EMA/CO Combination Chemotheraphy in Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia: Update of Our Results by Tolga Taşçı, Işın Üreyen, Günsu Kimyon, Alper Karalök, Sevgi Koç, M. Faruk Köse, Gökhan Tulunay, Taner Turan

“…MATERIAL AND METHOD: Patients were scored according to FIGO’s modified WHO system. Risk scoring of patients before 2000 was remade by using this system. …”
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Lack of Tissue Virological Response as a Predictor of Relapse in Chronic Hepatitis D after Completion Bulevirtide Therapy by P. O. Bogomolov, N. A. Shub, N. A. Gasilova, A. A. Belyakova, T. G. Lidzhieva, E. A. Kondrasheva, N. A. Barsukova, M. V. Arapova, E. A. Isaeva, S. V. Koblov, M. V. Kalashnikov, O. S. Kuzymina, A. Yu. Demyanov, A. O. Bueverov, I. V. Maev

“…The study included 21 patients with CHD who received combined AVT with peginterferon alpha and bulevirtide for 48 weeks, followed by bulevirtide monotherapy for 48–96 weeks, making the total duration of antiviral therapy 96–144 weeks. …”
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Late initiation of antenatal care visit amid implementation of new antenatal care model in Sub-Saharan African countries: A multilevel analysis of multination population survey dat... by Kusse Urmale Mare, Gashaye Gobena Andargie, Abdulkerim Hassen Moloro, Ahmed Adem Mohammed, Osman Ahmed Mohammed, Beriso Furo Wengoro, Begetayinoral Kussia Lahole, Tesfahun Simon Hadaro, Simeon Meskele Leyto, Petros Orkaido Mamo, Abdulhakim Hora Hedato, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Temesgen Gebeyehu Wondmeneh, Oumer Abdulkadir Ebrahim, Kebede Gemeda Sabo

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed data from the recent demographic and health survey (DHS) conducted in 16 SSA between 2018 and 2022 using a weighted sample of 101,983 women who had antenatal care follow-up during their index pregnancy. …”
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Pengembangan Knowledge Management System Ukiran Kayu Khas Bali Berbasis Artificial Intelligence by I Putu Restu Indrawan Prabawa, Ariq Cahya Wardhana

“…In facilitating and increasing understanding of human resource management who are members of the Begeh Carving UKM through KMS which aims so that knowledge can continue in the next generation. …”
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Peripheral Nerve Blocks Are Associated With Decreased Early Medical Complications, Dislocations, and Opioid Consumption Following Total Hip Arthroplasty by Brian P. McCormick, MD, Sean B. Sequeira, MD, Mark D. Hasenauer, MD, Robert P. McKinstry, MD, Frank R. Ebert, MD, Henry R. Boucher, MD

“…Methods: Opioid-naive patients who received PNBs on the same day as undergoing THA for degenerative etiologies were identified from a large national database and matched 1:5 to a control cohort using propensity scoring. …”
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Epidemiologic features of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Russia by O. M. Drapkina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Prevalence of NAFLD among adult population of Russia is very high: almost every third patient who was looking for medical attention in polyclinic, has one of NAFLD-related disease entities. …”
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Pre-injury frailty and clinical care trajectory of older adults with trauma injuries: A retrospective cohort analysis of A large level I US trauma center. by Oluwaseun Adeyemi, Corita Grudzen, Charles DiMaggio, Ian Wittman, Ana Velez-Rosborough, Mauricio Arcila-Mesa, Allison Cuthel, Helen Poracky, Polina Meyman, Joshua Chodosh

“…We limited the data to adults 65 years and older, who had trauma injuries and frailty screening at ED presentation (N = 2,862). …”
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Altered Knee Loading Following Primary ACL Repair versus ACL Reconstruction by Steven Singleton, Harrison Scofield, Brittany Davis, Alexandra Waller, Craig Garrison, Shiho Goto, Joseph Hannon

“…The purpose of this study was to assess for differences in metrics of knee joint loading during a single limb squat task between individuals following a primary ACL-r versus those who underwent a standard ACL-R with a patella bone-tendon-bone autograft…”
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Is There a Role of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D in the Pathogenesis of Mild and Moderate-to-Severe Endometriosis? by Nevin Tuten, Serdar Acikgoz, Zahid Mammadov, Eduard Malik, Abdullah Tuten, Onur Guralp

“…The serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels had no correlation with the presence of infertility, deep infiltrating endometriosis, or Douglas pouch obliteration. The women who had bilateral endometrioma had significantly lower levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D compared to the women with unilateral endometrioma. …”
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Striking a balance between aesthetics and safety: a comparative study on the maternal and neonatal outcomes of mini-incision cesarean section by ChunLan Yuan, ShiMei He, WenQian Jian, MeiRong He, HuiFang Huang, JianChun Huang, MeiPing He, KaiSun Zhao

