Exploring the functional diversity and metabolic activities of the human gut microbiome in Thai adults in response to a prebiotic diet by Amornthep Kingkaw, Preecha Patumcharoenpol, Narissara Suratannon, Massalin Nakphaichit, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Wanwipa Vongsangnak

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Evaluation of change in emergency care knowledge and skills among front-line healthcare providers in Ukraine with the Basic Emergency Care course: a pretest/post-test study by Sean M Kivlehan, Amy Allen, Olha Viun, Dmitry A Makarov, Daniel Schnorr, Sonny Patel, Sergii A Ryzhenko, Phuong Pham, Timothy B Erickson

“…Objective Evaluate the change in participant emergency care knowledge and skill confidence after implementation of the WHO-International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course.Design Pretest/post-test quasi-experimental study.Setting Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro, Ukraine.Participants Seventy-nine participants engaged in the course, of whom 50 (63.3%) completed all assessment tools. …”
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Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Upregulates the Immunogenicity of Cold to Hot Tumors in Esophageal Cancer Patients by Yushi Nagaki, MD, PhD, Satoru Motoyama, MD, PhD, Yusuke Sato, MD, PhD, Akiyuki Wakita, MD, PhD, Hiromu Fujita, MD, PhD, Kohei Kemuriyama, MD, Ryohei Sasamori, MD, Shu Nozaki, MD, Kyoko Nomura, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Minamiya, MD, PhD

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Exploring the clinical profiles and management of juvenile dermatomyositis in Africa: a survey of African rheumatology care providers by Jessica Perfetto, Laura B. Lewandowski, Dawn M. Wahezi, Vanessa Ogega, Joan Ahimbisibwe, Kate Webb, Christiaan Scott, Angela Migowa

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Impact of aspirin on biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after robot assisted radical prostatectomy in a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Shuhei Suzuki, Hiromitsu Negoro, Masashi Kubota, Takayuki Sumiyoshi, Ryoichi Saito, Tomoya Okuno, Takehiko Segawa, Shigeki Fukuzawa, Hiroyuki Onishi, Kodai Hattahara, Kanji Nagahama, Yuya Sekine, Ryoma Kurahashi, Kimihiro Shimatani, Atsuro Sawada, Shusuke Akamatsu, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Takayuki Goto, Takashi Kobayashi

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Mitigating effects of Jiawei Chaihu Shugan decoction on necroptosis and inflammation of hippocampal neurons in epileptic mice by Qin Wang, Baijun Qin, Han Yu, Jiawei Zeng, Jingjing Fan, Qiong Wu, Rong Zeng, Haichun Yu, Xian Zhang, Mingfen Li, Yanying Zhou, Limei Diao

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Effect of ripasudil after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C: a multicentre, randomised, prospective clinical study by Kazuyuki Hirooka, Eri Nitta, Yoshiaki Kiuchi, Masaki Tanito, Shunsuke Nakakura, Tetsuya Baba, Hideaki Okumichi, Aisyah Muhlisah, Ariyanie Nurtania, Hiromitsu Onoe, Yotaro Matsuoka

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Esophageal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Assisted by an Overtube with a Traction Forceps: An Animal Study by Ken Ohata, Kuangi Fu, Eiji Sakai, Kouichi Nonaka, Tomoaki Tashima, Yohei Minato, Akiko Ohno, Takafumi Ito, Yosuke Tsuji, Hideyuki Chiba, Makoto Yamawaki, Hideyuki Hemmi, Teruo Nakaya, Junichi Fukushima, Nobuyuki Matsuhashi

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The Efficacy of Short-Duration Polyethylene Glycol plus Electrolytes for Improving Bowel Preparation of Colonoscopy in Patients with Chronic Constipation by Naohisa Yoshida, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Kohei Fukumoto, Hiroyuki Yoriki, Yutaka Inada, Takaaki Murakami, Yuri Tomita, Hikaru Hashimoto, Satoshi Sugino, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Ken Inoue, Yoshito Itoh

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Etiology of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in Tertiary-Care Hospitals in Thailand: A Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort Study by Rongrungruang Y, Plongla R, Pleumkanitkul S, Hantrakun V, Khawcharoenporn T

