Infertility and risk of ovarian cancer: A systematic review and meta analysis by Indra Sambasivam, H. Gladius Jennifer, Saravanan Chinnaiyan

“…The current meta-analysis showed that women who used infertility drugs had a higher risk of developing OC than those having a history of infertility.…”
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Tumor characteristics and survival rate of axillary metastatic breast cancer patients: a three decades retrospective cohort study by Seyed Mohamad Sadegh Mousavi-kiasary, Mahdis Bayat, Fereshteh Abbasvandi, Batoul Khoundabi, Fatemeh Mousavi, Atieh Akbari, Maryam Bagherian, Afsoon Zandi, Behnam Honarvar, Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari

“…Accordingly, pN0 patients had a lower recurrence risk than the others (P = 0.01). …”
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Ionized and total magnesium levels and health outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Juhaina Salim Al-Maqbali, Salwa Al Harasi, Qasim Al Mamary, Henrik Falhammar, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Mohammed Al Za’abi, Abdullah M. Al Alawi

“…The study included adult patients with T2DM treated with oral hypoglycemic agents (OHA), insulin, glucagon-like-peptide 1 (GLP-1) injections or their combinations. …”
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Systemic immune response at gastroesophageal reflux disease by Yu. V. Yevsyutina, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin, S. V. Lyamina, I. Yu. Malyshev

“…Patients with erosive and/or ulcerative esophagitis in comparison to patients with non-erosive reflux disease (NERD), Barret's esophagus and healthy patients had increased expression of proinflammatory cytokines. …”
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Acute kidney injury and outcomes in hospitalized children with autoimmune rheumatic disease by Chien-Hung Lin, Wen-Sheng Liu, Chuan Wan, Hsin-Hui Wang

“…SLE also elevated risks of AKI (aOR = 4.16, 95% CI: 3.20–5.40) and dialysis (aOR = 11.34, 95% CI: 4.15–31.01). Children with SSc had increased risks of infection/pneumonia (aOR = 2.51, 95% CI: 1.84–3.41) and sepsis (aOR = 2.13, 95% CI: 1.26–3.58). …”
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Genomic characterization of antimicrobial-resistance and virulence factors in Salmonella isolates obtained from pig farms in Antioquia, Colombia. by María Isabel García-Álvarez, Juana L Vidal, Pilar Donado-Godoy, Jared Smith, Nikki Shariat, María Fernanda Valencia, Luis M Gómez-Osorio, Sara López-Osorio, Jenny J Chaparro-Gutiérrez

“…The presence of multidrug resistant Salmonella in pig production systems had been reported in Antioquia, Colombia.<h4>Aim</h4>To identify antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG) in different Salmonella spp. strains isolated from pig productions in Antioquia, Colombia. …”
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Assessment of awareness of keratoconus and its relation to eye rubbing among Saudi Arabia population by Nuwayyir Abdullah Alqasimi, Lujain Hatim Aljohani, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Bader Saad AlQahtani, Bader Saad AlQahtani, Nasser Saleh Al Haydar, Bdour Raja Alanazi, Danah Tariq Alfurayhan, Lina Sami Hussain Saber, Fatemah Saleh Alsalem, Nawaf Abdullah Alqahtani, Jose Manuel Vargas

“…Prior to administering the questionnaire, informed consent was obtained, and the confidentiality of the collected data was ensured.ResultsThis survey had a total of 2,059 respondents. The majority of the participants in the study were female, and their ages ranged from 18 to 30 years. …”
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Alcohol consumption associated with suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts in substance users: A cross-sectional study of an addiction registry in western Iran. by Vahid Farnia, Mahsa Mohebian, Omran Davarinejad, Denise A Hien, Safora Salemi, Sara Hookari, Hafez Bajoghli, Bahareh Rahami

“…Overall, 285 (27.5%) individuals had a history of suicide attempts, 316 (30.5%) individuals reported suicidal ideation, and 463 (41.6%) were alcohol users. …”
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Ultrasound radiomics-based logistic regression model for fibrotic NASH by Fei Xia, Wei Wei, Junli Wang, Yuhe Wang, Kun Wang, Chaoxue Zhang, Qiwei Zhu

“…Decision curve analysis showed that the clinical radiomics model had the highest net benefit across most threshold probability ranges. …”
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Effect of Bio MTA plus & ProRoot MTA pulp capping materials on the regenerative properties of human dental pulp stem cells by Khaled Mohamed Ayoub, Mohamed Mokhtar Nagy, Riham Mohamed Aly, Ghada Nour El Deen, Karim El-Batouty

