Correlations between spinopelvic parameters and health-related quality of life in degenerative lumbar scoliosis patients before and after long -level fusion surgery by Jiaqi Zhang, Yinhao Liu, Yan Zeng, Lei Yuan, Weishi Li

“…Methods This study retrospectively reviewed 130 consecutive patients who underwent long-level fusion with at least 1 year follow-up. …”
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Application of comprehensive nursing in the treatment of chronic constipation with fecal microbiota transplantation (综合护理在粪菌移植治疗慢性便秘中的应用) by WANG Xuedan (王雪丹), ZHANG Yong (张勇)

“…Methods In this study, 46 patients with chronic constipation who received fecal microbiota transplantation were selected as the research object, and were randomly divided into observation group and control group, with 23 cases in each group. …”
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Associations between specific and cumulative adverse childhood experiences, childhood obesity, and obesogenic behaviours by Ladan Hashemi, Maryam Ghasemi, Brooklyn Mellar, Pauline Gulliver, Barry Milne, Fiona Langridge, Tracey McIntosh, Christa Fouche, Boyd Swinburn

“…The study sample was restricted to those who provided obesity data at age 8 and one child per mother, resulting in an analytic sample of 4895 children. …”
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Enhancing resilience: the impact of a near-peer mentoring program on medical students by Lea Pölczman, Lea Pölczman, Dorottya Árva, Dorottya Árva, Zsuzsa Győrffy, Márk Jámbor, András Végh, András Végh, Gergő Kristóf, György Purebl, Edmond Girasek

“…The case group (n = 94) comprised students who participated in a mentoring program as mentors or mentees. …”
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The superiority of veno-arterial over veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for operative support of lung transplantation by Sen Lu, Pin Wang, Xiao-qin Zhang, Gang Feng, Hong-li He, Yue Chen, Xiao-bo Huang, Chun Pan, Jing-chao Luo

“…Methods We conducted an 8-year retrospective analysis of 62 lung transplant recipients who received intraoperative ECMO (29 V-A, 33 V-V). …”
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Factors influencing image quality in Tibetan children by optical coherence tomography by Yao Yao, Jiawen Liu, Lei Li, Weiwei Chen, Zhaojun Meng, Jing Fu

“…Common image flaws were blinking or fixation error (70%+), poor focusing, and positioning errors. Among students who have completed OCT, a higher percentage of boys (X2 = 8.48, P = 0.004) and suburban students (X2 = 34.97, P < 0.001) with younger age (t = -2.20, P = 0.03), worse near vision (t = -3.95, P < 0.001), higher IOP (t = 2.38, P = 0.017) and higher heart rate (t = 3.15, P = 0.002) have unsatisfactory image quality in the macular region, almost same as the optic disc region. …”
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Assessing the use of geospatial data for immunization program implementation and associated effects on coverage and equity in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Dosithée Ngo-Bebe, Patricia Mechael, Fulbert Nappa Kwilu, Théophane Kekemb Bukele, Félicité Langwana, Genèse Lolimo Lobukulu, Marcelo Ilunga Kalonji, Bahindwa Kalalizi, Kevin Tschirhart, Christophe Lungayo Luhata, Carine Gachen

“…A secondary analysis of immunization coverage survey data (2020–2022) was conducted to assess the associated effects on immunization coverage, especially changes in rates of zero dose children, defined as those aged 12–23 months who have not received a single dose of Pentavalent vaccine. …”
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An mHealth Intervention With Financial Incentives to Promote Smoking Cessation and Physical Activity Among Black Adults: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Adam Alexander, Michael Businelle, Marshall Cheney, Amy Cohn, Lorna McNeill, Kevin Short, Summer Frank-Pearce, David Bradley, Kimberly Estrada, Iván Flores, Jack Fronheiser, Darla Kendzor

“…MethodsA total of 60 Black adults who smoke (≥5 cigarettes/d) and are insufficiently physically active (engaging in <150 min of weekly moderate-intensity physical activity) will be randomly assigned to either HealthyCells intervention (incentives for smoking abstinence only) or HealthyCells+ intervention (incentives for both smoking abstinence and daily step counts). …”
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Identification of the RHD novel allele c. 801+2T>G and study of its effect on RhD phenotype in vitro by JIA Shuangshuang, WEN Jizhi, WEI Ling, ZHANG Runqing, LUO Guangping, JI Yanli

“…[Objective] To further identify the RhD phenotype and RHD genotype in the individual who have RhD negative phenotype in the primary screening, and to analyze the effect of c. 801+2T>G mutation on RhD phenotype by minigene splicing assay. …”
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Early- and Late-Onset Preeclampsia: A Comprehensive Cohort Study of Laboratory and Clinical Findings according to the New ISHHP Criteria by Anna Wójtowicz, Małgorzata Zembala-Szczerba, Dorota Babczyk, Monika Kołodziejczyk-Pietruszka, Olga Lewaczyńska, Hubert Huras

