Frequency and Predictors of Pneumonia After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG): A Single-Center Study by Ozgur Baris, Tugba Asli Onyilmaz, Huseyin Kaya

“…<b>Methods:</b> This retrospective study analyzed 430 patients who underwent CABG between 2019 and 2024. Patient demographics, clinical characteristics, surgical details and laboratory data were collected. …”
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Musiktheorie und ›Satzlehre‹ im Kontext der Diskussion um Artistic Research by Robert Christoph Bauer

“…Therefore, I do not address myself exclusively to music-theoretical experts, but to all who are interested in questions of a specifically music-related artistic research and its potentials. …”
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Exploring the perceptions of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental well-being and medical education of medical students in Northern Ireland, in addition to the perceive... by Claire Whiteside, Gonnie Klabbers

“…The interviews were conducted amongst individuals who were 1st-4th year medical students when the pandemic was officially declared in Northern Ireland in March 2020. …”
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Risk factors of 180-day rebleeding after management of blunt splenic injury without surgery and embolization: a national database study by Chung-Yen Chen, Hung-Yu Lin, Pie-Wen Hsieh, Yi-Kai Huang, Po-Chin Yu, Jian-Han Chen

“…Adult patients aged ≥ 18 years with blunt splenic injury (ICD-9-CM codes 865.01–865.09) from 2000 to 2012 were included. Patients who died, underwent splenectomy (ICD-9-OP codes 41.5, 41.42,41.43, and 41.95) or transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) (ICD-9-OP codes 39.79 and 99.29) on the first admission were excluded. …”
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Introducing an index on prediction of post-revascularization cerebral infarction using preoperative CT perfusion parameters in moyamoya disease by Xiaojun Hao, Chao Zhang, Chen Yang, Xintong Zhao, Yunfeng Zhou, Juan Wang

“…Methods This retrospective study included 92 adults with MMD who underwent surgical revascularization. Preoperative quantitative CTP parameters, including cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral blood volume (CBV), mean transit time (MTT), time to drain (TTD), and transit time to maximum of the residue function (Tmax), along with clinical data, were compared between the groups with and without post-CI. …”
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Comparing Fetal Weight Estimates in the Third Trimester: Clinical Examination Findings, Ultrasonographic Estimation, and Actual Birth Weight by Ayesha Ghaffar, Sabeen Ashraf, Hafiza Alia Akbar Khan, Saba Yousaf, Tallat Farkhanda, Amartur Rabbal

“…A total of 1130 women between the ages of 18 and 40, gestational age of > 34 weeks, BMI of 18 to 25 kg/m2, single cephalic fetus and who gave consent were included. The patients with PIH, preeclampsia, eclampsia, anaemia, chronic renal disease, diabetes and conditions such as polyhydramnios, oligohydramnios, and congenital fetal anomalies were excluded from the study. …”
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Correlation Between Vitamin D3 Levels, Autoantibodies, and Antibody-Related Diseases in Patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis by Ali Saad Kadhim, Abdullah Salim Al-Karawi

“…Materials and Methods: The current involved 150 male's patients, aged 25-50 years, who were compared with same numbers and aged of as healthy controls. …”
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MOSQUITO-BORNE PARASITES IN PATIENTS NEWLY INFECTED WITH HIV IN RELATIONSHIP WITH CD4 COUNT AND TNF ΑLPHA by Mathew Folaranmi Olaniyan

“…., 2001) Plasmodium spp. and 8% (WHO, 2019) W. bancrofti obtained in the non-HIV infected control subjects. …”
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Associations of social isolation with sociodemographic aspects and health indicators in Brazilian middle-aged and older adults: ELSI-Brazil by Paulo Afonso Sandy Júnior, Flávia Silva Arbex Borim, Daniela de Assumpção, Anita Liberalesso Neri

“…Future research should use longitudinal study designs to investigate causal relationships and develop interventions for older adults who are socially isolated.…”
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自发性脑出血术后早期使用阿司匹林的可能性：来自中国学者的首个脑出血围手术期管理高级别循证依据 Possibility of Early Use of Aspirin after Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Surgery: The First High-Level Evidence-Based Evidenc... by 周航，陈高(ZHOU Hang, CHEN Gao)

“…In this context, patients who survive after intracerebral hemorrhage surgery have a significantly increased risk of major cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular events. …”
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Rahasia Tartib Surah dan Ayat Al-Quran dari Unsur Bilangan (Kajian Pemikiran Izza Rohman) by Sri Pujilestari, Weka Dwi Kartika, Azah Lailaturrosidah, Abdussakir, Muhammad

