The perceived workload of first-line healthcare professionals during neonatal resuscitation by Hai-Bo Huang, Kui Sang, Ming Zhou, Lin Yi, Jiang-Qin Liu, Chuan-Zhong Yang, Brenda H.Y. Law, Georg M. Schmölzer, Po-Yin Cheung

“…While MDs had lower overall NASA-TLX scores than nurses, their scores were inversely related with simulation-based training. More team members presence during resuscitation was associated with higher NASA-TLX scores. …”
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Hypomethylating agents plus venetoclax for high-risk MDS and CMML as bridge therapy to transplant: a GESMD study by Ines Zugasti, Monica Lopez-Guerra, Sandra Castaño-Díez, Daniel Esteban, Alejandro Avendaño, Helena Pomares, Ana Perez, Sara García-Ávila, Irene Padilla Conejo, Cristina de la Fuente Montes, Alexandra Martínez-Roca, Beatriz Merchán, Carlos Jiménez-Vicente, Francesca Guijarro, Jose Ramón Álamo, Albert Cortes-Bullich, Victor Torrecillas, Lucia Mont, Esther Carcelero, Gisela Riu, Lurdes Zamora, Joan Bargay, Ana Triguero, Maria Suarez-Lledó, Maria Queralt Salas, Felix López-Cadenas, Fernando Ramos, Blanca Xicoy, David Valcárcel, Montserrat Arnan, Carmen Martínez, Montserrat Rovira, Francesc Fernández-Avilés, Maria Díez-Campelo, Jordi Esteve, Marina Díaz-Beyá

“…Recent evidence suggests that combining HMA with venetoclax (HMA/VEN) could increase HMA efficacy in HR-MDS but it remains unclear if this combination could bridge more patients to allo-SCT. Methods We retrospectively evaluated HMA/VEN as a bridge to allo-SCT in 30 patients with HR-MDS or CMML eligible for transplant. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Identification of Echocardiographic Abnormalities From Electrocardiograms by Goro Fujiki, MD, Satoshi Kodera, MD, PhD, Naoto Setoguchi, MD, Kengo Tanabe, MD, PhD, Kotaro Miyaji, MD, PhD, Shunichi Kushida, MD, PhD, Mike Saji, MD, PhD, Mamoru Nanasato, MD, PhD, Hisataka Maki, MD, PhD, Hideo Fujita, MD, PhD, Nahoko Kato, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Watanabe, MD, PhD, Minami Suzuki, MD, Masao Takahashi, MD, PhD, Naoko Sawada, MD, PhD, Jiro Ando, MD, Masataka Sato, MD, Shinnosuke Sawano, MD, PhD, Susumu Katsushika, MD, PhD, Hiroki Shinohara, MD, PhD, Norifumi Takeda, MD, PhD, Katsuhito Fujiu, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Akazawa, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Morita, MD, PhD, Issei Komuro, MD, PhD

“…Although deep learning models can predict one or more echocardiographic findings from electrocardiograms (ECGs), such analyses are not comprehensive. …”
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Outpatient acute kidney disease detection by national and institutional health data by Hsiu-Yin Chiang, Hung-Chieh Yeh, Zi-Han Lin, Bradley Chen, David Ray Chang, I-Wen Ting, Jie-Sian Wang, Yun-Lun Chang, Hung-Lin Chen, Yu-Chih Liu, Mei-Chuan Hsieh, Tzu-Ling Karen Tzeng, Chin-Chi Kuo

“…In this retrospective cohort study, the associations between AKDOPT and composite kidney outcome (CKO; e.g., end-stage kidney disease, a >40% drop in estimated glomerular filtration rate, or a 2-fold or more increase in serum creatinine), all-cause mortality, and de novo non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD-ND) were evaluated using multivariable Cox proportional hazards models. …”
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Epilepsy is associated with the accelerated aging of brain activity in sleep by Peter N. Hadar, Mike Westmeijer, Mike Westmeijer, Haoqi Sun, Erik-Jan Meulenbrugge, Jin Jing, Luis Paixao, Ryan A. Tesh, Madalena Da Silva Cardoso, Pierrick Arnal, Rhoda Au, Chol Shin, Chol Shin, Soriul Kim, Robert J. Thomas, Sydney S. Cash, M. Brandon Westover

