Practice on Metered Dose Inhaler Techniques and Its Associated Factors among Asthmatic Patients at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, East Gojjam, Ethiopia: A Prospec... by Tadele Asmare, Anteneh Belayneh, Bekalu Dessie

“…This study aimed to assess practice metered-dose inhalation techniques and associated factors among asthmatic patients at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, East Gojjam, Amhara region, Ethiopia. Methods. Prospective cross-sectional study was conducted from July 15 to August 30, 2020. …”
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Dinamika dan Profil Undecided Voters Menjelang Pemilu 2024 di Indonesia by Vincentius Gitiyarko Priyatno

“…Data analysis involves descriptive statistical analysis by compiling frequency tables with several cross-tabulations. A comparison with previous survey results is also conducted to show trends. …”
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Prescribing practices of corticosteroids in outpatient dermatology department of Injibara General Hospital, north-West Ethiopia, 2024 by Alemu Bezabih Tegegnie, Tamiru Alene, Workineh Tamir, Meaza Molla Sineshaw

“…All patient prescriptions dispensed from the dermatology outpatient department from April to August 2024 containing at least one corticosteroid medicine were included. …”
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Ionized and total magnesium levels and health outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Juhaina Salim Al-Maqbali, Salwa Al Harasi, Qasim Al Mamary, Henrik Falhammar, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Mohammed Al Za’abi, Abdullah M. Al Alawi

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence of dysmagnesemia among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its relationship with glycaemic control and diabetic complications. A cross-sectional study was conducted at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) from August 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024. …”
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Identification of key risk areas and failure modes using the FMEA method for the prevention and control of major infectious diseases in a stomatology department by Suqing Yang, Lingfei Yang, Yen-Ching Chuang, Gulidanna Asihaer, Xiaonan Lin

“…Finally, improper use of personal protective equipment increases the risk of cross-infection with COVID-19. However, in the face of the potential spread of major infectious diseases in the future, the government and hospitals need to build a more comprehensive epidemiological notification system to provide the population with early action trajectories and warning reports.…”
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Liver fibrosis stage classification in stacked microvascular images based on deep learning by Daisuke Miura, Hiromi Suenaga, Rino Hiwatashi, Shingo Mabu

“…Methods This single-center, cross-sectional study included 517 patients with CLD who underwent ultrasonography and liver stiffness testing between August 2019 and October 2022. …”
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Viral suppression and adherence in adolescents living with HIV in rural Tanzania. by Ezekiel Luoga, James Okuma, Lilian Moshi, George Sigalla, Dorcas Mnzava, Daniel H Paris, Tracy R Glass, Fiona Vanobberghen, Maja Weisser, Getrud Joseph Mollel, KIULARCO working group

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess viral suppression rates and evaluate factors associated with achieving viral suppression and maintaining treatment adherence among ALHIV in rural Tanzania.<h4>Methods</h4>Cross-sectional analysis of data from the Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort in Ifakara, Tanzania, including adolescents aged 10-19 years on antiretroviral treatment (ART) ≥6 months at the time point of their first viral load (VL) measurement after implementation of routine VL testing from August 2017 through December 2023. …”
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Knowledge and attitude among Egyptian medical students regarding the role of human papillomavirus vaccine in prevention of oropharyngeal cancer: a questionnaire-based observational... by Mohammed. N. Abdelaziz, Abdullah Hefnawy, Hajer Azzam, Omar Reisha, Omar Hamdy

“…This study sought to evaluate Egyptian medical students’ knowledge, awareness, and attitude toward the advantages of HPV vaccination to prevent HPV-associated OPC. The study was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study consisting of 696 participants from the first to fifth-year students enrolled in any Egyptian medical school registered in the academic year 2023–2024, specifically from June to August 2024, except non-medical, graduate, and non-Egyptian students who met the exclusion criteria. …”
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Association of Awake Bruxism with Tooth Wear and Occupational Stress Among Mechanical and Non-Mechanical Workers by Fatima Tu Zahra, Syeda Sameen Zehra Rizvi, Amna Riaz, Amna Nisar, Amna Khan, Naveed Ahmad

“…Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Heavy Industries Taxila Factory, during a period of six months from March 2022 to August 2022 in which 245 factory workers were enrolled. …”
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Disrupted HIV care during COVID-19 pandemic associated with increased disabilities among people living with HIV in Belize by Tracy M. Quetzal, Wei-Cheng Lo, Ya-Wen Chiu, Hung-Yi Chiou

