Observation on the Efficacy of Moxibustion Combined with Ear Acupoint Pressing Beans in Treating Patients with Phlegm Stasis Syndrome Vertigo by Caidan Liu, Huanwen Luo, Zhongying Wang, Hong Luo, Yanlan Yu

“…Methods. 60 patients with vertigo identified as phlegm stasis syndrome who were hospitalized in our department from May 2020 to May 2021 were selected and divided into a control group and a treatment group of 30 cases each according to the random number method. …”
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Case Report: Button battery ingestion—an underestimated emergency in children by Karin Konzett, Stefanie Gang, Lukas Poyntner, Eberhard Reithmeier, Susanne Dertinger, Burkhard Simma

“…We present two cases of previously healthy toddlers (14 and 24 months old) with unwitnessed battery ingestion, who presented with massive, hematocrit-relevant hematemesis. …”
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Accuracy of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Doppler Parameters in Assessing the Right Ventricular Diastolic Function After Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot in Pediatr... by Nagarjuna Panidapu, Saravana Babu, Baiju S. Dharan, Barsha Sen, Thomas Koshy

“…Methods: This prospective, observational study was done at a tertiary care hospital involving 40 pediatric TOF patients aged less than 2 years who underwent complete intracardiac repair with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). …”
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Prospective observational study of oral clonazepam to prevent high-dose busulfan-induced seizures in adult patients by María Sacramento Díaz-Carrasco, Andrés Sánchez-Salinas, Juan José Fernández-Ávila, Raquel Olmos-Jiménez, Ignacio Español-Morales, Alberto Espuny-Miró

“…Methods This prospective, single-center study included 64 adult patients who received conditioning regimens with high doses of intravenous busulfan and anti-seizure prophylaxis with oral clonazepam, at a dose of 1 mg/8 h, from 12 h before starting treatment with busulfan until 48 h after ending administration. …”
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Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia after first dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine: a case report by K. Kolodynskaja, S. Stankevičiūtė, A. Krikščionaitienė, N. Balčiūnienė

“…We report findings in one patient who presented with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, intracerebral hemorrhage, and thrombocytopenia which occurred 12 days after receiving the first dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine. …”
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Oral Capecitabine Achieves Response in Metastatic Eccrine Carcinoma by Kristian Larson, Hani M. Babiker, Andrew Kovoor, Joy Liau, Jordan Eldersveld, Emad Elquza

“…We report a case of a 66-year-old female who presented with lesions that her primary care provider misdiagnosed as basal cell carcinoma. …”
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Development of Phantom Limb Pain after Femoral Nerve Block by Sadiah Siddiqui, Anthony N. Sifonios, Vanny Le, Marc E. Martinez, Jean D. Eloy, Andrew G. Kaufman

“…Our case involves a 29-year-old male with previous surgical amputation who develops PLP after the performance of a femoral nerve block. …”
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Prevalence, correlates and explanatory models of cognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia—A cross sectional study by Chithra Uppinkudru, Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Joseph Noel, Anju Kuruvilla

“…Methods: Consecutive outpatients with schizophrenia who met eligibility criteria were recruited after obtaining informed consent. …”
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Reliability of the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST) in Assessing Fall-Risk Home Hazards for Stroke Using Technologies over a Conven... by Husna Ahmad Ainuddin, Muhammad Hibatullah Romli, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Mazatulfazura S. F. Salim, Hazwan Mat Din, Lynette Mackenzie

“…For interrater reliability, occupational therapists who attended a face-to-face home hazard workshop were recruited. …”
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A Safe Method for Early Rehabilitation of Articular Fracture at the Base of Thumb Metacarpal Bone by Yunus Oc, Bekir Eray Kilinc, Ali Varol, Adnan Kara

“…Patients over 18 years of age, who had isolated fracture at the base of the first metacarpal bone, had no previous functional limitations and pain complaints, were regularly followed up, and had fixation using K-wire combined with an external fixator, were included. …”
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Prevalence and Possible Role of Candida Species in Patients with Psoriasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Aldona Pietrzak, Ewelina Grywalska, Mateusz Socha, Jacek Roliński, Kinga Franciszkiewicz-Pietrzak, Lidia Rudnicka, Marcin Rudzki, Dorota Krasowska