“…Methods A total of 99 pregnant women with full-term singleton pregnancies, who delivered at the Second Nanning People's Hospital from January 2024 to September 2024, were enrolled in this study. …”
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Potentially traumatic childbirth experience, childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and the parent-infant relationship in non-birthing parents by Rebecca Hunter, Leonardo De Pascalis, Kieran Anders, Pauline Slade

“…Participants were non-birthing parents who were present for the birth of their first infant, aged between 6 weeks and 12 months old. …”
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A Pilot Study Assessing Left Ventricle Diastolic Function in the Parasternal Long-axis View by Mümin Murat Yazici, Nurullah Parça, Enes Hamdioğlu, Meryem Kaçan, Özcan Yavas¸i, Özlem Bilir

“…The study population of 40 (included rate 14%) was formed after the exclusion criteria were applied to 285 patients who met these conditions. Patients included in the study underwent spectral Doppler measurements in the apical four-chamber (A4C) view followed by M-mode measurements in the PSLA view. …”
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Beyond the storms: Exploring predictors of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among survivors of hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico by Marie-Claire Meadows, Noelle Serino, Dahianira M. Camacho-Monclova, Kaumudi Joshipura, Sarah R. Lowe

“…This analysis focused on 484 individuals who completed structured interviews 20 to 34 months after the hurricanes. …”
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Deep learning based tractography with TractSeg in patients with hemispherotomy: Evaluation and refinement by Johannes Gruen, Tobias Bauer, Theodor Rüber, Thomas Schultz

“…We compare results to those on 25 healthy controls who have been imaged with the same setup.We find that TractSeg generalizes remarkably well, given the severity of the abnormalities. …”
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Higher Levels of Postoperative Mobility and Activity as Measured by the AM-PAC 6 Clicks Instrument Are Associated with Improved Outcomes after Lumbar Fusion by Parimal Rana, Jane C. Brennan, Andrea H. Johnson, Justin J. Turcotte, Chad M. Patton

“…Conclusions: The AM-PAC 6-Clicks mobility and activity scores hold value as early indicators of prolonged LOS and nonhome discharge, while mobility scores may help identify patients who are at risk for ED returns and who fail to experience clinically significant improvement in physical function. …”
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The impact of gestational age limits on abortion-related outcomes: a synthesis of legal and health evidence by Fiona de Londras, Amanda Cleeve, Maria I. Rodriguez, Alana Farrell, Magdalena Furgalska, Antonella F. Lavelanet

“…GLs impact most on people who are least able to access abortion because of later detection of pregnancy, lack of access to abortion provision, and lack of access to the resources required to avail of abortion. …”
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HIV status and contraceptive use in Zimbabwe among sexually active adolescent girls and women: Secondary analysis of Zimbabwe Demographic Health survey data by G Musuka, G Murewanhema, Z Mukandavire, I Chingombe, D Cuadros, F Mutenherwa, T Dzinamarira, R Eghtessadi, N Malunguza, M Mapingure

“…Statistically significant differences were noted in the use of condoms, with those who are HIV-positive having a higher use of condoms compared with those who are HIV-negative. …”
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Adults with reading difficulties demonstrate selective impairments in the fine neural tuning for print by Tongjie Zhuang, Yaowen Li, Yufei Tan, Jiuju Wang, Xiuyue Yue, Licheng Xue, Jing Zhao, Jing Zhao

“…Although many adults also experience reading difficulties, relatively few studies have examined whether such impairments exist in adults, particularly those who read Chinese, which differs markedly in visual and linguistic characteristics from alphabetic scripts.MethodsTo fill this gap, we assessed 20 high-level and 16 low-level adult readers who were the two extremes of the best and poorest readers of a database, which consisted of 308 college students. …”
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The Association between Short-Term PM2.5 Exposure and Long COVID on the Respiratory System by Pornpun Sakunkoo, Chananya Jirapornkul, Naowarat Maneenin, Yuparat Limmongkon, Jetnapis Rayubkul, Kittipong Sornlorm, Rajitra Nawawonganun

“…This Cross-Sectional analytical study was conducted with 694 participants who had recovered from COVID-19 in the northeast of Thailand. …”
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Laparoscopic Versus Abdominal Myomectomy Postoperative Outcomes by Nicel Taşdemir, Cem Çelik, Remzi Abalı, Ayşegül Kayalı, Abdulaziz Gül, Özkan Özdamar

“…STUDY DESIGN: The manuscript involved data from women who were operated between February 2011 and February 2013. …”
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