Mobile-based in-home telerehabilitation compared with in-hospital face-to-face rehabilitation for elderly patients after total hip arthroplasty in China's level 1 trauma center: a... by Yang Zhou, Yiming Lyu, Qiaojie Wang, Yanhong Ma, Lihua Huang, Xin Zhang, Xin Zhang

“…There was no significant difference in primary and secondary outcome measures between the two groups.ConclusionOur results showed the noninferiority of in-home telerehabilitation and advocated its application as a reliable alternative to in-hospital face-to-face rehabilitation for patients who underwent THA.Clinical Trial Registrationhttps://www.chictr.org.cn/, Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (Number: ChiCTR1900025825).…”
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Application of Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for the Detection of Pathogens in Pulmonary Infections by Dai X, Xu K, Tong Y, Li J, Dai L, Shi J, Xie H, Chen X

“…Xianning Dai,1 Kai Xu,1 Yu Tong,1 Jing Li,2 Liya Dai,1 Jianyou Shi,1 Haibin Xie,3 Xi Chen3 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wenzhou People’s Hospital, Wenzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of PCCM, Wenzhou People’s Hospital, Wenzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Immunization Planning, Prevention and Health Care, Centers for Disease Control of Luchen, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xi Chen, Department of Immunization Planning, Prevention and health care,Centers for Disease Control of Luchen, No. 3320 Guojing Road, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325005, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 577 56760657, Fax +86 577 56760654, Email cxbrook0577@163.comObjective: This study aims to evaluate the utility of targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) for hospitalized patients with pulmonary infections.Methods: A cohort of 358 patients who received diagnosis and treatment for respiratory infections in the department of Respiratory Medicine at Wenzhou People’s hospital from January 2023 to April 2024 were selected for this study. …”
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Endovascular Treatment of Mirror Aneurysms in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients: Single Stage or Multiple Stage? by Yunfei Song, Guoqiang Song, Guijing Liu, Limei Mao, Xiuhu An, Chao Peng, Jian Li, Yan Chen, Hongwen Li, Changkai Hou, Bangyue Wang, Yan Zhao, Xiangdong Wang, Gangfeng Yin, Xinyu Yang

“…Materials and Methods Our research team performed a prospective study, focusing on the radiographic and clinical data of patients diagnosed with subarachnoid hemorrhage, specifically those who presented with Mirror Aneurysms upon admission to our institutions. …”
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Combined morphology and radiomics of intravoxel incoherent movement as a predictive model for the pathologic complete response before neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with brea... by Yunyan Zheng, Hui Zhang, Huijian Chen, Yang Song, Ping Lu, Mingping Ma, Mengbo Lin, Muzhen He

“…BackgroundTo develop a predictive model using baseline imaging of morphology and radiomics derived from intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM-DWI) to determine the pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in breast cancer patients.MethodsA total of 265 patients who underwent 3.0 T MRI scans before NACT were examined. …”
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Papillary Urothelial Neoplasia with Low Malignant Potential (PUNLMP) in a 9-year-old Child: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Abbas Al Bazzal, Amarelle Chamoun, Zeinab Karaki, Ibrahim Ballout, Bachar Al Al, Linda Chamma, Hussein Issa, Mohamad Moussa, Hiba Hamdar

“…We describe a 9-year-old boy who presented with painless gross hematuria for three months. …”
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Timing of surgery in acute burn care: A multicentre registry-based cohort study by Roos F.C. Salemans, Denise van Uden, Ymke Lucas, Anouk Pijpe, Eelke Bosma, Esther Middelkoop, Michiel H.J. Verhofstad, Margriet E. van Baar, Cornelis H. van der Vlies

“…A multicentre registry-based cohort study was conducted using data from the Dutch Burn Repository R3 (2009–2021), including adult patients who underwent surgery at a Dutch burn centre. The primary outcome was surgical timing, with patients classified into early (≤7 days) and late surgery (>7 days) groups. …”
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EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON CIRCADIAN ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE by Oksana Yadzhyn, Tetiana Solomenchuk

“…The patients were divided into 2 groups: Group I - 35 smokers (mean age - 60.09±1.66 years), Group II - 35 individuals who have never smoked (mean age - 62.31±1.04 years). …”
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Risk Factors for Coronary Events After Robotic Hybrid Off-Pump Coronary Revascularization by Aleksander Dokollari, Beatrice Bacchi, Serge Sicouri, Francesco Cabrucci, Massimo Bonacchi, Danielle Spragan, Mary Ann C. Wertan, Nitin Ghorpade, Stephanie Kjelstrom, Georgia Montone, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Basel Ramlawi, Francis Sutter

“…Methods: We identified all consecutive patients who underwent robotic HCR at our institution. Baseline characteristics were explored as possible risk factors for angina, MI, and repeat revascularization with stents at any time during the follow-up. …”
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Very first real-world data on zongertinib use in non-small cell lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations: A brief report by Oliver Illini, Anna Sophie Lang-Stöberl, Hannah Fabikan, Christoph Weinlinger, Arschang Valipour, Maximilian J. Hochmair

“…Methods: We report real-world data on six consecutive patients with HER2-mutant NSCLC who received zongertinib through a named patient use program between December 2023 and June 2024. …”
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Increased Mortality After Lower Extremity Amputation in a Danish Nationwide Cohort: The Mediating Role of Postoperative Complications by Brix ATH, Petersen TG, Nymark T, Schmal H, Lindberg-Larsen M, Rubin KH

