Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability of the Patient-Rated Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire for Thai Patients by Jananya P. Dhippayom, Piyawat Trevittaya, Andy S. K. Cheng

“…The MHQ-Thai version is a valid and reliable instrument for evaluating the self-perception of Thai people who have hand and upper limb injuries.…”
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Reliability of Spatiotemporal Characteristics During Single-Legged Hop and Bilateral Drop Jump Tasks Using an Instrumented Pressure Walkway by Matthew McManigal, Austin Post, Michael Allen, Alyx Jorgensen, MIke Rosenthal, Michael Wellsandt, Matthew Tao, Elizabeth Wellsandt

“… # Conclusion An instrumented pressure walkway is a novel tool to reliably assess non-traditional parameters of clinically relevant hop and jump tests such as flight time, stance time, and jump height after lower extremity injury, surgery, and rehabilitation. # Level of Evidence 3b…”
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Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in the Developing World: Challenges and Outcome in a Tertiary Hospital in Southeast Nigeria by Odutola Israel Odetunde, Henrietta Uche Okafor, Samuel Nkachukwu Uwaezuoke, Bertilla Uzoma Ezeonwu, Oluchi Mildred Ukoha

“…A 5-year observational, retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the indications, the availability, the accessibility, the sustainability, and the outcome of children managed for acute kidney injury (AKI) and end stage kidney disease (ESKD) who required renal replacement therapy RRT in Enugu, southeast Nigeria. …”
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Innovative Design of External Airbag System for Improved Automotive Safety by A. Elaidy, R. Rayner, C. Kalyvas

“…Pedestrians are exceptionally vulnerable in road accidents, and despite the advancements in airbag technology for vehicle occupants, fatal injuries still occur due to contact between pedestrians and vehicle components. …”
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National Surveillance of Occupational Exposure to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Maura Ricketts, Linda Deschamps, Kimberly Elmslie, Michael O’Shaughnessy

“…Two hundred and thirty-seven of the 414 exposures (57%) were needlestick injuries of which 167 (70%) were sustained by nurses. …”
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Freezing Treatments for Ectomyelois ceratoniae Mortality and Maintenance of Deglet Noor Palm Date Quality by Rihab Ben-Amor, María Dolores de Miguel-Gómez, Dhouibi Mohamed Habib, Hermi Nouha, Encarna Aguayo

“…All samples remained above the limit of marketability as there was no chilling injury. Conclusion. This treatment can be recommended as a green alternative to chemical treatments to control carob moth while yielding optimum-quality Deglet Noor date fruits that could be exported to developed countries.…”
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Tailoring transfusion strategy using thromboelastogram in goal-directed massive transfusion: Impact on transfusion requirements and clinical outcomes by P. A. Prethika, Ganesh Mohan, Shamee Shastry, Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan

“…RESULTS: There were 113 patients in the formula-based group and 109 patients in the goal-based transfusion group who were matched for injury severity scores. The total blood components utilized were 1867 and 1560, respectively, with a 17.7% reduction associated with the use of TEG. …”
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Lifting Techniques: Why Are We Not Using Evidence To Optimize Movement? by Nicholas B. Washmuth, Abby D. McAfee, C. Scott Bickel

“…Clinicians must find the optimal dosage of physical stress to address all aspects of the movement system to minimize the risk of injury. There is no universal consensus on the optimal lifting technique which will satisfy every situation; however, there may be a lifting technique that optimizes movement to achieve a specific outcome. …”
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The Application of Advanced Bone Imaging Technologies in Sports Medicine by Samuel S. Tadros, Scott Epsley, Sameer Mehta, Brandon C. Jones, Hiran I. Rajapakse, Rashad Madi, Austin Alecxih, Daniel Kargilis, Chamith S. Rajapakse

“…Several novel imaging technologies are now available for the clinical assessment of bone health, including bone injury risk and healing progression, with a potential for use in sports medicine. …”
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The Anti-Cytokine Storm Activity of Quercetin Zinc and Vitamin C Complex by Hayder B. Sahib, Omer Abid Kathum, Rafal Shakeeb Alanee, Rehab A. M Jawad, Ahmed Majeed Al-Shammari

“…In conclusion, the complex has significantly ameliorated LPS-induced acute lung and kidney injury, largely through suppression of inflammation; the large lethal dose value may make the complex have a promising therapeutic effect in the prevention of cytokine storm.…”
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Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients, Its Impact on Organs and Potential Treatment by QTY Code-Designed Detergent-Free Chemokine Receptors by Mujahed I. Mustafa, Abdelrahman H. Abdelmoneim, Eiman M. Mahmoud, Abdelrafie M. Makhawi

