Infection‐Related Hospitalization and Incident Heart Failure in MarketScan: A Case‐Crossover Study by Rebecca L. Molinsky, Pamela L. Lutsey, Rob F. Walker, Wendy Wang, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Katherine Giorgio, David M. Vock, Richard MacLehose, Paolo C. Colombo, Ryan T. Demmer

“…Conclusions IRH was associated with incident HF after both 1 and 3 months and may represent a modifiable risk factor for HF.…”
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The Anatomical Relationship Between the Hyoid Bone and the Carotid Arteries by Nektaria Karangeli, George Triantafyllou, Panagiotis Papadopoulos-Manolarakis, George Tsakotos, Katerina Vassiou, Marianna Vlychou, Panagiotis Papanagiotou, Maria Piagkou

“…Infrahyoid bifurcations were identified in 64.5% of cases, with mean ECA-GH and ICA-GH distances of 4.10 ± 3.11 mm and 6.72 ± 3.85 mm, respectively. GHL significantly influenced these distances. …”
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Morphologic evaluation of maxillary premolar canals in a subpopulation from southern Brazil: a cone beam computed tomography study by L. B. Boff, C. E. da Silveira Bueno, D.G.P. Rocha, C. E. Fontana, R. A. Pelegrine, A. G. da Silva Limoeiro, W. M. Nascimento, R.R.L. Castro, E. N. Barp, M. A. de Lima Rios Pitzschk, T. M. de Carvalho Coutinho, M.F.V. Marceliano-Alves, A. S. De Martin

“…A higher percentage of type I and type III canals (53.1% and 20.2%, respectively) was observed in the second premolar (15.0%) with only one root than in the first premolars (14.3%). …”
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Pretreatment with transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation to prevent postoperative ileus in patients undergoing laparoscopic colon surgery: study protocol for a randomised c... by Wei Song, Rui Feng, Lihua Fan, Jun Guo, Dongli Li, Wenting Chen, Yue Yong, Guijie Yu, Lan Yuan, Guoqiang Fu, Jiangang Song

“…American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification I–III level patients, aged 18–75 years and scheduled for laparoscopic colon surgery, will be included in the study. …”
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High-accuracy prediction of mutations in nine genes in lung adenocarcinoma via two-stage multi-instance learning on large-scale whole-slide images by Lingyu Zhao, Na Zhao, Ruiqi Zhong, Yiru Niu, Ziyi Chang, Peng Su, Zhihui Wang, Lifang Cui, Bei Wang, Huang Chen, Xiaowen Wang, Xiangbing Kong, Baolin Du, Fei Ren, Dingrong Zhong

“…The comparison of model performance involves the utilization of various foundation model (UNI), classification models (CLAM and Inception v3), external datasets (TCGA and other medical institutions), and comparative analysis with human pathologists. …”
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The risk of complications in elective orthopedic surgeries in children and young adults with cerebral palsy: a population-based register study by Anna Telléus, Johan von Heideken, Fredrik Granath, Eva Broström, Gunnar Hägglund, Per Åstrand

“…The complication rate was higher in individuals with GMFCS levels IV and V than in the pooled GMFCS levels I–III. The highest ORs were found in GMFCS level V (7.0, CI 3.7–13.5) vs. …”
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Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from <i>Chlorella vulgaris</i> Aqueous Extract and Their Effect on <i>Salmonella enterica</i> and Chicken Embryo Growth by Sebastian Michalec, Wiktoria Nieckarz, Wiktoria Klimek, Agata Lange, Arkadiusz Matuszewski, Klara Piotrowska, Anna Hotowy, Małgorzata Kunowska-Slósarz, Malwina Sosnowska

“…Chicken embryos were incubated for 3 and 16 d. The effect of AgNPs on 3 d old embryos was evaluated based on mortality and somite count using the Hamburger–Hamilton classification. …”
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Incidence trends of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children in the United States from 2000 to 2020 by Seyed Ehsan Mousavi, Kimia Motlagh Asghari, Armin Aslani, Farzin Tahmasbi Arashlow, Zahra Yekta, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi

“…Cases were categorized using the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology version 3. We reported age-standariszed incidence rates (ASIRs) and average annual percent changes (AAPC). …”
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C-reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio Predicts Short-term Postoperative Outcomes and Intraabdominal Abscess Formation in Colorectal Perforation by Takuya Shiraishi, Takahiro Seki, Chika Katayama, Yuta Shibasaki, Chika Komine, Katsuya Osone, Takuhisa Okada, Akihiko Sano, Makoto Sakai, Makoto Sohda, Ken Shirabe, Hiroshi Saeki

“…Additionally, intraabdominal abscess (p=0.049) was significantly higher in the group of patients with a non-improvement in CAR on postoperative day 3 than in those with an improvement in CAR on postoperative day 3. …”
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Minilaparoscopic Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Insights from a Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study with Legal Considerations by Valentina Billone, Giuseppe Gullo, Eleonora Conti, Silvia Ganduscio, Sofia Burgio, Giovanni Baglio, Gaspare Cucinella, Lina De Paola, Susanna Marinelli

“…The intraoperative blood loss averaged 195.1 mL in LH and 100.3 mL in MLH (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The average length of hospital stay was 4.0 days for women undergoing LH compared to 3.2 days for women undergoing MLH (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Development of an Exercise Rehabilitation Functional Group for Individualized Exercise After Lumbar Spine Surgery by Seong Son, Han Byeol Park, Chan Jong Yoo, Moon-Hee Kim, Byung Rhae Yoo, Jae Ang Sim

