Minimizing skull defects in retrosigmoid approach: precision mapping of the sigmoid sinus with mastoid emissary vein canal by Artem V. Rozumenko, Mykola V. Yehorov, Vasyl V. Shust, Dmytro M. Tsiurupa, Anton M. Dubrovka, Petro M. Onishchenko, Volodymyr O. Fedirko

“…Materials and methods. Consecutive patients who underwent retrosigmoid approaches for cerebellopontine angle occupying lesions from October 2023 through August 2024 were included in the study. …”
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Legal and tactical basis for conducting a search of a person’s residence or other property: identifying the ways to resolve the controversial issues by O. O. Kovalenko

“…This investigative (search) action is associated with the restriction of the rights of the person in whose residence or premises it is conducted, who may not even be involved in the commission of a criminal offence. …”
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Aprepitant in a Multimodal Approach for Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in High-Risk Patients: Is There Such a Thing as “Too Many Modalities”? by John J. Hache, Manuel C. Vallejo, Jonathan H. Waters, Brian A. Williams

“…When using regression modeling and comparing patients who received one or two vs. three or four mechanistically unique antiemetics (added to preoperative aprepitant), while adjusting for surgical case duration, the three or four additional antiemetic group showed more PONV/PDNV (Odds Ratio 3.73, 95% CI 1.3-10.9, p = 0.016) than did the one or two additional drug group. …”
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Corticosteroid Pulses for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: Effects on Mortality by Ivan Cusacovich, Álvaro Aparisi, Miguel Marcos, Cristina Ybarra-Falcón, Carolina Iglesias-Echevarria, Maria Lopez-Veloso, Julio Barraza-Vengoechea, Carlos Dueñas, Santiago Antonio Juarros Martínez, Beatriz Rodríguez-Alonso, José-Ángel Martín-Oterino, Miguel Montero-Baladia, Leticia Moralejo, David Andaluz-Ojeda, Roberto Gonzalez-Fuentes

“…We selected patients with confirmed COVID-19 and lung involvement with a pO2/FiO2<300, excluding those exposed to immunosuppressors before or during hospitalization, patients terminally ill at admission, or those who died in the first 24 hours. …”
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Gut Bacterial Microbiome Profiles Associated with Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Narrative Review and Meta-Analysis by Christian A Russ, Nicholas A Zertalis, Veronica Nanton

“…Design: This narrative review was carried out by two independent reviewers who assessed the database outcomes from Medline and EMBASE during May 2020. …”
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Influence of intravenous lidocaine infusion on haemodynamic response to tracheal intubation and metabolic-hormonal responses during laparoscopic procedures in children: a randomise... by Maciej Kaszyński, Alicja Kuczerowska, Justyna Pietrzyk, Piotr Sawicki, Paweł Witt, Barbara Stankiewicz, Marek Darowski, Izabela Pągowska-Klimek

“…The number of patients who experienced an excessive cardiovascular response to induction of anaesthesia or intubation was 23 (37%) in the control group and 21 (34%) in the lidocaine group (p = 0.707). …”
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Efficacy and safety of dual-targeted therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: a retrospective multicenter study in China by Xiuxiu Jin, Kefang Sun, Liying Wang, Haiyan Shen, Dan Ma, Tejia Shen, Chunxiao Chen, Lan Li

“…Design: This was a retrospective and multicenter study. Methods: We retrospectively collected demographics and disease characteristics from 47 patients with IBD who received dual-targeted therapy in 3 hospitals from January 2022 to June 2024. …”
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Developing a core outcome set for interventions in people with mild cognitive impairment: study protocol by Angus G K McNair, Nicholas Turner, Alan Richardson, Elizabeth Coulthard, Jemima Dooley, Julie Clayton, Sam Harding, Sarah Rudd, Victoria Grace Gabb, Winsome Barrett-Muir, Natalie Woodward, Sophie Alderman, Joseph Webb

“…Outcomes from the review and interviews will be synthesised into a ‘long list’ of outcomes for potential inclusion in the COS. Two rounds of Delphi surveys followed by a consensus meeting will be used to reach stakeholder consensus on which outcomes should be included in the final COS.Ethics and dissemination We have received ethical approval from the London—Queen Square Research Ethics Committee (23/PR/1580). …”
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Safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with pre-treatment reduced left ventricular function by Maor Tzuberi, Rafael Y. Brzezinski, Nir Flint, Moaad Slieman, Lior Zornitzki, Dana Viskin, Anna Rozenfeld Hemed, Barliz Waissengrin, Renana Barak, Inbal Golomb, Ido Wolf, Netanel Golan, Yan Topilsky, Shmuel Banai, Livia Kapusta, Michal Laufer-Perl

“…Methods Retrospective single center cohort of patients treated with ICIs therapy, who performed pre-treatment LVEF assessment. The primary endpoint was to evaluate the safety of ICIs among this population, assessed by CV events (composite of myocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, and arrhythmias). …”
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Comparison of Outcomes of Colorectal Polypectomy Using Traditional Snare and Rotary Snare: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Lu Xu, Zhixing Zhang, Jiarong Xie, Lei Xu, Weihong Wang

