Japanese Patients’ and Physicians’ Preferences for Anticoagulant Use in Atrial Fibrillation: Results from a Discrete-choice Experiment by Ken Okumura, Hiroshi Inoue, Masahiro Yasaka, Juan Marcos Gonzalez, A. Brett Hauber, Bennett Levitan, Zhong Yuan, Jean Baptiste Briere

“…**Background:** Anticoagulants are recommended for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but are associated with an increased risk of bleeding; therefore, physicians face benefit-risk tradeoffs when prescribing anticoagulants to AF patients. …”
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Epidemiologic trends and characteristics of cancer-related emergency department visits of older patients living with cancer in South Korea by Jung-In Ko, Sun Young Lee, Shin Hye Yoo, Kyae Hyung Kim, Belong Cho

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Efficacy of application of new laser technologies at multistage method of surgical treatment of patients with high posttraumatic fistulas of rectum by M. M. Mamedov, N. I. Mamedov

“…To study potential of application of up-to-date laser technique and new technologies at multistage method of surgical treatment of patients with high posttraumatic fistulas of rectum.Material and methods. …”
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Nutritional assessment using subjective global assessment identifies energy malnutrition and predicts mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis by Takao Miwa, Tatsunori Hanai, Kayoko Nishimura, Sachiyo Hirata, Shinji Unome, Yuki Nakahata, Kenji Imai, Atsushi Suetsugu, Koji Takai, Masahito Shimizu

“…Regarding mortality, 125 patients (54%) died over a median follow-up period of 2.8 years. …”
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Quantitative dynamic evaluation HBsAg in blood in comparison to viral load level in patients with chronic HBV-monoinfection by K. R. Dudina, O. O. Znoyko, S. A. Shutko, Ye. A. Klimova, L. Ye. Kuzina, D. M. Braginsky, N. P. Blokhina, N. D. Yushchuk

“…Overall 135 patients with chronic HBV-monoinfection were included in original study. …”
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Evaluation of Pathology Results of Patients with a History of Breast Cancer who were Operated on for Gynecological Pathologies or Prophylaxis by Necim Yalcin, Isin Ureyen, Aysun Alci, Mustafa Gokkaya, Alper Kahraman, Gorker Sel, Gulsum Ekin Sari, Tayfun Toptaş

“… Objectives: The present study aimed to evaluate the operation results of patients who were followed up due to breast cancer and were operated on due to gynecological pathologies or for prophylactic purposes, and determine the distribution of gynecological pathologies in breast cancer patients Study design: Patients with breast cancer who had gynecological surgery in our institution between December 2015 and January 2023 were retrospectively analyzed in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Two cases of eosinophilic infiltration of the esophagus: 68 year-old male and 52 year-old female patients by A. V. Paraskevova, I. I. Shelkovnikova, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Trukhmanov, A. S. Tertychny, S. S. Pirogov, I. M. Kartavenko, Ye. Yu. Yur’Yeva, V. T. Ivashkin

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Elevated POSTN expression predicts poor prognosis and is associated with radioresistance in cervical cancer patients treated with radical radiotherapy by Cui-qin Huang, Wen-tao Xiao, Xiang-rong Yao, Zhi-min Li, Jun-yan He

“…We analyzed data from 92 CC patients in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and 153 patients from our institution, assessing POSTN expression levels through mRNA analysis and immunohistochemistry (IHC). …”
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Analysis of Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs after the Initiation of Biologic Treatment in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease by Sue Perera, Shibing Yang, Marni Stott-Miller, Joanne Brady

“…**Results:** In total, 4864 and 2692 patients with UC, and 8910 and 5227 patients with CD were identified in the 1- and 2-year follow-up cohorts, respectively. …”
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Treatment with perilesional injections of pentoxifylline in patients with Peyronie's disease improves the therapeutic effect of oral and topical antioxidant therapy by Gianni Paulis, Andrea Paulis, Giovanni De Giorgio

“…To the Editor, We conducted a retrospective study to demonstrate that it is possible to achieve better therapeutic outcomes through combining perilesional injections of pentoxifylline (PTX) with oral antioxidants and the local application of a cream containing antioxidants and a gel containing diclofenac in patients with Peyronie's disease (PD)... …”
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Persistence of Olfactory Dysfunction in Post CoVid-19 Patients Using Sniffin Sticks-A Prospective Study by Priyanka Thangaraj, Sowmya Gajapathy, Jayita Das Poduval

