Comprehensive guidelines for prehabilitation in spine surgery by Paulomi Gohel, Raj Swaroop Lavadi, Mohamed-Ali H. Jawad-Makki, Rohit Prem Kumar, Ayesha Akbar Waheed, Lior M. Elkaim, Vinay Jaikumar, Nima Alan, Thomas J. Buell, Brenton Pennicooke, D. Kojo Hamilton, Nitin Agarwal

“…Objectives: Review prehabilitation techniques used for elective spine surgery to create a comprehensive list of recommendations. …”
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Morbidity and mortality after elective cancer surgery—How does recent Covid-19 infection impact outcome: A prospective, comparative study by Manisha Hemrajani, Pooja Mongia, Pushplata Gupta, Anjum K. Joad

“…The purpose of this study was to compare the postoperative morbidity in cancer patients with and without a history of Covid infection. Material and Methods: This was a prospective observational study. …”
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Surgical outcomes of curative intent management in emergency vs. elective colon cancer: A retrospective single center study by Noura S Alhassan, Thamer A Bin Traiki, Sulaiman A Alshammari, Mohaned Makkawi, Yazeed A Alkhayyal, Mohammed A Alswayyed, Maha-Hamadien Abdulla, Ahmad M. Zubaidi, Omar A Al-Obeed, Reem A Alharbi, Khayal A. AlKhayal

“…This study compares emergency versus elective colon cancer outcomes and prognostic factors associated with postoperative complications. …”
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Model Sosialisasi Pemilihan Presiden 2019 di Komisi Independen Pemilihan Kota Banda Aceh by Siti Hardiyanti, Muryanto Amin, Warjio Warjio

“…This research explains how the socialization model carried out by the Banda Aceh KIP in the 2019 Election is an effort to provide an understanding of the election to the public. the implementation of the socialization model in collaboration with various communities / organizations is greatly enhanced. …”
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Correction of Thrombocytopenia before Elective Surgery / Invasive Procedures in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis (Experts’ Agreement) by M. V. Maevskaya, M. Yu. Nadinskaia, E. N. Bessonova, N. I. Geyvandova, M. S. Zharkova, E. A. Kitsenko, N. V. Korochanskaya, I. A. Kurkina, A. L. Melikyan, V. G. Morozov, Yu. V. Khoronko, T. A. Deeva, K. A. Gulyaeva, V. T. Ivashkin

“…There are still unresolved questions regarding risk stratification of bleeding complications, the prognostic role of thrombocytopenia, as well as the need for treatment of thrombocytopenia and its methods.Materials and methods. The Russian Scientific Liver Society selected a panel of experts in the field of therapeutic and surgical hepatology, hematology, transfusion medicine to make reasoned statements and recommendations on the issue of treatment of thrombocytopenia before elective surgery / invasive procedures in patients with liver cirrhosis.Results. …”
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Intraoperative assessment of the left colon blood supply after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair by A. Y. Bedrov, A. A. Moiseev, A. S. Ustyuzhaninov

“…To objectify the intraoperative assessment of the blood supply in the left colon after elective AAA repair the methods of direct manometry and ultrasonography were used in 41 and 40 patients, respectively, and both methods were applied in 21 patients. …”
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Evaluation of pain levels and pain management in patients after elective total knee replacement surgery by Elif Karahan, Mediha Didem Koçoğlu Ağca, Sevim Çelik

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Online Information Regarding Elective Lower Limb Lengthening for Stature Enhancement: Quality, Variability, and Trends by Francisco Gomez-Alvarado, Gabriel Santamaria, Devika A. Shenoy, Sanjeev Sabharwal

“…Context: Patients seeking elective surgery for stature lengthening, a controversial topic, often rely on online searches for medical information. …”
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Multimodal prehabilitation program for patients undergoing elective surgery for colorectal cancer: a scoping review by Shilin Gao, Yuhua He, Lili Jiang, Jie Yang

“…The aim of this scoping review is to review the content and current state of clinical practice of multimodal prehabilitation programs.MethodsA systematic literature review of multimodal prehabilitation studies in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery was conducted according to the PRISMA extension framework for scoping reviews. …”
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Preoperative Assessment of Patients Undergoing Elective Gastrointestinal Surgery: Does Body Mass Index Matter? by Sivesh K. Kamarajah, Mustafa Sowida, Amirul Adlan, Behrad Barmayehvar, Christina Reihill, Parvez Ellahee

