Investigation of vitamin D deficiency in girls with growth and development variations—a single center study by Panwang Huang, Panwang Huang, Beilei Zeng, Beilei Zeng, Feng Ren, Yuan Zhou, Yuan Zhou, Ye Li, Ye Li, Yinyin Huang, Yinyin Huang, Xingyu Liu, Xingyu Liu, Jiaxiu Zhou, Jiaxiu Zhou, Yaping Ma, Yaping Ma

“…PurposeTo understand the status of vitamin D deficiency in girls with growth and developmental variations, as well as the impact of COVID−19 on their vitamin D levels, and to provide reference for the prevention and treatment of vitamin D deficiency in children.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on 1,345 instances of girls with growth and developmental variations who visited our pediatric endocrinology department and completed vitamin D detection. …”
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Effectiveness of a specialist palliative home care nurse–patient consultation followed by an interprofessional telephone case conference compared with usual care among patients wit... by Judith Dams, Hans-Helmut König, Tim Friede, Nils Schneider, Stephanie Stiel, Martin Scherer, Silke Böttcher, Gabriella Marx, Ingmar Schäfer, Nadine Janis Pohontsch, Hendrik van den Bussche, Friedemann Nauck, Michael Freitag, Eva Hummers, Tina Mallon, Franziska Schade, Manuel Zimansky, Thomas Asendorf, Christiane A Mueller

“…Due to the complex medical conditions and prognostic uncertainty of the course of CNMD, early interprofessional care planning among general practitioners who provide general palliative care and specialist palliative home care (SPHC) teams seems mandatory. …”
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Impact of iron chelation with deferasirox on telomere length and oxidative stress in hemodialysis patients: A randomized study by Blanca Olivia Murillo Ortiz, Joel Ramírez Emiliano, Marcos Javier Romero Vázquez, Lauro Fabián Amador Medina, Sandra Martínez Garza, Edna Montserrat Ramos Rodríguez

“…Methods: This is an open-label study, with a control group of patients undergoing hemodialysis, who will receive treatment with deferasirox 15 mg/kg/day for 6 months for iron chelation. …”
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Abortion-related complications in Brazil: results from the World Health Organization Multi-country Survey on Abortion (MCS-A) by Nelio Neves Veiga Junior, Luiz Francisco Cintra Baccaro, Adriana Mendonça da Silva Alexandrino, Alexandre Volta Andrade do Nascimento, Camila Tereza Camilo Clerot, Cintya Andreia do Nascimento Santos, Claudia Lucrécia de Matos Silva, Claudio Lucio de Medeiros Albuquerque, Débora Paulo Santos, Demétrio Antonio Gonçalves da S. Gomes, Édson Cunha de Araújo Junior, Elizabete das Chagas Vilanova, Georgina Costa Teixeira, Graciete Helena Nascimento dos Santos, Guilherme Augusto Guerra Avelar, Iara Elce Lopes Barros, Jaqueline Polon Abboud, Jeane Cristina Antas Lins, Joanne Thalita Pereira Silva, Kelma H. Aguiar de Lucena, Lara Wanderley Paes Barbosa, Lia Ferreira Caixeta Barreto de Siqueira, Luciana de Melo Freitas Carneiro, Lucila Nagata, Márcia de Oliveira Pereira Lúcio, Maria Cleane Rodrigues da Silva, Maria da Conceição Ribeiro Simões, Maria Fernanda da Mota Magalhães, Mariana Viana Almeida, Michelle Regina Faria Lira, Nádia Martins de Paula Souza, Rafael Martins Papa, Rafael Ribeiro Matos, Renata Porto Pinheiro, Roberta Souza dos Anjos, Suelen Miranda de Jesus, Tedy Roger Flores Ynturias, Valéria Cristina Gonçalves, Viviane Resende de Abreu Caetano

“…Factors associated with moderate vs. mild complications were expulsion of products of conception before arrival to health facility (PR = 2.55; 95%CI: 1.64-3.96) and having been treated in Maranhão (PR = 0.58; 95%CI: 0.38-0.87). Most women who responded to the interview were treated kindly (95.6%), however, 66.7% felt stressed and 10.1% reported that their preferences were not respected during hospitalization. …”
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Instance maps as an organising concept for complex experimental workflows as demonstrated for (nano)material safety research by Benjamin Punz, Maja Brajnik, Joh Dokler, Jaleesia D. Amos, Litty Johnson, Katie Reilly, Anastasios G. Papadiamantis, Amaia Green Etxabe, Lee Walker, Diego S. T. Martinez, Steffi Friedrichs, Klaus M. Weltring, Nazende Günday-Türeli, Claus Svendsen, Christine Ogilvie Hendren, Mark R. Wiesner, Martin Himly, Iseult Lynch, Thomas E. Exner

