Protocol publication rate and comparison between article, registry and protocol in RCTs by Sylvain Mathieu, Jean-Baptiste Bouillon-Minois, Laurent Renard Triché, Emmanuel Coudeyre, De Chazeron Ingrid, Finotto Thomas, Catherine Laporte, Xavier Moisset, Ludovic Samalin, Guillaume Villatte, Bruno Pereira, Methodology And Evidence Statistics for Transparency in medical Research and Outcome reporting (MAESTRO) working group

“…Articles published in generalist or high impact factor journals were associated with higher frequencies of published protocols and trial registration and a lower frequency of difference in PO and SS between articles, registries, and published protocols. …”
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Establishment of an oral burn model in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats by Su-Young Kim, Seong-Gon Kim, Dae-Won Kim, Ji-Hyeon Oh

“…This faster healing on the tongue was further supported by significantly lower expression levels of TNF-α and IL-1β and a reduction in ulcer size, particularly on the tongue compared to the palate. …”
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A Study of the Pattern of Admissions to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka by Priyamali Jayasekera, Gayani Dassanayake, Kasthuri Bandara, Lakmali Jayawardhena, K. M. S. Malkanthi

“…The majority of these admissions was due to chest pain and trauma related to accidents. The lower recorded number of paediatric and gynaecological and obstetrical emergencies presented to the A&E department is a result of a government policy mandating the admission of these types of patients directly to their respective wards. …”
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes of congenital syphilis at a tertiary care center in Turkey; a retrospective observational study by Hasan Berkan Sayal, And Yavuz, Busra Tsakir, Erzat Toprak, Orkun Han, Hasan Ali Inal

“…Most were housewives (43.75%), lived in urban areas (43.75%), and had lower-level incomes (68.75%). In addition, 43.75% received adequate maternal treatment, the caesarean delivery rate was 43.25%, 31.25% had preterm births, and the mean birth weight was 2956.36 + 514.46 g. …”
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Clinical Profile and Risk Factors of Group B Streptococcal Colonization in Mothers from the Eastern District of China by Jin Jiao, Weiwei Wu, Feng Shen, Zhongyuan Liu, Huiru Zhou, Gang Fan, Yuxia Zhou

“…Subjects showing GBS positivity during late pregnancy were prone to prolonged rupture of the membrane (PROM) and birth at lower a gestation age than the GBS-negative group. …”
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Phase Ib open-label, multicenter study of pixatimod, an activator of TLR9, in combination with nivolumab in subjects with microsatellite-stable metastatic colorectal cancer, metast... by Matthew Burge, David Goldstein, Andrew Haydon, Nick Pavlakis, Charlotte Lemech, Edward Hammond, Darryn Bampton, Keith Dredge, Michael P Brown, Andrew Clouston, Nigel J Waterhouse, Amanda C Stanley, Lucie Leveque-El Mouttie, Grace M Chojnowski

“…Clinical benefit (PR+SD) was associated with lower Pan-Immune-Inflammation Value and plasma IL-6 but increased IP-10 and IP-10/IL-8 ratio. …”
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Evaluation of Stroke Patients Diagnosed with Rheumatologic Diseases by Cihat Özgüncü, Şerefnur Öztürk, Gökhan Özdemir

“…Compared to patients without a diagnosis of rheumatological disease, the age was significantly lower(p<0.001). However, we did not find a significant relationship between the distribution of stroke subtypes(p=0.538), and there was no significant difference in terms of gender(p=0.149). …”
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A Health Economic Analysis Exploring the Cost Consequence of Using a Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Germany by Rhodri Saunders, Rafael Torrejon Torres, Henning Reuter, Scott Gibson

“… # Results The cost with the SPB was €4274.32 per patient, €98.27, or 2.25%, lower than that of the standard of care (€4372.59). …”
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Impact of the National Drug Price Negotiation policy on the price, usage, and affordability of anticancer medicines in Shandong Province, China by Yaqun Sun, Yan Qiang, Yongxuan Duan, Yan Song, Yan Song

“…There has been a significant reduction in the MPR following NDPN, with a median MPR of 0.57 in 2022, and the prices of anticancer medicines were generally lower than IPR. During the period from 2017 to 2022, the total usage of the 25 negotiated medicines continued to rise. …”
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Total neoadjuvant chemotherapy according to the FOLFIRINOX regimen for locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the stomach and cardioesophageal junction: interim results by M. V. Sedova, M. A. Batov, A. A. Kolomeytseva, V. M. Khomyakov, N. N. Volchenko, A. A. Fedenko

