Analysis of factors associated with intercostal neuralgia after osteoporotic thoracic spine fracture and construction of a prediction model by Zhen-Gang Liu, Fan Yang, Peng-fu Li, Qi Song, Gao Wang, Bo-Yin Zhang

“…Results This study included a total of 104 patients based on the presence or absence of intercostal neuralgia.The results of multifactorial logistic regression analysis showed that injured vertebral intervertebral foraminal area (P = 0.0008, regression coefficient estimate 0.0490, 95% confidence interval 0.0219–0.0798, OR = 1.0503), injured vertebral intervertebral foraminal volume (P = 0.0001, regression coefficient value − 0.0028, 95% confidence interval − 0.0044 to -0.0015, OR = 0.9972), and nerve root area (P = 0.0038, regression coefficient estimate=-0.0876, 95% confidence interval − 0.1506 to -0.0309, OR = 0.9161) were independent associated factors.The fatty degeneration ratio have a positive promotional effect on the probability of developing intercostal pain.The area under the ROC curve (AUC) of the prediction model was 0.851, which indicated that the line graph model had a certain degree of predictive validity. Conclusion Thoracic osteoporotic fractures are a common geriatric disease, and changes in the morphological parameters of the intervertebral foramina, such as a reduction in the area and volume of the injured vertebral intervertebral foramina, as well as fatty degeneration of the thoracic back muscles, suggest an increased probability of developing intercostal neuralgia.…”
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Elicitation of Health-related Quality-of-life Concepts Associated with Overactive Bladder: A Qualitative Study by Natalia Hawken, Zalmai Hakimi, Samuel Aballéa, Jameel Nazir, Isaac A. O. Odeyemi, Mondher Toumi

“…Fifteen patients (50%) had urge incontinence (i.e. OAB-wet). Interview data showed that OAB affected role functioning, sleep quality, social functioning, and emotional/mental functioning. …”
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Treatment Patterns and Outcomes Among Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer Initiating First-Line Therapy in the United States by Robert L. Coleman, Jamie Garside, Jean Hurteau, Joehl Nguyen, Monica Kobayashi

“…Data were stratified by subgroups of patients who had mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) tumors. …”
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Shear bond strength of three different fixed retainers: Stainless steel wires versus fiber reinforced composite (An in Vitro study) by Anees Mahmood Mudhir

“…Conclusion: db straight‐8 wire delivered higher shear bond strength, followed by fiber reinforced splint retainer group, whereas 3M multi‐strand wire had the least shear bond strength. …”
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Mortality and risk of cardiac complications among immediate survivors of accidental electric shock: a Danish nationwide cohort study by Christian Torp-Pedersen, Sam Riahi, Lars Køber, Steen Møller Hansen, Peter Søgaard, Rikke Mortensen, Søren Hjortshøj

“…Few of the electric shock patients had a record of cardiovascular disease at baseline (364/11 462, 3.2%). …”
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Assessing the Economic Burden and Health Care Utilizations of U.S. Veteran Patients with Schizophrenia by Lin Xie, M. Furaha Kariburyo, Juan Du, Yuexi Wang

“…Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia had significantly higher health care utilization in inpatient (18.12% vs. 2.30%, p<0.01), emergency room (19.67% vs. 6.46%, p<0.01), office (98.32% vs. 53.26%, p<0.01), and outpatient visits (98.53% vs. 54.16%, p<0.01). …”
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Can the Risk Factors Predicting Surgical Treatment be Determined in Patients with Tubo-Ovarian Abscess? by Tayfun Vural, Burak Bayraktar, Suna Yildirim Karaca, Emir Gurbuz, Mehmet Ozeren, Cuneyt Eftal Taner

“…Patients who failed antibiotic therapy had higher infection parameters such as C-reactive protein (205±109 mg/dL vs. 115 ± 90 mg/dL, p=0.002), platelet count (349 ± 108 x 103/mm3 vs. 298 ± 95 x 103/mm3, p=0.042), and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (18.8 ± 35.7 vs. 8.2 ± 6.9, p=0.022). …”
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Shared decision-making competency and its associated factors among palliative care nurses: a cross-sectional study in China by Junchen Guo, Sishan Jiang, Yunyun Dai, Xianghua Xu, Chaoyi Liu, Yongyi Chen

“…The Chinese palliative care nurses had a high level of SDM competency (mean total SDMCS 211.72 ± 25.75) and high empathic ability (EA), (mean total EAS 132.63 ± 20.30). …”
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The impact of HPV/HIV co-infection on immunosuppression, HPV genotype, and cervical cancer biomarkers by Terkimbi Dominic Swase, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Ifie Josiah Eseoghene, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Solomon Adomi Mbina, Chebet Joan, Reuben Samson Dangana, Chinyere Anyanwu, Comfort Danchal Vandu, A. B Agbaje, Tijjani Salihu Shinkafi, Ibrahim Babangida Abubarkar, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja

“…Approximately 29.1% and 30.0% of patients had CD4 counts of 200–400 cells/L and 300–400 cells/L, respectively. …”
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Training and Employee Performance in Uganda: A Case of National Water and Sewarage Corporation by moses Agaba

“…The study also found that off-the-job training and employee performance at NWSC-Rukungiri District had a moderately significant positive relationship (r=0.633, p<0.01). …”
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ICT Usage in School Finance Management of Selected Secondary Schools in Mbarara City. by Karamuzi, Beende Richard

“…The result showed that internet, projector, interactive whiteboard, E-library, computers (with printers), and peripherals: scanners, webcams, digital cameras, and LAN had a significant and positive impact on school finance management practices (B = 1.618, t = 7.868, P < 0.000). …”
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Effect of Government Agricultural Extension Services on Farm Income Among Banana Farmers in Kashenshero Town Council Mitooma District. by Aijuka, Bright

