Real-world treatment patterns and clinical characteristics in patients with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus: an analysis of the SLE Prospective Observational Cohort... by Raj Tummala, Richard A Furie, Laurent Arnaud, Eric F Morand, Martin Aringer, Stephanie Chen, Barnabas Desta, Alberta Hoi, Bo Ding, Christine Peschken, Jonatan Hedberg, Tina Grünfeld Eén, Alessandro Sorrentino, Danuta Kielar

“…The proportion of patients who were on glucocorticoid doses >5 mg/day ranged from ~20% to 33% throughout the study. …”
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Atypical Mucin Expression Predicts Worse Overall Survival in Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Yunzhen Qian, Yitao Gong, Yu Liu, Yusheng Chen, Ruijie Wang, Zhengjie Dai, Xuan Zou, Yesiboli Tasiheng, Guopei Luo, Xuan Lin, Xu Wang, He Cheng, Xianjun Yu, Chen Liu

“…However, the relationship between mucin expression and prognosis of PDAC patients has been controversial in the past decades; therefore, we aim to figure out the association of mucin expression with survival in PDAC patients who underwent radical resection. Methods. We performed immunohistochemistry (IHC) to detect the expression of MUC1, MUC2, and MUC5AC in resected PDAC specimens from Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University (FUSCC, n=427) and obtained the corresponding clinical statistical data for retrospective study. …”
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The Danish Drowning Cohort: Utstein-style data from fatal and non-fatal drowning incidents in Denmark by Niklas Breindahl, Kasper Bitzer, Oliver B. Sørensen, Alexander Wildenschild, Signe A. Wolthers, Tim Lindskou, Jacob Steinmetz, Stig N. F. Blomberg, Helle C. Christensen, the Danish Drowning Validation Group

“…Data are extracted from the Danish prehospital electronic medical record using a text-search algorithm (Danish Drowning Formula) and a manual validation process. The WHO definition of drowning, supported by the clarification statement for non-fatal drowning, is used as the case definition to identify drowning. …”
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HKA angle exceeding 5 degrees is strongly associated with lateral patellar translation beyond 2 mm: surgical recommendations for avoiding adverse effects on the patellofemoral join... by Zheng Jiang, Nan Zhen, Yanjie Mao, Axiang He, Han Guo, Weiming Lin, Diwen Tang, Yang Qu, Tsung-Yuan Tsai, Wanjun Liu

“…Methods We recruited 15 patients who underwent unilateral OWHTO. All patients performed continuous stair climbing under the surveillance of a dual fluoroscopic imaging system to determine accurate 6-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) PFJs and 3D hip-knee-ankle (HKA) angles before and 6 months after OWHTO. …”
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Burnout in Healthcare Professionals during Covid-19 Crisis by Nasim Hajipoor Kashgsaray, Maryam Soleimanpour, Sina Behmanesh, Hassan Soleimanpour

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study included 67 doctors and nurses working in the Emergency Department of Imam Reza Hospital of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences who had been working there during the COVID-19 outbreak. …”
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Healthcare workers’ perspectives on trauma and mental health access for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar by Lindsey Green, Linda Kaljee, Shahanoor Akter Chowdhury, Thomas McHale, Ranit Mishori, Ranit Mishori, Dahlia Fateen, Nima Sheth

“…This study examines the impact of these human rights violations on the trauma experiences of Rohingya survivors, their resulting mental health, and the availability and access to post-migration mental health services.MethodsQualitative one-on-one interviews were conducted with 26 health care professionals who cared for Rohingya refugees after their arrival in Bangladesh.ResultsTrauma experienced by the Rohingya spanned the period before, during, and following migration and was ongoing at the time of data collection. …”
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Crisis response strategies of universities during the ongoing war: Beyond experience and responsibilities by Oleksandr Spivakovsky, Serhii Omelchuk, Daria Malchykova

“…The opinions expressed herein are the authors’ own and do not necessarily express the views of either the Bridge USA or American Councils.The authors express their gratitude to the vice-presidents, deans of faculties, and academic and non-academic staff of Kherson State University who participated in the development of institutional documents that implement crisis management decisions presented in this paper and form a crisis response strategy for the university during martial law.…”
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The PainSMART project: Protocol for a research program on effectiveness, mechanisms of effect and patient-practitioner experiences of the PainSMART-strategy as an adjunct to usual... by Richard Thompson, Maria Fors, Ann-Sofi Kammerlind, Pia Tingström, Allan Abbott, Kajsa Johansson

“…Subjects: Adults (18 years or older) seeking primary care for MSKP who are triaged and booked for an initial physiotherapy consultation at five primary care physiotherapy departments within the Swedish public healthcare regions of Östergötland and Jönköping. …”
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Aaron Temkin Beck (born July 18, 1921-) Biography by K. Fatih Yavuz, M. Hakan Türkçapar

“…He has been listed as one of the “10 individuals who shaped the face of American Psychiatry” and one of the 5 most influential psychotherapists of all time by The American Psychologist (July 1989). …”
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Clinico-spirometrical correlation of newly detected COPD patients with known tobacco smoking exposure or biomass smoke exposure presenting to a teaching institution in Vadodara, Gu... by Bhavesh Patel, G Mothiganesh, Arti D. Shah, Chirag H. Chakravarti, Parshwa Naik, Princee Patel

