Evaluation of the Bacterial Infections and Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in the Intensive Care Unit of a Clinical Hospital in Romania by Sándor Szabó, Bogdan Feier, Alina Mărginean, Andra-Elena Dumitrana, Simona Ligia Costin, Cecilia Cristea, Sorana D. Bolboacă

“…More than one-third of the patients died. The deceased patients were older (median age of 74 years), had longer hospitalization (median of 9 days) and bacteria detected (55.3%), and had higher antibiotic consumption than the discharged patients. …”
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Estimation of Abbreviated Cyclosporine A Area under the Concentration-Time Curve in Allogenic Stem Cell Transplantation after Oral Administration by Hanene ELjebari, Nadia Ben Fradj, Issam Salouage, Emna Gaies, Sameh Trabelsi, Nadia Jebabli, Mohamed Lakhal, Tarek Ben Othman, Anis Kouz

“…Optimal LSSs equations which limited to those utilizing three timed concentrations taken within 4 hours post-dose developed from ASCT recipient's patients yielded a low bias <5% ranged from 1.27% to 2.68% and good precision <15% ranged from 9.60% and 11.02%. …”
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Why Are There So Many Ways to Measure Pain? Epistemological and Professional Challenges in Medical Standardization by Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk

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Large-Scale Survey of Unselected Automated Visual Fields in a Major Reading Center: Patterns and Data Analysis by Lilly Zborowski-Naveh, Rita Ehrlich, Moshe Luski, Dov Weinberger, Mona Boaz, Dan D. Gaton

“…A prospective, randomized study was conducted to survey a large number of automated perimetry examinations in a central reading institute, obtaining practical information on unselected referred patients and their clinician “consumers”. …”
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Can Peak Expiratory Flow Measurements Differentiate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease from Congestive Heart Failure? by John E. Gough, Kori L. Brewer

“…Mean percentage of predicted PEFR with COPD was 26.36%, CHF 48.9% (𝑃=0.04). Patients presenting with acute COPD had significantly lower percentage of predicted PEFR than those with CHF. …”
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The e-STROKE Study: The Design of a Prospective Observational Multicentral Study by Kateřina Dvorníková, Veronika Kunešová, Svatopluk Ostrý, Robert Mikulík, Michal Bar

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β2-Microglobulin and Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin, Potential Novel Urine Biomarkers in Periodontitis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japanese by Mayuka Nakajima, Michihiro Hosojima, Koichi Tabeta, Sayuri Miyauchi, Miki Yamada-Hara, Naoki Takahashi, Haruna Miyazawa, Yumi Matsuda-Matsukawa, Keisuke Sato, Noriko Sugita, Yasutaka Komatsu, Tomomi Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Akiishi, Kazuhisa Yamazaki, Kiminori Kato, Akihiko Saito, Hiromasa Yoshie

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Impact of vitamin C on the reduction of opioid consumption for acute musculoskeletal pain: A double-blind randomized control pilot study. by Raoul Daoust, Jean Paquet, David Williamson, Vérilibe Huard, Caroline Arbour, Jeffrey J Perry, Marcel Émond, Simon Berthelot, Patrick Archambault, Dominique Rouleau, Judy Morris, Alexis Cournoyer

“…<h4>Results</h4>Overall, 137 patients were screened; 44(32%) were excluded, 38(40.9%) refused, leaving 55(59.1%) participants, with a consent rate of 9.2/month. …”
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Pengaruh Positifitas Leukosit Esterase dan Nitrit Urine Terhadap Nilai Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) pada Pasien Infeksi Saluran Kemih by Citra Dian Kholisha, Siti Zaetun, Yudha Anggit Jiwantoro, Ersandhi Resnhaleksmana

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The impact of age and sex on the occurrence of pathology in the wall of the upper gastrointestinal tract by Przemysław Dyrla, Jerzy Gil, Stanisław Niemczyk, Marek Saracyn, Krzysztof Kosik, Sebastian Czarkowski, Arkadiusz Lubas

