Impact of a national primary care pay-for-performance scheme on ambulatory care sensitive hospital admissions: a small-area analysis in England by Tim Doran, Christos Grigoroglou, Luke Munford, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Navneet Kapur, Darren Ashcroft, Roger Webb

“…People in deprived areas had a higher risk of being admitted in hospital for an incentivised ACSC condition.Conclusion Spatial analysis based on routinely collected data can be used to identify areas with high rates of potentially avoidable hospital admissions, providing valuable information for targeting resources and evaluating public health interventions. …”
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Simultaneous Anti-Tuberculosis and Anti-Tumor Treatment with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Co-Existent Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Advanced Lung Cancer by Wang H, Gao L, Cai X, Li J, Lang Y, Zheng R, Yang S

“…Additionally, the implementation of dual therapy for anti-TB and anti-tumor treatment poses significant challenges in terms of avoiding drug–drug interactions and reducing adverse reactions during clinical diagnosis and treatment.Case Description: A 65-year-old male patient was admitted to our designated TB hospital following an out-of-hospital TB diagnosis. …”
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Relationship between sonorheometry parameters and laboratory values in a critical care setting in Italy: a retrospective cohort study by Antonio Romanelli, Renato Gammaldi, Alessandro Calicchio, Salvatore Palmese, Antonio Siglioccolo

“…Purpose This preliminary retrospective cohort study analyzed the relationship between the parameters provided by sonorheometry device Quantra and the coagulation values obtained from standard venous blood samples in patients admitted in intensive care unit (ICU). Methods We reviewed medical charts of 13 ICU adult patients in whom at least one coagulation study with Quantra was performed. …”
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Relation of Malnutrition and Nosocomical Infections in Cancer Patients in Hospital: An Observational Study by Bianca Tabita Muresan, Martín Núñez‐Abad, Ana Artero, Jaime Rios Rios, Alberto Jacobo Cunquero-Tomás, Vega Iranzo, Javier Garrido, Ana Jiménez-Portilla, Carlos Camps Herrero, Carlos J. Sánchez Juan

“…Adult cancer patients admitted to the oncology ward were consecutively enrolled regardless of their nutritional status between November 2019 and March 2020. …”
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Establishing nomograms for predicting disease-free survival and overall survival in patients with breast cancer by Ling Zhou, Lifen Bai, Huiyin Zhu, Chongyong Guo, Sheng Liu, Lu Yin, Jian Sun

“…This study was designed to establish nomograms based on the integration of aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) and p-AKT in predicting the disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) of breast cancer (BC) patients.Methods Demographic and clinical data were obtained from BC patients admitted to our hospital between September 2015 and August 2016. …”
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Subclinical Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Patients with Septic Shock Based on Sepsis-3 Definition: A Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Study by Pham Dang Hai, Le Lan Phuong, Nguyen Manh Dung, Le Thi Viet Hoa, Do Van Quyen, Nguyen Xuan Chinh, Vu Duy Minh, Pham Nguyen Son

“…From May 2017 to December 2018, patients aged ≥18 years admitted to the intensive care unit with the diagnosis of sepsis and septic shock based on the sepsis-3 definition were included. …”
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Chinese Economic Diplomacy before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic by E. I. Safronova

“…The paper focuses on the economic diplomacy of the People’s Republic of China, which not only has become the second important center of the world economy, but is starting to realize its increased capabilities, demonstrating ambitions of a new leader in international relations. …”
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Ketamine Boluses Are Associated with a Reduction in Intracranial Pressure and an Increase in Cerebral Perfusion Pressure: A Retrospective Observational Study of Patients with Sever... by Bradley A. Dengler, Oliver Karam, Colleen A. Barthol, Aaron Chance, Laura E. Snider, Clare M. Mundy, Michael T. Bounajem, William C. Johnson, Moustafa M. Maita, Paola M. Mendez-Gomez, Ali Seifi, Shaheryar Hafeez

“…This was a retrospective review of 43 patients and is therefore limited in nature, but further randomized controlled trials should be performed to confirm the findings.…”
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Associations of the triglyceride-glucose index and remnant cholesterol levels with the prevalence of Carotid Plaque in patients with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study by Xin Xu, Tianrong Pan, Xing Zhong, Yijun Du, Deyuan Zhang

“…Methods Participants were chosen from patients with T2DM admitted to The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University from October 2023 to April 2024, and they were separated into two groups (patients without carotid plaque and patients with carotid plaque) based on their carotid ultrasound results. …”
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Risk factors for early periventricular intraventricular hemorrhage in extremely low birth weight infants: a retrospective study by Yueju Cai, Yongjiang Jiang, Ping Wang, Xiaopeng Zhao, Yanyan Song, Xiaolan Li

