Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis: model-based analyses on the spread of antimony-resistant L. donovani in Bihar, India. by Anette Stauch, Hans-Peter Duerr, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Manu Vanaerschot, Shyam Sundar, Martin Eichner

“…Experimental evidence has suggested that parasites which are resistant against antimonials have superior survival skills than sensitive ones even in the absence of antimonial treatment.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We use simulation studies based on a mathematical L. donovani transmission model to identify parameters which can explain why treatment failure rates under antimonial treatment increased up to 65% in Bihar between 1980 and 1997. …”
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Growing demand for silicone breast explants: a new scenario for breast surgery by Bruna Borghese Augustini, Ivana Leme de Calaes

“…The objective is to demonstrate surgical strategies for silicone breast explantation.Methods: Twenty patients who underwent breast explantation between September 2020 and March 2021 were evaluated, including simple explants and those associated with mastopexy. …”
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Influence of supplementary immunization activities for adults dynamics of chronic disease HBV-infection and its outcomes by S. V. Baramzina, A. L. Bondarenko

“…Purpose: to evaluate the effect of additional vaccination of adult HBV- infection years 2007–2010 on the incidence of chronic hepatitis B and its outcomes on the example of the Kirov region.Materials and Methods: the evaluation of epidemiological features process in patients with chronic HBV infection in adults, depending on the vaccination carried out on the basis of official data Rospotrebnadzora in Russia and Kirov region on incidence of infectious disease for the period 1999–2012. …”
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Effect of Caring of Critically Sick Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia at Undesignated ICU Wards on Secondary Infections by Rashid Nadeem, Moatz Galal Mohamed Ali Elzeiny, Ahmed Nazir Elsousi, Ashraf Elhoufi, Reham Helmy Amin Saad, Kishore Kumar, Sahish Kamat, Islam Bon, Akhter Mehmood, Irshad Basheer

“…We aimed to record the effect of care of critically sick patients with COVID-19 on prevalence of secondary bacterial infection. Methods: We retrospectively studied all critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia meeting ICU admission criteria who were admitted to Dubai hospital between January 1, 2020, and June 30, 2020. …”
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Economic and disease burden of dengue in Southeast Asia. by Donald S Shepard, Eduardo A Undurraga, Yara A Halasa

“…We obtained reported cases from multiple sources--surveillance data, World Health Organization (WHO), and published studies--and adjusted for underreporting using expansion factors from previous literature. …”
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Markers of chronic hepatitis B at patients with HIV-infection and treatment approaches by S. I. Maksimov, S. P. Tsarenko, A. V. Kravchenko, N. Yu. Gankina, N. D. Yushchuk

“…Assessment of prevalence of markers of the on-going, transferred or «concealed» CHB-infection at patients with HIV-infection in Moscow and in several regions of the Russian Federation.Material and methods. In Moscow and in several regions of the Russian Federations analysis of questionnaires of 340 228 patients with HIV-infection staying at dispensary observation at 80 territorial centers of AIDS and infectious diseases prophylaxis has been carried out. …”
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Using multivariable Mendelian randomization to disentangle the causal effects of lipid fractions. by Stephen Burgess, Daniel F Freitag, Hassan Khan, Donal N Gorman, Simon G Thompson

“…<h4>Principal findings</h4>The causal effects of these three lipid fractions can be better identified using the extended methods of 'multivariable Mendelian randomization'. …”
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Problems of legal construction and practice of implementation of the norms of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation on the protection of individual rights in cri... by S. N. Gontar, M. I. Tretiak

“…Investigation of criminal cases is associated with the need to apply measures of criminal procedural coercion. …”
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Modern Aspects of Etiopathogenetic Treatment of Ophthalmodemodicosis (Literature Review) by A. D. Chuprov, E. K. Malgina

“…In recent years, cases of mite detection in humans have increased. …”
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FLT3: A narrative review by Nikhil M Kumar, Shrinidhi Nathany, Anusha Swaminathan, Chitresh Yadav, Akriti Kothari, Paritosh Garg, Neha Panda-Rastogi, Vikas Dua, Arun Danewa, Rahul Bhargava

“…This is a narrative review elucidating the biology, alterations, clinico-pathologic features, detection methods, therapeutic strategies, prognosis, and newer developments in the context of FLT3. …”
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Systematic review of transarterial chemoembolization for desmoid tumors: a promising locoregional treatment for challenging tumor by Abdulrahman Alaseem, Naif Alsaikhan, Abdulaziz M. AlSudairi, Yazeed A. Alsehibani, Mohammed N. Alhuqbani, Zyad A. Aldosari, Omar A. Aldosari, Abdulaziz Almuhanna, Ibrahim S. Alshaygy

“…To provide innovative therapeutic approaches and improve the results for patients with desmoid tumors, ongoing research, and collaboration within the medical community are essential. Search methods A comprehensive search of three databases was conducted from inception to June 2024 to identify all relevant cases of chemoembolization for desmoid tumors. …”
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Diagnostic value of plasma homocysteine for diabetic kidney disease:a meta-analysis by CHEN Ren-gui, GAO Ping, WU Xiao-yan

