Efficacy and Safety of Prophylactic Agents in Prevention of Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials by Waleed T Batais, Nada O Taher, Abeer K Alhindi, Abdullah A Ghaddaf, Anas Alamoudi, Sarah A Al-Ghamdi, Jumanah J Homsi, Hashem S Almarzouki, Mansour A Qurashi

“…Data were pooled using the inverse variance weighting method and reported as risk ratios (RRs) with 95% CI.Results No significant reduction in ROP incidence at any stage was found in the intervention groups compared with placebo (RR=0.83; 95% CI= (0.69 to 1.00); p=0.05; I²=0%). Lipids significantly reduced severe ROP incidence (RR=0.48; 95% CI= (0.28 to 0.80); p=0.005), while vitamin A (RR=1.14; 95% CI= (0.51 to 2.54); p=0.75) and propranolol (RR=0.69; 95% CI= (0.29 to 1.65); p=0.41) did not. …”
Get full text

Medico-ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of skin diseases in Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, India by Prakasam Radha, Chinniaya Udhayavani, Raju Nagaraj, Kumarasamy Sivaranjani

“…In the quantitative analysis, Tridax procumbens L. is observed with the highest UV 0.41 and 0.36 RFC value with 80 use reports reported by seventy informants followed by Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) …”
Get full text

Obesity in pregnancy: infant health service utilisation and costs on the NHS by Ronan A Lyons, Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Sinead T Brophy, Kelly L Morgan, Muhammad A Rahman, Rebecca A Hill

“…Mean total costs were 72% higher among children born to obese mothers (rate ratio (RR) 1.72, 95% CI 1.71 to 1.73) compared with infants born to healthy weight mothers. …”
Get full text

Elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and inflammation in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective dual-center cohort study by Angela Pepe, Cristina Fevola, Daniela Dolce, Silvia Campana, Novella Ravenni, Giovanni Taccetti, Donatello Salvatore, Vito Terlizzi

“…Leukocyte levels also decreased significantly from 8.04 × 10 3 /µl (3.23 × 10 3 ) at baseline to 6.61 × 10 3 /µl (1.74 × 10 3 ) (12 months) and 6.45 × 10 3 /µl (1.70 × 10 3 ; 24 months). …”
Get full text

Breast cancer risk assessment based on a predictive model: evaluation of risk factors among Japanese women by Michiyo Yamada, Takashi Chishima, Takashi Ishikawa, Kazutaka Narui, Sadatoshi Sugae, Peter J. Tonellato, Itaru Endo

“…Bias-corrected AUCs (standard deviations) were 0.697 (0.041) for PRE, 0.684 (0.033) for PERI, and 0.674 (0.031) for POST, respectively. …”
Get full text

Outcomes and Complications of Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries (MIGS) in Primary Angle Closure and Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Paik B, Chua CH, Yip LW, Yip VC

“…MIGS (with and without phacoemulsification) demonstrated a weighted mean reduction in IOP of 7.71 mmHg (95% CI: 5.16– 10.26), and in medication of 1.57 (95% CI: 1.17– 1.96), both at 1 year. …”
Get full text

Urinary interleukin 13 level in steroid sensitive and resistant nephrotic syndrome: a cross-sectional single center study by Behnam Ermian, Noosha Samieefar, Aida Vahidi, Daryoush Fahimi, Niloufar Peirovi, Mohamed Husein Aldokhi, Behnaz Bazargani, Arash Abbasi, Fahimeh Askarian, Mastaneh Moghtaderi

“…In this study, 83 cases of nephrotic syndrome were enrolled, of whom 30 (36.1%) were girls and 53 (63.9%) were boys. Out of the 83 cases, 63 (75.9%) were identified as SSNS and 20 (24.1%) as SRNS. …”
Get full text

Prescription pattern, glycemic control status, and predictors of poor glycemic control among diabetic patients with comorbid chronic kidney disease in Ethiopia: a facility-based cr... by Oumer Sada Muhammed, Minimize Hassen, Samuel Mamusha

