The Impact of Breast Clinic on the Mastectomy and Axillary Clearance Rates at a Tertiary Hospital in an Eastern Caribbean Nation: A Comparative Study by Shariful Islam, Imran Aziz, Jitendra Shah, Jacob Oba, Patrick Harnarayan, Arlene Jammie Rampersad, Vijay Naraynsingh

“…This is a retrospective comparative study of all female patients who underwent breast cancer surgery at our tertiary hospital 3 years prior to and 3 years after starting of breast clinic (between January 2010 and December 2015). …”
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High Serum Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Jer-Chuan Li, Du-An Wu, Jia-Sian Hou, Yi-Maun Subeq, Hsin-Dean Chen, Bang-Gee Hsu

“…Among 165 DM patients, 113 patients (68.5%) had MetS. Diabetic persons who had MetS had significantly higher A-FABP levels (P<0.001) than those without MetS. …”
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Dinâmica da cobertura da terra e carbono em 55 assentamentos na Amazônia Legal entre 2008 e 2016: implicações para políticas de mudanças climáticas by Iris Roitman, Rômulo José da Costa Ribeiro, Tamiel Khan Baiocchi Jacobson, Luciana Silva Estevam, Nívea Jorgia Silva Marcondes, Reinaldo José de Miranda Filho, Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira, Sílvia Starling Assad, Mário Lúcio Ávila

“…This suggests that those who deforested a lot until 2008 tend to continue to do so until 2016. …”
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Clinical and Technical Characteristics of Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Performed before and after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with a Ball... by Alfredo Nunes Ferreira-Neto, Rishi Puri, Lluis Asmarats, Victoria Vilalta, Leonardo Guimaraes, Robert Delarochellière, Jean-Michel Paradis, Siamak Mohammadi, Eric Dumont, Josep Rodés-Cabau

“…Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is emerging as a treatment for younger and lower surgical risk patients who might not present with clinically evident CAD before TAVR. …”
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Anti-Apoptosis Effects of Green Tea in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Doses of Ionizing Radiation by Najmeh Anbiaee, Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi, Hosein Azimian, Zoha Sahebnasagh, Sepideh Abdollahi Dehkordi, Majid Kianmehr, samaneh soudmand salarabadi, Maryam Najafi Amiri

“…Introduction: Patients who receive ionizing radiation for diagnosis or treatment may suffer side effects in normal tissues. …”
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Literature review of spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage: treatment management and prevention (Part II) by J. Grigaitė, G. Rutkauskaitė, L. Piliponis, J. Ščerbak, D. Jatužis, J. Valaikienė

“…CTA and MRA are also recommended for people with two or more family members with unruptured intracranial aneurysms or the diagnosis of SAH and other risk factors. …”
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Quality of Life and Metabolic Indicators of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran by Mohammad Hossein Kaveh, Keramat Noori, Mahin Nazari, Khadijeh Khademi

“…The present study was conducted to investigate the relationships between QOL and physical activity level, body mass index, fasting blood sugar, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, total cholesterol, HbA1c, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure among Iranian patients with uncomplicated T2DM. …”
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Improvement of Quality of Life after Surgical Treatment of Patients with MRONJ: A Prospective Analysis Using the SF-12 and OHIP-14 Questionnaires by Georg Hoene, Nikolaus von Hahn, Denise Sievers, Lukas Schuffelen, Susanne Wolfer, Kathi Goldstein, Boris Schminke, Phillipp Brockmeyer, Philipp Kauffmann

“…This prospective study over the period from May 2020 to December 2021 included a representative sample consisting of 27 patients with at least stage 2 MRONJ lesions who underwent surgical rehabilitation via oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany. …”
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Ekstraksi Benda Asing Lampu Led di Bronkus dengan Bronkoskop Kaku by Fachzi Fitri, Tuti Nelvia

“…There was reported one case of aspiration of LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp in the right main bronchus of 5 year old girl, who failed two times by flexible bronchoscope and successfully extracted by a rigid bronchoscope, without complication.…”
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Misuse of prescription medicines is as prevalent as the use of recreational drugs and novel psychoactive substances in Singapore: an unrecognised public health issue? by Wui Ling Chan, Paul Ivor Dargan, Colleen Michelle Haynes, Jody Lynn Green, Joshua Curtis Black, Richard Charles Dart, David Michael Wood

“…Methods: An online survey, limited to 1,000 individuals (aged 21 years and over) who were residents in Singapore, was administered through a survey panel company in September 2015. …”
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A fulminant case of JC virus encephalopathy supporting a novel syndrome associated with JC virus infection of cortical neurons by Matteo Ciocca, Marta Pirovano, Monica Lodi, Antonino Romeo, Vincenza Fetoni