“…Managing the data flows, with a focus on provenance (who generated the data and for what purpose) and quality (how was the data generated, using which protocol with which controls), as part of good research output management, is necessary to maximise the reuse potential and value of the data. …”
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Long-Term Safety of Ixekizumab Treatment in Patients with Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, or Axial Spondyloarthritis: a Post Hoc Analysis of Cerebro-Cardiovascular Events by Mark Lebwohl, Atul Deodhar, Sergio Schwartzman, Carlo Salvarani, Meghan Feely McDonald, Natalia Bello, Elsie L. Grace, Elsa Inman, Andris Kronbergs, Marcus Ngantcha, Proton Rahman, Kim A. Papp, Joseph F. Merola, Alice B. Gottlieb, Andrew Blauvelt

“…., adjudicated cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and non-fatal stroke), DVT, and PE was assessed in adults who received ≥ 1 dose of IXE across 25 randomized clinical trials (17 PsO, 4 PsA, 4 axSpA). …”
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Analisis Klasifikasi Sentimen Ulasan pada E-Commerce Shopee Berbasis Word Cloud dengan Metode Naive Bayes dan K-Nearest Neighbor by Josua Josen Alexander Limbong, Irwan Sembiring, kristoko dwi hartomo

“…Also besides, potential customers who read online reviews can be significantly affected by the sentiment of the reviews listed in the review column. …”
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Retrospective comparative survival analysis of ablation plus systemic therapy versus systemic therapy alone for breast cancer liver metastases, stratified by extrahepatic metastase... by Xuxiazi Zou, Hong-Liang Zou, Xuan Luo, Xu-Wei Chen, Wei-Ling Huang, Chao Zhang, Ge Ren, Jin-Hua Huang, Xue Han, Yi-Quan Jiang

“…Materials and methods: This retrospective study analyzed patients with BCLM who received either AS or systemic therapy alone. …”
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Outcomes of patients after successful left ventricular assist device explantation: a EUROMACS study by Christiaan F.J. Antonides, Felix Schoenrath, Theo M.M.H. deBy, Rahatullah Muslem, Kevin Veen, Yunus C. Yalcin, Ivan Netuka, Jan Gummert, Evgenij V. Potapov, Bart Meyns, Mustafa Özbaran, David Schibilsky, Kadir Caliskan, the EUROMACS investigators

“…A total of 45 (1.4%) cases with myocardial recovery resulting in successful LVAD explantation were identified. Compared with those who did not experience myocardial recovery, the explanted patients were younger (44 vs. 56 years, P < 0.001), had a shorter duration of cardiac disease (P < 0.001), and were less likely to have ischaemic cardiomyopathy (9% vs. 41.8%, P < 0.001). …”
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A 4-Week Mobile App–Based Telerehabilitation Program vs Conventional In-Person Rehabilitation in Older Adults With Sarcopenia: Randomized Controlled Trial by Lu Zhang, Ying Ge, Wowa Zhao, Xuan Shu, Lin Kang, Qiumei Wang, Ying Liu

“…Telerehabilitation may be a convenient and effective alternative for older adults with sarcopenia who have limited access to rehabilitation resources. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Options of Peripheral Spondyloarthritis by ZENG Lulu, JI Xiaojian, HU Lidong, HU Jiawen, ZHANG Yinan, ZHANG Jiaxin, LIU Xingkang, YANG Shiwei, HUANG Feng

“…ObjectiveTo compare the differences in clinical features and treatment choices between peripheral spondyloarthritis(pSpA) and axial spondyloarthritis(axSpA), and better understand the clinical characteristics and medication needs of pSpA.MethodsOur study is a retrospective cohort study. The patients who first visited the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital between January 2016 and December 2022 and were diagnosed with axSpA or pSpA according to the classification criteria established by the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society were selected as the study subjects. …”
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Studying the Digital Intervention Engagement–Mediated Relationship Between Intrapersonal Measures and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Second... by Michael P Williams, Justin Manjourides, Louisa H Smith, Crissi B Rainer, Lisa B Hightow-Weidman, Danielle F Haley

“… BackgroundImproving adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) via digital health interventions (DHIs) for young sexual and gender minority men who have sex with men (YSGMMSM) is promising for reducing the HIV burden. …”
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Anlotinib in combination with metronomic chemotherapy in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: an observational and retrospective study by Jiaxuan Liu, Jiayang Zhang, Huiping Li, Guohong Song, Lijun Di, Hanfang Jiang, Ying Yan, Huan Wang, Jing Wang, Xiaoran Liu, Bin Shao, Qiao Li

“…Patients with HER2 negative MBC who received metronomic chemotherapy (Vinorelbine (NVB), Capecitabine (CAPE), Etoposide (VP-16)) with anlotinib were retrospectively analyzed from Jan 2019 to Dec 2021. …”
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Psychometric properties and meaningful change thresholds for the QOL-E instrument in patients with myelodysplastic neoplasms by Esther Natalie Oliva, Shien Guo, Jennifer Lord-Bessen, Aylin Yucel, Roberto Latagliata, Massimo Breccia, Giuseppe A. Palumbo, Grazia Sanpaolo, Marta Riva, Valeria Santini, Uwe Platzbecker, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, Pierre Fenaux, Christopher G. Pelligra

