Practice Variations in the Use of Novel Oral Anticoagulants for Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation-Related Stroke among Stroke Neurologists in Saudi Arabia by Mohammed H. Alanazy, Taim Muayqil

“…Thirty-six (85.7%) of the 42 stroke neurologists, who were contacted, participated in the survey. …”
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Checkmate to Bioethics? by Fabio Alberto Garzón Díaz

“…In the name of the editorial board of Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética and my own, we dedicate this issue to the heroes of this pandemic, the health professionals (doctors, nurses, para- medics, to name just a few) who have risked their lives for the most vulnerable and feeble, those who have suffered the agony of this utterly heartless coronavirus disease. …”
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Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol Compliance on Outcome After Pancreatic Surgery: Results From a Certified ERAS Center by Alina S. Ritter, MD, Thilo Welsch, MD, FACS, MBA, Freya Brodersen, MSc, Julia Auinger, MD, Parisa Moll-Khosrawi, MD, Mara R. Goetz, MD, Jan Bardenhagen, MD, Christine Nitschke, MD, Tobias Schneider, BSc, Björn Wellge, MD, Anna Suling, PhD, Faik G. Uzunoglu, MD, Asmus Heumann, MD, Felix Nickel, MD, Thilo Hackert, MD, Jakob R. Izbicki, MD

“…In total, 594 patients who underwent PD (44.8%), distal pancreatectomy (14.6%), total pancreatectomy (17.8%), or other pancreatic resections (22.7%) were included. …”
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Avoiding never events in orthopaedics theatres: a quality improvement project by Bhaskar Amarnath Bhavanasi, Shrikant Kulkarni

“…It involved theatre staff members who were not part of the surgical team. The study was designed to take place on random days across different theatres, with the operating team unaware of the audit to ensure genuine behaviour and compliance.The audits focused on observing whether the surgical and imaging pause protocols were followed correctly. …”
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Almodóvar’s Baroque Transitions in the Early Films (1980–1995) by Frederic Conrod

“…In the tradition of the Spanish Baroque, Almodóvar will develop his tragic outlook on his ever-changing culture around these iconic actors who will, in turn, unfold the complexity of the transition years for Spanish women and men.…”
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Characterizing Patients with Uncontrolled Blood Pressure at an Urban Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam by Hoang Thanh Nguyen, Nam Hoang Thi Phuong, Ngoc Tran Nguyen, Tuan Nguyen Anh, Vung Nguyen Dang

“…Improving self-care capacity and encouraging healthy behaviors are critically important to control blood pressure, particularly among patients who were males and had high disease duration and body mass index.…”
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NON-FUNCTIONING SPORADIC PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR RECURRENCE AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT by Estela Regina Ramos Figueira, André Luis Montagnini, Jessica Okubo, Ana Gabriela Vivarelli Fernandes, Marina Alessandra Pereira, Ulysses Ribeiro Junior, Paulo Herman, José Jukemura

“…METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients with sporadic PNETs who underwent pancreatic resection. Data were collected from medical records. …”
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Biochemical analysis of miR-217 and miR-532 in patients with fibromyalgia by Shymaa E. Ayoub, Azza M. Ahmed, Mostafa Y. Abdelwahed, Abeer A. Khalefa, Aeshah A. Awaji, Samer S. Zekry, Enas G. Ibrahim, Hana M. Eid, Shimaa M. Elasmer, Reham Fares

“…This study included 80 participants who splitted into two groups: 40 fibromyalgia sufferers (12 male and 28 female), and 40 healthy volunteers (10 male and 30 female) who served as the control group. …”
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Sequential Serous Choroidal Detachment in Subjects Undergoing Bilateral Trabeculectomy by Maryam Yadgari, Kiana Hassanpour, Fatemeh Vafaei, Nina Firoozian, Maryam Oraee Yazdani, Zahra Khorram, Sadid Hooshmandi

“…Among the participants, 28.9% experienced SCD, and 76.9% of those who had SCD in the first-operated eye developed the same condition in the second eye as well (P < 0.001). …”
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Higher AVCO2 and Lactate Gradient Combined with SOFA Score as a Mortality Predictor during the 6-Hours of Resuscitation of Septic Shock by Morteza Talebi Doluee, Sahar Azam Ghasemzadeh, Ahmad Bagheri Moghadam, Zahra Abbasishaye, Davood Soroosh, Elnaz Vafadar Moradi

“…Sepsis is defined as patients who had 1 or more of the SIRS criteria with a possible or proven source of infection and hypotension despite appropriate fluid therapy who needed to receive vasopressors. …”
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No Apparent Workup for most new Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules in US Commercially-Insured Patients by Bruce S. Pyenson, Carol M. Bazell, Michael J. Bellanich, Melissa A. Caplen, Javier J. Zulueta

