Navigating challenges and maximizing potential: Handling complications and constraints in minimally invasive surgery by Qadrie Zulfkar, Maqbool Mudasir, Dar Mohd Altaf, Qadir Afshana

“…Patient selection plays a pivotal role, with thorough preoperative assessments helping identify individuals who may be at higher risk for complications. Limitations in MIS are diverse and can stem from anatomical challenges, such as restricted access in confined spaces or complex structures. …”
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Association between male involvement during antenatal care and use of maternal health services in Mwanza City, Northwestern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study by Clara C Natai, Neema Gervas, Frybert M Sikira, Beatrice J Leyaro, Juma Mfanga, Mashavu H. Yussuf, Sia E Msuya

“…In Tanzania information is limited regarding influence of male involvement during ANC on utilisation of maternal health services.Objectives To determine the effect of male involvement during ANC on use of maternal health services in Mwanza, Tanzania.Design A cross-sectional study conducted from June to July 2019.Setting This study was conducted at seven randomly selected health facilities providing reproductive, maternal and child health (RCH) services in Mwanza City.Participants Included 430 postpartum women who delivered 1 year prior to the study and attending for RCH services (growth monitoring, vaccination, postpartum care).Outcome measures 4 or more ANC visits, skilled birth attendant (SBA) use during childbirth and postnatal care (PNC) utilisation 48 hours after delivery.Methods Interviews and observation of the women’s ANC card were used to collect data. …”
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“Equity” in genomic health policies: a review of policies in the international arena by Prabhathi Basnayake Ralalage, Prabhathi Basnayake Ralalage, Tala Mitchell, Claire Zammit, Gareth Baynam, Gareth Baynam, Emma Kowal, Libby Masey, Julie McGaughran, Tiffany Boughtwood, Misty Jenkins, Gregory Pratt, Angeline Ferdinand

“…In addition, General and Specific Policy Repositories, Global Consortia in Genomic Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centers in Genomics, Australian Genomics, Public Policy Projects, Global Genomic Medicine Consortium (G2MC), G2MC conference Oct 2023 and National Human Genome Research Institute databases were searched using the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Return to Activities of Daily Living after Breast Cancer Surgery: An Observational Prospective Questionnaire-Based Study of Patients Undergoing Mastectomy with or without Immediate... by L. Ballance, R. L. Wilson, C. C. Kirwan, G. Boundouki, V. P. Taxiarchi, B. G. Baker, V. Rusius, M. Rowland, J. R. Henderson, N. Marikakis, J. McAleer, J. R. Harvey, On Behalf of the Northwest Breast Research Collaborative

“…A prospective multicentre, self-reported questionnaire-based feasibility study of women who had undergone mastectomy ± reconstruction was performed, between Jan 2017 and Dec 2019. …”
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Р. DESCARTES: PRINCIPLES OF RATIONALISTIC METHOD AND MORALITY (TO THE QUESTION ON THE METHODS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL WORK) by Оксана ОСЕТРОВА

“… In this article, the focus of research attention is directed at understanding the principles of the deductive rationalist method of the French thinker of the New Age, R.Descartes, who formulated the rules of morality on its basis. …”
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ONC213: a novel strategy to resensitize resistant AML cells to venetoclax through induction of mitochondrial stress by Jenna L. Carter, Yongwei Su, Eman T. Al-Antary, Jianlei Zhao, Xinan Qiao, Guan Wang, Holly Edwards, Lisa Polin, Juiwanna Kushner, Sijana H. Dzinic, Kathryn White, Steven A. Buck, Maik Hüttemann, Joshua E. Allen, Varun V. Prabhu, Jay Yang, Jeffrey W. Taub, Yubin Ge

“…Abstract Background Venetoclax + azacitidine is a frontline treatment for older adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients and a salvage therapy for relapsed/refractory patients who have been treated with intensive chemotherapy. …”
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Left ventricular output indices and sacubitril/valsartan titration: role of stroke volume index by Paolo Tolomeo, Ottavio Zucchetti, Emanuele D'Aniello, Noemi Punzo, Federico Marchini, Luca Di Ienno, Elisabetta Tonet, Rita Pavasini, Claudio Rapezzi, Gianluca Campo, Matteo Serenelli

“…Methods and results We analysed 106 HFrEF patients who underwent echocardiography examination up to 1 week before starting treatment with sacubitril/valsartan. …”
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Unveiling The Myth of High Recurrence Rate of Extracranial Arteriovenous Malformations of The Head and Neck: Systematic Review of Case Reports and Case Series [version 2; peer revi... by Sagung Rai Indrasari, Danu Yudistira, Camelia Herdini, Agustian Winarno Putra

“…Interestingly, no patients who received a multi-modality of treatments experienced recurrence or regrowth of the AVM mass within the follow up period. …”
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Prevalence and predictive factors of testosterone-induced erythrocytosis: a retrospective single center study by Anina Neidhart, Viktor von Wyl, Viktor von Wyl, Benno Käslin, Christoph Henzen, Stefan Fischli