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Large language models can consistently generate high-quality content for election disinformation operations. by Angus R Williams, Liam Burke-Moore, Ryan Sze-Yin Chan, Florence E Enock, Federico Nanni, Tvesha Sippy, Yi-Ling Chung, Evelina Gabasova, Kobi Hackenburg, Jonathan Bright

“…Taken together, these findings suggest that current LLMs can be used to generate high-quality content for election disinformation operations, even in hyperlocalised scenarios, at far lower costs than traditional methods, and offer researchers and policymakers an empirical benchmark for the measurement and evaluation of these capabilities in current and future models.…”
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Decision vector model in predicting social behavior (on the example of the secondary analysis of the pre-election surveys) by N. S. Babich, S. M. Kharun

“…The analysis showed that within the decision vector model, surveys conducted with different methods before the 2013 Moscow mayoral elections provided the same values of the probability of voter turnout, which coincide with the actual turnout with a high degree of accuracy. …”
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Can We Reduce Postoperative Airway Symptoms Related To Endotracheal Intubation In Elective General Anesthesia? by Sehrish Asad, Muhammad Ali, Saleem Ahmed, Faheem Feroze, Sadia Chaudhry, Nighat Qamar

“… Objective: To assess whether applying betamethasone-gel to an endotracheal tube is more effective than using an unlubricated endotracheal tube in minimizing the occurrence of postoperative sore throat, hoarseness, and cough. Methods: 144 patients of the American Society of anaesthesiologists-physical status (ASA-PS) I and II, aged 18–65 years of either gender planned for elective surgery under general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation were included. …”
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What is the influence of single-entry models on access to elective surgical procedures? A systematic review by Deborah A Marshall, Zaheed Damani, Barbara Conner-Spady, Tina Nash, Henry Tom Stelfox, Tom W Noseworthy

“…Background Single-entry models (SEMs) for the management of patients awaiting elective surgical services are designed to increase access and flow through the system of care. …”
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Semiotics of Visual Metaphor in Mexican Electoral Discourse: Case-Study of the 2024 Presidential Election Campaign by Marina V. Larionova, Sofia K. Mosina

“…The materials for the study of visual metaphors are the official logos used during the 2024 election campaign in Mexico. The research methodology, which allows for a systematic study of visual metaphors semiotics, is based on the interdisciplinary and polyparadigmatic model of discourse studies and implies an integral approach that combines the general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, comparison and analogy with the method of sociolinguistic interpretation, semantic, interpretive, linguocognitive and discourse analysis. …”
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Promoting Diversity in Otolaryngology Residency Programs: Underrepresented in Medicine Funding for Visiting Medical Student Electives by Audrey M. Abend, Shaila T. Man, Li‐Xing Man

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Impact of antimicrobial stewardship interventions on post-elective caesarean antibiotic prophylaxis and surgical site infections by Valerie Xue Fen Seah, Rina Yue Ling Ong, Cedric Wei Ming Poh, Kai Qian Kam, Shahul Hameed Mohamed Siraj, Koh Cheng Thoon

“…Objectives To evaluate the impact of ASP interventions on post-elective caesarean (eLSCS) oral antibiotic prophylaxis rates and patient outcomes. …”
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Creation and Implementation of an EMS Elective for Final-Year Medical Students: A 5-year Evaluation by Edder Peralta, Christopher Evers, Toniann Gonell, Megan Hodges, David Cohen, Lauren M. Maloney

“…Methods: The EMS elective involves an introductory session, an operational orientation, and six ambulance shifts. …”
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Elective Colectomy for the Treatment of Benign Colon Polyps: National Surgical Trends, Outcomes and Cost Analysis by Tonya Kaltenbach, Luke Martin, Jessica Yu, Benjamin Brooke, William Peche, Roy Soetikno, Mary Whooley, Andrew J Gawron

“…Little is known about the effects of these elective colectomies on patient outcomes. We sought to determine the trends, surgical outcomes, and costs of elective colectomy for benign colon polyps. …”
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Airway Management in Pan Facial Fracture: An Outcome Analysis of Elective Tracheostomy and Submental Endotracheal Intubation by Vipin Venugopal Nair, Yuvraj Issar, Harmanjot Singh Dhillon, Gurpinder Singh Ghotra, Pranay Pratap, Ayush Mathur, Kamalpreet Singh

“…Both short- and long-term outcomes are better compared to the alternative airway method of elective tracheostomy. …”
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