The cardioprotective effects of HTK solution and conventional blood cardioplegia in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing valvular replacement and Cox maze III procedure by BingMei Qiu, Lei Zhang, Dan Wu, Qian Li, Lei Sun, AnLi Wang, Zhilong Xi, HaiWei Wu, ChangTian Wang, ShanWu Feng

“…Abstract Introduction The study was to assess the myocardial protection effects of the histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) solution and the 4:1 blood cardioplegia (BC) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who were subjected to valvular replacement concomitant with the Cox maze III surgery. …”
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The history of childbirth: Women and doctors in the lying-in hospital of Göttingen University, eighteenth – nineteenth century by Jürgen Schlumbohm

“…One third of all the medical students who took the course in obstetrics never participated hands-on in a delivery, but only watched. …”
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Genetic and audiological determinants of hearing loss in high-risk neonates by Yanan Shi, Naiyao Zhang, Na Du, Tongxi Zheng, Ying Yu, Youjin Li

“…Of the rest 468 neonates who didn’t have the diagnostic tests, 445 (95.09%) passed the hearing screening tests. …”
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Social disconnectedness, subsequent medical conditions, and, the role of pre-existing mental disorders: a population-based cohort study by L. M. Laustsen, M. Lasgaard, N. C. Momen, D. Chen, J. L. Gradus, M. S. Grønkjær, M. M. Jensen, O. Plana-Ripoll

“…Results Among 162,497 survey participants, 7.6%, 3.5% and 14.8% were classified as lonely, socially isolated and with low social support, respectively. Individuals who were lonely and with low social support had a higher incidence rate in all 11 categories of medical conditions (interquartile range [IQR] of IRRs, respectively 1.26–1.49 and 1.10–1.14), whereas this was the case in nine categories among individuals who were socially isolated (IQR of IRRs, 1.01–1.31). …”
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Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Sikap dengan Tindakan Pencegahan Osteoporosis pada Wanita Usila di Kelurahan Jati by Sri Ganesh Rajaratenam, Rose Dinda Martini, Nur Indrawati Lipoeto

“…<p>Abstrak<br />Osteoporosis menjadi masalah kesehatan yang serius di Indonesia dan dunia. Laporan WHO, dianggarkan bahwa setiap 1 dari 3 wanita kecenderungan terkena osteoporosis, pada usia diatas 45 tahun percepatan proses penyakit ini pada wanita meningkat menjadi 80%. …”
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Comparison of demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics between first and second COVID-19 waves in a secondary care hospital in Qatar: a retrospective study by Prem Chandra, Vamanjore A Naushad, Nishan K Purayil, Abazar Ahmad M Saeed, Pradeep Radhakrishnan, Irfan Varikkodan, Joe V Mathew, Jaseem Sirajudeen, Riyadh A Hammamy, Ahmad M Badi, Aasir M Suliman, Mohamed N Badawi, Saket Arya, Maryam AlMotawa, Aisha Al-Baker, Rania Alatom, Anand Kartha

“…The second wave had a shorter length of stay (14.58±7.75 vs 12.61±6.16, p&lt;0.001) and more patients were discharged home (22% vs 10%, p&lt;0.001).Conclusions Patients who presented during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic appeared to be more ill clinically and based on their laboratory parameters. …”
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Alterations in DNA Damage Repair Genes Before and After Neoadjuvant Cisplatin-based Chemotherapy in Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer by Ursula Lemberger, Büsra Ernhofer, Sigurd Krieger, Andreas Bruchbacher, André Oszwald, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Andrea Haitl, Melanie R. Hassler, Bernhard Englinger, Eva Compérat, Shahrokh F. Shariat

“…Testing to identify these gene mutations could help in selecting the patients who are most likely to benefit from this treatment.…”
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Characterizing populations prioritized for PrEP in 19 African countries: a review of national guidance by Lauren A. Graybill, Caroline N. McKay, Jiayu Wang, Nadia A. Sam‐Agudu, Marcel Yotebieng, Friday Saidi, Linda‐Gail Bekker, Bonnie E. Shook‐Sa, Benjamin H. Chi, Nora E. Rosenberg

