Associations of healthy lifestyle and family income to poverty ratio with all-cause mortality among people with prediabetes and diabetes: a prospective cohort study by Zhu Li, Lin Zhou, Yongshi Wu, Tao Ding, Yuxin Gan, Xiang Fan

“…More than 2 healthy lifestyles were associated with 42% (HR, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.35–0.95) to 76% (HR, 0.24; 95% CI, 0.12–0.44) reduced risk of all-cause mortality among participants with prediabetes, but among those with diabetes, who had ≥ 4 healthy lifestyles were associated with 72% reduced risk of all-cause mortality (HR, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.09–0.90). …”
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Rapid antigen testing by community health workers for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study by Mahbubur Rahman, Ayesha Sania, Seonjoo Lee, Tahmina Shirin, A S M Alamgir, Yael K Rayport, Ahmed Nawsher Alam, Joanna Andrecka, Eric Brum, Fergus Chadwick, Tasnuva Chowdhury, Zakiul Hasan, Davina L Hill, Farzana Khan, Mikolaj Kundegorski, Motahara Tasneem, Katie Hampson

“…Community health workers, who were trained and supervised by medical technicians, performed rapid antigen tests on symptomatic individuals, and up to two additional household members in their households and diagnostic results were calibrated against the gold standard RT-PCR.Setting Low-income communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Participants Between 19 May 2021 and 11 July 2021, 1240 nasal and saliva samples were collected from symptomatic individuals and 993 samples from additional household members (up to two from one household).Results The sensitivity of rapid antigen tests was 0.68 on nasal samples (95% CI 0.62 to 0.73) and 0.41 on saliva (95% CI 0.35 to 0.46), with specificity also higher on nasal samples (0.98, 95% CI 0.97 to 0.99) than saliva (0.87, 95% CI 0.85 to 0.90). …”
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Quality of Life and Related Factors in Discharged Patients with COVID-19 by Jinzhuo HU, Wenhuan WU, Jinwen SUN, Wei ZHANG, Shu CHENG, Zicheng GAO, Jinghua QIAN

“…Objective:To determine the factors associated with quality of life of discharged patients with coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19), so as to provide a basis for optimizing early intervention programs, preventing community from life restriction, and formulating appropriate community rehabilitation measures.Methods:A total of 57 discharged patients with COVID-19 who were cured from Wuhan China resources& Wisco general hospital from March to April 2020. …”
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Physician’s perception and practices on antimicrobial resistance in a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study by Md Fuad Al Fidah, Md Abdullah Saeed Khan, Mohibbul Haque, Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Sabrin Shohid, Pilot Hossain, Rotna Rani Sen, Chaity Dey, Sumaiya Khan, Meherun Nahar Munni, Sonia Afroze Shopna, Razia Shultana, Nasreen Farhana, Shadman Sakib Choudhury

“…Antimicrobial misuse and overuse are key contributors to the emergence of drug-resistant infections.Objective The current study aimed to determine the level of perception and practices of physicians regarding AMR in a tertiary-level hospital.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting A tertiary care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Participants The study included 360 physicians who worked for more than 6 months in different departments of the hospital.Primary and secondary outcome measures Perceptions of AMR among physicians and secondary outcome measures were to find out the practices of physicians regarding AMR. …”
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Automated Measurement of Coronary Artery Calcifications and Routine Perioperative Blood Tests Predict Survival in Resected Stage I Lung Cancer by Federica Sabia, MSc, Camilla Valsecchi, MSc, Roberta Eufrasia Ledda, MD, Giorgio Bogani, MD, Riccardo Orlandi, MD, Luigi Rolli, MD, Michele Ferrari, MD, Maurizio Balbi, MD, Alfonso Marchianò, MD, Ugo Pastorino, MD

“…Methods: This study included 536 consecutive patients with stage I LC who underwent preoperative chest computed tomography followed by surgical resection. …”
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Airway pressures generated by high flow nasal cannula in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a computational study by Hossein Shamohammadi, Liam Weaver, Sina Saffaran, Roberto Tonelli, Marianna Laviola, John G. Laffey, Luigi Camporota, Timothy E. Scott, Jonathan G. Hardman, Enrico Clini, Declan G. Bates

“…Results When calibrated to represent normal lung physiology in healthy subjects, our model recapitulates the airway pressures produced by HFNC at different flow rates in healthy volunteers who were breathing normally, with their mouths closed or open. …”
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Men’s Attitudes Towards Participation in Organised Prostate Cancer Testing: An Abductive Thematic Analysis by Markus Arvendell, Lottie Phillips, Sara Delilovic, Moa Backman Enelius, Karin Olsson, Anetta Bolejko, Olof Akre, Sigrid Carlsson, Anne Richter, Anna Lantz

