Association between body mass index and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young individuals: a nationwide population‑based cohort study by Chiwook Chung, Hajeong Kim, Kyu Na Lee, Dong Wook Shin, Sei Won Lee, Kyungdo Han

“…Using the Korean National Health Information Database, we screened individuals aged 20–39 years who participated in the national health examination between 2009 and 2012. …”
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Long-term trends in the incidence of male breast cancer and nomogram for predicting survival in male breast cancer patients: a population-based epidemiologic study by Aimin Huang, Daning Li, Zhe Fan, Jingfang Chen, Weidong Zhang, Wentao Wu

“…MBC data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database (1975–2019) were analyzed using the Age-Period-Cohort (APC) model to examine trends in age, period, and birth cohort effects of MBC incidence. …”
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Epidemiological Study of Uveal Melanoma from US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (2010–2015) by Yufeng Xu, Lixia Lou, Yijie Wang, Qi Miao, Kai Jin, Menglu Chen, Juan Ye

“…We performed population-based cohort analyses using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to identify patients with primary uveal melanoma from 2010 to 2015. …”
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Differential attainment at national selection for higher surgical training: a retrospective cohort study by Amanda Lee, Jennifer Cleland, John Hines, Peter Brennan, Ricky Ellis, Yasin Al-Tawarah

“…The objective of this study was to characterise the relationship between candidate sociodemographic factors and performance at National Selection for HST in the UK.Design A retrospective cohort study.Setting National Selection for HST in the UK.Participants All UK graduates in the UKMED database (https://www.ukmed.ac.uk) who underwent selection for HST from 2012 to 2019.Outcomes and measures Performance at HST Selection for each surgical specialty is measured by assessment of the candidate’s academic portfolio and multiple objective structured clinical examination style stations testing knowledge and skills. …”
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Prognostic impact of moderate to severe anemia associated with renal dysfunction in patients with heart failure by Eri Noda, Shouji Matsushima, Toru Hashimoto, Yoshitomo Tsutsui, Kayo Misumi, Nobuyuki Enzan, Keimei Yoshida, Keisuke Shinohara, Takeo Fujino, Shunsuke Katsuki, Takafumi Sakamoto, Kazuya Hosokawa, Shintaro Kinugawa, Kohtaro Abe

“…We analyzed 1,608 HF patients from the Japanese Cardiac Registry of Heart Failure in Cardiology (JCARE-CARD) database. Patients were classified based on the severity of admission anemia in the presence/absence of RD. …”
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Proton pump inhibitors versus histamine-2 receptor antagonists for stress ulcer prophylaxis during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a propensity score-matched analysis by Hiroki Matsui, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yutaka Kondo, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Kiyohide Fushimi

“…Our aim was to compare outcomes between patients receiving PPIs and H2RAs for stress ulcer prophylaxis during ECMO.Materials and methods We performed a retrospective cohort study using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination Database, using data recorded from 1 July 2010 to 31 March 2017. …”
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A Research Synthesis of Therapeutic Interventions for Whiplash-Associated Disorder (WAD): Part 5 – Surgical and Injection-Based Interventions for Chronic WAD by Robert W Teasell, J Andrew McClure, David Walton, Jason Pretty, Katherine Salter, Matthew Meyer, Keith Sequeira, Barry Death

“…A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the strength of evidence associated with various WAD therapies. Multiple databases (including Web of Science, EMBASE and PubMed) were searched to identify all studies published from January 1980 through March 2009 that evaluated the effectiveness of any well-defined treatment for acute (less than two weeks), subacute (two to 12 weeks) or chronic (more than 12 weeks) WAD. …”
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HEG1 as a novel potential biomarker for the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma by Xin Zou, Yue Zhang, Ning Wang, Jie Shi, Qinghai Li, Wanming Hao, Wenjing Zhu, Wei Han

“…Patients and Methods To explore the effect of HEG1 on LUAD, GEPIA platform and UALCAN database, as well as Kaplan–Meier plotter were adopted to analyze the association of HEG1 with clinicopathological characteristics and survival outcomes for LUAD firstly. …”
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Vitamin A is associated with all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease: a population-based cohort study by Yunxia Feng, Yuan Li, Yuan Li, Shuo Chen, Na Hu, Dan Liao

“…CKD participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database were included for analysis. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. …”
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Discontinuation, persistence and adherence to subcutaneous biologics delivered via a homecare route to Scottish adults with rheumatic diseases: a retrospective study by Stefan Siebert, Brian Godman, Samantha Alvarez-Madrazo, Kimberley Kavanagh, Yvonne Semple, Alessandra Maciel Almeida, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Marion Bennie

“…Objectives To understand patterns of subcutaneous (SC) biologics use over time in adults with inflammatory rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases receiving a homecare delivery service.Design Retrospective cohort.Setting Patients in secondary care receiving SC biologics in the largest Scottish Health Board.Participants A new bespoke cohort was created from routine data gathered as part of a health board Homecare Service Database. Patients over 18 years who received a supply of SC biologic from January 2012 to May 2015 with a diagnosis for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or ankylosing spondylitis (AS) were included.Outcomes measured A standardised framework was applied by measuring discontinuation rates, persistence using Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox regression and adherence using medication refill adherence (MRA) and compliance rate (CR).Results 751 patients were identified (AS: 105, PsA: 227, RA: 419) of whom 89.3% had more than one biologic delivery (median days’ follow-up: AS: 494; PsA: 544; RA: 529) and 83.2% did not switch biologic. …”
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Vonoprazan-amoxicillin combination therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication: an umbrella review of meta-analyses by Saif Syed, Fatima Tu Zehra, Maham Zaman, Vikash Kumar Karmani, Ayesha Saleem, Momina Khalid, Syeda Nimrah Asim, Sara Izhar, Gaurang Hasmukhbhai Suhagiya

