A Randomized Controlled Trial: Comparison of 4% Articaine versus 0.5% Bupivacaine for Ambulatory Orthopedic Surgery under Supraclavicular Block by Simon H. Armanious, Gamal A. Abdelhameed

“…A total of 117 patients aged 20 to 60 years, with the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I and II, were enrolled in the study. Patients were randomly allocated into two groups: in group A, patients received 30 ml articaine 2%, and in group B, patients received 30 ml of bupivacaine 0.5%. …”
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Memorias de la inmigración. Historias de vida de los inmigrantes europeos en el Chaco a través de sus fotografías by Alejandra Reyero, Luciana Sudar Klappenbach

“…Se plantea un ejercicio reflexivo basado en la identificación de ciertos elementos comunes que por su reiteración pueden ser entendidos como invariantes visuales dentro del heterogéneo corpus fotográfico sobre la inmigración chaqueña y se analizan los modelos representacionales privilegiados, así como las condiciones de producción y uso.…”
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Isoniazid urine spectrophotometry for prediction of serum pharmacokinetics in adults with TB by P. S. Rao, K. Reed, N. Modi, D. Handler, K. Petros de Guex, S. Yu, L. Kagan, R. Reiss, N. Narayanan, C. A. Peloquin, A. Lardizabal, C. Vinnard, T. A. Thomas, Y. L. Xie, S. K. Heysell

“…Urine spectrophotometry could provide a low-cost alternative with simple sampling and quantification methods. METHODS: We enrolled 56 adult patients on treatment for active TB. …”
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Impact of aging on hepatic reserve after preoperative portal vein embolization in hepatectomy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma by Shinichi Nakanuma, Takahiro Ogi, Hiroaki Sugita, Ryosuke Gabata, Tomokazu Tokoro, Ryohei Takei, Kaichiro Kato, Satoshi Takada, Mitsuyoshi Okazaki, Isamu Makino, Shintaro Yagi

“…This study aimed to evaluate the influence of aging on PVE. Methods: We enrolled 25 patients who underwent right hepatectomy with percutaneous transhepatic PVE. …”
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A multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial comparing LY01011, a biosimilar, with denosumab (Xgeva®) in patients with bone metastasis from solid tumors by Mingchuan Zhao, Xichun Hu, Pengpeng Zhuang, Aiping Zeng, Yan Yu, Zhendong Chen, Hongmei Sun, Weihua Yang, Lili Sheng, Peijian Peng, Jingfen Wang, Tienan Yi, Minghong Bi, Huaqiu Shi, Mingli Ni, Xiumei Dai, Changlu Hu, Hongjie Xu, Dongqing Lv, Qingshan Li, Kaijian Lei, Xia Yuan, Ou Jiang, Xicheng Wang, Baihui Hu, Zhe Hou, Zhaoping Su, Song Zheng, Ming Zhou, Changlin Dou

“…Materials and methods: Eligible patients with BM from solid tumors were randomized at a 1:1 ratio to receive 120 mg of LY01011 or 120 mg of denosumab subcutaneously every four weeks during a 12-week double-blind treatment period, and then all enrolled patients continued to receive LY01011 until week 53. …”
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A Qualitative Study Exploring Factors Associated with Retention in HIV Care among Women with HIV in a Large HIV Clinic in Lagos, Nigeria, after Implementing the Test and Treat Poli... by Omoladun O. Odediran, Oluwakemi O. Odukoya, Mobolanle R. Balogun, Jonathan A. Colasanti, Alani S. Akanmu

“…Women living with HIV/AIDS (n = 24) enrolled in an HIV study at the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) clinic in Lagos, Nigeria, were interviewed from April 1 to October 31, 2021, using a semistructured interview guide. …”
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Fatigue and Mental Status of Caregivers of Severely Chronically Ill Patients by Sung-Goo Kang, Sang-Wook Song, Se-Hong Kim, Yi-Jin Kang, Young-Rye Kim, Youngmi Eun