“…All countries prioritized HIV‐serodifferent couples, female sex workers (FSWs), adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBFW) and people who inject drugs (PWID), and most prioritized men who have sex with men (MSM; n = 18), transgender people (n = 18) and people in prisons (n = 17). …”
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Fedratinib combined with ropeginterferon alfa-2b in patients with myelofibrosis (FEDORA): study protocol for a multicentre, open-label, Bayesian phase II trial by Graham McIlroy, Charlotte Gaskell, Aimee Jackson, Emily Yafai, Rachel Tasker, Catherine Thomas, Sonia Fox, Rebecca Boucher, Fitsum Ghebretinsea, Claire Harrison, Adam J. Mead, Mary Frances McMullin

“…Patients with JAK2 V617F positive primary or secondary MF, who are aged ≥ 18 years, have intermediate-1 with palpable splenomegaly of > 5cm, intermediate-2, or high-risk disease according to the Dynamic International Prognostic Scoring System (DIPSS), and who require treatment are eligible. …”
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Weight Loss Patterns and Outcomes Over 12 Months on a Commercial Weight Management Program (CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet Online): Large-Community Cohort Evaluation Study by Gilly A Hendrie, Danielle L Baird, Genevieve James-Martin, Emily Brindal, Paige G Brooker

“…In a subgroup of participants who consistently lost weight over the 12-month period (284/6602, 4.3% of the sample), weight loss reached up to 22.3 kg (21.7% of their starting body weight). …”
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The modern options of chronic hepatitis C antiviral therapy with daclatasvir: results of named patient program by V. T. Ivashkin, M. V. Mayevskaya, D. T. Abdurakhmanov, I. G. Bakulin, N. I. Geyvandova, M. L. Zubkin, S. N. Kizhlo, A. V. Kuznetsova, I. B. Latysheva, N. A. Mamonova, V. G. Morozov, O. I. Sagalova, Ye. V. Esaulenko, Ye. O. Lyusina

“…In group of the patients receiving treatment mode of daclatasvir + asunaprevir the frequency of SVR24 achievement was 90%. Of 93 patients who underwent complete treatment course no severe adverse effects were registered. …”
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A comparison of applicant and accepted student characteristics to research training programs with implications for recruitment and selection strategy by Young-Hee Cho, Young-Hee Cho, Chi-Ah Chun, Chi-Ah Chun, Hector Ramos, Paul Buonora, Paul Buonora, Paul Buonora, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Kim-Phuong L. Vu, Kim-Phuong L. Vu

“…Its second aim was to investigate whether applicants who were accepted to the programs using a holistic selection process differed in academic discipline, demographics, and psychosocial characteristics from applicants who were not accepted.MethodsInformation on students’ majors, race/ethnicity, and gender was obtained from the university records or applications submitted by students. …”
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Profil Penderita Penyakit Tuberkulosis Paru BTA Positif yang Ditemukan di BP4 Lubuk Alung periode Januari 2012 – Desember 2012 by Eni Yulvia Susilayanti, Irvan Medison, Erkadius .

“…Due to the speed of spread, it is necessary to know the profile of people who suffer from this disease, so the transmission can be minimized. …”
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Qualitative application of the diffusion of innovation theory to maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia by Jeanette L. Kaiser, Rachel M. Fiorillo, Taryn Vian, Thandiwe Ngoma, Kayla J. Kuhfeldt, Michelle L. Munro-Kramer, Davidson H. Hamer, Misheck Bwalya, Viviane R. Sakanga, Jody R. Lori, Eden Ahmed Mdluli, Peter C. Rockers, Godfrey Biemba, Nancy A. Scott

