribacheva, G. K. Taitubayeva

“…A group of examined patients who underwent SAH under the age of 45 years were 78 people. …”
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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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