Association between airway microbiota and systemic inflammation markers in non-small cell lung cancer patients by DanHui Huang, QianNan Ren, LingYan Xie, YueHua Chen, Cui Li, XiaoFang Su, LiShan Lin, LaiYu Liu, Haijin Zhao, Tingyue Luo, JianHua Wu, Shaoxi Cai, Hangming Dong

“…Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet–lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and C reactive protein (CRP) were used to represent systemic inflammation. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on level of inflammatory biomarkers respectively (CRP_low versus CRP_high; NLR_low versus NLR_high; PLR_low versus PLR_high). α-diversity was significantly decreased in CRP_high and NLR_high patients. β diversity analysis based on weighted unifrac distance indicated that microbial community structure differed significantly between patients with different inflammation status. …”
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Knowledge and attitude on epilepsy among neurology patients and their attendants: Mixed methods research at a tertiary hospital by S. Ramesh Kannan, R. Rajalakshmi, Varun Babu, Kandasamy Ravichandran

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The Impact of Circadian Preferences on Quality of Life in Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: An Evaluation Using the SF‐36 by Uğur Ergün, Ahmet Güleç, Taner Buğra Tan

“…Methods This study investigates the effect of circadian preferences on the quality of life in patients with GERD. A total of 152 participants (80 patients diagnosed with GERD and 72 healthy controls) were included in the study. …”
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Serum advanced glycation end products as a putative biomarker in Type2 DKD patients’ prognosis by Ze-Hou Wang, Ze-Hou Wang, Zong-Jin Zhang, Yue-Fen Wang, Jin Xie, Jin Xie, Yi-Min Li, Cun Shen, Yuan Meng, Wen-Jing Zhao, Lu-Ying Sun, Wei Jing Liu

“…Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated that patients in the high-level group (12 months) exhibited significantly shorter median survival times compared with those in the low-level group (50 months). …”
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Aspirin does not confer protection against major ischemic vascular events in patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis by Chao Gao, Qiqi Hou, Hongxia Cao, Cangtuo Li, Xu Peng, Quanle Han, Shouling Wu, Kangbo Li

“…This retrospective cohort study aimed to determine whether acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin [ASA]) protects against major ischemic vascular events in patients diagnosed with RA. Methods Patients with RA were recruited from a population of 118, 500 participants who were enrolled into the Kailuan Cohort Study between 2014 and 2016. …”
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Evaluation of the C-reactive protein serum levels in periodontitis patients with or without atherosclerosis – A clinical study by Pooja Khatri, Kaustubh S Thakare, Minal Narendra Ganvir, Mitesh Khatri

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Feasibility of using an automated call service to collect quality of life and functional outcome data in trauma patients by Jan O Jansen, Russell L Griffin, Shannon W Stephens, Emily W Baird, Jonathan A Black, John P Winkler

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Cough recognition in pneumoconiosis patients based on a flexible patch with an embedded ACC sensor for remote monitoring by Jiawen Wang, Chunyan Min, Feng Yu, Kai Chen, Ling Mao

“…Methods Twenty-five young healthy persons (hereinafter referred to as healthy adults) and twenty-five clinically diagnosed pneumoconiosis patients (hereinafter referred to as patients) participated in the experiment by wearing a flexible chest patch with an embedded ACC sensor. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Post-COVID-19 Conditions Among Diabetes Patients in the United Arab Emirates by Aysha Alkhemeiri, Ziad El-Khatib, Abrar Hassan Alameri, Athari Ahmed AlKaabi, Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan, Niyi Awofeso

“…A total of 167 hospitalized patients participated, including 89 with pre-existing diabetes and 78 without diabetes. …”
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Experiences of health information-seeking behaviour in preoperative patients with lung cancer: a qualitative study in China by Wei Li, Lihua Huang, Jie Zhu, Jiayi Guo, Man Ye

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SALIVARY FUNCTION AND BIOMARKER PROFILES IN RELATION TO ORAL HEALTH IN PATIENTS WITH PRE-DIALYSIS CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE by Georgiana Florentina Gheorghe, Laura Iosif, Oana Elena Amza, Bogdan Dimitriu, Liliana Gârneaţâ, Alexandra Ripszky Totan, Ana Maria Cristina Ţâncu

