Comparison of dislocation rates of Teflon and Titanium stapes prostheses: a retrospective survival analysis on 855 patients by Stéphane Gargula, Mary Daval, Adrien Lecoeuvre, Denis Ayache

“…Differences in the cumulative incidence functions between the fluoroplastic group and the titanium group was assessed using the Gray’s test. …”
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Application of Multimodal Anesthesia in Surgical Interventions for Lung Cancer by S. V. Kachur, V. T. Dolgikh, O. V. Korpacheva, O. V. Leonov

“…Normality of distribution was assessed by KolmogorovSmirnov test. Since the ordered sample did not follow the normal distribution law, the data are presented as a median (Me) and interquartile amplitude (25 and 75 percentiles).Results. …”
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Novel resistance to Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) in codling moth shows autosomal and dominant inheritance and confers cross-resistance to different CpGV genome groups. by Annette J Sauer, Eva Fritsch, Karin Undorf-Spahn, Petr Nguyen, Frantisek Marec, David G Heckel, Johannes A Jehle

“…Commercial Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) products have been successfully applied to control codling moth (CM) in organic and integrated fruit production for more than 30 years. Since 2005, resistance against the widely used isolate CpGV-M has been reported from different countries in Europe. …”
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Characteristics of patients assisted at an ambulatory of dementia from a university hospital Perfil dos pacientes atendidos no ambulatório de demência de um hospital universitário... by Lyssandra dos Santos Tascone, Rita de Cássia G. Marques, Elaine Cristina Pereira, Cássio M.C. Bottino

“…METHOD: Patients (n=113) were diagnosed according to the DSM-IV criteria, and the diagnostic work-up included physical and neurological examination, auxiliary exams, cognitive and functional tests, and the evaluation of neuropsychiatric symptoms. …”
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Regional brain atrophy is related to social cognition impairment in multiple sclerosis by Tomas P. Labbe, Cristian Montalba, Mariana Zurita, Ethel Leslie Ciampi, Juan Pablo Cruz, Macarena Vasquez, Sergio Uribe, Nicolás Crossley, Claudia Cárcamo

“…Recent studies have used the MiniSEA test to assess the compromise of social cognition and have found relevant relationships with memory and executive functions, as well as with the level of global and regional brain atrophy. …”
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PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROGNOSIS OF REHABILITATION IN PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS by T. E. Chernyshova, O. A. Neganova, S. N. Styazhkina, A. A. Valinurov

“…UC patients are characterized by a significant decrease in physical and emotional functioning. The analysis of personal and situational anxiety demonstrated an association between psychological health and social functioning. …”
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THE IMPACT OF A SINGLE AND CONTINUOUS AUDIOVISUAL STIMULATION ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND MECHANISMS OF AUTONOMIC REGULATION IN ATHLETES-CYCLICS by R. I. Aizman, M. S. Golovin

“…Application of AVS contributed to increase activity of the parasympathetic nervous system, the growing influence of autonomous regulation contour, the increase influence of respiratory waves on the heart rhythm and a more economical its work at rest and during an orthostatic test. AVS training may be recommended by sports training for maintaining top competition form, faster recovery and improve the functional state of regulation mechanisms.…”
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Evaluating the influence of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy combined with IMRT on thyroid dysfunction in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Liqianqi Chen, Zihuang Li, Xianming Li, Shihai Wu, Long Gong, Gang Xu, Shanyi Chen, Yucong Zhang

“…Data collected included smoking status, BMI, presence of thyroid nodules, staging, treatment modality, thyroid mean dose (Dmean), percentage of thyroid volume receiving more than x Gy, pituitary mean dose (Dmean), and TSH and FT4 levels per cycle. T-tests, rank-sum tests, multivariate logistic regression analysis, ROC curves, and Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate the effects of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy combined with chemoradiotherapy on thyroid function.ResultsPatients with pre-treatment smoking history, thyroid nodules, and cervical lymph node metastasis were more likely to develop thyroid dysfunction (P<0.05). …”
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Single-Breath Simultaneous Measurement of DLNO and DLCO as Predictor of the Emphysema Component in COPD – A Retrospective Observational Study by Dal Negro RW, Turco P, Povero M

