The efficacy and safety of the biosimilar product (Inflectra®) compared to the reference drug (Remicade®) in rescue therapy in adult patients with ulcerative colitis by Magdalena Kaniewska, Andrzej Moniuszko, Grażyna Rydzewska

“…Thus far, there have not been enough data regarding its efficacy and safety in ulcerative colitis (UC). …”
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Impact on survival of decompensated liver cirrhosis and large volume paracentesis: a retrospective cohort by Karla P. Perez-Lopez, Miriam G. Reyes-Zermeño

“…Exclusion criteria were pregnancy or lactation, under 18 years of age, and ascites of a different origin than chronic liver disease. The data was extracted from clinical records. Results: A total of 226 patients were analyzed, 61.9% women (n=140) and 38.1% men (n=86). …”
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Relationship Between Blurred Boundary and Neurological Deficits in Extension-Type Pediatric Supracondylar Humeral Fractures by Takuji Yamamoto, MD, Yoshifumi Ueshin, MD, Hikaru Ogawa, MD, Yasuharu Nakashima, MD, PhD

“…Data collected included age, sex, height, weight, body mass index, fracture type (Wilkins-modified Gartland classification), surgical method, neurological injury status, and recovery period. …”
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Malaria risk factors in North West Tanzania: the effect of spraying, nets and wealth. by Philippa A West, Natacha Protopopoff, Mark Rowland, Emma Cumming, Alison Rand, Chris Drakeley, Alexandra Wright, Zuhura Kivaju, Matthew J Kirby, Franklin W Mosha, William Kisinza, Immo Kleinschmidt

“…Malaria prevalence remains high in many African countries despite massive scaling-up of insecticide treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS). …”
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Сombined Treatment of Juxtaand Parapapillary Choroidal Melanoma by V. V. Neroev, S. V. Saakyan, А. G. Amiryan, V. V. Valskiy, А. Iu. Tsygankov

“…According to the duplex scanning, an increase in the distribution density of bloodflow in the projection of the tumor focus was noted compared with the initial data. …”
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Norepinephrine Infusion and the Central Venous Waveform in a Porcine Model of Endotoxemic Hypotension with Resuscitation: A Large Animal Study by Zachary R. Bergman, Roy K. Kiberenge, Richard W. Bianco, Gregory J. Beilman, Colleen M. Brophy, Kyle M. Hocking, Bret D. Alvis, Eric S. Wise

“…Using a porcine model of distributive shock and fluid resuscitation, we sought to determine the influence of norepinephrine on f0 of the central venous waveform.Methods Eight pigs were anesthetized, catheterized and treated with norepinephrine after precipitation of endotoxemic hypotension, and subsequent fluid resuscitation to mimic sepsis physiology. …”
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The Investigation of Latanoprost's Effects on the Intraocular Pressure of Healthy Male guinea Pigs Under Light and Dark Regimes by Arghavan Armin, Farnoosh Arfaee

“…Statistical analyses were conducted using repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), but due to the small sample size and non‐normal data distribution, non‐parametric methods were employed, including the Wilcoxon Signed‐Rank Test for pre‐ and post‐treatment comparisons and the Mann‐Whitney U Test for between‐group differences (p‐values <0.05 were considered significant). …”
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Effects of Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Cell Immunity in Nonobese Mice by Yang Ou, Yang Yang, Yan Wang, Heng Su, Yi-kun Zhou

“…In addition, more inflammatory cell infiltration was detected in the pancreas of control group mice than those treated with HucMSC-EVs. IHC staining showed that Fas/FasL expression and distribution in control group pancreas were higher than those in the HucMSC-EVs group. …”
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Experience with dexmetomidine in the management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome for patients with cirrhosis by Liliana I. Gallardo-González, Jose L. Perez-Hernandez, Maria F. Higuera-De la, Tijera, Mary C. Alegría-Ovando

“…Patients with cirrhosis and AWS, treated with lorazepam, DXM, or both, were included. …”
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Chronic Total Occlusion Revascularization Strategies: A Comparative Study of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Yanci Liu, Shaoping Wang, Hongyu Peng, Qian Fan, Jinghua Liu