“…Cells exposed to Bio MTA + had the greatest degree of proliferation. The results of Annexin V staining indicated that Bio MTA + caused the least amount of apoptosis. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of selective digestive decontamination (SDD) versus selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) in intensive care units with low levels of antimicrobial resist... by Marc J M Bonten, Denise van Hout, Nienke L Plantinga, Patricia C Bruijning-Verhagen, Evelien A N Oostdijk, Anne Marie G A de Smet, G Ardine de Wit, Cornelis H van Werkhoven

“…At a willingness-to-pay value of €33 633 per one prevented in-hospital death, SDD had a probability of 90.0% to be cost-effective as compared with SOD.Conclusion In Dutch ICUs, SDD has a very high probability of cost-effectiveness as compared to SOD. …”
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Role of Chest Radiography in Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Does Every Suspected Case Needs GeneXpert MTB; A Cross-Sectional Study by Mujahid Raza, Saleh Khurshied, Altaf Hussain, Nawal Khurshid, Ali Khurshid

“…Out of total 169 CXR 47 (27.81%) had findings consistent with pulmonary TB of which 31 (65.96%) were detected as confirmed TB cases on GeneXpert. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Debris and Irrigation Extruded Apically Using Different Design of Needles and Penetration Depth - An In Vitro Study by Maha A. Habeeb

“…The lowest value for debris was observed in subgroup B3 while subgroup A2 had shown the highest mean. Conclusion: Results revealed that the design and depth of needles significantly affected the debris extrusion. …”
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Association of blood cadmium and physical activity with mortality: A prospective cohort study by Yilin Chen, Cien Zhen, Lin Zeng, Hongliang Feng, Jinyu Wang, Qi Yong H. Ai, Sizhi Ai, Jihui Zhang, Yannis Yan Liang, Huachen Xue, Yujing Zhou

“…J-shaped associations were observed for blood cadmium with risks of mortality (all P overall < 0.001; all P nonlinearity < 0.001). Blood cadmium and PA had multiplicative interactions on mortality risk (all P interaction < 0.05). …”
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A vacuum lyophilization and bacterial tablet-based method for culture medium evaluation and potential use in probiotic products by Wen Cui, Liang Zhao, Yuwen Shi, Wei Feng, Xiao Chen, Hui Liu

“…The results suggested that vacuum freeze-dried bacterial tablet method had high conformity when compared to ISO 11133-2014 quantitative method (χ2 = 0.25, p &gt; 0.05; Kappa = 0.75).DiscussionHence, vacuum freeze-drying method is an integral part of preservation of bacterial strains and the preparation of related biological products. …”
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Peripheral Nerve Blocks Are Associated With Decreased Early Medical Complications, Dislocations, and Opioid Consumption Following Total Hip Arthroplasty by Brian P. McCormick, MD, Sean B. Sequeira, MD, Mark D. Hasenauer, MD, Robert P. McKinstry, MD, Frank R. Ebert, MD, Henry R. Boucher, MD

“…THA patients who received PNBs had lower incidences of deep vein thrombosis (odds ratio [OR] 0.67, P = .004), urinary tract infection (OR 0.76, P < .001), and dislocation (OR 0.51, P < .001). …”
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A Comparison of the Morbidities Associated with Different Early Treatments in Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Patients by Sumanta Saha, Sujata Saha

“…These studies sourced data from 609 tubo-ovarian abscess patients. Overall, all studies had at least one unclear risk of bias components. …”
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A Study on the Understanding of Chemical Compositions of Deposited Fog Water over Central Indo-Gangetic Plain in India by Shahina Raushan Saikh, Md Abu Mushtaque, Sanat Kumar Das

“…Back-trajectories analysis indicated air movement from western IGP passing over major urban areas before reaching the sampling site. NH4+ had the highest neutralizing factor in fog samples (1.13), followed by Ca2+ (0.48) and Mg2+ (0.07). …”
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A Contemporary Analysis of Discharge Disposition Following Total Joint Arthroplasty by Swaroopa Vaidya, MS, Gregory Panza, PhD, Jake Laverdiere, BS, Dianne Vye, MSN, RN, ONC, Jenna Bernstein, MD

“…Methods: This retrospective study included patients who had elective total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty from January through December 2022 at a high-volume orthopaedic institute. …”
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Features of diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors by N. I. Bogomolov, T. V. Burdinskaya, M. A. Goncharova, A. G. Goncharov, N. N. Tomskikh

“…In original study overall 116 patients with stromal tumors of gastrointestinal tract according to the records of Chita and Transbaikal Regional pathological bureau were analyzed Results. Nine (7,7%) patients had tumor location in the esophagus, 69 (59,4%) - in the stomach, 3 (2,5%) - in duodenum, 16 (13,7%) - in jejunum and ileum, 10 (8,6%) - in the colon, 3 (2,5%) - in the rectum. …”
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