Evaluation of Fetuses Diagnosed with Megacystis During Prenatal Period by Kemal Sarsmaz, Busra Kanyildiz, Gokcen Orgul, Gokhan Karakoc, Hasan Eroglu, Dilek Sahin, Aykan Yucel

“…Ultrasonography findings and antennal interventions were withdrawn from computerized database. Information about postpartum status was also received. …”
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Scopus Indexing Delays of Articles Published in Major Pharmacy Practice Journals by Samuel Adeosun

“… Background: Authors of bibliometric studies often wait for an arbitrarily prolonged period to allow for complete indexing of documents in the Scopus database after the end of the period to be studied (period-of-interest), thus negatively affecting recency (interval between publication date the date of the latest data reported) in bibliometric studies. …”
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Montelukast Use and Patterns of Ambulatory Care among Asian versus Non-Asian Adult Patients with Asthma and/or Allergic Rhinitis in the United States by Joseph Vasey, Shalini Bagga, Huan Huang, Tongsheng Wang, David Thompson

“…**Methods:** Data for adult asthma and AR patients were extracted from a national electronic medical records database for the years 2006-2014. Patients were classified into condition cohort (Asthma-Only, AR-Only, Asthma & AR), and treatment condition (monotherapy or combination therapy, with or without montelukast for Asthma and Asthma & AR cohorts, usual care with or without montelukast for AR-Only) and stratified by race (Asian vs. non-Asian). …”
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Web-Based File Sharing System: A Case Study of Kabale University. by Akandinda, Abraham

“…System development tools used included; PHP Scripting Language as the server-side language and MySQL as the Database for the system. With this system, users can access their files in the server securely and concurrently. …”
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Red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus), a superfruit rich in betacyanins pigments with antioxidative potential for hepatoprotection: A review by Teck Wei Lim, Renee Lay Hong Lim, Liew Phing Pui, Chin Ping Tan, Chun Wai Ho

“…The journals, books, conference proceedings as well as electronic database were searched up to December 2024, using keywords, red dragon fruit, red pitaya/pitahaya, Hylocereus polyrhizus, betacyanins, betanin, antioxidant and liver. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of 100 most cited papers on oral proliferative verrucous leukoplakia by Namrata Sengupta, Gargi S. Sarode, Sachin C. Sarode

“…Method: A search was done with help of Scopus database in November 2023. The articles on OPVL were retrieved and reviewed thoroughly. …”
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Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state are associated with higher in-hospital mortality and morbidity in diabetes patients hospitalized with ST-elevation myocar... by Turki Almutairi, Soha Dargham, Amin Jayyousi, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Charbel Abi Khalil

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We used the National Readmission Database (2016-2019) to extract patients with T2DM and STEMI at baseline. …”
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The type of infections and the use of antibiotics among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A review by Asma D. Alshammari, Mona Matar Aldhafeeri, Amal M. Aldhafeeri, Maram Asaad Alanzi, Maha Bandar Almutairi, Jawaher Abdullah Alrasheedi, Thikra Adel Alsurur, Aeshah Dhahawi Alshammri

“…An electronic literature search was conducted using the MEDLINE database, with the indicated search keywords: infections, antibiotics, use, patients, rheumatoid, and arthritis. …”
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Fairway to fractures: Income inequality and violent crime as the driving factors for golf club-related assaults – a case series of 21 compound skull fractures by R Grobler, E-M Geldenhuys, A J Vlok

“…A retrospective analysis was performed of a prospectively maintained database for patients admitted to Tygerberg Academic Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, with golf club-related compound skull fractures between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2021. …”
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Empirical prediction intervals applied to short term mortality forecasts and excess deaths by Ricarda Duerst, Jonas Schöley

“…Methods Using weekly death data from the Short-term Mortality Database (STMF) for 23 countries, we propose empirical prediction intervals based on the distribution of past out-of-sample forecasting errors for the study of weekly expected and excess deaths. …”
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Can physical and psychological factors predict pain recurrence or an exacerbation of persistent non-specific low back pain? A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Deborah Falla, Michael Mansfield, Janet Deane, Kanya Wongwitwichote, Cho Wai Geoffrey Yu

