Predictive value of hematologic indices in COVID-19 disease outcomes by Fatemeh Nejatifar, Ali Alavi Foumani, Saman Maroufizadeh, Bardia Afsharian, Zahra Chegini, Amir Mohammad Ghanbari

“…Results: From a total of 268 included patients, 40% had severe disease, 29% were admitted to ICU, 22% required mechanical ventilation and 24% died during hospitalization. …”
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Case report: Dandy-Walker malformation with occipital encephalocele and superadded meningitis by Saher Bano, Muhammad Aqib Faizan, Tooba Rehman, Jasleen Kaur, Jeevanjyot Singh

“…While there was no bruit in the transillumination of the cyst, there was a bruit in the transillumination of the skull.Due to his grunting respiratory rate of 44 breaths per minute and heart rate of 140 breaths per minute at presentation, he was admitted to the newborn critical care unit. The occipital cyst was excised following neurosurgery on board after getting a CT scan brain done which showed dilated ventricles with normal pressure hydrocephalus, cystic cerebellar changes, communicating with 4th ventricle and occipital encephalocele. …”
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Erythrocyte levels in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with a history of positive and negative COVID-19 by Siti Nur Chasanah, Aslani Thereestiana Sari, Djamila Zakaria, Ayutia Safira Rusidana Thalib

“…Participants were recruited using consecutive sampling. All COPD patients admitted between March 2019 and December 2023 were included. …”
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Hikikomori, a risk factor for life-threatening malnutrition: a case report of an emergency within the vulnerability by Nicola Artusi, Emanuele Russo, Gianmaria Valeri, Marzia Tecchiolli, Franco Cominotto

“…Case  report:    We present the case of a young man admitted to the emergency department with life-threatening malnutrition and anemia after prolonged self-isolation following  cyberbullying  episodes. …”
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Complémentarité et discordances entre sources textuelles et sources archéo-anthropologiques en contexte de crises de mortalité par épidémie. Études de cas by Dominique Castex, Patrice Georges, Philippe Blanchard

“…Our results already allow us to bring new light to the history of epidemics; on one hand they highlight aspects very different from those generally admitted in context of crises of mortality ( mastered management of corpses, integration of the deaths by epidemic, etc.), on the other hand, they commit us to be particularly watchful as for the origin of the epidemics proposed by certain written sources.…”
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Epidemiology of Acute Pancreatitis in the North Adriatic Region of Croatia during the Last Ten Years by Davor Stimac, Ivana Mikolasevic, Irena Krznaric-Zrnic, Mladen Radic, Sandra Milic

“…We analyzed 922 patients with confirmed diagnosis of AP (history, clinical and laboratory findings, and imaging methods) admitted to our hospital during a ten-year period (2000–2009). …”
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Statistical Risk Characteristics and Risk Scoring of Hospital-Acquired Malnutrition for Pediatric Patients by Khreshna Syuhada, Dessie Wanda, Risti Nur’aini, Chairun Ardiantari, Ayu Susilo

“…We used secondary data from 308 medical records of pediatric patients who were admitted to the hospital in 2017. We excluded the data if the patient had tumors or organomegaly, fluid retention, and dehydration. …”
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Prognosis of Severe Covid-19 patients after treatment with Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) by Maliha Khalid, Faheem Feroze, Saad Bin Qamar, Naseem Abbas, Saeed Farooq, Aisha Siddiqui

“…METHODOLOGY:  Retrospective observational study which included 150 RT-PCR positive patients admitted in Covid ITC, from the time period of 1st February 2021 to 31st July 2021 –removed for blind review---Data was analyzed using SPSS software version 16. …”
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Impact of order set implementation on appropriate treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) by Han Pham, Michell J. Stein, Lacy J. Worden

“…Participants: Patients who are 18 years of age or older admitted for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) between October 1, 2021, and August 1, 2023. …”
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Psychogenic hearing loss in children and adolescents. Diagnosis and psychotherapy by Grażyna Gwizda, Anna Horaczyńska-Wojtaś, Grażyna Mielnik-Niedzielska, Anna Kasprzyk, Lechosław Paweł Chmielik, Artur Niedzielski

