Análisis de modelos algorítmicos de aprendizaje automático para la predicción del estado vital a los seis meses tras fractura de cadera en pacientes mayores de 74 años by I. Calvo Lorenzo, I. Uriarte Llano, M.R. Mateo Citores, Y. Rojo Maza, U. Agirregoitia Enzunza

“…Material and methods: The study population is a cohort of patients over 74 years of age who suffered a hip fracture between May 2020 and December 2022. …”
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Black Boarding Academies as a Prudential Reparation by Roy Brooks

“…Although at one time I was among scholars who had hoped Black Reparations could deliver a much-needed Third Reconstruction, I would be remiss as a passionate supporter of Black Reparations for many decades to ignore the cold facts—reparations have never successfully reconstructed a society. …”
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The associations of physical activity patterns and the triglyceride-glucose index in US adults: a secondary data analysis of NHANES (2007–2018) by JinYe Zhang, YiLin Yang, HaoNan Zheng, BoWen Bai, QianKun Yang, Li Zhang, YuTong Zhao, Jing Luo, Bin Yu

“…Nevertheless, the weekend warrior approach can provide a practical alternative for individuals who are unable to engage in consistent exercise.…”
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Evaluating the Acceptance and Usability of an Independent, Noncommercial Search Engine for Medical Information: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study and User Behavior Tracking Analy... by Lisa Specht, Raphael Scheible, Martin Boeker, Erik Farin-Glattacker, Nikolas Kampel, Marina Schmölz, Andrea Schöpf-Lazzarino, Stefan Schulz, Christian Schlett, Fabian Thomczyk, Sebastian Voigt-Radloff, Constanze Wegner, Katharina Wollmann, Andy Maun

“…Furthermore, 92.3% (518/561), 93.9% (553/589), 94.7% (567/599), and 96.5% (600/622) of those users who used the filters agreed at least partially that the filter functions were helpful in finding trustworthy, recent, user-friendly, or comprehensible results. …”
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Perfusion mode as a factor of appearance of cognitive dysfunction in patients after on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting by S.M. Sudakevych, О.А. Loskutov, І.P. Shlapak, V.V. Babenko, B.М. Todurov

“…Group 1 included patients who had a perfusion pressure maintained at a level of 40–60 mm Hg during the CPB, group 2 – more than 60 mm Hg. …”
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Impact of bariatric surgery on liver fibrosis indices among type 2 diabetes patients in a national cohort by Arsalan Seyedi, Soghra Rabizadeh, Sahar Karimpour Reyhan, Sara Hobaby, Samira Amin Afshari, Mostafa Shomalzadeh, Seyed Ali Nabipoorashrafi, Nasrin Asgari Soran, Amirhossein Yadegar, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Fatemeh Moosaei, Elahe Saffari, Sajedeh Riazi, Fatemeh Sarv, Manouchehr Nakhjavani, Abdolreza Pazouki, Alireza Esteghamati

“…This is a retrospective cohort, evaluating 1205 individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and living with obesity, who experienced bariatric surgery. These patients living with T2D and obesity were monitored after bariatric surgery for two years. …”
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Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Combined with Kinesio Taping on Plantar Fasciitis by Mingliang JIN, Hua YUAN, Xu HU, Xu JIN, Hongru YUAN, Jiajin FAN

“…Objective:To explore the clinical effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) combined with kinesio taping (KT) in the treatment of plantar fasciitis (PF).Methods:A total of 87 patients who met the clinical diagnosis standard of plantar fasciitis were randomly divided into control group, ESWT group and ESWT+KT group, with 29 cases in each group. …”
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Cardiovascular function shows early impairment in asymptomatic adolescents diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus: an ultrasound-derived myocardial work study by Martina Ghirardo, Martina Ghirardo, Irene Cattapan, Irene Cattapan, Jolanda Sabatino, Jolanda Sabatino, Alice Pozza, Alice Pozza, Jennifer Fumanelli, Jennifer Fumanelli, Martina Avesani, Joaquin Gutierrez De Rubalcava Doblas, Carlo Moretti, Biagio Castaldi, Giovanni Di Salvo

