Staged dissection reduces blood loss in surgery for metopic synostosis by Anna Sundelin, Madiha Bhatti-Søfteland, Ingrid Stubelius, Tobias Hallén, Robert Olsson, Giovanni Maltese, Peter Tarnow, Karin Säljö, Lars Kölby

“…For comparison, the most recent equal number of cases operated with the traditional dissection technique (T1) were included. …”
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Impact of maternal antenatal nutrition and infection treatment interventions on Longitudinal Infant Development and Growth in rural Ethiopia: protocol of the LIDG child follow-up s... by Alemayehu Worku, Yemane Berhane, Luke C Mullany, Charles A Nelson, Lian V Folger, Anne CC Lee, Maria Andersson, Parul Christian, Krysten North, Yoseph Yemane Berhane, Nebiyou Fasil, Sitota Tsegaye, Kalkidan Yibeltal, Fred Van Dyk, Sara Cherkerzian, Firehiwot Workneh, Workagegnhu Tarekegn Kidane, Theresa I Chin, Sarah K G Jensen, Mulatu Melese, Unmesha Roy Paladhi, Betelhem Haimanot Abate, Atsede Teklehaimanot, Tizita Lemma Melka, Stephen Pihl, Winko W An, Sonya V Troller-Renfree, Moriah E Thomason, Terrie Inder, P Ellen Grant

“…In the present Longitudinal Infant Development and Growth study, a subset of 480 children of mothers from ENAT will be recruited equally from each of the four study arms and visited at 12, 18, and 24 months of postnatal age. …”
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Evaluating the Performance and Potential Bias of Predictive Models for Detection of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis by Jonathan Hourmozdi, MD, MSAI, MA, Nicholas Easton, MSAI, Simon Benigeri, MSAI, James D. Thomas, MD, Akhil Narang, MD, David Ouyang, MD, Grant Duffy, BS, Ross Upton, PhD, Will Hawkes, PhD, Ashley Akerman, PhD, Ike Okwuosa, MD, Adrienne Kline, MD, PhD, Abel N. Kho, MD, Yuan Luo, PhD, Sanjiv J. Shah, MD, Faraz S. Ahmad, MD, MS

“…Bias auditing met fairness criteria for equal opportunity among patients who identified as Black. …”
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Drug utilisation trends in a physical rehabilitation hospital by Ljubojević Gordana, Mastikosa Milan, Dostanić-Došenović Tanja, Novaković-Bursać Snježana, Tomić Nataša, Talić Goran, Škrbić Ranko, Stojiljković Miloš P.

“…The objective of this study was to analyse the drug utilisation patterns in a rehabilitation hospital over the period 2011–2016. Methods. The Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical classification/Defined Daily Dose (ATC/DDD) methodology was used to monitor the drug utilisation expressed as a number of DDD per 100 patient-days (HPD). …”
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The effect of follow-up reexamination on the long-term prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing coronary angiography by Chao Wang, Lina Cui, Xianqin Ma, Meng Sun, Yulin Wang, Fuhong Dong, Chen Zhao, Xueqin Tian, Yini Wang, Haihong Zhang, Tianhui Cao, Xinyu Hou, Jian Wu, Sining Hu, Jiannan Dai, Duolao Wang, Haibo Jia, Bo Yu

“…This study proposes a follow-up center-based secondary prevention program to assess whether a structured cardiologist-led follow-up and reexamination protocol influences ACS patient prognosis. Methods A total of 9,534 ACS patients undergoing coronary angiography were retrospectively included and divided into a reexamination group (n = 6,804) and a non-reexamination group (n = 2,730) according to whether they were reexamined within one year or not. …”
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REMAP Periop: a randomised, embedded, multifactorial adaptive platform trial protocol for perioperative medicine to determine the optimal enhanced recovery pathway components in co... by Brian Williams, Jennifer Holder-Murray, Kathirvel Subramaniam, Kert Viele, Oscar C Marroquin, Scott Berry, Aman Mahajan, Luca La Colla, Charles Luke, Alison R Althans, Stephen A Esper, Joshua Knight, Joseph Derenzo, Ryan Ball, Shawn Beaman, Nicholas Schott, Elizabeth Lorenzi, Lindsay R Berry, Miranda Masters, Katie A Meister, Todd Wilkinson, William Garrard

