Benefits, limits, and risks of ChatGPT in medicine by Jonathan A. Tangsrivimol, Jonathan A. Tangsrivimol, Erfan Darzidehkalani, Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk, Zhen Wang, Zhen Wang, Jan Egger, Michelle Wang, Sean Hacking, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, Markus Strauss, Markus Strauss, Chayakrit Krittanawong, Chayakrit Krittanawong

“…While ChatGPT demonstrates significant potential in healthcare transformation, systematic evaluation of its implementation across different healthcare settings reveals varying levels of evidence quality–from robust randomized trials in medical education to preliminary observational studies in clinical practice. …”
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Harmful newborn cord care practices and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last six months in Chencha town, Southern Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study by Misgana Seifu, Sultan Hassen, Mekdim Kassa, Yosef Haile, Zeleke Girma, Temesgen Mohammed Toma, Agune Ashole, Mintesinot Melka Gujo, Wondimagegn Taye Dema, Aleme Mekuriya, Endashaw Shibru

“…Quantitative data was collected through structured interview questionnaires from 312 randomly selected mothers. The collected data was coded, cleaned, and entered into Epi-info version 7.2.5.0, and analyzed using SPSS version 26. …”
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Continuous theta-burst stimulation demonstrates language-network-specific causal effects on syntactic processing by Chenyang Gao, Junjie Wu, Yao Cheng, Yuming Ke, Xingfang Qu, Mingchuan Yang, Gesa Hartwigsen, Luyao Chen

“…Thirty healthy adult Chinese native speakers underwent four continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) sessions: stimulation over IFG, stimulation over IFG + pTL, stimulation over IFG + SPL, and sham stimulation over IFG + irrelevant region in a pseudo-randomized order. In each session, participants were required to label the syntactic categories of jabberwocky sequences retaining real Chinese function words (e.g., “ム了ウ” is labeled as a verb phrase (VP): “[VP [V了]N]”, similar to “ziff-ed a wug”, where “ziff” and “wug” are nonsense pseudowords, and the whole phrase is a VP). …”
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Impact of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Local Radical Treatment on Survival Outcomes in Synchronous Oligometastatic NSCLC by Mandy Jongbloed, MD, Valentina Bartolomeo, MD, Martina Bortolot, MD, Shahan Darwesh, MD, Jarno W.J. Huijs, MD, Safiye Dursun, MD, Juliette Degens, MD, PhD, Ben E.E.M. van den Borne, MD, PhD, Maggy Youssef-El Soud, MD, PhD, Marcel Westenend, MD, PhD, Cordula Pitz, MD, PhD, Dirk K.M. De Ruysscher, MD, PhD, Lizza E.L. Hendriks, MD, PhD

“…Conclusions: An ICI-based systemic treatment strategy (±LRT) is associated with improved survival compared with chemotherapy-only (±LRT) for patients with sOMD NSCLC. Prospective randomized trial data are necessary to identify patients most likely to benefit from adding LRT.…”
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Global comparison of the economic costs of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lan Gao, Susan Brumby, Crystal Man Ying Lee, George Mnatzaganian, Suzanne Robinson, Helen Brown, Rachel Huxley, Anna Peeters, Dan Xu, James Boyd, Sean Randall, Adrienne O’Neil, Sangita Shakya, Sarah Gauci, Anita Shrestha, James Lucas

“…Costs were converted to percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of corresponding country. A random-effects model was used for meta-analysis using StataSE V.18 to calculate the pooled percentage. …”
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'Which treatment do you believe you received?' A randomised blinding feasibility trial of spinal manual therapy by Javier Muñoz Laguna, Astrid Kurmann, Léonie Hofstetter, Emanuela Nyantakyi, Julia Braun, Lauren Clack, Heejung Bang, Mazda Farshad, Nadine E. Foster, Milo A. Puhan, Cesar A. Hincapié, the SALuBRITY Blinding Clinician Group

