Association between Preoperative Plasma sRAGE Levels and Recovery from Cardiac Surgery by Benedict C. Creagh-Brown, Gregory J. Quinlan, Lauren R. Hector, Timothy W. Evans, Anne Burke-Gaffney

“…Patients (n=130) undergoing elective cardiac surgery were enrolled prospectively. Plasma sRAGE and S100A8/A9 concentrations were measured before and 2 h after surgery. …”
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Investigation of 23 Bile Acids in Liver Bile in Benign and Malignant Biliary Stenosis: A Pilot Study by Stanislav Rejchrt, Milos Hroch, Rudolf Repak, Tomas Fejfar, Tomas Douda, Darina Kohoutova, Eva Peterova, Jan Bures

“…More patients need to be enrolled in further studies so that the real diagnostic yield of bile acids can be determined.…”
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Increased dicentric chromosome in peripheral lymphocytes is related to acute skin toxicity induced by radiotherapy in cancer patients by Minjie Li, Yu Gao, Lin Han, Ping Wang, Jie Li, Junhua Song, Shasha Du, Yunfei Zhang, Yumin Lyu

“…Methods: A total of 33 cancer patients after postoperative RT in a tertiary hospital from October 2021 to May 2022 were enrolled in this study. These patients were grouped according to the grade of acute skin and marrow toxicities determined based on the scoring criteria for acute morbidity developed by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG). …”
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Long-term outcomes of drainless anatomical lung resection surgery for pulmonary malignancies by Ting-Fang Kuo, Mong-Wei Lin, Ke-Cheng Chen, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Pei-Ming Huang, Jang-Ming Lee

“…Methods Fifty-eight patients who underwent drainless minimally invasive anatomical lung resection surgery for pulmonary malignancies (36 -lobectomy; 22 -segmentectomy) between November 2017 and June 2022 by a single surgeon were enrolled. Patients’ characteristics and perioperative, early postoperative, and long-term data were collected. …”
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Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects of Laser Epilation on Pilonidal Disease Recurrence: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Katherine C. Bergus, MD, MPH, Carley Lutz, BS, Jennifer Cooper, PhD, Lindsey Asti, PhD, MPH, Lindsay Gil, MD, MPH, Cory Criss, MD, Katherine J. Deans, MD, MHSc, Peter C. Minneci, MD, MHSc

“…In total, 302 patients were enrolled with 151 randomized to each intervention. 1-year follow-up was available for 96 patients in the laser group and 134 in the standard care group. …”
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Zoledronic acid as adjuvant therapy in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a randomised controlled pilot study by Øystein Kalsnes Jørstad, Morten Carstens Moe, Morten Wang Fagerland, Yngvil Solheim Husum, Erik Fink Eriksen

“…The primary outcome was mean change in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA).Results 40 participants enrolled in the study, with 20 allocated to each treatment group. 38 participants received both study infusions, and all participants completed the final assessment. …”
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Uric acid to albumin ratio is a novel predictive marker for all-cause and cardiovascular death in diabetic patients: a prospective cohort study by Shengnan Chen, Shengnan Chen, Ming Zhang, Shouye Hu, Xiaolong Shao, Lin Liu, Zhi Yang, Kai Nan

“…Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to display the progression risks of diabetic patients.ResultsA total of 804 diabetic patients were enrolled in the study. During the 5-year follow-up, all-cause death was found in 80 participants (9.95%) and cardiovascular death was found in 24 participants (2.99%). …”
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New proposal for a multimodal imaging approach for the subclinical detection of hydroxychloroquine-induced retinal toxicity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by Ricard Cervera, Alfredo Adan, Gerard Espinosa, Jose Rios, Olga Araujo, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Laura Pelegrín, Ricardo P Casaroli-Marano, Halbert Hernández-Negrín, Marc Figueras-Roca, Vanesa Budi, Montse Morató

“…The Kappa Concordance Index was used to assess the concordance among the different tests in detecting potential macular toxicity-associated alterations.Results Sixty-six patients with SLE (132 eyes) were consecutively enrolled. Four (6.1%) patients developed subclinical hydroxychloroquine-induced retinal toxicity without visual acuity impairment. …”
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Development of Professional Competences of teachers and Psychologists in the Conditions of Joint training by I. A. Korobeinikov, T. V. Kuzmicheva

“…The sampling consisted of the full-time students of 2010-2011 enrollment who were selected in two groups – control and experimental. …”
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Analysis methods for covariate-constrained cluster randomized trials with time-to-event outcomes by Amy M. Crisp, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Matt D. T. Hitchings, Ira M. Longini, Natalie E. Dean

“…Abstract Background Cluster randomized trials, which often enroll a small number of clusters, can benefit from constrained randomization, selecting a final randomization scheme from a set of known, balanced randomizations. …”
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A Comparative Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness between Synergic Activities of 0.1% Polyhexanide and Rigenase® (Fitostimoline® Plus spray) versus a Hydrating Formulation for the... by Eugenia Veronica Di Brizzi, Anna Balato, Stefano Caccavale, Amalia Lupoli, Carlo Panetti, Giuseppe Argenziano

