In this nationwide study, our findings highlighted that among hospitalized patients with COPD, the overall prevalence of COPD-related PH was 39.9 per 1000 persons. With the declining prevalence of COPD, the incidence of COPD-related PH has…
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GPD1 deficiency—a rare, overlooked cause of liver disease
Case-1
An 8-year-old girl presented at our hospital for further evaluation owing to persistent steatohepatitis. The patient was born from a first-degree cousin marriage at the 42nd week with a birth weight of 4200 g. She suffered from an…
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A network analysis of changing pain cooccurrence in older adults findings from the second wave of the COPERNICUS study
Prevalence of chronic pain in older adults
Our study examined a cohort of older adults in Poland and found that 57.1% (117 participants) at baseline and 55.1% (113 participants) at 2-year follow-up had chronic pain lasting for longer than…
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Timely angiography and embolization is effective emergency treatment for severe post-traumatic pelvic fractures
Pelvic fractures, which account for 3% of all skeletal injuries14, are frequently observed in clinical trauma cases and are commonly caused by high-impact forces such as motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle collisions, pedestrian incidents, and…
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Characteristics and outcomes of preterm infants with early pulmonary hypertension
Study design and study population
This was a prospective cohort study performed in the Rotunda Hospital NICU, a level three NICU, Dublin, Ireland. Ethical approval was granted from the Hospital Research Ethics Committee. Infants <29 weeks…
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding exercise management among patients with primary hypertension: a cross-sectional study
Characteristics of the participants
A total of 1221 questionnaires were collected; 41 were excluded because of a completion time < 90 s, 2 for non-consent to participate, 25 because the question about hypertension was not answered, 4 because…
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Cardiovascular post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents: cohort study using electronic health records
Ethics and inclusion
This study constitutes human subject research. Institute Review Board (IRB) approval was obtained under Biomedical Research Alliance of New York (BRANY) protocol #21-08-508. As part of the BRANY IRB process, the protocol has…
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Prognostic implications of multiple chamber longitudinal strains and myocardial work in restrictive cardiomyopathy
Initially, a total of 243 participants with RCM were consecutively enrolled in our study. Of these, 23 were excluded due to poor image quality, 10 due to recent myocardial infarction or revascularization, 15 due to loss to follow-up, and 14…
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Association between the geriatric nutritional risk index with the risk of frailty and mortality in the elderly population
Shamliyan, T., Talley, K. M., Ramakrishnan, R. & Kane, R. L. Association of frailty with survival: a systematic literature review. Ageing Res. Rev. 12, 719–736 (2013).
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The Conundrum of Treating de novo metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
Of the 91 surveys distributed, 27 urologists and 19 oncologists responded, representing a total of 13 hospitals. Table 1 shows the characteristics of the survey respondents.
Table 1 Characteristics of survey respondents. The focus group consisted…
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