Evaluation of Drug Use Pattern in Emergency Department of Dilchora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia by Kirubel M. Mishore, Nigatu A. Bekele, Tsegaab Y. Yirba, Tsion F. Abone

“…The World Health Organization developed core drug use indicators for conducting drug utilization studies in healthcare setting. WHO core drug use indicators including prescribing indicators, patient care indicators, and health facility indicators are used nowadays. …”
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Surveying the aftermath: a qualitative and semiquantitative study of post-COVID-19 sequelae in the lungs by Kurian C. Eapen, Leena Robinson Vimala, Barney Isaac, Aparna Irodi

“…Abstract Background In this period following the COVID-19 pandemic, there is increasing evidence to indicate the presence of long-term sequelae in individuals who were infected with COVID-19. This study was performed to assess the proportion of CT abnormalities in patients who underwent CT imaging of the thorax at least 4 weeks after the date of RT-PCR confirmation of COVID-19 infection and to assess the severity of lung involvement using a semiquantitative CT scoring system in the above population. …”
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Association between social activities and risk of COVID-19 in a cohort of healthcare personnel by Holly Shoemaker, Haojia Li, Yue Zhang, Jeanmarie Mayer, Michael Rubin, Candace Haroldsen, Morgan M. Millar, Per H. Gesteland, Andrew T. Pavia, Lindsay T. Keegan, Jessica Marie Cole, Egenia Dorsan, Matthew Doane, Kristina Stratford, Matthew Samore

“…Outcomes included self-reported SARS-CoV-2 infection (primary)and testing for SARS-CoV-2 (secondary). …”
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Evaluation of hygienic food handling practices and associated factors among food handlers in the Amhara region, Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lamenew Fenta, Kebadu Tadesse

“…An inclusive search of databases was undertaken using PubMed/MEDLINE, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and Google Scholar from the 1st of January 2014 to the 30th of December 2023. …”
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Kidney Autotransplantation and Orthotopic Kidney Transplantation: Two Different Approaches for Complex Cases by Alberto Artiles Medina, Victoria Gómez Dos Santos, Víctor Díez Nicolás, Vital Hevia Palacios, Mercedes Ruiz Hernández, Inés Laso García, Marina Mata Alcaraz, Cristina Galeano Álvarez, Miguel Ángel Jiménez Cidre, Fernando Arias Fúnez, Milagros Fernández Lucas, Francisco Javier Burgos Revilla

“…We retrospectively analysed the medical records of both 21 patients who had received OKT and 19 patients who underwent KAT between 1993 and 2020. …”
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Wages withheld, deferred or deflected: The case of child domestic workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Annabel Erulkar, Lemi Negeri, Eyasu Hailu Mekonnen, Elizabeth Anderson, Yuki Lo

“…Those who were placed in work by family members were over five times more likely (AOR 5.1, p < 0.001) to have payment sent to families. …”
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Reliably quantifying the severity of social symptoms in children with autism using ASDSpeech by Marina Eni, Yaniv Zigel, Michal Ilan, Analya Michaelovski, Hava M. Golan, Gal Meiri, Idan Menashe, Ilan Dinstein

“…The algorithm was trained and tested on the largest ASD speech dataset available to date, which contained 99,193 vocalizations from 197 ASD children recorded in 258 Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second edition (ADOS-2) assessments. ASDSpeech was trained with acoustic and conversational features extracted from the speech recordings of 136 children, who participated in a single ADOS-2 assessment, and tested with independent recordings of 61 additional children who completed two ADOS-2 assessments, separated by 1–2 years. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Corrective Surgery on Adult Spinal Deformity Patients: Comparison of Short and Long Fusion by Koichiro Ono, Kazuo Ohmori, Takeshi Hori

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and radiological outcomes of the patients who have received short and long fusion for ASD. …”
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SECONDARY PROPHYLAXIS OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM (VTE) WITH LOW DOSE APIXABAN OR RIVAROXABAN: RESULTS FROM A PATIENT POPULATION WITH MORE THAN 2 YEARS OF MEDIAN FOLLOW-UP by Alessandro Laganà, Giovanni Manfredi Assanto, Chiara Masucci, Mauro Passucci, Livia Donzelli, Alessandra Serrao, Erminia Baldacci, Cristina Santoro, Antonio Chistolini

“…Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of low-dose DOACs for VTE secondary prophylaxis, in patients at high risk of VTE recurrence. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated patients who required long-term anticoagulant secondary prophylaxis to prevent recurrent VTE, treated with apixaban 2.5 mg BID or rivaroxaban 10 mg daily with a follow-up ≥ 12 months. …”
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Refugees as a new emigration channel from Tajikistan to Western and Eastern Europe by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…The emergence of the refugees flow from Tajikistan to other countries is related with the civil war in the republic. Another reason is the ban by the Tajik authorities of two major opposition organisations – the Group of 24 and the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT). …”
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Helicobacter pylori Infection in Persons with Intellectual Disability in Residential Care in Israel by Joav Merrick, Shoshana Aspler, Inessa Dubman

