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This study presents the prevalence, relative frequency, and analysis of genetic diseases/malformations in 73260 individuals. Cases included were ascertained from: Pediatric outpatient clinics of two governmental hospitals and two primary health care centers (PHCCs) in Giza Governorate; Neonatal intensive care unit (NIC…

A case with severe acute carbon monoxide poisoning is presented the 17-year-old female was previously healthy and non-smoker. She was found lying unconscious on the floor. Although her father smelled a pungent odor and felt headache, dizziness, agitation, and dyspnea after entering the room, he had realized that she wa…

OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of vascular prosthesis infection in aortofemoral area and to demonstrate their course, treatment and risk factors. METHODS: The file was formed by patients who had been operated on because of infection of vascular reconstruction in aortofemoral area at IInd department of surgery…

Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is one of the cardiac peptide hormones that are involved in water and electrolyte homeostasis in heart failure. There are two mechanisms for increased BNP gene expression: cardiomyocyte stretching and neurohormonal activation. Many recent studies reported an increase in BNP gene expressi…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of plasma total homocysteine level and 677C-->T mutation on the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene in the development of venous thromboembolism. METHODS: Thirty-six (18 male, 18 female and mean+SD; 48.3 +/- 15.5 years) patients with venous thromb…

AIM: The aim of the study was to find out whether there is correlation between the fetal blood oxygen saturation values detected by intrapartum fetal pulse oximetry and the umbilical blood pH values taken postpartum, and what is the effect of intrapartum fetal pulse oximetry on the mode of delivery. BACKGROUND: Sevent…

BACKGROUND: Malignant ventricular arrhythmia in coronary artery disease (CAD) is a severe life-threatening disease and a risk factor for sudden cardiac death. Myocardial revascularization influences the arrhythmogenic substrate of the malignant ventricular arrhythmia in the secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death.…

STUDY OBJECTIVES: The connective tissue alterations in varicose vein wall are supposed to be one of the main causes of primary varicose vein (main sign of human lower limbs chronic venous insufficency). METHODS: 5 varicose vein samples from 5 patients undergoing stripping surgery of long saphenous vein were compared w…

OBJECTIVES: The described project aimed to promote patients' rights in the Slovak Republic that are stipulated by law but in practice not observed fully. BACKGROUND: The project was based on a bi-lateral agreement between The Netherlands and the Slovak Republic in the framework of European Union pre-accession program…

BACKGROUND: The scientific meetings disseminate the results of the latest research. However, if the presented work is not published later, the information is lost. OBJECTIVE: To know and compare the fate of the abstracts produced by our nephrology community that were submitted to the Instituto Mexicano de Investigacio…

UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Evidence implementation refers to the application of appropriate enabling strategies to improve clinician engagement with the best available evidence. To date, little attention has been paid to evidence implementation in disciplines such as naturopathy. This study addresses this…

Shared decision making (SDM) is a central component of patient-centered care; however, a minimal amount is known about what health care chaplains contribute to this process. Data from 463 full-time chaplains practicing in the United States collected by an online survey was analyzed using SPSS 26 for bivariate and multi…

Adult spinal ependymoma presents a rare low-grade tumor entity. Due to its incidence peak in the fourth decade of life, it mostly affects patients during a professionally and physically active time of life. We performed a retrospective monocentric study, including all patients operated upon for spinal ependymoma betwee…

BACKGROUND: Informed consent discussions have been identified as a core entrustable professional activity for medical students by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Medical students, however, rarely receive formal instruction on how to appropriately conduct informed consent discussions before residency, resu…

BACKGROUND: A Mental Health Task Force (MHTF) was developed in a large public college of nursing in the Southeastern United States to address the urgent mental health needs expressed by growing numbers of nursing students related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). AIMS: The purpose of this study was to report…

The assembly of the HIV-1 immature capsid (HIC) is an essential step in the virus life cycle. In vivo, the HIC is composed of [Formula: see text] hexameric building blocks, and it takes 5-6 min to complete the assembly process. The involvement of numerous building blocks and the rapid timecourse makes it difficult…

Residual tumor after curative intent therapy in patients with Ewing's sarcoma is of great clinical significance. Surgeons use the resection margin to indicate the completeness of a surgical excision. However, this margin may be either nonviable/necrotic or viable. This systematic review examines the 5-year event-free s…

OBJECTIVE: Natural language processing (NLP) can identify cohorts of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from free text. However, limited sharing of code, models, and data sets continues to hinder progress. The aim of this study was to evaluate multiple open-source NLP models for identifying IBD cohorts, rep…

IMPORTANCE: Rapid and accurate diagnosis of late-onset infection in newborn infants could inform treatment decisions and avoid unnecessary administration of antibiotics. OBJECTIVE: To compare the accuracy of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) with that of microbiological blood culture for diagnosing late-onset infection i…