Needle-Knife Fistulotomy for the Rescue: An Unusual Cause of Iatrogenic Extrahepatic Biliary Obstruction by Laura L. Ulmer, Lokesh K. Jha, Neil Bhogal, Saurabh Kapur, Saurabh Chandan, Derrick Eichele, Ishfaq Bhat, Shailender Singh

“…A common bile duct stent was placed and the liver function tests improved prior to discharge.…”
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The ASSIST Trial: Acute Effects of Manipulating Strength Exercise Volume on Insulin Sensitivity in Adults Living With Obesity: A Randomized Controlled, Crossover, Clinical Trial by Luis Filipe Rocha Silva, Paulo H. Evangelista Silva, Jordan Ottoni do Carmo, Bruna Caroline Chaves Garcia, Elizabethe Adriana Esteves, Zachary Aaron Mang, Fabiano Trigueiro Amorim, Marco Fabrício Dias‐Peixoto, Fernando Gripp, Valmor Tricoli, Flavio de Castro Magalhaes

“…An oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed the following morning, and indexes of insulin sensitivity and β‐cell function were calculated using glucose, insulin, and C‐peptide assessed during the OGTT. …”
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Preliminary evaluation of a mindfulness intervention program in women with long COVID dysautonomia symptoms by Elizabeth Vandenbogaart, Matthew Figueroa, Diana Winston, Steve Cole, Julienne Bower, Jeffrey J. Hsu

“…Results: Twenty participants were enrolled with a mean age of 39.9 years (range 21–52 years). No significant changes were observed for the active stand test or 6MWT. …”
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Caregiver Burden and Its Associated Factors Among Family Caregivers of Hospitalized Patients with Neurocritical Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study by Wei L, Zhao X, Chen X, He Y, Liu J, Xian J, Yang Y

“…Predominantly male family caregivers accounted for 55.7%, and the mean age was 46.7 ± 13.1 years. The patients’ average age was 52.8 ± 14.3 years, 151 (50.3%) were men, and 153 (50.3%) had brain tumors. …”
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Combined association of gait speed and processing speed on cardiometabolic disease mortality risk in the US older adults: a prospective cohort study from NHANES by Hang Yang, Ye Zhou, Xiaoying Wang, Xiaoming Xu

“…BackgroundGait speed and processing speed, as measured by the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST), are important indicators of health in older adults, with their potential impact on mortality risk. …”
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Predictive, preventive and personalized project of vascular cognitive impairment in China (P3): Study design and interim baseline patient characteristics of a Nationwide multicente... by Linlin Wang, Jiwei Jiang, Yanli Wang, Gaifen Liu, Wenyi Li, Qiwei Ren, Shirui Jiang, Min Zhao, Huiying Zhang, Tianlin Jiang, Shiyi Yang, Mei Cui, Qiang Dong, Jun Xu

“…Compared to those with normal cognitive function, the impaired cognitive function group had a significantly higher prevalence of hypertension and diabetes history (all P < 0.05). …”
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Validation of the Brazilian Oral Health Literacy-Adults Questionnaire by Eliete Rodrigues Almeida, Mohammad Mehdi Naghibi Sistani, Cristiane Baccin Bendo, Isabela de Almeida Pordeus, Ramon Targino Firmino, Saul Martins Paiva, Fernanda Morais Ferreira

“…So, the use of comprehensive functional OHL tools is crucial. The Oral Health Literacy-Adults Questionnaire (OHL-AQ) evaluates reading comprehension, numeracy, listening and decision-making skills. …”
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Effect of Sensory Integration Therapy on Attention Span and Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: A Quasi-experimental Study by Manshi Baberwal, Dimple Choudhry, Anjali, Anshu Kumari, Mallika Jhandai, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Ekta

“…Attention span was measured using Stroop colour and Word Test and gross motor skills were measures with the help of {Gross Motor Function Measure 88 (GMFM-88)}. …”
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Early diagnosis and follow-up of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis in infant siblings presenting with congenital diarrhea: A case study from Saudi Arabia by Badr Mohammad Alsaleem, Amna Basheer Ahmed, Muhannad M. Alruwaithi, Tarig Yassin Alamery, Norah Nasser Alrajhi

“…The diagnosis was confirmed through metabolic bile acids analysis in urine and genetic testing. The siblings were treated with Chenodeoxycholic acid (15 mg/kg/day) during the first year of treatment, resulting in an improvement in diarrhea in all three. …”
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Electromagnetic compatibility of active cardiovascular implants to occupational magnetic field environments: impact of the field direction by Hammen, Lucien, Pichon, Lionel, Le Bihan, Yann, Bensetti, Mohamed , Fleury, Gérard

