Fournier gangrene is associated with increased length of stay and higher healthcare costs compared to non-perineal necrotizing soft tissue infections: a retrospective analysis of t... by Hayato Mitaka, Kristen McQuerry, Kelsey Karnik, Alexandre R. Marra, Toshio Naito, Patrick Ten Eyck, Paul G. Auwaerter, Yuji Yamada, Takaaki Kobayashi

“…However, comprehensive nationwide data remain limited. Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed the National Inpatient Sample (2016–2020) to compare outcomes between FG and non-perineal NSTIs. …”
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes by 5 Major Race and Ethnic Subgroups by Arjun B. Kapoor, MD, Serdar Farhan, MD, Manish Vinayak, MD, Samantha Sartori, PhD, Yihan Feng, MS, Yash Prakash, MD, Roxana Mehran, MD, Annapoorna Kini, MD, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA, Samin K. Sharma, MD

“…Census Zone Improvement Plan code data. The primary endpoint was 1-year major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). …”
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Real-Time FTM-Based Victim Positioning System Using Heterogeneous Robots in Remote and Outdoor Scenarios by Juan Bravo-Arrabal, Carlos Simon Alvarez-Merino, Manuel Toscano-Moreno, Javier Seron-Barba, J. J. Fernandez-Lozano, Jose Antonio Gomez-Ruiz, Emil J. Khatib, Raquel Barco, Alfonso Garcia-Cerezo

“…A centralized Feedback Information System (FIS) processes real-time RTT data from the field, executes a multilateration algorithm, and provides live geolocation updates to SAR coordinators. …”
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Impact of metabolically healthy obesity on post percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A nationwide propensity matched analysis by Rupak Desai, Adhvithi Pingili, Arankesh Mahadevan, Vishal Reddy Bejugam, Hafeezuddin Ahmed, Vamsikalyan Borra, Adil Sarvar Mohammed, Gayatri Bondi, Shobana Krishnamurthy, Nithya Borra, Gurpreet Kaur, Rajesh Sachdeva, Timir Paul

“…Methods: We extracted data from National Inpatient Sample 2020 using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes for admissions of AMI patients who underwent PCI. …”
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Factors influencing medication adherence for deep vein thrombosis prevention in post-discharge patients after joint replacement surgery: a qualitative study based on Protection Mot... by Jing Jiang, Jing Zhang, Chao Liu, Lingyun Tian, Yinglan Li, Feng Fu, Wenchao Gu, Leijiang Li, Xiurui Deng

“…These interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method. …”
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Prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and its associated factors in urban Burkina Faso by Solo Traoré, Désiré L. Dahourou, Boyo C. Paré, Yempabou Sagna, Daniel Zemba, Douonibo P. Somé, Nomwindé C.J. Ouédraogo, Kalo R. Millogo, Lassina Séré, Toussaint Rouamba, Hervé Tiéno, Oumar Guira

“…The SD CodeFreeTM glucose analyser was used to diagnose T2DM. …”
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medAL-suite: A software solution for creating and deploying complex clinical decision support algorithms by Ludovico Gennaro Cobuccio, Vincent Faivre, Rainer Tan, Alan Vonlanthen, Fenella Beynon, Emmanuel Barchichat, Alain Fresco, Quentin Girard, Sinan Ucak, Sylvain Schaufelberger, Ibrahim Evans Mtebene, Peter Agrea, Emmanuel Kalisa, Gillian A. Levine, Martin Norris, Sabine Renggli, Alix Miauton, Lisa Cleveley, Kristina Keitel, Julien Thabard, Valérie D’Acremont, Alexandra V. Kulinkina

“…CDSS implementers use medAL-data and medAL-hub to manage configuration, versioning, and deployment. …”
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Detection of the White Dwarf Spin of the Long-orbital Period Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable V1082 Sgr by I. J. Lima, G. Tovmassian, C. V. Rodrigues, A. S. Oliveira, G. J. M. Luna, D. A. H. Buckley, K. M. G. Silva, A. C. Mattiuci, D. C. Souza, W. Schlindwein, F. Falkenberg, M. S. Palhares

