Upper Extremity Superficial Vein Thromboses Presenting as Acute Neck Pain in a Young and Healthy Male: A Case Report by Kristen L Zosel, Max K Dummar, Benjamin G Adams, Nancy C Henderson, Richard B Westrick

“…Prior to physical therapy, the subject had been treated with cyclobenzaprine, oxycodone-acetaminophen, trigger point injection and had undergone a D-dimer to rule out a potential thrombus due to air travel and lower extremity immobilization…”
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Dysphotopsia after uneventful phacoemulsification by Mohammed A. Mohammed

“…In our study, 6 patients out of 120 patients had dysphotopsia, which was resolved with conservative treatment only. …”
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Stepwise Improvement of Cerebral Hemodynamics in Staged Angioplasty for Carotid Artery Stenosis by Fumiaki OKA, Takayuki OKU, Akiko KAWANO, Koki OKAZAKI, Takuma NISHIMOTO, Mototsugu SHIMOKAWA, Hideyuki ISHIHARA

“…Patients who underwent SAP had a lower incidence of hyperperfusion than those who underwent stenting at the first stage (5.3% vs. 33.3%). …”
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Comparison evaluation of bacterial DNA extraction methods for improved molecular diagnostic accuracy of sepsis-causing pathogens in clinical whole blood samples by Byungjoon Na, Junghun Park, Sojin Park, Eunseon Park, Jimin Jang, Yu-Hee Kim, Jinyeop Lee, Hae-Sun Chung

“…The K-SL DNA Extraction Kit and GraBon™ system exhibited higher accuracy rates of 77.5% (22/40) and 76.5% (21/40), respectively, compared to the QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit, which had an accuracy rate 65.0% (12/40) for Escherichia coli detection, whereas the GraBon™ system demonstrated higher accuracy rate of 77.5% (22/40) than the other two methods, which had an accuracy rates of 67.5% (14/40) for Staphylococcus aureus detection. …”
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Tracking of The Most Significant Laboratory Parameters For The Identification of Covid-19: An Overview on The Different Blood Tests by Seenaa Ali

“…Laboratory data have shown that most patients had a decrease in lymphocyte count, Eosinophils count and albumin level. …”
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Psychiatric nurses’ knowledge of COVID-19 within a patient care context: A qualitative study by Sandisiwe Dyonase, Isabelle Swanepoel, Gian Lippi

“…In this study, the majority of participants had relatively good knowledge regarding COVID-19. …”
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Elective incisional hernia repair: lower risk of postoperative wound infection with laparoscopic versus open repair by Serene Si Ning Goh, Kaushal Amitbhai Sanghvi, Aaryan Nath Koura, Jaideepraj Krishnaraj Rao, Aung Myint Oo

“…We excluded patients who underwent emergency repair, had recurrent hernias or had loss of abdominal wall domain (i.e. hernia sac containing more than 30% of abdominal contents or any solid organs). …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward vitiligo among vitiligo patients: a mediation analysis by Hua Feng, Xiulian Xu, Shuzhen Qi, Kun Chen, Mei Ju, Xiaofang Li, Shuxian Shang

“…Mediation analysis indicated that knowledge (β = 0.24, P = 0.023), attitude (β=-0.28, P < 0.001), disease duration (β=-1.49, P < 0.001), and negative emotions (β=-1.54, P = 0.008) had direct effects on practice. Income (β=-0.29, P = 0.003), disease duration (β = 0.16, P = 0.033), lesion duration (β = 0.25, P = 0.003), education (β = 0.11, P = 0.024), and age (β=-0.14, P = 0.036) had indirect effects on practice. …”
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Donor age contributes more to the rheological properties of stored red blood cells than donor sex and biological age distribution by Olga Mykhailova, Mackenzie Brandon-Coatham, Sanaz Hemmatibardehshahi, Mahsa Yazdanbakhsh, Carly Olafson, Qi-Long Yi, Tamir Kanias, Jason P. Acker

“…Teen O-RBCs, particularly from males, had higher elongation indices, both under isotonic conditions and in the presence of an increasing osmotic gradient. …”
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Muscle quality index is correlated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional population-based study by Mengye Zhang, Hao Lin, Xue Xu

“…Results A total of 2816 American adults were enrolled in this study, among whom 1264 (44.9%) had IR, and 300 (10.7%) had T2DM. Logistic regression and RCS regression analyses showed a significant negative linearly correlation between MQI and the prevalence of IR (OR = 0.708, 95%=0.514, 0.976) and T2DM (OR = 0.676, 95%CI = 0.472, 0.969). …”
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Converting grassland to wildflower meadow: impact on soil quality indicators for carbon sequestration by Alice A. Breeveld, Saskia Pagella, Jane Fisher

