Perceptions of Stigma Among Patients With Hepatitis B in Germany: Cross-Sectional Survey by Bettina M Zimmermann, Theresa Willem, Michael Rost, Nina Matthes, Alena Buyx

“…The mean (SD) stigma score throughout the sample was 5.52 (6.02; range 0-24) and the median was 3.50 (IQR=9.75). …”
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Epidemiology and Inpatient Outcomes of Invasive Aspergillosis in Patients with Liver Failure and Cirrhosis by Aditya Sharma, Bashar Mohamad, Ayman O. Soubani

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence and inpatient outcomes of liver failure and cirrhosis (LFC) admissions with invasive aspergillosis (IA) in the United States. Methods: This retrospective cohort study utilized the 2016–2020 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to analyze outcomes of IA in LFC admissions. …”
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The Influence of Job Crafting on Nurses’ Intent to Stay: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mª Carmen Rodríguez-García, Ángeles Ramos-Martínez, Celia Cruz-Cobo

“…<b>Methods</b>: A cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted with a sample of 284 registered nurses using a self-reported online questionnaire with the standardized Spanish version of the Job Crafting Scale. …”
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Enhancing holistic patient care of black individuals diagnosed with HIV and comorbid chronic conditions by Marc Fleming, Saharnaz Nedjat, Jon C. Schommer, Crystal K. Hodge

“…Conclusion: Access to medical records enables pharmacists to focus more on mental health, lifestyle, and social determinants of health.…”
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Incidence of Postoperative Complications among Patients with Active or Resolved COVID-19 Undergoing Elective Abdominal Wall Reconstruction by Fabiola Aguilera, MD, Grant Wagner, BS, Madeline Bald, BS, Joshua Richman, MD, PhD, Jorge I. de la Torre, MD, FACS, MSHA

“…Patients with COVID-19 were more likely to be younger (48 versus 57; P = 0.049) and more likely to have a shorter length of stay in the hospital (3 versus 5.8; P = 0.038). …”
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Application of microscopic smartphone attachment for remote preoperative lab testing by Kefan Song, Kefan Song, Alexander T. Adams, Alexander T. Adams

“…Future enhancements, including wider field-of-view, adjustable magnification, more advanced and integrated algorithms as well as integration with a microfluidic channel for direct sample analysis, are proposed to expand the device’s functionality. …”
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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: A Clinical, Radiological, and Outcome Study of 144 Cases by Jerry A George, Venugopalan Y Vishnu, Roopa Rajan, Mamta B Singh, Rohit Bhatia, Shariq Shah, Ajay Garg, Pradeep Venkatesh, Achal K Srivastava, Manjari Tripathi, MV Padma Srivastava, Anu Gupta

“…Future studies can look at the effect of immunomodulators on long-term outcomes in a larger sample size.…”
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Invasive Candidiasis Prevalence Among Patients in Intensive Care Unit, Hasan Sadikin Hospital by Hafizh Ridwan Maulana, Uun Sumardi, Raspati C. Koesoemadinata

“…This study aimed to determine the prevalence of IC and associated risk factors in ICU patients. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted including medical records of patients treated in ICU Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung admitted in June 2016-June 2017 whose blood sample were sent for culture. …”
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Knowledge, Perception, and Attitudes of Nursing Staff about Assessment and Management of Neonatal Pain by Isam AL-Zwaini, Ali Obaid, Zeyad jabbar

“…A total sample of 121 nurses was recruited from these hospitals. …”
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Can HIV/AIDS be fought by targeting youths in Zambia? Analysis of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Sexual Behaviour among youths aged 15 – 24 years. by Bupe Bwalya Bwalya, Andrew Banda, Stanley Jere, Patrick Amanzi, Peter Funsani

“…This study was aimed at determining whether HIV and AIDS can be fought by targeting interventions at youths aged 15 – 24 years by assessing their current knowledge, attitudes and sexual behaviours in Zambia.  <strong>Methods:</strong> The study utilised secondary data from a self-weighting nationally representative sample of the 2009 Zambia Sexual Behaviour Survey. …”
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Social media use and adolescent sleep patterns: cross-sectional findings from the UK millennium cohort study by Holly Scott, Stephany M Biello, Heather Cleland Woods

“…Objectives This study examines associations between social media use and multiple sleep parameters in a large representative adolescent sample, controlling for a wide range of covariates.Design The authors used cross-sectional data from the Millennium Cohort Study, a large nationally representative UK birth cohort study.Participants Data from 11 872 adolescents (aged 13–15 years) were used in analyses.Methods Six self-reported sleep parameters captured sleep timing and quality: sleep onset and wake times (on school days and free days), sleep onset latency (time taken to fall asleep) and trouble falling back asleep after nighttime awakening. …”
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Safety and efficacy of enteral nutrition during prone ventilation: A meta-analysis by Pan Jianzhen, Gu Mei, Zhao Jianghong, Chen Fei, Chen Lili

