Single treatment selective laser trabeculoplasty in a Southern African resource-constrained context by Emma J. Pons, Jonathan J. Pons, Elly S. Grossman, Daniel Louw, Merle Werbeloff

“…There was a significant and sustained intraocular pressure reduction (median reduction = 25.8%, IQR = 5.3%, 40.4%) from pre-SLT to 10–15 months (Wilcoxon T = 27.5, p = 0.002). …”
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Phlegmonous appendicitis as a variant of uncomplicated appendicitis by Tezcan Akın, Hüseyin Fahri Martlı, Eda Şahingöz, Birkan Birben, Sadettin Er, Ayşe Çiftçi, Hayriye Tatlı Doğan, Mesut Tez

“…Phlegmonous appendicitis exhibited significantly higher leukocyte counts and appendix diameters compared to uncomplicated appendicitis but had lower CRP values than complicated appendicitis. The median hospital stay was similar for Groups A, B, and C (1 day) but significantly longer for Group D (2.1 days, p < 0,001). …”
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“Common sense is hard work” but benefits from persistent collaboration: Lessons learnt from the development of The Collaborative Network for European Clinical Trials for Children (... by Sabah Attar, Carla Peacock, Mandy Wan, Erin Halil, Chloe Bickerstaff, Lionel Tan, Hafsah Bhatti, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Regis Hankard, Mark A. Turner

“…A total of 9 CDA cycles were completed, resulting in 436 site CDAs signed in a median of 8.11 days. Lessons learnt included the importance of: relationship building by early engagement with partners; reducing misunderstanding by clear communication; flexibility, adaptability and experiential learning which are required for service improvement. …”
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Pathogenicity of germline VHL variants is associated with renal cell carcinoma size in von Hippel-Lindau disease by Gustavo H. Mori, Gustavo F. C. Fagundes, Lucas S. Santana, Felipe Freitas-Castro, Ana Caroline F. Afonso, Delmar M. Lourenço Jr., Maria Adelaide A. Pereira, Fabio Y. Tanno, Victor Srougi, Jose L. Chambo, Mauricio D. Cordeiro, William C. Nahas, Ana O. Hoff, Maria Candida B. V. Fragoso, Berenice B. Mendonca, Ana Claudia Latronico, Madson Q. Almeida

“…Results: Most VHL pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants were missense (18 out of 32; 56.25%). The median size of the large carcinoma (RCC) was 3.6 cm (interquartile range, 2.8 to 6.5 cm). …”
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Investigaciones sobre género y contabilidad: una revisión internacional by Candy Chamorro González, Katherine Restrepo Quintero, Gloria Edith Jiménez Goez, Tatiana Marcela Villa Vélez

“…Dentro de los resultados se encontró que las publicaciones abordan contextos de los continentes europeo y asiático en su mayoría, lo que contribuye a que los documentos sean empíricos y tengan una orientación hacia las discusiones de la profesión, esto evidencia las problemáticas de hombres y mujeres del campo contable en torno a brechas y barreras de género, mercantilización de las identidades, reconocimiento de la sexualidad y comunidad LGTBIQ. …”
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Affordability of sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods after taxation, Mexico, 2010–2022 by Néstor A. Sánchez-Ortiz, Adriana Vargas Flores, Jesús E. Morales-Ríos, J. Alai Quiroz-Reyes, M. Arantxa Colchero

“…The affordability ratio was estimated as the proportion of monthly income required to purchase 16 L of sugar-sweetened beverages and 2.8 kg of nonessential energy-dense foods, amounts that reflect median monthly consumption per household. Trends in the affordability ratio and its components (e.g. income and costs) are reported. …”
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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

“…RESULTS: Of the 397 patients, 111 (28 %) patients had positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR). 75 (67.6 %) patients deceased in the PCR positive group while 163 (57.0 %) patients deceased in the negative group (p > 0,05). The median values of APACHE II, SOFA and PSI scores were significantly higher in the deceased group, for all patients. …”
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Review of presentations and radiotherapy outcomes of patients with malignant spinal cord compression by Louisa M. Mbokazi, Sheynaz Bassa, Krishanthavathie Pillay

“…Eighty-four patients (76.4%) received a single fraction treatment (6 Gy – 8 Gy). The median overall survival was 145 days. Patients with a Rades score of 32–37 points had a statistically significant better overall survival at 1 year compared with those with a score of 22–31 points. …”
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Segment-based Volatile Organic Compound Emission Characteristics from Different Types of Coking Plants in China by Rumei Li, Yulong Yan, Lin Peng, Yinghui Li, Zhuocheng Liu, Zhanchun Fan, Huanfeng Li, Yang Xu, Cheng Wang, Dongmei Hu, Zhiyong Li

“…The fugitive emissions were also monitored at the mechanical plant, and the most abundant species leaking from the oven were benzene, toluene, ethane, m-xylene, and ethylene, whereas those leaking from byproducts were benzene, propane, ethane, ethylene, n-pentane, n-butane, isobutene, 1-butene, toluene, and propylene. …”
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Personalized treatment strategies for breast adenoid cystic carcinoma: A machine learning approach by Sakhr Alshwayyat, Mahmoud Bashar Abu Al Hawa, Mustafa Alshwayyat, Tala Abdulsalam Alshwayyat, Siya sawan, Ghaith Heilat, Hanan M. Hammouri, Sara Mheid, Batool Al Shweiat, Hamdah Hanifa

