Collagen turnover biomarkers to predict outcome of patients with biliary cancer by Leonard Kaps, Muhammed A. Genc, Markus Moehler, Stephan Grabbe, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Detlef Schuppan, Rasmus Sund Pedersen, Morten A. Karsdal, Philipp Mildenberger, Annett Maderer, Nicholas Willumsen

“…Conclusion The collagen turnover markers PRO-C8, C3M, PRO-C3 and the established biomarker CA 19–9 were prognostic for OS in patients with BTC while only PRO-C8 was also predictive for PFS. …”
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High Prevalence of Poststroke Depression in Ischemic Stroke Patients in Ethiopia by Fikru Tsehayneh, Abenet Tafesse

“…A cross-sectional study on all patients aged above 18 years and diagnosed with stroke in the past two years who attended the neurology follow-up clinics of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) and Zewditu Memorial Hospital (ZMH) was done by using a structured questionnaire containing Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) depression screening tool. …”
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The Use of START/STOPP Criteria for Elderly Patients in Primary Care by Muhteşem Erol Yayla, Uğur Bilge, Elif Binen, Ahmet Keskin

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The role of the patients register in early diagnostics of familial adenomatosis coli by A. M. Kuzminov, A. V. Karpuhin, Yu. Yu. Chubarov, I. Yu. Sachkov, T. A. Savel’yeva

“…Presence of the Register of patients with familial adenomatosis coli with subsequent summons and investigation of relatives of proposituses allowed to decrease age of patients at the moment of diagnosis from 30 to 18 years, to reduce number of patients with developed colorectal cancer from 43,6 to 4,9%, to reduce cases of total involvement of the large intestine by polyps from 72 to 5%. …”
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Clinical Evaluation of Patients with Spinal Cord Infarction in Mashhad, Iran by Kavian Ghandehari, Mohammad Reza Gerami Sarabi, Parham Maarufi

“…Etiology and degree of disability were compared between these groups of patients. Results. Fourteen SCI patients (9 females, 5 males) with mean age 38.8±SD: 19.9 years were evaluated. …”
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Restless Leg Syndrome and Sleep Quality in Lumbar Radiculopathy Patients by Ersoy Kocabicak, Murat Terzi, Kursad Akpinar, Kemal Paksoy, Ibrahim Cebeci, Omer Iyigun

“…RBD was present in 8 (12.1%) patients and 3 (4.9%) controls. The PSQI revealed that sleep quality was impaired in 46 (69.7%) patients and 35 (57.4%) controls (P>0.05). …”
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Identifying Drug Prescription in Newly Diagnosed Hypertension Patients in India by Thomas Alexander, Jagdish S. Hiremath, Jitendra P. S. Swahney, Subhash Chandra, Peeyush Jain, Praveen Chandra, Nakul Sinha, T. Sashikanth, Yugandhar Bachhu, Anil Balachandran, Pathiyil Balagopalan Jayagopal, T. Govindan Unni, Tiny Nair, Kumaresan Kannan, Dorairaj Prabhakar, M. Chenniappan, Ajay U. Mahajan, Rajiv D. Karnik, Chandrashekhar K. Ponde, Prashant Advani, Idris Ahmed Khan, Brij Mohan Goyal, P. R. Vaidyanathan, Hiren Prajapati, Willem J. Verberk

“…Of these, 496 patients had grade 2 or 3 hypertension. Additionally, 88 patients received the undesirable combination of ACEi + ARB, and 267 (15.9%) type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients did not receive RAS‐blockers (146 on monotherapy). …”
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General views on treatment technologies for patients with incisional ventral hernia by E. E. Lukoyanychev, S. G. Izmajlov, V. A. Emelyanov, O. S. Kolchina, A. I. Rotkov, M. N. Kiselyov

“…According to the statistical data, the number of patients with postoperative ventral hernias has increased by more than 9 times over the past 25 years. …”
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Perceived mistreatment in patients with rheumatic diseases: The impact of the underlying diagnosis. by Irazú Contreras-Yáñez, Loraine Ledón-LLanes, Guillermo Arturo Guaracha-Basañez, América Sánchez-Hernández, Ana Belén Ortiz-Haro, Virginia Pascual-Ramos