“…The professional knowledge presented in the study will enable adaptation of reliable information which can be transferred to young patients and their families to let them recognize their problems.Material and methods A group of 321 children, admitted to the Department of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Phoniatrics and Audiology, The Children’s Hospital in Lublin, Poland, from January 2019 to December 2021, who complained of hearing loss were analysed in the study.Results Twenty-two patients (15 girls and 7 boys) met the audiological criteria of psychogenic hearing loss and were enrolled to the study. …”
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections in children with acute respiratory infection, 2010–2023: a large sample study in China by Yuzhu Miao, Jungen Li, Linlin Huang, Ting Shi, Tingbo Jiang

“…Methods Children with ARTIs admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Soochow University (SCH) from January 2010 to December 2023 and underwent MP nucleic acid PCR assay were included. …”
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Automated quantitative pupillometry as a predictor for transtentorial brain herniation in patients with malignant acute ischemic stroke. by Catherine Park, So Young Park, Min Kim, Bumhee Park, Ji Man Hong

“…We examined whether quantitative characteristics of sequential pupillary light reflex (PLR) could serve as biomarkers for identifying brain herniation in fatal acute stroke cases with anterior circulation involvement admitted to neurological intensive care unit (Neuro-ICU). …”
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Analysis of Some Heavy Metals and Organic Acids in Ficus carica Growing Adjacent in the Serpentine Soil in Sulaimani/Kurdistan, Iraq by Othman Abdulrahman Mohammed, Mohammed Rawf Hussain, Osama Hamid Shareef, Abdullah Ahmed Hama, Sardar Mohammed Weli, Fatimah Mohammed Ali, Sabiha Sharif Salih

“…The present study concludes that the level of heavy metals in the fruit part is within the legally admitted limits. This indicates that it is normal for human beings and animals to consume such fruits.…”
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Infection after Acute Ischemic Stroke: Risk Factors, Biomarkers, and Outcome by Katja E. Wartenberg, Anett Stoll, Andreas Funk, Andreas Meyer, J. Michael Schmidt, Joerg Berrouschot

“…The activation of inflammatory cascades triggered by ischemic stroke may play a key role in the development of infections. Methods. Patients admitted with ischemic stroke within 24 hours were prospectively enrolled. …”
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Feminism and Faith: Exploring Christian Spaces in the Writing of Sara Maitland and Michèle Roberts by Arina LUNGU-CIRSTEA

“…In these writings, Maitland and Roberts share a common goal: to renegotiate women’s place in Christian history, which they both acknowledge – though admittedly from different perspectives – as formative of contemporary Western identity. …”
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Morbidity and Mortality in Preterm Infants following Antacid Use: A Retrospective Audit by Natasha Singh, Aparna Dhayade, Abdel-Latif Mohamed, Tejasvi Vasant Chaudhari

“…Retrospective analysis was conducted on neonates, <1500 grams, born and admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at The Canberra Hospital during the period from January 2008 to December 2012. …”
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New peach cultivar ‘Mechta’ developed at the Nikita Botanical Gardens by N. V. Mesyats, A. V. Smykov

“…In 2023, the State Register for Selection Achievements Admitted for Usage included 46 peach cultivars released by the Nikita Botanical Gardens. …”
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Serial biomarker measurements may be helpful to predict the successful application of high flow nasal cannula in COVID-19 pneumonia patients by Reid Ikeda, Andrew Pham, Guangxiang Zhang, Jennifer F. Lai, James Davis, Gehan Devendra

“…We retrospectively studied 194 HFNC-treated patients admitted between August 2020 and October 2022. CRP and D-dimer levels relative to baseline at HFNC initiation were calculated up to three days thereafter. …”
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A clinical study of minimal blood flow clamping combined with 3D printing technology in laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery by Lingbo Yang, Pengtao Wei, Xiaohui Li, Jiantao Sun

“…ObjectiveTo compare the safety and effectiveness of minimum flow clamping combined with 3D printing technology and highly selective renal artery clamping in laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery.MethodsFifty-two patients with renal cancer undergoing partial resection admitted to Luoyang Central Hospital Affiliated with Zhengzhou University from 2018-01 to 2021-12 were randomly divided into two groups. …”
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BODY IMAGE IN DIABETES MELITUS PATIENTS WITH ULCUS DIABETIC IN GRESIK by Hafna Ilmy Muhalla

“…This is due to several factors, namely the respondents admitted that the wounds on his legs is a sign of personal failure on him therefore to improve body image and the changing assessment of the physical condition and provide social support.…”
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