Endoscopy-assisted anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with internal fixation vs conventional surgery in the treatment of cervical disc herniation by Haicun Zhang, Yanbo Lin, Canglu Wu, Fangling Cheng, Danqing Bao, Yuyan Chen

“…Materials and methods: Patients with CDH who underwent ACDF with fixation at the Zhoushan Dinghai Guanghua Hospital were enrolled. …”
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Using verbal and social autopsy approaches to understand why neonates die in rural settings: a case study of a remote rural district in Uganda by Peter Waiswa, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Dinah Amongin, Joseph Akuze, Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu, Felix Kizito

“…Cause-of-death coding was done by two independent medical officers using WHO-ICD-10 guidelines to ascertain the causes of death. …”
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Correlates of maternal health services utilization among adolescent mothers in Ghana: analysis of Ghana maternal health survey 2017 by Anita Anima Daniels, Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba, Obed Ernest A. Nettey

“…For instance, adolescent mothers aged 18–19 years (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.01–2.70) had increased odds of early initiation compared to those aged 15–17 years. Adolescent mothers who were uninsured (AOR = 0.30, 95% CI: 0.15–0.63) were less likely to obtain optimal ANC visits than insured mothers. …”
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Exploring health related quality of life for women with breast cancer in Ireland and Québec, Canada throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by Charlotte Myers, Kathleen Bennett, Caitriona Cahir, Josée Savard, Sophie Lauzier

“…Overall, HR-QoL for women with BC improved from pandemic to post-pandemic period. …”
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The Association of Arterial Pulse Wave Velocity with Internal Carotid Artery Blood Flow in Healthy Subjects: A Pilot Study by Salahaden R. Sultan

“…Results Significant positive correlations were found between cfPWV and age (Spearman’s rho coefficient 0.33, p = 0.04), BMI (Spearman’s rho coefficient 0.32, p = 0.05), and ICA diameter (Pearson’s coefficient 0.35, p = 0.03). …”
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Clinical Profile and Risk Factors of Group B Streptococcal Colonization in Mothers from the Eastern District of China by Jin Jiao, Weiwei Wu, Feng Shen, Zhongyuan Liu, Huiru Zhou, Gang Fan, Yuxia Zhou

“…The main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, capsular genotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility, and associated factors of colonizing Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnant women admitted to a hospital in Jinan, East China. …”
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Evaluating survival outcomes and treatment recommendations in resectable gastric cancer by Saad Sabbagh, Iktej Singh Jabbal, María Herrán, Mohamed Mohanna, Sindu Iska, Mira Itani, Barbara Dominguez, Kaylee Sarna, Zeina Nahleh, Arun Nagarajan

“…A cohort of 7665 patients were included. Patients who received PC had the highest OS (median 86.80 months, 95% CI 73.40-NE), while chemoradiotherapy in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings had worse OS than PC and NC (NCR median 47.15 months, 95% CI 44.58–52.27, and ACR median 52.67 months, 95%CI 42.78–63.93). …”
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Age-related aspects of glioma: current understanding. Literature review by Serhii P. Luhovskyi, Tetiana Y. Kvitnytska-Ryzhova

“… The updated 2021 WHO Classification of Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumors introduces, for the first time, an age-based approach to glioma classification, leveraging advances in molecular biology and epigenetics of CNS tumors. …”
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Developing a set of key principles for care planning within older adult care homes: study protocol for a modified Delphi survey by Madalina Toma, Jonathan Taylor, Nick Smith, Sarah Jasim, Jacqueline Damant, Yuri Hamashima, Thais Caprioli

“…Using a modified Delphi survey, we intend to generate consensus on a set of key principles that should inform the care planning process.Methods and analysis A two-stage modified Delphi survey will be used to try to reach a consensus on a set of key principles to inform care planning within older adult care homes in England. …”
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The Secrets of Salantai Engraving Studio: Stanisław Czerski, the Mysterious Byks, and ‘The Wrong’ Plater by Alma Braziūnienė

“…The article investigates the nature of the activity of Salantai Engraving Studio: whether the engravers using the fictitious name of Byks was related to it, if this could be Albert Gorski (1808–1860), the owner of Salantai Manor, with whom of the Plater family Stanisław Czerski was maintaining friendly relationships, as well as other debatable issues which, so far, have been presented in historiography in a multitude of different ways. …”
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Benefits of Liver Volume and Serum Zinc Level Assessment for the Screening of Covert Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Child–Pugh Class A Cirrhosis by Masanori Fukushima, Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Ryu Sasaki, Yasuhiko Nakao, Masafumi Haraguchi, Kosuke Takahashi, Eisuke Ozawa, Satoshi Miuma, Kazuhiko Nakao

