Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease in Sudan: Complications and Management by Meysaa Talha, Bashier Osman, Safa Abdalla, Hind Mirghani, Iman Abdoon

“…Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a life-threatening genetic disorder due to the formation of sickle hemoglobin molecule (HbS) that polymerizes in hypoxic conditions leading to SCD-related complications. …”
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Arterial Stiffness in Nonhypertensive Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Ghana by Kwame Yeboah, Daniel A. Antwi, Ben Gyan

“…Multiple regression models showed that, in the entire study participants, the major determinants of PWVao were diabetes status, age, gender, systolic BP, and previous smoking status (β = 0.22, 0.36, 0.48, 0.21, and 0.25, resp.; all p<0.05); the determinants of CAVI were diabetes status, age, BMI, heart rate, HbA1c, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and previous smoking status (β = 0.21, 0.38, 0.2, 0.18, 0.24. 0.2, −0.19, and 0.2, resp.; all p<0.05). …”
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Structural and Biomechanical Corneal Differences between Type 2 Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients by João N. Beato, João Esteves-Leandro, David Reis, Manuel Falcão, Vítor Rosas, Ângela Carneiro, Fernando Falcão Reis

“…Sixty diabetic and 48 age- and sex-matched non-DM patients were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. The DM group was analyzed according to DM duration (<or ≥ 10 years), HbA1c levels (<or ≥ 7%), and presence of retinopathy. …”
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The Relationship between Serum Bilirubin and Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Xiaojing Zhao, Linzhen Li, Xueting Li, Jiajia Li, Di Wang, Hongjie Zhang

“…We conducted a retrospective study with a total of 242 consecutive patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and 211 consecutive patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). …”
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Successful Outpatient Management of Children at a Secondary Care Hospital in Pakistan in a Dengue Fever Epidemic and Their Clinical Outcomes by Ammara Farooq, Brekhna Aurangzeb, Taimur Khalil Sheikh, Huma Bashir, Maryam Ghuncha, Tehmina Mustafa

“…This was a prospective cohort study conducted at Federal General Hospital, a secondary care hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan, from 1st August to 31st October 2019. …”
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The Effects Of Acute Kidney Injury On The Outcomes Of Patients With Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Mahvesh Mahmud, Khurram Baqai, Ashok Kumar

“… Objective: To determine the clinical outcomes of patients with acute kidney injury in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), as it is a very frequently encountered condition with high morbidity and treatment costs. We aimed to study the differences in clinical outcomes in patients with UGIB who developed acute kidney injury (AKI) and those who did not. …”
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Latent class analysis of the capacity of countries to manage diabetes and its relationship with diabetes-related deaths and healthcare costs by Samuel Akyirem, Emmanuel Ekpor, Charles Boakye Kwanin

“…Abstract Background The prevalence of diabetes is escalating globally, underscoring the need for comprehensive evidence to inform health systems in effectively addressing this epidemic. The purpose of this study was to examine the patterns of countries’ capacity to manage diabetes using latent class analysis (LCA) and to determine whether the patterns are associated with diabetes-related deaths and healthcare costs. …”
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An assessment of physiological and health responses in Catla catla fingerlings after polystyrene microplastic exposure by Eram Rashid, Syed Makhdoom Hussain, Shafaqat Ali, Dariusz Kucharczyk, Joanna Nowosad, Khalid A. Al-Ghanim, Nadia Nazish

“…Moreover, exposure to PS-MPs resulted in significant reduction in RBCs, PLT, Hb, PCV, and MCHC, while WBCs, MCH, and MCV showed substantial increases. …”
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The relationship between hemogram parameters and mortality in neonatal calves with diarrhea by Merve Ider, Amir Naseri, Alper Erturk

“…<b>Aim: </b>The objective of the present study was to reveal the relationship between hemogram parameters and mortality in neonatal calves with diarrhea from different etiological origins.…”
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Molecular Mechanisms of the Whole DNA Repair System: A Comparison of Bacterial and Eukaryotic Systems by Rihito Morita, Shuhei Nakane, Atsuhiro Shimada, Masao Inoue, Hitoshi Iino, Taisuke Wakamatsu, Kenji Fukui, Noriko Nakagawa, Ryoji Masui, Seiki Kuramitsu