“…There were 187 (50.3%) patients with overall mistreatment, and psychological was the most frequent in 142 (75.9%) patients, followed by neglect mistreatment in 96 (51.3%), sexual in 30 (16%), physical in 23 (12.3%), and economic mistreatment in 20 (10.7%) patients. …”
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The effect of avatar identity on spontaneous perspective-taking in patients with schizophrenia by Pei Xie, ChaoZheng Huang, XiaoQuan Wang, HanBin Sang, AiBao Zhou

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Diagnostic efficiency of exome-based sequencing in pediatric patients with epilepsy by Huafang Zou, Huafang Zou, Qian Zhang, Jianxiang Liao, Jianxiang Liao, Dongfang Zou, Zhanqi Hu, Bing Li, Li Chen, Jialun Wen, Xia Zhao, Victor Wei Zhang, Dezhi Cao, Dezhi Cao

“…This study aims to evaluate the detection efficiencies of different exome-based sequencing techniques.MethodsExome-based epilepsy panel tests, clinical exome sequencing (CES), and whole exome sequencing (WES) were conducted on 259 pediatric patients diagnosed with epilepsy. Single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) and copy number variants (CNVs) were interpreted based on each patient’s phenotypic presentation. …”
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Comparison of Endogenous Endophthalmitis in Patients with and Without COVID-19 Infection by Ehsan Namvar, Mehdi Moallem, Mehrdad Afarid, Alireza Bolkheir

“…Twenty-four eyes of the 14 patients were included in this study, of which 9 were female. …”
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Features of the nasal microbiota in patients with allergic rhinitis: A review by Irina A. Saichenko, Fatima P. Alidzhanova, Daria V. Zyuzina, Margarita A. Diukova, Dayana G. Bajburdyan, Kirill P. Raevskii

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BODY IMAGE IN DIABETES MELITUS PATIENTS WITH ULCUS DIABETIC IN GRESIK by Hafna Ilmy Muhalla

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The Profile of COVID-19 Patients in Semen Padang Hospital Indonesia by Fauzar Fauzar, Roza Kurniati, Farhan Abdullah, Alexander Kam

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Placental Location Affects Cesarean Complications in Patients with Placenta Previa by Gulsen Dogan Durdag, Hakan Kalayci, Safak Yilmaz Baran, Seda Yuksel Simsek, Songul Alemdaroglu, Serdinc Ozdogan, Esra Bulgan Kilicdag

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Clinical characteristics of patients with coronary artery disease by smoking status by Olga V. Nakhratova, Daria P. Tsygankova, Joseph M. Tsenter, Evgeny D. Bazdyrev

“…Among smoking patients with CAD, 32 (29.9%), 40 (37.4%), and 1/3 of patients [5 (32.7%)] had psychological (stimulation type), physical (thirst type), and support type of dependence, respectively. …”
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Recovery of the Intestinal Microbiota Metabolic Activity in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. D. Potskhverashvili, N. I. Kokina

“…For the treatment of SIBO, 10 patients were prescribed rifaximin-α at a dose of 200 mg × 3 times a day for 7 days, 10 patients were prescribed rifaximin-α at the same dose, followed by the administration of the Lactobalans drug containing at least 3.0×109 CFU/caps. probiotic microorganisms (Lactobacillus gassery KS-13, Lactobacillus gasser LAC-343, Lactobacillus ramnosus LCS-742, Bifi dobacterium bifi dum G9-1, Bifi dobacterium longum MM-2, Bifi dobacterium longum BB536 Strain M, Bifi dobacterium biumidum BB536 Strain M. …”
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Effect of comorbidity classes on survival of patients with gastrointestinal tract cancer by Linna Gao, Tian Yao, Shaohua Ge, Jiuwei Cui, Wei Li, Zengqing Guo, Hongxia Xu, Min Weng, Suyi Li, Qinghua Yao, Wen Hu, Lan Zhou, Junqiang Chen, Xianghua Wu, Qingchuan Zhao, Hongli Li, Hanping Shi, Yi Ba, He Huang, The Investigation on Nutrition Status and its Clinical Outcome of Common Cancers (INSCOC) Group

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Impact of Sex on Infection Risk in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by R. Borrelli, S. Nicola, F. Corradi, I. Badiu, L. Lo Sardo, N. Rashidy, A. Quinternetto, M. Mazzola, F. Meli, E. Saracco, I. Vitali, S. Negrini, L. Brussino

“…Since its female-to-male ratio is around 9:1, it is well recognized that systemic lupus erythematosus mostly affects women, especially those of childbearing age. …”
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