“…This study aims to provide a comprehensive non-invasive cardiovascular evaluation of T1D adolescents using both conventional and advanced echocardiography.MethodsWe enrolled 31 patients, aged between 13 and 19 years, who were diagnosed with T1D for at least 10 years and were followed up by the Paediatric Diabetology Unit of our institution. …”
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Reactive agility training to prevent frailty in older adults – a randomized controlled trial. by Eric Lichtenstein, Martin Keller, Ralf Roth, Sebastian Ludyga, Oliver Faude

“…Psychosocial health was evaluated using surveys such as CES-D, WHO-QoL-Bref, ISI, FES-I, and PSS. Data analysis was performed using linear mixed-effects models, examining group×time interactions standardized to baseline standard deviation. …”
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Exploring the Relationship Between Sleep Apnea, Myocardial Infarct Size, and Coronary Collaterals in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Multidisciplinary Study by Kundel V, Devarakonda K, Khan S, Suarez-Farinas M, Cohen O, Santos-Gallego C, Menegus MA, Kini A, Vengrenyuk Y, Okamoto N, Ueda H, Gidwani U, Kizer JR, Redline S, Kaplan R, Shah N

“…Vaishnavi Kundel,1 Kavya Devarakonda,1 Samira Khan,1 Mayte Suarez-Farinas,1 Oren Cohen,1 Carlos Santos-Gallego,1 Mark A Menegus,2 Annapoorna Kini,1 Yuliya Vengrenyuk,1 Naotaka Okamoto,1 Hiroshi Ueda,1 Umesh Gidwani,1 Jorge R Kizer,3 Susan Redline,4 Robert Kaplan,2,5 Neomi Shah1 1Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; 2Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; 3Cardiology Section, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 4Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 5Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USACorrespondence: Vaishnavi Kundel, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1232, New York, NY, 10029, USA, Tel +1-212-241-1967, Email Vaishnavi.kundel@mssm.eduPurpose: We designed a study investigating the cardioprotective role of sleep apnea (SA) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), focusing on its association with infarct size and coronary collateral circulation.Methods: We recruited adults with AMI, who underwent Level-III SA testing during hospitalization. …”
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Lipoxin A4 levels correlate with severity in a Spanish COVID-19 cohort: potential use of endogenous pro-resolving mediators as biomarkers by Sergio Sánchez-García, Rafael I. Jaén, Roberto Lozano-Rodríguez, José Avendaño-Ortiz, Alejandro Pascual‐Iglesias, Laura Hurtado-Navarro, Eduardo López-Collazo, Eduardo López-Collazo, Lisardo Boscá, Lisardo Boscá, Patricia Prieto, Patricia Prieto, Patricia Prieto

“…This differential prognosis is tightly related to the inflammatory status of the patient. Although WHO declared the end of the emergency, the pandemic caused a great socio-sanitary impact in all countries. …”
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Successful Management of Peri-Implantitis around Short and Ultrashort Single-Crown Implants: A Case Series with a 3-Year Follow-Up by Giorgio Lombardo, Mauro Marincola, Andrea Cicconetti, Miguel Angel Simancas-Pallares, Jacopo Pighi, Jeffrey Lehrberg, Annarita Signoriello, Giovanni Corrocher, Xiomara Serpa-Romero, Luis Armando Vila Sierra, Luisa Arevalo-Tovar, Pier Francesco Nocini