“…Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of plasma homocysteine for diabetic kidney disease(DKD).Methods The databases of the Cochran Library,PubMed,CNKI,WanFang Database,and CBM were retrieved by computer for collecting the relative literature about diagnostic value of plasma homocysteine for DKD from inception to September 20 th,2015.Two reviewers independently and strictly screened literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.The tools of quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies(QUADAS) were used to assess the quality of included studies.Meta-analysis was then performed using Meta-Disc 1.4 software.The pooled sensitivity,specificity,positive likehihood ratio,negative likelihood ratio and diagnostic odds ratio(DOR)were calculated,the summary receiver operating characteristic curve(SROC) was drawn,and the area under the curve(AUC) and Q* value were calculated.The publication bias was evaluated using Stata11.0 software.Results A total of 15 studies involving 2964 cases were inculded.The results of metaanalysis showed that the pooled sensitivity was 0.78(95%CI:0.75- 0.80);specificity was 0.85(95%CI:0.83- 0.87);positive likehihood ratio was 5.87(95%CI:3.81- 9.04);negative likelihood ratio was 0.26(95%CI:0.17- 0.39);DOR was 27.02(95%CI:12.52- 58.30);the AUC of SROC was 0.9154;Q* value was 0.8481.Deek’s funnel plot showed that there was no significant publication bias.Conclusions The present research evidence showed that the test of plasma homocysteine has the higher value of diagnosing DKD.Because of an intermediate-level sensitivity,it still needs the test of combination with urine mircoalbumin to reduce missing diagnostic rate.…”
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Post-ESOphagectomy patients presenting for General Anesthesia INduction: A systematic review of the literature (PESO-GAIN-R) by Nika Samadzadeh Tabrizi, Alexander D. Shapeton, Jamel Ortoleva, Michelle Burmistova, Riley A. Demos, Sridhar R. Musuku, Roman Schumann

“…The long-term risk of aspiration following successful esophagectomy has not been systematically investigated, and there are no guidelines for the anesthetic management of postesophagectomy patients who require elective surgeries involving general anesthesia (GA). Methods: PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science were systematically searched from inception through January 1, 2024 to identify studies involving patients ≥90 days postesophagectomy and undergoing elective surgery unrelated to their esophagectomy status, where GA was required. …”
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Limbal stem cell deficiency approaches and limbal niche restoration by Zahra Bibak-Bejandi, Zohre Arabpour, Alireza Razavi, Amirhossein Moghtader, Sumaiya Shahjahan, Ahmad Alzein, Jeonghyun (Esther) Kwon, Reyhaneh Bibak-Bejandi, Nuran Aly, Ali Djalilian

“…Approaches to limbal stem cell deficiency remain challenging, especially in bilateral cases, where healthy limbal stem cells are not accessible. …”
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Phlebotonics for conservative treatment of haemorrhoids: when, to whom, how? by D. D. Shlyk, I. A. Tulina, P. V. Tsarkov

“…The venotonic drugs containing flavonoids diosmin and hesperidin are the most studied ones. Various effects of diosmin and hesperidin from anti-ulcerogenic and antitumor to antioxidant and anti-inflammatory ones have been studied in clinical and experimental studies. …”
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Pharmacological treatment of postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease: Protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis. by Tianxiang Jiang, Zhaolun Cai, Chunjuan Liu, Bo Zhang

“…When dealing with complex cases like intestinal blockages or perforations, surgery becomes the primary treatment option. …”
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Postnatal Anthropometric and Body Composition Profiles in Infants with Intrauterine Growth Restriction Identified by Prenatal Doppler. by E Mazarico, R Martinez-Cumplido, M Díaz, G Sebastiani, L Ibáñez, M D Gómez-Roig

“…<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Consecutive cases of singleton pregnancies with suspected IUGR were prospectively enrolled over 12 months. …”
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Efficacy and safety of ACEI/ARB drug plus Yishenhuashi Granule: a Meta-analysis by Zhao Qing, Zhen Min, Yang Yu-feng, Wu Yi-lian, Shu Wei

“…Objective To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of Yishenhuashi Granule plus ACEI/ARB drug for chronic glomerulonephritis（CGN）and provide evidence-based references for clinical practices.Methods Randomized control trials（CTs）and quasi-randomized control trials（qRCTS）related to treating CGN with Yishenhuashi Granule plus ACEI/ARB drug were collected from the databases of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI,WangFang, VIP and CBM.The quality of included studies was evaluated and RewMAN 5.3 utilized for data analysis.Results Twenty eligible studies of 2885 cases were finally included.Meta-analysis indicated that Yishenhuashi Granule plus ACEI/ARB drug could improve clinical efficacy of CGN [OR=4.46,95%CI（3.45,5.76）] through reducing serum creatinine（Scr）（MD=-17.70,95%CI（-22.74,-12.66）,P<0.01）,urinary nitrogen（BUN）（MD=-1.67,95%CI（-1.89,-1.46）,P<0.01）,urinary protein quantification（24 hUTP）[MD=-0.41,95%CI（-0.45,-0.36）] and plasma albumin（Alb）[MD=2.34,95%CI（0.88,3.80）] without a greater incidence of adverse reactions.However, there was no obvious effect in lowering hematuria [MD=-1.71,95%CI（-4.38,0.86）,P=0.19].Conclusions As compared with ACEI/ARB drug alone, Yishenhuashi Granule plus ACEI/ARB drug can improve overall effective rate and restore renal function.And more clinical proofs are required for further validation due to limited quantity/quality of included studies.…”
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Socioeconomic Status and Breast Cancer Treatment in the United States: Results From a Systematic Literature Review by Sreelatha Akkala MPH, Mohammed Zuber PharmD, Julie Alaere Atta MPH, Nompumelelo O. Mzizi MSPH, Jyothi Akkula MPharm

“…This systematic review examines the association between the key SES indicators income, education, and occupation on breast cancer outcomes among the US breast cancer patients. Methods An electronic search was conducted using Medline®, Embase®, and Web of Science, from inception to December 2023. …”
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Lack of association between the TMPRSS6 gene polymorphism (rs855791) and anemia: a comprehensive meta-analysis by Jethendra Kumar Muruganantham, Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran

“…Thirteen eligible studies, comprising 2082 cases and 2684 controls, underwent meta-analysis using Review Manager 5.4 software. …”
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