Impact of Transitioning to a Level 1 Trauma Center on Orthopaedic Surgical Volume and Resident Education by Darlington Nwaudo, MD, Solomon Egbe, BA, Audrey Litvak, BA, Jason Strelzow, MD, FAOA

“…ACGME case logs and electronic medical records (EMRs) from a single urban institution were reviewed from July 2013 to June 2023. Data were divided into pre-L1TC (2013-2018) and post-L1TC (2018-2023) periods. …”
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Infections do not play fair: the Charlson-Age Comorbidity Index reveals sex-specific risk in laparotomy patients in an LMIC by Adil H Haider, Zainab Samad, Syed Iqbal Azam, Imran Nisar, Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Komal Abdul Rahim, Anum Rahim, Saad bin Zafar Mahmood, Mushyada Ali

“…Given the limited use of CCI/CACI in low- and middle-income countries, we aimed to assess the use of CCI/CACI in prognosticating the 30-day incidence of SSIs among exploratory laparotomy patients at a tertiary care center in Pakistan.Methods The study analyzed data from adult patients with International Classification of Diseases-9 CM primary index procedure codes for exploratory laparotomy at a tertiary teaching hospital between 2010 and 2019. …”
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Impact on mortality of being seropositive for hepatitis C virus antibodies among blood donors in Brazil: A twenty-year study. by Hélio Ranes de Menezes Filho, Ana Luiza de Souza Bierrenbach, Maria Ligia Damato Capuani, Alfredo Mendrone, Adele Schwartz Benzaken, Soraia Mafra Machado, Marielena Vogel Saivish, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Steven Sol Witkin, Maria Cássia Mendes-Corrêa

“…Mortality outcomes were defined based on ICD-10 (10th International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) codes listed as the cause of death on the death certificate. …”
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A New and Tested Ionospheric TEC Prediction Method Based on SegED-ConvLSTM by Yuanhang Liu, Yingkui Gong, Hao Zhang, Ziyue Hu, Guang Yang, Hong Yuan

“…Moreover, we apply Gaussian process regression (GPR) interpolation to geomagnetic data to characterize impact on the ionosphere, thereby enhancing the prediction accuracy. …”
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Exploring the association between herbal medicine usage and drug-induced liver injury: insights from a nationwide population-based cohort study using SCCS in South Korea by Taehyun Yang, Juhee Ahn, Juhee Ahn, Sungho Won, Sungho Won, Sungho Won, Sanghun Lee

“…This study aimed to evaluate the hepatotoxicity risk associated with traditional Korean medicines (TKMs) using nationwide health insurance claims data.MethodsA tailored cohort of patients diagnosed with DILI (ICD-10 code: K71) between January 2011 and December 2019 was obtained from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. …”
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Integrating internationally qualified nurses: a qualitative exploration of nurse managers’ influence from nurses’ experiences by Catharina Roth, Amanda Breckner, Katja Krug, Cornelia Mahler, Michel Wensing, Sarah Berger

“…Interviews were pseudonymized and transcribed. Transcripts were coded according to Qualitative Content Analysis with data structured into themes and subthemes. …”
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A functional digital model of the Dingo thermal neutron imaging beamline by Klaudiusz Jakubowski, Joseph J. Bevitt, Nicholas Howell, Chris Dobie, Frederic Sierro, Ulf Garbe, Scott Olsen, Attila Stopic, Daniel R. Franklin, Linh T. Tran, Anatoly Rosenfeld, Susanna Guatelli, Mitra Safavi-Naeini

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Uncovering the health effects of sick building syndrome: a study of housing conditions in Ibadan North-East, Nigeria by Olaitan Olutayo Odunola, Ruth Bosede Akinyemi, Kayode Ayomide Idowu, Timothy Oluseye Morenikeji, Grace Charles Ishatah

“…A questionnaire was administered to two hundred respondents through systematic random sampling technique. Data collected was coded, computed, and analyzed through the Statistic Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), which was further presented using descriptive statistics. …”
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A randomized controlled trial of computerized cognitive training to improve working memory in individuals with elevated repetitive negative thinking: Behavioral and neural outcomes by Jessica Bomyea, Morgan M. Caudle, Nathalie Dugas, Raeanne C. Moore, Alan N. Simmons, Michael L. Thomas

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Antibiotic Prescription in Dentistry: Trends, Patient Demographics, and Drug Preferences in Germany by Lisa Lotta Cirkel, Jens Martin Herrmann, Claudia Ringel, Bernd Wöstmann, Karel Kostev

“…Patients with at least one AB prescription (ATC code: J01) issued by a dentist in 2024 were analyzed. …”
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Investigation of geographic disparities and temporal changes of non-gestational diabetes-related emergency department visits in Florida: a retrospective ecological study by Md Marufuzzaman Khan, Agricola Odoi

