Diagnostic Quandary: Salmonella Agbeni Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Epidural Abscess by Ryan K. Dahlberg, Mary Elizabeth Lyvers, Thomas K. Dahlberg

“…Here, we report a case of a 54-year-old Caucasian male who presented with five weeks of progressively worsening bilateral low back, buttock, and lower extremity pain following an 8-foot fall onto concrete from a ladder. …”
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Serum 25(OH)D Level and Parathyroid Hormone in Chinese Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study in Guiyang Urban Community from Southeast of China by Zhang Qiao, Shi Li-xing, Peng Nian-chun, Xu Shu-jing, Zhang Miao, Li Hong, Zhuang Hui-jun, Gong Ming-xian, Zhang Song, Wang Rui, Hu Ying, Zhang Jing-lu, Chen Shuang

“…The prevalence of secondary hyperparathyroidism increased (5.8%, 6.5%, and 7.1%, resp.) with decreasing serum 25(OH)D levels among subjects who were 30 to 20, 19.9 to 10, and <10 ng/mL, respectively. …”
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Incremental Peritoneal Dialysis Favourably Compares with Hemodialysis as a Bridge to Renal Transplantation by Alessandro Domenici, Maria Cristina Comunian, Loredana Fazzari, Francesca Sivo, Angela Dinnella, Barbara Della Grotta, Giorgio Punzo, Paolo Menè

“…Serum creatinine at discharge and 1 year later was significantly higher in patients who had been on HD. Conclusions. In patients receiving their first renal Tx, previous incremental PD was associated with low morbidity, excellent preservation of RRF, easier attainment of adequacy targets and significantly better immediate and 1-year graft function than those observed in otherwise well-matched patients previously treated with HD.…”
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The value of revascularization and adherence to therapy in the development of cardiovascular complications in long-term monitoring of patients with myocardial infarction of the rig... by V.Y. Tseluyko, T.A. Lozova, V.P. Zheleznyy, O.S. Sasyuk

“…The 1st group included 68 (43.9 %) patients who underwent surgical treatment, 87 (56.1 %) patients under conservative strategy composed the 2nd group. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with First Time and Recurrent Shoulder Instability: A Systematic Review by Alexis Wright, Brandon Ness, Angela Spontelli-Gisselman, Dora Gosselin, Joshua Cleland, Craig Wassinger

“… # Conclusion There may be an opportunity for patient education in particular populations as to their increased risk for suffering shoulder instability, particularly in young males who appear to be at increased risk for recurrent shoulder instability…”
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Value of Perfusion CT in the Prediction of Intracerebral Hemorrhage after Endovascular Treatment by Friederike Austein, Antonia Carlotta Fischer, Jens Fiehler, Olav Jansen, Thomas Lindner, Susanne Gellißen

“…Methods. 392 patients with anterior circulation LVO with multimodal CT imaging who underwent EVT were analyzed. CTP parameters were visually evaluated for modified ASPECTS regions and compared between patients without ICH, those with hemorrhagic infarction (HI), and those with parenchymal hematoma (PH) according to the ECASS criteria at follow-up imaging and broken down by ASPECTS regions. …”
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Larvicidal Activities and Synergistic Effects of Essential Oils against Anopheles funestus and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Kisumu, Kenya by Dimitri W. Wangrawa, Jackline Kosgei, Maxwell Machani, James Opala, Silas Agumba, Felix Yaméogo, Dov Borovsky, Eric Ochomo

“…The 3rd–4th instar larvae were tested using a World Health Organization (WHO)-modified protocol to evaluate larval mortality 24 h after exposure to EOs and their binary combinations. …”
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Digital empowerment in nursing: A cross-sectional exploration of digital competencies in healthcare services among nurses by Dipali Dumbre, Sheela Upendra, Shital Waghmare, Betsy Sara Zacharias, Pratik Salve

“…Result: Out of the 300 staff nurses who were a part of the study, all of them answered, indicating a 100% response rate. …”
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The Effect of Lymphoedema Exercises and Foot Elevation on the Quality of Life of Patients with Elephantiasis by Emirensiana Watu, Supargiyono, Haryani

“…The recommended treatments for patients who experience swelling or lymphoedema are lymphoedema exercises and foot elevation. …”
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Effects on Parental Stress of Early Home-Based CareToy Intervention in Low-Risk Preterm Infants by Giuseppina Sgandurra, Elena Beani, Emanuela Inguaggiato, Jakob Lorentzen, Jens Bo Nielsen, Giovanni Cioni