“…Methods: We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with 30 men (nine participants and 21 non-participants) from Stockholm County who received OPT invitations. We employed an abductive thematic analysis, a reflexive process of identifying theoretical explanations of emerging patterns, to identify themes in men’s responses. …”
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Predictive Factors for Failure of Noninvasive Ventilation in Adult Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Clinical Study by Qimin Chen, Ming Liu, Bo Liu, Wei Li, Daixiu Gao, Lulu Xie, Yu Wu, Liang Li, Ying Liu, Ying Wang, Tang Yan, Yuanyi Liu, Yumei Cheng, Xu Liu, Feng Shen

“…A predictive model based on the risk factors could help to discriminate patients who are vulnerable to NIV failure.…”
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Thulium laser enucleation of the prostate plus thulium fiber laser therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia combined with bladder stones by Chen Wang, Yuanwei Li, Yongjun Yang, Junjie Chen, Zhuo Li, Guangqing Song, Jia Chen, Liu Zhe, Yili Teng, Qiang Lu

“…Materials and methods: Thirty-one patients with BPH complicated by BSs who underwent ThuLEP+TFL at our institution between October 2020 and September 2022 were included in the observation group, while 31 patients undergoing TUEP plus bladder lithotomy during the same period constituted the control group. …”
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Genomic detection of Panton-Valentine Leucocidins encoding genes, virulence factors and distribution of antiseptic resistance determinants among Methicillin-resistant S. aureus iso... by Masoud A. Juma, Tolbert Sonda, Boaz Wadugu, Davis Kuchaka, Mariana Shayo, Petro Paulo, Patrick Kimu, Livin E. Kanje, Melkiory Beti, Marco Van Zwetselaar, Blandina Mmbaga, Happiness Kumburu

“…The isolates were collected from Inpatients and Outpatients who attended these hospitals from January 2020 to Dec 2021. …”
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Predictive Value of Urinary KIM-1, TIMP-2 and sTREM-1 for Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Elderly Patients After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Huang W, Wang R, Zhang P

“…Wu Huang, Rong Wang, Ping Zhang Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Rong Wang, Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, 139 Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-0731-85295173, Email Wangrong5913@163.comObjective: We aimed to address the predictive value of urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) and soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in elderly patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).Methods: One hundred thirty-six patients who underwent PCI were separated into the CI-AKI group (n = 36) and the non-CI-AKI group (n = 100) based on CI-AKI occurrence after operation, and their general data were collected. …”
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Baseline atherogenic index of plasma and its trajectory predict onset of type 2 diabetes in a health screened adult population: a large longitudinal study by Yongbing Sun, Xinbei Lin, Zhi Zou, Caiwen Zhao, Ao Liu, Jing Zhou, Zhonglin Li, Xiaoling Wu, Shewei Dou, Jiadong Zhu, Tao Li, Xue Lv, Yong Wang, Yongli Li

“…Methods This longitudinal study included data from 42,850 participants who underwent health check-ups at Henan Provincial People’s Hospital between January 2018 and August 2024. …”
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Dynamics of epidemiological indicators of glaucoma in the Republic of Bashkortostan for the period of 2010–2016 by M.M. Bikbov, A.E. Babushkin, I.I. Khusnitdinov, L. Kh. Murova, E.N. Matyukhina

“…In the course of conducted analysis, there was a decrease in patients, who underwent surgical treatment (from 27.9% to 23.7%), blind in one and both eyes (from 17.3% to 12.6%). …”
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Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) on Selected Surgeries in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department incurred by Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya  Yojana (AB-PMJAY), Privat... by Dr. Kumar Sumit, Reena Verma, Prajwal Salins, Helmut Brand, Siddhartha Sankar Acharya, Sagarika Kamath, rajesh kamath, Dr. Vidya Prabhu

“…Methodology A retrospective study was conducted at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Karnataka state of India to analyze OOPE for 905 OBG patients who underwent Cesarean Section(C-Section), Laparoscopic Hysterectomy, Laparoscopic Cystectomy, Laparoscopic Myomectomy and Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy (LAVH). …”
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Validation Indicator Identification and Customer Ranking in Microloans: A Study at Middle East Bank in Iran by Azadeh Ahmadi Kousha, Faegh Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein Ranjbar, Hamidreza Kordlouie

“…The statistical population of this research includes all retail banking clients of Digital Middle East Bank who seek low-interest loans at an annual rate of 2%, with a penalty rate of 6%. …”
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Should Echocardiographic Evaluation Be Performed Routinely in the First 72 Hours in Extremely Low Birth Weight Babies? by Ruya Colak, Senem Alkan Ozdemir, Ezgi Yangin Ergon, Ferit Kulali, Oguz Han Kalkanli, Tulin Gokmen Yildirim, Murat Muhtar Yilmazer, Cuneyt Zihni, Sebnem Calkavur

