Pharmacological protection and recovery of cognitive functions in the elderly patients after abdominal surgical interventions by A.A. Krishtafor, E.V. Petrashenok, A.G. Tiutiunnyk

“…The survey was carried out at seven stages: 1) before surgery; 2) intraoperatively; 3) by the end of the surgery; 4) one day after surgery; 5) in 5 days; 6) in 14 days; 7) in 30 days. Results. Indicators of the somatic state of patients at all stages of the examination were in age reference limits, or their deviation did not have a clinical significance. …”
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Antibiotherapy and Mortality Rate in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Tracheobronchitis due to Acinetobacter Baumannii by Eylem Tunçay, Gokay Gungor, Sinem Gungor, Cuneyt Saltürk, Emine Aksoy, Nezihe Çiftaslan Gökşenoğlu, Ilim Irmak, Nalan Adıgüzel, Zuhal Karakurt

“…The median (quartile ratio) duration of mechanical ventilator use was 15 days (7–22 days) for VAP patients and 12 days (6–14 days) for VAT patients (p=0.649). The ICU mortality rate was 68% among VAP patients and 40% among VAT patients (p<0.018). …”
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Lesiones por animal ponzoñoso, raya de agua dulce: serie de casos by María Alejandra Ríos González, Natalia Sánchez Coronel, Dayra Constanza Rojas Duran, William Mauricio Acero Moreno, Lorena García Agudelo

“…Results: 32 study series, 87,50% male and 12,50% female, age range 7-74 years, mean was 40,59 years, 59,38% were from rural areas and 40,62% urban, 34,37% consulted in the first 24 hours after the event, from one day to seven days 6,25%, from seven to 15 days 15,62%, and more than 15 days 43,75%, lesion in foot 53,13%, in neck of foot 21,87%, in leg 25%, symptoms presented: pain 100%, 71,87% signs of local infection, 59,37% purulent discharge, 56,25% lesion with necrosis. …”
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Single dose primaquine for clearance of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in children with uncomplicated malaria in Uganda: a randomised, controlled, double-blind, dose-ranging tri... by Eziefula, A, Bousema, T, Yeung, S, Kamya, M, Owaraganise, A, Gabagaya, G, Bradley, J, Grignard, L, Lanke, K, Wanzira, H, Mpimbaza, A, Nsobya, S, White, N, Webb, E, Staedke, S, Drakeley, C

“…The mean duration of gametocyte carriage was 6.6 days (95% CI 5.3-7.8) in the 0.75 mg/kg reference group, 6.3 days (5.1-7.5) in the 0.4 mg/kg primaquine group (p=0.74), 8.0 days (6.6-9.4) in the 0.1 mg/kg primaquine group (p=0.14), and 12.4 days (9.9-15.0) in the placebo group (p<0.0001). …”

The Virtual Summer Research Program: supporting future physician-scientists from underrepresented backgrounds by Briana Macedo, Briana Christophers, Rio Barrere-Cain, Yentli Soto Albrecht, Michael C. Granovetter, Rachit Kumar, Dania Daye, Elizabeth Bhoj, Lawrence Brass, Jose Alexandre Rodrigues

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Ensaio clínico duplo-cego randomizado e placebocontrolado com naltrexona e intervenção breve no tratamento ambulatorial da dependência de álcool A double blind, randomized and plac... by Luís André Castro, Ronaldo Laranjeira

“…Naltrexone with brief intervention was not effective in decreasing drinking days (6.2 + 10.6 3.05 + 7.3; p = 0.478), moderate drinking days (0 2.2 + 6.9; p = 0.345) and heavy drinking days (0.03 + 0.2 0.3 + 0.9; p = 0.887). …”
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Clinical and Anamnestic Characteristics, Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy and Long-term Outcomes in Multimorbid Patients after COVID-19 by A. A. Smirnov, M. M. Loukianov, S. Yu. Martsevich, A. A. Pulin, N. P. Kutishenko, E. Yu. Andreenko, V. P. Voronina, V. A. Dindikova, N. A. Dmitrieva, M. M. Kudryavtseva, O. V. Lerman, A. N. Makoveeva, E. Yu. Okshina, A. A. Maltseva, E. N. Belova, V. G. Klyashtorniy, E. V. Kudryashov, O. E. Karpov, O. M. Drapkina

