Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome One Year after Delivery in Finnish Women at Increased Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus during Pregnancy by Jatta Puhkala, Tarja I. Kinnunen, Tommi Vasankari, Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula, Jani Raitanen, Riitta Luoto

“…We studied the prevalence of MeS at one year postpartum among Finnish women who in early pregnancy were at increased risk of developing GDM. …”
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Estimating the Risk of Maternal Death at Admission: A Predictive Model from a 5-Year Case Reference Study in Northern Uganda by Gasthony Alobo, Cristina Reverzani, Laura Sarno, Barbara Giordani, Luigi Greco

“…Mortality is high among mothers referred late from other facilities who are HIV positive, aged more than 30 years, lack antenatal care attendance, and are delivered by caesarean section. …”
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The impact of drinking on smoking cessation outcomes among Hong Kong Chinese youth smokers by Ka Yan Ho, Katherine Ka Wai Lam, Qi Liu, Ting Mao, Funa Yang, Mulualem Getaneh Belay, Cynthia Sau Ting Wu, Mak Yim Wah

“…The study revealed that drinking could decrease quit rates among young smokers who received counselling, but not their smoking reduction or quit attempts. …”
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Necrotizing Periodontal Diseases in a Semirural District of South Africa by Neil Hamilton Wood, Elaine Blignaut, Johan Lemmer, Robin Meyerov, Liviu Feller

“…The difference between the number of HIV-seropositive patients with NG/NP who had CD4+ T-cell counts ≤200 cells/mm3 and those who had CD4+ T cell counts of 201–499 cells/mm3 was not statistically significant. …”
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Patient Preference for Once-Weekly Dosing in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Japan by Rohini Sen, Alan L. Shields, Koichiro Atsuda

“…Daily dosing was preferred over QW dosing in the overall population, however, preference for QW was higher in younger, full-time working, treatment naïve subjects, who are/or currently taking 0 or 1 drugs or more than 6 drugs.…”
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A descriptive study of fatal drownings among children and adolescents in the United States, with a focus on retention pond deaths, 2004-2020. by Saroj Bista, Nichole L Michaels

“…Younger children with poor or absent supervision who cannot swim are at high risk of drowning. Retention pond drownings are not infrequent, and most locations lack ordinances regulating water access or requiring barriers, such as fences. …”
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Nutritional Status of a Group of Children Under Five Suffering from Malaria in a Timor Leste District by Anagalys Ortega Alvelay, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Sol Esther García Morales, Denis Monzón Vega, Mabel Vega Galindo

“…The sample consisted of 435 children under five years old, diagnosed with malaria, who attended consultation from June 2008 to July 2009. …”
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Reliability and Validity of Beliefs about Substance Use (BSU) Questionnaire in Alcohol Dependent Patients. by Selçuk ASLAN, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, Hale Yapıcı ESER, Mustafa UĞURLU

“…Method: Seventy alcohol addicted inpatients, who were admitted to Ankara Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Education and Research Hospital Psychiatry Clinic, 31 healthy volunteers who had never used alcohol and 33 social drinkers were evaluated. …”
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To Bind or to Let Loose: Effectiveness of Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate in Decreasing Serum Potassium by Shaifali Sandal, Hatim Karachiwala, John Noviasky, Dongliang Wang, William C. Elliott, David F. Lehmann

“…A retrospective cohort analysis of all hospitalized patients who received sodium polystyrene sulfonate over four months was performed. …”
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Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Eribulin Mesylate as a Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer in Spain: Management in the Later Line of Therapy by Gabriel Tremblay, Unnati Majethia, Ilias Kontoudis, Jesús De Rosendo

“…**Conclusion:** Eribulin is cost-effective as second-line treatment for HER2-negative MBC patients in Spain; albeit, slightly less so than as third-line treatment for MBC patients who have received capecitabine (an ICER per QALY difference of €1,668). …”
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Trust: an essential component in nursing crisis leadership; a hybrid concept analysis by Karin Hugelius

