Brain drain in Emergency Medicine in Lebanon, building locally and exporting globally by Eveline Hitti, Sarah S. Abdul-Nabi, Afif Mufarrij, Amin Kazzi

“…After graduation, almost half of our graduates (47.7%) enrolled in fellowship training programs and 40.9% joined the workforce. …”
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Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain Are Associated with Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes Based on Chinese Women by Tingzhao Wang, Lichun Li, Chunchun Wu, Rong Cao, Qingli Li, Liji Yu, Youguo Chen

“…The retrospective cohort study was conducted at Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University from January 2018 to May 2021, with 552 women enrolled. Women were divided into the underweight group, normal weight group, overweight group, and obese group according to early pregnancy BMI. …”
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Utility of High-Resolution Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Posterior Segment Ocular Lesions Using Sensitivity and Specificity by Deb K. Boruah, Daisy Vishwakarma, Pallavi Gogoi, Navneet R Lal, Arup Deuri

“…Materials and Methods: A hospital-based retrospective study enrolled 81 patients in a tertiary care hospital. Clinical and ophthalmological examinations were performed followed by USG of the orbits. …”
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Motivational interviewing to improve self‐care in heart failure patients (MOTIVATE‐HF): a randomized controlled trial by Ercole Vellone, Paola Rebora, Davide Ausili, Valentina Zeffiro, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Gabriele Caggianelli, Stefano Masci, Rosaria Alvaro, Barbara Riegel

“…We evaluated if motivational interviewing (MI) (i) improves patient self‐care maintenance (primary endpoint; e.g. taking medications), self‐care management (e.g. responding to symptoms) and self‐care confidence (or self‐efficacy) 3 months after enrolment; (ii) changes self‐care over 1 year, and (iii) augments patient self‐care if informal caregivers are involved. …”
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Prospective observational study to compare subclavian vein collapsibility index with inferior venacava collapsibility index in predicting hypotension after induction of general ana... by Manjunath C. Patil, Kola Hari Poornima, Raghavendra H. Kalal

“…Material and Methods: In this study, 70 ASA I and II healthy individuals were enrolled. Using ultrasonography, diameters of subclavian vein and inferior venacava during one respiratory cycle were recorded and their collapsibility indices were calculated. …”
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Proceso del cuidado de enfermería aplicado en adulto joven con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 by Adriana Jasmin Diaz Areche, Alessandra Katherine Romero Scotty, Lucia Marilu Alvarado Tayca, Vanessa Portillo Jimenez, Petronila Elizabeth Alvarado Chavez

“…Resultados: Los resultados obtenidos quedan reflejados en taxonomía NOC, resultados con una sola escala de medición, taxonomía de intervenciones NIC dominio 1 apoyo nutricional, con un control de glucosa dentro de los valores normales, se le sugirió realizar actividad física regular, tratamiento con medicamentos e insulina. …”
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Efeito de uma membrana bioativa sobre a regeneração óssea guiada de defeitos críticos de calvária by Flavio Fidêncio de LIMA, Matheus UZAI, Natalia Nunes de SOUZA, Suzana Peres PIMENTEL, Fabiano Ribeiro CIRANO, Raissa Micaella Marcello MACHADO, Andrea Rodrigues Esposito CABRERA, Marcio Zaffalon CASATI, Mônica Grazieli CORRÊA

“…Resultado o grupo controle positivo (Bio-Gide) apresentou maior fechamento do defeito ósseo, em comparação ao grupo teste (Membrana Bioativa) e ao controle negativo (sem tratamento). Conclusão Dentro dos limites do presente estudo, pode-se concluir que o uso da Membrana com propriedade Bioativa não proporcionou regeneração óssea dos defeitos críticos em calvária de ratos.…”
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Prenatal exposure to a mixture of organophosphate ester and organophosphorus pesticides in relation to child neurodevelopment in the Shanghai Birth Cohort by Hui Wang, Dezheng Fu, Xiaoning Liu, Xiaochen Chang, Siyu Guo, Xiaomeng Cheng, Ying Tian, Jinjun Ran, Jun Zhang, Shengju Yin

