Th1/Th2 cytokines and ICAM–1 levels post-liver transplant do not predict early rejection by E. Granot, A. Tarcsafalvi, S. Emre, P. Sheiner, S. Guy, M. E. Schwartz, P. Boros, C. M. Miller

“…In order to determine whether monitoring of cytokine profiles during the first days post-liver transplant can predict early rejection we measured IFN-gg, IL–2, sIL–2 receptor, IL–4 and ICAM–1 in 22 patients, in plasma samples obtained within 4h after liver perfusion (baseline) and between postoperative days (POD) 3–6. …”
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Aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio and short-term prognosis of patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for heart failure by Dan Liu, Li Liu, Nan Li, Yiling Zhou, Hongmei Huang, Jidong He, Heling Yao, Xiangyang Chen, Xiaochi Tang, Miye Wang, Ying Qi, Si Wang, Ye Zhu, Haoming Tian, Zhenmei An, Sheyu Li

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Retrospective Study Looking at Cinacalcet in the Management of Hyperparathyroidism after Kidney Transplantation by Habib Mawad, Hugues Bouchard, Duy Tran, Denis Ouimet, Jean-Philippe Lafrance, Robert Zoël Bell, Sarah Bezzaoucha, Anne Boucher, Suzon Collette, Vincent Pichette, Lynne Senécal, Michel Vallée

“…The secondary objective is to identify baseline factors that predict cinacalcet use after transplantation. …”
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Efficacy and predictors of response to somatostatin analogues in patients with ectopic ACTH syndrome by Olga O. Golounina, Zhanna E. Belaya, Alla A. Markovich, Liudmila Y. Rozhinskaya, Galina A. Mel`nichenko, Natalia G. Mokrysheva, Ivan I. Dedov

“…Surgical treatment was performed in 33 (71.7%) patients. SSAs were the first-line therapy for all 46 patients. The average duration of SSAs use was 34 months (Me 27.5 [13.8; 41]). …”
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Understanding the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be in British Columbia, Canada by Nicole L. A. Catherine, Jennifer Leason, Namaste Marsden, Brittany Barker, Ange Cullen, Ashley Simpson, Brandi Anne Berry, Erik Mohns, Donna Yung, Yufei Zheng, Harriet MacMillan, Charlotte Waddell

“…Methods This descriptive study utilized baseline data from a trial that enrolled first-time mothers-to-be who met indicators of socioeconomic disadvantage and who were residing in select urban-suburban areas. …”
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Efficacy of TIPS plus extrahepatic collateral embolisation in real-world data: a validation study by Chao Chen, Feng Zhang, Hao Wu, Wei Wu, Hui Xue, Yuzheng Zhuge, Chunqing Zhang, Guangchuan Wang, Zhengjie Li, Qiong Wu, Bo Wei, Jun Tie, Xiubin Sun, Lianhui Zhao, Yifu Xia, Jiao Xu, Peijie Li

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Women Hospitalized for Acute on Chronic Decompensated Systolic Heart Failure Receive Less Furosemide Compared to Men by Tyler P. Rasmussen, Noah N. Williford, Christopher DeZorzi, Aziz Hammoud, Brenden J. Boyle, Yunshu Zhou, Patrick Ten Eyck, Milena A. Gebska

“…We studied 434 patients (31% female) with similar baseline characteristics. Females received significantly less furosemide compared to men for the initial dose, over the first 24 hours, and throughout their hospitalization. …”
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Predictors of non-response to successive waves of surveys in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study during the 3-year postpartum period: a longitudinal cohort study by Mika Kigawa, Akiko Tsuchida, Tomomi Tanaka, Kei Hamazaki, Yuichi Adachi, Hidekuni Inadera, Kenta Matsumura, Haruka Kasamatsu

“…Objectives We examined changes in factors related to non-response to successive waves of the nationwide birth cohort study, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS), during the first 3 years after childbirth.Design Longitudinal cohort study.Setting As the baseline survey, mothers completed self-administered questionnaires distributed by hand during pregnancy or 1 month after delivery. …”
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Effects of Neural Load on Hamstring Stretching upon Flexibility, Maximum Isometric Strength, and Tibial Nerve Pressure Pain Threshold in Healthy Subjects: A Randomized Clinical Tri... by Carlos Fernández-del Rivero, Pablo García-Gil, Juan Mínguez-Cruz, Daniel Pecos-Martín, Samuel Fernández-Carnero, Alexander Achalandabaso-Ochoa, Daniel Rodríguez-Almagro

“…Flexibility, pressure pain threshold, and maximum isometric strength were assessed at baseline, after the first session, at the end of the intervention, and one month later. (3) Results: The group using neural load showed significant flexibility improvements after the first session (MD = −5.2; <i>p</i> < 0.001), which were maintained at two months (MD = −8.6; <i>p</i> < 0.001) and follow-up (MD = −6.4; <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Persistently different patterns of patient’s global assessment of health in rheumatoid arthritis are associated with pain and impaired function more than with inflammation: an ince... by Sofia Ajeganova, Ingiäld Hafström, Valentina Bala, Björn Svensson

