A sarcopenia prediction model based on the calf maximum muscle circumference measured by ultrasound by An Wei, Yan Zou, Zhen-Hua Tang, Feng Guo, Yan Zhou

“…The sensitivity, specificity, and AUC of the model were 0.884 (0.807–0.962), 0.837 (0.762–0.911), and 0.927 (0.890–0.963), respectively. …”
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Value of transabdominal ultrasonography for diagnosing functional constipation in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Duc Long Tran, Phu Nguyen Trong Tran, Paweena Susantitaphong, Phichayut Phinyo, Palittiya Sintusek

“…Comprehensive Meta-Analysis ver. 3, R, and Review Manager ver. 5.4.1 software were used to assess the optimal cutoff, sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve (AUC). …”
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Operation time as a prognostic indicator on postoperative complications following percutaneous nephrolithotomy by Alireza Pakdel, Abdolreza Mohammadi, Amirreza Shamshirgaran, Ehsan Zemanati Yar, Leila Zareian Baghdadabad, Farshid Alaeddini, Roghayeh Koohi Ortakand, Leonardo Oliveira Reis, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir

“…Additionally, 47.8% of patients were systemic inflammatory response syndrome positive postprocedure, and operation times were not shown to be predictive of systemic inflammatory response syndrome. …”
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Associations of the Need for Surgery in Emergency Department Patients with Small Bowel Obstructions by Daniel J. Berman, Alexander W. Mahler, Ryan C. Burke, Andrew E. Bennett, Nathan I. Shapiro, Leslie A. Bilello

“…We included adult patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) with the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Rev, codes for small bowel obstruction from June 1, 2017– May 30, 2019. Eligible covariates were demographics, radiological findings, clinical presentation, past medical history, and results of radiologic testing. …”
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Development and validation of a risk prediction model for PICC-related venous thrombosis in patients with cancer: a prospective cohort study by Zeyin Hu, Mengna Luo, Ruoying He, Zhenming Wu, Yuying Fan, Jia Li

“…Data on patient-, laboratory- and catheter-related risk factors were collected on the day of catheterization. Patients were investigated for PICC-RVT by Doppler sonography in the presence of PICC-RVT signs and symptoms. …”
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Visual, clinical and quality of life outcomes of a new multifocal IOL with optimized diffractive grating: a non-randomized clinical trial by João Marcelo de Almeida Gusmão Lyra, Mariana Silva Gois de Almeida, Lucila de Albuquerque Barbosa Lira, Laís Oliveira dos Santos, Mateus Lins dos Santos, Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho

“…Additionally, intraoperative and postoperative complications were documented. Visual acuity assessments were performed under photopic conditions, with a range of defocus from + 1.5 D to -3.0 D. …”
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Empowering access: unveiling an overall composite spatial accessibility index to healthcare services in Southeastern Iran by Ahmad Raeesi, Soheil Hashtarkhani, Mahmood Tara, Narjes Sargolzaei, Behzad Kiani

“…Spatial accessibility for general practitioners, nursing, dentistry, midwifery, pharmacy, medical laboratory, nutrition, public health, radiology, psychology, environmental health, rural health workers, inpatient hospital beds, and five medical specialty services were calculated. Spatial accessibility scores were normalized from 0 to 1 (no access = 0, low = 0.01 to 0.33, moderate = 0.331 to 0.66, high = 0.661 to 1) and aggregated into overall indices of primary, secondary, and overall healthcare accessibility for each district. …”
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Diagnostic efficacy and necessity of 18F-FDG PET/CT in fever of unknown origin: insights from a retrospective cohort study by Xiaoman Yu, Shuang Wang, Na Du, Hongguang Zhao, Haiying Chen

“…Additionally, univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate the predictive value of relevant laboratory indices on the true-positive results of 18F-FDG PET/CT. …”
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“Panoramas magníficos”. La geografía en tres revistas guatemaltecas, 1894-1898 by Rodrigo Antonio Vega y Ortega Báez

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Accounting for racial bias and social determinants of health in a model of hypertension control by Yang Hu, Nicholas Cordella, Rebecca G. Mishuris, Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis

“…Methods In this retrospective cohort study, records from 1/1/2012 to 1/1/2020 at the Boston Medical Center were used. Patients with either a hypertension diagnosis or related records (≥ 130 mmHg systolic or ≥ 90 mmHg diastolic, n = 164,041) were selected. …”
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Bivariate power Lomax Sarmanov distribution: Statistical properties, Reliability measures, and Parameter estimation by M.A. Abd Elgawad, M.A. Alawady, H.M. Barakat, G.M. Mansour, I.A. Husseiny, Salem A. Alyami, Atef F. Hashem, M.O. Mohamed