“…Results: This study included 1212 patients. The median age was 60 years, with most tumors being localized and less than 2 cm in size. …”
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Investigation of the association between circulating inflammatory proteins and encephalitis risk in Europeans by two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis by Yanwei Liu, Xilong Wang, Qiang Zhao, Jun Wei, Shiqiang Yang

“…The study investigated causal effects mainly using Steiger, MR-Egger, weighted median and inverse variance weighting (IVW) methods. …”
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Personas de Género “No Binario” en el Sistema General de Pensiones Colombiano (SGP): Requisitos para el Acceso a las Prestaciones Económicas by Jackeline Granados Ferreira

“… El propósito de esta disertación consiste en, realizar un análisis al sistema general de pensiones, relacionado con las personas género no binario una vez reúnen los requisitos para acceder a las prestaciones económicas, particularmente tratándose del requisito de la edad, esto en la medida en que, si bien es cierto, la corte constitucional estableció la inclusión en los documentos de identidad la calidad no binaria, no se refirió sobre este aspecto al sistema general de pensiones, generando de esta manera un vacío jurídico,  toda vez que, solo decidió sobre las alternativas correspondientes al sexo del documento de identificación en Colombia, los cuales serían Masculino, Femenino y No binario, por esta razón nos proponemos mediante el método analítico–interpretativo, recopilar textos, artículos, libros y literatura relacionada con el tema planteado, realizaremos un rastreo de la jurisprudencia de la corte constitucional para interpretar las decisiones adoptadas y como resultado dar respuesta a la problemática planteada, sobre la siguiente pregunta ¿cuál sería la edad de la persona género no binario para pensionarse? …”
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A proposed methodology for the definition of background and reference values for trace elements in fluvial sediments by F. Barrio-Parra, R. Álvarez, H. Serrano-García, M. Izquierdo-Díaz, A. Ordóñez, C.C. García-Fernández, E. De Miguel

“…We argue that background and reference values can be computed as the upper limits of the one-sided 95 % confidence interval for the median and for the 90th percentile, respectively. …”
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The use of strong analgesics for prehospital pain management in children in the region of Southern Denmark: a register-based study by Josefine Tvede Colding-Jørgensen, Gina Maj Graven Brandstrup, Vibe Maria Laden Nielsen, Josefine Gradman, Line Anker Bang Thybo, Peter Martin Hansen, Daniel Wittrock, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Helle Collatz Christensen, Søren Mikkelsen

“…Fentanyl was the most frequently administered medication (96.4%). The median fentanyl-equipotent doses of opioids were 1.7 µg/kg adjusted according to standardised patient weight. …”
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Impact of geriatric nutritional risk index and diabetes mellitus on prognosis in ischaemic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by Zhiyong Shi, Mingkai Yun, Haiyan Liu, Sijin Li, Xiaoli Zhang

“…Eighty-four patients (15.6%) were classified as malnourished (GNRI ≤ 98). Over a median follow-up of 4.0 years, 102 patients died. …”
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No Apparent Workup for most new Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules in US Commercially-Insured Patients by Bruce S. Pyenson, Carol M. Bazell, Michael J. Bellanich, Melissa A. Caplen, Javier J. Zulueta

“…**Results:** Of the 15 064 patients in the study population, only 5471 (36%) received any subsequent workup. The average and median costs of workup for these patients were $3270 and $2068, respectively. …”
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Paediatric nephroblastoma at a South African tertiary hospital: A 21-year retrospective analysis by E Brits, E Gerber, I Iroka, L Mgidlana, J Willoughby, S Dhlamini, P Nxumalo, S Sefadi, A Mthembu, J B Sempa

“…This retrospective cross-sectional study included 207 paediatric oncology patients treated for nephroblastoma at the Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Unit at UAHC, Bloemfontein, SA, from January 2000 to December 2020. Results. The median age of the study population was 38 months, with a marginal male predominance (50.7%). …”
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Demographics, aetiology and outcome of paediatric acute liver failure in Singapore by Fang Kuan Chiou, Veena Logarajah, Christopher Wen Wei Ho, Lynette Suk-Hui Goh, Sivaramakrishnan Venkatesh Karthik, Marion Margaret Aw, Kong Boo Phua

“…Results: 34 patients were included. Median age at diagnosis was 10 months (range 7 days to 156 months). …”
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Attitudes and practices of exercise among pregnant mothers in Singapore by Yin Ru Tan, Kok Hian Tan, Fei Dai, Hak Koon Tan, Lay Kok Tan

“…Only 31.6% of them engaged in any moderate or vigorous leisure-time PA (LTPA) and they were active for a median of 120 min/week. Only 12.6% of the pregnant women met the national recommendations of at least 150 min of moderate exercise per week. …”
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Evaluation of postoperative pain on Transversus Abdominis Plane block and Erector Spinae Plane block in patients undergoing gynecological surgery: a prospective, comparative study by D. Tavianto, O. M. Pison, Azka Putra Rakhmatullah

“…CONCLUSION: ESP block results in a lower postoperative pain score NRS value and reduces the need for morphine in post-gynecological surgery patients with a median incision compared to the TAP block. …”
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