A retrospective study on prevalence and profile of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction positive severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 samples tested in a ter... by Ramalatharani Shanmugam, Meerah Srinivasagam

“…Materials and Methods: Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal samples from suspected COVID-19 patients were collected and tested by real-time RT-PCR and the targeted genes were identified. …”
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Postoperative Cognitive Disorder- what do we know about risk factors and prevention? A Systematic Review by Antonina Drzewiecka, Artur Drzewiecki, Wiktor Korczak, Maria Madejska, Aleksandra Rudzka, Monika Gaszyńska, Wojciech Falkowski, Anna Krysińska, Weronika Woźniak, Jakub Magielski

“… Introduction Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD) is a significant health complication that affects mental processes, particularly in elderly patients after surgery. …”
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The results of surgical treatment of sacral schwannomas with extension into pelvic cavity by I. V. Pendyurin, I. A. Vasilyev, I. S. Kopylov

“…To analyze the results of surgical treatment of sacral schwannomas with their extension into lower pelvis.Materials and methods. We analyzed the clinical results of surgical treatment of 25 patients with sacral schwannomas, including those with ventral extension and growth into pelvic cavity. …”
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MAIN CLINICAL AND LABORATORY CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES AND DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY IN TERMS OF RISK GROUP PERSPECTIVES EVALUATION by Ihor V. Kovalchuk, Ievgeniia A. Burlaka, Inga O. Mityuryayeva-Kornijko

“…Data on physical development, hematological, and biochemical parameters of patients with diabetes mellitus and diabetic nephropathy were analyzed. Renal dysfunction in the early stage of diabetic nephropathy shows a higher degree of microalbuminuria and an increased glomerular filtration rate compared with the group of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. …”
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Evaluating the Cardiovascular Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis through Clinical Disease Activity Index Scores: A Cross-sectional Study at a Rural Teaching Hospital by Keyur Saboo, Sunil Kumar, Sourya Acharya, Rajesh Sarode, Rinkle Gemnani, Avinash Parepalli

“…There was a significant difference between the various groups in terms of LV diastolic dysfunction (LVDD, P = 0.002). Participants in the group total CDAI score category of >22 had the largest proportion of LVDD. …”
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A study of eosinophil count in oesophageal and gastric mucosal biopsies at a tertiary care centre by Nilam More, Amita Joshi, Snehal Jumnake, Pallavi Gulhane

“…Materials and methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted at the surgical pathology department of a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai. …”
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Subdural Hematoma Complicating Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts: An Algerian Centers Experience by Ibrahim Assoumane, M. Al-Zekri, A. Khelifa, N. Touati, N. Lagha, A. Sidi Said, A. Morsli

“…Computed tomography (CT) scan is a quick and easy way of detecting subdural hematoma. Materials and Methods We conduct a retrospective study of 17 patients. …”
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Accuracy of Procalcitonin in Detecting Severe Bacterial Infections Among Critically III Children by Kantimas Sitthikool, Chalermthai Aksilp

“…The percentage changes of PCT levels on days 2–5 correlated with those of pediatric logistic organ dysfunction (PELOD) scores on days 1–5 but did not correlate significantly with the lengths of PICU stay. …”
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Increased Cardiac Troponin-T in Patients without Myocardial Infarction by M. Ya. Krasnoselsky, Ye. V. Koshkina, N. M, Fedorovsky, Ye. V. Goryacheva, A. A. Polupan, A. A. Arefyev, M. Z. Bratanova

“…Key words: cardiac troponins, myocardial infarction, multiple organ dysfunction, systemic inflammatory reaction.…”
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Levels of sST2 and NT-proBNP biomarkers in patients with acute coronary syndrome and subclinical hypothyroidism by N. B. Kuz, T. M. Solomenchuk

“…Combined assessment of these biomarkers may be more informative for the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure in ACS patients with concomitant thyroid dysfunction than measurements of individual biomarkers. …”
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Association of Nutritional Status with Outcome among Elderly Patients Admitted with Respiratory Diseases in a Critical Care Unit: A Cross-sectional Study by Sandeep Kumar, Aniruddha Umarji, Kushal Bhangale, Anand P Ambali