“…The purpose of the study was to determine the occurrence of H. pylori infection in persons who presented with severe dyspeptic symptoms and to monitor clinically the effect of treatment. …”
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Hip Stability Isometric Test (HipSIT): Concurrent Validity and Reference Values for CrossFit® Participants by Thiago R T Santos, Ana Luiza R Rodrigues, Henrique M P Faria, Stéphane M Teixeira, Livia S Pogetti, Andressa Silva, Renan A Resende, Juliana M Ocarino

“…The hip extensors and abductors’ peak torque and maximum work were assessed with the Biodex System® 4 Pro isokinetic dynamometer at 60º/s. Concurrent validity between measurements was assessed with the Spearman correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman analyses. …”
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Renal Damage Frequency in Patients with Solitary Kidney and Factors That Affect Progression by T. Basturk, Y. Koc, Z. Ucar, T. Sakaci, E. Ahbap, E. Kara, F. Bayraktar, M. Sevinc, T. Sahutoglu, A. Kayalar, A. Sinangil, C. Akgol, A. Unsal

“…According to the presence of kidney damage, each group was divided into two subgroups: group 1a/b and group 2a/b. Results. …”
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The Impact of Change in Protected Forest Utilization in RPH Mangunan on Income of Pine Sap Tapper by Slamet Riyanto, Wahyu Andayani, Hilma Nadhifa

“…The important findings of this study are: (1) Only a portion of pine sap tappers (35 respondents) can switch their activities to workers in recrational forest (2) Average level of household income for tappers who cannot shift to workers in recreational forest are Rp 16033,062 /year and Rp. 13,320,967 /year, (3)Meanwhile, for tappers who can switch to workers in recreational forest are Rp. 12,076,329 / year and Rp. 29,809,157/year respectively for before and after changes in forest utilization(4) Income from tapping activitiy contributed 23% and income from activities in pine recreational forest contributed 62% to total annual income.…”
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The Perceived Effectiveness of Supervision In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training by Erkan Kuru, Kadir Ozdel, S.Olga Guriz, Yasir Safak, Ilker Ozdemir, M.Hakan Turkcapar

“…Seventy-nine point six of the participants reported that the theoretical training had contributed to their CBT practice at quite to too much levels. Fifty-nine point two of the participants reported that the same training contributed to their personal development at quiet to too much levels. …”
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THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS-NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CALCULATOR AND SURGICAL APGAR AS PREDICTORS OF POST-CHOLECYSTECTOMY COMPLICATIONS by Diana Tejeda-Herrera, Jose Caballero-Alvarado, Carlos Zavaleta-Corvera

“…The analysis revealed that the mean age of patients who experienced severe complications was 75.32±4.58 years. …”
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Prognostic Impact of the Postoperative Carcinoembryonic Antigen Level after Curative Resection of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer by Ryoichi Tsukamoto, Kiichi Sugimoto, Yuki Ii, Takahiro Irie, Megumi Kawaguchi, Aya Kobari, Yuki Tsuchiya, Kumpei Honjo, Masaya Kawai, Shun Ishiyama, Makoto Takahashi, Kazuhiro Sakamoto

“…Results: The subjects were 323 patients who underwent curative surgical treatment for Stage II/III rectal cancer. …”
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Cost and cost-effectiveness of BPaL regimen used in drug-resistant TB treatment in the Philippines by D. Evans, K. Hirasen, D.J. Casalme, M.T. Gler, A. Gupta, S. Juneja

“…We estimate the patient and provider costs of BPaL compared to current standard-of-care treatment in the Philippines.METHODS: Patients on BPaL under operational research, or 9–11-month standard short oral regimen (SSOR) and 18–21-month standard long oral regimen (SLOR) under programmatic conditions were interviewed using the WHO cross-sectional TB patient cost tool. …”
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Prognostic value of remnant-like particle cholesterol in ischemic heart failure patients following percutaneous coronary intervention by Xin Huang, Tienan Sun, Biyang Zhang, Meishi Ma, Zheng Chen, Zehao Zhao, Shutong Dong, Yujie Zhou

“…This association remained consistent across various subgroups, as no significant interactions were found.Conclusion There was an independent and positive correlation between RLP-C and MACE in patients with IHF who underwent PCI.…”
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A case of central diabetes insipidus after COVID-19 as a probable diagnosis of lymphocytic infundibulo-neurohypophysitis with positive anti-rabphilin-3A antibodies with review of l... by Yuka Natsuki, Yuki Nagata, Toshiki Nagasaki, Mari Morimoto, Norikazu Toi, Masafumi Kurajoh, Tomoaki Morioka, Tetsuo Shoji, Yasuo Imanishi, Naoko Iwata, Haruki Fujisawa, Atsushi Suzuki, Yoshihisa Sugimura, Masanori Emoto

“…Furthermore, there have been increasing reports of endocrinopathy related to COVID-19 following the pandemic. We report a 49-year-old healthy woman who developed rapid onset of polydipsia and polyuria three weeks after COVID-19. …”
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