“…Abstract Background Given the increasing trend of disasters, terrorist attacks, pandemics and other crises, crisis leadership is crucial for nurses who lead others and for those working in such situations. …”
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Muscle selection and dosing in patients undergoing treatment with abobotulinumtoxinA for lower limb spasticity in real-world practice by Richard D. Zorowitz, Jorge Jacinto, Stephen Ashford, Mathieu Beneteau, Pascal Maisonobe, Christian Hannes, Alberto Esquenazi

“…Across the study, total lower limb doses were higher in patients who received only lower limb injections (n = 131, median 771U) than those who also received ≥ 1 upper limb injection (n = 253, 567U). …”
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Compensation for moral damages for violation of police officer’s personal non-property rights: problems of law enforcement by S. O. Popova

“…The article is devoted to the study of legislation and legal doctrine on compensation for moral damages for humiliation of honour, dignity and the right to inviolability of business reputation of a police officer who is a representative of law enforcement agencies. …”
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The prevalence and correlates of biomarker positive unhealthy alcohol use among women living with and without HIV in San Francisco, California. by Jennifer P Jain, Yifei Ma, Carol Dawson-Rose, Glenn-Milo Santos, Alvina Han, Jennifer Price, Judith A Hahn, Phyllis C Tien

“…The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence and correlates of phosphatidylethanol (PEth) levels suggestive of unhealthy alcohol use among women living with and without HIV who self-reported no or low-risk drinking. We analyzed data from a cross-sectional study among women enrolled in the San Francisco Bay Area site of the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). …”
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The Course of Endoscopic Treatment Success in Biliary Complications After Living Donor Liver Transplantation by Engin ATAMAN, Murat HARPUTLUOGLU, Yilmaz BILGIC, Yasir Furkan CAGIN, Mehmet Ali ERDOGAN, Ramazan KUTLU, Koray KUTLUTURK, Ibrahim ORMAN, Osman SAGLAM, Ali Riza CALISKAN

“…Results: We performed ERCP in 283 of 1506 patients with LDLT who underwent duct-to-duct anastomosis during transplantation and then developed biliary complications. …”
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Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Adult Patients with Psoriasis in Malaysia: 10-Year Review from the Malaysian Psoriasis Registry (2007–2016) by Azura Mohd Affandi, Iman Khan, Nooraishah Ngah Saaya

“…To evaluate the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of patients with psoriasis who seek treatment in outpatient dermatology clinics throughout hospitals in Malaysia. …”
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Optimizing Stroke Detection Using Evidential Networks and Uncertainty-Based Refinement by Faranak Akbarifar, Sean P. Dukelow, Albert Jin, Parvin Mousavi, Stephen H. Scott

“…Detecting TIA is critical, as individuals who experience a TIA have a substantially higher risk of recurrent stroke. …”
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Do patients regret having in-office vocal fold injections for glottic insufficiency? by Alice Q. Liu, Yunqi Ji, Amanda Hu

“…Methods Case–control study of patients who underwent in-office VFIs for glottic insufficiency from August 2017 to December 2019 at a tertiary laryngology clinic. …”
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The relationship between mount Merapi disaster and stress incidents in Kepuharjo Village, Cangkringan District, Sleman Regency, DIY by Desvita Widea Rossi, Arliono Tri Yunanto, Monica Dea, Sukaca Agus, ‘Alim Ahmad Muttaqin, Nursanti Dwi Rejeki, Kusumawati Eni, Wijaya Oktomi

“…Most respondents were aged 26-45 years with a total of 46 respondents (46.9%), respondents who experienced stress were 43 people (43.9%) and those who did not experience stress were 55 people (56.1%), according to age There were 22 teenagers (22.4%), 46 adults (46.9), and 30 elderly people (30.6%). …”
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An Overview on The Pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak by Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih

“…This review were summarized several researches about the SARS-CoV-2 since its appearance to present time May 2020. Several reports from WHO, CDC and FDA were included about spreading or the way of transmission, causes, prevention, diagnosis and risk factors of the COVID-19. …”
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