Pain medication tapering for patients with Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome Type II, treated with Spinal Cord Stimulation: A RCT-study protocol of the PIANISSIMO study. by Maarten Moens, Cleo Lina Crunelle, Koen Putman, Elke Wuyts, Frenn Bultinck, Hubert Van Puyenbroeck, PIANISSIMO consortium, Lisa Goudman

“…To tackle the high burden of patients who consume a lot of pain medication, tapering programs could be initiated before starting a trajectory with SCS. …”
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From classroom to screen: a cross-sectional study on medical students’ first experiences with e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by Laleh Khojasteh, Zahra Karimian, Elham Nasiri, Sedigheh Sharifzadeh, Majid Reza Farrokhi

“…Students’ perceptions of the e-learning environment were shown to be substantially connected to their age, access to electronic devices, computer proficiency, prior experience regarding e-learning, and the school in which they are studying, respectively (P = 0.027). Furthermore, students who had access to a computer were more satisfied than those who only had access to a mobile phone (P < 0.001). …”
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Knowledge and perceptions about clinical research and its ethical conduct among college students from non-science background: a representative nation-wide survey from India by Jeffrey Pradeep Raj, Suraj Kallarakal Tomy, Amrutha Jose, Aadrika Kashyap, Joseph Varghese Kureethara, Tomy K Kallarakal

“…The significant predictors for a higher favourable perception score were having heard about CR (p<0.001), known exactly what a CR means (p<0.001) and having known anyone who participated in a CR (p<0.001). The significant predictors for willingness to participate in a CR were those living in villages as against those living in cities (p=0.002), belongs to Brahm Govind (BG) Prasad’s socioeconomic status class 1 (p=0.023) or class 4 (p=0.011) as against those in class 5, those who have heard about CR (p=0.023), participated in CR (p<0.001), have known someone participated in a CR (p<0.001) or higher total score of favourable perceptions (p<0.001).Conclusions While there was extensive media coverage on drug/vaccine development processes during the COVID-19 pandemic, significant knowledge gaps and concerns regarding various aspects of CR persisted. …”
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"Cross Paths": Once Again About the Relevance of a Combined Medical and Psychological Approach to a Person as a Client and a Patient at the Same Time by Alexander Kocharian, Nataliia Barinova

“…The difficulties with regard to the specific mental state of a person who turns to a psychologist or a family doctor are that it is often impossible to separate disorders of the somatic, mental or personal spectrum, so to speak, in their pure form. …”
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A War Tactician: K̲h̲ālid b. al-Walīd by Hüseyin Gökalp

“…K̲h̲ālid was an extraordinary warrior and commander who lived in 7th century and led Muslim armies against Romans and Sassanids. …”
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Mathematical model for energy savings in blood donations at the Cienfuegos Blood Bank by David Lorenzo Calles, Manuel E. Cortés Cortés

“…It is extremely important to determine the number of blood donors who minimize electricity consumption, and statistical-mathematical methods are used to do so.…”
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“What does ‘often’ even mean?” Revising and validating the Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory in partnership with autistic people by Friederike Charlotte Hechler, Outi Tuomainen, Nathan Weber, Frank Fahr, Bodie Karlek, Marie Maroske, Meike Misia, Nathan Caruana

“…We validated the CATI-R within a large sample (n = 1439), comprising people with a self-reported autism diagnosis (n = 331), people who self-identified as autistic (n = 44), and non-autistic participants (n = 1046). …”
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Neuroprotection in intrauterine herpesvirus infection by M.V. Khaitovych, R.I. Zhdanovych

“…To test the effectiveness of the developed neuroprotection complex (erythropoietin, early use of sensory integration techniques), 60 children with intrauterine herpesvirus infection, who were classified as high-risk for significant central nervous system disorders, were examined from birth to 1 year of age: the main group was 30 newborns who were additionally treated with a new complex of neuroprotection, and the comparison group - 30 children, whose medical support was carried out in accordance with the protocols of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. …”
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Association of dietary sodium intake with impaired fasting glucose in adult cancer survivors: A population-based cross-sectional study. by Kyuwoong Kim, Hamee Kim, Tae Joon Jun, Young-Hak Kim

“…<h4>Results</h4>After adjusting for confounding variables identified in the KNHANES, the adjusted OR among the adult cancer survivors who consumed 1,500-2,999 mg/day, 2,300-3,999 mg/day, and ≥4,000 mg/day of dietary sodium were 1.16 (95% CI: 0.25-5.27), 1.93 (95% CI: 0.40-9.37), and 2.67 (95% CI: 0.59-12.18), respectively, as compared to those who consumed <1,500 mg/day (P value for trend = 0.036).…”
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“Unmasking the Uncommon”: A case series of multi-drug resistant Elizabethkingia meningoseptica causing late-onset sepsis and meningitis in preterm neonates [version 2; peer review:... by Anisha Maria Fernandes, Sinchana Bhat, Suchitra Shenoy M., Prajnha U.P.

