Development and validation of a predictive nomogram for bilateral posterior condylar displacement using cone-beam computed tomography and machine-learning algorithms: a retrospecti... by Huachao Sui, Mo Xiao, Xueqing Jiang, Jiaye Li, Feng Qiao, Bin Yin, Yuanyuan Wang, Ligeng Wu

“…The area under the curve values for the LASSO and Random Forest models were both > 0.7, indicating satisfactory discriminative ability of the nomogram. No significant differences were observed in the differentiation and calibration performance of the three models. …”
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Characteristics of patients with cluster headache presenting to a tertiary headache center: A cross-sectional study by Kristin Sophie Lange, Johanna Dorn, Lucas Hendrik Overeem, Mira Pauline Fitzek, Carolin Luisa Hoehne, Ja Bin Hong, Yones Salim, Marlene Ulrich, Uwe Reuter, Bianca Raffaelli

“…The high prevalence of chronic CH suggests a high threshold for referral to specialized centers.…”
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Human studies of the efficacy and safety of stem cells in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Seyed Danial Alizadeh, Shima Jahani, Mohammad Rezaei Zadeh Rukerd, Reza Tabrizi, Rasoul Masoomi, Seyedeh Zahra Banihashemian, Mahgol Sadat Hassan Zadeh Tabatabaei, Zahra Ghodsi, Ahmad Pour-Rashidi, James Harrop, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar

“…Vibration perception threshold and Toronto Clinical Scoring System scores decreased significantly (WMD: − 2.9, 95% CI − 4.0, − 1.8, and WMD: − 3.6, 95% CI − 5.0, − 2.2, respectively). …”
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Comparison of pulse pressure and stroke volume variations measured by three monitors in high-risk surgical patients by Barbora Cenková, Miloš Chobola, Vladimír Šrámek, Michal Šitina, Pavel Suk

“…Introduction: Dynamic indices of fluid responsiveness (FR) such as pulse pressure variation (PPV) and stroke volume variation (SVV) differ among hemodynamic monitors, which use proprietary algorithms, and vary even over a short period of time. …”
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Physiological responses to exercise in survivors of preterm birth: a meta-analysis by Michael L. Beaven, James T.D. Gibbons, Christopher W. Course, Sarah J. Kotecha, Thomas Hixson, Andrew Maiorana, Melissa Zuidersma, Sailesh Kotecha, Elizabeth F. Smith, Shannon J. Simpson

“…The standardised mean difference (SMD) between pooled preterm-born and term-born cohorts was calculated using random-effects models for the meta-analysis. …”
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Lowering the osteotomized level of fibular osteotomy reduces neuromuscular complications while maintaining clinical efficacy in treating medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: a r... by Ting-Yu Chang, Chih-Wei Chang, Yen-Nien Chen, Chyun-Yu Yang, Jou-Hua Wang

“…Over 85% of patients achieved a ≥ five-point OKS improvement, a threshold representing a clinically meaningful difference. …”
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Comprehensive physical rehabilitation of patients with heart failure: impact on clinical and functional status and analysis of problems related to the enrollment by Yu. L. Begrambekova, N. A. Karanadze, A. G. Plisyuk, Ya. A. Orlova

“…The training process consisted of a 4-week respiratory muscle (RM) training using the THRESHOLD® IMT breathing trainer followed by a 12-week moderate intensity aerobic exercise (AE). …”
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Optimal risk assessment intervals for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a population-based two-stage landmarking study by Angela M Wood, Katrina Poppe, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, David Stevens, Ellie Paige, Juliet Usher-Smith, Michael Sweeting, Matthew Arnold, Zander Gu, Francesca Gasperoni, Jessica K Barrett

“…Introduction The recommended assessment intervals for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) differ in major international guidelines. We aimed to provide empirical evidence on the optimal frequency of CVD risk assessment to inform future guidelines.Methods We estimated the expected time to cross the 10-year CVD risk treatment threshold of 10% using extended two-stage landmarking for more than 2 million people using UK primary care electronic health records between April 2004 and May 2019 from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink GOLD Database (CPRD GOLD), which was linked to hospital admissions data from the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) dataset and national mortality records from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). …”
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Hypothyroidism and gestational diabetes mellitus: Is there a relationship? by Vera A. Uchamprina, Ekaterina I. Bobrova, Violetta V. Kandalina, Maria I. Sviridova, Olga A. Ulyanova

“…We revealed a significant difference in the prevalence of GDM between two groups of subjects. …”
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Variation in KOOS JR improvement across total knee implant designs: a cohort study from Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality Initiative by Eric R Cornish, Huiyong Zheng, David C Markel, Brian R Hallstrom, Richard E Hughes

“…A clinically relevance ratio (CRR) of those achieving the threshold of 23 points to the overall group was calculated for each implant. …”
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Proteome Alterations in Osteoarthritic Knee Cartilage: Comparative Analysis of Macroscopically Involved and Uninvolved Regions by Soundarrajan Dhanasekaran, Divya Arunachalam, Sharon M Nayagam, Chitra Thangavel, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran

