Does Specialty Matter? A Comparison of Early Postoperative Clinical Outcomes Following Lower Extremity Amputations Between Orthopaedic Surgeon and Vascular Surgeon by Shaya Shahsavarani MD, Oliver Sogard MD, Wonyong Lee MD

“…The CPT codes employed for this comprehensive search were 27590, 27591, 27592, 27598, 27880, 27881, 27882, 27888, 27889, 28800, 28805, 28810, 28820, and 28825. …”
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The Potential to Leverage Real-World Data for Pediatric Clinical Trials: A Proof-of-Concept Study by Jens Declerck, Joanne Lee, Anando Sen, Avril Palmeri, Rianne Oostenbrink, Viviana Giannuzzi, Simon Woodworth, Salma Malik, Fenna Mahler, Beate Aurich, Rebecca Leary, Dipak Kalra, Volker Straub

“…Respondents were asked to indicate how each data item is collected and stored: in structured/coded EHR fields, as free text, in external systems, or on paper. …”
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Multimorbidity combinations, costs of hospital care and potentially preventable emergency admissions in England: A cohort study. by Jonathan Stokes, Bruce Guthrie, Stewart W Mercer, Nigel Rice, Matt Sutton

“…Existing research has identified a small number of prevalent "clusters" in the general population, but the limited number examined might oversimplify the problem and these may not be the ones associated with important outcomes. …”
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HNF4α-Mediated LINC02560 Promotes Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Progression by Targeting the miR-505-5p/PDE4C Axis by Yongcheng Su, Beibei Xu, Chunyi Gao, Wenbin Pei, Miaomiao Ma, Wenqing Zhang, Tianhui Hu, Fuxing Zhang, Shaoliang Zhang

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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Insertion/Deletion Variation Analysis of Octoploid and Decaploid Tropical Oil Tea Camellia Populations Based on Whole-Genome Resequencing by Jiaming Song, Xin Zhao, Bo Lin, Shihui Zhang, Hanggui Lai, Feifei Chen, Dongyi Huang, Jinping Liu, Haiyan Hu, Jian Wang, Wenqiang Wu, Xiaolong Huang

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Using electronic health record data to establish a chronic kidney disease surveillance system in China: protocol for the China Kidney Disease Network (CK-NET)-Yinzhou Study by Yu Yang, Peng Shen, Hongbo Lin, Luxia Zhang, Minghui Zhao, Jinwei Wang, Beiyan Bao, Guilan Kong, Xiaoyu Sun, Guohui Ding, Bixia Gao, Chao Yang

“…We will use longitudinal individual electronic health record data to identify people with CKD by repeated laboratory measurements and diagnostic codes. We will also evaluate the associated risk factors, prognosis and disease management. …”
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Subcutaneous electroencephalography monitoring for people with epilepsy and intellectual disability: co-production workshops by Edward Meinert, Madison Milne-Ives, Jennifer Sawyer, Liz Boardman, Sarah Mitchell, Brendan Mclean, Mark Richardson, Rohit Shankar

“…Background Nearly 25% of people with intellectual disability (PwID) have epilepsy compared to 1% of the UK general population. PwID are commonly excluded from research, eventually affecting their care. …”
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Evaluation of structured data from electronic health records to identify clinical classification criteria attributes for systemic lupus erythematosus by Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Theresa L Walunas, Abel N Kho, Anika S Ghosh, Jennifer A Pacheco, Vesna Mitrovic, Andy Wu, Kathryn L Jackson, Ryan Schusler, Anh Chung, Daniel Erickson, Karen Mancera-Cuevas, Yuan Luo

“…Individual criteria attribute and classification criteria algorithms as a whole were assessed over our combined cohorts and the overall performance of the algorithms was measured through sensitivity and specificity.Results Individual classification criteria attributes had a wide range of sensitivities, 7% (oral ulcers) to 97% (haematological disorders) and specificities, 56% (haematological disorders) to 98% (photosensitivity), but all could be identified in EHR data. In general, algorithms based on laboratory results performed better than those primarily based on diagnosis codes. …”
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Content Validity of the Friedreich Ataxia Rating Scale in Patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxia by Michele Potashman, Katja Rudell, Naomi Suminski, Rinchen Doma, Maggie Heinrich, Linda Abetz-Webb, Melissa Wolfe Beiner, Vlad Coric, Liana S. Rosenthal, Sheng-Han Kuo, Theresa Zesiewicz, Terry D. Fife, Bart van de Warrenburg, Giovanni Ristori, Matthis Synofzik, Sub Subramony, Susan Perlman, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Gil L’Italien