“…This study aimed to develop a novel Exercise Rehabilitation Functional Group (ERFG) classification system to enable systematic, individualized rehabilitation after LSS. …”
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Post‐operative injection of hydrolyzed collagen peptides shows anti‐inflammatory effect in patients with femoroacetabular impingement improving the early recovery by Enrico Tassinari, Andrea Minerba, Tommaso Basile, Alessio Bucciarelli, Francesco Traina, Brunella Grigolo, Stefano Zaffagnini, Eleonora Olivotto

“…Level of Evidence Level III, comparative and randomized study.…”
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Ultrasound and single‐port laparoscopic‐guided microwave ablation of abdominal wall endometriosis lesions: A single‐center observational study by Shunshi Yang, Jueying Li, Jingjing Li, Xiaoyu Zhao, Mengying Li, Yi Zhang, Xiong Li, Ying Chen

“…Following surgery, the lesion volume decreased and was lower than the preoperative lesion volume at 1 year postoperatively (1.6 ± 1.3 vs. 4.0 ± 3.6 cm3; p < 0.05). Visual analog scale scores revealed that, compared with preoperative levels, pain was reduced significantly at all postoperative time points (p < 0.01). …”
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Independent and Incremental Value of ECG Markers for Prediction of Cancer Therapy‐Related Cardiac Dysfunction by Ishmam Ibtida, Xiaoyue Ma, Mohammed Al‐Sadawi, Ioanna Kosmidou, Joerg Herrmann, Jennifer E. Liu, Peter M. Okin, Anthony F. Yu

“…Compared with a model using only clinical CTRCD risk variables, addition of ECG parameters provided incremental value for predicting CTRCD risk (P<0.001, likelihood ratio test) with continuous net reclassification improvement of 34.9% and integrated discrimination improvement of 3.4%. Conclusions Baseline ECG variables are predictive of subsequent CTRCD and provide incremental value to established clinical risk factors for CTRCD risk classification.…”
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Nationwide trends in the epidemiology of diabetic foot complications and lower-extremity amputation over an 8-year period by David G Armstrong, Cheng-Wei Lin, Chia-Hung Lin, Pi-Hua Liu, Shih-Yuan Hung, Shu-Ru Lee, Chung-Huei Huang, Yu-Yao Huang

“…The annual incident of LEAs decreased from 2.85 to 2.06 per 1000 T2D population (p=0.001) with the major LEA proportion decreasing from 56.2% to 47.4% (p&lt;0.001).The mean age of patients increased from 65.3 to 66.3 years and most of the associated comorbidities of diabetes were increased. …”
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Ticagrelor Versus Prasugrel in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Real-World Treatment and Safety by Fadel Bahouth, Boris Chutko, Haitham Sholy, Sabreen Hassanain, Gassan Zaid, Evgeny Radzishevsky, Ibrahem Fahmwai, Mahmod Hamoud, Nemer Samnia, Johad Khoury, Idit Dobrecky-Mery

“…Secondary endpoint: Significant bleeding according to the BARC classification (types 3, 4, or 5). <b>Results</b>: During this period, 746 patients met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Oral potentially malignant disorders: Challenges for patient participation due to opacity by Brenda Bogaert

“…The discussion focuses on three key areas: the effects of unclear disease classifications on patient perceptions of their health; the ways in which ambiguous healthcare pathways create barriers for both patients and providers; and the broader impact of opacity on patient autonomy. …”
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Metastatic mediastinal malignant tumors of gastrointestinal origin with occult primary lesions: a case report by Yaxuan Liu, Yaxuan Liu, Liang liang Yang, Wen teng Hu, Rui jiang Lin, Song la Bai, Song la Bai, Min jie Ma, Min jie Ma, Min jie Ma, Min jie Ma, Biao Han, Biao Han, Biao Han, Biao Han

“…Cancer of unknown primary origin (CUP), accounting for 3–5% of malignancies, poses significant diagnostic challenges because of the absence of identifiable primary lesions. …”
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COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AS A COMPONENT OF PREOPERATIVE PLANNING FOR METAL TRANSITIONAL SPINE FIXATION IN THE CORRECTION OF SCOLIOTIC DEFORMITIES BY HYBRID CONSTRUCTS by I. A. Norkin, S. V. Likhachev, V. V. Zaretskov, V. B. Arsenievich, A. E. Shul’ga, S. V. Stepukhovich, A. V. Zaretskov, D. Yu. Sumin, K. T. Bitokova

“…Thirty-nine patients with grades 3 and 4  (according to V.D. Chaklin) or type I–III (according to the  classification proposed by L. …”
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The Evaluation of the Success of the Growth of Vegetation in Conservation Efforts at the Area Tanjung Bastian Kabupaten Timor Tengah Utara by Emanuel M. Y. Hanoe

“…Based on the results of observation plants who succeeded life 53 a plant consisting of 6 species with the numbers of life most there are to a species Delonix regia as many as 15 plants and the least species is Senna siamea with 3 plants. The classification of the assessment criteria vegetation that the level of success of success in the vetegasi tanjung bastian included in a category in quite poor repair the % 57,3.…”
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