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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Magnesium Bioresorbable Scaffold (BRS) Magmaris vs Biodegradable Polymer DES Ultimaster in NSTE-ACS Population—12-Month Clinical Outcome by Piotr Rola, Adrian Włodarczak, Szymon Włodarczak, Mateusz Barycki, Marek Szudrowicz, Magdalena Łanocha, Łukasz Furtan, Katarzyna Woźnica, Jan Jakub Kulczycki, Joanna Jaroszewska-Pozorska, Michalina Kędzierska, Adrian Doroszko, Maciej Lesiak

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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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Incidence and Impact of Ventilator Associated Multidrug Resistant Pneumonia in Patients with SARS-COV2 by Seife Yohannes, Zaki Ahmed, Rachel Schelling, Swaminathan Perinkulam Sathyanarayanan, Alexandra Pratt, Mathew P. Schreiber

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An Analysis of the Impact of Digital Therapeutic Interventions on Attention and Working Memory in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Tr... by Seon-Chil Kim, Hojun Lee

“…Significant decreases in the K-CBCL total problem behavior score and internalizing and externalizing behaviors are consistently observed at 28 days compared with baseline. …”
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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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Ulcerative Colitis Activity Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin, in a Patient with Longstanding Disease under Continuous Treatment with Mesalazine by Panagiota Voukelatou, Elissavet Sfendouraki, Theodoros Karianos, Sofia Saranti, Dimitrios Tsitsimelis, Ioannis Vrettos, Andreas Kalliakmanis

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Effect of packaging materials and storage temperature on the shelf stability of Awaze paste by Biadge Kefale, Biadge Kefale, Mulugeta Admasu Delele, Mulugeta Admasu Delele, Solomon Workneh Fanta, Solomon Abate

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Aetiology of chronic liver disease is a valuable factor for stratifying adverse outcomes of acute decompensation: prospective observational study by Jung Hee Kim, Sung-Eun Kim, Do Seon Song, Hee Yeon Kim, Eileen L. Yoon, Ji Won Park, Tae Hyung Kim, Young-Kul Jung, Ki Tae Suk, Hyung Joon Yim, Jung Hyun Kwon, Sung Won Lee, Seong Hee Kang, Moon Young Kim, Soung Won Jeong, Jae-Young Jang, Jeong Ju Yoo, Sang Gyune Kim, Young-Joo Jin, Gab Jin Cheon, Byung Seok Kim, Yeon Seok Seo, Hyoungsu Kim, Dong Hyun Sinn, Woo Jin Chung, Hwi Young Kim, Han Ah Lee, Seung Woo Nam, In Hee Kim, Ji Hoon Kim, Hee Bok Chae, Joo Hyun Sohn, Ju Yeon Cho, Yoon Jun Kim, Jin Mo Yang, Jung Gil Park, Won Kim, Hyun Chin Cho, Dong Joon Kim

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The economic burden of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure infections in Italy by Paolo Sciattella, Annarosa Fornero, Susanna Giordano, Claudio De Angelis, Francesco Cattel

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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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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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The properties of kashar cheese produced with added rennet casein by Abdullah Badem, Gürkan Uçar

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> Cheeses were ripened at 8&#730;C and were analyzed during the ripening period (90 days). pH value was found between 5,62-5,76, acidity 0,55-0,83L.a., drymatter 54,93-58,04%, salt 1,22-1,37%, salt in drymatter 2,21-2,45%, fat 23,67-25,33% and fat in drymatter 41,20-45,46%. …”
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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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Research status of ambulatory blood glucose monitoring in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (动态血糖监测在2型糖尿病患者中应用研究现状) by LIU MingLei (刘明磊), WU Quanying (武全莹), YU Shuyi (于淑一)

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Presenting the evaluation model of financial technology policies in National Bank of Iran by Vahid moradi, changiz mohammadi zadeh, ali farhadi mahali

“…Extended Abstract Introduction The development of fintech has significantly influenced the development of the banking industry. On one hand, the adoption of fintech can lead to technological risks and increase the operational costs of the bank. …”
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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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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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