“…The newly diagnosed IPN study population consisted of members with an IPN diagnosis code on a claim in 2014 who did not have prior diagnosis of an IPN or lung cancer in 2013 and who had coverage from 2014 to 2016. …”
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Awake thoracic surgery for lung cancer treatment: where we are and future perspectives—our experience and review of literature by Giovanni Mugnaini, Simone Tombelli, Antonio Burlone, Stefano Bongiolatti, Domenico Viggiano, Rossella Indino, Ottavia Salimbene, Lavinia Gatteschi, Luca Voltolini, Alessandro Gonfiotti

“…Methods We retrospective reviewed all the medical charts of patients who underwent awake lung resection in our center between March 2018 and March 2024, focusing on patients with NSCLC, and we compared our results with the ones found in literature. …”
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Comparative study between biofeedback pelvic floor training with and without transabdominal electrucal nerve stimulation in consitpation in children with spina bifida by Mervat Sheta Elsawy, Hadir Hassouna, Ahmed Elrouby

“…Both groups were compared before and after the application of the two management planes by using the constipation score as a subjective assessment tool and by the mean of maximum anal pressure during straining as an objective tool.Results Patients who received biofeedback in combination with trans-abdominal electrical nerve stimulation showed significant improvement in the constipation scoreas well as in the mean of maximum anal pressure during straining in comparison to those who received biofeedback only (Mann Whitney test, U = 116.0, p = 0.023*).Conclusion The addition of trans-abdominal electrical nerve stimulation to biofeedback in case of constipation in pediatric patients with SB bifida is highly effective with better outcome as compared with the application of biofeedback alone.…”
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Impact of thoracic radiotherapy on first‐line treatment outcomes in ES‐SCLC patients by Xiaoli Mu, Yixin Zhou, Qing Liu, Jiantao Wang, Feng Xu, Feng Luo, Ke Wang, Lu Li, Panwen Tian, Yalun Li, Jiewei Liu, Yan Zhang, Jiyan Liu, Yan Li

“…The medianduration of follow‐up was 39 months. Remarkably, patients who received tRTdemonstrated superior OS and PFS in comparison to those who did not (P < 0.05). …”
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Association of the EPAS1 gene G/A polymorphism with successful performance in a group of Russian wrestlers by E. A. Bondareva, E. Z. Godina

“…Thus, for sambo practitioners, who reached high levels, the presence of the minor А-allele in the genotypes was typical. …”
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Impact of interferon-free regimens in patients with chronic HCV and successfully ablated HCC by Amr Maged Mahmoud Rasheed, Maissa E. L. Raziky, Mohammad El Sayed, Mai Mehrez, Gamal Esmat

“…Patients and methods This trial was carried out on 90 Egyptian persons with chronic HCV infection who were eligible for treatment with oral antiviral agents (DAAs) with hepatic focal lesion(s). …”
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Assessment of clinical prognosis in autoimmune encephalitis: Girona score by Gary Álvarez Bravo, Giuseppe Guglielmini, Ana Quiroga Varela, Almudena Boix Lago, Ariadna Gifreu Fraixinó, Daniele Urso, Daniele Urso, Daniele Urso, Daniele Urso, Giancarlo Logroscino, Giancarlo Logroscino, Giancarlo Logroscino, Giancarlo Logroscino, Lluís Ramió-Torrentà

“…We identified that the mean initial score was significantly higher in the group of patients who had higher mRS at 3 months compared to that in the group of patients who had a mild to moderate disability level (mRS ≤ 2) at 3 months (p = 0.023). …”
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Impact of Treatment Decentration on Higher-Order Aberrations after SMILE by Ying Yu, Wenwen Zhang, Xinliang Cheng, Jianru Cai, Hui Chen

“…There were 96 eyes of 52 patients who received SMILE and 96 eyes of 49 patients who received SBK in this study. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Malaria in Iwaka District, Mimika, Papua by Novyan Lusiyana

“…Malaria incidence was associated with having family members who had malaria, living near stagnant water, and residing within 100 meters of forests or fields (p < 0.05). …”
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An inquiry-based teaching intervention to embed information literacy instructions into a library and information science curriculum in Bangladesh by Md Arman Hossain, Eero Sormunen

“…Pearson’s correlations were conducted to measure relationships among dependent variables. Results. Students who attended the novel guided-inquiry based information literacy instructions scored higher in the post-test than those who participated in regular class lectures. …”
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