Age‐related longitudinal change in cardiac structure and function in adults at increased cardiovascular risk by Fei Fei Gong, Jennifer M. Coller, Michele McGrady, Umberto Boffa, Louise Shiel, Danny Liew, Simon Stewart, Alice J. Owen, Henry Krum, Christopher M. Reid, David L. Prior, Duncan J. Campbell

“…Methods and results CVD risk factors were recorded in 3065 participants who underwent a baseline echocardiographic examination, of whom 2358 attended a follow‐up examination 3.8 [median, inter‐quartile range (IQR) 3.5, 4.2] years later. …”
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Association of CYP2C9∗3 and CYP2C8∗3 Non-Functional Alleles with Ibuprofen-Induced Upper Gastrointestinal Toxicity in a Saudi Patient by Amina M. Bagher

“…We presented a case of a 31-year-old Saudi female patient with a history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had taken ibuprofen at 600 mg twice daily for eight weeks. …”
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Comparison between Rocuronium and Atracurium Effect on Blood Pressure during General Anaesthesia in Baghdad Hospital by Adel Amen Hama, Noor Faris Hoobi, Sara Emad Majeed

“…The study recruited 50 adult patients, divided in to two groups the rocuronium drug groups which included 25 patients and atracurium drug group which included 25 patients, age ranged from (18-60 years) of both sexes who were (ASAI and ASAII) patients undergoing (elective surgeries) in Baghdad education hospital during the period from (October 2019 to March 2020). …”
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Association between exposure to ambient air pollutants and metabolic syndrome in the vicinity of the Taklamakan Desert by Zhe Wang, Weidong Ji, Yushan Wang, Lin Li, Kai Wang, Hongze Liu, Yining Yang, Yi Zhou

“…Conclusions: There is an observed association between long-term exposure to air pollution and a heightened risk of MetS, particularly in men, younger individuals, those who are physically inactive, and smokers.…”
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Assessment of ChatGPT-generated medical Arabic responses for patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. by Saleh A Alqahtani, Reem S AlAhmed, Waleed S AlOmaim, Saad Alghamdi, Waleed Al-Hamoudi, Khalid Ibrahim Bzeizi, Ali Albenmousa, Alessio Aghemo, Nicola Pugliese, Cesare Hassan, Faisal A Abaalkhail

“…The responses were evaluated for accuracy, completeness, and comprehensibility by 10 Saudi MASLD experts who were native Arabic speakers. Likert scales were used to evaluate: 1) Accuracy, 2) Completeness, and 3) Comprehensibility. …”
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The Obesity Paradox Revisited: Is Obesity Still a Protective Factor for Patients With High Comorbidity Burden or High-Complexity Procedures? by Hyo Jin Son, BSc, Denise W. Gee, MD, David Gomez, MD, PhD, James J. Jung, MD, PhD

“…However, no difference in odds of mortality was observed in patients with obesity who underwent high-complexity procedures compared with normal BMI counterparts (BMI 30–34.9: odds ratio, 0.93 [95% confidence interval: 0.86–1.01]; BMI 35–39.9: 0.92 [0.83–1.03]; BMI ≥ 40: 0.94 [0.83–1.07]), and in patients with obesity with high comorbidity burden (mCCI ≥ 8 [BMI 30–34.9: 0.95 (0.77–1.16); BMI 35–39.9: 0.78, (0.60–1.02); BMI ≥ 40: 0.84 (0.63–1.12)] and top 3% mortality probability [BMI 30–34.9: 0.96 (0.90–1.02); BMI ≥ 40: 0.94 (0.86–1.01)]). …”
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Nucleotide variation in Foxp3 gene and prognosis of bladder cancer: a case-control study by Qin Li, Yan Zhang, Yan Zhang, Min Su, Yaping Song, Yanyun Wang, Bin Zhou, Lin Zhang

“…SPSS and online SNPstats software were used to determine the disparities between groups.ResultsFor the rs3761548 C/A polymorphism, patients with the CA/AA genotype showed a notable decrease in the case group (22.1% versus 34.8%, P = 0.003, OR = 0.61, 95%CI = 0.44-0.85), and the heterozygous CA genotype presented a distinctly lower risk for BC (P = 0.0003, OR = 0.43, 95%CI = 0.26-0.70). Notably, individuals who were homozygous for the AA genotype demonstrated a markedly lower overall survival (OS) rate compared to those with the CC/CA genotypes (P = 0.03, OR = 5.89, 95%CI = 1.23-28.15), after adjusting for factors such as age, gender, smoking status, tumor grade, metastasis, and clinical stage. …”
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Application of Chain Nursing Process in the Nursing of Elderly Inpatients with Implantable Venous Infusion Port by Juan Hu, Li Zhou, Juanying Ding

