From barriers to participation: co-creating an effective reminder letter for breast cancer screening among underserved women in Flanders by Allegra Ferrari, Liesbet Van Bos, Sarah Talboom, Wessel van de Veerdonk, Wendy D’haenens, Marina Pak, Marlies Descan, Stephanie Parmentier, Louise Van Collie, Pascale Sibiet, Mathieu Goossens, Guido Van Hal

“…, and the use of generic visuals. At the same time, simplifying the vocabulary to A1-A2 levels, employing straightforward sentence structures, and incorporating relevant visuals enhanced understandability and fostered interest in breast cancer prevention. …”
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Prognostic Values of Thalamic Metabolic Abnormalities in Children with Epilepsy by Farshid Gheisari, Amer Shammas, Eman Marie, Afsaneh Amirabadi, Nicholas A. Shkumat, Niloufar Ebrahimi, Reza Vali

“…This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of thalamic metabolic activity in children with epilepsy. <b>Methods</b>: A total of 200 children with epilepsy and 237 children without epilepsy (sex- and age-matched control group) underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT in this study. …”
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Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Products in Autoimmune Systemic Syndromes with Severe Dryness: A Pilot Study by Rosario Foti, Marco Zeppieri, Roberta Foti, Ylenia Dal Bosco, Riccardo Foti, Antonino Maniaci, Fabiana D’Esposito, Giuseppe Gagliano, Caterina Gagliano

“…This study aims to explore the efficacy of HUCBS in patients who had previously received other treatments unsuccessfully. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: This study was a prospective, non-comparative, interventional case series study involving 49 patients (30 females and 19 males) aged 15–82 years with severe OSDs who were unresponsive to standard treatments. …”
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Temporal Dynamics of Subtle Cognitive Change: Validation of a User-Friendly Multidomain Digital Assessment Using an Alcohol Challenge by John Frederick Dyer, Florentine Marie Barbey, Ayan Ghoshal, Ann Marie Hake, Bryan J Hansen, Md Nurul Islam, Judith Jaeger, Rouba Kozak, Hugh Marston, Mark Moss, Viet Nguyen, Rebecca Louise Quinn, Leslie A Shinobu, Elizabeth Tunbridge, Brian Murphy, Niamh Kennedy

“…The tasks are novel, repeatable, and self-administered implementations of classic neurobehavioral paradigms. MethodsThirty healthy younger adults were assessed on 2 separate days, once under the influence of alcohol and once under a placebo, with order counterbalanced. …”
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Digital Decision Aids to Support Decision-Making in Palliative and End-of-Life Dementia Care: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jie Zhong, Wei Liang, Tongyao Wang, Pui Hing Chau, Nathan Davies, Junqiang Zhao, Ho Nee Connie Chu, Chia Chin Lin

“…ObjectiveThis systematic review aimed to critically evaluate and synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of digital decision aids to support decision-making in palliative and end-of-life care for patients with dementia, their family carers, or clinicians. MethodsA systematic literature search in 4 health-related databases (PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science) was performed in September 2024. …”
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External Fixator Application, 2-Stage Procedures, and Postoperative Infection Risk Are Higher in Multiligamentous Knee Injuries After Frank Knee Dislocations by Adam V. Daniel, M.D., Taylor A. Johnson, M.D., Katherine F. Druskovich, M.D., Warren A. Williams, M.D., Daniel Miller, M.D., Stanley J. Kupiszewski, M.D.

