Clinical observation on holographic meridian scraping therapy combined with auricular bloodletting therapy in treating primary hypertension in the elderly (全息经络刮痧联合耳尖放血疗法治疗老年高血压病临床... by ZHEN Chao (郑超), LI Ning (李宁), CAO Hongjing (曹红京)

“…Results The systolic pressure and diastolic pressure in the observation group dropped more significantly compared with those in the control group after intervention (P＜0. 05). There was a lower TCM syndrome score in the observation group than that in the control group after intervention (P＜0. 05). …”
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Phase angle in bioelectrical impedance analysis for assessing congestion in acute heart failure. by Sangho Sohn, Jinsung Jeon, Ji Eun Lee, Soo Hyung Park, Dong Oh Kang, Eun Jin Park, Dae-In Lee, Jah Yeon Choi, Seung Young Roh, Jin Oh Na, Cheol Ung Choi, Jin Won Kim, Seung Woon Rha, Chang Gyu Park, Sunki Lee, Eung Ju Kim

“…<h4>Results</h4>The PhA levels were significantly lower in the HF group. Whole-body PhA was 4.49° in the HF group and 5.68° in the control group. …”
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Long-Term Evaluation of Capsulotomy Shape and Posterior Capsule Opacification after Low-Energy Bimanual Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery by Tommaso Verdina, Chiara Peppoloni, Lucrezia Barbieri, Maria Rosaria Carbotti, Bruno Battaglia, Rodolfo Mastropasqua, Gian Maria Cavallini

“…Capsulotomy shape presented higher stability and circularity in the FLACS group over the 18-month observation period. FLACS resulted in lower PCO scores and endothelial cell loss at 18 months in comparison to B-MICS standard technique.…”
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Predictive models and determinants of mortality among T2DM patients in a tertiary hospital in Ghana, how do machine learning techniques perform? by Godsway Edem Kpene, Sylvester Yao Lokpo, Sandra A. Darfour-Oduro

“…Abstract Background The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in lower and middle – income countries call for preventive public health interventions. …”
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Baska Mask versus I-gel in Spontaneously Breathing Anaesthetised Patients: A Randomised Clinical Study by Bhagyavardhan Botta, Yogarajan Ramalingam, Grishma Robba, Tanya Elizabeth, Kala Balasubramanian, Selvamani Subramanian, Senthil Kumar Vannivedu Santhnam, Kavyasri Morampudi

“…The first-attempt success rate for the Baska mask was lower compared to the I-gel group (p=0.03). However, the Baska mask provided higher airway sealing pressure (p=0.04) and a good seal in spontaneously breathing anaesthetised patients. …”
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Carbon Stock and Soil Characteristics under Expansive Shrubs in the Dry Afromontane Forest in Northern Ethiopia by Mebrahtu Haile, Emiru Birhane, Meley Mekonen Rannestad, Muyiwa S. Adaramola

“…Furthermore, the result revealed that most of the soil characteristics were significantly lower P<0.05 under the expansive shrubs invaded vegetation conditions except for significantly high sand content P<0.05. …”
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The predictors of successful methotrexate treatment of tubal ectopic pregnancy by Eiman Abdelfattah-Arafa, Hager Farag Abdussalam, Mohamed Omar Saad, Walid El Ansari

“…Younger age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.33, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.16–4.66, p = .017), no pelvic pain (aOR 2.65, 95%CI 1.03–6.83, p = .043), lower initial β-hCG level (aOR 1.32, 95%CI 1.08–1.59, p = .005), and absence of foetal cardiac activity (aOR 12.63; 95% CI 1.04–153.6; p = .047) were independently associated with success. …”
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Eating Habits, Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Clinical and Laboratory Comparisons by O. V. Gaus, M. A. Livzan

“…Among patients with IBS there is a statistically significantly higher level of cortisol in the morning and evening portions of saliva (U = 19.5, p &lt; 0.001 and U = 111.5, p &lt; 0.001, respectively), serotonin in blood serum (U = 269.0, p = 0.042) and lower plasma dopamine levels (U = 93.5, p = 0.0002) compared with controls. …”
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Biomarkers of gastric atrophy at stomach cancer by A. V. Belkovets, S. A. Kurilovich., Yu. I. Ragino, L. V. Scherbakova, O. B. Cheremisina, N. V. Cherdyntseva, N. A. Andryushina, M. I. Voyevoda

“…Pepsinogen-I (PGI) level under 50 mcg/l was found in 43.2% of patients, indicating different degrees of fundic atrophy. Significantly lower PGI scores were detected in SC patients with histologically verified atrophy. …”
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Effect of Modified Duodenal Exclusion Surgery on Glucose Metabolism in Rats with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by YANG Jin, YU Shiya, LIN Nan, FANG Yongchao, ZHAO Hu, QIU Jinwei, LIN Hongming, CHEN Huiyan, WANG Yu, WU Weihang