“…Aim of the study: With chronic kidney disease (CKD) projected to be the fifth leading cause of death by 2040, this study investigates oral health and the relationship between salivary and renal function in pre-dialysis CKD patients. Material and methods: A cross-sectional survey of 51 pre-dialysis patients at a nephrology center in Bucharest collected socio-demographic data and assessed salivary function, oral health, and renal function. …”
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Impact of COPD and asthma on in-hospital mortality and management of patients with heart failure in England and Wales: an observational analysis by Claudia Gulea, Rosita Zakeri, Jennifer K Quint, Constantinos Kallis

“…In patients who survived to discharge, referral to HF follow-up services differed between groups: patients with COPD-HF had reduced odds of cardiology follow-up (ORadj, 95% CI 0.79, 0.77 to 0.81), while cardiology referral odds for asthma-HF were similar to HF-alone. …”
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Assessing prevalence and predictors of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease by Amin Soliman, Noran Atef El Kordy, Farouk Mostafa Faris, Rabab Mahmoud Ahmed

“…Age over 60 years was an independent risk factor for hypoglycemia unawareness in this patient group. Larger wide scale studies are needed to further validate these results.…”
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Carbidopa/levodopa dose elevation and safety concerns in Parkinson's patients: a cross-sectional and cohort design by Michael S Okun, Peter Schmidt, David W Brodell, Nicole T Stanford, Charles E Jacobson

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Association Between Walking Speed and Urinary Incontinence in the Older Women. Which Patients Should be Referred to Geriatricians? by Volkan Atmis, Basak Guler

“…One hundred and eight (27.76%) of patients had Mini-Mental State Evaluation score ≤23. …”
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Effect of gut microbiota changes on cytokines IL-10 and IL-17 levels in liver transplantation patients by Mohamed Abdel-Raoof Fouda, Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab, Ahmed Esmail Abdelkader, Mohsen El-Sayd Ibrahim, Taher Abozeid Elsheikh, Hisham Mohammad Aldeweik, Nora Elfeky

“…Result The research included 31 liver transplant (LT) patients from the Gastroenterology Surgical Center at Mansoura University, resulting in the collection of 174 stool and blood samples from all participants. …”
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Self-reported determinants for subjective financial distress: a qualitative interview study with German cancer patients by Eva Winkler, Katja Mehlis, Bastian Surmann, Wolfgang Greiner, Andrea Züger, Viktoria Mathies, Sophie Pauge, Luise Richter, Thomas Ernst, Natalja Menold

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Utilizing multidisciplinary mobile outreach clinics to provide comprehensive diabetic foot care to patients experiencing homelessness by Kris M. Boelitz, MD, Jaeyoung Lee, BS, Michael D. Pepin, BS, Yiming Zhang, MS, Mallory Gibbons, MSN, NP, Frances J. Lagana, DPM, Shahida Balaparya, EdD, MBA, RVT, Lindsey Carr, Jessin Varghese, BS, NP, Caitlin Sorensen, MD, Jessica P. Simons, MD, MPH, Douglas Jones, MS, MD, Andres Schanzer, MD, Tammy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD

“…SDoH-related factors impacting access to healthcare were evaluated using a Barriers to Access and Care Survey administered to MMC patient participants. Results: From June 2020 to November 2023, a total of 241 patients were seen at seven multidisciplinary mobile clinics. …”
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Atrial fibrillation outcomes in patients from Asia and non-Asia countries: insights from GARFIELD-AF by Karen Pieper, Xian-hong Fang, Kai Sun, Ajay K Kakkar, Saverio Virdone, Shinya Goto, Gloria Kayani, Zhi-Cheng Jing, John Camm, Chun-Yan Cheng, Tian-Yu Lian, Xi-Jie Zhu, Xian-Mei Li

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Association of quality of life in older patients with breast cancer: a cross-sectional study from China by Xi Chen, Qing Li, Xiang Wang, Lei Ji, Jintao Zhang, Qiao Li, Min Xiao, Shanshan Chen, Pin Zhang, Jiani Wang, Heng Cao, Xiaoyan Qian, Meng Xiu, Zhuoran Li, Yiqun Li, Xiaojuan Zheng

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