“…Purpose: To examine outcomes after surgical treatment of multiligamentous knee injuries (MLKIs) in patients with dislocated versus non-dislocated knees. Methods: Patients who were surgically treated for MLKIs between 2008 and 2021 were included in this study. …”
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Association of socioeconomic status with diabetic microvascular complications: a UK Biobank prospective cohort study by Yikeng Huang, Zhi Zheng, Haibing Chen, Chufeng Gu

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Healthcare under fire: quantifying the impact of violence on medical services in facilities supported by International Medical Corps in three prefectures of Central African Republi... by Natalya Kostandova, Jennifer OKeeffe, Audrey Mahieu, Blaise Bienvenu Ali, Christian Mulamba, Pierre Somsé, Odilon Guesset Bingou IV, Sebastien Dackpa, Gerard Mbonimpa, Thierry Fikiri, Larissa Fast, Leonard Rubenstein

“…This study examined the impact of attacks on healthcare in three conflict-affected prefectures—Ouaka, Haute-Kotto, and Vakaga—between 2016 and 2020, assessing both immediate and longer-term disruptions. Methods Disruptions at primary and referral facilities were evaluated using program data from International Medical Corps (IMC) and attack data from IMC, key informants, secondary datasets, and local media. …”
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Measurement of Retinal Changes in Primary Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma under Different Durations of Symptoms by Xiaolu Zhu, Wen Zeng, Shengyu Wu, Xiaomin Chen, Tian Zheng, Min Ke

“…Design. cross-sectional study. Methods. Twenty-six patients with unilateral PAACG attack and cataracts from 2017 to 2019 were enrolled. …”
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Developing an Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Early Prediction of Cardiovascular Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Deng Z, Liu H, Chen F, Liu Q, Wang X, Wang C, Lyu C, Li J, Li T

“…This study aimed to identify key factors associated with cardiac involvement in SLE and to develop an interpretable machine learning (ML) model for risk prediction.Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 1,023 SLE patients hospitalized in Shenzhen People’s Hospital between January 2000 and December 2021, with a median age of 31 years at hospitalization (IQR: 25– 39 years), 92.1% being female, and 18.77% developing cardiovascular involvement during a median follow-up of 3,737 days (IQR: 1,920– 5,246). …”
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Changes of biventricular contractile function depending on the types of left ventricular involvement in patients 1 year after COVID-19 pneumonia by N. E. Shirokov, E. I. Yaroslavskaya, D. V. Krinochkin, N. A. Osokina, E. A. Gorbatenko, I. O. Korovina, A. V. Migacheva

“…To study the changes of biventricular contractile function depending on the types of left ventricular involvement according to the speckle tracking echocardiography (STE).Material and methods. Of the 380 patients from the Prospective Registry of People Survived COVID-19 Pneumonia, the study included 85 patients, which can be followed-up — 3 months (visit 1) and 12 months (visit 2) after COVID-19 pneumonia (men — 68,2%; mean age — 50,6±10,9 years).At visit 2, patients with diffuse left ventricle (LV) involvement according to STE (visual involvement of ≥4 segments of the same LV level) comprised group I (n=27), patients with regional LV involvement (≥3 segments corresponding to anterior, circumflex or right coronary arteries) — group II (n=39), patients without visual LV involvement — group III (n=19).Results. …”
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Deep learning assisted analysis of biomarker changes in refractory neovascular AMD after switch to faricimab by Michael Hafner, Franziska Eckardt, Jakob Siedlecki, Benedikt Schworm, Tina R. Herold, Ben Asani, Siegfried G. Priglinger, Johannes B. Schiefelbein

“…This study utilizes an advanced deep learning-based segmentation algorithm to analyze OCT biomarkers and evaluate the efficacy and durability of Faricimab over nine months in patients with therapy-refractory nAMD. Methods This retrospective real-world study analyzed patients with treatment-resistant nAMD who switched to Faricimab following inadequate responses to ranibizumab or aflibercept. …”
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Bilateral erector spinae plane block by multiple injection for pain control in pseudomyxoma peritonei surgery: a single-blind randomized controlled trial by Shuang Yu, Guangya Gao, Ruiqing Ma, Liangyuan Lu, Yaoping Zhao, Zhanmin Yang