“…The fasting blood glucose levels in the MDE group were lower than those in the DE group at all time points post-surgery (P<0.05), but there were no significant differences in serum GLP-1 concentrations between the MDE and DE groups (P>0.05). …”
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Correlations between primary tumour location, biomarkers of inflammation and lung injury, and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients underwent laparoscopic colorectomy:... by Hui-xian Li, Li Che, Yuan Li, Tai-hang Wang, Fang-di Min, Lei Xu, Meng Wang, Zhao-xu Zheng, Shi-ning Qu, Fei Wang, Wei Tang, Shi-jing Wei, Yu-lin Sun, Hui Zheng, Tao Yan

“…Despite the steep Trendelenburg position of the RSC group inciting more pulmonary stress, inflammation and lung epithelial injury, as indicated by higher sRAGE, it demonstrated a lower PPCs occurrence relative to its DAC counterpart, with a slightly inclined or reversed Trendelenburg position. …”
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Stroke Outcome and Determinants among Patients with and without Diabetes in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana by Josephine Akpalu, Alfred E. Yawson, Foster Osei-Poku, Yacoba Atiase, Ernest Yorke, Patrick Adjei, Kodwo Nkromah, Albert Akpalu

“…Stroke patients with diabetes had lower survival compared with those without diabetes (p=0.0745). …”
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Non‐invasive telemedical care in heart failure patients and stroke: post hoc analysis of TIM‐HF and TIM‐HF2 trials by Serdar Tütüncü, Marcus Honold, Kerstin Koehler, Oliver Deckwart, Friedrich Koehler, Karl Georg Haeusler

“…Old age, hyperlipidaemia, lower body mass index, and peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) were independently associated with present cerebrovascular disease on enrolment. …”
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Clinicopathological Analysis of 14 Cases of Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma by Yixuan FANG, Anzhe WANG, Lumin SHEN, Xiao YUAN, Yu KONG

“…Immunohistochemistry showed that CK, CK5/6, P40 and P63 were positive, and the Ki-67 index of Regaud type was lower than that of Schmincke type; notably, all 8 cases tested for programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) were positive. …”
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Changing Attitudes Towards Research Through a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience by Keith Brazendale, Michael Rovito, Jeanette Garcia

“…Findings from this study demonstrate the potential of a CURE at reducing anxiety, lowering perceived difficulty, enhancing overall impressions, and students’ overall attitudes toward research and research-based education. …”
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miR-10a in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Is a Biomarker for Sepsis and Has Anti-Inflammatory Function by Guoping Zheng, Guanguan Qiu, Menghua Ge, Jianbiao Meng, Geng Zhang, Jiangmei Wang, Ruoqiong Huang, Qiang Shu, Jianguo Xu

“…Results. miR-10a levels in PBMC at admission were significantly lower in sepsis patients compared with patients with infection and healthy controls. miR-10a levels were negatively correlated with disease severity scores as well as levels for c-reactive protein and procalcitonin. …”
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Unveiling the Prognostic Power of HRR in ICU-Admitted COPD Patients: A MIMIC-IV Database Study by Wang Y, Chen D, Zhang C, Yang H

“…Subgroup analyses further validated the robustness of these core findings.Conclusion: A lower HRR is positively associated with all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with COPD.Keywords: COPD, red blood cell distribution width, hemoglobin, all-cause hospital mortality, MIMIC-IV…”
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Perioperative estimations of oxygen consumption from LiDCO™plus-derived cardiac output and Ca-cvO2 difference: Relationship with measurements by indirect calorimetry in elderly pat... by Julia Jakobsson, Carl Norén, Eva Hagel, Magnus Backheden, Sigridur Kalman, Erzsébet Bartha

“…In addition, reverse Fick calculations report generally lower values of oxygen consumption.<h4>Methods</h4>We investigated the relationship between perioperative estimations of VO2 (EVO2), from LiDCO™plus-derived (LiDCO Ltd, Cambridge, UK) cardiac output and arterial-central venous oxygen content difference (Ca-cvO2), with indirect calorimetry (GVO2) by QuarkRMR (COSMED srl. …”
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Effectiveness of Single-Tablet Combination Therapy in Improving Adherence and Persistence and the Relation to Clinical and Economic Outcomes by Carly J. Paoli, Jörg Linder, Khushboo Gurjar, Deepika Thakur, Julie Wyckmans, Stacy Grieve

“…Medical costs and healthcare resource use were generally lower with FDCs than with LDCs. **Discussion:** Evidence from RWE and economic studies strongly favored STCT use, while clinical trials and HRQoL studies primarily reported similarity between STCTs and LDCs. …”
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Association between night-shift work, sleep quality and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study among manufacturing workers in a middle-income setting by Yin Cheng Lim, Victor C. W. Hoe, Azlan Darus, Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy

“…Night-shift workers had significantly lower mean scores in all the eight SF-12 domains (p&lt;0.001). …”
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