Challenges in Complex Oncological Chest Wall Reconstruction with Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap and Titanium Rib Plate by Cheng Siew Chai, Kasthuri Shamugam, Normala Binti Basiron, Mohammad Ali Bin Mat Zain, Hamidah Binti Zainal, Koh Khai Luen, Narasimman Sathiamurthy, Diong Nguk Chai, Benedict Dhamaraj A.L. Retna Pandian

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Parasympathetic response in women with coronary vascular dysfunction during mental stress compared to those with non-cardiac chest pain and reference controls by Puja K. Mehta, Shafa-at A. Sheikh, Esha K. Dave, Rahim K. Shakoor, Tina Torbati, Amit Shah, Marc D. Thames, Liu Qiang, Yi-An Ko, Janet Wei, Chrisandra Shufelt, Michael D. Nelson, Bruce Samuels, Babak Azarbal, Jeanie Park, Michael R. Irwin, David S. Krantz, C. Noel Bairey Merz

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SS-31 modification alleviates ferroptosis induced by superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in hypoxia/reoxygenation cardiomyocytes by Qizheng Lu, Xiaobo Yao, Hao Zheng, Jinbo Ou, Jieyun You, Qi Zhang, Wei Guo, Jing Xu, Li Geng, Qinghua Liu, Ning Pei, Yongyong Gong, Hongming Zhu, Yunli Shen

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Implementing an exercise oncology model to reach rural and remote individuals living with and beyond cancer: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation protocol for project EXCEL (EXerc... by Daniel Sibley, Margaret L McNeely, Anil Abraham Joy, Nicole Culos-Reed, Sarah McKillop, Guanmin Chen, Robin Urquhart, Nicholas Giacomantonio, Scott Grandy, Melanie Keats, Lauren C Capozzi, Miroslaw Rajda, Daniel Santa Mina, Leslie Hill, Danielle Bouchard, Julianna Dreger, Chad W Wagoner, Colleen Cuthbert, George J Francis, Manuel Ester, Emma McLaughlin, Max Eisele, Jodi Langley, Joy Chiekwe, Thomas Christensen, Kristin Campbell, Amanda Wurz, Rosemary Twomey, David Langelier, Chris Blanchard, Erin McGowan, Travis Saunders, Robert Rutledge, Tallal Younis, Lori Wood, Stephanie Snow, Judith Purcell, Carolina Chamorro Vina, Shabbir Alibhai, David Eisenstat, Beverly Wilson, Danielle Briand, Terri Billard, Naomi Dolgoy, Paula Ospina-Lopez, Shaneel Pathak

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Coordinated regulation of pH alkalinization by two transcription factors promotes fungal commensalism and pathogenicity by Xinhua Huang, Guangsheng Chen, Lei Wu, Yun Zou, Luyao Zhang, Shanshan Li, Kunlin Li, Zaijie Jiang, Yuping Zhang, Xiaoqing Chen, Winnie Shum, Jianbiao Dai, Huichang Huang, Munika Moses, Xianwei Wu, Yuanyuan Wang, Tong Jiang, Zhiyi He, Qing Guo, Wenwen Xue, Hao Li, Changbin Chen

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Clinical significance and prognostic value of SIRT1 genetic variants in sepsis: a multicenter hospital-based case–control study by Junbing He, Meiting Yang, Yao Lin, Wanbing Qin, Ruoxuan Yang, Yuting Qin, Lizhen Liu, Mingwei Xu, Yiming Shao, Qinghua Liu

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The Burden of COPD with Type 2 Inflammation in North-West Continental Europe by Sandelowsky H, Løkke A, Kocks JWH, Grøttum HS, Bakke PS, Vasankari T

“…Hanna Sandelowsky,1,2,* Anders Løkke,3,4,* Janwillem WH Kocks,5– 8 Helle Stordrange Grøttum,9 Per S Bakke,10 Tuula Vasankari11,12 1Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Academic Primary Care Centre, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden; 3Department of Medicine, Lillebælt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark; 4Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; 5General Practitioners Research Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands; 6Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore; 7Groningen Research Institute Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; 8Department of Pulmonology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; 9LHL (Formerly Known as the Norwegian Heart and Lung Association), Jessheim, Norway; 10Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; 11Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; 12Finnish Lung Health Association (FILHA), Helsinki, Finland*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hanna Sandelowsky, Email hanna.sandelowsky@ki.seAbstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex and heterogeneous disease that places a huge burden on patients, health systems and societies. …”
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Modeling the distribution and progression of motor ability among children with cerebral palsy: An analysis of three reference centile sets by Rachel Sanderlin, Charlotte Schluger, Joe Wu, Francis Ang Eusebio, Amy L. Roberts, Laura Prosser

“…However, it is unknown how existing references generalize to populations in novel settings. Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the cross-sectional and longitudinal performance of three reference centiles to describe the motor function of children with CP aged 2–12 years at a large urban US pediatric hospital through a retrospective observational study. …”
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Determining the Prioritization of Behavior Change Techniques for Long-Term Stroke Rehabilitation: Delphi Survey Study by Agata Ewa Wróbel, Philip Cash, Anja Maier, John Paulin Hansen

