COVID-19 and the Medical Devices in India: Trade for a Resilient Health System by Ravinder Jha, Diwas Saun, Indrani Gupta

“…Results: During the pandemic, India had a trade surplus in some low-technology-based products such as suture needles, catheters, and cannulae along with X-ray apparatus and electrocardiographs among the medium-tech products. …”
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Evaluation of Nurses’ Performance Regarding Personal Protective Equipment at Rania Teaching Hospital by Bayan Omar Sharif, Frishta M. Khdir, Padasht M. Khdir, Sarezh A. Rasul

“…The majority of nurses were performed many nursing procedures such as wound dressing, suturing, suctioning, naso-gastric tube and  Foley catheter insertion without using PPE properly and without washing hands before procedures. …”
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Is There Any Association between PEEP and Upper Extremity DVT? by Farah Al-Saffar, Ena Gupta, Furqan Siddiqi, Muhammad Faisal, Lisa M. Jones, Vandana Seeram, Mariam Louis, James D. Cury, Abubakr A. Bajwa, Adil Shujaat

“…Nineteen (67.8%) had a central venous catheter on the same side. The mean ± SD duration of MV was 13.2±9.5 days. …”
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Self-Reactive Carbon Dioxide Absorbent with Sodium Carbonate-Based Hydrogel by Jae Young Kim, Youn Suk Lee

“…However, its application in food packaging is limited because it is used in solid form, either in sachets or as a compounding ingredient in plastics. …”
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New Diagnostic Techniques for Esophageal Disorders by A Lazarescu

“…Capsule pH-metry is useful in children and in patients who cannot tolerate the conventional pH-metry catheter. It has the advantage of not interfering with a patient’s usual meals and activities during the 24 h study. …”
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Increased Intra-Abdominal Pressure as One of the Links in the Pathogenesis of Secondary Diffuse Purulent Peritonitis by D. V. Cherdantsev, O. V. Ovchinnikova, Yu. G. Trofimovich, I. G. Noskov, O. V. Pervova, A. A. Kovalenko

“…To measure this indicator, a Foley catheter inserted into the bladder is used in medical practice. …”
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Kształtowanie konkurencyjności regionu – nowego atrybutu przestrzeni gospodarczej Unii Europejskiej w świetle uwarunkowań polityki innowacyjnej perspektywy finansowej UE dla Polski... by Bożena Grad

“….: systemu instytucji, umiejętności i zachęt (podatkowych, kredytowych i in.), służących do: - wprowadzania innowacji, zwiększających konkurencyjność gospodarki i polepszających jakość życia społeczeństwa, - jednoczesnego przekształcania systemu badawczo-rozwojowego ze skierowanego do wewnątrz, na zorientowany na potrzeby kraju oraz gospodarki opartej na wiedzy, - zwiększania wzajemnych powiązań między nauką, techniką, rynkiem, administracją państwową i terytorialną, organizacjami pozarządowymi, edukacją. …”
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Novel Echocardiographic Parameter Assessing Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in Patient with Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease by Muhammad Raihan Ramadhan Natadikarta, Charlotte Johanna Cool, Achmad Fitrah Khalid, Norman Sukmadi, Januar Wibawa Martha

“…Right heart catheterization (RHC) using impedance catheter remains gold standard for pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) measurement. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Clinical Characteristics and Antimicrobial Resistance Between <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> and Other <i>Acinetobacter</i> Species by Si-Ho Kim, Seok Jun Mun

“…Female patients, younger patients, and those with catheter-related infections were more commonly observed in the NBA group than in the AB group, while pneumonia and septic shock were more prevalent in the AB group. …”
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Experiences of Emergency Surgical Treatment for a COVID-19 Patient with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury at a Regional Trauma Center: A Case Report by Jung-Ho Yun

“…A blood transfusion was prepared, and a central venous catheter was secured. The initial COVID-19 test administered upon presentation to the emergency room had a positive result, and a confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test was administered. …”
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Quality of life of hemodialyzed patients with the consideration of the type of vascular access by Anna Michalik, Natalia Maciejczyk, Kornelia Skoczylas

“…Results and conclusions: Patients with a fistula tend to have a higher quality of life, better physical and social functioning, and better overall health than patients using a vascular catheter. Gender and place of residence have no significant effect on the quality of life of hemodialyzed patients, regardless of the type of vascular access. …”
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Antibiotics Profile, Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL), and Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae from Different Clinical Samples in Khartoum State, Sudan by Ehssan H. Moglad

