Implementation of the WHO surgical safety checklist in resource-limited Somalia: a new standard in surgical safety by Najib Isse Dirie, Abdullahi Hassan Elmi, Abdishakor Mohamud Ahmed, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed, Mohamed Abdinor Omar, Mulki Mukhtar Hassan, Ahmed Omar Abdi

“…Methods A pre- and post-intervention study was conducted in 15 randomly selected hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia. …”
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Development and validation of a predictive model for frailty risk in older adults with cardiovascular-metabolic comorbidities by Lulu Yan, Lulu Yan, Entong Ren, Chenjiao Guo, Yuanyuan Peng, Hao Chen, Weihua Li

“…The entire sample was randomly allocated into training and validation sets at a 7:3 ratio. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram to predict depression in older adults with heart disease: a national survey in China by Xianghong Ding, Zijuan Shi, Liping Xiang, Qin Liu, Li Wu, Qingwen Long, Yujun Lee

“…The objective of this study was to create and validate a risk prediction nomogram specifically for comorbid depression in older adult patients suffering from heart disease.MethodsThe 2018 data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) was analyzed and 2,110 older adult patients with heart disease aged 60 and above were included in the study. They were randomly divided in a 7:3 ratio into a training set (n = 1,477) and a validation set (n = 633). …”
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Immediate postnatal care guidelines implementation and associated factors among healthcare providers in East Shewa zone public health facilities, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2022: a multicen... by Alemayehu Girma Bune, Eden Girmaye, Dereje Lemma, Gemechu Gelan Bekele

“…The overall proportion of healthcare providers who have a good implementation of immediate postnatal care guidelines was 44.4% (95% CI 37.3% to 51.6%). Providers who received basic emergency obstetrics and newborn care training (AOR 3.72, 95% CI 1.7 to 8.1), working in a tertiary-level hospital (AOR 3.85, 95% CI 1.3 to 11.2), and who had maternal and newborn care guidelines in their facility (AOR 3.2, 95% CI 1.5 to 6.6) were significantly associated factors with good implementation of immediate postnatal care guidelines.Conclusions Implementation of the immediate postnatal care guideline by healthcare providers in the maternity ward was found low as less than half of healthcare providers have good implementation. …”
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Comparison of double-layered scallop-shaped anastomosis and circular stapled anastomosis in Ivor–Lewis surgery for esophageal and EGJ cancer: a retrospective cohort study by KunKun Li, Qian Yang, YingJian Wang, TaiMing Zhang, Liang Zhang, Liang Chen, Tao Bao, Wei Guo

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Choice of treatment tactics in patients with acute diarrhea of bacterial etiology at high risk of irritable bowel syndrome by Mrs Roza Tlyustangelova, Mrs Natalia Pshenichnaya, Mrs Irina Lisinfeld, Ms Vadim Melnik

“…The occurrence of such representatives of opportunistic flora as campylobacter, S.typhimurium, P. aeruginosa varied from 3.3 to 13.3%. There were no statistically significant differences in the duration of the main clinical symptoms and laboratory parameters between the groups. …”
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Effect of iron supplementation in healthy exclusively breastfed infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ke Tian, Wenli Liu, Yi Huang, Rong Zhou, Yan Wang, Yan Wang

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Which сlinical, laboratory, and instrumental factors are associated with the development of the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with acute coronary syndrome? by E. V. Konstantinova, Yu. S. Ilin, A. A. Velikotskiy, A. O. Chernikov, M. S. Zhdanova, E. V. Ploshchenkov

“…Group 2 (n=149) was formed randomly from the remaining 2031 patients with final coronary blood flow TIMI 3. …”
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Optimal glycine allowance levels in low-protein diets and the dynamic requirement model for broilers by Yongfa Liu, Yizhu Zhao, Jiran Ma, Siyan Guo, Xuyang Gao, Bin Wang, Lu Gong, Zengpeng Lv, Yuming Guo

“…Low-protein diets significantly upregulated mRNA levels of b0,+AT, EAAT3, and SGLT1 genes in the duodenum (P < 0.05). …”
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Clinical value and prognosis analysis of enhanced CT preoperative diagnosis for proliferative hepatocellular carcinoma by CHENG Jie, CHENG Jie, WEI Xiaofan, CHEN Wei

“…Among them, 519 cases from the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University were randomly divided into a training group(n=363) and an internal verification group(n=156) in a ratio of 7:3. …”
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Glasgow coma scale pupil score (GCS-P) and the hospital mortality in severe traumatic brain injury: analysis of 1,066 Brazilian patients by Melina Moré Bertotti, Evandro Tostes Martins, Fernando Zanela Areas, Helena Dresch Vascouto, Norma Beatriz Rangel, Hiago Murilo Melo, Katia Lin, Emil Kupek, Felipe Dal Pizzol, Alexandra J. Golby, Roger Walz

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Study on the potential clinical significance of subclinical stent edge effects after drug-eluting stent implantation by Yi Xu, Yi-Fei Wang, Meng-Yao Zhao, Wei You, Tian Xu, Pei-Na Meng, Xiang-Qi Wu, Zhi-Ming Wu, Xiao-Han Kong, De-Lu Yin, Mei-En Zhan, Hai-Bo Jia, Bin Liu, Fei Ye