“…During the first year, all PGA groups showed improved outcomes, most pronounced in low PGA group. …”
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Comparative analysis of efficacy and quality of life between totally extraperitoneal sublay and intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair for ventral hernia by Miaofeng Wang, Wei Chen, Xiufeng Chu

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Frailty in older adults admitted to hospital: outcomes from the Western Sydney Clinical Frailty Registry by Julee McDonagh, Richard I Lindley, Karen Byth, Reejamol John, Caleb Ferguson

“…Abstract Objectives To examine baseline frailty and its association with rehospitalisation and mortality within 12 months among older adults enrolled in the Western Sydney Clinical Frailty Registry. …”
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Gender differences in the prognostic impact of uric acid in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction by Xuefeng Wu, Jianming Li, Zhaoyan Xu, Yingqing Feng

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Long-Term GAD-alum Treatment Effect on Different T-Cell Subpopulations in Healthy Children Positive for Multiple Beta Cell Autoantibodies by Falastin Salami, Lampros Spiliopoulos, Marlena Maziarz, Markus Lundgren, Charlotte Brundin, Rasmus Bennet, Magnus Hillman, Carina Törn, Helena Elding Larsson

“…GAD-alum-treated children had lower levels of lymphocytes (109 cells/L) (p=0.006), T-cells (103 cells/μL) (p=0.008), T-helper cells (103 cells/μL) (p=0.014), and cytotoxic T-cells (103 cells/μL) (p=0.023) compared to the placebo-treated children 18 months from first GAD-alum injection. This difference remained 24 months after the first treatment for lymphocytes (p=0.027), T-cells (p=0.022), T-helper cells (p=0.048), and cytotoxic T-cells (p=0.018). …”
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Augmenting Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder With Transcranial Infrared Laser Stimulation by Douglas W. Barrett, Christopher G. Beevers, F. Gonzalez-Lima

“…Methods: Sixty participants with major depressive disorder were given access to Deprexis, a form of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy, for 12 weeks. After the first 2 weeks, the 40 participants who had improved at least 10% in depressive symptoms from baseline as measured by the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology–Self-Report were randomly assigned to Deprexis in combination with TILS or sham/placebo. …”
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Functional outcome and quality of life index after endonasal versus external dacryocystorhinostomy by Rashmi A Dave, Suryasnata Rath, Devjyoti Tripathy, Samir Mahapatra, Mohd Hasnat Ali

“…When longitudinally followed over time, functional outcome and QOL index showed reasonably rapid and marked improvement in both groups after surgery compared to baseline scores. The Munk score (P = 0.037) and QOL index (P = 0.007) were marginally better on the first postoperative day for the NEN-DCR group compared to EXT-DCR but comparable at all subsequent visits. …”
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Feasibility and Reliability of a Novel Game-Based Test of Neurological Function in Youth: The Equilibrium Test Battery by Heather A Shepherd, Cody R van Rassel, Amanda M Black, Robert F Graham, Keith Owen Yeates, Carolyn A Emery, Kathryn J Schneider

“…Reliability across multiple baseline assessments was also analyzed using intraclass correlations for the second to sixth and seventh to eleventh obtained scores…”
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The interaction of post-activation potentiation and fatigue on skeletal muscle twitch torque and displacement by Georg Langen, Georg Langen, Frank Warschun, Olaf Ueberschär, Olaf Ueberschär, Michael Behringer

“…Twitch displacement and torque were measured at baseline before the first set, after each set, and every 2 min for 15 min after the last set.ResultsThe exercise effectively induced potentiation and fatigue as peak twitch torque increased by 44.1% after the first set, decreased by 32.9% after the last set and remained decreased by 26.4% after 15 min. …”
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ReMAV: Reward Modeling of Autonomous Vehicles for Finding Likely Failure Events by Aizaz Sharif, Dusica Marijan

“…ReMAV outperforms two baselines and previous testing frameworks in effectiveness, efficiency, and speed of identifying failures. …”
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Relationship of serum total cholesterol and triglyceride with risk of mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a multicenter prospective cohort study by Yan Huang, Qiuxia Zhong, Junzhi Chen, Xianhui Qin, Yaya Yang, Yanhuan He, Zizhen Lin, Yumin Li, Shenglin Yang, Yongxin Lu, Yanhong Zhao, Yaozhong Kong, Qijun Wan, Qi Wang, Sheng Huang, Yan Liu, Aiqun Liu, Fanna Liu, Fanfan Hou, Min Liang

“…Compared with patients with TC levels in the first three quartiles (<182.5 mg/dL), a significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality was found in participants with TC in the fourth quartile (hazard ratio [HR], 1.43; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.17–1.76). …”
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