“…Windsløws vej 4, Odense, 5000, Denmark, Tel +45 3027 2862, Email anna.trier.heiberg.brix@rsyd.dkObjective: Patients who undergo major lower extremity amputation (MLEA) have the highest postoperative mortality among orthopedic patient groups. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to implementation of a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme for patients with heart failure in the NHS: a mixed-methods study by Rod S Taylor, Paulina Daw, Samantha B van Beurden, Jet J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Alexander Harrison, Sinead T J McDonagh, Patrick J Doherty, Colin J Greaves, Hasnain M Dalal, Grace E R Wood

“…The online survey was later offered to subsequent NHS staff who took part in the online REACH-HF training. Normalisation Process Theory was used as a theoretical framework to guide data collection/analysis.Results Seventeen healthcare professionals working at the Beacon Sites were interviewed and 17 survey responses were received (20% response rate). …”
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Comparison of sagittal measurements of cervical spine in spondylosis patients between Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Radiograph [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Rajagopal Kadavigere, Saikiran Pendem, Varsha R, Tancia Pires, Surbhi Gupta Aggarwal, Shailesh S Nayak, Priyanka -, Maria Nicolet

“…Methods The study was done retrospectively. 77 patients who underwent both MRI and radiograph were included in the study. …”
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Psychological well-being and academic performance of Ukrainian medical students under the burden of war: a cross-sectional study by Mykhaylo Korda, Arkadii Shulhai, Oksana Shevchuk, Oleksandra Shulhai, Anna-Mariia Shulhai, Anna-Mariia Shulhai

“…The study aimed to determine the psychological well-being and academic achievements of Ukrainian medical students who lived in the rear areas after the 18 months of the Russian–Ukrainian war.MethodsThe cross-sectional study was conducted at I.Ya. …”
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Perception of undergraduate emergency medical services students about mental health by Abdullah Alruwaili, Ahmed Alanazy, Fatimah Alyousif, Kawthar Alnajjad, Asrar Alali

“…We conducted a quasi-experimental design study for forth year students who were enrolled in a mental health block and have been added to King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and were asked to partake in pre- and post-subject surveys. …”
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Mismatch repair, p53, and L1 cell adhesion molecule status influence the response to chemotherapy in advanced and recurrent endometrial cancer by Jung Chul Kim, Byungsoo Ahn, Yong Jae Lee, Eun Ji Nam, Sang Wun Kim, Sunghoon Kim, Young Tae Kim, Eunhyang Park, Jung-Yun Lee

“…Methods This single-center retrospective cohort study included chemotherapy-naïve patients with advanced-stage (III/IV) or recurrent EC between January 2015 and June 2022 (n = 156), who were administered chemotherapy as adjuvant therapy or first-line palliative treatment. …”
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Mediolateral episiotomy and obstetric anal sphincter injuries in nullipara: a propensity score matching study by Or Bercovich, Daniela Chen, Bar Narkis, Anat Pardo, Eran Hadar, Asnat Walfisch, Ohad Houri

“…Methods Retrospective study of all nulliparous women with a singleton gestation who underwent term vaginal delivery or vacuum-assisted delivery. …”
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Usefulness of Automatic Speech Recognition Assessment of Children With Speech Sound Disorders: Validation Study by Do Hyung Kim, Joo Won Jeong, Dayoung Kang, Taekyung Ahn, Yeonjung Hong, Younggon Im, Jaewon Kim, Min Jung Kim, Dae-Hyun Jang

“…ResultsThis study included 30 children aged 3-7 years who were suspected of having SSDs. The phoneme error rates for the APAC and U-TAP were 8.42% (457/5430) and 8.91% (402/4514), respectively, indicating discrepancies between the ASR model and SLP transcriptions across all phonemes. …”
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miR-182 promoter hypermethylation predicts the better outcome of AML patients treated with AZA + VEN in a real-world setting by Yilan Xu, Danyang Li, Na Wang, Bei Ge, Chen Meng, Min Zhao, Zihan Lin, Min Li, Yigang Yuan, Yue Cai, Liuzhi Shi, Shenmeng Gao, Haige Ye

“…Abstract Background 5-Azacytidine (AZA) combined with the BCL2 inhibitor Venetoclax (VEN) is the standard treatment for elderly acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients or those who are unfit for intensive chemotherapy (elderly or unfit AML). …”
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Examine the Availability and Safety of Mucosal Cutting Biopsy Technique for Diagnosis of Gastric Submucosal Tumor by Kazuhiro Mizukami, Osamu Matsunari, Ryo Ogawa, Yuka Hirashita, Kazuhisa Okamoto, Kensuke Fukuda, Akira Sonoda, Hidetoshi Akiyama, Sotaro Ozaka, Yoshinari Kawahara, Tadayoshi Okimoto, Masaaki Kodama, Kazunari Murakami

“…The subjects were patients aged ≥20 years old in whom an SMT was seen on esophagogastroduodenography and who underwent MCB between January 2012 and December 2016. …”
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Corticosteroid Pulses for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: Effects on Mortality by Ivan Cusacovich, Álvaro Aparisi, Miguel Marcos, Cristina Ybarra-Falcón, Carolina Iglesias-Echevarria, Maria Lopez-Veloso, Julio Barraza-Vengoechea, Carlos Dueñas, Santiago Antonio Juarros Martínez, Beatriz Rodríguez-Alonso, José-Ángel Martín-Oterino, Miguel Montero-Baladia, Leticia Moralejo, David Andaluz-Ojeda, Roberto Gonzalez-Fuentes

“…We selected patients with confirmed COVID-19 and lung involvement with a pO2/FiO2<300, excluding those exposed to immunosuppressors before or during hospitalization, patients terminally ill at admission, or those who died in the first 24 hours. We performed a propensity score matching (PSM) adjusting covariates that modify the probability of being treated. …”
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