COVID-19 mortality risk assessment: An international multi-center study by Bertsimas, Dimitris J, Lukin, Galit, Mingardi, Luca, Nohadani, Omid, Orfanoudaki, Agni, Stellato, Bartolomeo, Wiberg, Holly, Gonzalez-Garcia, Sara, Parra-Calderón, Carlos Luis, Robinson, Kenneth, Schneider, Michelle, Stein, Barry, Estirado, Alberto, a Beccara, Lia, Canino, Rosario, Dal Bello, Martina, Pezzetti, Federica, Pan, Angelo, Hellenic COVID-19 Study Group

“…In the validation cohorts, the model obtains AUCs of 0.92 (95% CI, 0.88–0.95) on Seville patients, 0.87 (95% CI, 0.84–0.91) on Hellenic COVID-19 Study Group patients, and 0.81 (95% CI, 0.76–0.85) on Hartford Hospital patients. The CMR tool is available as an online application at https:/www.covidanalytics.io/mortality_calculator and is currently in clinical use. …”
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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Peruvian primary care setting by Percy Herrera-Añazco, Alvaro Taype-Rondan, María Lazo-Porras, E. Alberto Quintanilla, Victor Manuel Ortiz-Soriano, Adrian V. Hernandez

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Cost-effectiveness of dietary supplement ingredients versus generic statins for LDL reduction by C. Michael White, Ava Sedensky, Dakota Sicignano, Katelyn J. Galli

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Half‐Dose (45 mg Twice Daily) Ticagrelor Versus Clopidogrel in Neuroendovascular Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: A Single‐Center Cohort Study by Tapan Mehta, Karan Topiwala, Kamaran Masood, Andrew Grande, Ramachandra Tummala, Bharathi Jagadeesan

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Increased P450 aromatase levels in post-menopausal women after acute ischemic stroke by Bharti Manwani, Pamela Fall, Liang Zhu, Meaghan Roy O’Reilly, Sarah Conway, Ilene Staff, Louise D. McCullough

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Associations of Lifelong Exercise Characteristics With Valvular Function and Aortic Diameters in Patients With a Bicuspid Aortic Valve by Bibi A. Schreurs, Maria T. E. Hopman, Chantal M. Bakker, Anthonie L. Duijnhouwer, Niels van Royen, Paul D. Thompson, Roland R. J. van Kimmenade, Thijs M. H. Eijsvogels

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Cannabis use is associated with decreased opioid prescription fulfillment following single level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) by Jacob Silver, MD, Colin Pavano, MD, Nicholas Bellas, MD, Cory Hewitt, MD, Barrett Torre, MD, Mathew Solomito, PhD, Regina Kostyun, MSEd, Sean Esmende, MD

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Intravenously-injected gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) access intracerebral F98 rat gliomas better than AuNPs infused directly into the tumor site by convection enhanced delivery by Smilowitz HM, Meyers A, Rahman K, Dyment NA, Sasso D, Xue C, Oliver DL, Lichtler A, Deng X, Ridwan SM, Tarmu LJ, Wu Q, Salner AL, Bulsara KR, Slatkin DN, Hainfeld JF

“…Henry M Smilowitz,1 Alexandria Meyers,1 Khalil Rahman,1 Nathaniel A Dyment,2 Dan Sasso,1 Crystal Xue,3 Douglas L Oliver,4 Alexander Lichtler,5 Xiaomeng Deng,6 Sharif M Ridwan,1 Lauren J Tarmu,7,8 Qian Wu,9 Andrew L Salner,10 Ketan R Bulsara,11 Daniel N Slatkin,12 James F Hainfeld12 1Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 4Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, 5Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, 6David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Student Affairs Office, Los Angeles, CA, 7Department of Human Behavior, College of Southern Nevada, 8Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, 9Department of Anatomic Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, 10The Gray Cancer Center, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, 11Division of Neurosurgery, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, 12Nanoprobes, Inc, Yaphank, NY, USA Background: Intravenously (IV)-injected gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) powerfully enhance the efficacy of X-ray therapy of tumors including advanced gliomas. …”
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Default mode network modulation by mentalizing in young adults with autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia by Christopher J. Hyatt, Vince D. Calhoun, Brian Pittman, Silvia Corbera, Morris D. Bell, Liron Rabany, Kevin Pelphrey, Godfrey D. Pearlson, Michal Assaf

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Causes and Predictors of 30‐Day Readmission in Patients With Syncope/Collapse: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Amer N. Kadri, Hasan Abuamsha, Leen Nusairat, Nazih Kadri, Hussam Abuissa, Ahmad Masri, Adrian V. Hernandez