“…Recently, a new clinical entity, named JCV encephalopathy ( JCVE), has been observed. We present the case of a 62-year-old male, with no identifiable immunosuppression, who developed aphasia and progressive reduction in consciousness. …”
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The Efficacy of Single-Application NPWTi-d for the Salvage of Infected Breast Prostheses: A Multi-Center Study by Jason C. Llaneras, MD, Robert Craig Clark, MD, Lauren Antognoli, MD, Emily Finkelstein, MD, Luci Hulsman, BS, Luther Holton, MD, Devinder Singh, MD, R. Jason VonderHaar, MD, Risal Djohan, MD, Aladdin H. Hassanein, MD, Chris M. Reid, MD

“…Data were collected on 56 patients (59 breasts) who underwent NPWTi-d salvage for peri-prosthetic infections. …”
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Nutritional Status and Anthropometric Indices in relation to Menstrual Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study by Reihaneh Taheri, Fakhrodin Mesbah Ardekani, Hadi Raeisi Shahraki, Neda Heidarzadeh-Esfahani, Salimeh Hajiahmadi

“…Anthropometric indices including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and skinfold thickness from all participants were measured. …”
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Assessment of the CALLY Index, a Novel Immunonutrivite Marker, in Perioperatively Treated Gastric Cancer Patients by Orhun Akdoğan, Kadriye Bir Yücel, Ozan Yazıcı, Ahmet Özet, Nuriye Özdemir

“…Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prognostic significance of the C-reactive protein-albumin-lymphocyte (CALLY) index in patients with early-stage gastric cancer and compare it with other immune markers, such as systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and prognostic nutritional index (PNI). Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients with early-stage gastric cancer who received adjuvant or perioperative chemotherapy. …”
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Serotype-specific serum immunoglobulin G at 18 months of age following one or two doses of a primary series of 10-valent or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and a booster dose at nine months of age: a randomized controlled study by Alane Izu, Eleanora Aml Mutsaerts, Courtney Olwagen, Lisa Jose, Anthonet Koen, Amit J Nana, Clare L. Cutland, Shabir A. Madhi

“…Non-inferiority was concluded when the lower limit of the 96% confidence interval of the ratio of geometric mean concentrations (GMCs) of the 1 + 1 and 2 + 1 schedules was >0.5 for at least 10 and eight of the PCV13 and PCV10 serotypes, respectively.Results GMCs in children who received the PCV13_6w + 1 and PCV13_14w + 1 schedule were non-inferior for 11 and 10 of the PCV13 serotypes, respectively, compared with the PCV13_2 + 1 arm. …”
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STRESS RELATED ORAL MANIFESTATIONS IN A GROUP OF PATIENTS FROM CONSTANȚA COUNTY by Steliana-Gabriela Buștiuc, Raluca Briceag, Gheorghe Raftu, Elena-Claudia Sin, Aureliana Caraiane

“…The study group included 52 patients from Constanța who arrived for specialized consultation. The patients were examined using conventional light and a clinical diagnosis was formulated based on the examination and findings. …”
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Kepuasan Masyarakat Terhadap Pelayanan Rumah Sakit Rujukan di Provinsi Kepulauan Riau Tahun 2019 by Kiki Rizki Dasaryandi, Yulastri Arif, Eka Roza Wijaya

“…The study population was patients who visited all three hospitals with a total sample of 762 people taken by accidental sampling technique. …”
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LAPAROSCOPIC PLASTIC WITH PRIMARY STRICTURES OF THE URETEROPELVIC SEGMENT by N. V. Polyakov, N. G. Keshishev, M. V. Gurbanov, M. V. Grigoryeva, L. D. Arustamov, A. V. Kazachenko, B. Ya. Alekseev

“…The results of treatment of 134 patients, who underwent for the period from 2012 to 2015 the different types of reconstructive surgical interventions for stricture of the pelvic-ureteral segment (Calp de Virde scrappy plastic surgery, Andersen-Heinz ureteropyelanastomosis, and antineoplastic ureteropyeloanastomosis), were analyzed. …”
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A 2‐year longitudinal study of the association between unhealthy lifestyle factors and the development of depressive symptoms in university students by Ryuji Furihata, Mami Ishida, Yukako Nakagami, Maya Yanase, Teruhisa Uwatoko, Satoe Okabayashi, Kosuke Kiyohara, Takashi Kawamura

“…Methods Among information obtained from university student health checkups conducted in 2017 and 2019, we analyzed both the clinical data and responses to questionnaires. …”
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Blockchain-Assisted Generation Rescheduling in Imperfect Market Environments by Salman Tariq, Mohamed Shaaban, Hazlie Mokhlis, Nurulafiqah N. Mansor, Hasmaini Mohamad

“…In this paper, Blockchain (BC) is being advocated as a platform that simulates a virtual market environment to address such issues. …”
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