“…This study investigated the factors affecting fatigue among caregivers of patients with severe chronic diseases. Methods. The study enrolled 100 caregivers of patients providing home care nursing at a university hospital in Gyeonggi-do of Korea, including 47 caregivers caring for cancer patients and 53 caregivers caring for chronic disease patients (e.g., dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease). …”
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Conventional magnetic resonance imaging combined with three-dimensional ultrasound for preoperative prediction of immediate ablation rate in high-intensity focused ultrasound treat... by Qiong Hao, Junwei Liu, Ruoying Hou, Wenxia Huang, Juan Liao, Zhenjiang Lin, Tijiang Zhang

“…Objective This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound for the preoperative prediction of nonperfused volume ratio (NPVR) in uterine fibroids after high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation.Materials and methods In total, 178 patients who had undergone HIFU ablation therapy for uterine fibroids between July 2021 and August 2023 were enrolled. Baseline clinical, MRI, and 3D ultrasound parameters collected before and after HIFU ablation were analyzed. …”
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Patient and Surgeon Satisfaction Levels after Using an Acrylic, Hydrophobic, Monofocal IOL and the Malyugin Ring in Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome Patients by Andreas F. Borkenstein, Eva-Maria Borkenstein

“…Materials and Methods. 42 eyes of twenty-eight patients with progressed cataract formation and pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXF) or pseudoexfoliation glaucoma and best corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA) between 0.30–1.00 logMAR were enrolled. After a detailed preexamination, they underwent phacoemulsification and implantation of the acrylic, hydrophobic, heparin-coated, single-piece, monofocal intraocular lens (CT LUCIA 601P, Zeiss, Germany) with 360° square edge and ultraclear purity aspheric ZO optic. …”
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Implementation and evaluation of a complex outpatient oral antimicrobial therapy program (COpAT) in Canada by Maggie Wong, Davie Wong

“…Design: Retrospective observational study that evaluated the efficacy, safety, and cost savings of patients enrolled in the program from August 2023 to June 2024. …”
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Clinical value of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor in predicting sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by Wenwen Zhang, Yue Gu, Jing Zhou, Juntao Wang, Xiaoru Zhao, Xiaoyu Deng, Han Li, Lei Yan, Xiaojing Jiao, Fengmin Shao

“…Therefore, we assessed the early predictive value of suPAR for S-AKI patients.Methods We prospectively enrolled adult patients, immediately after fulfilling the sepsis-3 criteria. …”
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Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, and Mean Platelet Volume-to-Platelet Count Ratio as Biomarkers in Critically Ill and Inj... by Dragan Djordjevic, Goran Rondovic, Maja Surbatovic, Ivan Stanojevic, Ivo Udovicic, Tamara Andjelic, Snjezana Zeba, Snezana Milosavljevic, Nikola Stankovic, Dzihan Abazovic, Jasna Jevdjic, Danilo Vojvodic

“…A total of 392 critically ill and injured patients, admitted to surgical ICU, were enrolled in a prospective observational study. Leukocyte and platelet counts were recorded upon fulfilling Sepsis-3 criteria and for traumatized Injury Severity Score > 25 points. …”
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¡Buen camino! - investigação em didática: percursos formativos e memórias de futuro by Luis Dantas, Angela Deyva Gomes da Silva, Malunguila Bunga Mbuco

“…Para tanto, utilizou-se uma metodologia de natureza qualitativa dentro de um paradigma interpretativo, por meio da análise de conteúdo do corpus. …”
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The Effect of Diabetes Management Shared Care Clinic on Glycated Hemoglobin A1c Compliance and Self-Management Abilities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Tian Jiang, Chao Liu, Ping Jiang, Wenjun Cheng, Xiaohong Sun, Jing Yuan, Qiaoling Wang, Yanlei Wang, Shihui Hong, Haiyan Shen, Dongchun Zhu, Yi Zhang, Fang Dai, Jing Hang, Jiguo Li, Honglin Hu, Qiu Zhang

