P049: The long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders (LC-FAOD) disease monitoring program: An evaluation of initial findings by Jerry Vockley, Barbara Burton, Amarilis Sanchez Valle, Michal Inbar-Feigenberg, Anjali Aggarwal, Joel Hetzer, Bridget Reineking, Andrew Grimm

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Telehealth for the Initial Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Qualitative Study of Patients, Health Care Providers, and Key Stakeholders in the Province of Quebec in Canada by Raphaël Vincent, Pauline Lemersre, Geneviève Ferland, Annie Bélanger, Audrey-Anne Cormier, Kadija Perreault, Jean Sébastien Roy, Nicolas Pinsault, Dahlia Kairy, François Desmeules

“…ObjectiveWe aim to explore the use of telehealth for the initial evaluation of MSKDs in the province of Quebec, Canada. …”
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The value analysis of tumor deposit in the comprehensive evaluation before differentiated thyroid cancer RAI therapy by Lei Wang, Jing Yang, Yuan Zhu, Zhiyong Li

“…The predictive abilities of different N stages, TNM staging, and the ATA initial risk stratification system including TD were evaluated.ResultsThere were 235 cases (2.08%) of TD-positive patients. …”
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Risk of Antipsychotic Initiation Among Older Dementia Patients Initiating Cholinesterase Inhibitors by Chikermane SG, Li J, Aparasu RR

“…However, there is limited comparative evidence regarding antipsychotic initiation risk among individual ChEIs to manage behavioral symptoms of dementia.Objective: This study aims to evaluate and compare the risk of antipsychotic initiation among dementia patients prescribed individual ChEIs.Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study using the 2009– 2018 TriNetX electronic medical records data. …”
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Evaluating China’s Belt and Road Railway Projects in Nigeria: Infrastructure Gains and Strategic Risks by Adedeji Daniel Gbadebo

“…China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has had a substantial impacton Nigeria's infrastructure development, notably railway projects.This report evaluates the risks and advantages of BRI-funded railwayprojects, with a focus on the economic, social, and environmentalimplications. …”
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Evaluating critical hydrodynamic characteristics of rill formation on saturated soil slopes by Dandan Li, Xiaoyan Chen, Pingzong Zhu, Wenhao Tan, Tingting Tao, Liwen Ma, Lingyong Kong

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Discrete choice experiment to evaluate preferences for tailored social media messages for vaping initiation prevention among sexual and gender minority youth by Kathryn Pluta, Andy S. L. Tan, Elaine Hanby, Jennifer H. LeLaurin, Sixiao Liu, Sabra L. Katz-Wise, Jenine Pilla, David M. Lydon-Staley, Brittany M. Charlton, Wasim Maziak, Jennifer Potter, Andrew A. Strasser, Bob Gordon, Ryan P. Theis, Kate Okker-Edging, Ramzi G. Salloum

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Building Bobcat Bounty: The Design, Implementation, and Initial Evaluation of a Student-Led Food Pantry to Address College Student Food Insecurity by Lesli Biediger-Friedman, Cassandra M. Johnson, Hannah Thornton, Marissa Buckley

“…Conclusions: Results highlighted key factors for initial efficacy and strategies for long-term success. …”
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Evaluation of antibiotic treatment initiation and duration practices in primary care. Cross-sectional study in two French multi-professional health centers. by Simon Ferme, Emmanuel Piednoir, Marianne Delestre, Elise Fiaux, Johann Masik, Renaud Verdon, Pascal Thibon

“…Our main objective was to evaluate whether general practitioners' antibiotic initiation and prescription durations for respiratory infections align with these recommendations. …”
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Evaluation of initial geostress field of underground powerhouse in the complex alteration area of western Sichuan based on back-propagation neural network method by Hong Zheng, Shiqi Cao, Quan Jiang, Shaojun Li, Dingping Xu, Zhiwei Li

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A database to initiate methodological advances in the evaluation of transitivity assumption in network meta-analysis: qualitative features and limitations of the tracenma R package by Loukia M. Spineli, Andrés Mauricio García-Sierra, Juan Jose Yepes-Nuñez

“…Conclusions Tracenma is the first database built to motivate the development and empirical evaluation of novel methods for assessing transitivity. …”
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Machine learning prediction models for mortality risk in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: evaluating early versus late CRRT initiation by Chuanren Zhuang, Ruomeng Hu, Ke Li, Zhengshuang Liu, Songjie Bai, Sheng Zhang, Xuehuan Wen

“…Multiple machine learning models were developed and evaluated to predict patient prognosis, with Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) analysis identifying key prognostic factors.ResultsAfter propensity score matching, late CRRT initiation was associated with improved survival probability, but led to increased hospital and ICU stays. …”
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Evaluating Pakistan's Engagement with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Build Back Better World (B3W): Present and Future Perspectives by Sanwal Hussain Kharl, Arhama Siddiqa, Saqib Khan Warraich

