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01). Multiple linear regressions revealed that NC was significantly associated with age (P  less then  .001) and less so with gender (P = .071) and BMI was significantly associated with NC (P  less then  .01), gender (P  less then  .01), and age (P  less then  .05). Analysis of the receiver operating characteristic for males and females combine…[Read more]

Prehabilitation for patients undergoing TKA leads to shorter length of stay but not to an enhanced postoperative recovery. Concerning THA, although currently available data showed better outcomes in patients who underwent prehabilitation programs, there is a lack of robust evidence with appropriate methodology.Predicting the number of new…[Read more]

Analyses of the expression of IHC markers were attempted between the PBC and their corresponding synchronous MALN and classified as concordant or discordant. Results were subjected to statistical analysis. Results Substantial agreement was observed for biomarker ER, PR, HER2/neu, p53, and Ki67 expression between PBC and MALN with k-value 0.79,…[Read more]

Background Dry, itchy skin can lower quality of life (QoL) and aggravate skin diseases. Moisturizing skin care products can have beneficial effects on dry skin. However, the role of a daily skin care routine is understudied.Objective To understand how daily skin care with a mild cleanser and moisturizer impacts skin health and patients’ QoL, in…[Read more]

Objective To evaluate characteristics and predictors of relapses and long-term remission in an Italian cohort of patients with large-vessel (LV) giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods We evaluated 87 consecutive patients with LV-GCA followed up at the Rheumatology Unit of Reggio Emilia Hospital (Italy) for at least 2 years. click here Patients with…[Read more]

Over the last decades, packed column supercritical fluid chromatography (pSFC) using carbon dioxide (CO2) as supercritical fluid has gained interest as a complementary separation technique to liquid chromatography (LC). Various commercial solutions for the hyphenation to atmospheric pressure ionization (API) including electrospray (ESI) and…[Read more]

SPECT/CT was performed in 120 min. Results When the classical methods were evaluated in the operated patients, according to the direct radiographic findings, in only 17 patients had shunt dysfunction due to disconnection-kinking or laceration, was obtained.On the other hand,while67 shuntography were evaluated,65 of these patients (97%) whose…[Read more]