Association between sleep during pregnancy and birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study by Libing Huang, Huanjun Chen, Fuhui Yao, Zhonghan Sun, Shijiao Yan, Yuwei Lai, Chuanzhu Lv, Xiong-Fei Pan, Rixing Wang, Xingyue Song

“…In the multivariable model, compared with 7.1–8 h/night, sleep ≤ 7 h/night during second trimester increases the risk of preterm birth (OR: 1.43, 95% CI: 1.12,1.85), and the risk of preterm birth was decreased in pregnant women who slept > 9 h/night (OR: 0.79, 95% CI: 0.53,0.93). …”
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طوابع البرید التذکاریة المصریة عبر الحقب التاریخیة المختلفة کمصدر من مصادر المعلومات غیر التقلیدیة : دراسة ببلیومتریة... by د. نها محمد عثمان

“…It also commemorates the personalities who played a greatrole in Egypt's modern and contemporary history.The study aims at identifying the reality of Egyptian commemorativepostage stamps as a source of non-traditional information, and the numerical,qualitative and linguistic trends of these stamps. …”
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Association of hepatitis B virus DNA levels with efficacy and safety and the impact of antiviral therapy on prognosis in liver cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor... by Hongxia Cui, Su Li, Wu Lv, Jing Xiang

“…The risk of HBVr in the high HBV DNA group was lower than that in the low HBV DNA group (OR = 0.30, 95% CI 0.15–0.58), especially among patients who received antiviral therapy (OR = 0.42, 95% CI 0.18–0.98).ConclusionHigh HBV DNA was associated with worse OS, but not with PFS, ORR, or DCR in liver cancer patients receiving ICIs. …”
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High clinical burden of classical homocystinuria in the United States: a retrospective analysis by Mahim Jain, Mehul Shah, Kamlesh M. Thakker, Andrew Rava, Agnes Pelts Block, Colette Ndiba-Markey, Lionel Pinto

“…Methods This non-interventional retrospective cohort analysis from January 01, 2016, through September 30, 2021, used Optum’s de-identified Market Clarity Data. Patients who had 1 or more International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision code for homocystinuria (E72.11) or the signs, disease, and symptoms term homocystinuria in the natural language processing dataset were included. …”
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Clinical characteristics and risk factors of Clostridioides difficile infection in children with diarrhoea by Ning Wang, Kun Jiang, Jinyue Huang, Mengzhu Hou, Lu Wang, Wei Wang, Yulian Fang

“…Multi-factor logistic regression analysis was used to show that a history of hospitalisation within the last three months, a history of antibiotic treatment for ≥7 days, non-breastfeeding, and a history of antibiotic combined with probiotic treatment were risk factors for CDI in children with diarrhoea (P < 0.05).ConclusionsA history of hospitalisation within the last three months, previous antibiotic treatment for ≥7 days or combined with probiotic treatment, and non-breastfeeding are risk factors for CDI in children with diarrhoea, so children with diarrhoea who present as described above need to be alerted to CDI and are advised to have active investigations to facilitate rapid and effective control of the disease and improve prognosis.…”
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Deep learning radiomics nomogram for preoperatively identifying moderate-to-severe chronic cholangitis in children with pancreaticobiliary maljunction: a multicenter study by Hui-min Mao, Kai-ge Chen, Bin Zhu, Wan-liang Guo, San-li Shi

“…Methods A total of 323 pediatric patients with PBM who underwent surgery were retrospectively enrolled from three centers, and divided into a training cohort (n = 153), an internal validation cohort (IVC, n = 67), and two external test cohorts (ETC1, n = 58; ETC2, n = 45). …”
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Problematic Internet use among resident physicians at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Yiknashewa Solomon Mekonnen, Selamawit Alemayehu Tessema, Solomon Dhabi Bedane, Askalemariam Bikiss Ali

“…This study included 417 physician residents who were selected using multistage sampling techniques, and Young’s Internet addiction test was used to assess PIU. …”
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Direct anastomosis indwelling needle puncture: a rapid and safe transitional hemodialysis access for patients with renal failure by Chunyan Wu, Jianbo Qing, Xiaoping Wang, Yunmei Li, Xin Zhou, Junnan Wu

“…Moreover, the operative time for the DAINP group was significantly shorter compared to the 17 patients who underwent VC for VAT during the same period. …”
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Expression Profiling Using a cDNA Array and Immunohistochemistry for the Extracellular Matrix Genes FN-1, ITGA-3, ITGB-5, MMP-2, and MMP-9 in Colorectal Carcinoma Progression and D... by Suzana Angelica Silva Lustosa, Luciano de Souza Viana, Renato José Affonso, Sandra Regina Morini Silva, Marcos Vinicius Araujo Denadai, Silvia Regina Caminada de Toledo, Indhira Dias Oliveira, Delcio Matos

“…The expression associations between ECM molecules and selected epithelial markers EGFR, VEGF, Bcl2, P53, and KI-67 have also been examined in 114 patients with colorectal cancer who underwent primary tumor resection. Quantitative real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry tissue microarray methods were performed in samples from the primary tumors. …”
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Effect of E-learning clinical management of substance-dependent pregnant women on the knowledge and clinical skill performance of midwives: a randomized controlled trial by Hasti Heidarian, Manoosh Mehrabi, Parvin Ghaemmaghami, Roksana Janghorban

“…Healthcare providers, especially midwives who care for pregnant and postpartum women, must possess adequate knowledge and clinical skills to manage their patients appropriately. …”
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Burden of Mental Morbidities among Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital Of West Bengal during Third Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study by Soumi Ghosh, Sourav Bag, Arijit Mondal, Soumit Roy

“…Anxiety showed a good positive correlation with depression (p value less than 0.001) and all who had severe anxiety were also suffering from either severe or extreme depression. …”
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Risk, incidence and predictors of venous thromboembolism among patients attending the emergency department of tertiary care hospitals in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia: a multicentre p... by Desalew Mekonnen, Alemseged Beyene Berha, Worku Degefa, Minyahil Alebachew Woldu

“…Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that patients who were physically active prior to admission (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR)=0.67, 95% CI 0.082 to 1.579, p=0.014) and those receiving pharmacological prophylaxis (AHR=0.167, 95% CI 0.037 to 0.768, p=0.021) were found to have a protective effect against the risk of developing VTE. …”
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Environmental awareness and plastic use behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic by H. Herdiansyah, Nuraeni .