“…Objective: Currently, there are limited data on the clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) compared to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for the treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO). …”
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Prediction of mortality and prioritisation to tertiary care using the 'OUR-ARCad' risk score gleaned from the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic-A retrospective cohort study from Sou... by Narendran Gopalan, Vinod Kumar Viswanathan, Vignes Anand Srinivasalu, Saranya Arumugam, Adhin Bhaskar, Tamizhselvan Manoharan, Santosh Kishor Chandrasekar, Divya Bujagaruban, Ramya Arumugham, Gopi Jagadeeswaran, Saravanan Madurai Pandian, Arunalatha Ponniah, Thirumaran Senguttuvan, Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan, Baskaran Dhanraj, Vineet Kumar Chadha, Balaji Purushotham, Manoj Vasanth Murhekar

“…The relative distribution of the various parameters among survivors and non-survivors including self-reported comorbidities helped to derive the individual risk scores from parameters significant in the multivariable logistic regression. …”
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Pesticide poisoning in Zhejiang Province, China: a retrospective analysis from 2008 to 2022 by Fang Wei, Panqi Xue, Xinglin Fang, Xiaoming Lou, Jingyi Sun, Hua Zou, Lifang Zhou

“…Methods Pesticide poisoning data for Zhejiang Province from 2008 to 2022 was extracted from the National Occupational Disease and Occupational Health Information Monitoring System. …”
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Profile of Stroke Patients in John Piet Wanane General Hospital Sorong: A Descriptive Study by Djohan Ardiansyah, Agustinus Ruma, Lu Jordy Luhur

“…Data were collected  through interviews and the identification of  subjects’ medical records based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Is the treatment of ankle osteoarthritis changing over time in Italy? Analysis of temporal trends for fusion and arthroplasty in a population-based study from 2001 to 2022 on the N... by Adriano Cuccu, Elena Manuela Samaila, Enrico Ciminello, Umberto Alfieri Montrasio, Fabrizio Cortese, Stefania Ceccarelli, Tiziana Falcone, Marina Torre

“…Conclusions The substantial increase in TARs may be owing to improved implant designs and innovative surgical technologies, which allow the treatment of more severe cases and deformities, previously untreated or treated by a fusion. This trend highlights the need to invest in implementing high quality registries by promoting surgeons’ participation in data collection. …”
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Prognostic impact of nutritional indicators based on Lasso-Cox regression for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer by Junjiang Ye, Yandong Xie, Biao Ran, Ping Han

“…The Lasso-Cox regression based NRIs enhance prognostic stratification for BCG-treated NMIBC, outperforming existing blood-based nutritional risk indicators and the EAU2021 model. …”
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Vestibular migraine in low- and lower-middle-income countries: A scoping review by Eric K. Kim, Amina Seguya, May Htoo Thaw, Peggy Tahir, Eric J. Formeister, Christopher J. Waterworth, Ali F. Jaffer

“…Title and abstract screening, full-text review, and data collection were conducted by two authors independently. …”
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Genome wide population genetics and molecular surveillance of insecticide resistance in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes from Awash Sebat Kilo in Ethiopia by Holly Acford-Palmer, Fitsum G. Tadesse, Emilia Manko, Jody E. Phelan, Matthew Higgins, Ashley Osborne, Mojca Kristan, Thomas Walker, Teun Bousema, Louisa A. Messenger, Taane G. Clark, Susana Campino

“…Vector control methods, including insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying, have substantially reduced the malaria burden. …”
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APOE4 reshapes the lipid droplet proteome and modulates microglial inflammatory responses by Cassi M. Friday, Isaiah O. Stephens, Cathryn T. Smith, Sangderk Lee, Diksha Satish, Nicholas A. Devanney, Sarah Cohen, Josh M. Morganti, Scott M. Gordon, Lance A. Johnson

“…Lipidomic analysis revealed that E4 LDs exhibit a shift in glycerophospholipid distribution, with an increase in phosphatidylcholine species, such that their baseline profile resembles that of LPS-treated LDs. …”
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Prevalence and associations of hypertension detection, treatment and control in Cape Town by Nasheeta Peer, Naomi Levitt, Carl Lombard, Jaya George, Andre-Pascal Kengne

“…Methods In this randomly selected community-based cross-sectional study, data collection comprised administered questionnaires, clinical measurements and fasting biochemical analyses, including oral glucose tolerance tests. …”
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Targeted Behavior Change Communication Using a Mobile Health Platform to Increase Uptake of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets Among Pregnant Women in Tanzania: Hati Salama “Secure Vou... by Trinity Vey, Eleonora Kinnicutt, Andrew G Day, Nicola West, Jessica Sleeth, Kenneth Bernard Nchimbi, Karen Yeates

“…Analyses were by intention to treat. The primary outcome was the redemption rate of e-vouchers for LLINs from retailers. …”
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