Imaging study of adult coccygeal morphology using direct digital radiography technology in China by Yingsen Pan, Feipeng Qin, Yi Shen, Ndalyolusha Tileinge Hapulile, Haoyang Zhang, Xin Ye, Shuailin Li, Xiaoming Li, Chao Yang, Xiang Zhou, Xiaoming Ying

“…A total of 300 subjects, who underwent sacrococcygeal digital radiological scans at the third affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University between January 2022 and December 2023, were analyzed in this retrospective study. …”
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Real-World Effectiveness of Portable Air Cleaners in Reducing Home Particulate Matter Concentrations by Frederic T. Lu, Robert J. Laumbach, Alicia Legard, Nirmala T. Myers, Kathleen G. Black, Pamela Ohman-Strickland, Shahnaz Alimokhtari, Adriana de Resende, Leonardo Calderón, Gediminas Mainelis, Howard M. Kipen

“…We conducted a single-blinded randomized cross-over interventional study between November 2020 and May 2021 in the homes of adults who tested positive for COVID-19. The intervention was air filtration with PAC operated with the HEPA filter set installed (“filter” condition) versus removed (“sham” condition, i.e., control). …”
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Involving migrants in the development of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations: a participatory learning and action research project by Chris van Weel, Anne MacFarlane, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Tomas de Brún, Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten, Mary O'Reilly-de Brún, Ekaterina Okonkwo, Jean Samuel Bonsenge Bokanga, Maria Manuela De Almeida Silva, Florence Ogbebor, Aga Mierzejewska, Lovina Nnadi

“…There was also 100% consensus that formal interpreters who are trained and working as per a professional code of practice are acceptable as best practice.Conclusions Policymakers and service planners need to work in partnership with service providers and migrants to progress the implementation of professional, trained interpreters as a routine way of working in general practice.…”
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Biphasic anaphylaxis in a Canadian tertiary care centre: an evaluation of incidence and risk factors from electronic health records and telephone interviews by Anne K. Ellis, Lubnaa Hossenbaccus, Sophia Linton, Hannah Botting, Eman Badawod, Alyssa Burrows, Sarah Garvey

“…Methods From November 2015 to August 2017, all patients who presented to the emergency department at two hospital sites in Kingston given a diagnosis of “allergic reaction,” “anaphylaxis,” “drug allergy,” or “insect sting allergy,” were evaluated. …”
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Awareness and knowledge of halitosis among students at two different dental universities in Turkey: a cross-sectional survey by Emine Nur Kahraman, Şehrazat Erensoy, Ahu Dikilitaş, Ayşe Gülşahı, Esra Özge Aydın, Funda Seher Özalp Ateş

“…The questionnaire was distributed to a convenience sample of 250 undergraduate students from two different dentistry faculties who had completed their clinical internships. All the statistical analyses were performed using SPSS for Windows 11.5 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). …”
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Shepherding parents to prepare for end-of-life decision-making: a critical phenomenological study of the communication approach of paediatricians caring for children with life-limi... by Katrina Williams, Lynn Gillam, Jenny Hynson, Sidharth Vemuri, Jenny O'Neill

“…This study aims to explore how paediatricians prepare parents for end-of-life decision-making for a child with a life-limiting condition using clinical simulation.Design Individual, semistructured, post-simulation qualitative interviews of paediatricians and parent-actors.Setting Acute intensive and long-term outpatient paediatric care in Victoria, Australia.Participants 18 purposively sampled paediatricians who treat children with life-limiting conditions and the two parent-actors involved in all simulations. …”
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Increased Intra-Abdominal Pressure as One of the Links in the Pathogenesis of Secondary Diffuse Purulent Peritonitis by D. V. Cherdantsev, O. V. Ovchinnikova, Yu. G. Trofimovich, I. G. Noskov, O. V. Pervova, A. A. Kovalenko

“…Intra-abdominal hypertension also increases the risk of developing postoperative peritonitis in patients who have undergone laparotomy.   Conclusion. To predict the course of secondary diffuse purulent peritonitis, reduce the risk of complications and mortality, it is necessary to focus on measuring intra-abdominal pressure as a mandatory manipulation in surgical patients. …”
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The Effect of Cord Blood Vitamin D Level on Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Other Neonatal Morbidities in Preterm Infants by Elif Koc, Fatih Bolat, Meric Kaymak Cihan

“…STUDY DESIGN: Infants aged <32 gestational weeks who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit between March 2014 and November 2014 were enrolled in this prospective study. …”
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Multimodal treatment with Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for eyelid and periocular sebaceous gland carcinoma: Long-term outcomes by Vijitha S. Vempuluru, Anshika Luthra, Vijay Anand Reddy Palkonda, Swathi Kaliki

“…Conclusions and importance: The long-term outcomes in patients with eyelid and periocular SGC who achieve tumor control with platinum-based NACT seem promising.…”
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Molecular characterization of mixed-histology endometrial carcinoma provides prognostic and therapeutic value over morphologic findings by Paulina J. Haight, Ashwini Esnakula, Courtney J. Riedinger, Adrian A. Suarez, Jessica Gillespie, Ashley Patton, Alexis Chassen, David E. Cohn, Casey M. Cosgrove