“…Higher brain age indices are associated with poorer cognition and more severe epilepsy, specifically generalizability and higher seizure burden. …”
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Relationship between cognitive impairments and psychopathological symptoms in female schizophrenia subsequent to 8 weeks treatment with antipsychotic drugs by Shuzhan Gao, Qing Xu, Yanlin Han, Jing Jiang, Fan Wu, Ting Peng, Chenxi Ling, Sulin Ni, Rongrong Zhang, Yidan Ming, Xuzhen Liu, Xijia Xu

“…Results After antipsychotic treatment, 90.43% of the patients showed a reduction rate of more than 25% in their PANSS scores. Psychopathological symptoms and overall cognitive functioning improved significantly (p < 0.05), with the exception of verbal learning and social cognition (p > 0.05). …”
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Exopolysaccharide (EPS) Production by Endophytic and Basidiomycete Fungi by Wai Prathumpai, Umpawa Pinruan, Sujinda Sommai, Somjit Komwijit, Kwanruthai Malairuang

“…The selected fungal isolate of <i>S. commune</i> LF01962 was used for further optimization of different medium compositions affecting exopolysaccharide production using statistical methods. …”
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Changes in unhealthy food consumption among vulnerable elementary-aged children in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: a serial cross-sectional analysis by Nivedhitha Parthasarathy, Nalini Ranjit, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham, Mike Pomeroy, Jacqueline Noyola, Deepali K. Ernest, Shreela V. Sharma

“…ObjectiveSeveral studies suggest that during the early pandemic, amidst socioeconomic instability, children from underserved families were more likely to resort to consuming cheaper, lower-quality foods with longer shelf lives. …”
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The effect of α-lipoic acid treatment on plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine, a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction in diabetic neuropathy by Ferenc Sztanek, Hajnalka Lőrincz, Ágnes Molnár, Anita Szentpéteri, Eszter Zöld, Ildikó Seres, Dénes Páll, Mariann Harangi, Péter Kempler, György Paragh

“…The change in ADMA level was more pronounced in responder patients based on both CPT and CAS. …”
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Comparative assessment of line probe assays and targeted next-generation sequencing in drug-resistant tuberculosis diagnosisResearch in context by Giovanna Carpi, Marva Seifert, Andres De la Rossa, Swapna Uplekar, Camilla Rodrigues, Nestani Tukvadze, Shaheed V. Omar, Anita Suresh, Timothy C. Rodwell, Rebecca E. Colman

“…Interpretation: LPAs demonstrated lower sensitivity and more limited drug resistance detection compared to tNGS workflows, underscoring the advantages of tNGS for improving DR-TB diagnostic algorithms. …”
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Long-term cancer risk in users of GLP-1 agonists in Denmark: a nationwide emulated trialResearch in context by Mads Gamborg, Mia Klinten Grand, Kathrine Grell, Susanne Rosthøj, Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lina Steinrud Mørch

“…Among sustained users of GLP-1RA, 4·1 (95% CI 0·4–7·2) more patients developed cancer per 100, compared to 100 DPP-4i patients 10-years post-initiation (HR: 1·35 [95% CI 1·05–1·73] 6–10 years post-initiation). …”
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Heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction: retrospective study of ejection fraction trajectory risk by Robert J.H. Miller, Majid Nabipoor, Erik Youngson, Gynter Kotrri, Nowell M. Fine, Jonathan G. Howlett, Ian D. Paterson, Justin Ezekowitz, Finlay A. McAlister

“…Patients with HFmrEF‐Decreasing were more likely to experience the composite outcome in unadjusted analyses (unadjusted HR 1.19, 95% CI 1.01–1.40, P = 0.040) but not adjusted analyses (adjusted HR 1.16, 95% CI 0.98–1.37, P = 0.092). …”
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Characteristics and control modes of geothermal fields in deep coal reservoirs in the Linxing-Shenfu block by Lifu XU, Yuhu BAI, Bingxiang XU, Weiqiang HU, Jianqi CHEN, Yong LI