“…Methods While adhering to the PRIOR guidelines, PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched from the database inception to May 2024 to identify relevant articles. …”
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A PARP inhibitors in the treatment of breast cancer - A Review of literature by Jagoda Niewiadomska, Borys Bondos, Aleksandra Stępień, Alicja Paluch, Jakub Skrzypek, Aleksandra Niekra, Łukasz Fussek, Robert Kochan, Ewelina Wieczorek, Kacper Lee

“…State of Knowledge In this article, I used the PubMed database and considered papers from the last 15 years, but most of the information in this review comes from papers published after 2020. …”
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A sensitivity analysis of methodological variables associated with microbiome measurements by Samuel P. Forry, Stephanie L. Servetas, Jennifer N. Dootz, Monique E. Hunter, Jason G. Kralj, James J. Filliben, Scott A. Jackson

“…In this study, a full factorial experimental design was used to compare the effects of a select set of methodological choices (sample, operator, lot, extraction kit, variable region, and reference database) on the analysis of biologically diverse stool samples. …”
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Prediction of successful weaning from renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients based on machine learning by Qiqiang Liang, Xin Xu, Shuo Ding, Jin Wu, Man Huang

“…Background Predicting the successful weaning of acute kidney injury (AKI) patients from renal replacement therapy (RRT) has emerged as a research focus, and we successfully built predictive models for RRT withdrawal in patients with severe AKI by machine learning.Methods This retrospective single-center study utilized data from our general intensive care unit (ICU) Database, focusing on patients diagnosed with severe AKI who underwent RRT. …”
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Bibliometric insights into astrocytic roles in depression and treatment by Linsun Lin, Linsun Lin, Ziyi Guo, Zhuoyu Ren, Yanchen Feng, Peigang Fang, Tao Wang, Min Chen, Min Chen

“…The scope of the literature review encompasses both basic and clinical research.MethodsPublications related to astrocytes in depression and treatment from 2014 to 2023 were searched in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and the R package “bibliometrix” were used to conduct this bibliometric analysis.ResultsFrom 2014 to 2023, a total of 1,502 documents from 78 countries on astrocytes in depression and treatment were analyzed from 169 journals, with the most co-cited journals being the Journal of Neuroscience and PNAS. …”
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Use of Machine Perfusion in the United States Increases Organ Utilization and Improves DCD Graft Survival in Liver Transplantation by Steven A. Wisel, MD, Justin A. Steggerda, MD, Irene K. Kim, MD

“…The Organ Procurement and Transplant Network/Standard Transplant Analysis and Research database was used to identify all deceased donor livers procured with intent for transplant between October 27, 2015 (date of first recorded MP) and June 30, 2023 (n = 67 795). …”
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A Lightweight Deep Convolutional Neural Network Implemented on FPGA and Android Devices for Detection of Breast Cancer Using Ultrasound Images by Aditya Vinod, Prabhav Guddati, Amit Kumar Panda, Rajesh Kumar Tripathy

“…The presented deep-learning approach has demonstrated higher classification accuracy than different transfer-learning techniques and existing methods using the BUS images from the same database.…”
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Treatment and prescribing trends of antihypertensive drugs in 2.7 million UK primary care patients over 31 years: a population-based cohort study by Tibor Schuster, Laurent Azoulay, Julie Rouette, Emily G. McDonald, James M. Brophy

“…Objectives To describe the prescribing trends of antihypertensive drugs in primary care patients and assess the trajectory of antihypertensive drug prescriptions, from first-line to third-line, in patients with hypertension according to changes to the United Kingdom (UK) hypertension management guidelines.Design Population-based cohort study.Setting and participants We used the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, an electronic primary care database representative of the UK population. Between 1988 and 2018, we identified all adult patients with at least one prescription for a thiazide diuretic, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, angiotensin receptor blocker, beta-blocker or calcium channel blocker (CCB).Primary and secondary outcome measures We estimated the period prevalence of patients with antihypertensive drug prescriptions for each calendar year over a 31-year period. …”
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Machine learning-based prediction of in-hospital mortality for critically ill patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by Tianyun Gao, Zhiqiang Nong, Yuzhen Luo, Manqiu Mo, Zhaoyan Chen, Zhenhua Yang, Ling Pan

“…Objectives This study aims to develop and validate a prediction model in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) based on machine learning algorithms.Methods Patients who met the criteria for inclusion were identified in the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV (MIMIC-IV) database and divided according to the validation (n = 2440) and development (n = 9756, 80%) queues. …”
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Evaluation of ovarian stiffness and its biological mechanism using shear wave elastography in polycystic ovary syndrome by Yifang He, Shuangping Deng, Yanli Wang, Xiali Wang, Qingqing Huang, Jing Cheng, Dandan Wang, Guorong Lyu

“…Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses revealed that BM gene alterations were correlated with ovarian stiffness, which was further validated using PCOS patient data from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. In conclusion, SWE is a valuable technique for diagnosing PCOS by detecting increased ovarian stiffness, which may be associated with alterations in the expression of BMs, thereby mediating ovarian fibrosis.…”
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