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Background : There is a lack of evidence regarding the impact of time loss, match exposure, and age at injury on career progression in elite football. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify injury characteristics and their influence on career progression in a German youth academy. Methods : During the 2012/2013 season, a prospective cohort study reported 107 time-loss injuries among 130 young athletes from an elite German soccer academy. Individual career progression was analyzed using 10-year data...

Background : Dyspnea is a common persistent symptom after acute coronavirus disease 2019 illness (COVID-19). One potential explanation for post-COVID-19 dyspnea is a reduction in diffusion capacity. This longitudinal study investigated diffusion capacity and its relationship with dyspnea on exertion in individuals previously hospitalized with COVID-19. Methods : Eligible participants had been hospitalized for the treatment of acute COVID-19 and were assessed at 6 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months after discharge...

In 2005, exenatide became the first approved glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Since then, numerous GLP-1 RAs have been approved, including tirzepatide, a novel dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP)/GLP-1 RA, which was approved in 2022. This class of drugs is considered safe with no hypoglycemia risk, making it a common second-line choice after metformin for treating T2DM. Various considerations can make selecting and switching between different GLP-1 RAs challenging...

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Brucellosis, the most common microbial zoonotic disease in the world, is endemic in both industrialized and underdeveloped countries. Between 2 and 53% of patients with brucellosis, patients develop spondylitis, and people between the ages of 50 and 60 are the most commonly affected. It mostly affects the lumbar vertebrae (L4 and L5 in particular) and the thoracic vertebrae. CASE PRESENTATION: A 52-year-old patient was brought to the neurological clinic after complaining of lower back discomfort, reduced mobility, and lower extremity weakness for 6 weeks...

Background One-lung ventilation (OLV) is a common ventilation technique used during thoracic surgery. It can cause serious complications in children, and hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) is a protective mechanism against the resulting hypoxia. Dexmedetomidine does not affect HPV, so we will investigate its impact on the partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2) and pulmonary shunt fraction (Qs/Qt). Methods Children who underwent OLV were divided into two equal groups. The Dex group received 0...

OBJECTIVE: Studies have revealed that sex can predict differences in multiple aspects of atrial fibrillation (AF). These differences are underreported in the Middle East. This study aims to describe sex-specific differences in risk factors, symptomatology, management, and outcomes in Middle Eastern patients with AF. METHODS: The JoFib (Jordan-Atrial-Fibrillation) study is an observational, prospective, multicenter, nationwide registry in AF. Comparisons were made between female and male patients using Pearson chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The adoption of robotic surgery for general thoracic surgery has rapidly progressed over the last two decades from its application in basic operations to complex pathologies. As such, the purpose of this narrative review is to highlight the collective experience of tackling complex thoracic surgical operations with minimally invasive robotic solutions. METHODS: Electronic searches of PubMed were conducted for each subtopic, using specific keywords and inclusion criteria...

INTRODUCTION: Spondylolisthesis is described as the displacement of one vertebra over another, leading to spinal instability and potential nerve compression. When this occurs in the cervicothoracic junction, it can result in unique clinical manifestations. High-grade spondylolisthesis caused by trauma in the cervicothoracic junction of the spine usually results in acute spinal cord injury and quadriparesis. However, a few uncommon cases of the same injury reported minimal or no neurological deficits...

Porous organic polymers (POPs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are hierarchical nano materials with variable applications. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a post-modified, non-renewable, DMSO-soluble M-POP/1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) upon atmospheric H2 O/CO2 trapping after 48 h, forming a DBUH+ · HCO3 - adduct, as verified by solution carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (13 C NMR) spectroscopy. The success of the post-modification resulting from aldehyde enriched POPs was proven spectroscopically...

RATIONALE: Rhabdomyolysis is a serious complication of status epilepticus (SE) caused by muscle cell damage and can lead to a life-threatening acute kidney injury (AKI). PATIENT CONCERNS: A 35-year-old man with a history of seizures treated with 3 different antiepileptic drugs (carbamazepine, lamotrigine, and levetiracetam) presented with SE. The patient received 5 doses of diazepam to control the SE in another hospital and was transferred to our emergency due to AKI...

Background Resting-state electroencephalogram (rsEEG) is usually obtained to assess seizures in comatose patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. We aim to investigate rsEEG measures and their prediction of early recovery of consciousness in comatose TBI patients. Methods This is a retrospective study of comatose TBI patients who were admitted to a level-1 trauma center (10/2013-1/2022). Demographics, basic clinical data, imaging characteristics, and EEG data were collected. We calculated using 10-minute rsEEGs: power spectral density (PSD), permutation entropy (PE - complexity measure), weighted symbolic-mutual-information (wSMI - global information sharing measure), Kolmogorov complexity (Kolcom - complexity measure), and heart-evoked potentials (HEP - the averaged EEG signal relative to the corresponding QRS complex on electrocardiogram)...