“…Compared to baseline, hematocrit (HCT) values at last follow-up (LFU) increased significantly by +0.04 (95% confidence interval (CI) [0.027, 0.050], p=<0.0001) in all patients (n=92) and +0.06 (95%CI [0.031, 0.057], p<0.0001) in the TU group (n=71). 57% of the patients reached an HCT value>0.46, 23% >0.5 and 5%>0.54. 46% of the patients who have reached an HCT value >0.46 have had their highest HCT measurement within the first year of TRT application. …”
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Non-contrast-enhanced 3.0T Whole-heart Coronary MRA: Comparison of Diagnostic Performance between mDixon and WHCA TFE Sequence Using SPIR in CAD Using Coronary Angiography as Refer... by Huaying WANG, Yang CHEN, Peng HUANG, Yue LI, Gang ZHANG, Zhongsheng ZHANG, Haixia JI, Hao GUO, Heng MA

“…Method: This prospective study recruited 45 patients who were scheduled for X-ray coronary angiography (CAG) with suspected CAD in Yantai Yuhuangding hospital. …”
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The Impacts of SLC22A1 rs594709 and SLC47A1 rs2289669 Polymorphisms on Metformin Therapeutic Efficacy in Chinese Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Di Xiao, Yu Guo, Xi Li, Ji-Ye Yin, Wei Zheng, Xin-Wen Qiu, Ling Xiao, Rang-Ru Liu, Sai-Ying Wang, Wei-Jing Gong, Hong-Hao Zhou, Zhao-Qian Liu

“…Subsequently, 53 newly diagnosed patients who received metformin monotherapy were recruited to evaluate metformin efficacy. …”
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Microtransesophageal Echocardiographic Guidance during Percutaneous Interatrial Septal Closure without General Anaesthesia by Roel J. R. Snijder, Laura E. Renes, Martin J. Swaans, Maarten Jan Suttorp, Jurrien M. Ten Berg, Martijn C. Post

“…All consecutive patients who underwent ASD and PFO closure between 2013 and 2018 were included. …”
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Information War in Syria by N. A. Smirnov

“…Analyzing numerous publications, photos and videos, largely specially rigged to achieve the desired result, it is difficult to say about the objective picture of what is happening, but it is an indisputable fact of enormous human sacrifices, millions of people who have fled their country and the destroyed country in the heart of the Middle East.…”
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Impact of titanium mesh cage slotting width on anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion for compression cervical spondylosis with MRI T2WI hyperintensity: a one-year follow-up study by Rongguo Yu, Xiurong Yuan, Kangkang Huang, Tingkui Wu, Hong Wang, Chen Ding, Beiyu Wang, Hao Liu

“…Methods We retrospectively analyzed 69 patients who underwent single-level ACCF between December 2010 and October 2021. …”
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Long-Term Anatomic and Functional Outcomes after Macular Hole Surgery by Karolina Kaźmierczak, Joanna Stafiej, Joanna Stachura, Paweł Żuchowski, Grażyna Malukiewicz

“…To evaluate the structural and functional outcomes in patients who underwent macular hole (MH) surgery in the long-term follow-up. …”
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Peddling Wonderment, Selling Privilege: Launching the Market for Medieval Books in Antebellum New York by Scott Gwara

“…He marketed elite collectors who considered themselves New World aristocrats. …”
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Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission Following Noncardiac Surgery: International Cohort Study by Michael H. McGillion, RN, PhD, Flavia K. Borges, MD, PhD, David Conen, MD, MPH, Daniel I. Sessler, MD, Brenda L. Coleman, RN, PhD, Maura Marcucci, MD, MSc, Carley Ouellette, RN, MSc, Marissa Bird, RN, PhD, Carly Whitmore, RN, PhD, Shaunattonie Henry, RN, PhD, Sandra Ofori, MD, MSc, Shirley M. Pettit, RN, Deborah M. Bedini, RN, MHS, Leslie P. Gauthier, MScT, Jennifer Lounsbury, RN(EC), MN, Nancy M. Carter, RN, PhD, Vikas Tandon, MD, Ameen Patel, MD, Teresa Cafaro, MD, MSc, Marko R. Simunovic, MD, John A. Harlock, MD, Diane Heels-Ansdell, MSc, Fadi Elias, MD, MS, Theodore Rapanos, MD, Shawn Forbes, MD, Elizabeth Peter, RN, PhD, Judy Watt-Watson, RN, PhD, Kelly Metcalfe, RN, PhD, Sandra L. Carroll, RN, PhD, Philip J. Devereaux, MD, PhD

“…We undertook an international (28 centers, 14 countries) prospective cohort study of a representative sample of adults ≥45 years of age who underwent noncardiac surgery. Risk factors for readmission were assessed using Cox regression (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00512109). …”
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The lived experience of migrant Syrian mothers’ interaction with the neonatal screening program by Mehmet Akif Sezerol, Zeynep Meva Altaş, Emrullah Arslan

“…Methods Women were selected from the Migrant Health Center (MHC), which is the primary health care institution in Istanbul. A translator who spoke Arabic, the native language of participants, used an open-ended, semi-structed interview form to guide face-to-face interviews with participants. …”
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Anthology of Ukrainian Poetry “Strings” by Bohdan Lepky as a Text in Contextual Reading by Lilia Оvdiichuk

“…The historical context is the consequences of the First World War, which forced many peaceful Ukrainians to emigrate, and those who fought on the fronts as Russian subjects to acquire the status of prisoners of war. …”
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Determining and comparing the achieved competencies of graduating nursing students of public and private universities in Iran by Majid Purabdollah, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Akram Ghahramanian, Leila Valizadeh, Mostafa Ghasempour, Saeid Mousavi

“…Background The main responsibility of nursing education is to train nurses who possess the necessary competencies to provide safe and high-quality care. …”
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