Evaluation of comorbidity burden on disease progression and mortality in patients with interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features: A retrospective cohort study. by Elena K Joerns, Michelle A Ghebranious, Traci N Adams, Una E Makris

“…This study was conducted to evaluate the association of individual comorbidities, the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), and the Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index (RDCI) with lung disease progression and transplant/mortality outcomes in patients with IPAF.<h4>Methods</h4>In a retrospective study, we evaluated the prevalence and severity of comorbidities in an institutional cohort of patients with IPAF. …”
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Evaluation of Vaso-occlusive Crises in United States Sickle Cell Disease Patients: A Retrospective Claims-based Study by Nirmish Shah, Menaka Bhor, Lin Xie, Steve Arcona, Rashid Halloway, Jincy Paulose, Huseyin Yuce

“…SCD patients have a substantial burden of disease-related complications. …”
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Role of the CHADS-VASc score in predicting hospital stay and 90-day readmission among patients with atrial fibrillation in Syria by Ibrahim Antoun, Alamer Alkhayer, Alkassem Alkhayer, Yaman Mahfoud, Ahmed Kotb, Riyaz Somani, G André Ng, Mustafa Zakkar

“…Patients were followed 90 days to assess readmission. …”
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Assessing Mean Change in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness on Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma Patients after Trabeculectomy by Khizir Hayat, Muhammad Younis Tahir, Muhammad Ajmal Chaudhary, Adeel Ahmad Siddiqui, Sadia Haneef

“…Patients having media opacity, or previous intraocular surgery and/or patients with history of trauma were excluded. …”
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The effectiveness of dyadic interventions for health outcomes of prostate cancer patients and informal caregivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yuan Xiao, Jiao Sun, Min Liu, Haifeng Wang, Jingjing Guan

“…However, the impact of dyadic care interventions on health outcome indicators for prostate cancer patients and their informal caregivers has yet to be examined. …”
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Indicators of Esophageal pH-Impedance Monitoring and High-Resolution Manometry in Patients with Various Forms of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by I. V. Maev, E. V. Barkalova, M. A. Ovsepyan, D. N. Andreev, Yu. A. Kucheryavyi

“…The aim of the study is to analyze the regularities of changes in the basic indicators of esophageal pH-impedance monitoring and high-resolution manometry in patients with non-erosive reflux disease (NERD), erosive reflux disease (ERD) and Barrett’s esophagus (BE) in comparison with healthy individuals.Materials and methods.  69 patients were examined, including 19 patients with NERD, 16 patients with ERD, 14 patients with BE and 20 individuals comprising the control group (CG). …”
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Impact of 68Ga-FAPI positron emission tomography/computed tomography on staging and tumor management in patients with gastric cancer by Shunyu Zhang, Minggang Su, Qianrui Li, Qiancheng Hu, Xijiao Liu, Xiaolong Chen, Hongfeng Gou

“…Among the 112 patients, 21 patients (18.8%) experienced changes in stage or postoperative recurrence. …”
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Impact of donor CYP3A5 genotype on pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in South African paediatric liver transplant patients by C Wheeler, C Masimirembwa, B Mthembu, J Botha, J Scholefield, J Fabian

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Effect of nursing process-based nursing decision implementation on emergency patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by Tiantian Wan, Caixia Wang, Jingli Shi, Shujian Wu

“…Abstract Background This article aimed to assess the impact of nursing decision interventions based on the nursing process on the clinical outcomes and quality of life (QoL) of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). …”
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Unraveling multimodality of digital health records by comparing mortality trajectories of diagnoses of diseases from over 12 million patients. by Hyojung Paik

“…In this study, I leveraged the diverse healthcare records of over 12 million patients to reconstitute mortality trajectories that navigate the sequence of disease processes shared among patients from initial presentation through interim conditions that ultimately terminate in fatal outcomes. …”
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Real-world data of dacomitinib as first-line treatment for patients with EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer by Ji Eun Shin, Hyun Ae Jung, Sehhoon Park, Jong-Mu Sun, Se-Hoon Lee, Jin Seok Ahn, Myung-Ju Ahn, Byoung Yong Shim

