The Effects of Adverse Events and Associated Costs on Value-Based Care for Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Prachi Bhatt, Jared Hirsch, Paul Cockrum, George Kim, Gabriela Dieguez

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Assessment of Maternal Satisfaction and Associated Factors among Parturients Who Underwent Cesarean Delivery under Spinal Anesthesia at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specializ... by Samuel Debas Bayable, Seid Adem Ahmed, Girmay Fitiwi Lema, Debas Yaregal Melesse

“…Single spinal prick attempts (AOR = 2.08, 95% CI = 1.05–4.11), successful spinal block (AOR = 7.17, 95% CI = 3.33–15.43), less incidence of postdural puncture headache (AOR = 2.36, 95% CI = 1.33–4.20), and prophylactic antiemetic use (AOR = 0.35, 95% CI = 0.19–0.66) were positively associated with maternal satisfaction. …”
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Remarkable response to low dose of selpercatinib in a patient with RET-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer by Jun Sakakibara-Konishi, Hirofumi Takahashi, Kenichiro Ito, Tomoo Ikari, Yasuyuki Ikezawa, Hidenori Kitai, Megumi Furuta, Yuta Takashima, Tetsuaki Shoji, Masahide Fukudo, Satoshi Konno

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Colorectal carcinogenesis in the Lynch syndromes and familial adenomatous polyposis: trigger events and downstream consequences by Pål Møller, Aysel Ahadova, Matthias Kloor, Toni T. Seppälä, John Burn, Saskia Haupt, Finlay Macrae, Mev Dominguez-Valentin, Gabriela Möslein, Annika Lindblom, Lone sunde, Ingrid Winship, Gabriel Capella, Kevin Monahan, Daniel D. Buchanan, D. Gareth Evans, Eivind Hovig, Julian R. Sampson

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Perioperative complications in primary intramedullary tumors of the spine in adults. A multicenter surveillance study of 307 patients from the German Spine Registry (DWG-Register) by Juan Manuel Vinas-Rios, Vincent J. Heck, Fatima Azucena Medina-Govea, Mario Alberto Islas-Aguilar, Nikolaus Kernich, DWG-Registry Group

“…Results: In total, 307 primary intramedullary tumors in the spine were identified; n = 248 (Group 1) had nonoperative complications and n = 59 had a complication related to the surgical procedure (Group 2); taking this in to account, die complication rate was 19.2%. The incidence of complications was: epidural hematoma n = 5 (8.4%), paresis n = 23 (38.9%), bowel/bladder dysfunction n = 15 (25.4%), wound infection n = 5 (8.4%), medullary injury n = 2 (3.4%), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage n = 15 (25.4%), and reintervention with hematoma, abscess, or surgical CSF leakage management in n = 22 (37.2%). …”
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Exploring the characteristics of detrusor after contraction in females with pure urodynamic stress incontinence by Xiao Zeng, Hong Shen, Deyi Luo, Tao Jin

“…Among them, there were 27 cases of pure USI with DAC and 34 cases of pure USI without DAC. The incidence of pure USI with DAC in the overall female sample was 2.5%.Significant differences were observed in Qmax between pure USI with DAC and pure USI without DAC (20.1 ± 7.2 vs. 13.0 ± 6.8, p = 0.00), as well as in Pdetqmax (24.3 ± 15.1 vs. 16.3 ± 9.8, p = 0.02). …”
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A Retrospective Analysis of Thymoma: Clinical Radiological Pathological Features and Treatment Modalities – Insights from a Tertiary Care Center by A. Vasudevan, Keerthi Prakash, Ajay Narasimhan, R. Sridhar, R. Narasimhan, C Ganapathy Arumugam

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A Meta-Analysis of a Cohort Study on the Association between Sleep Duration and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Huapeng Lu, Qinling Yang, Fang Tian, Yi Lyu, Hairong He, Xia Xin, Xuemei Zheng