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Patients Receiving Integrative Medicine Effectiveness Registry (PRIMIER) of the BraveNet practice-based research network: Results of the chronic pain cohort by Jeffery A. Dusek, Qi Gao, Ryung S. Kim, Donald I. Abrams, Benjamin Kligler, Natalie L. Dyer, Kathryn Hansen, Eric J. Roseen, M. Diane McKee

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Comparison and Analysis of the Genomes of Three Strains of <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> Isolated from Pomegranate by Alberto Patricio-Hernández, Miguel Angel Anducho-Reyes, Alejandro Téllez-Jurado, Rocío Ramírez-Vargas, Andrés Quezada-Salinas, Yuridia Mercado-Flores

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Emergency department visits among people with cancer: Frequency, symptoms, and characteristics by Michael Shayne Gallaway, Nimi Idaikkadar, Eric Tai, Behnoosh Momin, Elizabeth A. Rohan, Julie Townsend, Mary Puckett, Sherri L. Stewart

“…Abstract Objective People with cancer are increasingly more likely to visit an emergency department for acute care than the general population. They often have long wait times and more exposure to infection and receive treatment from staff less experienced with cancer‐related problems. …”
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Provider readiness and implementation barriers for lung cancer screening in a safety-net system by Maria C. Mejia, Yu-Heng Hilary Ma, Lisa M. Lowenstein, Kiara K. Spooner, Gabrielle Duhon, Elisa E. Douglas, Viola Leal, Robert J. Volk

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A population-based estimation of breast cancer recurrence in northeast Italy with administrative healthcare databases by Fabiola Giudici, Federica Toffolutti, Stefano Guzzinati, Francesco Schettini, Marina Bortul, Silvia Francisci, Manuel Zorzi, Sara De Vidi, Daniela Pierannunzio, Luigino Dal Maso

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Identification of Agricultural Events, Businesses and Landscapes in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province by Golrokh Amiri Dowrhooni, Neda Torabi Farsani, Majid Farhadi Uonaki, Mehdi Karami Dehkordi

“…After each interview, open codes were extracted until the research reached theoretical saturation in interview number 17 and no code was added to the previous codes. …”
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Eco-anxiety, climate concern, and fatalistic outlooks: Insights from U.S. crisis text conversations on climate distress by Jennifer D. Runkle, Kelsey Herbst, Sophie Ryan, Kelly Sewell, Ashley Mallare, Ian Berry, Emma Getz, Arden McKee, Martie P. Thompson, Margaret M. Sugg

“…A comprehensive codebook was developed, incorporating predetermined and emergent codes for climate change exposures, crisis flags, emotional responses, and special topics. …”
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Strengthening the Delivery of Physical Healthcare for Adults Living With Serious Mental Illness – A Qualitative Description of Patient and Family Member Perspectives by Munazzah Ambreen, Christopher Canning, Brian Lo, Sri Mahavir Agarwal, David Castle, Barna Konkolÿ‐Thege, Frank Sirotich, Sanjeev Sockalingam, Tania Tajirian, Philip G. Tibbo, Mary Rose vanKesteren, Caroline Walker, Vicky Stergiopoulos

“…ABSTRACT Background Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) have higher rates of comorbid physical health conditions, poorer associated health outcomes, and die on average 10–20 years earlier than the general population. This qualitative study aimed to explore the perspectives and experiences of adults living with SMI and family members with accessing physical healthcare within primary and mental health settings in Canada. …”
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Dysregulated transfer RNA-derived small RNAs as potential gastric cancer biomarkers by Jie Yuan, Wenchao Gu, Tianxin Xu, Yan Zhang, Lei Shen, Jianliang Yan, Xi Guan, Haidan Chu, Ruoyu Yuan, Shaoqing Ju

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Facilitators and barriers to participation and scale-up of a non-specialist delivered psychological intervention for adolescents in low-resourced settings: a process evaluation by Alissa M. Terp, Rand Habashneh, Felicity L. Brown, Adnan Abualhaija, Ibrahim S. Aqel, Maha Ghatasheh, Richard Bryant, Mark J. D. Jordans, Aiysha Malik, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Aemal Akhtar

“…Inductive and deductive codes were utilized in a six-step thematic analysis. …”
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Perceptions about hepatitis C and barriers and enablers to screening and treatment among Egyptian immigrants to Canada: a theory-informed qualitative study by Sameh Mortazhejri, Isabella M. Thomas, Andrea M. Patey, Amjad Alghamyan, Curtis Cooper, Sarah Mansour, Smita Pakhale, Justin Presseau, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Christina Greenaway

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