“…Case 1 was a one-day-old preterm low-birth-weight infant who presented with respiratory distress syndrome and septic shock. …”
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Are Emirati consumers in United Arab Emirates open to alternative proteins? Insights into their attitudes and willingness to replace animal protein sources by Sajid Maqsood, Feyisola Fisayo Ajayi, Hussein Mostafa, Kehinde Ganiyat Lawal, Juliet Mubaiwa, Noora Alantali, Maryam Alshihhi, Meera Aldhaheri

“…A total of 1,666 out of 2,600 individuals who expressed interest participated in the study. …”
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Active and Passive Smoking as Catalysts for Cognitive Impairment in Rural Indonesia: A Population-based Study by Faizal Muhammad, Afifah Syifaul Ummah, Farida Aisyah, Rivan Danuaji, Diah Kurnia Mirawati, Subandi Subandi, Baarid Luqman Hamidi, Ervina Arta Jayanti Hutabarat, Reviono Reviono, Yulie Erida Nur Rahmawati, Isa Ridwan

“…Passive smokers had a slightly lower risk of cognitive impairment than those who did not smoke and never smoked (aOR = 2.01; 95% CI: 1.37–2.70). …”
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Chronic disease risk factors among hospital employees: A cross-sectional study in Türkiye. by Volkan Medeni, Vildan Topcu, Fatma Bozdağ, İrem Medeni

“…The prevalence of smoking was 50.4%, alcohol consume 11.6%, physical inactivity 50.4%, and overweight 65.3% among those who graduated from high school or lower. In contrast, the prevalences were 35.4%, 25.0%, 69.5%, and 49.4%, respectively, among those who graduated from university or higher. …”
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Cost analysis of dermal allograft patch utilization in rotator cuff repair by Adrik Z. Da Silva, BS, Joshua Mizels, MD, Christopher E. Clinker, BS, Minkyoung Yoo, PhD, Richard Nelson, PhD, Christopher Joyce, MD, Robert Z. Tashjian, MD, Peter N. Chalmers, MD

“…These were matched based on age and tear size to a cohort of patients who underwent arthroscopic RCR without a patch. …”
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Effect of early establishment of full enteral feeding with exclusive mother’s own milk in preterm babies: a retrospective cohort study by Umamaheswari Balakrishnan, Prakash Amboiram, Urmila Umasekar, Nalini Sirala Jagadeesh

“…Preterm babies who achieved FEF with exclusive MOM were five times more likely to continue exclusive MOM feeding at discharge (aOR: 5.37, 95% CI: 2.04 to 14.16). …”
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Effects of Massive Transfusion Protocol Implementation in Trauma Patients at a Level I Trauma Center by Hyun Woo Sun, Sang Bong Lee, Sung Jin Park, Chan Ik Park, Jae Hun Kim

“…Methods From January 2016 to September 2019, the medical records of trauma patients who received at least 10 units of packed red blood cells (PRBC) at Pusan National University Hospital (level I trauma center) were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Evaluation of the Short-Term Effect of Bariatric Surgery on the Level of HbA1c by Hadi Salehnia, Abbas Ali Dehghan, Sara Rashki Ghalehnoo

“…Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study that was conducted on patients who underwent bariatric surgery in Mortaz and Mojibinia Hospitals (Yazd-Iran) from 2016 to 2020 to evaluate the short-term effect of bariatric surgery on HbA1C level, patients who were candidates for performing bariatric surgery were evaluated for 6 months. …”
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Integration of metabolomics methodologies for the development of predictive models for mortality risk in elderly patients with severe COVID-19 by Shanpeng Cui, Qiuyuan Han, Ran Zhang, Siyao Zeng, Ying Shao, Yue Li, Ming Li, Wenhua Liu, Junbo Zheng, Hongliang Wang

“…Results Significant disparities in blood metabolomics and laboratory parameters were noted between individuals who survived and those who did not. One metabolite indicator, Itaconic acid, and four laboratory tests (LYM, IL-6, PCT, and CRP), were identified as the five variables in all four models. …”
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Peripheral blood immunoinflammatory biomarkers: prospective predictors of postoperative long-term survival and chronic postsurgical pain in breast cancer by Baoli Li, Li Che, Huixian Li, Fangdi Min, Bolun Ai, Linxin Wu, Taihang Wang, Peixin Tan, Bingbing Fu, Jiashuo Yang, Yi Fang, Hui Zheng, Tao Yan

“…In contrast, perioperative immunoinflammatory biomarkers had limited potential for predicting CPSP in patients who underwent breast cancer surgery.…”
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Clinical Factors of Blood Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury and Changes in Levels of Treg-Related Cytokines by Lifang Sun, Yu Liu

“…Analysis of clinical factors and changes in regulatory T cell (Treg)-related cytokine levels in transfusion-associated acute lung injury (TRALI). Methods. 62 patients who underwent blood transfusion and developed TRALI (TRALI group) in our hospital between January 2018 and December 2021 and 58 patients who did not develop TRALI (non-TRALI group) from blood transfusion were selected to collect clinical data from patients and construct a logistic regression model to analyze clinical risk factors for TRALI. …”
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