“…Patients enrolled in the trial will be randomised to arms within both domains, with the possibility of adding additional domains in the future.Methods and analysis In the PONV domain, patients are randomised to optimal versus supraoptimal prophylactic regimens. …”
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Post-registration experience of nivolumab in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: an international study by Dominik Bettinger, Bo Yu, David Szafron, Yinghong Wang, Mahvish Muzaffar, Thomas Marron, Uqba Khan, Yi-Hsiang Huang, David J Pinato, Ahmed Kaseb, Anwaar Saeed, Tomi Jun, Sirish Dharmapuri, Musharraf Navaid, ChiehJu Lee, Anushi Bulumulle, Sonal Paul, Petros Fessas, Neil Nimkar, Hannah Hildebrand, Tiziana Pressiani, Yehia I Abugabal, Nicola Personeni, Lorenza Rimassa, Celina Ang, Abdul Rafeh Naqash, Francesca Benevento

“…Post-registration data of treatment in a real-world setting is lacking.Patients and methods We performed an international, multicenter observational study to confirm safety and efficacy of nivolumab in 233 patients treated outside clinical trials from eight centers in North America, Europe and Asia.Results Patients received nivolumab for Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C (n=191, 92.0%) and Child-Pugh (CP) A (n=158, 67.8%) or B (n=75, 32.2%) HCC as first (n=85, 36.5%) or second to fourth systemic therapy line (n=148, 63.5%). …”
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A nerve root decompression position identified by 3D CT scan: the modified reversed contralateral axial rotation position for patients with lumbar disc prolapse by Ahmed Raffet, Mark Laslett, Raymond Lee, Noha Khaled, Ghada Abdel Moneim Mohamed, Hossam Y. Sayed, Ahmed H. Omar, Maged M. Hawana, Mahmoud M. Ali, Salam M. Elhafez, Mohamed M. ElMeligie, Hossam Eddein Fawaz

“…Purpose To investigate real-time effects of specific 3 dimensional positioning of the trunk on the cross sectional area (CSA) of the LIVF in patients with lumbar disc prolapse and radiculopathy using 3D-CT scan imaging. Methods Ninety males aged between 20 and 40 years with unilateral lumbar disc prolapse and radiculopathy were separated into three equal groups based on the level of disc prolapse. …”
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The age of obesity onset affects changes in subcutaneous adipose tissue macrophages and T cells after weight loss by Jessica Murphy, Jessica Murphy, Jessica Murphy, José A. Morais, José A. Morais, Michael A. Tsoukas, Alexandra B. Cooke, Stella S. Daskalopoulou, Stella S. Daskalopoulou, Stella S. Daskalopoulou, Sylvia Santosa, Sylvia Santosa, Sylvia Santosa

“…Weight loss can modify adipose tissue immune cell composition, but whether these changes differ by obesity onset remains unknown.MethodsWe compared abdominal and femoral subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) immune cell percentages between people with CO and AO before and after moderate (~10%) weight loss. …”
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Intraoperative Fluoroscopy Decreases Magnitude and Incidence of Leg-Length Discrepancy Following Total Hip Arthroplasty by Christopher L. Blum, MD, Andrew J. Luzzi, MD, Jeremy S. Frederick, MD, H. John Cooper, MD, Roshan P. Shah, MD, JD, Jakub Tatka, MD, Jeffrey A. Geller, MD, Carl L. Herndon, MD

“…This study examines the impact of intraoperative fluoroscopy on the magnitude and incidence of LLD after THA. Methods: Patients undergoing primary THA were identified and stratified into cohorts based on one out of 4 surgical approaches and intraoperative fluoroscopy use. …”
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Translation and validation of the German version of the Pet-Related Stress Scale by André Hajek, Ariana Neumann, Larissa Zwar, Razak M. Gyasi, Razak M. Gyasi, Dong Keon Yon, Supa Pengpid, Supa Pengpid, Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer, Karl Peltzer, Karl Peltzer, Rosalie Corona, Shelby Elaine McDonald, Hans-Helmut König

“…Moreover, reference values were determined.MethodsData for validation were gathered from a quota-based online sample of Germany’s adult population aged 18 to 74 years, with n = 3,270 representing the demographic distribution of Germany in terms of sex, age, and federal states. …”
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Low-concentration atropine (0.01%) on quantitative contrast sensitivity function in Chinese children with myopia by Yu-Hao Ye, Yi-Yong Xian, Fang Liu, Zhong-Lin Lyu, Xing-Tao Zhou, Jing Zhao

“…AIM: To investigate the effect of 0.01% low-concentration atropine (LA) on quantitative contrast sensitivity function (qCSF) in children with myopia. METHODS: This paired case-control study included 90 eyes of 58 children who were sex-, age-, and refraction-matched and equally divided into two groups: the 0.01% LA group had undergone 6mo use of daily 0.01% atropine and control group was naïve to LA. …”
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Investigating the Expression Level of Mir-361 in Patients with Breast Cancer by S Igder, M Sharifat, S Iranparast, A Tallaeizade, M Ghasemi Deh Cheshmeh, M Rashno, A Ghadiri, A Amari, A Saeedi Boroujeni, A Khodadadi