“…Materials and methods: Cartilage samples were collected from macroscopically involved and uninvolved regions (<i>n</i> = 12 per region). …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL, FUNCTIONAL, LABORATORY AND GENETIC PARAMETERS VALUES ON THE CONDITION OF PATIENTS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, AND PROGNOSIS OF INTRAMYOCARDIAL AUTOLOGIC... by V. I. Konenkov, O. V. Poveshchenko, V. F. Prokofiev, A. V. Shevchenko, I. N. Kim, N. A. Bondarenko, A. M. Karaskov, E. V. Pokushalov, A. B. Romanov

“…Among 11 clinical and laboratory parameters, and 14 polymorphic gene areas, just for two genotypes of VEGF in polymorphic position +936 C/T there were significant (p=0,0134) differences revealed for patients groups with and without long-term clinical effect of IACT usage. …”
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Cost utility analysis of acute rehabilitation approaches in the management of traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation by Henry Nwankwo, James Mason, Martin Underwood, Helen Parsons, Aminul Haque, David Torgerson, Chetan Modi, Rebecca S. Kearney

“…The probability of being cost-effective at a willingness-to-pay threshold of £30,000 per QALY is 95%. Findings need to interpreted with caution given the high rates of missing data at 12 months, due to the final 12-month follow-up being curtailed during the trial. …”
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Biochemical Markers of Cardiotoxicity of High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with Malignant Lymphoproliferative Disorders by VO Sarzhevskii, DS Kolesnikova, VYa Mel’nichenko

“…The sensitivity threshold of the troponin T test was 0.1 ng/mL and troponin I 0.001 ng/mL (highly sensitive troponin). …”
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Durability of Supplemental Nucleus Pulposus Allograft in Patients with Lumbar Discogenic Pain by Costandi S, Beall DP, Davis TT, Amirdelfan K, Naidu RK, DePalma MJ, Yoon ES, Fleming JW, Block JE, Mekhail N

“…Minimal clinically important difference (MCID) and substantial clinical benefit (SCB) were set at ≥ 30% and ≥ 50% over baseline, respectively. …”
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Ovarian endometriosis negatively impacts pregnancy outcomes in young infertile women undergoing IVF/ICSI treatment by Ruihui Lu, Wenxiong Jiao, Xin Li, Cheng Zeng, Jing Shang, Qing Xue

“…ROC curve analysis determined an optimal AMH threshold of 1.835 ng/ml for predicting cLBR, with a sensitivity of 50.6% and specificity of 82.2%. …”
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Sports Massage and Blood Flow Restriction Combined with Cold Therapy Accelerate Muscle Recovery After Fatigue in Mixed Martial Arts Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Robert Trybulski, Robert Roczniok, Gracjan Olaniszyn, Yaroslav Svyshch, Andryi Vovkanych, Michał Wilk

“…Participants were assessed four times—before exercise, immediately after exercise, 24 h post-exercise (after two recovery sessions), and 48 h post-exercise (after four recovery sessions)—for perfusion unit (PU), muscle elasticity, pressure pain threshold (PPT), reactive strength index (RSI), and total quality recovery (TQR). …”
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A reduced-carbohydrate and lactose-free formulation for stabilization among hospitalized children with severe acute malnutrition: A double-blind, randomized controlled trial. by Robert H J Bandsma, Wieger Voskuijl, Emmanuel Chimwezi, Greg Fegan, André Briend, Johnstone Thitiri, Moses Ngari, Laura Mwalekwa, Victor Bandika, Rehema Ali, Fauzat Hamid, Betty Owor, Neema Mturi, Isabel Potani, Benjamin Allubha, Anneke C Muller Kobold, Rosalie H Bartels, Christian J Versloot, Marjon Feenstra, Deborah A van den Brink, Patrick F van Rheenen, Marko Kerac, Celine Bourdon, James A Berkley

“…The biochemical analyses suggest that the lactose-free formulae may still exceed a carbohydrate load threshold for intestinal absorption, which may limit their usefulness in the context of complicated SAM.…”
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Cardio-metabolic risk factors and insulin resistance by O.Ye. Sklyarova, T.A. Maksymets, O.O. Kapustynskyi, I.A. Yuzych, O.S. Kapustynska, Ye.Ya. Sklyarov

“…AH and abdominal obesity were early manifestations of metabolic changes. The statistical differences in cardiometabolic risk are more significant when the HOMA-IR exceeded 1.78. …”
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A nomogram for predicting malnutrition risk in patients with chronic heart failure and correlation study between GHRL, MSTN, CRP, Hs-CRP by Yuling Zha, Chengshuai Liu, Yuping Zhou, Miao Kong, Jinlei Liu, Lu Jing, Hailati Gulimila

“…Decision curve analysis (DCA) demonstrated that when the threshold probability exceeded 0.1, the nomogram's clinical net benefit surpassed those of the "full intervention" and "no intervention" strategies, highlighting its strong clinical applicability. …”
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