“… INTRODUCTION This study is conducted to assess the Olfactory dysfunction (OD) of CoVid-19 recovered patients using ODOFIN Sniffin’ Sticks and to analyze the demographic features, duration of recovery, co-morbidities/metabolic disorders associated with persistence of OD in Post CoVid-19 patients. …”
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Profile of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients at Dr. M. Djamil Central Public Hospital from 2018-2022 by Inasa Faiza Akbar, Roni Eka Sahputra, Eka Fithra Elfi, Rizki Rahmadian, Dina Arfiani Rusjdi, Nelmi Silvia

“…This study aimed to determine the profile of LSS patients at Dr. M. Djamil Central Public Hospital. …”
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Individualized drug therapy and survival prediction in ICU patients with acute kidney injury: construction and validation of a nomogram by Rui Yang, Xiaozhe Su, Ziqi Liu, Shuai Shao, Yinhuai Wang, Hao Su, Haiqing He

“…However, the impact of medication history on the survival of AKI patients has received little attention. Hence, it is necessary to investigate the potential of medication history as a predictor of survival outcomes among AKI patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Efficacy of Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Impact of Chronic Lung Disease on its Outcome in Patients of Chronic Rhinosinusitis by Minakshmi Karmakar, V D Prasanna Kumar Vasamsetty, Bonapart Chowdhury

“…Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) has gained acceptance throughout the world as a procedure believed to improve the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis and consequently the general wellbeing of patients suffering from the condition. Patients with CRS are also known to have comorbidities. …”
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Automatic three-dimensional reconstruction of the oesophagus in achalasia patients undergoing POEM: an innovative approach for evaluating treatment outcomes by Alanna Ebigbo, Helmut Messmann, Vivian Grünherz, Miriam Elia, Alessandra Brunner, Tamara Krafft, Leo Pöller, Pia Schneider, Fabian Stieler, Bernhard Bauer, Anna Muzalyova, Sandra Nagl

“…In addition, these values were compared with normal value indices of non-achalasia patients.Results 50 treatment-naive achalasia patients were enrolled prospectively. …”
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Acute effects of physical exercise on cognitive function and neurotrophins in patients with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review by Emanuele Zanardo, Giulia Quinto, Francesca Battista, Federica Duregon, Marco Vecchiato, Chiara Bergia, Kirk Erickson, Andrea Ermolao, Daniel Neunhaeuserer

“…The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the acute effect of physical exercise on cognitive function and BDNF levels in patients affected by T1DM. Methods: MEDLINE, Cochrane Library (CENTRAL database), EMBASE and SPORTDiscus were screened by 2 independent reviewers, who selected studies that analysed acute effects of physical exercise in patients with T1DM on BDNF levels or cognitive function tests before and after exercise. …”
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Comparison of time-to-event machine learning models in predicting biliary complication and mortality rate in liver transplant patients by Aref Andishgar, Sina Bazmi, Kamran B. Lankarani, Seyed Alireza Taghavi, Mohammad Hadi Imanieh, Gholamreza Sivandzadeh, Samira Saeian, Nazanin Dadashpour, Alireza Shamsaeefar, Mahdi Ravankhah, Hamed Nikoupour Deylami, Reza Tabrizi, Mohammad Hossein Imanieh

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Dry eye disease treatment improves subjective quality-of-life responses in patients with AMD, independent of disease stage. by Nehal Nailesh Mehta, Ines D Nagel, Akshay Agnihotri, Anna Heinke, Lingyun Cheng, Dirk-Uwe Bartsch, William R Freeman, Maria-Laura Gomez

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Managing DED improved quality of life (QOL) in patients with AMD, regardless of retinal disease severity. …”
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Evaluation of Inhaler Technique in Patients with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Andaman and Nicobar Islands – An Observational Study by M. Natraj, Vishal Singh, T. Anbarasan

“…A high percentage of patients have symptoms that are not well controlled in spite of using effective medications. …”
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Frequency, Prevalence, Interaction, and Gender Differences of Six Psychosocial Factors in Patients Presenting to a Psychiatric Emergency Service by James C. Patterson II, Ovais Khalid, Sarah E. Wakefield, Justin K. Liegmann, Saima Maqsood, Rajeev Srivastava, Elizabeth Allen

“…# INTRODUCTION The psychiatric emergency service (PES) has become an increasingly utilized patient care approach over the past 50 years. Psychosocial factors play an important role in PES utilization and disposition of patients in this environment. …”
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