“…Current lung function tests such as sDLNO, sDLCO and Vc (the lung capillary blood volume) were measured. …”
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Characterization and z-score calculation of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging parameters in patients after the Fontan operation: A Fontan Outcome Registry using Cardiovascu... by Tarek Alsaied, Runjia Li, Adam B. Christopher, Mark Fogel, Timothy C. Slesnick, Rajesh Krishnamurthy, Vivek Muthurangu, Adam L. Dorfman, Christopher Z. Lam, Justin D. Weigand, Jong-Hyeon Jeong, Joshua D. Robinson, Laura J. Olivieri, Rahul H. Rathod, Yue-Hin Loke, Kenan Stern, Jonathan H. Soslow, Manish Aggarwal, Tiffanie Johnson, Markus Renno, Amee Shah, Michael Quail, Shelby Kutty, Ruchira Garg, Jeremy Steele, Pierangelo Renella, Madhuradhar Chegondi, Aswathy Vaikom House, Alison Marsden, Francesca Raimondi

“…General linear modeling was performed on 70% of the dataset to create z-scores for volumes and function. Models were tested using the remainder (30%) of the data. …”
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Cellular Transplantation Alters the Disease Progression in Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy by Alok Sharma, Amruta Paranjape, Hemangi Sane, Khushboo Bhagawanani, Nandini Gokulchandran, Prerna Badhe

“…The paracrine effects of the BMMNCs reduce the inflammation and are thought to reduce muscle degeneration. We treated a 39 year old dental surgeon suffering from BMD. Muscle strength was reduced when measured using modified Medical Research Council’s Manual Muscle Testing (mMRC-MMT). …”
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Biochemical markers of coronary atherosclerosis: building models and assessing their prognostic value regarding the lesion severity by M. V. Zhatkina, V. A. Metelskaya, N. E. Gavrilova, E. B. Yarovaya, Yu. K. Makarova, O. A. Litinskaya, N. L. Bogdanova, B. A. Rudenko, O. M. Drapkina

“…All patients underwent a biochemical blood tests to determine the parameters of lipid, carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism, the hemostatic system, inflammatory markers, as well as the creatinine level as an indicator of renal function.Results. …”
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MODERN APPROACHES TO CLINICAL AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSTICS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS EARLY ONSET by D. G. Rekalov, S. Y. Dotsenko, A. V. Kylinich

“…One-third of patients with rheumatoid arthritis may have signs of disability during the first 3 years of the onset of the disease, while mortality in patients with RA almost two times higher in comparison with the general population. …”
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Influence of endothelial NO synthase gene polymorphisms on development and prognosis of chronic heart failure by N. F. Yakovleva, S. D. Mayanskaya, A. V. Yakovlev, M. L. Filipenko, E. N. Voronina, E. N. Berezikova, S. N. Shilov, T. I. Zakharova

“…In total, 165 CHF patients were examined (121 men, 44 women; mean age 56,7±5,3 years). Vasomotor endothelial function was evaluated by ultrasound method in reactive hyperemia and nitroglycerin tests. …”
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Fetal and Infant Growth and the Cardiovascular Stress Response in Adolescence: A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study in a Pediatric Population‐Based Cohort by Arwen S. J. Kamphuis, Alexander Hirsch, Dimitris Rizopoulos, Ricardo P. J. Budde, Arno A. W. Roest, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Romy Gaillard

“…Underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Exercise testing can detect subtle differences in cardiovascular function not present at rest. …”
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Risk factors modulating the course of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in women of reproductive age by T.  S. Prisyazhnaya, V.   A. Mikhaylyukova, I.   V. Berlev, A.   V. Malek

“…HPV testing was performed by real-time PCR.Results. The average age of the study participants was 31.55 ± 7.17 years. …”
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Analysis of Markers of Bone Remodeling and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Activity Index Interconnections by Tsyhanyk L., Abrahamovych O., Abrahamovych U., Romanyuk O., Guta S.