“…A total of 144 Gram-negative bacteria were collected from different sources (vaginal swab, urine, catheter tip, sputum, blood, tracheal aspirate, pus, stool, pleural fluid, and throat swab). …”
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Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria by Alkali, Bashir, Garba, Iliyasu, Adamu, Almustapha Aliero, Abdurrazak, Kibiya, Muhammad, Hassan Abubakar, Ibrahim, Ntulume, Faruku, Sarkinfada, Ezera, Agwu

“…A sample collected comprises wound/pus, urine, urine catheter and nasal intubation and were analysed using standard microbiological methods for Acinetobacter spp and other related nosocomial bacterial pathogens. …”
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Differences in technical and clinical perspectives on AI validation in cancer imaging: mind the gap! by Ioanna Chouvarda, Sara Colantonio, Ana S. C. Verde, Ana Jimenez-Pastor, Leonor Cerdá-Alberich, Yannick Metz, Lithin Zacharias, Shereen Nabhani-Gebara, Maciej Bobowicz, Gianna Tsakou, Karim Lekadir, Manolis Tsiknakis, Luis Martí-Bonmati, Nikolaos Papanikolaou

“…In cancer imaging AI research, clinical researchers prioritise explainability, while technical researchers focus on transparency and traceability, and see potential in synthetic datasets. Researchers advocate for greater homogenisation of AI validation practices in cancer imaging. …”
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Can muscle synergies shed light on the mechanisms underlying motor gains in response to robot-assisted gait training in children with cerebral palsy? by Gloria P. Vergara-Diaz, Stefano Sapienza, Jean-François Daneault, Eric Fabara, Catherine Adans-Dester, Giacomo Severini, Vincent C. K. Cheung, Carmen Echevarría Ruiz de Vargas, Donna Nimec, Paolo Bonato

“…Future studies relying on larger datasets are needed to further investigate this observation and potential underlying mechanisms.…”
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Identification and functional analysis of hub genes involved in deoxynivalenol-induced enterotoxicity in porcine (Sus scrofa) by Jinhua He, Geng Zhao, Mingxia Chen, Ximing Ren, Peizhi Zhu, Zhizhong Liu, Jiayi Zhou, Hanwei Chen, Chuqiao Xiao, Xiang-Guang Li

“…To address this knowledge gap, this study aimed to identify hub genes associated with enterotoxicity caused by DON exposure. Transcriptomic datasets from porcine jejunal explants exposed to DON were extensively analyzed using bioinformatic techniques in this study. …”
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Ecological niche and phenotypic differences among two alpine Rhododendron species and their natural hybrids in a common landscape by Yanghui Zhao, Ying Zhang, Liang Xu, Yadan Yan, Chuncheng Wang, Yafeng Wen, Donglin Zhang

“…We integrate ecological and phenotypic datasets to investigate the extent to which three sympatric alpine Rhododendron species in the mountainous southwest of China (parents: Rhododendron delavayi and R. irroratum; natural hybrid: R. agastum) differed in their adaptations to co-exist in a shared environment. …”
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Identification of Critical Signature in Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder Using Bioinformatics Analysis and in Vitro Analyses by Lifen Liu, Yang Liu, Rui Li, Yue Teng, Shuyang Zhao, Jinhong Chen, Changjiang Li, Xinyu Hu, Lin Sun

“…Methods RNA sequencing (RNA‐seq) datasets were retrieved from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. …”
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Utilizing sc-linker to integrate single-cell RNA sequencing and human genetics to identify cell types and driver genes associated with non-small cell lung cancer by Yangfan Zhou, Liang Zhao, Meimei Cai, Doudou Luo, Yizhen Pang, Jianhao Chen, Qicong Luo, Qin Lin

“…Conclusions By integrating scRNA-seq, epigenomic, and GWAS datasets, we found that ACT2 and CAFs have specific disease heritability in lung cancer and identified the driver gene RAB31 as a potential therapeutic target.…”
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Modifiable risk factors for anemia among women of childbearing age in sub-saharan Africa (2015–2023) by Beminate Lemma Seifu, Yohannes Mekuria Negussie, Angwach Abrham Asnake, Bezawit Melak Fente, Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Mamaru Melkam, Meklit Melaku Bezie, Alemayehu Kasu Gebrehana, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Hiwot Atlaye Asebe

“…Methods We conducted an analysis of the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys datasets from 21 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries, which were carried out between 2015 and 2023. …”
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