“…One of the main treatment goals is improving quality of life (QoL), particularly for patients with lower-risk MDS (LR-MDS) who may live longer with compromised QoL. The QOL-E© is a patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure specifically developed to address the lack of a health-related QoL questionnaire for patients with MDS. …”
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Development and validation of a hyperlipidemia risk prediction model for middle-aged and older adult Chinese using 2015 CHARLS data by Li-xiang Zhang, Shan-Bing Hou, Fang-fang Zhao, Ting-ting Wang, Ying Jiang, Xiao-juan Zhou, Jiao-yu Cao

“…ObjectiveTo develop and validate a predictive model for hyperlipidemia risk among middle-aged and older adult individuals in China, this study aims to offer an effective screening tool for identifying those at risk.MethodsIn this study, we included 6,629 middle-aged and older adult individuals, aged 45 and above, who met the inclusion criteria from the 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) as our research subjects. …”
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Physical Activity Behavior in Swiss Secondary School Students: A Segmented Analysis by Marion Gasser, Andrea-Maria Nadenbousch, Fabienne Egger, Mario Kamer, Stefan Valkanover, Mirko Schmidt

“… Introduction Physical activity (PA) levels decline from childhood to adolescence, and many Swiss adolescents do not achieve the WHO's recommendation of 60 minutes of daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) (Bringolf-Isler et al. 2016). …”
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Effect of feedforward control combined with tracking method on reducing the incidence of blockage of intravenous indwelling needle in perioperative patients (前馈控制追踪法在降低围手术期患者静脉留置针堵... by ZHANG Jianfang (张建芳), SHI Lihua (施丽华), LIN Yiqing (林依青), FENG Qi (冯绮), CHEN Qiyu (陈麒羽), LI Liqin (李立勤)

“…Objective To investigate the effect of feedforward control combined with tracking method on reducing the incidence of blockage of intravenous indwelling needle in perioperative patients. Totally 852 patients who received intravenous infusion therapy were recruited and divided into two groups according to the odd-even number of admission: 424 patients with odd number in the control group and 428 patients with even number in the observation group. …”
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Atrial fibrillation outcomes in patients from Asia and non-Asia countries: insights from GARFIELD-AF by Karen Pieper, Xian-hong Fang, Kai Sun, Ajay K Kakkar, Saverio Virdone, Shinya Goto, Gloria Kayani, Zhi-Cheng Jing, John Camm, Chun-Yan Cheng, Tian-Yu Lian, Xi-Jie Zhu, Xian-Mei Li

“…Both Asian and non-Asian patients who received NOAC at enrolment experienced lower all-cause mortality and non-haemorrhagic stroke/SE compared with patients on other treatments or none.All-cause mortality, non-cardiovascular mortality and major bleeding were less frequent in patients from Asia versus non-Asia (HR (95% CI): 0.62 (0.39 to 0.99), 0.52 (0.28 to 0.97), 0.58 (0.36 to 0.96), respectively). …”
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Dietary and lifestyle patterns identified through reduced rank regression and their association with insulin-related disorders: a prospective analysis from the Tehran Lipid and Glu... by Ebrahim Mokhtari, Hossein Farhadnejad, Farshad Teymoori, Mitra Kazemi Jahromi, Mehrnaz Nikkhah, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi

“…Methods The current study was conducted on 1063 individuals aged ≥ 25 years old of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study who have complete data on fasting blood sugar, plasma insulin, anthropometric variables, and nutritional intakes. …”
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Can smoking duration alone replace pack-years to predict the risk of smoking-related oncogenic mutations in non-small cell lung cancer? A cross-sectional study in Japan by Masahiko Ando, Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Akihiro Tamiya, Akihide Matsumura, Koichi Ogawa, Yasuhiro Koh, Hiroyasu Kaneda, Motohiro Izumi, Yoshiya Matsumoto, Kenji Sawa, Mitsuru Fukui, Naoki Yoshimoto, Akihito Kubo, Shun-ichi Isa, Hideo Saka, Tomoya Kawaguchi

“…Objective To investigate whether smoking duration alone can replace pack-years to predict the risk of oncogenic mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Design A cross-sectional study using the baseline dataset from the Japan Molecular Epidemiology for Lung Cancer Study.Setting Forty-three medical institutions nationwide in Japan.Participants From July 2012 to December 2013, 957 patients with newly diagnosed stage I–IIIB NSCLC who underwent surgery were enrolled, and molecular analyses were performed on 876 samples (from 441 ever-smokers and 435 never-smokers).Main outcomes measured We calculated the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) values using logistic regression to compare between the predictive values of smoking duration and pack-years for mutational frequencies in the v-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS), tumour suppressor p53 (TP53), and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) genes and for cytosine-to-adenine base substitution (C&gt;A).Results For predicting KRAS mutations, the AUC values for smoking duration and pack-years were 0.746 (95% CI 0.682 to 0.800) and 0.759 (95% CI 0.700 to 0.810), respectively (p=0.058). …”
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