Efficacy and Safety of Ergoferon in Children from 6 Months to 6 Years Old with Acute Respiratory Viral Infections in Contemporary Outpatient Practice: A Multicenter, Double-Blind,... by N. A. Geppe, B. M. Blokhin, O. V. Shamsheva, S. T. Abdrakhmanova, K. A. Alikhanova, G. T. Myrzabekova

“…Compared to placebo, Ergoferon reduced time to alleviation of all ARI symptoms (4.5 ± 1.7 versus 5.2 ± 2.2 days in placebo; p=0.026) including fever (2.8 ± 1.5 vs 3.4 ± 2.0; p=0.031), flu-like nonspecific (4.0 ± 1.8 vs 4.7 ± 2.2, p=0.022), and nasal/throat/chest (4.3 ± 2.0 versus 5.0 ± 2.3; p=0.024) symptoms. …”
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Lactate/albumin ratio as a prognostic biomarker for in-hospital mortality in pediatric patients with necrotizing enterocolitis by Ban Li, Yuanzhi Chen, Zhen Yang, Xianglun Sun, Cheng Tian, Jingsi Liu, Lihua Yuan, Kanglin Dai

“…The mean age at admission was 21.6 ± 2.4 days, and the mean weight was 2.1 ± 0.1 kg. Significant differences in creatinine, international normalized ratio (INR) and L/A were observed between the groups (p < 0.05). …”
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The formula for Peace as a result of a future without war in Ukraine by M. Pyvovar

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Estradiol and progesterone levels in early pregnancy after natural, estradiol + progesterone or gonadotrophin stimulated frozen embryo transfer cycle: a randomised controlled trial... by Nina Freiesleben Mørch, Mette Petri Lauritsen, Pernille Fog Svendsen

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Outcomes of psychiatric interviews and self-rated symptom scales in people on sick leave for common mental disorders: an observational study by Cecilia Björkelund, Dominique Hange, Jeanette Westman, Anna Nager, Jonas Hällgren, Ingmarie Skoglund, Sandra af Winklerfelt Hammarberg, Anna Finnes

“…Secondary aims were to investigate length of sick leave by diagnoses on sick leave certificates, diagnoses made in structured interviews and symptom severity.Design Observational study consisting of a secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial and an observational study.Setting The regions of Stockholm and Västra Götaland, Sweden.Participants 480 people on sick leave for common mental disorders.Interventions Participants were examined with structured psychiatric interviews and self-rated symptom severity scales.Outcome measures (1) Sick leave certificate diagnoses, (2) diagnoses from the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview and the Self-rated Stress-Induced Exhaustion Disorder (SED) Instrument (s-ED), (3) symptom severity (Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale-self-rating version and the Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale) and (4) number of sick leave days.Results There was little correspondence between diagnoses on sick leave certificates and diagnoses made in structured psychiatric interviews. …”
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Impact of the national health guidance intervention for obesity and cardiovascular risks on healthcare utilisation and healthcare spending in working-age Japanese cohort: regressio... by Yusuke Tsugawa, Shingo Fukuma, Mitsuru Mukaigawara, Toshiaki Iizuka

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Treatment Patterns and Healthcare Costs Among Patients with Stroke and Spasticity: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study by Michael Hull, Vamshi Ruthwik Anupindi, Jing He, Mitchell DeKoven, Jumaah Goldberg, Jonathan Bouchard

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The trends of blood culture contamination and utilization rates in an LMIC tertiary care center from 2010 to 2022: a call for diagnostic stewardship? by Lama Saleh, Amanda Chamieh, Rima El Basst, Eid Azar

“… Abstract Objective: At Saint George Hospital University Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon, we determine (1) annual blood culture (BC) contamination (BCC) and utilization (BCU) rates vs international benchmarks, (2) identify blood culture contaminants, (3) bloodstream infections episodes in patients with and without COVID-19 after the pandemic onset, and (4) any epidemiologic trends in BCC and BCU. …”
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Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia: A Retrospective Claims Analysis of Complications, Resource Utilization, and Cost of Care by Eliza Kruger, Justin Nedzesky, Nina Thomas, Jeffrey D. Dunn, Andrew A. Grimm

“…Patients with GSDIa more often required hospitalization (0.53 vs 0.06 hospitalizations per patient per year) vs comparators, including 2 or more hospitalizations (26.6% vs 2.3%), longer length of stay (3.1 vs 0.4 days), and more annual visits in all care settings, including 4.3 times more visits in the emergency department. …”
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Timing of surgery in acute burn care: A multicentre registry-based cohort study by Roos F.C. Salemans, Denise van Uden, Ymke Lucas, Anouk Pijpe, Eelke Bosma, Esther Middelkoop, Michiel H.J. Verhofstad, Margriet E. van Baar, Cornelis H. van der Vlies