“…To study the association between sleep duration and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention of T2DM through a meta-analysis. …”
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The Great Impostor: Transaminitis Masking the Coinfection of Syphilis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Sunit Tolia, Hassan Kassem, Ana Capatina-Rata

“…Introduction. The incidence of syphilis continues to rise in the United States over the past 15 years. …”
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Immune Disorders in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: What Do We Know So Far? by Aleksandra Pyzik, Ewelina Grywalska, Beata Matyjaszek-Matuszek, Jacek Roliński

“…The dysfunction of the gland may be clinically evident (0.1–2% of the population) or subclinical (10–15%). …”
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Dietary content and eating behavior in ulcerative colitis: a narrative review and future perspective by Lingxi Qin, Wenliang Lv

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Immediate Post-laparotomy Hypotension in Patients with Severe Traumatic Hemoperitoneum by Gil Jae Lee, Min A Lee, Byungchul Yoo, Youngeun Park, Myung Jin Jang, Kang Kook Choi

“…Laparotomy with adequate resuscitation may explain the equivalent outcomes in the two groups.…”
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Predictive Values of Preoperative Tests for Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation in Adult Patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital by Tadese Tamire, Habtamu Demelash, Wosenyeleh Admasu

“…During routine anesthesia, the incidence of difficult tracheal intubation has been estimated at 1.5%–8% of general anesthetics. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of Glandular Fever by Dominic Worku, Li Hui Chang, Ian Blyth

“…While in their youth, primary EBV infection may pass unnoticed, young adults have a high incidence of infectious mononucleosis (IM). …”
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Comparative outcomes of corticosteroids, neuromuscular blocking agents, and inhaled nitric oxide in ARDS: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Zhiyuan Xu, Xiao Liu, Liang Zhang, Xianliang Yan, Xianliang Yan

“…Furthermore, dexamethasone treatment showed the highest safety in reducing the incidence of new infection events compared with placebo and iNO (OR 0.61, 95% CI 0.42–0.88, and OR 0.33, 95% CI 0.19–0.58; SUCRA: 91.8%).ConclusionThis NMA suggests that corticosteroids may provide benefits to patients with ARDS. …”
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Safety profile of EZH2 inhibitors for cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zhou Zhao, Xiufeng Chen, Huayang Pang, Yan Shi, Hao Sun

“…TRAEs were commonly observed during EZH2 inhibitor therapy, affecting 86% of patients (95% CI [79–94%]%; I2 = 89.5%). The incidence of grade 3 or higher TRAEs was 33% (95% CI [21–44%]; I2 = 93.5%), while severe TRAEs occurred in 15% of the cases (95% CI [9–22%]; I2 = 87.5%). …”
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Comparison of the safety of remimazolam and propofol during general anesthesia in elderly patients: systematic review and meta-analysis by Xianchun Liu, Longyi Zhang, Li Zhao, Xuelei Zhou, Wei Mao, Linlin Chen, Hongyu Zhu, Ying Xie, Linji Li

“…The remimazolam group had a higher heart rate (HR) after induction compared to the propofol group (WMD = 7.89, 95% CI: [−2.39, 18.17], Z = 1.5, p = 0.13 > 0.05), but this result was not statistically significant. …”
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Risk Factors of Lymph Edema in Breast Cancer Patients by Haghighat Shahpar, Akbari Atieh, Ansari Maryam, Homaei Shandiz Fatemeh, Najafi Massoome, Ebrahimi Mandana, Yunesian Masud, Mirzaei Hamid Reza, Akbari Mohammad Esmaeil

“…The results of this study demonstrated that preserving a fitted BMI, emphasis on self-care, and educating preventive activities may have important roles in decreasing the lymphedema incidence and improving the patients’ quality of life.…”
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The Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Metastatic Prostate Cancer to the Skeleton by Emma Roberts, Davina A. F. Cossigny, Gerald M. Y. Quan

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A Patient with Advanced Gastric Cancer Presenting with Extremely Large Uterine Fibroid Tumor by Kwang-Kuk Park, Song-I Yang

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