“…Our main objectives were to assess the feasibility of blinding: (1) participants randomly allocated to active or placebo spinal manual therapy (SMT), and (2) outcome assessors. …”
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Concentrations and human health risks attributed to potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in water resources in China: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaomei Hui, Anhui Li, Sheng Chang, Aihua Wang, Lu Wang, Chao Li

“…The concentration of PTEs was meta-analyzed using random effects model in water resources (surface water and groundwater) and location of study (urban and rural locations) subgroups. …”
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Determinants of the Continuum of Maternal Healthcare Services in Northwest Ethiopia: Findings from the Primary Health Care Project by Asmamaw Atnafu, Adane Kebede, Bisrat Misganaw, Destaw Fetene Teshome, Gashaw Andargie Biks, Getu Debalkie Demissie, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Mezgebu Yitayal, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Telake Azale, Terefe Derso, Tsegaye Gebremedhin, Endalkachew Dellie

“…A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 01 to June 29, 2019, among 565 randomly selected mothers who gave birth in five years before the study in primary healthcare project implementation districts of north Gondar zone, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. …”
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Use High-Flow Nasal Cannula for Acute Respiratory Failure Patients in the Emergency Department: A Meta-Analysis Study by Cheng-Chieh Huang, Hao-Min Lan, Chao-Jui Li, Tsung-Han Lee, Wen-Liang Chen, Wei-Yuan Lei, Pei-You Hsieh, Mei-Chueh Yang, Chu-Chung Chou, Han-Ping Wu, Yuan-Jhen Syue

“…This study included only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that were conducted in EDs and compared HFNC therapy with COT or NIV. …”
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Robotic Versus Open Pancreatoduodenectomy With Vein Resection and Reconstruction: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis by Niccolò Napoli, MD, PhD, FEBS, Emanuele Federico Kauffmann, MD, PhD, FEBS, Michael Ginesini, MD, Armando Di Dato, MD, Virginia Viti, MD, Cesare Gianfaldoni, MD, Lucrezia Lami, MD, Carla Cappelli, MD, Maria Isabella Rotondo, MD, Daniela Campani, MD, Gabriella Amorese, MD, Caterina Vivaldi, MD, Silvia Cesario, MD, Laura Bernardini, MD, Enrico Vasile, MD, Fabio Vistoli, MD, PhD, FEBS, Ugo Boggi, MD, FEBS

“…Robotic and open PD-VR need to be compared in randomized controlled trials.…”
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Unraveling the immunological landscape and gut microbiome in sepsis: a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and prognosisResearch in context by Yali Luo, Jian Gao, Xinliang Su, Helian Li, Yingcen Li, Wenhao Qi, Xuling Han, Jingxuan Han, Yiran Zhao, Alin Zhang, Yan Zheng, Feng Qian, Hongyu He

“…Immunophenotype shifts were evaluated using differential expression sliding window analysis, and random forest models were developed for sepsis diagnosis or prognosis prediction. …”
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Pharmacokinetic Analysis of an Isoniazid Suspension Among Spanish Children Under 6 Years of Age by Antoni Noguera-Julian, Emma Wilhelmi, Maria Cussó, Rob Aarnoutse, Angela Colbers, Loreto Martorell, Maria Goretti López-Ramos, Joan Vinent, Rosa Farré, Dolors Soy, Sílvia Simó-Nebot, Clàudia Fortuny

“…., Montreal, QC, Canada) in children receiving INH daily at 10 mg/kg in a single-center, open-label, non-randomized, phase IIa clinical trial (EudraCT Number: 2016-002000-31) in Barcelona (Spain). …”
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Reproductive performance of female largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) broodstock was enhanced by dietary small peptides by Jie Wei, Mingwei Tao, Jiaming Huang, Hangxian Zhou, Qiyou Xu