“…Results : We analysed a total of 122 (78 males, 44 females, age: 64.0 ±12.9 years) out of 187 patients. 23.91% of SML in the oesophagus, 56.52% in the stomach, and 19.57% in the duodenum. …”
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Cancer in ANCA-Associated Glomerulonephritis: A Registry-Based Cohort Study by Sanjeevan Sriskandarajah, Leif Bostad, Tor Åge Myklebust, Bjørn Møller, Steinar Skrede, Rune Bjørneklett

“…The study cohort included 419 patients. During 3010 person-years, cancer developed in 41 patients (9.79%); the expected number of cancer cases was 37.5 (8.95%). …”
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High incidence of radiation-induced brain necrosis in the periventricular deep white matter: stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases using volumetric modulated arc therapy by Takayuki Ohguri, Hirohide Itamura, Subaru Tani, Eiji Shiba, Junkoh Yamamoto

“…Results Of the total patients, 16 (7%) exhibited locally progressive lesions; local tumor recurrence was observed in 2 (1%) patients, while RBN was noted in 14 (6%) patients. …”
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The Renoprotective Actions of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Agonists in Diabetes by M. C. Thomas, K. A. Jandeleit-Dahm, C. Tikellis

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Chinese herbal formula Tongxie Yaofang granules for diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase II trial by Nicola Robinson, Mei Han, Ling Yan, Vincent Chi Ho Chung, Jian-Ping Liu, Hui-Juan Cao, Shi-Bing Liang, Hong-Jie Cheng, Qiao-Yan Zhang, Yu-Fei Li, Ze-Yu Yu, Ling-Yao Kong, Yan-Mei Cai, Li-Bao An, Bao-Tuan Zhao, Shan-Shan Xu, Nai-Wei Zhang, Bo-Yi Jia, Wei-Fang Liu, Fang Niu, Ba-Teer Wu, Jin-Ming Song, Shu-Xin Jia, Meng-Meng Shi, Xiao-Na Zhang

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The Importance of Dose Escalation in the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension with Treprostinil by Piotr Kędzierski, Marta Banaszkiewicz, Michał Florczyk, Michał Piłka, Rafał Mańczak, Maria Wieteska-Miłek, Piotr Szwed, Krzysztof Kasperowicz, Katarzyna Wrona, Szymon Darocha, Adam Torbicki, Marcin Kurzyna

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Traditional Chinese acupuncture versus minimal acupuncture for mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomised, controlled pilot trial by Guang-Xia Shi, Cun-Zhi Liu, Ning Sun, Yi Du, Jian-Feng Tu, Yong-Ting Li, Li-Wen Zhang, Yan Cao, Jing-Jie Zhao, Da-Chang Xiong, Hai-Kun Hou

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Single-cell transcriptomics reveals novel chondrocyte and osteoblast subtypes and their role in knee osteoarthritis pathogenesis by Yuan Liu, Wacili Da, Ming-Jie Xu, Chao-Xin Xiao, Tao Deng, Sheng-Liang Zhou, Xiao-Ting Chen, Yao-Jia Zhou, Li Tang, Yong Nie, Yi Zeng, Hui-Qi Xie, Bin Shen

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Design and Implementation of an Educational Program in Advanced Airway Management for Anesthesiology Residents by Zana Borovcanin, Janine R. Shapiro

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Diagnosis and management of septal deviation and nasal valve collapse - a survey of Canadian otolaryngologists by Yiqiao Wang, James P. Bonaparte

“…When evaluating which patients with a septal deviation also required nasal valve surgery, 27.9% of responders believed the current physical examination methods provided a high accuracy, while 55.8% indicated moderate accuracy and 16.3% indicated low accuracy. …”
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Circulating Tumor Cells Measurements in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Franck Chiappini

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