Meta Analysis of Efficacy and Safety of Prostate Biopsy: A Comparison Between Transperineal and Transrectal Approach by Syah Mirsya Warli, Stivano Rizky Valentino Torry, Dhirajaya Dharma Kadar, Ginanda Putra Siregar, Fauriski Febrian Prapiska

“…A total of 19 publications, involving 80133 patients with suspicion of prostate cancer who underwent prostate biopsy, were enrolled in the analysis. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis: A Cross-Sectional Study of Two Tertiary Hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Mohammed H. Alanazy

“…We evaluated adult patients with MG who were recruited from two tertiary hospitals in the central region (Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia. …”
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Sofosbuvir Based Regimens in the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C with Compensated Liver Cirrhosis in Community Care Setting by Vijay Gayam, Amrendra Kumar Mandal, Mazin Khalid, Osama Mukhtar, Arshpal Gill, Pavani Garlapati, Mowyad Khalid, Mohammed Mansour

“…Overall, SVR 12 after treatment was achieved in 90% in patients who received one of the two DAA regimens (89.7% in LDV/SOF group and 92% in SOF/VEL group). …”
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Motivation, demographics, and engagement during COVID-19 in an astrobiology massive open online course by Skylar Grayson, Molly N. Simon, Sanlyn Buxner, Matthew Wenger, Chris Impey

“…This suggests that the pandemic introduced MOOCs to a new population of learners who have continued to utilize them in the years since.…”
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Opioid Prescription Patterns for Discharged Patients from the Emergency Department by Justin Yanuck, Jonathan B. Lee, Soheil Saadat, Jila Rouhi, Ghadi Ghanem, Bharath Chakravarthy, Shalini Shah

“…We identified and analyzed data from 2,259 patients who were sent home with an opioid prescription. …”
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Maximum Phonation Time in People with Obesity Not Submitted or Submitted to Bariatric Surgery by Ana Luara Ferreura Fonseca, Wilson Salgado, Roberto Oliveira Dantas

“…Maximum phonation time was evaluated in 52 class III patients (Group A), 62 class III patients who were treated by surgery 3 to 115 months before (Group B), 20 controls (Group C), and 15 class III patients whose maximum phonation time was evaluated before and two to six months after surgery (Group D). …”
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Characterisation of clinical response and transcriptional profiling of proliferating CD8 T cells in the blood of cancer patients after PD-1 monotherapy or combination therapy by Peng Li, Haydn Kissick, Rebecca C Obeng, Tahseen H Nasti, Christiane S Eberhardt, Rafi Ahmed, Zhengjia Chen, Warren J Leonard, Suresh S Ramalingam, Andreas Wieland, Annapaola Mariniello, Jeffrey M Switchenko, Kylee Martens, Daniel Y Chang, Donald McGuire, Candace Daugherty, Yuzi Zhang, Rathi Pillai, Alice O Kamphorst

“…However, these studies lack detailed analyses and comparisons between monotherapy and combination therapies.Methods and analysis We analysed longitudinal blood samples from 103 patients with cancer who received αPD-1 monotherapy or combined with anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (αCTLA-4) or chemotherapy. …”
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Medical Student Musculoskeletal Knowledge: Examining the Impact and Value of an Orthopaedic Surgery Clerkship Using the Freedman and Bernstein Examination by Nicole Nishime, Mary Seibel, Dieter Lindskog, Daniel Wiznia

“…Conclusion While students demonstrated improved musculoskeletal knowledge after completing our institution’s orthopaedic surgery clerkship, almost half of the students did not pass the post-test. Most of the students who did not pass the post-test expressed definite or possible interest in pursuing an orthopaedic surgery residency.…”
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An Open Letter on Advancing HIV prevention: Augmenting an ecosystem-based approach to understand prevention decision-making [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Rosemary Pierce-Messick, Nishan Gantayat, James Baer, Alok Gangaramany

“…Within this broader picture, HIV continues to disproportionately affect key and at-risk populations, including gay men and other men who have sex with men, female sex workers, and adolescent girls and young women. …”
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« Even the most ignorant among the insane are not beyond the reach of instruction » : l’école à l’Asile de Hanwell ou le pari controversé d’un aliéniste engagé (1839-1853)... by Laurence Dubois