“…Conclusion: Under nourished elderly patients face heightened risks of mortality and morbidity, because malnutrition can exacerbate existing conditions like chronic lung diseases, lung cancers, sepsis, trauma, and cardio-respiratory dysfunction. Assessing malnutrition through systematic nutritional screening is crucial as it allows healthcare providers to identify patients at risk.…”
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PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF MITOTEMPO IN STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETIC RAT MODEL: EFFECTS ON CORPUS CAVERNOSUM AND AORTA by Eser Yıldız, Pınar Ayvat, Ayşe Saide Şahin, Mehmet Mesut Pişkin, Burak Cem Soner

“…Material and Methods: Wistar Albino rats weighing 280-320 g were used in the study. …”
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Mitochondrial inflexibility ignites tumor immunogenicity in postoperative glioblastoma by Lulu Cheng, Zezheng Fang, Junpeng Wang, Kaiyan Xi, Yi Zhang, Fan Feng, Le Yu, Myla Santiago, Jingjing Wang, Zimei Wu, Kang-nan Wang, Thomas Daubon, Shilei Ni, Yanrong Zhang, Yulin Zhang

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Prognostic Significance of Echocardiographic Characteristics in Patients with Type 2 Myocardial Infarction: comparison with Type 1 Myocardial Infarction by T. H. Hoang, V. V. Maiskov, I. A. Merai, A. F. Safarova, Z. D. Kobalava

“…Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction was observed more frequent in T2MI patients, compared to those with T2MI (52.7% vs. 35.6%, p=0.025, respectively). …”
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Heart Rate Variability in Young Adults with Bronchial Asthma with and without Previous COVID-19 Infection: A Cross-sectional Study by Gunaseelan Deivendran, Thamarai Selvi Kanagaraj, Bhavisha Sreenivasan Leelabai, Nalini Jayanthi, Saravanan Ayyavoo

“…Aim: To compare HRV parameters between young adult bronchial asthma patients with and without a history of COVID-19, and assess the extent of autonomic dysfunction attributable to COVID-19. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 100 bronchial asthma patients aged 20-40 years, equally divided into two groups based on COVID-19 history. …”
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Strategy for prophylactic application of peripheral va-ecmo in transplantation involving expected extremely prolonged ischemia time by V. N. Poptsov, V. M. Zakharevich, E. A. Spirina, A. I. Skokova, A. K. Solodovnikova, A. S. Ignatkina, A. A. Kuznetsova, G. B. Glinkin

“…Heart transplantation (HT) with extremely prolonged (>6 hours) graft ischemia is associated with severe cardiac graft dysfunction. The high efficiency of prophylactic (preoperative initiation) veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) to prevent severe hemodynamic disorders during cardiac surgery has been demonstrated. …”
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The Role of Leu-Enkephalin Synthetic Analogue in Regulation of Systemic Inflammatory Response and Prevention of ARDS in Severe Combined Injury by A. Y. Ryzhkov, V. V. Antonova, R. A. Cherpakov, E. A. Chernevskaya, A. K. Shabanov, D. A. Ostapchenko, M. A. Magomedov, O. A. Grebenchikov

“…To study the effect of ley-enkephalin synthetic analogue on the dynamics of inflammatory response markers and organ dysfunction in patients with severe combined trauma.Materials and methods. …”
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Cytokine profile in the peripheral blood and the brain in patients with focal drug-resistant epilepsy by D. A. Sitovskaia, A. V. Litovchenko, E. D. Bazhanova, E. N. Skiteva, Yu. M. Zabrodskaia

“…To study markers of blood-brain barrier dysfunction (BBB) in patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy (PhRE) – the amount of VEGF in endotheliocytes of brain capillaries, TNF-α in brain tissue and cytokine profile in blood serum.Materials and methods. …”
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TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR 1 IN CHILDREN OF EARLY AGE WITH LIVER TRANSPLANTATION by R. M. Kurabekova, O. P. Shevchenko, O. M. Tsiroulnikova, I. E. Tsiroulnikova, G. A. Olefirenko, S. V. Gautier

“…A correlation (r = –0,23, p < 0,05) between level of TGF-β1 prior to transplantation and the development of graft dysfunction was observed: in recipients with graft dysfunction (16 cases) cytokine level prior to surgery was lower (p = 0,047) than in other recipients.Conclusion. …”
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Predictors and etiology of healthcare-associated infections in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia by I. A. Ruslyakova, E. Z. Shamsutdinova, O. V. Dmitrieva, K. I. Shirokov, Yu. V. Borzova, A. E. Orishak, N. V. Vasilyeva

“…When registering CAUTI, risk factors such as the severity of comorbidities for patients with SCAP and the severity of organ dysfunction in patients with SCAP COVID-19 were identified.…”
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