“…The expression level was also significantly reduced in tumors larger than or equal to 3 cm (0.93±0.79) compared to smaller tumors (0.17±0.18) (p=0.031). …”
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Role of Patient’s Age and Comorbidities in Therapy of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia by VV Strugov, EA Stadnik, YuV Virts, TO Silina, AYu Zaritskii

“…The overall response rate did not significantly differ between FC and FCR groups and was equal to 81.6 % and 93.4 %, respectively (p = 0.109). …”
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Evaluating the association of transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily A member 1 gene polymorphisms with pain sensitivity: results from an adaptive recall by genotype... by Aidan P. Nickerson, Laura J. Corbin, Nicholas J. Timpson, Megan Nott, Oliver Blanshard, Katie Foy, Fang Fang Quek, Christopher Geddie, Keith Phillips, Frances M.K. Williams, Anthony E. Pickering, James P. Dunham

“…An interim cohort was recruited, per protocol, from homozygous carriers of a group (rs7819749) with an equal number of controls (N = 15/group). Results:. …”
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Sedimentologika: a community-driven diamond open access journal in sedimentology by Camille Thomas, Aurelia M-L. J. Privat, Romain Vaucher, Yvonne Spychala, Valentin Zuchuat, Marta Marchegiano, Miquel Poyatos-Moré, Ian Kane, Domenico Chiarella

“…It will publish high-quality research that will advance the field of sedimentary science, and will encourage multidisciplinarity, new teaching practices, tools and methods, and progress in accessibility to science. …”
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Development of a high-sensitivity vertical flow immunoassay for the detection of Rift Valley fever virus by Alexander J. Summers, Haydon J. Hill, Jasmine P. Devadhasan, Jian Gu, Vanessa Berner, Sujata G. Pandit, Marcellene A. Gates-Hollingsworth, Kathryn J. Pflughoeft, Douglas C. Montgomery, Supriya Atta, Tuan Vo-Dinh, David P. AuCoin, Frederic Zenhausern

“…The prototype diagnostic described in this research was shown to be more sensitive than traditional methods, such as lateral flow dipstick tests. Moreover, the VFI is readily deployable at the point of care in resource-limited settings. …”
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Characterizing anticoagulation reversal practices in Colombia: Initial insights from a national registry by Sebastián Seni-Molina, Santiago Posso Marín, Juan Esteban Masmela, María Camila Naranjo-Ramírez, Arturo D. Mora, Juliana María Gutiérrez-Posso, Julio Diez-Sepúlveda, Juan David Victoria-Salcedo, Ana Cristina Montenegro Arenas, Camilo Andrés Rueda Ortiz, Edgar David Gómez Lahitton, Hoover O. León-Giraldo, Juan Esteban Gómez-Mesa

“…Despite its importance, evidence in Colombia is limited. Methods: RECCANT-AR (Registro Colombiano de Clínicas de Anticoagulación y el Uso de Agentes Reversores) is a multicenter, observational, ambispective study analyzing anticoagulated patients requiring reversal therapy due to bleeding or procedural needs. …”
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Comparative Study on Associations Between Lung Cancer Prognosis and Diagnostic Criteria Set by the European Palliative Care Research Collaboration and the Asian Working Group for C... by Utae Katsushima, Takuya Fukushima, Jiro Nakano, Naoya Ogushi, Kazuki Fujii, Yutaro Nagata, Keisuke Kamisako, Yukiko Okuno, Yuta Okazaki, Kentaro Nakanishi, Kiyori Yoshida, Tatsuki Ikoma, Yuki Takeyasu, Yuta Yamanaka, Hiroshige Yoshioka, Kimitaka Hase, Takayasu Kurata

“…Both criteria had almost equal discriminative power for prognosis (EPCRC, C‐statistic = 0.658; AWGC, C‐statistic = 0.658). …”
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Transforming Brain Tumor Care: The Global Impact of Radiosurgery in Multidisciplinary Treatment Over Two Decades by Zerubbabel K. Asfaw, Tirone Young, Cole Brown, Mehek Dedhia, Lily Huo, Kunal K. Sindhu, Stanislav Lazarev, Robert Samstein, Sheryl Green, Isabelle M. Germano

“…This study chronicles its adoption and evolution for brain cancer and tumors globally. Methods A systematic literature review of SRS‐focused articles from 2000 to 2023 was conducted. …”
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