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Reliability and Time Course of Postexercise Hypotension during Exercise Training among Adults with Hypertension by Peter A. Kiernan, Christina A. Day, Rachel S. Berkowsky, Amanda L. Zaleski, Simiao Gao, Beth A. Taylor, Lucas P. Santos, Gregory Panza, Melody Kramarz, Kyle McCormick, Paul D. Thompson, Antonio B. Fernandez, Ming-Hui Chen, Linda S. Pescatello

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Clinical and cortical similarities identified between bipolar disorder I and schizophrenia: A multivariate approach by Kelly Rootes-Murdy, Kelly Rootes-Murdy, Jesse T. Edmond, Jesse T. Edmond, Wenhao Jiang, Md A. Rahaman, Jiayu Chen, Nora I. Perrone-Bizzozero, Vince D. Calhoun, Vince D. Calhoun, Theo G. M. van Erp, Theo G. M. van Erp, Stefan Ehrlich, Ingrid Agartz, Ingrid Agartz, Ingrid Agartz, Ingrid Agartz, Erik G. Jönsson, Erik G. Jönsson, Ole A. Andreassen, Ole A. Andreassen, Lars T. Westlye, Lars T. Westlye, Lars T. Westlye, Lei Wang, Godfrey D. Pearlson, Godfrey D. Pearlson, David C. Glahn, David C. Glahn, Elliot Hong, Robert W. Buchanan, Peter Kochunov, Aristotle Voineskos, Anil Malhotra, Carol A. Tamminga, Jingyu Liu, Jessica A. Turner

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The ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate variability responses following sudden vigorous physical exertion among firefighters with hypertension by Burak Cilhoroz, Amanda Zaleski, Beth Taylor, Bo Fernhall, Ming-Hui Chen, Paul Thompson, Linda Pescatello1

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Serum Markers of Blood-Brain Barrier Remodeling and Fibrosis as Predictors of Etiology and Clinicoradiologic Outcome in Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Matthew D. Howe, Liang Zhu, Lauren H. Sansing, Nicole R. Gonzales, Louise D. McCullough, Nancy J. Edwards

“…We also hypothesized these markers may be unique in patients with ICH due to cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) vs. other etiologies.Methods: Seventy-nine patients enrolled in prospective ICH registries at two separate hospitals (the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Hartford Hospital) were included in this study. We assessed initial injury severity and admission variables along with measures of inpatient deterioration (hematoma expansion, perihematomal edema (PHE), and early and delayed neurologic deterioration) and functional outcome [modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score at discharge and 90 days]. …”
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SAMPLER: unsupervised representations for rapid analysis of whole slide tissue imagesResearch in context by Patience Mukashyaka, Todd B. Sheridan, Ali Foroughi pour, Jeffrey H. Chuang

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Getting back to work: A framework and pivot plan to resume elective surgery and procedures after COVID-19 by Oscar K. Serrano, MD, MBA, FACS, Rocco Orlando, MD, FACS, Pavlos Papasavas, MD, FACS, Mitchell H. McClure, MD, Ajay Kumar, MD, Adam C. Steinberg, DO, FACS, Jeffrey L. Cohen, MD, FACS, Steven J. Shichman, MD, Rekhinder K. Singh, MD, FACS, William V. Sardella, MD, FACS, Bret M. Schipper, MD, FACS

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COVID-19 symptomatology and compliance with community mitigation strategies in Latin America early during the COVID-19 pandemic by Percy Herrera-Añazco, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Vicente A. Benites-Zapata, Guido Bendezu-Quispe, Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo, Adrian V. Hernandez

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Guía de práctica clínica para el diagnóstico y tratamiento de lumbalgia aguda y subaguda en el Seguro Social del Perú (EsSalud) by Ricardo Carpio, Sergio Goicochea-Lugo, José Chávez Corrales, Nieves Santayana Calizaya, Jaime A. Collins, Jesús Robles Recalde, Adrián V. Henández, Alejandro Piscoya, Víctor Suárez Moreno, Raúl Timaná-Ruiz

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Nonseminomatous Germ-Cell Tumor Presenting as Bilateral Adrenal Masses by Neelam Baral, MD, Rashika Bansal, MD, Binaya Basyal, MD, Wen Lee, MD, Kanchan Kulkarni, MD, Vitaly Kantorovich, MD, Meeta Sharma, MD

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Arrhythmia Monitoring for Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Darson Du, MD, Christopher O.Y. Li, MD, Kevin Ong, MD, Ashkan Parsa, MD, Adaya Weissler-Snir, MD, Jeffrey B. Geske, MD, Zachary Laksman, MSc, MD, FRCPC

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