“…The median time to surgery was 14 days (Q1–Q3: 9.0–19.0), with 670 of 3291 patients receiving early surgery (20 %). …”
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Incidence and risk factors for clinical omphalitis among neonates in Eastern Uganda using chlorhexidine gel for cord care: a community-cohort study by John Wogabaga, Kathy Burgoine, Abel Kakuru, Brendah Nambozo, Martin Chebet, Josephine Tumuhamye, Benon Wanume, Faith Oguttu, Milton W. Musaba, Agnes Napyo, Solomon Wani, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Andrew D. Weeks, Thorkild Tylleskär, David Mukunya

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Effectiveness of the self-fatigue assessment in guiding early postoperative ambulation in gynaecological oncology patients: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Bo Chen, Xu Wang, Hong He, Xiaojie Huang, Qian Du, Shaoyong Xu, Xiaomin Qin, Tongting Kang

“…Five hundred and fifty-two patients who meet the inclusion criteria for gynaecological oncology surgery are randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either a self-fatigue assessment group (study group) or a fixed activity distance assessment group (control group). …”
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Effectiveness and Efficiency of Administrative Appeal Procedures: a Case Study on Tax Disputes in Romania by Octavian Moldovan, Gabriela Bucătariu

“…Moreover, the procedure was rather time consuming – although the disputes should have been settled in 45 days, the answer was provided after 70 days. Hence, the administrative procedure is often seen as a mere stepping stone toward subsequent legal/court actions, with no possibility to provide a satisfactory solution and thus lessen the workload of the court. …”
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Emerging burden of post-cancer therapy complications on unplanned hospitalisation and costs among Australian cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study over 14 years by Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Md. Shahjalal, Padam Kanta Dahal, Md. Parvez Mosharaf, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Kamrun Nahar Koly, Sujana Haque Chowdhury, Andre M. N. Renzaho, Jeff Gow, Khorshed Alam, Olivia Wawryk

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An Assessment of the Efficiency of Dust Regional Modelling to Predict Saharan Dust Transport Episodes by D. K. Papanastasiou, A. Poupkou, E. Katragkou, V. Amiridis, D. Melas, N. Mihalopoulos, S. Basart, C. Pérez, J. M. Baldasano

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Clinical Aspects and Prognosis Evaluation of Cirrhotic Patients Hospitalized with Acute Kidney Injury by Célio Geraldo de Oliveira Gomes, Marcus Vinicius Melo de Andrade, Ludmila Resende Guedes, Henrique Carvalho Rocha, Roberto Gardone Guimarães, Fernando Antônio Castro Carvalho, Eduardo Garcia Vilela

“…To evaluate survival in 30 days and in 3 months of cirrhotic patients hospitalized with acute kidney injury, identifying factors associated with mortality. …”
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Inter-rater reliability and prognostic value of baseline Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) scores in observational cohort studies of inpatients with COVID-19 by Andrew I Kim, William Bain, Alison Morris, Barbara Methe, Bryan J McVerry, Georgios D Kitsios, Daniel Kotok, Janet S Lee, Nameer Al-Yousif, Christine E Girard, Jana J Jacobs, Konstantin Golubykh, Hafiz Qurashi, Michael Lu, Saketram Komanduri, Anatoliy Korzhuk, Halimat O Lawal, Nicholas Abourizk, Caitlin Schaefer, Kevin J Mitchell, Catherine M Dietz, Ellen K Hughes, Clara S Brandt, Georgia M Fitzgerald, Robin Joyce, Asmaa S Chaudhry, Jose D Rivera, Shruti Shettigar, Allen Lavina, Samantha R Gillenwater, Anas Hadeh, Faraaz A Shah, Matthew Bittner, Niall Prendergast, John Evankovich, Navitha Ramesh, Cathy Kessinger

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Assessing Nonlinear Dynamics and Trends in Precipitation by Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD) and Fractal Approach in Benin Republic (West Africa) by Médard Noukpo Agbazo, Gabin Koto N’Gobi, Eric Alamou, Basile Kounouhewa, Abel Afouda

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Detection of Gastrointestinal Pathogens from Stool Samples on Hemoccult Cards by Multiplex PCR by Martin Alberer, Nicklas Schlenker, Malkin Bauer, Kerstin Helfrich, Carolin Mengele, Thomas Löscher, Hans Dieter Nothdurft, Gisela Bretzel, Marcus Beissner

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Deciphering the Link Between Diagnosis-Related Group Weight and Nursing Care Complexity in Hospitalized Children: An Observational Study by Manuele Cesare, Fabio D’Agostino, Emanuele Sebastiani, Nursing and Public Health Group, Gianfranco Damiani, Antonello Cocchieri

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