“…Plastic waste-processing behavior was the most dominant factor influencing plastic use activities during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a test value of 0.000 and a positive relationship direction. Respondents who did not have good waste management behavior were 3.963 times more likely to use plastic frequently in their daily activities during the pandemic.CONCLUSION: The study results show the importance of increasing knowledge regarding plastic use and waste management. …”
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Bacterial profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of adult lower respiratory tract infections in Colombo, Sri Lanka by Nadeesha Amarasinghe, Muthulingam Athavan, Deepal Jayamanne, Yamuna Rajapakshe, Aflah Sadikeen, Kirthi Gunasekara, Amitha Fernando, Lilani Karunanayake

“…This study was conducted to identify the bacterial etiology of LRTIs among patients who attended the Central Chest Clinic in city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and their antibiotic susceptibility profile to enable clinicians to take decisions on effective empirical antibiotics. …”
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Adverse childhood experiences and health outcomes: a 20-year real-world study by Bárbara Martins, Tiago Taveira-Gomes, Tiago Taveira-Gomes, Tiago Taveira-Gomes, Joana Costa Gomes, Maria João Vidal-Alves, Maria João Vidal-Alves, Teresa Magalhães, Teresa Magalhães, Teresa Magalhães, Teresa Magalhães

“…The goal of this study is to analyze the prevalence of health outcomes in children <16 years of age, who were suspected of ACEs by physicians. The specific objectives consist of analyzing 3 health outcome groups: (a) traumatic injuries and intoxications; (b) mental health disorders; and (c) physical disorders.MethodsWe performed a real-world, retrospective, observational, cross-sectional, and multicentric study, using complementary data from electronic health records and healthcare registries from the local healthcare unit of Matosinhos, generated between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2021 (total child population <16 years observed during that period=40 536). …”
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Trends in clinical encounters and management for infertility among women attending Australian general practice: a national longitudinal study using MedicineInsight, 2011 to 2021 by Alice R Rumbold, Michael Davies, Danielle Mazza, Jacqueline Boyle, Vivienne Moore, Renae C Fernandez, Luke E Grzeskowiak

“…Objective To examine longitudinal trends in infertility management in women attending general practice.Design Cohort study using the national general practice dataset, MedicineInsight.Setting Australian general practice.Intervention(s) Not applicable.Participants The cohort included 2 552 339 women aged 18–49 years with one or more general practice clinical encounters between January 2011 and December 2021.Primary and secondary outcome measures(s) The primary outcome assessed was the proportion of women who had a clinical encounter related to infertility, stratified by year and age group. …”
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Effect on Balance Function in Patients with Parkinson's Disease Treated by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation by Na QIAO, Jianjun LU, Yongliang GUO, Wenhua ZHENG, Tiebin YAN

“…Objective:To observe the improvement of balance function in patients with Parkinson's disease treated by transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS).Methods:With double-blind, random and control studies, using the random number generator in SPSS 20.0 statistical software, a total of 49 patients with Parkinson's disease who met the inclusion criteria were divided into intervention group(<italic>n</italic>=25)and control group(<italic>n</italic>=24).In addition to the routine treatment, both of groups were given the treatment of tDCS respectively. …”
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Knowledge, attitude and practice of community pharmacy personnel in tuberculosis patient detection: a multicentre cross-sectional study in a high-burden tuberculosis setting by Rovina Ruslami, Rizky Abdulah, Rob E Aarnoutse, Ivan Surya Pradipta, Khairunnisa Khairunnisa, Muh Akbar Bahar, Mersa Nurain Kausar, Efi Fitriana

“…Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who worked in community pharmacies were assessed for their characteristics and KAP related to TBPD. …”
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Bladder-sparing therapy in a case report of huge muscle-invasive bladder IMT treated with 1470 nm diode laser en bloc resection followed by laparoscopic partial cystectomy by Junhao Chu, Huisheng Yuan, Zhihui Zhang, Jiajun Kan, Shishuai Duan, Zilong Wang, Zilong Wang, Zilong Wang, Muwen Wang

“…MRI and cystoscopy showed no recurrence during 1 year follow-up.ConclusionThis case presents a patient with a huge muscle-invasive bladder IMT who received bladder-sparing therapy through 1470 nm diode laser ERBT followed by laparoscopic partial cystectomy. …”
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Montmorillonite powder combined with liquid dressing and nursing management for a patient with bacterial pneumonia complicated by perianal incontinence dermatitis (1例细菌性肺炎并发肛周失禁性皮炎... by LI Ying (李影), REN Yaxing (任亚星), YUE Yuzi (岳玉姿), ZHANG Ning (张宁), HOU Pengxiao (候朋晓), LIU Haihan (刘海涵), HAN Jianping (韩建萍)

“…This paper reviewed the clinical data of a patient with bacterial pneumonia who developed perianal incontinence dermatitis during treatment. …”
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