“…AIM: To evaluate renal function in obese patients before treatment with bariatric surgery. MATERIAL & METHODS: Serum creatinine was evaluated pre-operatively in 68 obese patients referred to treatment with sleeve gastroplasty. …”
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“…However 31 patients gave up before TESE, four had cryptozoospermia and three did not have a valid hormone assessment; these were excluded from this study. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS: Data for 119 patients (61 Young and 58 Adult) were analyzed. …”
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“…Subsequently, we compared full genome haplotype landscapes of both WGAed and bulk DNA samples containing ETS or no ETS. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS: We have devised an ETS to track embryos right after whole-genome amplification (WGA) to full genome haplotype profiles. …”
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“…STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION: It is a prospective observational cohort study based on a single IVF center between January 2017 and December 2018. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS: Two thousand four hundred and eighteen women with normal blood pressure undergoing fresh embryo transfer after IVF/ICSI at the Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya were enrolled in this study. …”
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“…This study aimed to determine the utility of PVS as a biomarker of disease progression in patients with bvFTD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Serial baseline and week 52 MRIs acquired from ten patients with bvFTD prospectively recruited and followed in a Phase 1b open label trial of sodium selenate for bvFTD were used in this study. …”
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“…TRANSLATIONS: For the Portuguese, Russian and Spanish translations of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section.…”
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“…AIM: To assess HbA1c levels in patients with COVID-19 in the acute phase and in early (6–8 weeks) and late (52±2 weeks) periods after recovery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a multicenter prospective study, which included patients hospitalized in Endocrinology Research Centre and the City Clinical Hospital № 52" diagnosed with COVID-19, virus identified/ not identified. …”
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“…AIMS: The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of MRCP in the determination of the etiological spectrum, to evaluate level and degree of biliary obstruction in cases of obstructive jaundice, and to correlate MRCP findings with surgical/histopathology/ERCP findings where possible. METHODS AND MATERIAL: It is an observational study done after the Institutional Ethics Committee (I.E.C.)- 2 approval. …”
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“…However, the comprehensive analyses of psychological stress and stress systems are under-investigated, particularly in CP/CPPS patients complicated by lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and ED. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants were 95 patients in CP/CPPS+ED group, 290 patients in CP/CPPS group, 124 patients in ED group and 52 healthy men in control group. …”
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“…This study aimed to identify possible predictors of such tolerance. Materials and Methods: We collected data from our patients with systemic sclerosis beginning the treatment with iloprost between January 2004 and November 2021 at our hospital facility in Verona, Italy, and analyzed different factors that could be associated with a better tolerance, as age, sex, disease duration, smoking habit, body mass index (a measure of body fatness), blood pressure, concomitant medications, and different patterns of the disease. …”
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“…STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION: This is a retrospective cohort study investigating 1160 women who were referred for MTHFR genotyping and IVF/ICSI treatment at Peking University Third Hospital from May 2017 to May 2020. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS: Women who were referred for MTHFR genotyping and their first IVF/ICSI treatment at our hospital were included and those undergoing preimplantation genetic testing cycles were excluded. …”
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“…Therefore, this study aimed to assess the factors affecting sputum smear conversion and treatment outcomes among patients with DR-TB in Health facilities in Eastern Ethiopia. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A cross-sectional study design was employed from 10 October to 10 November 2021, in the health facilities providing DR-TB services in Harari Region and Dire Dawa city administration. …”
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“…The following were evaluated: risk factors, distribution by age group and gender, evolution and complications, as well as the clinical forms of optic neuropathies. Materials and methods: We used Google Scholar and PubMed databases to find articles on optic neuropathies related to the Covid-19 infection. …”
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“…Therefore, the present study assessed the prevalence of autoantibodies against pancreatic islet beta cell’s antigens in children and adolescents with simple obesity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This prospective observational study included pediatric patients (up to 18 years of age) with simple obesity hospitalized between 2011 and 2016 at the Department of Pediatrics, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology of the Medical University of Lodz. …”
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“…Our study aimed to further investigate the correlation of MRS with clinical parameters for motor and cognitive function by using a model free MRS analysis approach that would be precise and straightforward to implement. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 53 MRS datasets derived from 29 patients (10 late-infantile, 19 juvenile) and 12 controls were acquired using a semi-LASER CSI sequence covering a slice through the centrum semiovale above the corpus callosum. …”
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“…The primary objective of our pilot study is to determine longitudinal differences in supraspinatus FI over time among older adults receiving PT (PT cohort) for initial management of RC tear relative to older adult volunteers (control cohort), and with secondary objective to evaluate longitudinal self-reported shoulder function over time. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This was a prospective longitudinal cohort study. …”
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“…AIMS: This single‐center study describes the clinical and laboratory profile and outcomes of COVID‐19 in‐patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in Ghana. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis was undertaken of the medical records of adults with COVID‐19 hospitalized at a facility in Ghana from March to October 2020. …”
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“…The aim of this study is to decrease the skin dose by contouring skin as an organ at risk (OAR) to include in inverse planning calculation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-three cases of nasopharyngeal cancers were planned for 60 Gy to intermediate-risk planning target volume (PTV(Intermediate)) and 70 Gy to high risk (PTV(High)), by three different modes of Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)- namely conventional sequential intensity-modulated radiation therapy (S-IMRT PH-I and PH-II), Skin Spared sequential intensity-modulated radiation therapy (SS-IMRT PH-I and PH-II), and Skin Spared simultaneously instantaneous boost intensity-modulated radiation therapy (SS-SIB IMRT). …”
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“…TRANSLATIONS: For the Spanish and Portuguese translations of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section.…”
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“…This technique is not only relatively safe—as it involves only the use of bioresorbable materials—but also yields improved graft incorporation and less glenoid loosening(1). …”
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