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Multinational patterns of second line antihyperglycaemic drug initiation across cardiovascular risk groups: federated pharmacoepidemiological evaluation in LEGEND-T2DM by Rohan Khera, Jing Li, Katherine Simon, Yuan Lu, Joseph S Ross, Talita Duarte-Salles, Michael E Matheny, Harlan Krumholz, Kenneth KC Man, Carlen Reyes, Paul Nagy, Nigam Shah, Martijn J Schuemie, Daniel R Morales, Scott L DuVall, Seng Chan You, Jose D Posada, George Hripcsak, Marc A Suchard, Patrick B Ryan, Anna Ostropolets, Michael Cook, Evan Minty, Andrea Pistillo, Clair Blacketer, Arya Aminorroaya, Thomas Falconer, Nestoras Mathioudakis, Jin J Zhou, Can Yin, Kelly Li, Lovedeep Singh Dhingra, Faaizah Arshad, Mary G Bowring, Fan Bu, David A Dorr, Tina E French, Elizabeth E Hanchrow, Scott Horban, Wallis CY Lau, Yuntian Liu, Michael F McLemore, Akihiko Nishimura, Nicole Pratt, Sarah Seager, Eric YF Wan, Jianxiao Yang

“…Objective To assess the uptake of second line antihyperglycaemic drugs among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are receiving metformin.Design Federated pharmacoepidemiological evaluation in LEGEND-T2DM.Setting 10 US and seven non-US electronic health record and administrative claims databases in the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics network in eight countries from 2011 to the end of 2021.Participants 4.8 million patients (≥18 years) across US and non-US based databases with type 2 diabetes mellitus who had received metformin monotherapy and had initiated second line treatments.Exposure The exposure used to evaluate each database was calendar year trends, with the years in the study that were specific to each cohort.Main outcomes measures The outcome was the incidence of second line antihyperglycaemic drug use (ie, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, and sulfonylureas) among individuals who were already receiving treatment with metformin. …”
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Comparison of the Global Initiative for Asthma Guideline–based Asthma Control Measure and the Childhood Asthma Control Test in Evaluating Asthma Control in Children by Hong-Ren Yu, Chen-Kuang Niu, Ho-Chang Kuo, Ka-Yin Tsui, Chih-Chiang Wu, Chien-Hung Ko, Jiunn-Ming Sheen, Eng-Yen Huang, Kuender D. Yang

“…While several validated tools for assessing asthma control in children are currently available, few studies have evaluated the correlations between different asthma control measures in children. …”
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Developing an Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Adolescents With Anxiety Disorders: Design, Usability, and Initial Evaluation of the CoolMinds Intervention by Nikita Marie Sørensen, Helene Skaarnes, Kim Mathiasen, Mikael Thastum, Johanne Jeppesen Lomholt

“…However, many clinical evaluations of digital treatments report low adherence and engagement and high dropout rates, which remain challenges when the interventions are implemented in routine care. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Pharmacist-Initiated versus Provider-Initiated Patient Enrollment in Meds to Bed Services by Shervin Gorji, Alla Melamed Khaytin, Emily Zoelle, Anatoliy Fain, Jordan Denas, Tammy Nguyen, Joshua Yaich

“… Purpose: This study evaluated the impact of pharmacist-initiated versus provider-initiated patient enrollment in the Meds to Beds program. …”
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Ten-Year Evaluation of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) According to Initial Empiric Treatment: A Retrospective Analysis Using Real-World Data by Alejandro Rodríguez, Julen Berrueta, Carolina Páez, Ronny Huertas, Marco Marotta, Laura Claverias, Josep Gómez, Sandra Trefler, Frederic F. Gómez Bertomeu, María Dolores Guerrero-Torres, Sergio Pardo-Granell, Ester Picó-Plana, Alicia Selles-Sánchez, Francisco Javier Candel, Ignacio Martín-Loeches, María Bodí

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Evaluation of C-Reactive Protein and High Resolution Computed Tomography Scan Score to Initiate Early Steroid Therapy in Patients with COVID-19 Infection by Namirah Iftikhar, Muhammad Osama Rehman Khalid, Asif Husain Osmani, Gulraiz Hikmatyar, Sara Anjum Fazal

“…Pearson/Spearman-rank test evaluated the correlation between CRP and CTSS. Binary logistic regression identified significant prognostic factors, and linear regression determined the association coefficient between CTSS and CRP (3.00; p=0.00). …”
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Initial evaluation of an intervention to address provider implicit bias in pediatric sickle cell disease pain care: A mixed methods pilot study by Siddika S. Mulchan, Christopher B. Theriault, Susan DiVietro, Mark D. Litt, Emily O. Wakefield, Javeed Sukhera, Paula Tanabe, Hannah R. Thomas, Melissa Santos, William T. Zempsky, Donna Boruchov, Adam T. Hirsh

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