“…Thus, a better understanding of long-term behavior change interventions for patients with stroke is needed as well as how such interventions can support not only rehabilitation of motoric functions but also mental well-being. ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to understand both the most important behavior change technique (BCT) clusters for long-term stroke rehabilitation in general as well as which are most relevant for each aspect of stroke rehabilitation: behavioral, cognitive, and emotional. …”
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Triage implementation in Pakistan: a case of broken healthcare system by Misha Mansoor, Muhammad Hamza Shafiq, Mubashra Khalid

“…Simply, implementing triage has shown to reduce and ED mortality (by 3.80%), resources’ utilisation, and length of stay.(4) Punjab, the development hub of Pakistan, provides 22 public hospitals, including only 12 fully functional ones, for dealing with trauma patients. DHQs bearing the burden of all trauma patients of districts are level-III trauma centres lacking in specialised surgical care and categorization of paediatric and adult patients. …”
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE CORRECTION OF ACCOMMODATION REFRACTION DISORDERS IN VISUALLY INTENSIVE LABOR PERSONS by I. G. Ovechkin, V. E. Yudin, G. A. Emel’yanov, A. V. Mironov

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Correlation of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide with clinical parameters in patients with hypertension by Pejović Janko, Ignjatović Svetlana, Dajak Marijana, Majkić-Singh Nada, Vučinić Žarko, Pavlović Miroslav

“…The study involved 3 groups, with 50 subjects each: “healthy” persons (control group), patients with hypertension and normal left ventricular systolic function (group 1) and patients with longstanding hypertension and signs of hypertensive cardiomyopathy with impaired left ventricular systolic function (group 2). …”
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Asthma underdiagnosis in children: A school-based screening in a low socioeconomic status population by Dayan Crispin-Cruz, Alejandro Casas-Herrera, Camilo Rojas-Báez, Carlos Torres-Duque, Mauricio González-García

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Red yeast rice-induced severe rhabdomyolysis complicated by acute kidney injury and respiratory failure: a case report by Pengmin Zhou, Yucai Hong, Huabo Cai, Xiaoyu Zhou, Shunpeng He, Haotian Zhou, Jie Yang, Pengpeng Chen, Boming Xia, Xiong Lei, Suibi Yang, Zhongheng Zhang

“…Red yeast rice (RYR), a commonly used supplement with statin-like properties, is generally considered safe but may cause severe adverse effects such as rhabdomyolysis. …”
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Latent profile analysis of health-related quality of life and its associated factors in postoperative aortic dissection patients: a cross-sectional study by Wanbing Huang, Qiansheng Wu, Yufen Zhang, Hongmei Zhu

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in two tertiary general hospitals in Wuhan from January 2022 to August 2022. …”
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Safety, Efficacy, and Feasibility of Nebulized Long-Acting Bronchodilators vs Short-Acting Bronchodilators in Hospitalized Patients With Acute Exacerbations of COPD by Rajiv Dhand, MD, Samuel Treat, MD, Jennifer Ferris, MSHS, Paul D. Terry, PhD, Tracy Walker, BA, Scott Elder, RRT, Daniel Church, RRT, Danielle Dennis, PharmD, Barbara Faircloth, PharmD, Gulsah Onar, MPH, R. Eric Heidel, PhD, Isaac Biney, MD, Martin Valdes, MD, Milind Bhagat, MBBS, Nicholas Fuerst, MD, Shannon Cusick, RN

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The potential biomarker value of soluble CD36 in the treatment of diabetic kidney disease: evidence from GLP-1 and insulin interventions by Wenxuan Li, Yangang Wang

“…Intra- and inter-group comparisons were performed using paired tests and analysis of covariance. Generalized linear regression models were applied to assess the relationship between sCD36 and renal function.ResultsBaseline sCD36 and UACR levels were comparable across the three groups (P > 0.05). …”
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Gross recurrent laryngeal nerve invasion by extranodal extension in thyroid carcinoma by Xin Li, Xiang-yun Yao, Shi-rong Liu, Fang Mei, Bo Yu, Bing-yan Wang, Shi-bing Song, Shi Tan

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The central signaling pathways related to metabolism-regulating hormones of the gut-brain axis: a review by Jiyuan Liu, Changqing Jing, Ying Guo, Zhou Shang, Baolin Zhang, Xinxiu Zhou, Jizhun Zhang, Guodong Lian, Feng Tian, Leping Li, Yuezhi Chen

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A simple, organized web-based system improved the transfer efficiency and patient outcomes for endovascular thrombectomy in regional stroke network by Chun-Min Wang, Yu-Ming Chang, Ray-Chang Tzeng, Tsang-Shan Chen, Shang-Te Wu, Kuan-Hung Lin, Che-Chao Chang, Meng-Hua Huang, Si-Chon Vong, Mu-Han Wu, Chih-Hung Chen, Che-Wei Lin, Pi-Shan Sung

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