“…Methods. 81 elderly inpatients who were treated with implantable venous infusion port in the hospital were selected between February 2018 and December 2021, and they were divided into the routine group (given routine nursing of implantable venous infusion port, n = 40) and the study group (given chain nursing process intervention on the basis of the routine group, n = 41) according to the random number table method. …”
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Accessibility of Patients With Special Healthcare Needs to Dental Care in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: A Multicentre Study From Perspective of Caregiver and Dental Care Pr... by Tarek Ezzeldin, Mazin Algahtani, Nadia Abdulrahman Alghannam, Faisal Abdulkareem Alsafran, Intisar Ahmad Siddiqui, Hebah Zaki Al-Ghanim, Basma Mohamed Bader, Abdullah Abdulatif Alshubat, Adnan Hamad Almarry, Hussein Hejji IbnAhmed, Sarah Abdulhadi Kanakri, Reem Babiker Eltayeb, Mohammed Ibrahim Almuaybid, Khalaf Ali Al-Wasi

“…In addition, the perspective of dental care providers who care for patients with SCN and the factors affecting the provision of treatment was also appraised. …”
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Association between occupational exposure to gasoline and anemia: a retrospective cohort study in China by Lan Lin, Hongmei Cao, Beining Wu, Jin Wang, Lin Song, Weiling Chan, Geyang Li, Li Zhou, Jing Xiao, Lejia Zhu, Yulong Lian

“…Anemia was diagnosed according to WHO guidelines on hemoglobin cutoffs to define anemia in individuals and populations. …”
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The clinical application and anatomical analysis of proximal peroneal artery perforator in free fibula flap based on CTA by Yitong Zhao, Danwei Xiang, Lina Song, Zhujiajun Cui, Xingwu Zheng, Tianyu Zhang, Huihui Yang, Yongzhen Fu, Qilin Liu

“…Methods A comprehensive review was conducted involving 50 patients who underwent CTA examinations. Three-dimensional reconstruction of DICOM data was utilized to document the presence, quantity, location, and variations of proximal perforators. …”
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Sociodemographic disparities in influenza vaccination among older adults in United States by Huan Tao, Jin Chen, Xue Zhang, Xue Zhang, Tao Wang, Nenggang Jiang, Yongqian Jia

“…Compared to non-Hispanic Black people with an income below $25,000 and education less than high school, the ORs were significantly higher among non-Hispanic whites [2.12, (95% CI 1.97–2.28)], non-Hispanic Black people [1.30, (95% CI 1.18–1.44)], and Hispanics [1.40, (95% CI 1.24–1.59)] earning above $50,000 and education above high school. Those who received an influenza vaccination tended to be concentrated in the high-income group and high-education group.ConclusionThere are substantial racial and socioeconomic disparities in influenza vaccination uptake among individuals aged 65 years or older. …”
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Association between maternal infertility treatment and child neurodevelopment: findings from the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study in Miyagi a... by Mami Ishikuro, Shinichi Kuriyama, Shigeo Kure, Junichi Sugawara, Taku Obara, Nobuo Yaegashi, Tatsui Otsuka, Aoi Noda, Keiko Murakami, Fumihiko Ueno, Fumiko Matsuzaki, Tomomi Onuma, Zen Watanabe, Naomi Shiga, Noriyuki Iwama, Hamada Hirotaka, Masahito Tachibana, Hiroaki Tomita, Masatoshi Saito

“…Objectives This study aimed to examine the association between infertility treatment and neurodevelopment in children at 2 and 3.5 years of age.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting and participants The study population consisted of mother–child pairs who participated in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study in Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures, Japan. …”
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The Efficacy and Safety of the Chinese Herbal Formula, JTTZ, for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes with Obesity and Hyperlipidemia: A Multicenter Randomized, Positive-Controlled, Op... by Xiaotong Yu, Lipeng Xu, Qiang Zhou, Shengping Wu, Jiaxing Tian, Chunli Piao, Hailong Guo, Jun Zhang, Liping Li, Shentao Wu, Meizhen Guo, Yuzhi Hong, Weirong Pu, Xiyan Zhao, Yang Liu, Bing Pang, Zhiping Peng, Song Wang, Fengmei Lian, Xiaolin Tong

“…The JTTZ formula has shown that it could potentially be developed as an alternative medicine for patients with T2D, particularly those who cannot tolerate metformin or other hypoglycemic drugs. …”
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Prediction of subsequent vertebral fracture after percutaneous vertebral augmentation using MRI-based vertebral bone quality and CT-based Hounsfield units: a retrospective cross-se... by Youdi Xue, Kun Shi, Weixiang Dai, Chao Ma, Jie Li

“…This study included consecutive 341 patients with OVCF who were treated with PVA from March 1, 2020, to December 31, 2022. …”
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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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You cannot be what you cannot see: a retrospective natural longitudinal cohort study exploring the impact of face-to-face rural immersion on student medical training satisfaction a... by Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Matthew R McGrail, Bushra F Nasir, Alan Bruce Chater

“…This study aimed to explore the impact of online learning on medical students’ satisfaction levels and intentions to practice in a rural area after graduation.Design, setting and participants We conducted a natural quasi-experimental longitudinal retrospective cross-sectional study during 2011–2022 for all Australian domestic medical students who undertook a Rural and Remote Medicine (RRM) placement at the University of Queensland. …”
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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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