“…This study assessed the objective response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), safety profile of dacomitinib, and subsequent treatments after dacomitinib failure. In total, 153 patients were included in this study. Exon 19 deletion was observed in 50.3% of patients, while the L858R mutation in exon 21 was observed in 46.4% of patients. 45.1% of patients had brain metastasis. …”
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Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery in Gynecology Clinic: Tertiary Center Experience by Gulnihal Reyhan Toptas, Eylem Unlubilgin, Tugba Kinay, Ali Riza Dogan, Mehmet Akif Akgul, Sitare Aslanova, Emel Ebru Ercan, Vakkas Korkmaz, Sezin Erturk Aksakal, Yaprak Ustun

“…RESULTS: Operations of 133 (33%) of 406 patients were canceled for various reasons. 275 patients were operated on. …”
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Predictive value of enhanced CT and pathological indicators in lymph node metastasis in patients with gastric cancer based on GEE model by Ling Yang, Yingying Ding, Dafu Zhang, Guangjun Yang, Xingxiang Dong, Zhiping Zhang, Caixia Zhang, Wenjie Zhang, Youguo Dai, Zhenhui Li

“…Methods Sixty-six consecutive patients (235 regional lymph nodes) with pathologically confirmed gastric cancer who underwent surgery at our hospital between December 2020 and November 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Comparison between cortical and subcortical diaphragmatic motor stimulation by transcranial magnetic stimulation on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Hanan Mohamed Ibrahim Elshoura, Ahmed Adel Ahmed Ghareeb Nofal, Hossam Salaheldin Labib

“…Conclusion The application of cortical or subcortical TMS to COPD patients improves diaphragmatic function and daily activities significantly. …”
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Effects of royal jelly consumption on clinical outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke: A triple-blind randomized controlled trial by Elham Karimi, Arman Arab, Fariborz Khorvash, Maryam Kazemi, Reza Amani

“…The therapeutic impact of royal jelly (RJ) consumption in patients with ischemic stroke is unknown. Therefore, we conducted a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the role of RJ supplementation on clinical and biochemical outcomes in patients recovering from ischemic stroke. …”
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Does gender influence outcome measures similarly in patients with spondyloarthritis? Results from the ASAS-perSpA study by Sofia Ramiro, Maxime Dougados, Anna Molto, Clementina López-Medina, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Diego Benavent, Dafne Capelusnik

“…Objectives To investigate the influence of gender on disease outcomes in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA), including across SpA subtypes.Methods Data from 4185 patients of 23 countries with a diagnosis of axial SpA (axSpA), peripheral SpA (pSpA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA) from the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS)-perSpA study were analysed. …”
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Association between frailty and hospital-related adverse events in older hospitalised patients: a systematic literature review protocol by Jay Banerjee, Brad Manktelow, Abdullah Alshibani, Faris Alotaibi

“…This review investigates the association between frailty and the likelihood of hospital AE occurrences in hospitalised older patients.Methods and analysis The proposed systematic review will search Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science databases. …”
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Incidence of Post Instrumentation Pain Following Endodontic Treatment Among Patients Attending College of Dentistry-Hawler Medical University. by Intesar Saadallah Toma, Hussein Jamal Hashim, Muhammed Amir Salahadin, Muhammed Dana Razaq

“…During this time, the operator performed RCT on various patients, and the participants were followed up after they completed root canal obturation. …”
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Oxidative Stress in Endometrial Flushing Fluid of Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Endometrioma and Uterine Leiomyoma: Comparison with Healthy Controls by Mustafa Demir, Onur Ince, Bulent Yilmaz, Mert Ulas Barut, Ulviye Cansu Ozturk, Avni Kılıc, Ahmet Berkiz Turp, Recep Sutcu, Seyithan Taysi

“…STUDY DESIGN: We compare endometrial flushing fluid of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (n=20), uterine leiomyoma (n=20), endometrioma (n=19) and healthy women (n=20). …”
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A clinical trial evaluates the effect of pomegranate extract as a mouth wash for gingivitis in type 2 diabetic patients by Shayma Ghazi, Dilyar Ahmed Baban, Saif Monem Aziz

“…Patients and Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial on 45 (T2DM) patients, both sexes with moderate gingivitis, age 40-55 years, (Hb1Ac) < 7%. …”
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