“…The circular polarization phase diagram has a single peak and an amplitude smaller than 1%. These data were used to model the postshock region of the accretion flow on the white dwarf surface using the CYCLOPS code. …”
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Analysis of the Full Spitzer Microlensing Sample. I. Dark Remnant Candidates and Gaia Predictions by Krzysztof A. Rybicki, Yossi Shvartzvald, Jennifer C. Yee, Sebastiano Calchi Novati, Eran O. Ofek, Ian A. Bond, Charles Beichman, Geoff Bryden, Sean Carey, Calen Henderson, Wei Zhu, Michael M. Fausnaugh, Benjamin Wibking, The Spitzer Team, Andrzej Udalski, Radek Poleski, Przemek Mróz, Michał K. Szymański, Igor Soszyński, Paweł Pietrukowicz, Szymon Kozłowski, Jan Skowron, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, Patryk Iwanek, Marcin Wrona, The OGLE Collaboration, Yoon-Hyun Ryu, Michael D. Albrow, Sun-Ju Chung, Andrew Gould, Cheongho Han, Kyu-Ha Hwang, Youn Kil Jung, In-Gu Shin, Hongjing Yang, Weicheng Zang, Sang-Mok Cha, Dong-Jin Kim, Hyoun-Woo Kim, Seung-Lee Kim, Chung-Uk Lee, Dong-Joo Lee, Yongseok Lee, Byeong-Gon Park, Richard W. Pogge, The KMTNet Collaboration, Fumio Abe, Richard Barry, David P. Bennett, Aparna Bhattacharya, Akihiko Fukui, Ryusei Hamada, Shunya Hamada, Naoto Hamasaki, Yuki Hirao, Stela Ishitani Silva, Yoshitaka Itow, Rintaro Kirikawa, Naoki Koshimoto, Yutaka Matsubara, Shota Miyazaki, Yasushi Muraki, Tutumi Nagai, Kansuke Nunota, Greg Olmschenk, Clement Ranc, Nicholas J. Rattenbury, Yuki K. Satoh, Takahiro Sumi, Daisuke Suzuki, Paul. J. Tristram, Aikaterini Vandorou, Hibiki Yama, MOA collaboration, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Kornel Howil, Katarzyna Kruszyńska

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Patient and clinician experiences with the implementation of telemedicine and related adaptations in office-based buprenorphine treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitativ... by Melissa Davoust, Angela R. Bazzi, Samantha Blakemore, Juliana Blodgett, Anna Cheng, Sarah Fielman, Kara M. Magane, Jacqueline Theisen, Richard Saitz, Alicia S. Ventura, Zoe M. Weinstein

“…From this clinic, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 patients and 16 clinicians (including prescribers and non-prescribers). We coded all interview data and used a thematic analysis approach to understand how telemedicine impacted treatment quality and engagement in care, as well as preferences for using telemedicine moving forward. …”
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Staff-reported barriers and facilitators to the implementation of healthcare interventions within regional and rural areas: a rapid review by Anna Chapman, Alison Buccheri, Devdini Mohotti, Anna Wong Shee, Catherine E. Huggins, Laura Alston, Alison M. Hutchinson, Sze Lin Yoong, Hannah Beks, Kevin Mc Namara, Anna Peeters, Anna Ugalde

“…Barrier and facilitator data were coded and grouped into sub-themes and broader themes, with results presented narratively. …”
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Arthroscopic Knotless Double-Row Transosseous Equivalent Repair Is a Viable Option for Treatment of Large and Massive Rotator Cuff Tears by Patrick A. Massey, M.D., M.B.A., Lincoln Andre, M.D., Kevin Perry, M.D., D.P.T., Lindy Robichaux-Edwards, M.D., Rachel Kushner, M.D., Christopher Caldwell, M.D., Robert Rutz, M.D., Alberto Simoncini, M.D.

