Evaluation and Management of Patients with Seizures in the Emergency Department: A One-Year Analysis by K. Puteikis, K. Zdanytė, R. Mameniškienė

“…Adult patients with diagnoses (coded in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, ICD-10-AM) of syncope (R55), epilepsy (G40) or other and unspecified convulsions (R56.8) assigned either by the emergency medical services or the ED staff were involved in the study (315 cases). …”
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The Relationship of Conduction Disorder and Prognosis in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome by Wei-Chieh Lee, Yen-Nan Fang, Tien-Yu Chen, Yun-Yu Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan Tsai, Hsiu-Yu Fang, Po-Jui Wu, Huang-Chung Chen, Ping-Yen Liu

“…Patients with ACS were enrolled between January 2005 and December 2019, and their medical history (International Classification of Diseases codes) was obtained from the Chang Gung Research Database. …”
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Dysfunctional large-scale brain networks in drug-naïve depersonalization-derealization disorder patients by Sisi Zheng, Mingkang Song, Nan Song, Hong Zhu, Xue Li, Dongqing Yin, Shanshan Liu, Yan Zhao, Meng Fang, Yanzhe Ning, Hongxiao Jia

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Modeling regional aboveground carbon stock dynamics affected by land use and land cover changes by A.D. Malik, M.C.W. Arief, S. Withaningsih, P. Parikesit

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Potential diagnostic tools for intensive care unit acquired weakness: A systematic review by Chen Xin, Yubiao Gai, Lili Wei, Yanqiu Wang, Yuhong Luo, Binru Han

“…Due to the heterogeneity of the data, solely a narrative synthesis of the intensive care unit-acquired weakness diagnostic tool was performed in this study. Results: A total of 38 observational studies were included in the study. …”
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Self-Perceived Barriers to Pediatric Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Multinational Study by Ole Stoeter, Nikolaus C.S. Mezger, Tamara Koenig, Eric Chokunonga, Girum Tessema, Adugna Fekadu Damise, Alda Stevy Makouanzi, Esther Majaliwa, Mahine Ivanga, Bakarou Kamate, Franck Gnahatin, Sarah Nambooze, Ima-Obong A. Ekanem, Toralf Bernig, Biying Liu, Sumit Gupta, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt

“…Inclusion criteria comprised a cancer diagnosis according to the International Classification of Childhood Cancer, age 0-19 years, and year of diagnosis 2017-2019. …”
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Personalized neuron-specific enolase level based on EEG pattern for prediction of poor outcome after cardiac arrest by Juliette Pelle, Estelle Pruvost-Robieux, Florence Dumas, Antonin Ginguay, Julien Charpentier, Clara Vigneron, Frédéric Pène, Jean Paul Mira, Alain Cariou, Sarah Benghanem

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Safety and efficacy of catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Songbing Long, Yuanjun Sun, ShiYu Dai, Xianjie Xiao, Zhongzhen Wang, Wei Sun, Lianjun Gao, Yunlong Xia, Xiaomeng Yin

“…HF hospitalization was significantly lower in the AFPHF-CA group (0.38 (0,2)) than in the AFPHF-Med group (1.28(0,3), P < 0.001) during the follow-up. …”
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Describing quality of life trajectories in young Hispanic women with breast cancer: 5-year results from a large prospective cohort by Bryan F. Vaca-Cartagena, Ana S. Ferrigno Guajardo, Hatem A. Azim Jr, Federico Rotolo, Antonio Olivas-Martinez, Alejandra Platas, Alan Fonseca, Fernanda Mesa-Chavez, Marlid Cruz-Ramos, Ana Rodriguez, Alejandro Mohar, Cynthia Villarreal-Garza

“…Results: A total of 477 women (median age: 36; IQR: 32–38) were clustered into the best (n = 259, 54 %), good (n = 79, 17 %), or poor trajectory groups (n = 139, 29 %). …”
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Improper lung volume-dose parameters are risk factors for acute fatal radiation pneumonitis among esophageal cancer patients receiving chemoradiotherapy: a case-control study by Ruinuo Jia, Liuyan Li, Xiaoyi Liu, Junqian Zhang, Shuoguo Li, Ziqi Wang, Jingxia Li, Bingyi Xu, Manxi Sheng, Lei Ni, Danni Yang, Shegan Gao, Shegan Gao, Shegan Gao