“…Study Design:This study was planned retrospectively and observationally.Between June2016 and December2018,36 patients diagnosed with hemodynamically significant PDA(hsPDA) who were hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit(NICU),with ≤28Gw or ≤1000g were included in this study.These babies were routinely performed ECHO for PDA between 24-72hours,although they were asymptomatic in the period from June2016 to December2017(n:23).Between January2018 and December2018, patients without PDA symptoms were expected to complete 72hours for routine PDA screening (n:13).The patients were divided into 2 groups as early ECHO group(EEG)(n=23) and late ECHO group (LEG)(n=13).In the presence of at least one of the clinical signs of systemic hypoperfusion and/or pulmonary hyperperfusion, symptomatic PDA was accepted and closure treatment was  applied with ibuprofen(n: 23) or paracetamol(n: 5).While the two groups were compared in terms of demographic features,ECHO findings,and the state of taking closure therapy,patients receiving closure therapy were compared in terms of mortality and premature morbidity. …”
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Arthralgia and Extraintestinal Manifestations in Crohn’s Disease Elevate the Risk of IBD-Related Arthritis over Sacroiliitis by Ivan Giovannini, Nicola Cabas, Marco Marino, Annarita Tullio, Ilaria Tinazzi, Angela Variola, Carmelo Cicciò, Fabro Cinzia, Berretti Debora, Chiara Zuiani, Rossano Girometti, Luca Quartuccio, Alen Zabotti, Lorenzo Cereser

“…Methods Between December 2012 and May 2020, consecutive patients with CD who performed MRE were enrolled in the study. Patients with a previous diagnosis of IBD-related arthritis were excluded. …”
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Prediction of Pathologic Response in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Downstaging with Locoregional and Systemic Combination Therapy by Yang C, Chen Y, Sheng L, Wang Y, Zhang X, Yang Y, Ronot M, Jiang H, Song B

“…Chongtu Yang,1,2,* Yidi Chen,1,2,* Liuji Sheng,1,2 Yanshu Wang,1,2 Xiaoyun Zhang,3 Yang Yang,4 Maxime Ronot,5 Hanyu Jiang,1,2 Bin Song1,2,6 1Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 2Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 3Division of Liver Surgery, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 4Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Radiology, Hôpital Beaujon (Université de Paris), Clichy, France; 6Department of Radiology, Sanya People’s Hospital, Sanya, Hainan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hanyu Jiang; Bin Song, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People’s Republic of China, Email hanyu_jiang@foxmail.com; songlab_radiology@163.comBackground: The combination of locoregional and systemic therapy may achieve remarkable tumor response for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Objective: We aimed to investigate the correlation between radiologic and pathologic responses following combination therapy, evaluate their prognostic values, and to establish a non-invasive prediction system for pathologic response.Methods: This single-center retrospective study included 112 consecutive patients with HCC who underwent locoregional and systemic combination therapy followed by liver resection or transplantation. …”
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Evaluation of Medical Care for Diabetic and Hypertensive Patients in Primary Care in Mexico: Observational Retrospective Study by Agustin Lara-Esqueda, Sergio A. Zaizar-Fregoso, Violeta M. Madrigal-Perez, Mario Ramirez-Flores, Daniel A. Montes-Galindo, Margarita L. Martinez-Fierro, Iram P. Rodriguez-Sanchez, José Guzman-Esquivel, Carmen Meza-Robles, Gabriel Ceja-Espiritu, Pablo A. Kuri-Morales, Josuel Delgado-Enciso, Armando Barriguete-Melendez, Hector R. Galvan-Salazar, Carlos E. Barajas-Saucedo, Elvin Guillermo-Espinosa, Agustin D. Lara-Basulto, Jesus F. Gonzalez-Roldan, Ivan Delgado-Enciso

“…Goals for glycemic and hypertension reached 50% in the overall population, while serum lipids, clinical follow-up examinations, and referral to a specialist were deficient. Patients who had both diseases had more consultations, better control for hypertension and lipids, but inferior glycemic control. …”
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Longitudinal impact of cross-clamp duration on postoperative sleep disturbance and quality of life in elderly cardiac surgery patients: a secondary analysis of the MINDDS trial by Grace E. Namirembe, Jamie Sparling, Alexis Novak, Ariel Mueller, Julia Bertsch, Kwame Wiredu, Jason Z. Qu, M. Brandon Westover, Timothy T. Houle, Oluwaseun Akeju

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to assess the enduring impact of cross-clamp duration on postoperative sleep disturbance and functional outcomes (up to 180 days) in cardiac surgery patients.DesignThis is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized, double-blind trial comparing dexmedetomidine to placebo for delirium prevention (Minimizing ICU Neurological Dysfunction with Dexmedetomidine-induced Sleep).SettingData from patients recruited at a tertiary medical center in Boston, Massachusetts, between March 2017 and February 2022 were analyzed in January 2024.ParticipantsThe study included 394 patients aged ≥60 who underwent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.InterventionsThe primary exposure was cross-clamp time, while secondary exposures included surgical type [isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or not] and dexmedetomidine randomization.Measurements and main resultsThe primary outcome was sleep quality, assessed using the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance questionnaire at 30, 90, and 180 days postoperatively. …”
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