“…Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 205 ELBWIs admitted to the Women and Children’s Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University from January 2019 to December 2023. …”
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Severe reversible cardiomyopathy associated with adrenal crisis caused by isolated adrenocorticotropin deficiency: a case report by Li Wang, Fangfang Bu, Lanjie He, Guihua Yao, Guihua Yao

“…In this case report, we describe a 74-year-old male patient who was in good physical health and was admitted to our hospital with a sudden onset of fever and confusion that was complicated by hyponatremia and hypotension. …”
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Pheochromocytoma in Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease by Carmen Aresta, Gianfranco Butera, Antonietta Tufano, Giorgia Grassi, Livio Luzi, Stefano Benedini

“…We report the case of a 23-year-old woman affected with congenital tricuspid atresia surgically by the Fontan procedure. The patient was admitted to hospital with hypertensive crisis and dyspnea. …”
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Protocol on a systematic review of nomenclature and outcomes in children with complex critical illness in Paediatric Critical Care: The basis for consensus definition. by Sofia Cuevas-Asturias, Claire Rafferty, Hannah Mitchell, William Tremlett, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Natalie Pattison

“…Therefore, the timeline was limited to increase the accuracy and applicability of the review. …”
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Staphylococcus aureus susceptibilities from wounds of patients who use illicit fentanyl by Drew T. Dickinson, Stephen Saw, Lauren Dutcher, Christina Maguire, Adrienne Terico, Margaret Lowenstein, Sonal Patel

“…Patients and Setting: Individuals presenting to emergency departments or admitted to inpatient units of four Penn Medicine hospitals with an acute S. aureus SSTI and illicit fentanyl use within the previous year. …”
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Effect of early establishment of full enteral feeding with exclusive mother’s own milk in preterm babies: a retrospective cohort study by Umamaheswari Balakrishnan, Prakash Amboiram, Urmila Umasekar, Nalini Sirala Jagadeesh

“…This study evaluated the effect of early establishment of full enteral feed (FEF) with exclusive MOM on feeding rate and neonatal nutritional outcomes at discharge among preterm babies.Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted using medical records of single preterm babies born between 27 and 33+6 weeks of gestational age and admitted to a single tertiary care hospital in South India between June 2019 and May 2022. …”
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Clinical profile and outcomes analysis of HIV infection by Ashwant Kumar, Yoganathan Chidambaram, Clement J. Dhas, Nekkanti Abilash, Murali Alagesan

“…Material and methods This descriptive study included 200 HIV-positive patients, aged 20-70 years, attending or admitted to the study center. Participants were assessed for their demographic, medical, clinical, hematological, and viral characteristics as well as treatment rendered and disease outcomes. …”
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Long-term prognostic impact of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist before ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patients with type 2 diabetes: a nationwide cohort stud... by Jasmine Melissa Madsen, Alexander Krüger Kjaer, Jacob Thomsen Lønborg, Lars Køber, Charlotte Glinge, Reza Jabbari, Thomas Engstrøm

“…Methods This nationwide cohort study included consecutive patients admitted with type 2 diabetes and STEMI in Denmark from 2010 to 2016. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Four Aerobic Exercise Intensity Prescription Techniques in Rehabilitation Training for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Tao Chen, Huiying Zhu, Qingyuan Su

“…A retrospective study was conducted on all patients with CHD who were admitted to CR and completed cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) in Guangdong Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. …”
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Comparison of Injury Severity Score (ISS) and New Injury Severity Score (NISS) in the Evaluation of Thoracic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study by He Jin, Yuanyuan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Lijuan Ouyang, Xueyao Li, Yiyan Zhang, Baosheng Yang, Junfeng Sun, Chaohui Wei, Guimei Yang, Li Guan, Shilan Luo, Junyu Zhu, Huaping Liang

“…The data of consecutive patients with thoracic trauma who were admitted to the department of cardiothoracic surgery of a tertiary hospital between January 2018 and December 2021 were retrospectively collected. …”
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Factors impacting hospitalisation and related health service costs in cancer survivors in Australia: Results from a population data linkage study in Queensland (COS‐Q) by Katharina M. D. Merollini, Louisa G. Collins, Andrew T. Jones, Joanne F. Aitken, Michael G. Kimlin

“…Our aim was to identify associated factors of cancer survivors admitted to hospital in the public system and their costs from a health services perspective. …”
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