“…Results. A total of two hundred participants were included in this study. …”
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Health literacy and influencing factors in university students across diverse educational fields in Kazakhstan by Zhaniya Dauletkaliyeva, Zhanerke Bolatova, Nurbek Yerdessov, Karina Nukeshtayeva, Olzhas Zhamantayev, Aliya Takuadina, Gaukhar Kayupova

“…Interaction analysis showed positive three-way interaction for male students over 19 years studying in Engineering field. …”
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Increasing stress resilience in older adults through a 6-week prevention program: effects on coping strategies, anxiety symptoms, and cortisol levels by Marie-Josée Richer, Sébastien Grenier, Sébastien Grenier, Sonia Lupien, Sonia Lupien, Pierrich Plusquellec, Pierrich Plusquellec, Pierrich Plusquellec

“…Our results provide sufficient evidence to warrant further research to improve the effectiveness of O’stress in different settings.…”
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Exploring social capital for family caregivers of patients with chronic organ failure: study protocol for a concept mapping study by Kai Chow Choi, Carmen Wing Han Chan, Marques Shek Nam Ng, Winnie Kwok Wei So, Wallace Chi Ho Chan, Helen Yue Lai Chan

“…Introduction Many family caregivers experience significant burdens, especially those who take care of patients with chronic organ failure. …”
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Advancing Pediatric Surgery: The Use of HoloLens 2 for 3D Anatomical Reconstructions in Preoperative Planning by Marco Di Mitri, Annalisa Di Carmine, Simone D’Antonio, Benedetta Maria Capobianco, Cristian Bisanti, Edoardo Collautti, Sara Maria Cravano, Francesca Ruspi, Michele Libri, Tommaso Gargano, Mario Lima

“…Our prospective observational study, conducted at IRCCS (Scientific Hospitalization and Care Institute) Sant’Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital in Bologna, engaged ten pediatric surgeons, who assessed three types of anatomical malformations (splenic cysts, pulmonary cystic adenomatoid malformations, and pyelo-ureteral junction stenosis) and planned surgeries using both traditional 2D CT scans and 3D visualizations via HoloLens 2, followed by completing a questionnaire to evaluate the utility of each of these imaging techniques in surgical planning. …”
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A Longer Duration of Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment for Patients with Early Periprosthetic Joint Infections Is Not Associated with a Lower Failure Rate by Janneke Meijer, Alex Soriano, Wierd Zijlstra, Bas ten Have, Saad Tarabichi, Paul Jutte, Javad Parvizi, Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker

“…Patients from Europe and the USA were included. We took advantage of the fact that an early oral antibiotic switch is routine practice in Europe as opposed to a long duration of intravenous (IV) antibiotic treatment in the USA. …”
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External validation of radiobiological models for local control prediction in lung cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy by Bao-Tian Huang, Pei-Xian Lin, Ying Wang, Li-Mei Luo

“…The performance of the prediction models was assessed through the AUC values of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and the calibration plots.ResultsLocal recurrence was observed in 38.6% of patients (59/153) within two years, and in 43.1% (66/153) within three years after the radiotherapy. …”
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Prescription of Strong Opioids in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in the Province of Valladolid (Spain) by Rodrigo Enríquez de Salamanca Gambara, Ana María Sierra Santos, Ana María Ruiz San Pedro, Federico Montero Cuadrado, Irene Muñoz León, Miguel Ángel Castro Villamor, Alicia Córdoba Romero, Ana María Del Olmo Tornero, Lucía Pérez Pérez, León Morales-Quezada

“…<b>Results:</b> A total of 3642 patients were included (0.7% of the population of Valladolid), 71.8% of whom were women. …”
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Educational interventions to improve pediatric emergency care: A qualitative assessment of the perspectives of African healthcare workers. by Emily A Hartford, Chris A Rees, Isaac Kihurani, Syeda Ra'ana Hussain, Elena Seifert, Alexis Schmid, Tigist Bacha, Carol C Chen, Megan L Schultz

“…Utilizing the African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) member list serve, we identified African HCWs who had previous experience participating in and/or delivering short training courses in PEC. …”
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RECEPTION OF THE BIOGRAPHICAL METHOD IN HISTORICAL AND ANTHROPOGICAL STUDIES by T. I. Vlasova, G. G. Krivtchik

“…The authors of this research do not touch on the sociological issues of biographical research, which are widely represented in the writings of contemporary Western researchers. …”
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High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation in the treatment of fumarate hydratase-deficient uterine leiomyoma by Luyao Zhang, Zhouzhou Liao, Jianfa Jiang

“…Magnetic resonance imaging showed that the FH-deficient uterine leiomyomas of 8 patients presented as mixed intensity on T2WI, that of one patient was hypointense, and that of another patient was hyperintense on T2WI. …”
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