Methods: We used the propensity score matching method to match two different groups of respondents with similar demographic characteristics. Respondents were recruited in 2017 and 2020. A total of ...

4 Department of General Surgery, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom 5 Department of Gastroenterology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, ...

Objectives Enteral nutrition (EN) constitutes a critical therapeutic intervention in the management of patients with sepsis; however, the optimal timing for its initiation remains uncertain. This ...

Background This retrospective cohort study investigated the long-term risk of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) following COVID-19 using a nationwide database of Japanese medical claims. Methods ...

Real-world efficacy and safety of first-line durvalumab combined with platinum–etoposide in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: A single-center experience in Vietnam. Outcomes after propensity ...

Correspondence to Dr Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Kinki Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai 591-8555, Japan; taniguchi.yoshihiko.ny{at}mail.hosp.go.jp Objectives Opioids are often administered for cancer-related ...

Methods: All adult critically ill patients with sepsis were retrospectively identified from the MIMIC-IV database. Patients who received carvedilol between sepsis diagnosis and Intensive Care Unit ...

Real-world comparative safety of first-line lorlatinib versus alectinib in metastatic ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer: A propensity score-matched analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract ...

4 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 5 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK ...

Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to balance baseline characteristics, and regression models were applied to compare primary and secondary outcomes between groups. Result Among 10,608 eligible ...

We provide evidence that democracy has a significant and robust positive effect on GDP. Our empirical strategy relies on a dichotomous measure of democracy coded from ...

Correspondence to Dr James Cheng-Chung Wei, Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; jccwei{at}gmail.com Background Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) may play a ...