Aortic stenosis post-COVID-19: a mathematical model on waiting lists and mortality by Chris P Gale, Jonathan Weir-McCall, James H F Rudd, Mamas Mamas, Ramesh Nadarajah, Ben Gibbison, Louise Sun, Christian Philip Stickels, Houyuan Jiang, Kieran J Sharkey, Nick Holliman, Sara Lombardo, Lars Schewe, Matteo Sommacal, Katherine Cheema, Feryal Erhun

“…However, plausible adaptations will still incur a substantial wait to treatment and many hundreds dying while waiting.…”
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Efficacy and safety of reduced-port laparoscopic surgery versus conventional laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer by Zhi-min Liu, Qi-jun Yao, Fengyun Pei, Fang He, Yandong Zhao, Jun Huang

“…The incidence of perioperative outcomes and survival rates related results were analyzed after PSM. Results Four hundred twenty-two patients were equally divided into RPLS group (n = 211) and CLS group (n = 211) after PSM. …”
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Vitamin D Supplementation and Hemoglobin Levels in Hypertensive Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Jana B. Ernst, Andreas Tomaschitz, Martin R. Grübler, Martin Gaksch, Katharina Kienreich, Nicolas Verheyen, Winfried März, Stefan Pilz, Armin Zittermann

“…We evaluated whether vitamin D supplementation improves Hb levels and reduces anemia risk in hypertensive patients. Two hundred patients with 25OHD levels <75 nmol/L who attended the Styrian Vitamin D Hypertension Trial were included, of whom 188 completed the trial. …”
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Extreme Solar Particle Ejection Event in the Last Few Million Years from Asteroid Itokawa Sample by Tomoya Obase, Ken-ichi Bajo, Yuta Otsuki, Hisayoshi Yurimoto

“…Samples from the asteroid 25143 Itokawa have been irradiated by solar winds for tens to hundreds of years at some points in the last few million years. …”
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Association between previous consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and diabetes remission in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic ketoacidosis by Shanshan Li, Jinying Wang, Junping Zhang, Yun Zou, Yuanyuan Deng, Jixiong Xu

“…The cutoff values of each critical factor were determined based on the receiver operating characteristic curve. One hundred and nine patients reported a history of SSB consumption, while the remaining 58 reported no such history. …”
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Cancer patients’ sense of coherence – psycho-oncological consultations and therapeutic alliance as salutogenic factors by Natalia Cecon-Stabel, Ibrahim Demirer, Holger Pfaff, Antje Dresen

“…The predictors are therapeutic alliance and the number of consul-tations (T1). Results One hundred patients filled out all three SoC subscales at T1 and T2 and were treated by a psycho-oncologist. …”
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Vitamin D Predicts All-Cause and Cardiac Mortality in Females with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Comparison with Brain Natriuretic Peptide and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Pr... by Patrycja A. Naesgaard, Ricardo A. León de la Fuente, Stein Tore Nilsen, Leik Woie, Torbjoern Aarsland, Harry Staines, Dennis W. T. Nilsen

“…Mortality was evaluated in quartiles of 25(OH)D, BNP, and hsCRP, respectively, during a 5-year follow-up, applying univariate and multivariate analyses. One hundred and seventy-three patients died; 78 were women. …”
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Microbiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Profile in Patients with Diabetic Foot Sepsis at a Central Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa by Simran Patel, Emeline Jooste, Charalambia Glynos, Onyiyechukwu Mbajiorgu, Anelisa Sipahlanga, Wandile Ngubane, Gopala Maharaj, Maeyane Stephens Moeng, Thifhelimbilu Emmanuel Luvhengo

“…Data collected included demographic information, comorbidities, clinical findings, types of specimens collected and results of microscopy, culture, and sensitivity (MC&S), treatment, and outcomes. <b>Results</b>: One hundred and sixty-eight records were found, of which 64.3% were of male patients. …”
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Concurrent severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus outbreaks on multiple fox farms, China, 2023 by Jian Sun, Lei Qian, Delong Li, Xiurong Wang, Hong Zhou, Cixiu Li, Edward C. Holmes, Jianke Wang, Juan Li, Weifeng Shi

“…Between July and September of 2023 infectious disease outbreaks were reported on six Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) farms in Shandong and Liaoning provinces, China, which lasted for 2–3 months and resulted in tens to hundreds of fatalities per farm. Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) was identified in tissue/organ and swab samples from all the 13 foxes collected from these farms. …”
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Dyslipidemia rather than Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus or Chronic Periodontitis Affects the Systemic Expression of Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Genes by Rafael Nepomuceno, Bárbara Scoralick Villela, Sâmia Cruz Tfaile Corbi, Alliny De Souza Bastos, Raquel Alves Dos Santos, Catarina Satie Takahashi, Silvana Regina Perez Orrico, Raquel Mantuaneli Scarel-Caminaga

“…We investigated the systemic expression of immune-related genes in T2D, dyslipidemia, and CP patients. One hundred and fifty patients were separated into five groups containing 30 individuals each: (G1) poorly controlled T2D with dyslipidemia and CP; (G2) well-controlled T2D with dyslipidemia and CP; (G3) normoglycemic individuals with dyslipidemia and CP; (G4) healthy individuals with CP; (G5) systemic and periodontally healthy individuals. …”
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Comparing the effect of bananas and dates on the reactivity of the non-reactive fetus non-stress test: A randomized clinical trial by Sheida Shabanian, Shirin Moazen Dehkordi, Mahboubeh Taghipour, Afsaneh Malekpour

