Different Types of Periampullary Duodenal Diverticula Are Associated with Occurrence and Recurrence of Bile Duct Stones: A Case-Control Study from a Chinese Center by Zhen Sun, Wenhui Bo, Ping Jiang, Quan Sun

“…A total of 850 consecutive patients who underwent their first ERCP were entered into a database. …”
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Abruptio Placentae Caused by Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Acute Pancreatitis during Pregnancy: Case Report and Literature Review by Pınar Yalcin Bahat, Gokce Turan, Berna Aslan Cetin

“…Acute pancreatitis should be considered in pregnant women who have sudden onset, severe, persistent epigastric pain and who have a risk factor for acute pancreatitis.…”
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Characterization of relaparotomies performed at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima General University Hospital (2015-2017) by Jorge Ernesto Gonzalez García, Mayquel Monzón Rodriguez, Lidia Torres Ajá, Dianelys Molina Macías

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: Relaparotomies are associated with a considerable percentage of morbidity and mortality in patients who require intensive care; and around this procedure it is complex to decide when and how to do it, so that it is effective in every way. …”
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Lactate Level Predicts Mortality in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Muge Gulen, Salim Satar, Adnan Tas, Akkan Avci, Hakan Nazik, Basak Toptas Firat

“…Patients with UGI bleeding who were admitted to the emergency department were included in the study. …”
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Przyczyny i konsekwencje rozbieżności rozumienia przymiotu nierozerwalności małżeńskiej w prawosławiu i katolicyzmie by Bartosz Trojanowski

“… The proposed topic is extremely timely in an era of debate over the possibility of allowing divorced persons who have remarried to receive Holy Communion. In this regard it is worth examining the causes and consequences, which are still present in the canon of the Catholic Church, with a different understanding of the attribute of marital indissolubility. …”
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Hybrid technique and total arch replacement combined with frozen elephant trunk in acute aortic dissection involving the aortic arch: a multi-center propensity-matched cohort study by Hang Zhang, Ruoyu Zhang, Min Yu, Zhongxiang Yuan, Dewei Qian, Wen Chen, Fuhua Huang, Xin Chen, Xiaodi Wang

“…The in-hospital and mid-term outcomes were compared between patients who received hybrid treatment (n = 136) and those who received TAR + FET (n = 415). …”
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Short-Term Health Impact Assessment of Urban PM10 in Bejaia City (Algeria) by Fatima Benaissa, Cara Nichole Maesano, Rezak Alkama, Isabella Annesi-Maesano

“…Furthermore, decreasing PM10 annual mean by 5 µg/m3 would avoid 5 and 3 respiratory and cardiac hospitalizations, respectively, and not exceeding the PM10 WHO-AQG (20 µg/m3) would result in a potential gain of 36 and 23 per 100000 respiratory and cardiac hospitalizations, respectively. …”
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Toponymie littorale aux îles Marquises, Fenua ‘Enata/Henua ‘Enana, Polynésie orientale (Polynésie française) by Pierre Ottino-Garanger, Marie-Noëlle Ottino-Garanger

“…Toponymy is very rich there, quite well preserved, but necessarily geolocated as are still, in some way, inhabitants who live in islands and valleys that are still separated despite the evolution of the means of communication. …”
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Rate and predictors of response to glucocorticoid therapy in patients of takayasu arteritis at a tertiary level hospital of Bangladesh: A longitudinal study by Farzana Shumy, Ahmad Mursel Anam, Minhaj Rahim Choudhury, Md Abu Shahin, Syed Atiqul Haq, Md Zahid Amin, Sumayia Minhaj

“…The patients who did not achieve inactive disease or again became active during tapering of prednisolone received methotrexate. …”
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Economic impact of cholera in households in rural southern Malawi: a prospective study by Florian Marks, Wilm Quentin, Vittal Mogasale, Amber Hsiao, Enusa Ramani, Hye-Jin Seo, GiDeok Pak, Dan Vuntade, Maurice M’bang’ombe, Bagrey Ngwira