“…Therefore, the objectives of this study were to (a) investigate geographic disparities and temporal changes in non-gestational diabetes-related ED visit rates in Florida and (b) identify predictors of geographic disparities in non-gestational diabetes-related ED visit rates. Methods The ED data for the period between 2016 and 2019 were obtained from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. …”
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Assessing disparities in cancer resources distribution in Mexico by Elysse Bautista-Gonzalez, Andrés Quintero Leyra, Teresa Verenice Munoz Rocha, Heber Tomás Reyes-García, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Alejandra Palafox Parrilla, Alejandro Mohar Betancourt, Richard Sullivan

“…., Lung, prostate, and breast cancer require significant investments in diagnostic infrastructure compared to cervical and colon cancer, and (5) lack of precise and updated infrastructure data from the public health system that requires either new codes or subcodes. …”
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HawkEars: A regional, high-performance avian acoustic classifier by Jan Huus, Kevin G. Kelly, Erin M. Bayne, Elly C. Knight

“…We suggest HawkEars provides better classification performance because a smaller species pool allows for more resources allocated per species to training and tuning and reduces the risk of class overlap, and our strong labeling method ensures high-quality training data. While our classifier, HawkEars, is a substantial improvement for practitioners studying acoustic wildlife in Canada and the northern United States, practitioners in other regions can use the HawkEars open-source code to build classifiers for other geographic regions. …”
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Endovascular thrombectomy versus intravenous tissue plasminogen activator for vertebrobasilar stroke treatment: insights from the national inpatient sample by Ram Saha, Gaurav Nepal, Dhanshree Solanki, Ahmed Shaheen, Mohammed Maan Al-Salihi, Shamser Singh Dalal, Anil Roy

“…In this study, we examined the trends of hospitalizations for Endovascular Thrombectomy (EVT) or intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) as interventions for VBAO, their outcomes, associated complications, and predictors of mortality in patients undergoing these procedures.MethodsWe utilized the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to extract data from the years 2016 to 2018, using ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes specific to occlusion or thrombosis of the vertebral artery or basilar artery, IV-tPA, and EVT.ResultsBetween 2016 and 2018, a total of 37,310 patients were admitted with VBAO. …”
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Practical Recommendations for Navigating Digital Tools in Hospitals: Qualitative Interview Study by Marie Wosny, Livia Maria Strasser, Simone Kraehenmann, Janna Hastings

“…The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed through inductive thematic analysis. Codes were developed iteratively, and themes and aggregated dimensions were refined through collaborative discussions. …”
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Secular trend of gout incidence in the UK: an age-period-cohort analysis by Michael Doherty, Xiang Ding, Guanghua Lei, Chao Zeng, Jie Wei, Yuqing Zhang, Weiya Zhang, Jing Ye, Na Lu

“…We aimed to examine the effects of the birth cohort on gout incidence using an age-period-cohort (APC) model.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Nationwide data from the UK primary care database.Participants Individuals between 30 and 89 years of age were included. …”
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Impact of race, sex and age on the probability of pancreatic cancer among patients with newly diagnosed diabetes in a claims-based cohort by Michael Goggins, Bryan Lau, Elham Afghani, Laura K Becker, Alison P Klein

“…Diabetes and cancer were defined using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9/10 codes.Results Individuals with newly diagnosed diabetes were at an increased HR of pancreatic cancer, but this effect waned over time. …”
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Development of methodological approaches to the formation of a risk-based model to minimize the prevalence of adverse reactions in drug application in medical organizations of Mosc... by E. V. Kuznetsova, M. V. Zhuravleva, I. A. Mikhailov, T. I. Kurnosova

“…It also has significant prospects of application at the federal level, given its modification on a large volume of data.…”
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Retrospective Analysis of Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Scores in Diabetic Neuropathy Patients Receiving Gabapentin and Non-Gabapentin Therapies at an Indonesian Tertiary Hosp... by Rifky Alif Novianto, Hanik Badriyah Hidayati, Hermina Novida, Klára Bodová

“…Patients with incomplete records or unrelated neuropathic conditions were excluded. The data encompassed NPRS scores, demographics, diabetes mellitus duration, pain characteristics, drug types, doses, and therapy durations. …”
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Clinical and Economic Burden of Managing Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Receiving Frequent Red Blood Cell Transfusions in the United States by Udeze C, Jerry M, Evans KA, Li N, Jain S, Andemariam B

“…Patients with SCD (identified using ICD-9/10 codes) receiving frequent RBCTs (≥ 6 RBCTs during any 12-month period) between January 1, 2015, and March 1, 2019, were included. …”
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