“…This study aimed to investigate the effect of pregnant mothers’ consumption of bananas and dates on the reactivity of the non-reactive fetus NST test. Methods: One hundred sixty pregnant women with 37 weeks of pregnancy and more referred for fetus electrocardiography to the midwifery clinic of Hajar hospital in Shahrekord were randomly assigned into 4 groups, including group 1 (one banana and 500 cc water), group 2 (7 dates and 500 cc water), group 3 (25 g glucose and 500 cc water) and group 4 or control group (500 cc water). …”
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Activités artisanales sur la rive droite de la Vesle à Reims/Durocortorum by Émilie Jouhet, Michaël Brunet, Pierre Mathelart, Véronique Matterne

“…First of all, this was deduced from the discovery of a hundred or so vase fragments intended for use in metal alloy creation, and which can be grouped together under the term “crucible.” …”
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Effect of body mass index on inpatient rehabilitation outcome after stroke in a Southeast Asian cohort: a prospective study by Sze Chin Jong, Jovic Aguipo Fuentes, Angie En Qin Seow, Chien Joo Lim, Gobinathan Chandran, Karen Sui Geok Chua

“…The primary outcome measure was discharge FIM, and secondary outcomes included FIM gain, FIM efficiency and FIM effectiveness. Results: Two hundred and forty-seven stroke subjects were enrolled. …”
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Otolaryngology needs among an adult homeless population: a prospective study by Vincent Wu, Christopher W. Noel, David Forner, Florence Mok, Molly Zirkle, Antoine Eskander, Vincent Lin, John M. Lee

“…As a secondary objective of this study, we sought to define otolaryngology specific need for this population. Methods One hundred adult homeless individuals were recruited across ten homeless shelters in Toronto, Canada using a stratified random sampling technique. …”
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Application of Supercritical CO₂ Extraction and Identification of Polyphenolic Compounds in Three Species of Wild Rose from Kamchatka: <i>Rosa acicularis</i>, <i>Rosa am... by Mayya P. Razgonova, Muhammad A. Nawaz, Elena A. Rusakova, Kirill S. Golokhvast

“…A total of 283 bioactive compounds (two hundred seventeen compounds from the polyphenol group and sixty-six compounds from other chemical groups) were tentatively identified in extracts from berries of wild <i>Rosa</i>. …”
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Increased risk of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization in rheumatoid arthritis patients on biologics and Janus kinase inhibitor by Ya-Chun Huang, Nan-Yao Lee, Meng-Yu Weng

“…A real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay focusing on the mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene of PJ was applied to detect colonization. Results: One hundred and ten RA patients were enrolled. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of PJ colonization were 6.40 (95% CI 1.34-30.57, p-value =0.02) in patients receiving bDMARDs or JAKi. …”
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Cross-sectional evaluation of medical reversals among National Institute of Health guideline practices implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic: how often did experts err in a time... by Vinay Prasad, Alyson Haslam, Alec J Kacew, Adam S Cifu

“…Two (8%) were procedures or mechanical interventions and one (4%) was a device. 16 (64%) reversals pertained to the hospital setting (4 to intensive care units), 4 (16%) were non-specific (ie, applicable to any setting), 4 (16%) pertained to a non-hospital setting and 1 pertained to healthcare workers.Conclusion When faced with a novel pandemic, policymakers rapidly made hundreds of specific medical recommendations. More than two out of three were never robustly tested. …”
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A Study on the Evolution of Emission Altitude with Frequency Among 104 Normal Pulsars by Chaoxin Luo, Xin Xu, Changrong Du, Qijun Zhi

“…We found that most pulsar emissions occur at altitudes of tens to hundreds of kilometers above the polar cap, with differences in emission altitude between the three groups becoming more clear at lower frequencies.…”
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Long-term Clinical Outcomes After Syndesmosis Fixation With K-wires in Ankle Fractures With Syndesmotic Instability by Diogo Vieira Cardoso MD, Filippo Pierobon MD, Anne Lübbeke-Wolff DSc, Victor Dubois-Ferrière MD

“…Methods: This is a retrospective single-center case series. Three hundred seventy-seven ankle fractures with intraoperative syndesmosis instability and subsequent syndesmosis fixation with a K-wire were treated between 2002 and 2012. …”
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Comparison of Early Efficacy of the Percutaneous Presuture Technique with the Femoral Artery Incision Technique in Endovascular Aortic Repair under Local Anesthesia for Uncomplicat... by Qingsong Wu, Debin Jiang, Xiaochai Lv, Jiaxin Zhang, Rongda Huang, Zhihuang Qiu, Liangwan Chen

“…To compare the efficacy of the percutaneous presuture technique (PPST) and the femoral artery incision technique (FAIT) under local anesthesia in the treatment of endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) for patients with uncomplicated type B aortic dissection (uTBAD). Method. Two hundred and ninety-five patients diagnosed with uTBAD who underwent EVAR under local anesthesia from June 2017 to December 2021 were consecutively and randomly selected for retrospective analysis. …”
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