“…Yong Rongrungruang,1 Rongpong Plongla,2 Suwapan Pleumkanitkul,3 Viriya Hantrakun,4 Thana Khawcharoenporn5 1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 2Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Center of Excellence in Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand; 3Samitivej Hospital Sukhumvit, Samitivej Public Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand; 4Real World Solutions APAC, IQVIA Inc., Bangkok, Thailand; 5Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, ThailandCorrespondence: Thana Khawcharoenporn, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand, 12120, Email kthana@tu.ac.thPurpose: To describe the top three causative organisms of hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in Thailand.Patients and Methods: This multi-center retrospective cohort study included HAP/VAP patients hospitalized in 2019 in three university-affiliated hospitals and a private hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. …”
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Prevalence, incidence and determinants of QuantiFERONTM positivity in South African schoolchildren by J. Stewart, N. Walker, K. Jennings, C. Delport, J Nuttall, A.K. Coussens, R Dyers, D.A. Jolliffe, J.C.Y. Tang, W.D. Fraser, R.J. Wilkinson, L.-G. Bekker, A.R. Martineau, K. Middelkoop

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Early Pathologic Findings of Bronchiolitis Obliterans after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Proposal from a Case by Rie Nakamoto-Matsubara, Hidekazu Nishikii, Kenji Yamada, Masafumi Ito, Yuichi Hasegawa, Naoki Kurita, Naoshi Obara, Yasushi Okoshi, Kazumi Suzukawa, Yasuhisa Yokoyama, Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto, Masayuki Noguchi, Shigeru Chiba

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Parathyroid carcinoma: impact of preoperative diagnosis on the choice of surgical procedure by Yoshitaka Kawai, Yo Kishimoto, Hisanobu Tamaki, Takashi Fujiwara, Ryo Asato, Koji Ushiro, Shogo Shinohara, Shinpei Kada, Shinji Takebayashi, Tsuyoshi Kojima, Shuya Otsuki, Masakazu Miyazaki, Yohei Kumabe, Koichi Omori

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Effects of Physical-Agent Pain Relief Modalities for Fibromyalgia Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Yuichiro Honda, Junya Sakamoto, Yohei Hamaue, Hideki Kataoka, Yasutaka Kondo, Ryo Sasabe, Kyo Goto, Takuya Fukushima, Satoshi Oga, Ryo Sasaki, Natsumi Tanaka, Jiro Nakano, Minoru Okita

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Hubungan Derajat Merokok Berdasarkan Indeks Brinkman dengan Kadar Hemoglobin by Rizky Amelia, Ellyza Nasrul, Masrul Basyar

“…Population were blood donors in Indonesian Red Cross Padang. The total sample</em><em>s</em><em> of 65 people taken by accidental sampling with inclusion criteria was smoker and a male. …”
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Primary results from the Japanese Heart Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention Trial (HINODE) by Kazutaka Aonuma, Kenji Ando, Kengo Kusano, Toru Asai, Koichi Inoue, Yukihiro Inamura, Takanori Ikeda, Takeshi Mitsuhashi, Toyoaki Murohara, Nobuhiro Nishii, Akihiko Nogami, Wataru Shimizu, Caroline Beaudoint, Torri Simon, Torsten Kayser, Hussin Azlan, Ngarmukos Tachapong, Joseph Yat‐Sun Chan, Valentina Kutyifa, Yasushi Sakata, For the HINODE Investigators

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Real‐World Study of EGFR‐TKI Rechallenge With Another TKI After First‐Line Osimertinib Discontinuation in Patients With EGFR‐Mutated Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Subset Analysis o... by Kei Sonehara, Kazunari Tateishi, Kiyotaka Yoh, Kazuhiro Usui, Yukio Hosomi, Kazuma Kishi, Go Naka, Kageaki Watanabe, Shu Tamano, Kohei Uemura, Hideo Kunitoh

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Survival trends of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for pediatric emergency patients in regional and metropolitan areas in Japan by Noriyuki Kaku, Wakato Matsuoka, Kentaro Ide, Takaaki Totoki, Katsuki Hirai, Soichi Mizuguchi, Kanako Higashi, Kenichi Tetsuhara, Hazumu Nagata, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yasuyuki Kakihana, Akira Shiose, Shouichi Ohga

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Relationship of serum total cholesterol and triglyceride with risk of mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a multicenter prospective cohort study by Yan Huang, Qiuxia Zhong, Junzhi Chen, Xianhui Qin, Yaya Yang, Yanhuan He, Zizhen Lin, Yumin Li, Shenglin Yang, Yongxin Lu, Yanhong Zhao, Yaozhong Kong, Qijun Wan, Qi Wang, Sheng Huang, Yan Liu, Aiqun Liu, Fanna Liu, Fanfan Hou, Min Liang

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High-fat diet promotes gestational diabetes mellitus through modulating gut microbiota and bile acid metabolism by Lei Yao, Xuefei Zhou, Xianqi Jiang, Hao Chen, Yuanliang Li, Xiao Xiong, Yan Tang, Haogang Zhang, Pengfei Qiao

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