“…We searched databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and http://clinicaltrials.gov) to identify studies involving subjects of any age with an established diagnosis of psoriasis and healthy controls, who were tested for carriage of Candida spp. on the skin or mucosal membranes (or saliva and stool), or presented with clinical candidiasis with microbiologically confirmed etiology. …”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: An Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study by Mulugeta Melku, Zelalem Addis, Meseret Alem, Bamlaku Enawgaw

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted from March 1 to April 30, 2012, on 302 pregnant women who attended antenatal care at Gondar University Hospital. …”
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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH ANKLE FRACTURE TREATED IN A TERTIARY LEVEL HOSPITAL by Adriana Cano Buric da Silva, José Carlos Baldocchi Pontin, Ana Paula Cortes Damasceno, Lucas Simões Arrebola, Cairo dos Reis Souza, Marcos Vinicius Malheiros Luzo

“…Inclusion Criteria: Individuals aged ≥18 (eighteen) years, diagnosed with ankle fracture, who underwent surgical and/or conservative treatment at a tertiary hospital in the city of São Paulo. …”
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Charcot Spine and Parkinson’s Disease by Philippe Loriaut, Sylvie Rozenberg, Patrick Boyer, Benjamin Dallaudière, Frederic Khiami, Elhadi Sariali, Hugues Pascal-Moussellard

“…The authors reported the cases of two patients with PD who developed Charcot spine. Both patients presented with a history of back pain and bilateral radicular leg pain. …”
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The development of pre-registration occupational therapy student perceptions of research and evidence-based practice: A Q-methodology study by Tanya Rihtman, Mike Morgan, Julie Booth

“…Q-sort responses were intercorrelated and factor-analysed; extraction of factors with an eigenvalue of ¬>0.9 and varimax rotation identified majority viewpoints.Results Significant factors were revealed at each timepoint: 1a: ‘Evidence–inseparable from OT practice’, 1b: ‘Research for research’s sake-inseparable from the occupational therapy identity’, 2: ‘Who am I to question the gurus?’, 3: ‘I can do it with confidence…but so what?’…”
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Case Report: Two-month-old infant with PHACE syndrome: facial hemangioma and severe complex coarctation of the aorta by Sánchez-Ortiz David, Sánchez-Ortiz David, Deiros-Bronte Lucía, De la Hoz-Marañón Lucía, Feito-Rodríguez Marta, Rey-Lois Juvenal, Salas-Mera Diana, Labrandero-De Lera Carlos, López-Gutiérrez Juan Carlos, Gutiérrez-Larraya Federico

“…Significant advancements have been made in its diagnosis, imaging, and understanding of complications since 1996.Case SummaryWe describe the first diagnosis case of PHACE syndrome in a one-month and 19-day-old infant who presented with a large facial hemangioma and coarctation of the aorta originating from the left common carotid artery, along with an aberrant course of the right subclavian artery. …”
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Success or Failure in the City? Social Mobility and Rural-Urban Migration in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Groningen, the Netherlands by Richard Paping, Jacek Pawlowski

“…Children of unskilled workers, who rarely went to large cities, were far more successful than rural stayers. …”
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Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Predicting Factors in the Postpartum Period in Iran by Nazanin Rezaei, Arman Azadi, Razieh Zargousi, Zinab Sadoughi, Zahra Tavalaee, Maryam Rezayati

“…Data were analyzed using SPSS version 15. Results. Women who were employed, aged less than 30 years, had college degree, have no history of disease in pregnancy, and had given birth more than 3 months ago had higher quality of life scores. …”
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Nutrient loss due to food waste in urban households: Insights from Bogor City, Indonesia by Mayang Soliha Annisa, Briawan Dodik, Meti Dwiriani Cesilia, Dhiyani Swamilaksita Prita

“…Stratified random sampling was employed to select 110 households, targeting housewives aged 30-55 years who manage household food and own a refrigerator. …”
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Analyzing the correlation between acute ischemic stroke and triglyceride-glucose index based on ordered logistic regression by Liu He, Rong Li, Lei Wang, Xi Zhu, Qiang Zhou, Zhiyong Yang, Hua Liu

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the association between insulin resistance, measured by the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, and clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke who underwent intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase.MethodsThis retrospective study included 165 patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous alteplase. …”
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