“…We aimed to evaluate the association between COVID-19-affected HIV care behaviors and disability domains among people living with HIV in Belize. A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Western Regional Hospital and Southern Regional Hospital between August and October 2021 among people living with HIV in Belize aged ≥ 21 years and on antiretroviral therapy. …”
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Network characteristics of referrals for chronic disease patients: results from hierarchical medical reform in Shenzhen, China by Fangfang Gong, Junxia Luo, Zhihong Wang, Ping Tang, Guangyu Hu, Ying Zhou, Hanqun Lin

“…Methods This study was a repeated cross-sectional study of monthly data collected between August 2017 and December 2023 in Luohu district, Shenzhen, China. …”
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Cardiovascular risk factors, global cardiovascular risk, and vascular age in a cohort of Peruvian HIV patients by German Valenzuela-Rodriguez, Jaime A. Collins, Raul Castillo, Luis R. Illescas, Adrian V. Hernandez, Carlos Diaz-Arocutipa

“…Material and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among HIV outpatients between August and December 2018. …”
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Primary and tertiary management of ocular surface lesions in HIV-infected patients in Ehlanzeni, Mpumalanga Province by S Mhlanga, A C Turner, S J Biddulph

“…In addition, files of patients with ocular surface lesions who presented between January 2018 and August 2020 to the eye clinic were reviewed using a data extraction sheet. …”
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Effects of Prognostic Nutrition Index, Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio, and C-reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio on Prognosis Undergoing Open Heart Surgery by Anil Kilinc, Nilay Tas, Melih Urkmez, Ebru Canakci, Ilker Coskun, Merve Elif Demirhan