“…Insulin, metformin, and sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors were the most frequently prescribed anti-diabetic drug classes which accounted for 80.2%, 59.1%, and 41.4%, respectively. Presence of hypertension (AOR: 3.70, 95% CI: 1.08–12.71, P = 0.038) and regimen change in the past 01year (AOR: 0.34, 95% CI: 0.11–1.01, P = 0.050) were predictors of poor glycemic control status. …”
Get full text

Predictors of survival rates among breast cancer patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2024 by Chalie Mulugeta, Tadele Emagneneh, Getinet Kumie, Assefa Sisay, Nigusie Abebaw, Mulat Ayele, Abebaw Alamrew

“…We found that significant predictors of decreased survival rate among breast cancer patients were age (aHR 1.05, 95% CI 1.02–1.08), illiteracy (aHR 7.34, 95% CI 4.38–10.3), married (aHR 1.21, 95% CI 1.03–1.40), rural residence (aHR 1.71, 95% CI 1.06–2.36), two or more lymph node involvement (aHR 3.57, 95% CI 1.02–6.13), histological grade two or more (aHR 1.44, 95% CI 1.12–2.77), overweight (aHR 0.56, 95% CI 0.24–0.87), and having comorbidity (aHR 1.86, 95% CI 1.04–2.68). …”
Get full text

Hubungan Status Lingkar Lengan Atas Ibu Hamil dengan Antropometri Bayi Baru Lahir di Sumatera Barat, Indonesia by Andriani Mulyono, Arif Sabta Aji, Winda Irwanti, Effatul Afifah, Nur Indrawaty Lipoeto

“…Terdapat signifikan hubungan antara LILA ibu hamil dengan status SGA (p-value≤0,001). Bayi dengan status Appropriate for Gestational Age (AGA) berasal dari ibu dengan status LILA normal dan ibu dengan status KEK melahirkan bayi dengan status SGA. …”
Get full text

Men's more frequent predisposing factors in infectious endocarditis facilitate improvement of outcomes by shortening of diagnostic delay by S. Andreß, K. Reischmann, S. Markovic, F. Rohlmann, B. Hay, W. Rottbauer, D. Buckert, S. d'Almeida

“…Risk factors, clinical presentation and in-hospital outcomes along with the impact of diagnostic delay were compared between male and female patients.ResultsIE was diagnosed in 96 of 118 men (81.4%) and 33 of 45 women (73.3%) (p = 0.121). Time to diagnosis was similar between the groups (p = 0.598). …”
Get full text

A minimally invasive animal model of atherosclerosis and neointimal hyperplasia for translational research by Max L. A. Ebert, Vanessa F. Schmidt, Osman Öcal, Anne von Thaden, Olaf Dietrich, Bastian Popper, Sandra Elges, Max Seidensticker, Jens Ricke, Melanie A. Kimm, Astrid Jeibmann, Moritz Wildgruber

“…Results The average time for the entire procedure was 62 min for the balloon group and 31 min for the stent-retriever group (p < 0.001). …”
Get full text

Combination of Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.) Pericarp Extract and Physical Exercise Decreases Atherosclerotic Lesions in Atherogenic Diet-Fed Rats by Andreas Arie Setiawan, . Sugiri, Awal Prasetyo, Eirin Yovita Kurniawan, Dominikus Evano Putra

“…The histological features in groups CH, T1, T2, and T3 were consistent with type Vc atherosclerotic lesion (fibrotic lesion) with intimal thicknesses of 11.99 ± 0.88 μm, 3.61 ± 0.53 μm, 3.48 ± 0.47 μm, and 2.96 ± 0.20 μm, respectively. …”
Get full text

Historical and projected forest cover changes in the Mount Kenya Ecosystem: Implications for sustainable forest management by Brian Rotich, Abdalrahman Ahmed, Benjamin Kinyili, Harison Kipkulei

“…Between 2000 and 2023, open forest (+201.12 km2), cropland (+218 km2), bareland (+290.09 km2), and built-up areas (+0.27 km2) expanded, while closed forest (−141.55 km2) and shrubland and grassland (−567.93 km2) declined. …”
Get full text