“…Investigating geothermal fields facilitates the assessment and efficient development of deep CBM resources.MethodsThis study explored the Nos. 8 and 9 coal seams in the Linxing-Shenfu block using data from drilling, well logging, well tests, and experiments. …”
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P-91 NORMALIZATION OF ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL RESPONSE CRITERIA LEADS TO LOWER LIVER RELATED EVENTS AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS LIVING WITH PRIMARY BILIARY CHOL... by LUIS ALEJANDRO ROSALES RENTERIA, José David Prieto Nava, Giovanni Francisco Pérez Roa, María Saraí González Huezo

“…Patients / Materials and Methods: This is a single center, retrospective, propensity score-matched cohort study, which included all patients with PBC and chronic liver disease, confirmed by liver biopsy that were followed by the hepatology clinic from January 1st, 2015 to March 1st 2024 under treatment with UDCA. …”
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AI-based analysis of fetal growth restriction in a prospective obstetric cohort quantifies compound risks for perinatal morbidity and mortality and identifies previously unrecogniz... by Raquel M. Zimmerman, Edgar J. Hernandez, Mark Yandell, Martin Tristani-Firouzi, Robert M. Silver, William Grobman, David Haas, George Saade, Jonathan Steller, Nathan R. Blue

“…Our objective was to use data from a large, deeply phenotyped observational obstetric cohort to develop a probabilistic graphical model (PGM), a type of “explainable artificial intelligence (AI)”, as a potential framework to better understand how interrelated variables contribute to perinatal morbidity risk in FGR. Methods Using data from 9,558 pregnancies delivered at ≥ 20 weeks with available outcome data, we derived and validated a PGM using randomly selected sub-cohorts of 80% (n = 7645) and 20% (n = 1,912), respectively, to discriminate cases of FGR resulting in composite perinatal morbidity from those that did not. …”
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Exploring drought hazard, vulnerability, and related impacts on agriculture in Brandenburg by F. Brill, P. H. L. Alencar, H. Zhang, F. Boeing, F. Boeing, S. Hüttel, S. Hüttel, T. Lakes, T. Lakes

“…Existing drought risk studies often rely on expert-weighted composite indicators, while empirical evidence on impact-relevant factors is still scarce. …”
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Clinical characteristics and long‐term outcomes in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Meng Guo, Chuanfen Liu, Jingjing Ye, Jian Liu

“…We aimed to describe the characteristics and outcomes of ApHCM and identify predictors of adverse outcomes. Methods In this single‐centre retrospective study, we included 479 patients with HCM and divided them into ApHCM and non‐ApHCM groups. …”
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Atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation, in-hospital and post-discharge outcomes in a large nationwide sample across the United States by Raja Zaghlol, Elena Deych, Nina Manian, Ahmed Altibi, Joshua D. Mitchell

“…There is a paucity of large-scale data on the prevalence of AF and their effect on outcomes following SCT. Methods The United States National Readmission Database (NRD) was used to identify hospitalized patients who underwent SCT. …”
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The predictive value of the serum creatinine-to-albumin ratio (sCAR) and lactate dehydrogenase-to-albumin ratio (LAR) in sepsis-related persistent severe acute kidney injury by Xiaoxiao Luo, Dongyang Liu, Cuicui Li, Jia Liao, Wuyang Lv, Yuchen Wang, Ruxue Diao, Yingyu Jin

“…Independent predictors, sCAR and LAR, were combined into a composite Log(sCAR)_Log(LAR) score, denoted as the Log(sCAR)_Log(LAR) score. …”
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Infections and antibiotic resistance in Malawian children 6-59 months old hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition by Dr Bryan Vonasek, Ms. Mwawi Nyirongo, Mr. Alexander Kondwani, Dr. Anthony Garcia-Prats, Ms. Tiwonge Kamvaunamwali, Ms. Doris Ng'oma, Mr. James Kaphatika, Mr. Amazing-Grace Tepeka, Dr. Mercy Kumwenda, Dr. Emily Ciccone, Dr. Tisungane Mvalo

“…The aim of this study was to give a contemporary description of the prevalence of treatable infections and AMR in children hospitalized with SAM. Methods: This prospective cohort study enrolled children 6-59 months old hospitalized with SAM at a tertiary referral hospital in Malawi. …”
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