Upper cervical spine trauma in Niamey: A 3-Year retrospective analysis of 27 cases by Roméo Bujiriri Murhega, Assoumane Issa Ibrahim, IBN HALID Nana Rachida, Aminath Kelani

“…Results: The cohort had a mean age of 33.9 ± 15.4 years; 51.9 % were under 30 years old. Motorcycle accidents were the leading cause (55.6 %). …”
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Prevalence of severe acute rotavirus gastroenteritis and intussusceptions in Ghanaian children under 5 years of age by Christabel C Enweronu-Laryea, Kwamena W.C. Sagoe, Hope Glover-Addy, Richard H Asmah, Julius A Mingle, George E Armah

“…Methodology: A prospective study was conducted from January 2008 to December 2009 in children younger than five years hospitalized for longer than 24 hours with acute gastroenteritis. …”
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STUDYING OF CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EMERGENCE OF CARIES IN THE FIRST PERMANENT MOLARS IN CHILDREN IN THE FIRST YEARS AFTER THEIR ERUPTION by Yu.I. Soloshenko

“…Objective of our research was to study the peculiarities of caries development in the first permanent molars in childhood, taking into account their odontoglyphics in the first years after eruption. Materials and methods. The type of pattern of the chewing surface of the teeth was determined according to the schemes of odontoglyphic variants of molars of the upper and lower jaws, proposed by A.P. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in infant mortality in Colombia: a nationwide cohort study during 10 years by Javier Eslava-Schmalbach, Giancarlo Buitrago, Carol Guarnizo-Herreño

“…The primary outcome was 1-year survival. Key exposures included maternal educational level, health system enrolment scheme and area of residence. …”
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Prevalence, Patterns and Correlation of Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in School-going Children and Adolescents: A Cross-sectional Study by Kaveri Chougule, Ankit Halder, Prakash Behere, Nikhil Chougule

“…The prevalence of behavioral and emotional disorders was more in children of 10–11 years of age (34.07%), followed by 12–13 years (29.12%), 8–9 years (27.32%), and 6–7 years (9.34%). …”
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Dramatic resurgence of malaria after 7 years of intensive vector control interventions in Eastern Uganda. by Moses R Kamya, Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, John Rek, Maato Zedi, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Jimmy Opigo, Sarah G Staedke, Ambrose Oruni, Martin J Donnelly, Bryan Greenhouse, Jessica Briggs, Paul J Krezanoski, Teun Bousema, Philip J Rosenthal, Peter Olwoch, Prasanna Jagannathan, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Grant Dorsey

“…Tororo District, Uganda experienced a dramatic decrease in malaria burden from 2015-19 during 5 years of indoor residual spraying (IRS) with carbamate (Bendiocarb) and then organophosphate (Actellic) insecticides. …”
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Histomorphological pattern of lesions of cystoscopic bladder biopsies in a tertiary center in Nepal- A retrospective descriptive study by Amar Narayan Shrestha, Anil Regmi, Abilasha Rana, Sony Ghimire, Pragya Karki, Sajina Thapa, Amit Shrestha, Rewant Singh

“…It is a data review done on cystoscopic bladder biopsy results for the past 5 years to study the histomorphological patterns of various bladder lesions. …”
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Pattern of Change in Accommodation and its Correlation with Mydriasis in Young Emmetropes After Instillation of Tropicamide Phenylephrine Eye Drops by Padma B Prabhu, Finu Amina, Fildha Kavungal Chevayoorkalathil, Kuzhippally Vallon Raju

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Impact of 2014 Japanese practice guidelines on treatment patterns in patients with myasthenia gravis: an insurance claims database study by Akiyuki Uzawa, Shingo Konno, Makoto Samukawa, Izumi Mishiro, Hiroshi Todaka, Kentaro Taki, Céline Quelen, Adrianna Czubin, Renata Majewska, Kunihiko Shiraiwa, Yohei Ohashi

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Operative treatment of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures: has randomised control trial evidence changed practice patterns? by Julie Agel, Edward Harvey, Prism Schneider, Richard Bransford