“…The incidence of events (progression or death) was lower in the FOLFIRINOX group (odds ratio [OR] 0,40 [95 % CI 0,16–0,97, p = 0,047]). …”
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Age- and sex-specific differences in myocardial sympathetic tone and left ventricular remodeling following myocardial injury by Achi Haider, Susan Bengs, Angela Portmann, Sandro Fröhlich, Dominik Etter, Monika Maredziak, Geoffrey I. Warnock, Alexander Akhmedov, Sebastian Kozerke, Claudia Keller, Fabrizio Montecucco, Bruno Weber, Linjing Mu, Ronny R. Buechel, Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Philipp A. Kaufmann, Giovanni G. Camici, Simon M. Ametamey, Catherine Gebhard

“…Males had a larger average infarct size and lower left ventricular contractility following myocardial injury than females (p < 0.05 vs. females). …”
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Determinants of essential newborn care for institutional births in Bangladesh: Findings from the 2019 MICS Survey by Syeda Sumaiya Efa, Syed Nafi Mahdee, Md Fuad Al Fidah

“…Essential newborn care (ENC) is designed to lower neonatal morbidity and mortality. The current study investigated the association between sociodemographic, antenatal, and delivery care factors that may impact ENC practices for institutional birth in Bangladesh. …”
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on oral health among secondary-level students: a cross-sectional study in Kathmandu, Nepal by Nishika Aryal, Anuja Rajbhandari

“…Despite having satisfactory attitudes, males and younger individuals were more likely to have lower knowledge (OR=0.714 and OR=0.684, respectively) and poorer practices (OR=0.484 and OR=0.514, respectively). …”
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Cost-savings and health impact of strategies for prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus with nirsevimab in Chile based on the integrated analysis of 2019–2023 national databases... by Denis Sauré, Miguel O’Ryan, Juan Pablo Torres, Natalia Trigo, Gonzalo Diaz, Marcel Goic, Charles Thraves, Jorge Pacheco, Patricio Aguilera, Andrea Caro, Leonardo J. Basso

“…We first characterize RSV burden among Chilean infants between 2019 and 2023, focusing on medically attended lower respiratory tract infections (MA LRTI), hospital admissions (HA LRTI), and severe cases requiring ICU admission (ICU LRTI). …”
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Vision Improvement after Osimertinib Treatment in Paraneoplastic Optic Neuropathy Associated with Lung Adenocarcinoma by Masaomi Kubota, Nobumasa Tamura, Takaaki Hayashi, Euido Nishijima, Haruhiko Yanagisawa, Akira Kojima, Tadashi Nakano

“…Goldman’s perimetry showed a defect in the lower nasal RE and extensive visual-field loss in the LE. …”
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Type II Diabetes Patients under Sildenafil Citrate: Case Series Showing Benefits and a Side Effect by Livia M. Zimmermann, Mauricio S. Baptista, João Paulo Tardivo, Maria A. Pinhal

“…Both patients presented a reduction in the glycemic level, requiring lower doses or no other oral diabetes medications. …”
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Challenges and adaptations in pancreatic cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in a high-volume center by Mohammed Al-Saeedi, Ali Ramouz, Elias Khajeh, Sakher Shraim, Alexander Werba, Georgios Polychronidis, Arianeb Mehrabi, Martin Loos

“…The rate of primary resectable tumors was significantly lower during the late pandemic phase (66% vs. 65.9% vs. 56.5%; P = 0.024), and subsequently application of neoadjuvant therapies increased in the late pandemic phase (26% vs. 25.4% vs. 33.8%; P = 0.079). …”
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Effects of Providing Enrichment to Broilers in an Animal Welfare Environment on Productivity, Litter Moisture, Gas Concentration (CO₂ and NH₃), Animal Welfare... by Chan-Ho Kim, Woo-Do Lee, Ji-Seon Son, Jung-Hwan Jeon, Se-Jin Lim, Su-Mi Kim

“…Interestingly, however, provision of the environment enrichment lowered serum corticosterone levels (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Combination therapy of intravitreal ranibizumab and sub-tenon triamcinolone for treatment of resistant diabetic macular edema: a clinical study in Egypt by Hossam Eldin M. A. Khalil, Hazem E. Haroun, Alaa A. I. Shalan, Waleed M. Mahran

“…Conclusion The use of combined therapy with anti-VEGF treatment and STTA has been found to be an effective and safe approach to managing resistant DME. The lower number of injections needed help to reduce the economic burden, especially under constrained financial circumstances.…”
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Radiographic Evaluation of The Bone Density Around Tooth-Anchored One-Piece Immediate-Loading Dental Implant by Bangen Mohammed Karam, Bahar Jaafar Selivany, Huda Jameel Qasim, Rafah Hussein Mohammed

“…Upper ROIs: Significant changes (P<0.05) were observed across all time intervals except CV between T1 and T2 (P>0.05). Lower ROIs: Consistently significant improvements (P<0.05) at all time intervals. …”
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