“…The purpose of this study was to compare the analgesic effects of bilateral multiple-injection ESPB in patients with PMP. Methods Fifty patients with PMP were randomly divided into two groups: the ESPB combined with general anesthesia group (Group E) and the general anesthesia alone group (Group C). …”
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A Mobile Health App Informed by the Multi-Process Action Control Framework to Promote Physical Activity Among Inactive Adults: Iterative Usability Study by Heather Hollman, Wuyou Sui, Haowei Zhang, Ryan E Rhodes

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to gather usability feedback from end users on a first and a second version of an M-PAC app prototype. MethodsFirst, 3 workshops and focus groups, with 5 adult participants per group, were conducted to obtain first impressions of the M-PAC app interface and the first 3 lessons. …”
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Novel Structure–Function Models for Estimating Retinal Ganglion Cell Count Using Pattern Electroretinography in Glaucoma Suspects by Andrew Tirsi, Isabella Tello, Timothy Foster, Rushil Kumbhani, Nicholas Leung, Samuel Potash, Derek Orshan, Celso Tello

“…This study evaluates whether steady-state pattern electroretinogram (ssPERG)-derived estimates better predict early structural changes in GSs. <b>Methods</b>: Fifty eyes from 25 glaucoma suspects underwent ssPERG and spectral-domain OCT. …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging of patients with lateral epicondylitis: Relationship between pain and severity of imaging features in elbow joints by Yoon Ki Cha, Seon-Jeong Kim, Noh Hyuck Park, Joon Yub Kim, Joo Hak Kim, Ji Yeon Park

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the inter- and intra-observer reliabilities of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis, to examine whether degree of common extensor tendon (CET) injury is related to other elbow abnormalities on MRI, and to investigate the correlation between elbow abnormalities on MRI and patients' symptoms. Methods: Fifty-one patients (32 women and 19 men; mean age: 50 years (range, 22–63)) with a diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis were included in the study. …”
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Prediction of lethal outcomes in COVID-19 cases based on the results chest computed tomography by S. P. Morozov, V. A. Gombolevskiy, V. Yu. Cherninа, I. A. Blokhin, O. A. Mokienko, A. V. Vlаdzimirskiy, A. S. Belevskiy, D. N. Protsenko, M. A. Lysenko, O. V. Zayrаtyants, E. L. Nikonov

“…The objective: to predict lethal outcomes in patients with COVID-19 based on the result of chest computed tomography (chest CT) using a semi-quantitative visual scale of the pulmonary parenchyma lesion.Subjects and methods. …”
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Effect of cervical traction on cervicogenic headache in patients with cervical radiculopathy: a preliminary randomized controlled trial by Anis Jellad, Amine Kalai, Amr Chaabeni, Cyrine Ben Nasrallah, Atef Ben Nsir, Mahbouba Jguirim, Asma Belguith Sriha, Zohra Ben Salah Frih, Mohamed Hedi Bedoui

“…The purpose of the study was to make a preliminary estimate of efficacy of adding MICT to conventional rehabilitation on CGH in patients with cervical radiculopathy. Methods A total of 36 CR patients with CGH were randomly allocated to 3 equally sized groups (A, B and C). …”
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The Application value of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in left colon mesentery dissection during laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery by Wang Jiahao, Diao Dechang, Lin Jiaxin, Liao Weilin, Tang Xin, Li Wenjuan, Ao Lin, Xie Jiaxin, Li Hongming, Yi Xiaojiang, Lu Xinquan, Feng Xiaochuang, Chen Zhifeng

“…[Objectives] To explore the application value of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in the dissection of the left colon mesentery during laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery. [Methods] A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of patients with left colon cancer and upper rectal cancer who underwent laparoscopic radical resection in the Department of Colorectal Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, from December 2020 to February 2023. …”
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Prognostic prediction model for Chinese uveal melanoma patients based on matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -28 expression levels in the tumor by Yu-Ning Chen, Jing-Ying Xiu, Han-Qing Zhao, Jing-Ting Luo, Qiong Yang, Yang Li, Wen-Bin Wei

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