“… The extensive loss of carbon-rich, species-rich grasslands to agriculture and development has had detrimental impacts on wildflower abundance and diversity. …”
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Effect of Laminaria japonica Powder on Physicochemical Properties, Rheological Properties and Protein Structure of Silver Carp Surimi Gel by Fengchao ZHOU, Wenting JIANG, Han TIAN, Wei LUO, Xiaolan ZHANG, Jiazhen WANG, Jie LIANG, Leiwen XIANG, Shaoyun WANG, Xixi CAI, Qiming WU, Honglai LIN

“…When the addition amount was 10%, the gel strength, hardness and WHC indicators of the surimi gels significantly decrease (P<0.05). The LJP also had a significant improvement effects on the viscosity, stability and storage modulus (G') of the surimi sol, which promoted the formation of elastic gel, but the high amount of LJP (10%) added had a certain negative effect on the elastic gel. …”
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Fingertip traumatic amputations in children. Treatment with semiocclusive foil dressings-preliminary results by Dimitar Trizlov, Dimitar Raykov, Stoyan Ivanov, Ivan Trizlov

“…After the completion of treatment, the pulp had a normal shape, and the cosmetic outcome was excellent. …”
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Myocardial functional recovery following durable ventricular assist device in children by Bhavikkumar Langanecha, Osami Honjo, Alyssa Power, Oshri Zaulan, Christoph Haller, Kristen George, Linda Fazari, Andrea Maurich, David Chiasson, Aamir Jeewa

“…After explant, 8 of 9 patients remained in HF remission with no symptoms and stable left ventricular function. One patient had a recurrence of HF following explantation after demonstrating MFR while on VAD support. …”
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Association of systemic vitamin D on the course of dengue virus infection in adults: a single-centre dengue cohort study at a large institution in Singapore by Sapna P Sadarangani, Htet Lin Htun, Weiping Ling, Robert Hawkins, Tsin Wen Yeo, Laura Rivino, Paul A MacAry, Yee-Sin Leo

“…Results: A total of 80 participants (median age 43 years) were enrolled in the study. Six participants had severe dengue based on the World Health Organization (WHO) 1997 criteria (i.e. dengue haemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome) and another six had severe dengue based on the WHO 2009 criteria. …”
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Impact of gas flaring on acute respiratory distress among pregnant women and newborn babies in Delta State Central Senatorial District, Nigeria by Omatseye Alero Akuirene, John Esimaje Moyegbone, Charity Omoikhekpen Chukumah, Mercy Ebiyemi Kalaroo, Josiah Obaghwerhievwo Adjene, Emmanuel Agbonomhen Agege, Joseph Onyedenyifa Odoko, Ezekiel Uba Nwose

“…Significant level was considered at P<0.05 Results: Among the 326 children recruited, 205 (42.4%) had experienced respiratory distress. Of the 483 women, 54% suffered from respiratory disease and 33% of the children had been admitted for respiratory distress on a weekly basis. …”
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BEHAVIOUR AMONG FEMALE MIGRANTS IN MAKURDI, BENUE STATE by ONYEMA ANGELA ABEL

“…Conflict and unemployment are the major causes of risky sexual behavior (29.3%and23.4%respective). 20.5% had multiple sexual pattern, 25 9% had casual sex without the use of condom. …”
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Seasonal Patterns and Trends of Air Pollution in the Upper Northern Thailand from 2004 to 2018 by Sarawut Sukkhum, Apiradee Lim, Thammasin Ingviya, Rattikan Saelim

“…In contrast, NO2, NOx and PM10 had significantly decreased on average of −0.010 ppb, −0.008 ppb and −0.011 µg m−3, respectively. …”
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Improving children’s cooperativeness during magnetic resonance imaging using interactive educational animated videos: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial by Evelyn Gabriela Utama, Seyed Ehsan Saffari, Phua Hwee Tang

“…Results: In the interactive video group (n = 277), 86 (31.0%) children needed repeated MRI sequences, two (0.7%) needed GA and the proportion of children who had confidence in staying still for more than 30 min increased by 22.1% after the video. …”
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Selective laser trabeculoplasty for the treatment of intraocular pressure elevation after viscocanalostomy with Ologen implant in the management of primary open-angle glaucoma: a r... by Ahmed AM Gad, Bahaa-Eldin Hasan Abdulhalim, Amal F Gharib, Amr Mahfouz Mohammed

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study included 26 eyes of 26 patients with POAG who had had SLT after viscocanalostomy or phacoviscocanalostomy with Ologen implant. …”
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