Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease by Asmaa, Al-mansouri

“…ResultsAmong the 280 patients included in the analysis, the median (IQR) number of prescribed chronic medications was 12 (5.7) oral and 3 (2) parenteral medications. The median (IQR) pill-burden was 112 (55) pills/week. …”
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The effect of colchicine on myocardial infarction: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ayesha, Younas

“…ConclusionThe use of colchicine post-MI reduces the composite of adverse cardiovascular events, and hospitalization urgency but increases adverse gastrointestinal events. However, colchicine does not impact all-cause mortality, cardiac arrest, stroke incidence, incidence of recurrent MI and the levels of hs-CRP. …”
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Liver resection for liver metastases from nondigestive endocrine cancer by Andreou, Andreas

“…However, these reports included various types of malignancies and relatively small sample sizes, which limits the ability to draw strong conclusions regarding patient selection.9, 10, 11 and 12 Given improvements in the efficacy of systemic therapy for endocrine tumors13 and 14 and improvements in the safety of liver resection,15 the number of patients with HNEM who are potential candidates for surgery is increasing. In this study, we evaluated the postoperative and long-term outcomes of patients who underwent liver resection for HNEM. …”
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What’s So Great About Home? by Marroum, Marianne

“…Physically scattered all over Beirut, they moved intellectually in different circles and became increasingly feminist in their orientation.4 Other critics, such as Mona Amyuni, reject Cooke’s classification of al-Shaykh as a Beirut Decentrist because none of her works were written while in Lebanon. …”
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