“…To research the effects of dietary small peptides on the reproductive performance of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) broodstock, four isonitrogenous and isolipidic diets were prepared by adding 5 % small peptide (SP) on two fish meal levels (40 and 20 %), which were labeled as HF (40 % FM), HS (40 % FM+5 % SP), LF (20 % FM) and LS (20 % FM+5 % SP), respectively. 160 female largemouth bass broodstock (initial body weight: 452.36 ± 15.54 g) were randomly allocated to four groups with 4 tanks per group of 10 fish each. …”
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Weighted EHR-based prevalence estimates for hypertension at the state and local levels in Louisiana by Wenjun Li, Meng Zhang, Jie Cheng, Sandra L. Jackson, Adam S. Vaughan, Michael Klompas, Thomas W. Carton, Elizabeth Nauman, Lee Mendoza, Arun Adhikari, Jeanie Donovan, Katherine H. Hohman

“…Although electronic health record (EHR) data have great potential for surveillance, population coverage is non-random, which may result in biased estimates. Statistical approaches are needed to adjust estimates to represent the underlying population and validate the results against independent estimates. …”
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Evaluation of the Residues of Rice (Oryza sativa L.), Black-Eyed Pea (Vigna unguiculata L.), Dill (Anethum graveolens L.), and Aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) on Characteristics o... by Einollah Hesami, Mohsen Jahan

“…In each year, two experiments were conducted in a randomized complete block design with four replications in two years and two locations. …”
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Preliminary effectiveness of social prescription and virtual patient information in increasing tertiary prevention among cancer patients (ESPRIT): protocol for a single-centre, ran... by Karen Steindorf, Michael Koller, Michael Leitzmann, Wolfgang Herr, Daniel Heudobler, Lisa Boyer, Anne Herrmann, Tobias Pukrop, Christine Bernardi, Sabine Einhell

“…Here, we present the protocol for a single-centre, randomised controlled pilot trial testing the preliminary effectiveness of social prescription and virtual patient information in increasing tertiary prevention among cancer patients and support persons (SPs) (ESPRIT “Effectiveness of a social prescription and virtual patient information in increasing tertiary prevention” pilot trial).Methods and analysis Cancer patients attending medical oncology units at a university hospital in southern Germany and their SPs will be randomly allocated as a dyad to group A (social prescription (n=36)), group B (virtual patient information (n=36)) or group C (usual care (n=36)). …”
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Human health risk assessment of drinking water using heavy metal pollution index: a GIS-based investigation in mega city by Maria Latif, Iqra Nasim, Mubeen Ahmad, Rab Nawaz, Arifa Tahir, Muhammad Atif Irshad, Aamal A. Al-Mutairi, Ali Irfan, Sami A. Al-Hussain, Magdi E. A. Zaki

“…A total of 25 samples were collected by random sampling from hand pumps during 4 months (March–June, 2021) for determining various physiochemical attributes (pH, electric conductivity, turbidity, total hardness, chloride, and phosphate) and potentially toxic elements (arsenic, cadmium, and lead) using standard protocols. …”
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Latarjet procedure versus iliac crest autograft transfer for anterior shoulder instability: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies by Lang Li, Bofang Zeng, Meng Ding, Sha Wan, Kefu Lin, Zhen Tian

“…Methods Following PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive search of PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science was conducted. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies directly comparing the Latarjet and ICBGT procedures were included. …”
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Kinerja probiotik Bacillus sp. pada pendederan benih ikan lele Clarias sp. yang diinfeksi Aeromonas hydrophila by , Sukenda, Muhammad Mufthi Rafsyanzani, , Rahman, Dendi Hidayatullah

“…This experiment used randomized design with four treatments and two replications. …”
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Effect of rapamycin-eluting stents on in-stent restenosis and early inflammatory response in coronary artery narrowing animal models by Jianbing Zhang, Jingyi Zhu, Baiping Sui, Ying Wang, Bingxue Zhang

“…Methods a total of 20 miniature pigs were randomly assigned into four groups: S1 group (low-dose rapamycin-coated stent, 55 µg/mm2), S2 group (medium-dose rapamycin-coated stent, 120 µg/mm2), S3 group (high-dose rapamycin-coated stent, 415 µg/mm2), and D0 group (bare metal stent). …”
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