“…The issue of education within the Asylum was highly debated and remained constantly controversial. John Conolly, who had close links with popular education movements, but also Chartism and Owenism, relentlessly promoted education for pauper lunatics throughout his whole career at Hanwell. …”
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Cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, and nitric oxide as determinants of resting heart rate variability in non-hospitalized mild post-COVID individuals: a cross-sectional study by Lucivalda Viegas de Almeida, Aldair Darlan Santos-de-Araújo, Luís Cláudio Nascimento da Silva, Patricia Martins Santos, Mariana Campos Maia, Victória Pereira Frutuoso, Daniel Santos Rocha, Adriana Sousa Rêgo, Daniela Bassi-Dibai

“…Individuals of both sexes, aged ≥ 18 years, who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 according to the RT-PCR test, without the need for hospitalization, were included. …”
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Costoclavicular block as a diaphragm-sparing nerve block for shoulder surgery: a randomized controlled trial by Youngin Lee, Seunguk Bang, Jihyun Chung, Min Suk Chae, Jungwon Shin

“…Methods Seventy patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair were randomly allocated to receive either ultrasound-guided CCB (n = 35) or ISB (n = 35). …”
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Evaluation of Performance in Colon Capsule Endoscopy Reading by Endoscopy Nurses by Yukiko Handa, Konosuke Nakaji, Kayo Hyogo, Makiko Kawakami, Tomomi Yamamoto, Akiko Fujiwara, Rika Kanda, Motoyasu Osawa, Osamu Handa, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Eiji Umegaki, Akiko Shiotani

“…CCE videos of 20 consecutive patients who performed both CCE and CS with clinically significant localized lesions were selected. …”
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The gender aspect of image formation in the modern information society by N. A. Yushkina

“…In the course of the interview, the respondents indicated the representatives of the society who, in their opinion, had the most positive image and high level of trust, as  well as the opposite example of a negative image, causing a low rating. …”
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Analysis of macular retinal thickness in polyarteritis nodosa using spectral domain optical coherence tomography by Che-Ning Yang, Chia-Ping Chen, Yi-Ting Hsieh

“…Methods A total of 24 PAN patients who had been for 3 years or more and underwent SD-OCT were recruited from the UK Biobank, with exclusions for diabetes, eye disease, or abnormal CFP findings. …”
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Catheter replacement combined with antiplatelet therapy in hemodialysis catheter-related right atrial thrombus: a potential treatment approach by Jibo Sun, Yu Liu, Jiehao Chen, Yaojia Zhou, Hong Fan, Qiuyan Zhao

“…Results Among the 178 patients with CRAT who underwent catheter replacement, the success rate was 98.9%. …”
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Charlson syndrome index predicted survival in pancreatic cancer patients received immunotherapy by Nan Zhang, Nan Zhang, Shiyun Chen, Yue Shi, Zhikuan Wang, Ru Jia, Guanghai Dai, Guanghai Dai

“…Therefore, this study aims to elucidate the association between CCI and survival rates in real-world settings for pancreatic cancer patients received immunotherapy.MethodsA total of 104 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who received immunotherapy at the General Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army between September 2015 and September 2020 were included in this study. …”
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Comparison of Renal Tubular Damage with Kidney Injury Molecule-1 in Open and Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery by Abdullah Gürhan Duyan, Celalettin Vatansev, Rahim Kocabaş, Melek Yalçın Koç, Muhammed Ali Akbulut

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: We enrolled 46 patients diagnosed with colon cancer who underwent laparoscopic and open surgical procedures at our clinic. …”
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A qualitative study of the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of people exposed to diesel exhaust at the workplace in British Columbia, Canada. by Mandy Pui, Anne-Marie Nicol, Michael Brauer, Farshad Palad, Christopher Carlsten

“…Thirty individuals in British Columbia who were regularly exposed to occupational DE were interviewed. …”
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Machine learning assisted radiomics in predicting postoperative occurrence of deep venous thrombosis in patients with gastric cancer by Yuan Zeng, Yuhao Chen, Dandan Zhu, Jun Xu, Xiangting Zhang, Huiya Ying, Xian Song, Ruoru Zhou, Yixiao Wang, Fujun Yu

“…Methods Included in this retrospective study were eligible patients who underwent surgery for GC. CT imaging data from these patients were collected and divided into a training set and a validation set. …”
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