Niger J Clin Pract
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The relationship between Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and acute kidney injury (AKI) is well-established. However, a comprehensive evaluation of kidney outcomes in the long-term course of COVID-19 is not yet been performed. The aim of this study is to investigate whether chronic kidney disease (CKD) develops within six months after hospital discharge in COVID-19 patients who did not have kidney damage at the time of admission to the hospital. ⋯ Those who survived the mild/moderate and severe clinical manifestations of COVID-19 did not exhibit any risk of kidney outcomes after the acute phase of the disease, suggesting that the kidney can protect itself over a long period of time.
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This study aimed to investigate the importance of immunohistochemical (IHC) markers and other prognostic variables in the definition of breast cancer. ⋯ This study showed that young age was associated with poor prognostic features at the IHC marker level.
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Optical coherence tomography provides high resolution in vivo images of the retina which are essential for diagnosis and follow up of patients with retina disorders like macula edema and exudative age-related macular degeneration. Establishing the normal range of central fovea values in our population provides vital baseline data for comparison. ⋯ The mean central foveal thickness (CFT) in eyes of healthy patients in our study was 239.48 μm with a range from 200 μm to 297.0 μm. Males had thicker mean CFT compared with females and there was a significant increase in mean CFT by 0.139 μm (P < 0.001) for every year of life below 70.
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During physiological root resorption of deciduous teeth, apoptotic cell death triggered by physiological processes might play a role in physiological root resorption in addition to collagen destruction. Little information has been obtained about the sequence of events and the mechanism responsible for the physiological death of pulp tissue cells. ⋯ The similarity between the AI values for both study groups suggested that in early and advanced stages of resorption, apoptosis may contribute to the regulation of the pulp cell population in a way that does not relate to the physiological process of deciduous teeth root resorption.
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Taking care of bedridden patients at home is a very difficult task for caregivers. In this care process, caregivers can be supported with the interventions given by the nurses at home. ⋯ Our study highlights that the burden and anxiety levels of the caregivers had lower post-test levels than the pre-test levels.