“…A gynecologic pathologist confirmed that 72 cases met diagnostic criteria for MEC based on WHO 2020 guidelines, and these were molecularly classified using both a DNA-based and histologic approach. …”
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Early Serum Heme Oxygenase-1, Soluble Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1, and B-Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia-2 Levels and Unfavorable Obstetric Outcomes by Havva Sutcu, G. Fusun Varol, Cihan Inan, Isil Uzun, N.Cenk Sayin

“…RESULTS: Significantly high levels of early serum heme oxygenase-1 were found in the cases who subsequently developed preeclampsia, spontaneous preterm birth, and fetal macrosomia (p<0.05), in concordance with high soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 levels of the preeclampsia group, however, B-cell lymphoma/leukemia-2 s were similar in all groups. …”
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Hypnotics' association with mortality or cancer: a matched cohort study by Daniel F Kripke, Lawrence E Kline, Robert D Langer

“…This study extends previous reports associating hypnotics with excess mortality.Setting A large integrated health system in the USA.Design Longitudinal electronic medical records were extracted for a one-to-two matched cohort survival analysis.Subjects Subjects (mean age 54 years) were 10 529 patients who received hypnotic prescriptions and 23 676 matched controls with no hypnotic prescriptions, followed for an average of 2.5 years between January 2002 and January 2007.Main outcome measures Data were adjusted for age, gender, smoking, body mass index, ethnicity, marital status, alcohol use and prior cancer. …”
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Do pregnant women living in higher well-being populations in the USA experience lower risk of preterm delivery? A cross-sectional study by Jeph Herrin, Harlan M Krumholz, Carley Riley, Brita Roy, Erica Spatz, Mark T Silvestri, Anita Arora, Kenneth P Kell, Elizabeth Y Rula

“…In the model adjusted for maternal risk factors (age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, smoking status, timing of initiation of prenatal visits, multiparity, maternal insurance payer), the association was slightly attenuated with an absolute difference of 1.9% (95% CI 1.7% to 2.1%; p&lt;0.001).Conclusions Pregnant women who live in areas with higher population well-being have lower risk of preterm birth, even after accounting for individual risk factors.…”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Ulcerative Colitis in Mosul city, Iraq by Muhammed Babakir-Mina

“…The female patients were at risk of UC especially, who uses oral contraceptive pills. The random and more antibiotic uses are considered as major risk factors lead to cause UC. …”
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Immunogenicity and safety of a live attenuated varicella vaccine in healthy subjects aged between 13 to 55 years: a double-blind, randomized, active-controlled phase iii clinical t... by Yang Zhang, Shiyuan Wang, Guifan Li, Jinhui Shi, Xianyun Chang, Hao Zhang, Fengcai Zhu, Jingxin Li, Hongxing Pan, Jinfang Sun

“…Background Adolescents and adults who contract chickenpox are at a higher risk of severe complications. …”
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Diagnosis and clinical significance of prostate calcification using computed tomography by Seong Cheol Kim, Tae Young Lee, Woocheol Kang, Hoyoung Bae, Ji Hyung Yoon, Sungchan Park, Kyung Hyun Moon, Sang Hyeon Cheon, Taekmin Kwon

“…We retrospectively analyzed data from 5,492 patients who underwent CT at the Department of Urology in our hospital between January 2010 and December 2020. …”
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Urban-rural difference in adverse outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus comorbidity by FANG Zijian, LI Qingchun，XIE Li，SONG Xu，DAI Ruoqi，WU Yifei，JIA Qingjun，CHENG Qinglin

“…Methods:Patients with PTB-DM who were admitted and discharged from 14 designated tuberculosis hospitals in Hangzhou City from 2018 to 2022 were selected. …”
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Mortality Prediction in the Emergency Service Intensive Care Patients with Possible COVID-19: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Mehmed Ulu, M. Kaya, Y. Tunc, H. Yildirim, A. Halici, A. Coskun

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study is a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of patients who were admitted to the pandemic intensive care unit with possible COVID-19. 28-day mortality difference between positive and negative groups was defined as the primary outcome. …”
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Polysomnographic features of children with obesity: body mass index predict severe obstructive sleep apnea in obese children? by Rungrat Sukharom, Prakarn Tovichien, Kanokporn Udomittipong, Pinyapach Tiamduangtawan, Wattanachai Chotinaiwattarakul

“…Methods This cross-sectional study recruited obese children who underwent diagnostic polysomnography between January 2019 and March 2022. …”
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Assessment of ChatGPT-generated medical Arabic responses for patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. by Saleh A Alqahtani, Reem S AlAhmed, Waleed S AlOmaim, Saad Alghamdi, Waleed Al-Hamoudi, Khalid Ibrahim Bzeizi, Ali Albenmousa, Alessio Aghemo, Nicola Pugliese, Cesare Hassan, Faisal A Abaalkhail

“…The responses were evaluated for accuracy, completeness, and comprehensibility by 10 Saudi MASLD experts who were native Arabic speakers. Likert scales were used to evaluate: 1) Accuracy, 2) Completeness, and 3) Comprehensibility. …”
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