“…The present study estimated the COI of cholera in Nsanje, southern Malawi, as part of the Cholera Surveillance in Malawi (CSIMA) programme following a mass cholera vaccination campaign in 2015.Methods Patients ≥12 months of age who were recruited as part of CSIMA were invited to participate in the COI survey. …”
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Demonstration of Participation Networks in Urban Transport Policy of Public and Private Sectors through Social Media: The Case of Bike-Sharing Pricing Strategy in China by Qian Ye, Xiaohong Chen, Hua Zhang, Junjie Cai, Kaan Ozbay

“…The former is mainly comprised of organizations and influential individuals who dominate message sharing, whereas the latter is comprised of the general public with various occupational backgrounds who control the efficiency and the scope of information spreading. …”
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Influence of working conditions on German paramedics' intention to leave the profession: a cross-sectional study by Thomas Hofmann, Thomas Hofmann, Thomas Hofmann, Michael Stanley, Michael Stanley, Luis Möckel

“…Immediately leaving the AS was the intention of 17.27% of participants, with 2.86% having already resigned, 14.29% taking actions such as applying for a job, and another 14.04% specifically planning to leave the AS in the foreseeable future. Those who plan to leave the AS immediately [3.82 (SD 0.79)] showed significantly lower EXQ scores than the group who plan to stay in the EMS until retirement [4.92 (SD 0.87); pTukey ≤0.001]. …”
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Effects of Intraoperative Dexamethasone and Ondansetron on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Microvascular Decompression Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study by Cattleya Thongrong, Patitha Chullabodhi, Pornthep Kasemsiri, Amnat Kitkhuandee, Narin Plailaharn, Lumyai Sabangban, Thirada Jimarsa

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dexamethasone and ondansetron for preventing PONV in patients who underwent microvascular decompression (MVD) surgery. …”
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HisCoM-mimi: software for hierarchical structural component analysis for miRNA-mRNA integration model for binary phenotypes by Yongkang Kim, Taesung Park

“…We expect that our HisCoM-mimi software will make advanced methods accessible to researchers who want to identify miRNA-mRNA interaction pairs related with binary phenotypes.…”
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Challenges in Assessing Outcomes among Infants of Pregnant HIV-Positive Women Receiving ART in Uganda by Barbara Castelnuovo, Frank Mubiru, Ivan Kalule, Shadia Nakalema, Agnes Kiragga

“…Since 2012, the WHO recommends lifelong ART with TDF+FTC/3TC+EFV for all HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women (Option B-plus). …”
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Effects of infliximab biosimilar on retinal microvasculature in Crohn’s disease patients evaluated by optical coherence tomography angiography by Hesham M. El Mazar, El sayed E. El Shayeb, Asmaa M. Ebrahim, Ayatullah S.A. Motawe, Esraa S. El-Ghoubashy

“…The study included 60 participants who were divided into three groups with no ophthalmologic history or symptoms. …”
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Quantifying Impacts of Local Traffic Policies on PM Concentrations Using Low Cost Sensors in Berlin by Sean Schmitz, Alexandre Caseiro, Andreas Kerschbaumer, Erika von Schneidemesser

“…This indicates that larger-scale policies tackling urban and regional emissions of PM will be needed to improve PM concentrations and meet WHO standards.…”
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The Importance of Risk and Subgroup Analysis of Nonparticipants in a Geriatric Intervention Study by Elizabeth Rosted, Ingrid Poulsen, Carsten Hendriksen, Lis Wagner

“…To compare patients characteristics, rates of acute readmission, and mortality after one and six months among older persons who agreed and those who declined to participate in a randomized controlled trial and to describe subgroups of nonparticipants. …”
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New Insights into the Role of Metformin Effects on Serum Omentin-1 Levels in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Cross-Sectional Study by Hayder M. Alkuraishy, Ali I. Al-Gareeb

“…They are divided as follows: Group I, 62 patients with type II DM who received metformin prior to onset of acute MI; Group II, 23 patients with type II DM who did not receive metformin prior to onset of acute MI; and Group III, 30 normal healthy controls. …”
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Left Ventricular Hypertrabeculation (LVHT) in Athletes: A Negligible Finding? by Rokas Jagminas, Rokas Šerpytis, Pranas Šerpytis, Sigita Glaveckaitė

“…We describe the case of a young athlete with no medical history, who presented with syncope during a marathon running race. …”
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