“…Participants were enrolled using the International Classification of Diseases Codes Searching and then verified by medical record review. …”
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Concomitant exposure to benzodiazepines during pembrolizumab-based therapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a propensity-score matched analysis of monitoring agency data by Fabrizio Nelli, Enzo Maria Ruggeri, Antonella Virtuoso, Diana Giannarelli, Armando Raso, Federica Natoni, Gloria Pessina, Daniele Remotti, Mario Giovanni Chilelli, Carlo Signorelli, Agnese Fabbri

“…Methods: We included consecutive patients with advanced NSCLC who were given frontline pembrolizumab, whether as exclusive therapy or combined with platinum-based chemotherapy. The classification of BZD relied on the molecular composition, distinguishing between N-substituted and N-unsubstituted compounds. …”
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Modified minimally invasive chevron osteotomy versus traditional incision chevron osteotomy by Run Tang, Jie Yang, Xiao Jun Liang, Yi Li, JunHu Wang, MiaoLuo Jin, Yang Du, Tong Lu, YiXiang Hao

“…There were no significant differences in age, gender, side classification, course of the disease, degree of hallux valgus deformity, and postoperative complications between the two groups (P > 0.05). …”
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Diversity in the medical research ecosystem: a descriptive scientometric analysis of over 49 000 studies and 150 000 authors published in high-impact medical journals between 2007... by Leo Anthony Celi, Jonathan Shaffer, Marie-Laure Charpignon, Liam G McCoy, Luis Filipe Nakayama, Jack Gallifant, Urvish Jain, Joao Matos, Pia Gabrielle I Alfonso, Marisa Cobanaj, Amelia Morel Fiske, Alexander J Gates, Frances Dominique V Ho, Mohammad Kashkooli, Naira Link

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ALMA/SCUBA-2 COSMOS Survey: Properties of X-Ray- and SED-selected Active Galactic Nuclei in Bright Submillimeter Galaxies by Ryosuke Uematsu, Yoshihiro Ueda, David M. Alexander, A. M. Swinbank, Ian Smail, Carolina Andonie, Chian-Chou Chen, Ugne Dudzevičiūtė, Soh Ikarashi, Kotaro Kohno, Yuichi Matsuda, Annagrazia Puglisi, Hideki Umehata, Wei-Hao Wang

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Comparison of long-term ankle joint function after one-stage and staged microsurgical repair of open achilles tendon defects by Jianjie Mao, Yang Xiang, Hui Chu, GenYang Jin, Guangyan Su, Chang zeng Liu, Feng Zhu

“…In the one-stage reconstruction group, 43 patients underwent vascular anastomosed fascia lata free anterolateral thigh perforator flap transplantation for repair, and 38 patients underwent descending genicular artery free flap transplantation with the adductor magnus tendon. …”
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The added value of coupling anti-dsDNA and anti-chromatin antibodies in follow-up monitoring of systemic lupus erythematosus patients by Caroline Carlé, Françoise Fortenfant, Chloé Bost, Julie Belliere, Stanislas Faguer, Dominique Chauveau, Antoine Huart, David Ribes, Laurent Alric, Gregory Pugnet, Laurent Sailler, Yves Renaudineau

“…Related autoantibodies (Ab) are heterogeneous and, among them, anti-dsDNA Ab are part of the classification criteria and recommended for monitoring SLE with regards to lupus flares and therapy responses. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Outcomes of Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy with D2 and D3 Lymphadenectomy in the Treatment of Patients with Right Colon Cancer by A. A. Nevolskikh, V. A. Avdeenko, Yu. Yu. Mikhaleva, T. P. Pochuev, P. V. Sokolov, R. F. Zibirov, I. P. Reznik, N. D. Silin, L. O. Petrov, S. A. Ivanov, A. D. Kaprin

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Randomised trial of coconut oil, olive oil or butter on blood lipids and other cardiovascular risk factors in healthy men and women by Stephen J Sharp, Kay-Tee Khaw, Robert Luben, Nita G Forouhi, Leila Finikarides, Islam Afzal, Marleen Lentjes

“…The effects of different dietary fats on lipid profiles, metabolic markers and health outcomes may vary not just according to the general classification of their main component fatty acids as saturated or unsaturated but possibly according to different profiles in individual fatty acids, processing methods as well as the foods in which they are consumed or dietary patterns. …”
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African Childhood “Reawakened”: Using Cultural Studies Theory in Understanding the Use of Symbolism in Camara Laye’s The African Child. by Johnson, Ocan, Lillian, Tindyebwa

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Creative occupations as knowledge practices: Innovation and precarity in the creative economy by Hearn Greg

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