“…Materials and Methods: This comparative study enrolled 68 patients with atopic dermatitis and rubbing injuries, randomly assigned to Group A (N=38) receiving Fitostimoline® Plus spray (0.1% PHMB and Rigenase®) or Group B (N=30) receiving a hyaluronic acid spray. …”
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Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Visceral Adipose Tissue in Morbidly Obese and Normal Weight Chinese Women by Chen Shang, Wei Sun, Chunlin Wang, Xiangqing Wang, Huijuan Zhu, Linjie Wang, Hongbo Yang, Xue Wang, Fengying Gong, Hui Pan

“…Differentially expressed VAT proteins were further analyzed with Gene Ontology (GO) analysis and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA). …”
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Clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes of PLA2R related idiopathic membranous nephropathy in patients with seronegative PLA2R antibodies by Xue Li, Yang Shen, Yanchun Li, Lijie Ma, Qianmei Sun

“…However, little is known about the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of this subtype.Methods A total of 74 IMN patients with GAg + identified by kidney biopsy were enrolled in this study. We categorized patients into two groups based on the presence or absence of serum PLA2R antibody. …”
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Ampliación de sentidos sobre las prácticas políticas de jóvenes con vinculación a siete movimientos sociales en Colombia by Jhoana Patiño, Sara Victoria Alvarado, María Camila Ospina-Alvarado

“…En tal sentido, el alcance del artículo es hacer visibles y audibles en un mismo nivel de legitimidad, esos otros lugares y formas de lo político que estos sujetos jóvenes han ido creando, muchas veces, al margen de la institucionalidad, y otras, dentro o al lado de ella, a partir del reconocimiento de las especificidades de los contextos, prácticas y sentidos locales en los que se desarrollan y de las regularidades políticas, económicas y sociales que vinculan históricamente las experiencias de los sujetos y los colectivos que habitan geográficamente territorios distintos.…”
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Hyponatremia In Ischemic Stroke Patients And Its Relationship To Clinical Outcomes In Such Patients by Maria Zafar, Aneza Jalil, Amber Ghaffer, Mahnoor Yousaf, Sadia Batool

“…Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out for a period of six months (11-12-2020 to 10-06-2021) at the department of Medicine and Neurology, PIMS, Islamabad.A total of one hundred and seventy-nine (n=179) acute ischemic stroke patients of either gender between age 16-80 years were enrolled. Stroke severity was measured through the National Institute of Health stroke scale score and serum sodium was measured at the time of admission in all patients to diagnose hyponatremia. …”
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Beverage Intake and Its Effect on Body Weight Status among WIC Preschool-Age Children by Andrea Charvet, Fatma G. Huffman

“…This cross-sectional study explored beverage intake and its association with body weight status among low-income preschool-age children enrolled in the Special Supplementation Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). …”
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Value of combining lung ultrasound score with oxygenation and functional indices in determining weaning timing for critically ill pediatric patients by Ximeng Hao, Hongnian Duan, Qiushuang Li, Dan Wang, Xin Yin, Zhiyan Di, Shanshan Du

“…Eighty-two critically ill pediatric patients, who were admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and underwent mechanical ventilation from January 2023 to April 2024, were enrolled in this study. Prior to weaning, all patients underwent bedside LUS, with concurrent measurements of their RSBI and P/F ratio. …”
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Assessment of Maternal Satisfaction and Associated Factors among Parturients Who Underwent Cesarean Delivery under Spinal Anesthesia at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specializ... by Samuel Debas Bayable, Seid Adem Ahmed, Girmay Fitiwi Lema, Debas Yaregal Melesse

“…A total of 383 parturients were enrolled to assess maternal satisfaction using a 5-point Likert scale. …”
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Parental knowledge, awareness, and attitudes towards children’s oral habits: a descriptive cross-sectional study by Sarah Almugairin, Alanoud Alwably, Nada Alayed, Alanoud Algazlan, Hadeel Alrowaily, Elzahraa Eldwakhly, Abdullazez Almudhi

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study design was employed, where 2,000 participants were enrolled, of whom 563 Saudi mothers residing in Riyadh met the inclusion criteria. …”
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High CD163 Expression on Classical Monocytes Is Associated with Immune Control of HBV Infection in Noncirrhotic Patients by Anna Parfieniuk-Kowerda, Kamil Grubczak, Andrzej Eljaszewicz, Magdalena Świderska, Magdalena Maciaszek, Anatol Panasiuk, Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Robert Flisiak, Marcin Moniuszko

“…Fifty-nine patients with CHB, 9 with a history of HBsAg/anti-HBs seroconversion, were enrolled. The control group consisted of 15 healthy volunteers. …”
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