“…The current investigation aimed to establish a clinical profile of patients with recently diagnosed COPD who present to a healthcare facility in Vadodara. …”
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About the Master’s Program “Creative Personnel Management”: Methodological Foundations by A. O. Grudzinskiy, I. V. Guskova, N. E. Serebrovskaya, V. V. Mariko

“…Based on the results of the study, HRtechnologies were clarified and the content of professional competencies, which should be possessed by specialists in HRM departments of organizations and enterprises who belong to the category of creative personnel, was disclosed. …”
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Tuberculosis and Sudden Death in Lithuania by Gintarė Zarembaitė, Gabrielė Žiūkaitė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Sigitas Laima, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…In cases of sudden death, autopsy helps to identify tuberculosis cases that have not been clinically detected and ensures tuberculosis monitoring. Therefore, the person who performs autopsy remains at high risk of contracting tuberculosis. …”
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The European Union’s Policies Towards Iraq (2014–2020) by L. D. Oganisyan

“…However, these efforts have not yet been explored in depth by the Russian experts, who traditionally focus on the EU relations with the Southern Mediterranean countries.The author aims to reveal the logic behind the evolution of the European Union’s policy towards Iraq since 2014, as well as its impact on the EU assistance programmes to this country. …”
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The value of lung ultrasound score combined with echocardiography in assessing right heart function in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis and experiencing pulmonary hyper... by Ying Xia, Xin Liu

“…Methods Eighty five patients who underwent MHD combined with elevated PASP, at the First Central Hospital of Baoding City were selected. …”
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Cost Impact Model of a Novel Multi-mRNA Host Response Assay for Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections and Sepsis in the Emergency Department by John E. Schneider, Jonathan Romanowsky, Philipp Schuetz, Ivana Stojanovic, Henry K. Cheng, Oliver Liesenfeld, Ljubomir Buturovic, Timothy E. Sweeney

“…Reductions in hospital days (-0.80 days, -36.7%), antibiotic days (-1.49 days, -29.5%), and percent 30-day mortality (-1.67%, -13.64%) were driven by HostDx Sepsis providing fewer “noninformative” moderate risk predictions and more “certain” low- or high-risk predictions compared to standard of care, especially for patients who were not severely ill. These results were robust to changes in key parameters, including disease prevalence. …”
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A contentious intervention to support the medical workforce: a case study of the policy of introducing physician associates in the United Kingdom by Martin McKee, Louella K. Vaughan, Giuliano Russo

“…This has led to a widespread grassroots backlash by the medical profession, often challenging their leaders who had supported this idea. As a consequence, professional bodies that were initially in favour are now expressing serious concerns and it seems likely that the roles and responsibilities of physician associates (and related occupations) will be curtailed. …”
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Effect of ticagrelor combined with metoprolol extended-release tablets on cardiac function and clinical prognosis in elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome after percutaneou... by Lili Wang, Linlin Gao, Qin Chen, Li Chen, Hui Xu, Ling Sun, Youbin Hu

“…This study sought to assess the impact of combining ticagrelor and metoprolol extended-release tablets on clinical prognosis and cardiac function in elderly ACS patients following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).MethodsFrom February 2022 to February 2023, 90 elderly ACS patients who underwent PCI at our institution were retrospectively enrolled and divided into two groups: an observation group (OG) and a control group (CG), with 45 patients in each group. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) for detection of tuberculosis drug resistance in India, South Africa and Georgia: a modeling analysisResearch in co... by Suvesh Shrestha, Angelina Addae, Cecily Miller, Nazir Ismail, Alice Zwerling

“…This study explored the potential cost-effectiveness of tNGS for the diagnosis of DR-TB across 3 settings: India, South Africa and Georgia. Methods: To inform WHO guideline development group (GDG) on tNGS we developed a stochastic decision analysis model and assessed cost-effectiveness of tNGS for DST among rifampicin resistance individuals. …”
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Transcatheter Closure of Perimembranous and Intracristal Ventricular Septal Defects Using Amplatzer Duct Occluder II in Children by Shenrong Liu, Wenqian Zhang, Junjie Li, Shushui Wang, Mingyang Qian, Jijun Shi, Yumei Xie, Zhiwei Zhang

“…We retrospectively analyzed all children, who presented to our hospital consecutively between March 2014 and June 2020 for attempted transcatheter closure of pmVSD or icVSD with the ADO II device. …”
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Attitudes Toward General Vaccination Mediate the Association Between Influenza Vaccination History and Pneumococcal Vaccination Intention Among Older Adults in China by Siwen Huang, Chi Ruan, Yan Jiang, Yudan Song, Yuhang Zhang, Zeying Qin, Xinyu Shi, Mengyue Zhang, Jingtao Zhou, Dingwan Chen, Yongkang Xiao, Liang Wang, Lili Tian, Rui Peng, Zongchao Peng, Sitong Luo

“…<b>Method:</b> A multi-center cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1031 older adults, and 658 participants (median age: 65.0 ± 9.0 years) who had not received pneumococcal vaccination were included in the analysis. …”
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