“…Binary logistic regression and robust regression analyses were used for the statistical analysis of this cross-sectional study. Results: The study included a total of 437 cases. …”
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Ethnic and racial differences in children and young people with respiratory and neurological post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: an electronic health record-based cohort study from... by Suchitra Rao, Rodrigo Azuero-Dajud, Vitaly Lorman, Jeremy Landeo-Gutierrez, Kyung E. Rhee, Julie Ryu, C. Kim, Megan Carmilani, Rachel S. Gross, Sindhu Mohandas, Srinivasan Suresh, L. Charles Bailey, Victor Castro, Yalini Senathirajah, Shari Esquenazi-Karonika, Shawn Murphy, Steve Caddle, Lawrence C. Kleinman, Leah Castro-Baucom, Carlos R. Oliveira, Jonathan D. Klein, Alicia Chung, Lindsay G. Cowell, Charisse Madlock-Brown, Carol Reynolds Geary, Marion R. Sills, Lorna E. Thorpe, Jacqueline Szmuszkovicz, Kelan G. Tantisira, Ivan Diaz, Rachel Kenny, Parsa Mirhaji, Ravi Jhaveri, Marc Rosenman, L. Charles Bailey, Christopher Forrest, Beth Tarini, Hiroki Morizono, Nathan Pajor, W. Schuyler Jones, Kieler Curtis, Rishi Kamaleswaran, Nita Deshpande, Saul Blecker, Claudia Pulgarin, Marion Sills, Erin Hinkman, Dan Fort, Timothy Guthrie, Cynthia Chuang, Wenke Hwang, Dimitri Christakis, Daksha Ranade, Shannon Herring, Aaron Mishkin, Soledad Fernandez, Neena Thomas, Yuriy Bisyuk, Jyotsna Fuloria, Elizabeth Chrischilles, Boyd Knosp, Asa Oxner, Athanasios Tsalatsanis, Lindsay Cowell, Phillip Reeder, Stephen M. Downs, Brian Ostasiewski, Rainu Kaushal, Thomas Campion, Jessica Snowden, Katherine Irby, Paul Darden, Lexie Dixon, Danielle Evans, Connor Garbe, Laura Hobart-Porter, Lee Howard, Kathy Hummel, Hannah Krehbiel, Haley Spradlin, Phaedra Yount, Amy Elliott, Grace Adam, Jyoti Angal, Maria Barber, Katelynne Clark, Clayton Dos Reis, Mandy Freesemann, Christa Friedrich, Christine Hockett, Rachel Johannsen, Emily Johnson-Vonk, Cassidy Kaiser, Alexa Kruse, Jennifer Lang, Peter Lim, Meggie McCoy, Lorie Miller, Shelby Petereit (Cerkovnik), Jaime RiChard (Werpy), Jessica Seiler, Bret Sundleaf, Joshua Svendsen, Billy Trosper, Olivia Vermeulen, Scott Young, Aul Palumbo, Sean Dabney, Marie-Christine Fahrner, Torrey Gallagher, Karilyn Martini, Mary McNally, Sarah Vivensi Stiverson, Jessica Kosut, Venkataraman Balaraman, JoAnn Cheung, Travis K.F. Hong, Shanelle Kalua, Evan Minami, Andrea Siu, Micah Tong, Ronald J. Teufel, II, Andy Atz, Marina Dantas, Tyler Kasmarcak, Kreighton Milks, Judith Ross, Chijoke Ikomi, Marisa Meyer, Connie Nguyen, Gwen Pellicciotti, Thao-Ly Phan, Karen Ravin, Victoria Reynolds, Abigail Strang, Deepika Thacker, Dan Eckrich, Annabelle Goetter, Cheyenne Katz, Karen Kowal, Carol McDevitt, Emily Zimmerman, Genesis Agosto Roman, Akram Alshawabkeh, Ishwara Ayala Ortiz, Virginia Casey, Jose Cordero, Jocelyn De Jesus, Crystal Galan, Gredia Huerta-Montanez, Nilda Otero, Mayra Rivera Robles, Priscilla Roman, Genesis Roman, Zaira Rosario-Pabon, Xiodenis Santiago, Carmen Velez-Vega, Carlos Vergara, Daniel S. Hsia, Baylea Albarado, Tracey Allen, Allison Attuso, Taylor Ayers, Emily Bebler, Grace Bella, Alexa Bennett, John Brown, Alison Carville, Sydnie Darby, Kara Devall, Amber Dragg, Angela Elderedge, Elisabeth Fontenot, Greta Fry, Bethany Gildersleeve, Sara Goff, Lauren Harrington, Lisa Jones, Victoria Kaiser, Yejee Lee, Stephen Lee, Erin LeJeune, Robert Leonhard, Jennifer Levatino, Donald Lewis, Angrielle Lloyd, Ron Monce, Susannah Munro, Meghan Phillips, Blair Pucheu, Emily Rachal, Jennifer Rood, Stacey Roussel, Renee Rumsey, Connor Sanford, Monica Santos, Aryelle Stafford, Amy Thomassie, Celeste Waguespack, Katherine Walgamotte, Meredith Welch, Aubrey Windham, Michelle Stevenson, Tiffany Bell, Jackie Boyd, Soham Dasgupta, Sarah Deans, Katie Harris, Molly Hemmerle, Sarah King, Cameo McGuire, Brie Merten, Sarah Morris, Madison Ray, Brooklyn Reinhardt, Shellese Shemwell, Theresa Simeon, Katherine Walker, Sara Watson, Kathryn Weakley, Russell McCulloh, Johnathon Figliomeni, Laura Fischer, Denise Hoover, Megan Morse, Aleisha Nabower, Evan Roberts, Alice Sato, Joann Von Bon, Hengameh Raissy, David Archuleta, Rebecca Brito, Richard Campbell, Jude Chavez, Walter Dehority, Noella Garcia-Soberanez, Eve Gronert, Matthew