“…Methods We conducted 158 in-depth interviews (IDIs) with randomly selected rural-living women who had delivered a baby in the prior 12 months. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Barriers Influencing Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Uptake by Mazin A. Barry, Khalid I. Aljammaz, Abdulaziz A. Alrashed

“…According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), all people who are 6 months old and above are recommended to receive the seasonal influenza vaccine annually. …”
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Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Long-Term Postoperative Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: MRI Evaluation 34-51 Years after Surgery and its Changes during Middle an... by Tsutomu Akazawa, Toshiaki Kotani, Tsuyoshi Sakuma, Yasushi Iijima, Yoshiaki Torii, Jun Ueno, Atsuhiro Yoshida, Ken Tomochika, Sumihisa Orita, Yawara Eguchi, Kazuhide Inage, Yasuhiro Shiga, Junichi Nakamura, Yusuke Matsuura, Takane Suzuki, Hisateru Niki, Seiji Ohtori, Shohei Minami

“…Introduction: This study aimed to identify factors associated with intervertebral disc degeneration (DD) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients who reached middle and older age after surgery. …”
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Effect of rhGH treatment on lipidome and brown fat activity in prepuberal small for gestational age children: a pilot study by Lorena González, Carolina Gonzalez-Riano, Pablo Fernández-García, Rubén Cereijo, Aina Valls, Andrea Soria-Gondek, Nativitat Real, Belén Requena, Joan Bel-Comos, Patricia Corrales, David Jiménez-Pavón, Coral Barbas, Francesc Villarroya, David Sánchez-Infantes, Marta Murillo

“…The study involved 11 SGA children divided into two groups: (a) SGA children who were not treated with rhGH (n = 4) and (b) SGA children who received rhGH treatment with Saizen® (n = 7). …”
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Online tools to predict individualised survival for primary oesophageal cancer patients with and without pathological complete response after neoadjuvant therapy followed by oesoph... by Jie Zhang, Xiang Chen, Dong Dong, Lijie Tan, Yajie Zhang, Hecheng Li, Yuqin Cao, Binhao Huang, Han Tang, Tianzheng Shen, Xijia Feng, Jiahao Zhang, Liqiang Shi, Chengqiang Li, Heng Jiao

“…Objective This study aimed to develop and validate robust predictive models for patients with oesophageal cancer who achieved a pathological complete response (pCR) and those who did not (non-pCR) after neoadjuvant therapy and oesophagectomy.Design Clinicopathological data of 6517 primary oesophageal cancer patients who underwent neoadjuvant therapy and oesophagectomy were obtained from the National Cancer Database for the training cohort. …”
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Soluble ST2 protein as a new biomarker in patientswith precapillary pulmonary hypertension by Marta Banaszkiewicz, Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Szymon Darocha, Michał Piłka, Michał Florczyk, Anna Dobosiewicz, Piotr Kędzierski, Ewa Pędzich-Placha, Janusz Kochman, Grzegorz Opolski, Adam Torbicki, Marcin Kurzyna

“…Significant differences were found between median sST2 in successive WHO FCs (FC II vs. FC III, p = 0.002; FC III vs. …”
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Polybrominated Dibenzo-p-dioxins/Furans (PBDD/Fs) and Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Indoor and Outdoor of Gymnasiums by Ching-Kai Su, Jian-He Lu, How-Ran Chao, Wei-Hsiang Chang, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Chih-Lung Wang, I-Cheng Lu, Yu-Ting Chang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang, Wan-Nurdiyana-Wan Mansor, Yi-Chyun Hsu, Ying-I Tsai, Shang-Ming Ma

“…The results showed that indoor-dust, indoor PM2.5, and outdoor PM2.5 levels of PBDD/Fs were 37.8 ± 13.7 pg WHO2005-TEQ g–1 and 0.00650 ± 0.00340 and 0.00469 ± 0.00101 pg WHO2005-TEQ m–3, respectively, in the gyms, while for PBDEs, they were 2670 ± 2330 ng g–1 and 9.54 ± 4.68, and 8.27 ± 3.46 pg m–3. …”
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