“…A total of 124 eligible patients were enrolled. After the diabetes management of DMSCC, the average HbA1c decreased and the HbA1c compliance rate increased significantly (P < 0.01). …”
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Improving the predictive capability of Framingham Risk Score for the risk of myocardial infarction based on coronary artery calcium score in healthy Singaporeans by Ching Yee Ivory Yeo, John Carson Jr Allen, Weiting Huang, Wei Ying Tan, Siew Ching Kong, Khung Keong Yeo

“…Methods: In healthy Singaporeans enrolled in SingHEART study (absence of any clinical outcomes), we investigated improvements in SG FRS to predict myocardial infarction risk based on high/low classification of the Agatston score (surrogate outcome). …”
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Prognostic Impact of Adjuvant Immunotherapy in Patients With Resectable NSCLC After Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy: A Brief Report by Yichen Dong, MD, Long Xu, MD, Jialiang Wen, MD, Haojie Si, MD, Juemin Yu, MD, Tao Chen, MD, Huikang Xie, MD, Xinjian Li, MD, Minglei Yang, MD, Junqiang Fan, MD, Junqi Wu, MD, Yunlang She, MD, Deping Zhao, MD, Chang Chen, MD, PhD

“…Methods: A total of 438 patients who received neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy between August 2019 and June 2022 across four hospitals were enrolled in this study, with a median follow-up time of 31.3 months. …”
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Endoscopic band ligation versus hot snare resection for hyperplastic gastric polyps in cirrhotic patients by Maha Elsabaawy, Osama Elbahr, Ahmed Edrees, Reda Badr, Ahmed Kamal, Sameh Afify

“…One hundred consecutive adults with liver cirrhosis and sessile or pedunculated GHPs were enrolled from December 2018 to December 2020. Cases were non-blindly randomized (1 : 1) to two groups to have GHPs managed by either EBL (group I) or HSP (group II). …”
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Comparing Fluconazole and Nystatin as Antifungal Prophylactics in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Leila Asgarzadeh, Majid Mahallei, Manizheh Mostafa Gharehbaghi

“…Results: The mean gestational age of the enrolled infants was 28.2±1.4 weeks. Demographic characteristics were similar in both groups. …”
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Age-Adjusted D-Dimer in Ruling Out Acute Aortic Syndrome by Dayeon Lee, Yong Won Kim, Tae Youn Kim, Sanghun Lee, Han Ho Do, Jun Seok Seo, Jeong Hun Lee

“…Consecutive adult patients who visited an emergency room between January 2015 and September 2020 and who underwent a D-dimer test and computed tomography angiography for suspected AAS were enrolled. We calculated the diagnostic accuracy of both the conventional (0.5 μg/ml) and age-adjusted (age × 0.01 in patients >50 years) D-dimer cut-offs. …”
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Real-World Outcomes of Pralsetinib in RET Fusion-Positive NSCLC by Francesca Lucibello, MD, Valérie Gounant, MD, PhD, Mihaela Aldea, MD, PhD, Michaël Duruisseaux, MD, PhD, Maurice Perol, MD, Christos Chouaid, MD, Jaafar Bennouna, MD, PhD, Vincent Fallet, MD, Aldo Renault, MD, Florian Guisier, MD, PhD, Etienne Giroux-Leprieur, MD, PhD, Marie Wislez, MD, PhD, Anne-Claire Toffart, MD, PhD, Julien Mazieres, MD, PhD, Clémence Basse, MD, PhD, Nadia Hegarat, PhD, Matthieu Carton, MD, Nicolas Girard, MD, PhD

“…Design: Retrospective study of consecutive patients enrolled in the French expanded-access program for pralsetinib from December 1, 2019, to December 31, 2021. …”
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