“…The most valuable cutoff value of sDES-EE at 1 year was a 25% MLA reduction at the stent edge, according to receiver operating characteristic analysis, which showed a major increase in lipid normalized total volume (0.99 ± 0.25 mm3 vs. -0.21 ± 0.06 mm3, p = 0.025) and lipid percent atheroma volume (3.92 ± 1.34% vs. -1.22 ± 0.78%, p = 0.029). …”
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Machine learning-based prediction of antimicrobial resistance and identification of AMR-related SNPs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Yi Xu, Ying Mao, Xiaoting Hua, Yan Jiang, Yi Zou, Zhichao Wang, Zubi Liu, Hongrui Zhang, Lingling Lu, Yunsong Yu

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The effect of prenatal balanced energy and protein supplementation on gestational weight gain: An individual participant data meta-analysis in low- and middle-income countries. by Dongqing Wang, Uttara Partap, Enju Liu, Janaína Calu Costa, Ilana R Cliffer, Molin Wang, Sudeer Kumar Nookala, Vishak Subramoney, Brittany Briggs, Imran Ahmed, Alemayehu Argaw, Shabina Ariff, Nita Bhandari, Ranadip Chowdhury, Daniel Erchick, Armando García-Guerra, Masoumah Ghaffarpour, Giles Hanley-Cook, Lieven Huybregts, Fyezah Jehan, Fatemeh Kaseb, Nancy F Krebs, Carl Lachat, Tsering Pema Lama, Dharma S Manandhar, Elizabeth M McClure, Sophie E Moore, Ameer Muhammad, Lynnette M Neufeld, Andrew M Prentice, Amado D Quezada-Sánchez, Dominique Roberfroid, Naomi M Saville, Yasir Shafiq, Bhim P Shrestha, Bakary Sonko, Sajid Soofi, Sunita Taneja, James M Tielsch, Laéticia Céline Toe, Naser Valaei, Wafaie W Fawzi

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Prevalence and determinants of Musculoskeletal Disorders among quarry workers in The Gambia: a cross-sectional study by Ebrima Touray, Lamin Sambou, Balla Jammeh, Sambou L S Kinteh, Bakary Kinteh, Amadou Barrow

“…Results The study revealed a high MSD prevalence of 93% among quarry workers, with the most affected body parts being the lower back (90.3%), shoulders (68.1%), and upper back (61.3%). …”
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Classification of Periodic Variable Stars from TESS by Xinyi Gao, Xiaodian Chen, Shu Wang, Jifeng Liu

“…The purity of eclipsing binaries and pulsation variable stars ranges from 94.2% to 99.4% when compared to the variable star catalogs of Gaia Data Release 3 and Zwicky Transient Facility Data Release 2. …”
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Prevalence, intensity, and associated factors of intestinal schistosomiasis among primary school children in Nono District, Southwest Ethiopia by Bayisa Tolera, Jemal Mohammed, Ukash Umer, Junedin Abamecha, Fikru Tebeje, Akewok Sime, Fitsum Weldegebreal, Fitsum Weldegebreal

“…Of those infected participants, 49.3% had light infection intensity. Children who had no habit of wearing shoes (AOR = 3.27, 95%CI: 2.04, 8.47), wear shoes sometimes (AOR = 1.87, 95%CI: 1.22, 7.31), had open defecation practice at school (AOR = 1.21, 95%CI: 1.02, 3.58), from families who used river (AOR = 5.47, 95%CI: 2.53, 9.76) and spring water (AOR = 1.28, 95%CI: 1.01, 3.88) for drinking, from families who had no latrine at home (AOR = 8.14, 95%CI: 4.03,10.94), who had bathing habit in open water source once per day (AOR = 5.29, 95%CI: 3.01, 11.49), twice per week (AOR = 3.42, 95%CI:1.98, 7.92), and once per week (AOR = 2.56, 95%CI: 1.07, 5.96), and who did not know the possible modes of transmission (AOR = 1.15, 95%CI: 1.04, 3.27) were significantly associated with intestinal schistosomiasis.ConclusionThe prevalence of S. mansoni infection in this study was medium according to the WHO (2022) classification. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of incomplete or not at all vaccination among children aged 12–36 months in Dabat and Gondar districts, northwest of Ethiopia: findings from the primary... by Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Kassahun Alemu, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Destaw Fetene Teshome, Asmamaw Atnafu, Gashaw Andargie, Mezgebu Yitayal, Getu Debalkie Demissie, Endalkachew Dellie, Telake Azale, Bisrat Misganaw Geremew, Adane Kebede, Tsegaye Gebremedhin, Terefe Derso

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A Dynamic Adaptive Ensemble Learning Framework for Noninvasive Mild Cognitive Impairment Detection: Development and Validation Study by Aoyu Li, Jingwen Li, Yishan Hu, Yan Geng, Yan Qiang, Juanjuan Zhao

“…In addition, 226 older adults were recruited from 3 external centers to form an external test dataset. …”
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Prognostic model of the probability of successful extubation in the operating room after simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation by M. Sh. Khubutiya, M. V. Lebedev, N. K. Kuznetsova, A. M. Talyzin, A. G. Balkarov, N. S. Zhuravel, S. V. Zhuravel

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