“…However, these proteins can cause blood clotting, which can clog blood vessels in the heart and other organs; as a result, the organs are deprived of oxygen and nutrients which could ultimately lead to multiorgan failure and consequent progression to acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and often death. …”
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Formyl Met-Leu-Phe-Stimulated FPR1 Phosphorylation in Plate-Adherent Human Neutrophils: Enhanced Proteolysis but Lack of Inhibition by Platelet-Activating Factor by Algirdas J. Jesaitis, Jeannie Gripentrog, Jovanka M. Voyich

“…N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLF) is a model PAMP/DAMP driving human PMN to sites of injury/infection utilizing the GPCR, FPR1. We examined a microtiter plate format for measurement of FPR1 phosphorylation in adherent PMN at high densities and found that a new phosphosensitive FPR1 fragment, 25K-FPR1, accumulates in SDS-PAGE extracts. 25K-FPR1 is fully inhibited by diisopropylfluorophosphate PMN pretreatment but is not physiologic, as its formation failed to be significantly perturbed by ATP depletion, time and temperature of adherence, or adherence mechanism. 25K-FPR1 was minimized by extracting fMLF-exposed PMN in lithium dodecylsulfate at 4°C prior to reduction/alkylation. …”
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Microbubble dynamics in brain microvessels. by James H Bezer, Paul Prentice, William Lim Kee Chang, Sophie V Morse, Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, Christopher J Rowlands, Andriy S Kozlov, James J Choi

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Lessons Learned from Van Earthquake in the Context of Urban Environment and Health by Bilge Kalanlar

“…The urban environment and health in terms of effective planning done in the earthquake, epidemiological analysis of risk factors for death and injury, the necessary information for emergency needs assessment in earthquake rescue operations, management of losses, medical supplies, disease control and pre-earthquake sanitation and foreign aid issues, during and after disasters, including all stages of disaster should be evaluated and planned in advance. …”
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The Addition of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index to the Prognostic Scoring Systems Did Not Improve Mortality Prediction in Trauma Patients in the Intensive Care Unit by Cheng-Shyuan Rau, Ching-Hua Tsai, Sheng-En Chou, Wei-Ti Su, Shiun-Yuan Hsu, Ching-Hua Hsieh

“…The significant nutritional indicator was served as an additional variable in prognostic scoring models of the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS), the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II), and the mortality prediction models (MPM II) at admission, 24, 48, and 72 h in the mortality outcome prediction. …”
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Grip Strength Measurement in Baseball Pitchers: A Clinical Examination to Indicate Stride Length Inefficiency by Ryan Crotin, Dan Ramsey

“…# Background Ulnar collateral ligament injuries are rampant in the sport of baseball where kinetic chain impacts, stemming from misappropriation of stride length or changes that occur in competition due to fatigue, have not been evaluated for dynamic elbow stability effects…”
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Occult Perforation of the Esophagus during Removal of an Enteral Feeding Tube: A Case Report and Literature Review by Mohammad Alabdallat, Gustav Strandvik, Ibrahim Afifi, Ruben Peralta, Ashok Parchani, Ayman El-Menyar, Sandro Rizoli, Hassan Al-Thani

“…Esophageal bezoar developed within a few days around the feeding tube, resulting in significant force being required to remove it, which was complicated by esophageal perforation. The esophageal injury was treated conservatively with uneventful recovery. …”
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High Prevalence of Low Back Pain in College Rifle Athletes by Bailey Urbach, Cody Mansfield, Mica Harr, Matthew S. Briggs, James Onate, Laura Boucher

“…More research on predisposing factors such as sex and training duration or positional characteristics would benefit management of this injury. # Level of Evidence 3…”
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Effects of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Patients with Gastrointestinal System Cancer by Melike OZKAN, Irfan KARAHAN, Selim YALCIN, Gozde SENGUL AYCICEK

“…The most common side effects of chemotherapy are nausea, vomiting, kidney injury, and pain. The most frequently used prescriptions among the 98 PIMs were gliclazide, hyoscine N-butylbromide, simethicone, diphenoxylate atropine, and thiocolchicoside. …”
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Protective Effects of Ophiocordyceps lanpingensis on Glycerol-Induced Acute Renal Failure in Mice by Yanyan Zhang, Yaxi Du, Hong Yu, Yongchun Zhou, Feng Ge

“…OL could relieve renal pathological injury and decrease the abnormal levels of kidney index, serum Cr, CK, BUN, and MDA, as well as increase the immune organ indices and the levels of IgG, GSH, and SOD. …”
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