“…Patients with preeclampsia accounted for 1.7% of the women who delivered during the study period. The EOP and LOP groups did not differ in the distribution of risk factors for preeclampsia. …”
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Aetiological research on the health of migrants living in Germany: a systematic literature review by Oliver Razum, Florian Fischer, Ina Danquah, Claudia Hövener, Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Tracy Bonsu Osei, Isabel Mank, Raissa Sorgho

“…Outcomes under investigation were categorised according to the WHO major disease groups, and their associations with risk factors were synthesised as a heat map.Results Out of 2407 articles retrieved, we included 68 publications with a total number of 864 518 participants. …”
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Preoperative prediction of pituitary neuroendocrine tumor invasion using multiparametric MRI radiomics by Qiuyuan Yang, Tengfei Ke, Jialei Wu, Yubo Wang, Jiageng Li, Yimin He, Jianxian Yang, Nan Xu, Bin Yang

“…To investigate the value of multiparameter magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) radiomics in predicting pituitary neuroendocrine tumor invasion into the cavernous sinus (CS) before surgery.Patients and methodsThe clinical data of 133 patients with pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (62 invasive and 71 non-invasive) confirmed by surgery and pathology who underwent preoperative mpMRI examination were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Evaluation of Performance in Colon Capsule Endoscopy Reading by Endoscopy Nurses by Yukiko Handa, Konosuke Nakaji, Kayo Hyogo, Makiko Kawakami, Tomomi Yamamoto, Akiko Fujiwara, Rika Kanda, Motoyasu Osawa, Osamu Handa, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Eiji Umegaki, Akiko Shiotani

“…CCE videos of 20 consecutive patients who performed both CCE and CS with clinically significant localized lesions were selected. …”
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Barriers and Facilitators to Collecting Surgical Outcome Data in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An International Survey by Thomas Diehl, MD, Taylor J. Jaraczewski, MD, MS, Kaleem Sohail Ahmed, MBBS, MSAI, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, MBBS, FCPS, FRCS, FACS, MHPE, Ewen M. Harrison, MB, ChB, MSc, PhD, FRCS, Belay Mellese Abebe, MD, Asad Latif, MD, MPH, Nabiha Mughal, MD, Sadaf Khan, MBBS, FACS, FACRS, K. A. Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH, FASA, Girma Tefera, MD, Syed Nabeel Zafar, MBBS, MPH, FACS

“…Mentorship and research training was available in <50% of respondent’s institutions; however, those who had these were more likely to publish SOD (P = 0.02). …”
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Cohort profile: maternal and child health and parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará, Brazil: birth cohort study (Iracema-COVID) by Marcia C Castro, Márcia Maria Tavares Machado, Simone Farías-Antúnez, David Augusto Batista Sá Araújo, Ana Luiza Penna, Francisco Ariclene Oliveira, Camila Machado de Aquino, Antônio Silva Lima Neto, Geziel dos Santos de Sousa

“…Purpose Maternal and child health and parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará (Iracema-COVID) is a longitudinal, prospective population-based birth cohort designed to understand the effects of the pandemic and social withdrawal in maternal mental health, child development and parenting practices of mothers and families.Participants A sample of mothers who gave birth in July and August 2020 (n=351) was enrolled in the study in January 2021. …”
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Developing a patient-centered measure to assess food-related and nutrition-related quality of life in patients with cancer by Seth Berkowitz, Mackenzie Kemp, Sara Beachy, Karla Martin, Brooke Worster, Richard W Hass, Iyaniwura Olarewaju, Kristin L Rising

“…Future work should assess applicability of this tool across populations who do not have cancer and sensitivity of this measure to change over time related to receipt of nutrition interventions.…”
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The predictive value of echocardiographic parameters regarding appearance of atrial fibrillation in patients with acute coronary syndrome by V.Y. Tseluyko, F. Ben Salem, N.A. Lopina

“…Group 1 included patients with AF. Those of them who had the new-onset AF during ACS hospitalization constituted subgroup 1a (n = 41). …”
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Retrospective Investigation of Cytomegalovirus and Epstein–Barr Virus Positivity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient Biopsies by Hasan Bostancı, Kürşat Dikmen, Ahmet Çağrı Büyükkasap, Sidre Erganis, Kayhan Çağlar, Ayşe Dursun, Gülendam Bozdayı

“…The control group consisted of 31 patients who underwent routine colonoscopy and whose biopsies were extracted from suspicious sites, but no evidence of IBD was found. …”
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A study on the variability and correlation of ocular biological measurement parameters in adult myopic patients by Fangxing Zhou, Nan Chen, Hui Qian, Di Gong, Kunke Li

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the differences in ocular parameters among adult myopic patients with different degrees of myopia and axial lengths, and to investigate the correlations between these ocular parameters.MethodsThis single-center observational study collected clinical data from myopic patients aged 18–45 years who visited the Eye Hospital of Nanjing Medical University between January and June 2023. …”
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Immune status in patients differing in the stage of choroidal melanoma by D.A. Drumi

“…Material and Methods: This immune status study included 35 patients with T1 CM (group 1) and 31 patients with T1 to T3 CM (group 2) who were treated at the State Institution “The Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”. …”
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