“…Taking these into account, a new test method to assess the EMC of AIMDs against occupational magnetic field sources was developed. …”
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Development and management of iatrogenic biloma post microwave ablation of solitary metastatic breast cancer lesion in the liver by Andrew Tran, MD, Nariman Nezami, MD, Fereshteh Khorshidi, MD, Haneyeh Shahbazian, MD, Nima Kokabi, MD

“…Her symptoms and liver function tests were completely resolved after 3 months, and her left hepatic lobe completely atrophied in the same period. …”
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Acmeological technology of forecasting individual professional-oriented trajectories of students’ personality development by E. F. Zeer, L. N. Stepanova

“…The essence of the abovementioned method is to identify and describe the fundamental structural components and stages of technology that ensure the achievement of the desired result, identify the relationships between them and establish their functional characteristics. The experimental work included the initial diagnosis of a total sample of 180 first-year students of the Faculty of Psychology. …”
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Preclinical diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes by Tatiana Petrovna Anikeeva, Evgeny Ignat'evich Volchanskiy

“…A total of 155 children and adolescents aged 9-17 years (residents of Volgograd) with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) from 1 to 14 years in duration were examined at the Endocrinological Department of the Regional Childrens Clinical Hospital. …”
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Annual gonadal cycle of the invasive catfish brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus from an oxbow lake of Vistula river, Poland by Lucyna Kirczuk, Katarzyna Dziewulska, Przemysław Czerniejewski, Adam Brysiewicz, Jacek Rechulicz, Janusz Ligięza

“…The reproductive tract of males takes the shape of lobes and consists of a paired cranial region formed by testes and a caudal region of undefined function. …”
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RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT IN ADVANCED GASTRIC CANCER AFTER GASTRECTOMY WITH THE FORMATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL RESERVOIR BY HOFFMAN by A. M. Popov, G. T. Dambaev, V. V. Skidanenko, N. E. Kurtseitov, L. S. Mamontova

“…The treatment results were assessed using X-ray contrast techniques, endoscopic and ultrasound equipment, as well as traditional laboratory, radiographic and clinical tests. The results of treatment of 6 patients in terms from 6 months to 5years were estimated. …”
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Immune Complex Mediated Glomerulonephritis with Acute Thrombotic Microangiopathy following Newly Detected Hepatitis B Virus Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient by Tracey Salter, Hannah Burton, Sam Douthwaite, William Newsholme, Catherine Horsfield, Rachel Hilton

“…We report the case of a 56-year-old male who was immunised against HBV before starting haemodialysis. …”
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Successful management of a ruptured cystic artery pseudoaneurysm with embolization and cholecystectomy: A case report by Amirhossein Heidari, Yekta Ghane, Nazila Heidari, Amir Kasraianfard, Mahsa Kargar, Ali Mohammad Moradi

“…Laboratory findings revealed leukocytosis, anemia, and abnormal liver function tests. Imaging showed gallbladder wall thickening, luminal contraction, and a pseudoaneurysm in the cystic artery. …”
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The challenge of pituitary hyperplasia differential diagnosis in a young girl with growth arrest by Aurora Lanzafame, Tiziana Abbate, Giuseppina Zirilli, Flavia Caime, Domenico Corica, Malgorzata Wasniewska

“…In patients with pituitary enlargement, thyroid function tests are important to recognize PH secondary to PHT and to avoid unnecessary surgery.…”
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Cosmetically Applicable Soluble Agonists for Toll-like Receptor 2 Produced by Fermentation of Asparagus Extract Supplemented with Skimmed Milk Using <i>Lactobacillus delbrueckii</i... by Yasuhiko Komatsu, Kanako Matsunaga

“…Their TLR2-stimulating activity was stable over 1 year at 4 °C, but it decreased by more than 95% within 10 and 4 months at 25 °C and 40 °C, respectively. …”
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Management of Chronic Kidney Disease through Ayurvedic Shodhana and Shamana Chikitsa: A Case Report by Mayank Rai, Sadhana Misar Wajpeyi

“…As the disease advances, patients may experience symptoms such as pedal oedema, decreased appetite, nausea, reduced urine output, frothy urine and fatigue. Laboratory tests typically show increased levels of creatinine and serum urea, indicating poor renal function. …”
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