Epidemiology and risk factors of non-esophageal eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases in Japan: A population-based study by Akinari Sawada, Takumi Imai, Yasutaka Ihara, Fumio Tanaka, Yasuhiro Fujiwara

“…Whilst atopic dermatitis (OR 2.28 (95% CI 1.35–3.86), p = 0.006) and the perinatal factors (OR 3.68 (95% CI 1.13–12.02), p = 0.031) were associated with an increased risk of pediatric non-EoE EGIDs. …”
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COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE MORTALITY OF THE POPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND KUZBASS FROM MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION FOR THE PERIOD 2012-2020 by Андрей Георгиевич Петров, Сергей Анатольевич Макаров, Николай Владимирович Абрамов, Сергей Николаевич Филимонов, Василий Васильевич Кашталап, Виктор Андреевич Семенихин

“…Causes of death from myocardial infarction are presented on the basis of a brief nomenclature based on the tenth revision of the International Classification diseases, injuries and causes of death (ICD 10). …”
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THE NEXUS BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL TAX COMPETITIVENESS AND THE SHADOW ECONOMY: A CROSS-COUNTRIES ANALYSIS by І. Tiutiunyk, О. Mazurenko, S. Spodin, R. Volynets, M. Hladkovskyi

“…In the paper the 5,348 publications in the Scopus database and 2,036 publications in the WoS database on tax competitiveness and 3,095 and 1,063 publications on the problems of shadowing, respectively, were analyzed. …”
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Predictors of failure in posterior short segment instrumentation for thoracolumbar burst fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Parisa Javadnia, Yousef Ramazani, Mehdi Moradinazar, Nila Salimi, Soroush Moradi, Ehsan Alimohammadi

“…The mean differences were 1.38, 5.9, 3.86, and − 4.29, respectively, with high heterogeneity observed across parameters, except for pre-VWA, which showed moderate heterogeneity. …”
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Exploring and Predicting HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Adherence Patterns Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Randomized Controlled Longitudinal Study of an mHealth Intervention in West... by Bing Lin, Jiayan Li, Jiaxiu Liu, Wei He, Haiying Pan, Xiaoni Zhong

“…After 10-fold cross-validation, the final prediction model had an accuracy of 75%, and the classification accuracy of low and intermediate adherence was 78.12%. …”
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10-year diagnosis-specific antibiotic prescribing trends among paediatric inpatients at two private-sector hospitals in central India: a prospective observational study by Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Megha Sharma, Sarah Van De Weyer

“…PDD* per 100 bed days, diagnosis-specific patterns and trends, adherence to the Access, Watch and Reserve (AWaRe) classification and prescribing guidelines with significant p value<0.05.Results Of 19 027, 17 458 inpatients aged less than 18 years stayed at least one night (NTH: 11 415 and TH: 6043). …”
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Admissions and outcomes after perinatal asphyxia and hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy before and after therapeutic hypothermia: a retrospective population-based study by Karoline Aker, Ragnhild Støen, Miriam Martinez-Biarge, Janicke M Syltern

“…We aimed to describe admission rates and outcomes after perinatal asphyxia and HIE before and after the implementation of TH in June 2007.Methods This single-centre, retrospective, population-based study included term/near-term infants born between January 2003 and December 2011 and admitted to a level III neonatal unit with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision diagnoses P20, P21, P90 and/or P91, and a clinical picture compatible with asphyxia/HIE. …”
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A Novel Interfragmentary Technique vs. A Conventional Posterolateral Approach for Unstable Femoral Intertrochanteric Fractures in the Elderly: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Hakan Zora, Gökhan Bayrak, Ömer Faruk Bilgen

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: This retrospective study investigated community-dwelling elderly patients with type III, IV, and V unstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures according to the Evans–Jensen classification, treated with THA by a well-experienced single surgeon. …”
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Who attends a free sexual health center in Paris for HIV/STI screening? an observational study by Mathilde Husson, Elise de La Rochebrochard, Elisabeth Morand, Christophe Segouin, Pénélope Troude

“…Results Median age of patients was 26 years [Q1–Q3:23–32]. Seven clusters of patients were identified. …”
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Hepatitis B and C Viral Infection: Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Occupational Exposure among Healthcare Workers of Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethio... by Habtemu J. Hebo, Desta H. Gemeda, Kedir A. Abdusemed

“…The prevalence of HBV was intermediate according to the endemicity classification by WHO. The practice of SP was poor in most participants and, thus, occupational exposure was high. …”
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Validation of Risk Scoring Systems in Predicting Adverse Cardiac Outcomes in Pregnant Women With Valvular Heart Disease by Malini Sukayogula, Tarakeswari Surapaneni, Anish Keepanasseril, Jue Li, Yang Pan

“…To validate and compare the performance of four risk stratification tools—the DEVI (Adverse Cardiac Events in Valvular Rheumatic Heart Disease in Pregnancy) score, Zwangerschap bij Aangeboren Hartafwijking (ZAHARA) score, Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy II (CARPREG II), and modified WHO (mWHO) classification—in predicting adverse cardiac events during pregnancy in women with valvular heart disease (VHD). …”
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Drug Safety During Breastfeeding: A Comparative Analysis of FDA Adverse Event Reports and LactMed^® by Hülya Tezel Yalçın, Nadir Yalçın, Michael Ceulemans, Karel Allegaert