“…In this paper we give a broad overview of the whole DNA repair system and focus on the molecular basis of the repair machineries, particularly in Thermus thermophilus HB8.…”
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Plasma Periostin Levels Are Increased in Chinese Subjects with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes and Are Positively Correlated with Glucose and Lipid Parameters by Yuanyuan Luo, Hua Qu, Hang Wang, Huili Wei, Jing Wu, Yang Duan, Dan Liu, Huacong Deng

“…The purpose of this study is to examine the relations among plasma periostin, glucose and lipid metabolism, insulin resistance and inflammation in Chinese patients with obesity (OB), and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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Potential Health Implications of the Consumption of Thermally-Oxidized Cooking Oils – a Review by Falade Ayodeji Osmund, Oboh Ganiyu, Okoh Anthony Ifeanyi

“…Furthermore, several in vivo studies had suggested that consumption of thermally-oxidized cooking oils might not be healthy as it might negatively influence the lipid profile (increased low density lipoprotein (LDL), decreased high density lipoprotein (HDL) and elevated cholesterol level), haematological system (alteration in concentration of heamoglobin (Hb), packed cell volume (PCV), white blood cell (WBC) count, neutrophil and lymphocyte counts), kidney function, and induce lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress which have been associated with the pathogenesis of various degenerative diseases. …”
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Salivary Hormones Leptin, Ghrelin, Glucagon, and Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 and Their Relation to Sweet Taste Perception in Diabetic Patients by Nada K. Al-Ghurayr, Ashjan M. Al-Mowalad, Ulfat M. Omar, Heba M. Ashi, Saad S. Al-Shehri, Abdelrahman A. AlShaikh, Shada M. AlHarbi, Hadeil M. Alsufiani

“…In contrast, salivary ghrelin and GLP-1 concentrations were significantly lower in the uncontrolled DM group than in the control group. In general, HbA1c was positively correlated with salivary leptin concentrations and negatively correlated with salivary ghrelin concentrations. …”
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Influence of Dapagliflozin on Glycemic Variations in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Feng-fei Li, Gu Gao, Qian Li, Hong-hong Zhu, Xiao-fei Su, Jin-dan Wu, Lei Ye, Jian-hua Ma

“…A total of 28 patients with newly diagnosed T2DM with HbA1c levels of 7.5–10.5% were randomly selected to receive dapagliflozin or placebo treatment for 24 weeks. …”
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Neonatal Intensive Care and Child Psychiatry Inpatient Care: Do Different Working Conditions Influence Stress Levels? by Evalotte Mörelius, Per A. Gustafsson, Kerstin Ekberg, Nina Nelson

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Primary and Secondary Hypogonadism in Male Persons with Diabetes Mellitus by João Martin Martins, Mafalda de Pina Jorge, Catarina Martins Maia, João Roque, Carlos Lemos, Daniel Nunes, Dinis Reis, Catarina Mota

“…SH was inversely related to HbA1 (partial r (rp) = 0.229, p<0.005), while PH was directly related to age (r = 0.356, p<0.001). …”
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Measurement of Several Hematological and Serological Parameters in Patients with Scabies by Mariam Y. Al-Fadhly, Wasan A. Al-Marsomy, Hiba H. Maqdasi .

“…Scabies mites penetrate the stratum corneum epidermis of the skin at the onset of infection (2, 16). The current study involved the collection of blood samples from a patient group infected with scabies disease, comprising sixty individuals, and a control group of sixty individuals who were in good health. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among women with polycystic ovary syndrome by Maria Elisa Franciscatto, Juliana Bosso Taniguchi, Raquel Wohlenberg, Isadora Luísa Riedi, Karen Oppermann

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 53 patients with PCOS. The diagnosis of PCOS followed the Rotterdam criteria. …”
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Impact of geriatric nutritional risk index and diabetes mellitus on prognosis in ischaemic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by Zhiyong Shi, Mingkai Yun, Haiyan Liu, Sijin Li, Xiaoli Zhang

“…This single-centre retrospective cohort study included 540 HF patients with nutritional data grouped by DM status and GNRI score. …”
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The Reach of Depression Screening Preceding Treatment: Are There Patterns of Patients' Self-Selection? by Dea Ajduković, Mirjana Pibernik-Okanović, Mario Šekerija, Norbert Hermanns

“…This study evaluated the reach of depression screening followed by treatment programs for subsyndromal depression and explored demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who were reached versus those who were not. …”
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