“…Furthermore, bootstrap confidence intervals were computed. Finally, two real data sets are analyzed to demonstrate the practical application of the proposed model. …”
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A Study on Diagnostic Accuracy of Dipsi Method Over Traditional Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Among Antenatal Women by Vijayadevi Shanmugam, Dharani Sudha Gopalraj, Shruthi Nanjudappan, Rajeswari Ravindran

“…The blood sugar values were classified, and diagnostic accuracy was measured using sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV). …”
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Advancing Alzheimer’s disease risk prediction: development and validation of a machine learning-based preclinical screening model in a cross-sectional study by Yanfei Chen, Bing Wang, Yankai Shi, Wenhao Qi, Shihua Cao, Bingsheng Wang, Ruihan Xie, Jiani Yao, Xiajing Lou, Chaoqun Dong, Xiaohong Zhu, Danni He

“…The most influential predictors were educational level, total medication count, age, sbp and BMI.Conclusions The proposed classifier can help guide preclinical screening of AD in the elderly population.…”
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Blood Lipid Levels and Their Value as Markers of Disease Activity in Severe Ulcerative Colitis by Zhu L, Tian L, Li S, Huo L

“…This study aimed to explore the relationship between blood lipid levels and disease activity, and to evaluate the early predictive value of blood lipid levels for severe ulcerative colitis (UC).Patients and Methods: Here, we analyzed blood lipid indicators of 210 patients with UC and 210 healthy individuals who visited the hospital between August 2018 and August 2022. …”
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Safety and accuracy of digitally supported primary and secondary urgent care telephone triage in England: an observational study using routine data by Vanashree Sexton, Catherine Grimley, Jeremy Dale, Helen Atherton, Gary Abel

“…Methods Descriptive analyses were used to investigate outcomes of 98,946 calls that underwent primary and secondary triage. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of selective digestive decontamination (SDD) versus selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) in intensive care units with low levels of antimicrobial resist... by Marc J M Bonten, Denise van Hout, Nienke L Plantinga, Patricia C Bruijning-Verhagen, Evelien A N Oostdijk, Anne Marie G A de Smet, G Ardine de Wit, Cornelis H van Werkhoven

“…At a willingness-to-pay value of €33 633 per one prevented in-hospital death, SDD had a probability of 90.0% to be cost-effective as compared with SOD.Conclusion In Dutch ICUs, SDD has a very high probability of cost-effectiveness as compared to SOD. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Air Quality over China and India Using Long-term (2009–2020) Multi-satellite Data by Manish Soni, Sunita Verma, Hiren Jethava, Swagata Payra, Lok Lamsal, Priyanshu Gupta, Janhavi Singh

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Estimation of evaporation in Andalusian reservoirs: Proposal of an index for the assessment and classification of dams by Santiago García-López, Marcia Salazar-Rojas, Mercedes Vélez-Nicolás, Jorge. M.G.P. Isidoro, Verónica Ruiz-Ortiz

“…The combination of both variables has allowed to estimate the mean monthly volume of water evaporated in each reservoir. Results were validated with isotopic content (¹⁸O and ²H) from selected reservoirs. …”
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Artificial intelligence links CT images to pathologic features and survival outcomes of renal masses by Ying Xiong, Linpeng Yao, Jinglai Lin, Jiaxi Yao, Qi Bai, Yuan Huang, Xue Zhang, Risheng Huang, Run Wang, Kang Wang, Yu Qi, Pingyi Zhu, Haoran Wang, Li Liu, Jianjun Zhou, Jianming Guo, Feng Chen, Chenchen Dai, Shuo Wang

“…Both models outperform corresponding radiomics models and the nephrometry score nomogram. Here we show that the deep learning models can non-invasively predict the likelihood of malignant and aggressive pathology of a renal mass based on preoperative multi-phase CT images.…”
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Association Between Dietary Inflammatory Index and Triglyceride Glucose-Body Mass Index with Iron Deficiency in Reproductive Age Women: Evidence from NHANES 2005-2018 by Ding J, Xu Z, Liang R, Xie S

“…RCS analysis indicated that the relationships were mostly linear (P-overall < 0.05, P-nonlinear > 0.05). …”
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