“…Comprehensive literature searches will be conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, APA PsycInfo, PubMed, CINAHL Plus, Web of Science, Scopus and ZETOC, spanning from each database’s inception through to January 2025. Google Scholar and grey literature sources, including OpenGrey, will also be searched to ensure comprehensive coverage. …”
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Treatment Interruption and Regimen Change in Firstgeneration versus Second-generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors used as First-line Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Melea A. Ward, Gang Fang, Kristy L. Richards, Christine M. Walko, Stephanie R. Earnshaw, Laura E. Happe, Susan J. Blalock

“…**Methods:** This was a retrospective cohort study using the Humana Research Database. Patients with CML who were between the ages of 18 and 89 and newly initiated 1GTKI or 2GTKI therapy between June 1, 2010 and December 31, 2011 were included. …”
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Novel drug targets for monkeypox: From viral to host proteins by Zhaozhong Zhu, Qin Sun, Yunhai Xu, Youya Niu, Fei Yang, Shuidong Feng

“…Results: We constructed a comprehensive protein–protein interaction (PPI) network between MPXV and humans, using data from the P-HIPSTer database. This network included 113 viral proteins and 2 607 MPXV-interacting human proteins (MIPs). …”
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Examining the Impact of Certificate of Need Laws on the Utilization and Reimbursement of Cataract Surgeries Among Medicare Beneficiaries by Alvina Liang, Jennifer L. Lindsey

“…**Methods:** This retrospective database review analyzed publicly available data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2017 to 2021 to identify the Medicare beneficiaries who underwent non-complex cataract surgery using Current Procedural Terminology code 66984 in Medicare outpatient hospitals. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of blindness and vision loss attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021, and forecasts to 2030: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Stud... by Yi Zeng, Yixian Liu, Xingyi Chen, Jennifer Kenny, Rong Rong, Xiaobo Xia

“…Methods We extracted data on years lived with disability (YLDs) and age-standardized YLDs rate (ASYR) related to blindness and vision loss (BVL) caused by smoking, including cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database for the years 1990 to 2021. These data were disaggregated by age, gender, sociodemographic index (SDI), region, and country. …”
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OSTEOSARCOMA HAS NOT BECOME ATTENTION TO SOCIETY PROFILE OF OSTEOSARCOMA PATIENTS AT DR. SOETOMO GENERAL HOSPITAL SURABAYA "A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY” by Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Mouli Edward, Muhammad Hardian Basuki, Yunus Abdul Bari, Yesa Suwandani

“…Data were obtained from Ortho tumor patient database, and contacting them by phone or home visit. …”
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Is insomnia a risk factor for new-onset asthma? A population-based study in Taiwan by Shih-Feng Weng, Chih-Cheng Lai, Yu-Chieh Lin, Chih-Chiang Chien, Chin-Ming Chen, Shyh-Ren Chiang, Chung-Han Ho, Kuo-Chen Cheng

“…Objectives To determine whether insomnia at baseline is a risk factor for new-onset asthma.Methods We recruited 48 871 patients with insomnia (insomnia group) newly diagnosed between 2002 and 2007, and 97 742 matched controls without insomnia (control group) from Taiwan’s Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. All of the patients were followed up for 4 years to see whether new-onset asthma developed. …”
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Trends in prevalence and disability-adjusted life years for refractive disorders in China and globally from 1990 to 2021: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Fangfang Lai, Hongfang Xia, Liang Wang

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to describe the temporal trends in the prevalence and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of refractive disorders (RD) in China and globally from 1990 to 2021 and provide predictions in China for the next decade.MethodsUtilizing open data from the Global Burden of Disease database (2021), this study conducted a comprehensive comparative analysis of the RD burden in China and globally, including changes in prevalence and DALYs. …”
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Sulfatase modifying factor 2 as a predictive biomarker for urothelial carcinoma by Wei-Ting Kuo, Yi-Chen Lee, Jia-Bin Liao, Ching-Jiunn Tseng, Yi-Fang Yang

“…In this study, we used an online database and immunohistochemistry to assess genetic changes and the mRNA and protein expression of SUMFs and related candidate targets in UC. …”
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The influence of uterine leiomyomatosis on the onset of psoriasis: a nationwide population-based study of 2.5 million Korean females by Yeong Ho Kim, Hyun Jee Kim, Jee Yun Doh, Kyung Do Han, Ji Hyun Lee

“…Methods This nationwide population-based study used data from the Korean National Health Insurance System database. Data from 2,755,790 Korean females 20–39 years of age who underwent health check-ups from 2009 to 2012 were analyzed. …”
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