“…In a study involving 530 mother-child dyads from the Shanghai Birth Cohort (SBC) with enrollment occurring between 2013 and 2016, 14 OPEs/OPPs metabolites were evaluated using high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS-MS) in maternal urine collected during both the first and second trimester. …”
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Comparison of a ready-to-use intranasal dexmedetomidine spray with traditional intranasal dexmedetomidine drops for sedation in preschool children: a prospective, randomized, contr... by Qi-Qi Jin, Wei-Cha Cai, Ying-Feng Zhou, Yan-Tong Zhang, Gang Chen, Meng-Ting Xu, Jun Li, Kai-Ming Yuan

“…PurposeThis study compared the efficacy and acceptability of a ready-to-use intranasal dexmedetomidine spray (DS) versus traditional drops administered by syringe (DD) in pediatric patients undergoing elective surgery.Patients and MethodsEighty-six preschool children were enrolled in a prospective, randomized, controlled study. …”
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Pulsed Light Accelerated Crosslinking versus Continuous Light Accelerated Crosslinking: One-Year Results by Cosimo Mazzotta, Claudio Traversi, Anna Lucia Paradiso, Maria Eugenia Latronico, Miguel Rechichi

“…Methods. 20 patients affected by progressive keratoconus were enrolled in the study. 10 eyes of 10 patients underwent an epithelium-off pl-ACXL by the KXL UV-A source (Avedro Inc., Waltham, MS, USA) with 8 minutes (1 sec. on/1 sec. off) of UV-A exposure at 30 mW/cm2 and energy dose of 7.2 J/cm2; 10 eyes of 10 patients underwent an epithelium-off cl-ACXL at 30 mW/cm2 for 4 minutes. …”
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The Association between Hepcidin and Iron Status in Children and Adolescents with Obesity by Ekkarit Panichsillaphakit, Orapa Suteerojntrakool, Chitsanu Pancharoen, Issarang Nuchprayoon, Sirinuch Chomtho

“…A total of 63 children with obesity and 27 controls were enrolled. Complete blood count, serum iron, ferritin, transferrin saturation, and total iron binding capacity were analyzed. …”
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Correlation of GLUT4, LEPR , and TNF-a with endometrial receptivity in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome-induced infertility by Yan Dong, Kong Wei, Yifei Li, Yan Liu, Lin Li, Yan Li

“…Methods: We prospectively enrolled 109 study subjects admitted to The Second Hospital Affiliated of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from June 2020 to August 2023, including 42 patients with PCOS-induced infertility (research group), 35 nonpregnant patients with simple PCOS (control group), and 32 nonpregnant healthy women (normal group). …”
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A MILITARIZAÇÃO COMO POLÍTICA DE EDUCAÇÃO PÚBLICA: UM OUTRO OLHAR by Hercules Guimarães Honorato

“…Para o seu desenvolvimento, escolheu-se a metodologia de estudo de caso, tipo único, sendo o caso o Colégio Militar Tiradentes, da Polícia Militar de Alagoas, localizado na cidade de Maceió. …”
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Comparative-effectiveness research of COVID-19 treatment: a rapid scoping review by Sharon E Straus, Jesmin Antony, Andrea C Tricco, Rachel Warren, Erin Macdonald, Ba Pham, Milan Patel, Fatemeh Yazdi, Amruta Radhakrishnan, Marco Ghassemi, Patricia Rios, Chantal Williams, Naveeta Ramkissoon, Matthew P Muller, Nazia Darvesh, Gordon V Cormack, Maura R Grossman, Melissa Kampman, Reid Robson