“…The age of the patients of EG was from 21 to 51 years (the average age on the examination moment – 41.13 ± 12.04 years); the average illness duration was 10.08 ± 0.72 years; 100.0 % of the patients took methylprednisolone in a dose (in recalculation on prednisolone) from 5.0 to 30.0 mg/day (the average dose – 8.99 ± 0.65 mg/day, the average course dose – 224.69 ± 97.6 g) and calcium supplements in a daily dose of 1000.0 mg in a combination with vitamin D in a daily dose 400.00 MO. …”
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Risk factors for sarcopenia in cirrhotic patients under evaluation for liver transplantation. by Karla E. Pérez-Reséndiz, Yvonne Tadeo-Jiménez, Aleida Bautista-Santos, Rosalba Moreno-Alcántar

“…Dichotomous variables and determining risk were analyzed with the Chi-square test. Results: 63 patients with liver cirrhosis on a liver transplant protocol were included, with a predominance of female sex (74.6%), whose most frequent etiology was steatotic liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction (MASLD) (27%), mostly Child- Pugh Functional Class. …”
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OUTCOME OF STAGE T1 RENAL CELL CARCINOMA TREATED WITH PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY: INITIAL EXPERIENCES FROM A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN BANGLADESH by Md. Selim Morshed, Hafiz Al-Asad, Mohammad Saruar Alam, Abu Naser Md. Lutful Hasan, Md. Towhid Belal, AKM Shahadat Hossain, Sojib Bin Zaman

“…The different investigation did not reveal the impaired renal functional test during the follow-up period. Conclusion: The clinical outcome of partial nephrectomy was found better in this study. …”
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Clinicopathologic characteristics of kidney and other organs in ANCA-associated vasculitis patients and outcomes and risk factors by LIU Guo-ping, WANG Chun-yan, XU Li-bin, CAO Sai-xia, GUO Yan

“…Objective To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody(ANCA)-associated vasculitis(AAV) with renal involvement and other organs in Inner Mongolia People’s Hospital and to analyze the outcomes and risk factors.Methods Clinical features of 123 cases of AAV hospitalized from September 1995 to September 2009 were reviewed retrospectively.According to the ANCA test results,the patients were divided into cytoplastic ANCA positive group(C-ANCA group) and perinuclear ANCA positive group(P-ANCA group).The differences in clinicopathological manifestations,laboratory tests and functional outcomes were observed.The death and renal failure were the end point in the 5 years.Results Of 123 AAV patients,63 were male,and 60 were female(the male and female ratio was 1.05:1).The age ranged from 38-82 years old.82.9%of them(102 cases) were in the range of 50-82 years old(mean 60 ± 22).109 were PANCA positive,and 14 were C-ANCA positive.Renal involvement and lung involvement were similar between C-ANCA group and P-ANCA group.The prevalence of respiratory,gastrointestinal,articular and ophthalmic involvements was higher in P-ANCA group than in C-ANCA group(P<0.05).There was no significant difference in otologic,cutaneous,muscular and neural involvements between two groups.Of the 62 cases receiving renal biopsy,crescent nephritis was found in 30 cases,glomerrular segmental necrosis in 12 cases,mesenteria crescent in 15 cases,and fabric crescent with focal segmental sclerosis in 15 cases.There was no significant difference in mortality and renal failure between two groups.Respiratory failure and multiple organ dysfunctions were relative mortality factors in the analysis of age,sex,types of ANCA,fever,renal failure,respiratory and lung infection.There were significant relationships between clinical terminus with serum creatinine,erythrocyte sediment rate,plasma-albumin and hemoglobin.Logistic regression analysis revealed that serum creatinine level and erythrocyte sediment rate at the baseline were associated with poor outcomes.Conclusions AAV is common in elders and men with multiple organ involvement P-ANCA positive patients are more than C-ANCA patients.The number of organ involvements in P-ANCA group is greater than that in C-ANCA group.The disease spectrum is different in these two groups.Respiratory failure and multiple organ dysfunctions were relative mortality factors.…”
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