“…In the FAERS database, 68.4% of the patients were under 2 months old, 5.5% had life threatening ADEs, and 3.6% died, while 84.70% of the cases were categorized as serious. …”
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Identify re-development concepts to enhance Abu Roash “C” oil reservoir productivity Sitra Area, Abu Gharadig Basin, Western Desert, Egypt by H. Salama, M. Darwish, M. Wahdan, A. El-Batal

“…The resultant stratigraphic units consist of: genetically related depositional cycles (3 cycles) and their components of facies sequences (5 facies types), each cycle has its own distribution, facies classification and reservoir characteristics.…”
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Relationship Between Trough Levels of Anti-Infliximab and Serum Biomarkers in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis by Sura Mohammed Lateef, Ahmed Abdul-Hassan Abbas, Mohammed Hadi Alosami

“…Sampling was collected in Rheumatology Unit at (Baghdad Teaching Hospital) from September 2021 to April 2022. Each patient had 3 mL of blood drawn. before the next dosage of medication. …”
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Outcomes among children and adults at risk of severe dengue in Sri Lanka: Opportunity for outpatient case management in countries with high disease burden. by Champica K Bodinayake, Ajith DeS Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Niroshana J Dahanayake, Gaya B Wijayaratne, Nayani P Weerasinghe, Madureka Premamali, Tianchen Sheng, Bradly P Nicholson, Harshanie A Ubeysekera, Ruvini Mp Kurukulasooriya, Aruna D de Silva, Truls Østbye, Christopher W Woods, L Gayani Tillekeratne

“…We defined primary outcomes as per the 1997 and 2009 World Health Organization (WHO) classification criteria: dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF; WHO 1997), dengue shock syndrome (DSS; WHO 1997), and severe dengue (WHO 2009). …”
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Chronic Pain: Among Tertiary Care Psychiatric Out-Patients in Singapore—Prevalence and Associations with Psychiatric Disorders by Pratika Satghare, Edimansyah Bin Abdin, Aditi Hombali, Wen Lin Teh, Ellaisha Samari, Boon Yiang Chua, Swapna Verma, Yee Ming Mok, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam

“…Based on the C.P. pain severity classification, 38.5% of the sample had mild pain, 22.9% had moderate pain, and 11.8% had severe pain. …”
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EXPERIENCE OF SURGICAL TREATMENT AT RECURRENT GASTRIC CANCER by A. V. Chayka, V. M. Khomyakov, L. A. Vashakmadze, V. V. Cheremisov, A. B. Ryabov

“…Grade I complications according to Clavien-Dindo classification were diagnosed in 3 patients, grade II complications in 5 patients, grade IIIA in 2 patients , grade IIIB in 2 patients, grade IV in 2 patients and grade V complications (death from postoperative complications) in 1 patient. …”
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CT-Detected Arterial Calcification and Ischemic Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Upper Urinary Tract Calculi: A Case-Control Study by Qu Z, Yang W, Liu S, Wang M, Zheng A, Qin C, Du Y, Zhu X, Xu T

“…Zhan Qu,1,&ast; Wenbo Yang,2,3,&ast; Shijun Liu,2,3 Mingqing Wang,1 An Zheng,1 Caipeng Qin,2,3 Yiqing Du,2,3 Xiaodong Zhu,1 Tao Xu2,3 1Department of Urology, Capital Medical University Electric Power Teaching Hospital (State Grid Corporation of China Beijing Electric Power Hospital), Beijing, 100073, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Urology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, 100044, People’s Republic of China; 3The Institute of Applied Lithotripsy Technology, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Tao Xu, Email xutao@pkuph.edu.cn Xiaodong Zhu, Email atlanda@163.comObjective: Arterial calcification (AC) is frequently observed in computed tomography (CT) scans of patients with upper urinary tract calculi (UUTC). …”
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Immune and genetic landscapes of biliary atresia: a pathway to precision medicine by Chao Lv, Chengang Qi, Xiaoke Dai, Mingman Zhang

“…MR analysis highlighted seven co-expressed genes with potential causal relevance to BA, including C12orf75, PSD3, CRIM1, CHIT1 (upregulated), and SEC14L4, MAPRE3, TCEA3 (downregulated). qRT-PCR validation confirmed significantly elevated expression of C12orf75, PSD3, and CHIT1, and reduced expression of TCEA3 in BA liver tissues compared to controls (P < 0.05), consistent with MR predictions. …”
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Outcomes of 32,019 Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Reconstructions: Insights from the Largest National Readmission Data by Sthefano Araya, MD, Heather Peluso, DO, Nathan Doremus, MD, Jaina Lane, MD, Heli Patel, BS, MBA, Lindsay Talemal, BS, Daniel Najafali, BS, Alexander H. Chang, BA, MS, Sameer A. Patel, MD, FACS

“…Reoperation rates were 7% during the index hospitalization and 11% during readmission. The average LOS was 3.7 days (95% CI: 3.65–3.82), consistent with current literature. …”
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