“…Postoperative ultrasonography was performed and reviewed by a musculoskeletal radiologist. Data were compared preoperatively versus postoperatively using the Wilcoxon rank test. …”
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Assessing antibiotic use practices on central Burkina Faso cattle farms and the associated risks to environmental and human health contamination: A pilot study by Djifahamaï Soma, Fatimata Bintou J. Diarra, Isidore Juste O. Bonkoungou, Namwin Siourimè Somda, Evariste Bako, Marguerite Edith M. Nikiema, Souleymane Sore, Natéwindé Sawadogo, Nicolas Barro, Daouda Kassié

“…Materials and Methods: In April 2023, a survey was conducted among 50 cattle farm owners and managers across four peri-urban area of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Data were collected using structured questionnaires through Kobo Toolbox. …”
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Perception of users who sought healthcare in Primary Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fortaleza, Brazil by Lourrany Borges Costa, Pedro Lucena de Aquino, João Gabriel Vale Catunda, Tiago Lucena Barbosa de Farias, Ingrid Fernandes Vasconcelos, Leonardo Pontes Andrade, Vítor Nascimento Malheiro, Lara Thaís Pinheiro Medeiros, Leonardo de Albuquerque Rocha, José Victor de Souza Barreira, Fernanda Machado Faria, Letícia Pinheiro Pontes, João Vitor Chagas Freitas, Sarah Almeida Sales de Oliveira, Gustavo Marques Fernandes Bezerra, Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti

“…The majority (53.2%) rated the service received as “very good.” EMR data from 58 participants was collected. The most common ICD-10 code groups in the emergency department were general consultations and non- specific complaints (25.2%), respiratory symptoms and cases of COVID-19 (11.5%), and prenatal care (9.6%). …”
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Risk of hypothyroidism in meat-eaters, fish-eaters, and vegetarians: a population-based prospective study by Catharina J. Candussi, William Bell, Alysha S. Thompson, Sven Knüppel, Martina Gaggl, Martin Světnička, Jan Gojda, Aedín Cassidy, Cornelia Weikert, Reynalda Córdova, Tilman Kühn

“…Therefore, we examined the associations between plant-based diets and the risk of hypothyroidism. Methods We analysed data from the UK (United Kingdom) Biobank cohort. …”
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HARP2 pre-launch calibration: dealing with polarization effects of a wide field of view by N. Sienkiewicz, J. V. Martins, J. V. Martins, B. A. McBride, B. A. McBride, X. Xu, X. Xu, A. Puthukkudy, A. Puthukkudy, R. Smith, R. Smith, R. Fernandez-Borda, R. Fernandez-Borda

“…According to the wide-FOV results, this process shows a marked improvement for fully polarized (DoLP <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 1) calibration data to less than 1 % uncertainty after using the paraboloid fit. …”
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Healthcare use is elevated two decades before a first demyelinating event and differs by age and sex by Helen Tremlett, Feng Zhu, Karl Everett, Ayesha Asaf, Ali Manouchehrinia, Ping Li, Kyla A. McKay, Jan Hillert, Yinshan Zhao, Colleen Maxwell, Ruth Ann Marrie

“…The first MS/demyelinating diagnostic code (administrative) or symptom onset (clinical) defined MS onset. …”
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Spatial Pattern and Evolutionary Characteristics of Settlements in Dianchi River Basin from the Perspective of Toponymy by Ying’ao WANG, Weijian HU, Wen PENG, Yuliang YANG

“…By constructing a coupling analysis framework of toponym semantics and spatial attributes, this research confirms the “spatio-temporal code” function of toponym in the process reconstruction of human settlements, and the capability to analyze multi-source heterogeneous data based on the aforesaid function provides a new analytical methodology for the research on watershed human settlements. …”
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Multiple Coupled Mathematical Model for Radionuclide Electromigration Experiments in Granites by Xiao-jie LI, Kai-xuan TAN, Long-cheng LIU, Yong-mei LI, Chun-guang LI, Zhi ZOU, Qi LIU

“…The computational program was coded in MATLAB. The non-adsorbed nuclides I− and the moderately strongly adsorbed nuclides Sr2+ were selected as the analytical objects during the simulation process. …”
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Evaluating Long‐Term Outcomes of Children Undergoing Surgical Treatment for Congenital Heart Disease for National Audit in England and Wales by Kate L. Brown, Qi Huang, Ferran Espuny‐Pujol, Julie A. Taylor, Jo Wray, Carin van Doorn, Serban Stoica, Christina Pagel, Rodney C. G. Franklin, Sonya Crowe

“…Methods and Results Informed by user online discussion forums and scoping of national data, we selected sentinel CHDs and long‐term outcome metrics suitable for routine monitoring. …”
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