“…The information was obtained initially from hospital history sheet, and afterwards – from a telephone survey of patients after 30-60 days, 6 and 12 months, from electronic databases. …”
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Influência do Tratamento Crônico com L-arginina na Função Renal de Ratos Submetidos a um Modelo Experimental de Doença Renal Crônica/ Influence of Chronic Treatment with L-arginine... by Letícia Pereira de Castro, Niara da Cunha Borges, Patrícia Benício Laira, Nilo César do Vale Baracho

“…In fluid intake there were specific changes on days 6 and 8, only between L2 and control groups. …”
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Single dose primaquine for clearance of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in children with uncomplicated malaria in Uganda: A randomised, controlled, double-blind, dose-ranging tri... by Eziefula, A, Bousema, T, Yeung, S, Kamya, M, Owaraganise, A, Gabagaya, G, Bradley, J, Grignard, L, Lanke, K, Wanzira, H, Mpimbaza, A, Nsobya, S, White, N, Webb, E, Staedke, S, Drakeley, C

“…The mean duration of gametocyte carriage was 6·6 days (95% CI 5·3-7·8) in the 0·75 mg/kg reference group, 6·3 days (5·1-7·5) in the 0·4 mg/kg primaquine group (p=0·74), 8·0 days (6·6-9·4) in the 0·1 mg/kg primaquine group (p=0·14), and 12·4 days (9·9-15·0) in the placebo group (p<0·0001). …”

Changes in patterns of multimorbidity and associated with medical costs among Chinese middle-aged and older adults from 2013 to 2023: an analysis of repeated cross-sectional survey... by Changyu Ju, Hongjia Liu, Yongxiang Gong, Meng Guo, Yingying Ge, Yuheng Liu, Rui Luo, Meng Yang, Xiuying Li, Yangwenhao Liu, Xiangbin Li, Tiemei He, Xiaodong Liu, Chunrong Huang, Yihua Xu, Juming Liu

“…Meanwhile, men (aOR:1.12, 95CI:1.09, 1.16), no spouse (aOR:1.09, 95CI: 1.03, 1.16) had a positive effect on medical costs, while patients with total self-pay (aOR: 0.45, 95CI: 0.29, 0.70), no surgery (aOR: 0.05, 95CI: 0.05, 0.05), rural residence (aOR: 0.92, 95CI: 0.89, 0.95), hospitalization days 1–5 (aOR: 0.04, 95CI: 0.04, 0.04), and hospitalization days 6–9 (aOR: 0.15, 95CI: 0.15, 0.16) had a negative impact on medical costs.ConclusionMultimorbidity patterns among middle-aged and older adults in China have diversified over the past decade and are associated with rising health care costs in China. …”
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Clinical benefits after the implementation of a multimodal perioperative protocol in elderly patients Benefícios clínicos após a implementação de um protocolo multimodal perioperat... by José Eduardo de Aguilar-Nascimento, Alberto Bicudo Salomão, Cervantes Caporossi, Breno Nadaf Diniz

“…The changing of protocols reduced the mean length of hospital stay by 4 days (6[1-43] vs 2[1-97] days; P = 0.002) and surgical site infection rate by 85.7% (19%; 8/42 vs 2.7%; 2/75, P<0.001; relative risk = 1.20; 95% confidence interval = 1.03-1.39). …”
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Estaquia caulinar de guaçatonga (Casearia sylvestris Swartz) nas quatro estações do ano, com aplicação de diferentes concentrações de AIB Stem cuttings of "guaçatonga" (Casearia sy... by P. Spandre, F. Zanette, L.A. Biasi, H.S. Koheler, P.C. Niesing

“…Cuttings collected in the summer did not show the expected results, presenting after 240 days 6.3% rooting when treated with 3000 mg L-1 IBA. …”
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Concentrações de hormônio na carcaça de tilápias-do-nilo e maturação precoce após reversão sexual Hormone concentration in carcass of Nile tilapia submitted to early maturation aft... by Munir Francisco Zanardi, Teresa Cristina Ribeiro Dias Koberstein, Elisabeth Criscuolo Urbinati, Michele Fagundes, Marcio Alves dos Santos, Maria Isabel Mataqueiro