Kadish, Jerry Larrabee, Debbie Lovato, Karen Luo, Noah Martinez, Analyse Merlino, Emily Reese, Sarah Ward, Kevin Wilson, Amanda Bogie, Ryan Brown, Ryan Butchee, Gina Fergeson, Ryan McKee, Brandon Mohler, Tiffany Moore, Valorie Owens, Sarah Stubbs, Timothy Van Wagoner, Kelly Cowan, Meghan Bethel, Laurie Chassereau, Thomas Lahiri, Lesley Cottrell, Lauren Lake, Kathy Moffett, Emily Polak, Sarah Stutler, Charlotte Workman, David Warburton, Sindhu Mohandas, John C. Wood, Emma Carpenter, Isabelle Dhindsa, Samantha Mejia, Nelly Moghadam, Candice Mulder, Sharon O'Neil, Alisha Osornio, Adrian Rios, Sydney Rosen, Andrea Smith, Deeba Tabibi, Sharon Tang, Ariana Teame, Melissa Stockwell, Joshua Milner, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Brett Anderson, Tawanda Aquino, Elizabeth Berg, Steve Caddle, Marina Catallozzi, Wendy Chung, Tom Connors, Aliva De, Anny Diaz Perez, Michael DiLorenzo, Dani Dumitriu, Kanwal Farooqi, Michael Fremed, Sylvie Goldman, Kayla Kaplan, Usha Krishnan, Aimee Layton, Angela Lignelli-Dipple, Son McClaren, Jonathan Overdevest, Michelle Rodriguez, Jay Selman, Wendy Silver, Raul Silverio, Ana Valdez de Romero, Celibell Vargas, Alan Werzberger, Daniella Caputo, Camille Leggieri, Pamela Pretsch, Lawrence Kleinman, Sunanda Gaur, Lisa Cerracchio, Amber Folnagy, Maria Gennaro, Sherri Gzemski, Yue Hao, Simon Li, Sandee Moroso, Manette Ness-Cochinwala, Akhil Patel, Benjamin Richlin, Harsh Sharma, Damaris Soto, Christian Suarez, Bibiana Vargas Forero, Lynn Olson, Kristin Davis, Alexander Fiks, Miranda Griffith, Donna Harris, Everly Macario, Jennifer Steffes, Alessandra Torres, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Dithi Banerjee, Chris Day, Kelsye Howell, Megan Mains, Juan C. Salazar, William T. Zempsky, Emily Bean, Carlie DeFelice, Hassan El Chebib, Katherine W. Herbst, Stephanie Lesmes, Ian C. Michelow, Melissa Santos, Noah Schulman, Wilson D. Pace, Alicia Brooks-Greien, Karinne Colin, Christina M. Hester, Ariadna Juarez-Colunga, Brian Manning, Joel Shields, Jack Westfall, Daphne York, Judy Aschner, Katharine Clouser, Justine Griswold, Donna Lee, Amanda Nowakowski, Maryellen Riordan, Hulya Bukulmez, David Kaelber, Rozina Aamir, Mohammed Abuzahrieh, Nandini Bangalore, Alexis Brown, Wendy Dalton, Suzanne Fortuna, Judi Minium, Bonnie Rosolowski, Sheila M. Nolan, Amal Ahmed, Suzanne Braniecki, Montserrat Contreras, Allen Dozor, Supriya Jain, Suzanne Kaseta, Sankaran Krishnan, Zachary Messer, Armando Ramirez, Aalok Singh, Randy Williams, Kyung Rhee, Kelan Tantisira, Almary Akerlundh, Natacha Akshoomoff, Maria Arroyo, Wendy Barrientos, Rakesh Bhattacharjee, Bryant Y. Chao, Maricela Diaz, Sergio Garcia, Sonia Garcia, Guadalupe Gomez, Trinidad Herrera, Margarita Holguin, Manaswitha Khare, Elizabeth Kiernan, Jeremy Landeo Gutierrez, Ileana Matta, Sofia Reyes, Julie Ryu, Cinthia Sanchez, Andrea Schreck, Megan R. Warner, Uzma Hasan, Elizabeth Ricciardi, Vanessa Trespalacios, Vince Faustino, Matthew Kluko, Carlos R. Oliveira, Kyung E. Rhee, Kelan G. Tantisira, Almary Akerlundh, Natacha Akshoomoff, Wendy Barrientos, Rakesh Bhattacharjee, Bryant Chao, Maricela Diaz, Sonia Garcia, Maria Glenn-Arroyo, Guadalupe Gomez, Trinidad Herrera, Margarita Holguin, Manaswitha Khare, Elizabeth A. Kiernan, Jeremy Landeo-Gutierrez, Anika Madan, Lisa Ramos Vallejo, Sofia Reyes, Julie Ryu, Cinthia E. Sanchez, Andrea Schreck, Maira Suarez, Megan R. Warner, Patricia Kinser, Amy Salisbury, Jocelyn Espinoza, Sara Moyer, Amy Rider, Sally Russell, Michael Schecter, Lindsey Stevenson, Cheryl R. Stein, Stephanie V. Caldas, Thomas Dylan Castro Ovalle, Anthony Chung, Jonathan S. Farkas, Maria Isidoro-Chino, Deniz Kesebir, Eugenia Kim, Ashley Quarless, Alan Schlechter, Ranjini Srinivasan, Viren D'Sa, Fatoumata Barry, Phoebe Burton, Rosa Cano Lorente, Caroline Cummins, Stephanie Wehbe, Sandra Brown, Anders Dale, Terry Jernigan, Kyung E. Rhee, Susan Tapert, Jose Aguilar, David Benjamin, Natalie C. Buchbinder, Norma Castro, Brandy Emerson, Hugh Garavan, Jennifer Graves, Amanda Guerrero, Janosch Linkersdoerfer, Robert Schooley, Wes Thompson, Thanh Trinh, Ron Yang, Megan Herting, Elizabeth Sowell, Cynthia Cisneros, Lauren Goedde, Cedric Manlhiot, Raul Gonzalez, Angela Laird, Jorge Limia, Robin Aupperle, Martin Paulus, Melanie Curry, Nour