In response to challenging circumstances, the human body can experience marked levels of anxiety and distress. Wearable devices offer a means of real-time and ongoing data collection, facilitating personalized stress monitoring. Therefore, we collected physiological signals (blood pressure volume and electrodermal activities), using Empatica E4, from 29 subjects. A personalized protocol was developed to cause cognitive, mental, and psychological stressors since they are the ones that can be experienced in working or academic environment...

PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of ketamine on patients with refractory status epilepticus after cardiac arrest. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort, selected EEG segments from patients after cardiac arrest were classified into different EEG patterns (based on background continuity and burden of epileptiform discharges) and spectral profiles (based on the presence of frequency components). For patients who received ketamine, EEG data were compared before, during, and after ketamine infusion; for the no-ketamine group, EEG data were compared at three separated time points during recording...

BACKGROUND: The nucleoside transport capabilities of the human equilibrative nucleoside transporter-3 (hENT3) are disrupted by mutations in SLC29A3 (10q22.2), which are genes for the nucleoside transporter and are the cause of the unusual autosomal recessive disease known as H syndrome. As a result, histiocytic cells invade a number of organs. CASE PRESENTATION: A 17-year-old Syrian male was admitted to the internal medicine department with a one-month history of polyuria, polydipsia, general weakness, and pallor...

Working with 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients is currently considered one of the main fears and challenges that face healthcare workers (HCWs), especially nurses. This challenge can jeopardize the quality of health care services for those patients and cause a serious mental burden to HCWs. To understand and estimate the risk of COVID-19 infection among HCWs who directly serve COVID-19 patients. Before the community spread of the disease, 270 nurses who worked with COVID-19 wards were followed for 11 weeks to report the COVID-19 cases...

Common bunt of wheat caused by Tilletia caries is an important disease worldwide. The T. caries TC1_MSG genome was sequenced using the Illumina HiSeq 2500 and Nanopore ONT platforms. The Nanopore library was prepared using the ligation sequencing kit SQK-LSK110 to generate approximately 24 GB for sequencing. The assembly size of 38.18 Mb was generated with a GC content of 56.10%. The whole genome shotgun project was deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession number JALUTQ000000000. Forty-six contigs were obtained with N50 of 1,798,756 bp...

A novel radiologic sign in patients with renal failure and uremic encephalopathy (UE) with metabolic acidosis has recently been identified as the lentiform fork sign. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the "lentiform fork sign" has been described as bilateral symmetrical hyperintensities in the basal ganglia encircled by a hyperintese rim delineating the lentiform nucleus. Changes in uremic solute retention, aberrant blood-brain barrier transport, disordered vascular reactivity, altered electrolyte and acid-base balance, and altered hormone metabolism are the most likely causes of the condition...

INTRODUCTION AND SIGNIFICANCE: Hydatidosis is one of the diseases caused by tapeworms that infect humans during their life cycle and still pose a major problem. A review of the medical literature has reported a few cases of serous cysts in the uterus. In most cases, pelvic cysts are asymptomatic and may sometimes cause compressive symptoms or complications when ruptured. CASE PRESENTATION: We presented a case of a serous cyst of the uterus that was discovered through vague abdominal pain...

Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh is a tree species that is commonly used for various purposes, including forestry, agroforestry, and conservation. The present investigation was designed to determine the composition of E. camaldulensis leaves essential oil and estimate its free radicals, porcine pancreatic lipase, α-amylase inhibitory, and antimicrobial properties in vitro. The chemical constituents were analyzed using the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique. DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl), p-nitrophenyl butyrate, and 3,5-dinitro salicylic acid (DNSA) methods were employed to estimate the antioxidant, antiobesity, and antidiabetic effects of the essential oil...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic condition characterized by high blood glucose levels owing to decreased insulin production or sensitivity. Current diagnostic approaches for gestational diabetes entail intrusive blood tests, which are painful and impractical for regular monitoring. Additionally, typical blood glucose monitoring systems are restricted in their measurement frequency and need finger pricks for blood samples. This research study focuses on the development of a non-invasive, real-time glucose monitoring method based on the detection of glucose in human tears and finger blood using mid-infrared (IR) spectroscopy...