“…This study aimed to establish a simple diagnostic method of CHE in patients with Child–Pugh class A. <b>Methods</b>: One hundred patients with liver cirrhosis without overt hepatic encephalopathy and sixty-eight with liver cirrhosis and Child–Pugh class A who visited our institution were enrolled. …”
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Effect of an Electronic Pill Bottle on Hydroxychloroquine Adherence in Pediatric Lupus: Results of a Novel Direct‐to‐Family Pilot Trial by Rachel L. Randell, Laura E. Schanberg, Claire Beard, Thomas Phillips, Christoph P. Hornik, Michael Cohen‐Wolkowiez, Stephen J. Balevic, with the CARRA Registry investigators

“…Post hoc analyses identified different adherence patterns and a subgroup of patients with low HCQ concentrations who could be targeted for future adherence interventions.…”
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Nacionalita a konfese v politickém životě jagellonských Čech by Petr Vorel

“…This principle was considered fundamental in the creation of a so called “super-confessional Christianity”. The author applies the model on Vilém of Pernštejn (1437-1521), an aristocrat who used his wealth and exceptional political power in the country to form a significant precedent in terms of nationality and confession, fundamentally affecting contemporary social standards.  …”
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Outcomes of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in HIV patients by Nikhitha Mantri, Haozhe Sun, Sameer Datta Kandhi, Nishant Allena, Muhammad Yasir Anwar, Vibha Hayagreev, Shalini Penikilapate, Ahmed Alemam, Hassan A Muntazir, Trishna Acherjee, Harish Patel, Jasbir Makker

“…Methods Our study comprised a total of 639 PEG tubes placed on 461 unique patients, from which 85 patients (n = 18%) were HIV positive. We reviewed all these PEG tube patients at our institution and compared their complications and mortality outcome between the two groups of HIV positive as against HIV negative. …”
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Changes in faecal haemoglobin values over sequential rounds of faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) in a surveillance population by Amanda J Cross, Kate Wooldrage, Gemma Mortell, Gwen A Murphy

“…Participants positive (≥40 µg haemoglobin/g faeces) at 1 year or 2 years were offered early colonoscopy and excluded, otherwise, colonoscopy was offered at 3 years. Only those who completed three FIT rounds and attended the 3-year colonoscopy were included. …”
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Effectiveness of multicomponent interventions in primary healthcare settings to promote continuous smoking cessation in adults: a systematic review by Carlos Martín Cantera, Elisa Puigdomènech, Jose Luis Ballvé, Olga Lucía Arias, Lourdes Clemente, Ramon Casas, Lydia Roig, Santiago Pérez-Tortosa, Laura Díaz-Gete, Sílvia Granollers

“…We searched the following data sources: MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus (from inception to February 2014), 3 key journals and a tobacco research bulletin. …”
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Perspectives of nurses and patient representatives on the morally competent nurse: An international focus group study by Chris Gastmans, Evelyne Mertens, Alvisa Palese, Brian Keogh, Francesca Apolloni, Johanna Wiisak, Catherine Mc Cabe, Maria Dimitriadou, Alessandro Galazzi, Michael Igoumenidis, Nikos Stefanopoulos, Paraskevi Charitou, Evridiki Papastavrou, Riitta Suhonen, Stefania Chiappinotto

“…The COVID-19 pandemic in particular revealed ethical challenges, highlighting the need for nurses to attain high levels of moral competence. Nurses who attain moral competency provide superior patient care because they have integrated clinical competence with sensitivity to moral values. …”
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Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels Guidance of Low-Dose Furosemide Treatment to Prevent Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Guoqiang Gu, Demin Liu, Rui Lu, Wei Cui

“…Objective. We aimed to explore the preventive effect of low-dose furosemide administration guided by left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) based on adequate hydration on contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). …”
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Impact of the National Drug Price Negotiation policy on the price, usage, and affordability of anticancer medicines in Shandong Province, China by Yaqun Sun, Yan Qiang, Yongxuan Duan, Yan Song, Yan Song

“…Data on prices and utilization of the policy related drugs from 2017 to 2022 were collected from Shandong Province, using an adaptation of the WHO/HAI methodology. Prices were measured as Median Price Ratio (MPR). …”
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Effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on perioperative neurocognitive disorder in elderly patients undergoing major surgery and associated genetic variant analysis: a randomize... by Feifei Xu, Tingting Liu, Huiqing Liu, Jiao Deng, Shan He, Zhihong Lu, Haopeng Zhang, Hailong Dong

“…Conclusions RIPC had little effect on the incidence of PND in elderly patients who underwent major surgery (> 2 h). MD2 and cystatin C were unable to predict the occurrence of PND. …”
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