S. El-Sabbagh, Kevin Gray, Lindsay Squeglia, Samuel Agbeh, Cori Herring, Brittany Mckenzie, Bonnie Nagel, Abby Espinoza, Anthony Hill, Angie Morales, Fiona Baker, Eva Muller-Oehring, Ian Colrain, Ingrid Durley, Mirella Dapretto, Lucina Uddin, Susan Bookheimer, Christina Caldera, Jennifer Dzul, Cinthia Zarate, Marie Banich, Paola Badilla, Jennifer Keith, G. Kumar, David Messinger, Katie Prazak, Sara Jo Nixon, Melanie Cardoso, Meagan Sullivan, Stephen Villard, Linda Chang, Thomas Ernst, Christine Cloak, Huajun Liang, Meghann C. Ryan, Mary Heitzerg, Jennifer Conley, Leonard Puttler, Monica Luciana, William Iacono, Aaron Schroeder, Duncan Clark, Doyeon (Dan) Kim, Megan Retucci, Edward Freedman, John Foxe, Sile Ni Mhurchu, Samantha Spallina, Erin McGlade, Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Liz Bell, Kirsten Cline, Lauren Heinrich, Perry Renshaw, Hugh Garavan, Alexandra Potter, Cass Barrett, Sofia Lozon, Samantha Spear, Christine Larson, Krista Lisdahl, Tory Clearwater, Christine Kaiver, Caitlin Nelson, Zach Paltzer, Bridgette Peteet, James Bjork, Mike Neale, Olive Calonge, Noah Slattery, Lisa Straub, Deanna Barch, Andrew Heath, Pamela Madden, Taylor Powell, Denise Schmitz, Dylan Gee, Boris Epie, Rebekah Hobbs, Alex Williams, Zhouran (Rick) Xiang, Julie Miller, Jane Newburger, Felicia Trachtenberg, Ayesha Amarnath, James Ambrosoli, Denise Artis, Sachin Bandari, Emily Birmingham, Lozan Eyob, Kerri Hayes, Chenwei Hu, Melissa Joyce, Valentina Kazlova, Iris Liu, Amanda Marshall, Devine Mbizdenyuy, P.J. Mu, Robin Rowe, Brooke Sayles, Mo Zhang, Pei-Ni Jone, Michael Carr, Lauren Goodell, Wantanabe Kar, Kathleen Van't Hof, Kristin Sexson, Elias Moussi, David Olukayode, Sandra Pena, Ricardo Pignatelli, Faridis Serrano, Sara Sexson Tejtel, Lara Shekerdemian, Audrey Dionne, Jane Newburger, Annette Baker, Sarah DeFerrantini, Thomas Giorgio, Numaira Khan, Simran Mahanta, MaryBeth Son, Matt Oster, Melissa Burnett, Kolby Sanders-Lewis, Suchitra Rao, Sonia Chavez, Georgia Reis, Jackie Szmuszkovicz, Fariborz Behzadian, Carla Canas, Andrew Cheng, Mike Gawad, Paige Johnson, Alicia Kazarians, Sindhu Mohandas, Anastasia Sarkissian, Brandi Scott, Consuelo Secules, Jennifer Su, Crystal Vargas, Jodie Votava-Smith, Sharon Wagner-Lees, Shuo Wang, Pierre Wong, Yamuna Sanil, Sanjeev Aggarwal, Aiman Almasnaah, Nirupama Kannikeswaran, Kathleen Meert, Gautam Singh, Priya Spencer, Nancy Sullivan, Sureja Sundaralingam, Vishnu Undyala, Emily Ward, Amanda Weber, Charmaine Williams Farr, Tamara Bradford, Marla Johnston, Matthew Elias, Alex Fiks, Chris Forrest, Dana Albizem, Susan Coffin, Therese Giglia, Katherine Lupton, Grace Marks, Tonia Morrison, Shawn O'Connor, Daniel Forsha, Jennifer Nelson, Rachel Sachdeva, Dara Watkins, Ashraf S. Harahsheh, Jordyn Britton, Alix Fetch, Anita Krishnan, Onais Tariq, Sean Lang, Marisa Almaguer, Jim Cnota, Lauryn Dugan, Elise Pickering, Kathleen Rathge, Elizabeth Mitchell, Christine Capone, Nilanjana Misra, Olga Shamailova, Mark Russell, Tammy Doman, Lori Harris, Keren Hasbani, Sagar Jani, Brian McCrindle, Jessica Bainton, Maryanne Chrisant, Doris Alaby, Norma Barton, Danielle Katz, Paulette Smith, Stephanie Handler, Joe Block, Regina Cole, Jennifer Maldonado, Kim McHugh, Andrew Atz, Megan Bickford, Jason Buckley, John Costello, Delany Dennis, Elizabeth Emrath-Zwick, Mary Freeman, Lanier Jackson, Madison Johnson, Tyler Kasmarcak, Elizabeth Mack, Scott Pletzer, Natasha Ruth, Carolyn Taylor, Sinai Zyblewski, Kanwal Farooqi, Brett Anderson, Katrina Golub, Chanel Rojas, Korsin Rosalind, Chantal Sanchez, Shubhika Srivastava, Carol Prospero, Deepika Thacker, Ed Williams, Varsha Zadokar, Arash Sabati, Kylie Domian, Ashley Herzberg, Sanjana Khanna, Todd Nowlen, Susan Park, Jade Porche, Samantha Stack, Dongngan Truong, Andrea Dunn, Lilly Fagatele, Emma Joyce, Linda Lambert, Kirsten Dummer, Sherrie Bandy, Jane Burns, Katheryn Crane, Sanjeet Hedge, Joan Pancheri, Adriana Tremoulet, Ronald Mark Payne, Mary Stumpf, Michael Portman, Hidemi Kajimoto, Camden Hebson, Krissie Hock, Onyekachukwu Osakwe, Jemylle Morato, Divya Shakti, Matt Kadish, Hengameh Raissy, Jerry Larrabee, Kavita Sharma, William Anguiano, Catherine Ikemba, Alejandra Lozano, Maria Martinez, Wendy Rojas, Lerraughn Morgan, Isaura Macias, Carl Owada, Mayra Rangel, Michelle Sykes