Patients with chronic heart failure and predominant left atrial versus left ventricular myopathy by Xuanyi Jin, Wan Ting Tay, Dinna Soon, David Sim, Seet Yoong Loh, Sheldon Lee, Fazlur Jaufeerally, Lieng Hsi Ling, A. Mark Richards, Adriaan A. Voors, Carolyn S. P. Lam, Joost P. van Melle

“…Patients with predominant LA myopathy group had a lower probability of survival than the other groups (Log rank p-value = 0.01). Conclusion While most patients with HF have balanced LA/LV myopathy, those with predominant LA myopathy are characterized by older age, more AF, more diabetes, higher circulating biomarkers of cardiac stress and injury, and worse outcomes.…”
Get full text

Retrieval of Land Surface Temperature From Passive Microwave Observations Using CatBoost-Based Adaptive Feature Selection by Yang Dai, Yingbao Yang, Xin Pan, Penghua Hu, Xiangjin Meng, Fanggang Li, Zhenwei Wang

“…Results showed that the proposed method had lowest RMSE, with the value of 3.28 K (1.95 K), 2.69 K (1.65 K), and 3.71 K (2.22 K) on grassland, cropland, and barren land at daytime (nighttime), respectively. …”
Get full text

Apical periodontitis in inflammatory bowel disease: a meta-analysis at patient and tooth level by Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa, Alejandro Ismael Lorenzo-Pouso, Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio, Mariangela Valentina Puci, Mariangela Valentina Puci

“…AP was prevalent in IBDs subjects than in healthy controls, both at patient and tooth level. The pooled OR was 1.57 (95% CI = 1.04–2.35; P = 0.038; I2 = 20%) at patient level, and 1.91 (95% CI = 1.16–3.15; P = 0.011; I2 = 82%) at tooth level. …”
Get full text

Shift in the profile and prognostic implications in invasive fungal rhinosinusitis: experience of 10 years in a tertiary center by Raúl Mellidez-Acosta, Lidia Torres-García, Miguel Saro-Buendía, Natalia Jaramillo-Ángel, Javier Cabrera-Guijo, Catalina Bancalari-Díaz, Noelia Muñoz-Fernández, Lucas Fito-Martorell, Miguel Armengot-Carceller, Alfonso García-Piñero

“…The most frequents underlying conditions were hematological malignancies (76.5%) and solid organ transplantation (11.8%). Surgical interventions were performed on 15 patients (88%), with 6 patients (35.3%) requiring a second intervention and 2 patients (11.8%) undergoing at least 3 interventions.3% patients succumbed to causes directly related to rhinosinusitis, with an average survival of 22 days, and 52.9% patients subsequently passed away due to complications related to their underlying condition, with an average survival of 171 days. …”
Get full text

Relationship between sleep disorders and depressive symptoms among young women in Japan: a web-based cross-sectional study by Yuta Suzuki, Yukio Urabe, Noriaki Maeda, Satoshi Arima, Tsubasa Tashiro, Rami Mizuta, Takeru Abekura, Sakura Oda, Satoshi Onoue

“…The group with depressive symptoms had a higher rate of current smoking status at 38.5% (unadjusted OR 3.716, 95% CI 1.624 to 8.502). Multiple logistic analyses revealed that depressive symptoms were associated with increased sleep onset latency (β=0.282; p=0.048; OR, 1.325; 95% CI, 1.003 to 1.752) and daytime dysfunction (β=0.550; p&lt;0.001; OR, 1.733; 95% CI, 1.281 to 2.343) after adjusting for the effects of smoking habits.Conclusions Depressive symptoms were found to be associated with sleep disorders in young Japanese women, and paying attention to sleep onset latency and daytime dysfunction which are one of the strongest related factors to depressive symptoms could be a clue to improving sleep disorders and depressive symptoms.…”
Get full text

Self-reported knowledge and difficulties towards palliative care among healthcare professionals in rural China: a cross-sectional study by Junwei Niu, Min Feng, Changhui Song, Hui Xie

“…Conversely, limited understanding of PC (β = 12.95; p = 0.021), greater knowledge of spiritual care and death education (β = 4.95; p = 0.034), and having new rural cooperative medical insurance (β = 6.36; p = 0.023; β = 3.21; p = 0.042) were positively associated with PC difficulties. …”
Get full text