“…The difference in the arrangement of the verses of the Qur'an with the order in which the Qur'an was revealed is interesting to study. Namely Izza Rohman who studied the comparison of the order of the verses of the Qur'an between the muskhaf and its occurrence. …”
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Intestinal Parasitic Infections, Treatment and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Sao Tome and Principe: A Cross-Sectional Study by Alexandra Vasconcelos, Swasilanne Sousa, Nelson Bandeira, Marta Alves, Ana Luísa Papoila, Filomena Pereira, Maria Céu Machado

“…A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among pregnant women admitted to the HAM who had undergone antenatal copro-parasitological screening. …”
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Predictive factors for clinical cure in the treatment of HBeAg(−) chronic hepatitis B or compensated cirrhosis: a prospective observational study by Yan-Qing Lv, Ru-Hua Guo, Kun-Yu Liu, Jia-Jie Li, Hui-Fan Ji

“…However, its clinical application is limited due to the adverse reactions associated with IFN.MethodsA multi-center prospective observational study was conducted involving 59 NAs-treated chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients who were treated with a combination therapy of NAs and Peg-IFN-α-2b for 48 weeks. …”
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Salivary Fractalkine Differentiating Periodontitis from Periodontally Healthy Subjects by Omer Mohammed Harbood, Raghad Fadhil Abbas

“…This study included 30 individuals who had been considered controls, having healthy periodontium, and 90 patients with varying stages of periodontitis. …”
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Validity, reliability and clinical utility of ASSIST-Y in assessing risk of substance-related harm and dependence in Spanish male adolescents by Núria Ibáñez-Martínez, Matthew William Richard Stevens, Núria Civit-Bel, Noemí Moreno-Ferrer, Sandra Lopez-Ferré, Ana Olivares-Casado, Juame Claramunt-Mendoza, Chris Holmwood, Robert Ali

“…Conclusions As a screening tool, the purpose of ASSIST-Y is designed to help identify adolescents who may be at-risk of substance-related harm. While the instrument was found to be valid and reliable in identifying risky use across a variety of substances, further research is needed to validate the instrument in other population groups, and for other substances. …”
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Effect of Ashi Point Pricking and Cupping Combined with Quadriceps Femoris Function Exercise on the Clinical Curative Effect of Knee Osteoarthritis by Zhiqiang HUANG, Yu LIU, Zhaoyuan SU, Jiafu SU, Qiang WU

“…Objective:To observe the clinical effect of Ashi pricking and cupping combined quadriceps function exercise in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.Methods:A total of 98 patients with knee osteoarthritis(KOA)who met the diagnostic criteria and inclusion criteria were selected, the patients with KOA were randomly divided into drug group and comprehensive group, each group was treated with a total of 49 cases. …”
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The carbon footprint and energy consumption of liver transplantation by Paolo De Simone, Paolo De Simone, Quirino Lai, Juri Ducci, Daniela Campani, Daniela Campani, Giandomenico Biancofiore, Giandomenico Biancofiore

“…These consumption values were converted using validated conversion factors to the equivalent mass of carbon dioxide released into the environment (kg CO2e).ResultsA total of 147 patients with a mean age of 55 years (male, 78.9%) who underwent liver transplants between 2021 and 2022 were analyzed, resulting in 45.5 tons CO2e. …”
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Automated classification of stress and relaxation responses in major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and healthy participants via heart rate variability by Sangwon Byun, Ah Young Kim, Min-Sup Shin, Hong Jin Jeon, Hong Jin Jeon, Chul-Hyun Cho, Chul-Hyun Cho

“…This study evaluated the feasibility of using machine-learning algorithms to detect stress automatically in MDD and PD patients, as well as healthy controls (HCs), based on HRV features.MethodsThe study included 147 participants (MDD: 41, PD: 47, HC: 59) who visited the laboratory up to five times over 12 weeks. …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Tolerability of Dienogest and Dienogest Plus Ethinylestradiol on Endometriosis Related-Pain by Tolga Karacan, Huseyin Kiyak, Eser Ozyurek, Mevlide San, Engin Oral

“…Study Design: A total of 81 patients with clinically diagnosed endometrioma, who had chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, or deep dyspareunia between January 2015 and December 2018 were studied retrospectively. …”
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An investigation and analysis of nursing undergraduates’ demands for clinical teaching (本科护理实习生临床教学需求调查分析) by GAN Lu (甘露), XIE Wei (谢薇), CHEN Maosun (陈茂松), LIAO Jialu (廖家露), MO Mei (莫梅), SHUAI Xuemei (帅雪梅), XU Ting (徐婷), NI Dangcheng (倪当承)

“…Objective To investigate the demands for clinical teaching and clinical teachers among nursing undergraduates who participated in their clinical internship, and provide reference for quality improvement of clinical teaching and practice. …”
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