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Do you think medicines can be prescribed in a more eco-directed, greener way? A qualitative study based on public and prescriber focus groups on the impact of pharmaceuticals in Sc... by Claire Anderson, Lydia Niemi, Naoko Arakawa, Mark Taggart, Stuart Gibb, Sharon Pfleger

“…Data were iteratively analysed using the one sheet of paper technique.Setting Public focus groups were held in-person (Inverness, Scotland, April 2023), and prescriber focus groups were held virtually (MS Teams, August 2023).Participants Nine public representatives and 17 NHS Scotland prescribers participated in one of four focus groups. …”
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Comparative effects of methamphetamine, cannabis, and polysubstance use on oral health by Osman Hasan Tahsin Kılıç, Duygu Kürklü Arpaçay, Onur Çağdaş Gezen, Zehra Nur Bayram, Aysel Başer

“…IntroductionThis study aimed to compare the clinical oral health status of individuals with Methamphetamine (MA), Cannabis (THC), and Polysubstance (PS) use disorders to healthy controls, and assess the impact of substance type, usage duration, quantity, and oral health behaviors on dental health outcomes through comprehensive oral examinations.MethodsThis cross-sectional clinical study was conducted at İzmir Democracy University Buca Seyfi Demirsoy Education and Research Hospital between April 2024 and August 2024. …”
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Atherogenic index of plasma and coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies by Ramin Assempoor, Mohammad Shahabaddin Daneshvar, Aryan Taghvaei, Alireza Sattari Abroy, Amir Azimi, John R. Nelson, Kaveh Hosseini

“…Methods PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science were systematically searched from the inception of each database to August 13, 2024. Cross-sectional studies, case-control studies, and prospective or retrospective cohort studies using multivariate analysis were included. …”
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Effect of Malaria and Schistosoma mansoni Coinfection on Selected Biochemical Profiles among Patients Attending Selected Health Institutions at Dembiya, Northwest Ethiopia by Wagaw Abebe, Wossenseged Lemma, Yalewayker Tegegne, Amare Mekuanint, Abebe Yenesew, Adane Derso

“…An institutional-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted from March 30 to August 10, 2022. …”
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Correlation Between the Inferior Vena Cava/Aorta (Ivc/Ao) Ratio and Serum Lactate Levels in Children With Renal Disorder by Hakim DDL, Widiasta A, Rachmadi D, Rahayunigsih SE, Apandi PR, Adrizain R, Martiano MRA

“…Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, between May and August 2023. AKI was diagnosed using pRIFLE or KDIGO criteria. …”
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