“…The study is a retrospective evaluation of patients suffering from peri-implantitis and those who underwent access flap surgery, concomitant chemical and mechanical decontamination of implant surface, and bone grafting using a self-hardening mixture of bone substitutes and biphasic calcium sulfate. …”
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Predictors of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with connective tissue disease treated by pulsed methylprednisolone therapy: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Haruka Ito, Takahiko Yoshimoto, Akatsuki Kokaze, Kuninobu Wakabayashi, Kazuteru Noguchi, Kiyoshi Matsui, Bunki Natsumoto, Keishi Fujio, Yutaro Hayashi, Yuko Kaneko, Takahisa Gono, Koh Okamoto, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya, Hirohiko Sueki

“…Methods This was a retrospective, multicenter cohort study. We included patients who received p-MPSL therapy for connective tissue disease and had CMV antigenemia measured between April 2011 and December 2020. …”
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Incidence of hyperkalemia RAASi and SGLT-2i treatment in individuals with diabetic kidney disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Yahui Yuan, Yahui Yuan, Yahui Yuan, Chun Chen, Yuping Lin, Yehao Luo, Yehao Luo, Yehao Luo, Zhaojun Yang, Zhaojun Yang, Zhaojun Yang, Jingyi Guo, Jingyi Guo, Jingyi Guo, Qiaoyun Liu, Qiaoyun Liu, Qiaoyun Liu, Lu Sun, Guanjie Fan, Guanjie Fan, Guanjie Fan

“…Relevant randomized controlled trials (RCT) included adults with DKD who were treated with SGLT-2i and RAASi or their combination, with a minimum follow-up duration of 12 weeks. …”
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Analisis Kepuasan Pengguna Aplikasi Sidawai Menggunakan End User Computing Statisfaction (EUCS) DAn Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) by Kiki Haerani, Khairul Imtihan, Wafiah Murniati

“…To measure the accuracy of the questionnaire instrument, validity and reliability tests were carried out by involving experts who understand related to the SIDAWAI Application. …”
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Effectiveness of influenza vaccination in preventing confirmed influenza cases and hospitalizations in Northern Spain, 2023/24 season: A population-based test-negative case-control... by Iván Martínez-Baz, Ana Navascués, Camino Trobajo-Sanmartín, Francisco Pozo, Miguel Fernández-Huerta, Maddi Olazabal-Arruiz, Lucía Argente-Colas, Guillermo Ezpeleta, Aitziber Echeverria, Itziar Casado, Carmen Ezpeleta, Jesús Castilla

“…Methods: Two test-negative case-control studies analyzed patients who consulted primary healthcare or were hospitalized for respiratory symptoms and were tested for influenza by PCR in the 2023/24 season in Navarre, Spain. …”
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Gambaran Laboratorium Leukemia Kronik di Bagian Penyakit Dalam RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Muthia Rendra, Rismawati Yaswir, Akmal M Hanif

“…Djamil Hospital Padang in the form of leukemia chronic patients’ data who were treated in Internal Medicine Department of Dr. …”
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Gender differences in robotic surgery for rectal cancer: A retrospective study by Muhammad Ali, Wei Wang, Liuhua Wang, Bin Liu, Jun Ren, Daorong Wang

“…Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 155 patients (82 males, 73 females) who underwent robotic surgery for rectal cancer. …”
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Association of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (Hs-CRP) with the Risk of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Diabetes by Liu Y, Liu H, Sun D, Zheng Y, Tse G, Chen K, Qiu J, Wu S, Liu T

“…This study investigates the association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels with the risk of new-onset AF in patients with diabetes mellitus.Methods: We included diabetic patients without AF who participated in physical exams in the Kailuan Study from 2006 to 2010. …”
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[Translated article] Medial tab-type fasciocutaneous flap as an alternative for the management of soft tissue defects of the leg by X. Ríos Garrido, A. De la Rosa, L. Arzuza Ortega, G. Vargas Lievano, J. Molina Gándara, D.A. Tellez Gamarra, C. Medina Monje

“…Outcome variables: surgical time in minutes, healing, healing time in days, complications. Results: The patients who underwent surgery with medial tab flap and with conventional flaps healed completely. …”
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