“…The studies and evidence syntheses were conducted in 51 and 39 countries, respectively.Most studies enrolled patients admitted to acute care hospitals (84%), included on average 169 participants, with an average age of 60 years, study duration of 28 days, number of effect outcomes of four and number of harm outcomes of one. …”
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A mulher como produto de satisfação masculina na pornografia: uma análise histórico-social by Eloísa Amorim de Barros, Layâna Maria Araújo Machado, Mayara Gato de Sena Biá, Rafaela Azevedo Guerreiro

“… O presente artigo, tem como proposta apresentar a percepção da sociedade brasileira sobre o que é “ser mulher”, e sobre como esses estereótipos são reproduzidos nas mídias pornográficas, entendendo esse processo como uma construção social que acontece dentro de um sistema machista violento. A construção histórico-social do pornô foi descrita, englobando a era das revistas e fotografias, o avanço tecnológico com o cinema, o VHS, o DVD e, mais atualmente, a internet, podendo perceber o feminino sendo colocado nas mídias sempre de forma submissa e extremamente estereotipada. …”
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Varus/valgus angle of the femoral component relative to the tibial component increases risk of bearing dislocation in medial mobile bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty by Shaokui Nan, Chao Li, Haoming An, Yuda Lian, Haifeng Li

“…Methods One hundred twenty patients who underwent mobile-bearing uni-compartmental knee arthroplasty (MB-UKA) at our hospital between January and August 2023 were enrolled in this retrospective study. Standard anteroposterior radiographs were obtained postoperatively using C-arm fluoroscopy. …”
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Perfil de las personas graduadas de posgrado que realizan investigación en las universidades estatales costarricenses by Cinthia Azofeifa Ureña, Karen Corrales Bolívar, Katherine Sandí Araya

“…Se calcularon las distancias: el vecino más cercano, el vecino más lejano, el salto promedio y la distancia de Ward para determinar las similitudes dentro de la composición de los grupos. En relación con la distancia entre las personas graduadas que realizan investigación, se utilizó la distancia de Gower. …”
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Changes and Diurnal Variation of Visual Quality after Orthokeratology in Myopic Children by Hao-Chen Guo, Wan-Qing Jin, An-Peng Pan, Qin-Mei Wang, Jia Qu, A-Yong Yu

“…Forty-four eyes of 22 subjects with a mean age of 10.55 ± 1.53 years (8 to 14 years) were enrolled in this prospective study. Their spherical equivalent ranged from −1.25 to −4.25 diopters (D) and astigmatism was less than 1.00 D. …”
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Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of Acupuncture for Cognitive Dysfunction in Diverse Cancer Survivors: A Pilot, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Xiaotong Li, Kaitlin Lampson, Tim A. Ahles, James C. Root, Q. Susan Li, Yuelin Li, Anam Ahsan, Jun J. Mao, Kevin T. Liou

“…Subjective CRCD was assessed by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function—Perceived Cognitive Impairment subscale (FACT-Cog PCI) and objective CRCD was assessed by the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test—Revised (HVLT-R). (3) Results: 32 participants (57.1% of eligible patients) were enrolled. All participants in acupuncture groups completed ≥8 of 10 treatments. …”
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Asymptomatic Malaria Infection and Hidden Parasitic Burden in Gabonese Schoolchildren: Unveiling Silent Co-Infections in Rural and Urban Settings by Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi, Lady Charlene Kouna, Chérone Nancy Mbani Mpega Ntigui, Neil Michel Longo-Pendy, Judy Armel Bourobou Bourobou, Felicien Bangueboussa, Nick Chenis Atiga, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Larson Boundenga, Sandrine Lydie Oyegue-Liabagui

“…A total of four hundred and seventy (470) school-aged children were successfully enrolled in this study. The observed prevalence values were as follows: malaria infection at 69.6%, IPIs at 19.1%, filaria at 5.1%, <i>Schistosoma</i> infection at 15.0%, and anemia at 29.0%. …”
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