“…CareToy training seems to be effective in reducing parental distress in mothers, who spent more time on CareToy intervention. These findings confirm the importance of parental involvement in early intervention programs. …”
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Effect of Predictive Nursing Combined with Emotional Therapy on Rehabilitation Effect and Psychological State of Patients with Brain Injury after the Operation by Xiaying Huang, Haihua Wu

“…Methods. 70 postoperative patients with brain injury who went to our hospital for diagnosis and treatment were selected as the key figures of this experiment, including 31 female patients and 39 male patients. …”
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Octreotide in Intestinal Lymphangiectasia: Lack of a Clinical Response and Failure to Alter Lymphatic Function in a Guinea Pig Model by S Makhija, P-Y vod der Weid, J Meddings, SJ Urbanski, PL Beck

“…A case of a patient with intestinal lymphangiectasia who required a shunt procedure after failing medium chain triglycerides and octreotide therapy is presented. …”
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Age-related trends in trabecular bone scores and bone mineral density in Chinese men with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study by Yunyun Lin, Juanjuan Tang, Cheng Xue, Wenjuan Di, Peng Cheng

“…However, TBS in men with T2DM peaked around age 60, which occurred later and was lower than the peak observed in men without diabetes, who reached their peak TBS around age 50 (1.294 ± 0.126 vs. 1.328 ± 0.088). …”
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A CNN-Based Approach for Classical Music Recognition and Style Emotion Classification by Yawen Shi

“…The proposed model is particularly beneficial for individuals who are interested in classical music but lack extensive knowledge about it, as it provides essential information about the pieces. …”
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Evaluation of zonulin levels in patients with migraine by Gözde Ülfer, Burcu Polat, Ahmet Yabalak, Çağrı Çakıcı

“…Methods The sample comprised 40 individuals who had migraine and 40 controls. Disease duration, attack duration, attack frequency, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores, and comorbidities were available for the migraine group. …”
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New Echocardiographic Findings Correlate with Intramyocardial Inflammation in Endomyocardial Biopsies of Patients with Acute Myocarditis and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy by Felicitas Escher, Mario Kasner, Uwe Kühl, Johannes Heymer, Ursula Wilkenshoff, Carsten Tschöpe, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss

“…N=25 patients with clinically diagnosed AMC who underwent endomyocardial biopsies (EMBs) were studied prospectively. …”
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Performance of the AmpliSeq NGS panel in thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology by Wiame Potonnier, Erell Guillerm, Claude Bigorgne, Cécile Ghander, Malanie Roy, Florence Coulet, François Ansart, Fabrice Menegaux, Laurence Leenhardt, Isabelle Brocheriou, Gabrielle Deniziaut, Camille Buffet

“…Methods: Retrospective, monocentric study including 121 patients with cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules (Bethesda III, IV and V) who underwent a routine FNA procedure for molecular testing using the AmpliSeq general cancer NGS panel, with an available final histological diagnosis. …”
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Efficacy of ileostomy in Crohn's disease of the large intestine with perianal involvement by Yu. A. Shelygin, V. N. Kashnikov, K. V. Bolikhov, A. V. Vardanyan, I. L. Khalif

“…Overall 43 patients with Crohn's disease of the large intestine with perianal involvement who underwent ileostomy in January, 1998 to July, 2009 in The State scientific center of coloproctology were included in original study. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of hyperuricaemia in non-obese Chinese: a single-centre cross-sectional study by Chengfu Xu, Jinghua Wang, Xinyu Wang, Yishu Chen, Shenghui Chen, Haoliang Zhai

“…This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with hyperuricaemia in non-obese Chinese population.Design Retrospective cross-sectional study.Setting A large general hospital that can provide health check-ups in Hangzhou, China.Participants A total of 5731 apparently healthy Chinese adults (2349 men and 3382 women) who took their health check-ups during the year of 2019. …”
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Physicochemical Characteristics and Water Quality Indices to Assess the Suitability of Groundwater Resources in some Communities of Kogi State, Nigeria by E. O. Akudo, O. Ibrahim, N. M. Muhammad, K. O. Musa, J. B. Ahmed II, G. O. Aigbadon

“…The physical parameter results all conformed to WHO standard for ingestible water except pH which presented mild acidity/alkalinity outside the recommended threshold. …”
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