“…The pretrial cohort (n=108) was 68.5% male, with a mean age of 37.7 (±13.9) years. The post-trial cohort (n=578) was 76.1% male, with a mean age of 41.9 (±12.7) years. …”
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Favorable pattern of arterial stiffness and vascular aging in a unique cohort of offspring of early life famine survivors by K. M. Tolkunova, D. A. Usoltsev, E. V. Moguchaia, M. A. Boyarinova, A. M. Erina, E. P. Kolesova, S. V. Kibkalo, E. Yu. Vasileva, N. N. Artemov, O. P. Rotar, A. O. Konradi, E. V. Shlyakhto

“…The average age of descendants of Leningrad blockade survivors was 50 [36,7-55,0] years, which was comparable to the controls, who were 51 [37,5-55,0] years old (p=0,44). …”
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Clinical and dermoscopic patterns of acquired melanocytic nevi in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study from Turkey by Zeynep Keskinkaya, Özge Kaya, Selda Işik Mermutlu, Hilay Garipcan Karaemir, Sevilay Oğuz Kiliç

“…Objectives: To evaluate the clinical and dermoscopic characteristics of acquired melanocytic nevi in Turkish children (aged ≤ 10-years) and adolescents (aged > 10-years) regarding demographic, constitutional, and environmental factors. …”
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Clinical and Electrical Evolution of “Pseudo” Spike–Wave Activation in Sleep EEG Patterns in Self-Limited Childhood Epilepsies by Neetha Balaram, Smita Balachandran, Abdul V Gafoor, SR Ratheesh

“…Nine children were identified and were grouped as follows: (a) pseudo-SWAS pattern caused by type 1 occipitofrontal spikes in five children, who had no clinical worsening on follow-up, and this pattern resolved within 3 years; (b) pseudo-SWAS pattern without occipitofrontal spikes in three children that was caused by diffusion of pre-existing focal spikes; and (c) pseudo-SWAS pattern induced by antiseizure medication in one child, which completely resolved on withdrawing the medication. …”
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Body composition patterns among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients versus nondiabetic adults in Saudi Arabia by Eman Alfadhli, Eman Alfadhli, Ishraq Darandari, Maha Altaweel, Sara Alharbi, Asma Jadw, Ghadi Aljohani, Sarah Mohammad

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Diagnostic and Treatment Patterns in Management of Male Patients with Nongonococcal Urethritis: Results of Russian Multicentral Cross-Sectional Study by I. V. Andreeva, S. N. Kozlov, S. V. Korolev, A. N. Belikov, A. V. Grinev, V. V. Evstafiev, N. N. Kirpicheva, M. V. Serdyutskaya, O. U. Stetsyuk, A. A. Fokin, A. A. Khryanin

“…The aim of the study was to estimate the diagnostic and treatment patterns in the management of acute nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) in males in some cities of Russia. …”
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Retrospective study of patterns of vitamin D testing and status at a single institution paediatric orthopaedics and sports clinics by Kathryn Ackerman, Susan Mahan, Rachel DiFazio, Patricia Miller, Lanna Feldman, Nicholas Sullivan, Michael Glotzbecker

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Climatic variability and temperature and rainfall patterns in Murcia (1863-2017). Climate analysis techniques in the context of global change by Salvador Gil-Guirado, Alfredo Pérez-Morales

“…The climatic characterisation of successive periods in the last 30 years confirms these patterns and shows how the climate in Murcia has changed since the last third of the 19th century (when the Murcia climate was typically Mediterranean with hot dry summers). …”
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The investigation of OSHA indexes and the pattern of work-related accidents at the Mazandaran wood and paper industry between 2007 and 2013 by M Mououdi, M Shabani, A Hassani

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Photo-identification of individual rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Actinopterygii, Salmoniformes, Salmonidae), using the flank spot pattern by Nelson Colihueque, Francisco Estay

“…The long-term analysis revealed a high performance in recognition of individuals because 75% of the images of fish at the age of 2 years were successfully matched with images of the same fish at the age of 3 years.…”
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Publicly Funded, Pegylated Interferon-Alpha Treatment in British Columbia: Disparities in Treatment Patterns for People with Hepatitis C by Priscilla C Hsu, Jane A Buxton, Andrew W Tu, Warren D Hill, Amanda Yu, Mel Krajden

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