“…The findings revealed a statistically significant positive relationship between access to Government Agricultural Extension Services (GAESs) and farm income among banana farmers in Kashenshero Town Council, Mitooma District. Farmers who had regular access to extension services reported higher farm income compared to those with limited or no access. …”
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Career Guidance and Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Kisoro District; A case Study of Namirembe and Nyanamo Comprehensive Secondary Schools in Bukimbiri Sub-County. by Robert, Mwesigwa

“…It was found out that 29% of the respondents considered career guidance as a means to help students to broaden their knowledge; skills and abilities; though on the hand sighted irregularities that career guidance was meant for the rich who had the capacity to facilitate their children’s future the way they wished; and that career guidance was irrelevant at schools since it never provided anything new that they would get from their family members and their religious backgrounds. …”
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Estimation of Radiological Effects from Consumption of milk from Volcanic areas of Kisoro, South-western Uganda. by Vianney, Habakwiha, Bosco, Oruru, Winston, Tumps Ireeta

“…Samples that were collected from cattle farms that were relatively flat and at lower altitudes had relatively higher activity concentrations hence higher Radiological Effects. …”
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Effect of body mass index on inpatient rehabilitation outcome after stroke in a Southeast Asian cohort: a prospective study by Sze Chin Jong, Jovic Aguipo Fuentes, Angie En Qin Seow, Chien Joo Lim, Gobinathan Chandran, Karen Sui Geok Chua

“…The mean age of the cohort was 59.48 (standard deviation [SD] 12.35) years; 64.4% (n = 159) were male and 52.6% (n = 130) had ischaemic stroke. The distributions of underweight, normal and overweight based on BMI on admission were 10.9% (n = 27), 33.2% (n = 82) and 55.9% (n = 138), respectively, and the distributions upon discharge were 11.7% (n = 29), 38.1% (n = 94) and 50.2% (n = 124), respectively. …”
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Factors associated with breast lymphedema after adjuvant radiation therapy in women undergoing breast conservation therapy by Summer Sami Yono, Cara Cannella, Madeleine Gonte, Sanjay Rama, Simeng Zhu, Jenna Luker, Maristella S. Evangelista, Jessica Bensenhaver, Eleanor M. Walker, Dunya Atisha

“…Patients with breast volume ≥1500 cm3 (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 2.34; 95 % CI, 1.40–3.91; p = 0.001), Black patients (aOR = 1.78; 95 % CI, 1.12–2.82; p = 0.015), those who received neoadjuvant (aOR = 3.05; 95 % CI, 1.28–7.30; p = 0.012) or adjuvant chemotherapy (aOR = 2.14; 95 % CI, 1.29–3.55; p = 0.003), those with postoperative cellulitis (aOR = 3.94; 95 % CI, 2.20–7.06; p < 0.001), and women who developed arm lymphedema (aOR = 2.94; 95 % CI, 1.50–5.77; p = 0.002) had significantly higher odds of developing BL. …”
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Effect of different ceramic materials and dentin sealing on occlusal veneers bond strength and fracture resistance by Dina Mohamed Nasr, Rewaa Gaber AboElHassan

“…Results For debonding forces and bond strength testing there were significant differences regarding different materials and dentin sealing strategies, while for fracture resistance, the material selection had a significant effect on it with no significant effects of dentin sealing strategies. …”
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Treatment Patterns of Follicular Lymphoma in the United States: A Claims Analysis by Scott F. Huntington, Sreevalsa Appukkuttan, Wenyi Wang, Yuxian Du, Sari Hopson, Svetlana Babajanyan

“…**Discussion:** At a median follow-up of 3.6 years, most patients had 1 or fewer lines of therapy. The use of combination therapy decreased with each line of therapy and the numbers of patients receiving third- or fourth-line therapy were small in this study, potentially due to the short follow-up. …”
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Intravenous nicardipine and labetalol use in hypertensive patients with signs or symptoms suggestive of end-organ damage in the emergency department: a subgroup analysis of the CLU... by Brian Hiestand, Phillip Levy, W Frank Peacock, Brigitte M Baumann, Richard M Nowak, Amy Hsu, Joseph Varon, Chad M Cannon, David M Cline, Pierre Borczuk, Abhinav Chandra, Deborah B Diercks, Preeti Jois, Brian Kaminski, Jon W Schrock

“…Objective To compare the efficacy of Food and Drug Administration recommended dosing of nicardipine versus labetalol for the management of hypertensive patients with signs and/or symptoms (S/S) suggestive of end-organ damage (EOD).Design Secondary analysis of the multicentre prospective, randomised CLUE trial.Setting 13 academic emergency departments in the USA.Participants Eligible patients had two systolic blood pressure (SBP) measures ≥180 mm Hg at least 10 min apart, no contraindications to nicardipine or labetalol and predefined S/S suggestive of EOD on arrival.Interventions Medications were administered by continuous infusion (nicardipine) or repeat intravenous bolus (labetalol) for a study period of 30 min or until a specified target SBP ±20 mm Hg was achieved.Primary outcome measure Percentage of participants achieving a predefined target SBP range (TR) defined as an SBP within ±20 mm Hg as established by the treating physician.Results Of the 141 eligible patients, 49.6% received nicardipine, 51.7% were women and 81.6% were black. …”
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Combined alverine citrate and simeticonein preparation in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome by Ye. A. Poluektova, S. Yu. Kuchumova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Retrospective analysis of efficacy and safety of meteospasmyl in 30 patients with IBS diagnosis, confirmed by conformity of complaints to Rome-III criteria and absence of pathological changes at laboratory and instrumental investigations was carried out. Thirteen patients had clinical pattern of diarrhea predominance (IBS-D), 17 – predominance of constipation (IBS-С). …”
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