“…Results Among 81 publications, five studies with a total sample size of 319 were included in this study. Enteral nutrition in the prone position, compared with that in the supine position, was associated with a lower energy achievement rate (mean difference: −0.88; 95% confidence interval: −1.83 to 0.06; P < 0.00001), no significant difference in mortality (odds ratio: 1.11; 95% confidence interval: 0.65 to 1.88; P = 0.7), a greater incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (odds ratio: 2.11; 95% confidence interval: 1.12 to 3.96; P = 0.02), more frequent vomiting (odds ratio: 2.38; 95% confidence interval: 1.61 to 3.50; P < 0.0001), a greater gastric residual volume (odds ratio: 2.72; 95% confidence interval: 1.47 to 5.03; P = 0.001), and increased interruptions in enteral nutrition (odds ratio: 4.75; 95% confidence interval: 2.22 to 10.17; P < 0.0001). …”
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Public perspectives on firearm sales in the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic by Jagdish Khubchandani, James H. Price

“…Results Among the total sample of study participants (n = 1432), almost a fifth (18%, n = 263) reported buying a firearm during the pandemic. …”
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Changes in left ventricular systolic and diastolic function after chemotherapy for breast cancer with doxorubicin by I. A. Karput, V. A. Snezhitskii, M. N. Kurbat, V. A. Gorustovich, Yu. I. Karpovich, A. Yu. Rubinskii, T. A. Smirnova, A. S. Babenka

“…When diagnosing a relative decrease in the GLS index by less than 15 %, but by more than 10 %, we propose to consider the indexed end-systolic volume index as a marker of the early CT effect if its increase after the end of chemotherapy is recorded by 10 % or more, respectively.…”
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Determinants of Place of Delivery Among Migrant Working Mothers in China by Guo C

“…However, the national ratio between these two groups of migrant working mothers and the determinants influencing their place of delivery remain unknown.Methods: This study examined a sample of 16035 rural migrant working mothers from 31 province-level administrative units in China, using data from the China Migrant Dynamic Survey. …”
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Polymorphisms in the CIITA −168A/G (rs3087456) and CIITA +1614G/C (rs4774) may influence severity in multiple sclerosis patients by Valéria Coelho Santa Rita Pereira, Fabrícia Lima Fontes-Dantas, Eduardo Ribeiro Paradela, Fabíola Rachid Malfetano, Simone de Souza Batista Scherpenhuijzen, Letícia Fêzer Mansur, Ronir Raggio Luiz, André Peres De Oliveira, João Gabriel Dib Farinhas, Ângelo Maiolino, Soniza Vieira Alves-Leon

“…Objective: We examined the impact of CIITA polymorphisms −168A/G (rs3087456) and +1614G/C (rs4774) on the risk of disability progression, severity and on responses to first-line immunomodulator treatments. Methods: Genomic DNA was extracted from blood samples. …”
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An experimental investigation of federal messaging on public support for enforcement- and treatment-based approaches for opioid overdose prevention in South Carolina by Lídia Gual-Gonzalez, Hunter M. Boehme, Peter Leasure, Pieter A. Baker, Melissa S. Nolan

“…Results Findings from a sample of 4,675 respondents indicated that those assigned the DEA prompt were significantly more likely to support enforcement-based approaches in arresting drug traffickers and people who use drugs (AME = 0.060, p < 0.001). …”
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Opioid prescriptions following behavioral health training among primary care providers by Shutong Huo, Tim A. Bruckner, Abhery Das, Glen L. Xiong, David Marcovitz, Ariel B. Neikrug, Robert McCarron

“…If replicated in larger samples, a low-cost provider training program has the potential to promote more judicious use of opioids for pain management. …”
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Chronic pain: The prevalence of chronic pain in patients attending Soshanguve Community Health Centre by Funeka Faith Pandelani, Suzan Louisa Nnanile Nyalunga, Thanyani Pandelani

“…The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of chronic pain and the association between chronic pain intensity and the interference of pain with life domains in patients attending a primary health care center.Methods We conducted a cross-sectional quantitative study on a sample of 331 patients at Soshanguve Community Health Centre. …”
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Pediatric Dentofacial Trauma during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in North Indian Population: The changed Trends by Ruchi Singhal, Virendra Singh, Ritu Namdev, Amrish Bhagol, Nancy Goel

“…Luxation injuries were more frequent than tooth fractures (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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