“…Fish fed diet with hormone were given experimental ration for 30 days and commercial ration until the end of the experiment, and fish in immersion bath received commercial ration and they were submitted to immersion bath (6 mg 17 &#945;-metyltestosterone.L-1) for 36 hours on days 6 and 10 after the beginning of the experiment. …”
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Autotransfusão de coleta pré-operatória em cirurgia cardíaca Pré-operative blood sampling for autotransfusion during cardiac surgery by Fábio B Jatene, Pablo M. A Pomerantzeff, Ana Cristina Monteiro, Rafael Estebes, Maria Cristina Silva, Milton Bechara, Yoshitaka Okumura, Geraldo Verginelli, Adib D Jatene

“…Four groups (G) were considered: GI - control group, without pre-AT (41 patients); GII - collection of 500 to 600 ml, comprizing the groups; GII-A - until 7 days before surgery (35 patients); GII-B - from 8 to 15 days before surgery (14 patients); GIII - collection of 1000 ml more than 30 days before operation, with reinfusion and a new collection after 15 days (6 patients). Mean age and hemotocrit were comparable in the different groups. …”
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Effect of probiotic Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain on aflatoxin B1 level in aflatoxin-induced rats by Nasrabadi, Elham Nikbakht

“…g/kg body weight daily for 5 days per week over the next 2 weeks.Based on the analysis of rats' body weight in acute aflatoxicosis, a significant difference was found between control group with the other two groups dosed with AFB1 (groups Aa and Ba) in days 6 and 7 (p<0.05). However there was no significant difference between groups Aa and Ba, but the mean of rat's body weight was higher in the group Aa. …”
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Evaluation of Characteristics of Municipal Waste Compost Enriched with Blood Powder, Bone Powder and Phosphate Soil and Its Impact on Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) Growth by J. َAhooei, A.R. Astaraei, R. Khorassani, A. Lakziyan

“…After preparing the pot, the humidity reached 65% of the field capacity and after 25 days, 6 spinach seeds (Spinacia oleracea L.) were planted. …”
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Biology and Culture of a Tropical Harpacticoid Copepod, Nitocra Affinis Californica Lang by Matias-Peralta, Hazel Monica

“…Development of nauplii (stages NI through NVI) is completed within 4-5 days (4.66±0.06 days) while copepodid development (stages CI through CVI) occurred within 5-7 days (6.21±0.15 days). The total generation time (egg to adult) was 9-12 days (10.91±0.18 days). …”
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Harmonization of the Activity of the Left and Right Cerebral Hemispheres - an Important Component of the Spiritual and Mental Health of Individual and Humanity by Tamara Tyurina, Sofiya Stavkova

“…Shchetynin school students spend 21 days (6 lessons daily) studying only one academic discipline for the purpose of deep penetration into its essence - information-energy merger, connection with the subject being studied, into a single whole, that is, achieving an intuitive level of comprehension. • Spiritual practices (prayer, meditation). …”
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Autologous stem cell transplantation with low-dose cyclophosphamide to improve mucosal healing in adults with refractory Crohn’s disease: the ASTIClite RCT by James O Lindsay, Daniel Hind, Lizzie Swaby, Hannah Berntsson, Mike Bradburn, Uday Bannur C, Jennifer Byrne, Christopher Clarke, Lauren Desoysa, Shahida Din, Richard Emsley, Gemma A Foulds, John Gribben, Christopher Hawkey, Peter M Irving, Peter Johnson, Majid Kazmi, Ellen Lee, Amanda Loban, Alan Lobo, Yashwant Mahida, Gordon Moran, Diana Papaioannou, Miles Parkes, Andrew Peniket, A Graham Pockley, Jack Satsangi, Sreedhar Subramanian, Simon Travis, Emily Turton, Ben Uttenthal, Sergio Rutella, John A Snowden

“…The regimen comprised fludarabine 25 mg/m2 (with reduced doses permitted in the presence of impaired renal function) on days –6, –5, –4, –3 and –2, cyclophosphamide 60 mg/kg/day on days –3 and –2 and rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin 2.5 mg/kg/day on days –3, –2 and –1. …”
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