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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessVeterinary medicine

Using Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Devices to Show a Limited Effect of Boldness and Fearfulness on Social Proximity in Sheep Grazing at Pasture

Hamideh Keshavarzi, Caroline Lee, Tim Dyall et al. · 2022 · Frontiers in Animal Science

Sheep are gregarious animals that can form close inter-individual relationships. Social bonds are affected by environmental and within-animal factors, but there is limited understanding of individual factors that influence social relationships, in part due to the challenges of accurately measuring individual social proximity within a group. This study used geospatially precise RTK-GNSS localization devices (Real-Time-Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite System) to evaluate social proximity between individuals with different personality traits in small sheep flocks. First, unsupervised cluster

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessTherapeutics. Pharmacology

Impaired Upper Airway Muscle Function with Excessive or Deficient Dietary Intake of Selenium in Rats

David P. Burns, Sarah E. Drummond, Stefanie Wölfel et al. · 2024 · Antioxidants

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) involves impaired upper airway muscle function and is linked to several pathologies including systemic hypertension, daytime somnolence and cognitive decline. Selenium is an essential micronutrient that exerts many of its effects through selenoproteins. Evidence indicates that either deficient or excessive dietary selenium intake can result in impaired muscle function, termed nutritional myopathy. To investigate the effects of selenium on an upper airway muscle, the sternohyoid, rats were fed on diets containing deficient, normal (0.5 ppm sodium selenite) or exce

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAgriculture (General)

Fermented Aloe vera Juice: A Prebiotic Potential and Metabolite Profile Analysis

Silvana Nurulfauziyyah Indahsari, Siti Nur Jannah, Arina Tri Lunggani et al. · 2025 · Agritech

Probiotics are health-beneficial microorganisms found in the human digestive tract, and Aloe vera (Aloe vera var. chinensis (L.) Baker) is potentially a source of prebiotics that support the growth of probiotics. Therefore, this research aims to analyze the effect of Aloe vera juice on Lactobacillus rhamnosus ATCC 9595 growth, total lactic acid, total reducing sugars, antioxidant activity, total Short Chain Fatty Acid (SCFA), and metabolite profile. Four experimental groups of Aloe vera concentration were used (0%, 25%, 50%, and 75%), each with three different incubation times (0, 24, and 48 h

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAccounting. Bookkeeping

Analisis Determinan Minat Karier Menjadi Akuntan Publik Pada Mahasiswa Akuntansi Syariah UIN K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan Angkatan 2019 & 2020

Wahidatul Hasanah, Aditya Agung Nugraha · 2024 · Jurnal Akuntansi dan Audit Syariah

This study aims to analyze the determinants of career interest to become a public accountant for sharia accounting students at UIN K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan class of 2019 & 2020. This study used a data collection technique by distributing questionnaires to sharia accounting students at UIN K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan class of 2019 & 2020 by collecting 65 respondents. The questionnaires obtained were tested using validity and reliability to test the feasibility of the questionnaire data obtained. In this research, the analysis was carried out using the Structural Equation Model-Pa

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessTherapeutics. Pharmacology

Effect of End-Stage Kidney Disease Factor on the Sedative Effects of Ciprofol

Sun D, Han M, Huang X et al. · 2026 · Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Dandan Sun,1,* Mingming Han,1,* Xiang Huang,1 Danjun Lu,1 Bingqing Zhu,1 Daoying Zhou,2 Muzi Hua,3 Fang Kang,1 Juan Li1 1Department of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230036, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Anesthesiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310005, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Public Health Sciences,University of Connecticut School, Farmington, CT, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespond

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessDiseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology

Association between adjusted body size index and abdominal aortic calcification among US older adults aged 40 years and above from a cross-sectional survey of the NHANES 2013-2014

Yutong Chen, Yi Ding, Shanliang Jin et al. · 2024 · Frontiers in Endocrinology

PurposeThis research aimed to assess the correlation between the Adjusted Body Shape Index (ABSI) and the presence of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) among middle-aged and older American adults.MethodsEmploying a cross-sectional design, this study analyzed data from the 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), focusing on 3077 participants aged 40 and above. AAC detection was conducted using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). ABSI was determined based on waist circumference (WC), weight, and height data. The association between ABSI and AAC was examined th

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Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

Pediatric Lateral Condyle Fractures Pins or Screw?

White AB, Reid R, Graham GD et al. · 2026 · Journal of pediatric orthopedics

Background This prospective observational cohort study evaluates the clinical, radiographic, and functional differences between pins and screw fixation for displaced pediatric lateral condyle fractures of the elbow. Methods Skeletally…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBusiness

PENGARUH TRANSFER DANA PERIMBANGAN DAN DANA PENYESUAIAN TERHADAP ALOKASI BELANJA MODAL PEMERINTAH DAERAH DI INDONESIA TAHUN 2012-2014

Imam Sumardjoko · 2016 · Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis Airlangga

The issue of inter-regional development imbalances and fiscal disparities into the current fiscal decentralization issues. The toughest challenge in building fiscal decentralization not only gives funds to local governments, but creating impact of improving the quality of public services and economic growth. Transfer to the area has increased every year. However, this increase has not been maximized to reduce poverty, equitable distribution of infrastructure, fiscal gap, and competitive regional economy. Research funds for fiscal decentralization in some countries have done long before the imp

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAnimal culture

Rabbit dietary supplementation with pale purple coneflower. 1. Effects on the reproductive performance and immune parameters of does

S. Dabbou, L. Rotolo, A. Kovitvadhi et al. · 2016 · Animal

Echinacea pallida (EPAL), also known as pale purple coneflower, is a herbaceous flowering plant with immune-enhancement and antioxidative properties. The effect of EPAL on the reproductive performance, serum biochemistry and haematological parameters of rabbit does has been studied here. A total of 100, 21-week-old Grimaud rabbit does, were randomly assigned to two groups. One group was fed a basal diet supplemented with 3 g EPAL/kg diet (Echinacea group, E), while the other was fed the basal diet without the supplementation (control group, C). The reproductive performance of the does was not

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMathematics

Private Parking Space Sharing Intention in China: An Empirical Study Based on the MIMIC Model

Ange Wang, Hongzhi Guan, Yan Han et al. · 2021 · Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

The shared parking scheme improves the utilization rate of existing parking resources and contributes to the sustainable development of cities, but many private parking spaces that are not included in the shared parking scheme have a low utilization rate in China. In order to better promote the shared parking scheme, it is necessary to study the intention of the owners of private parking spaces to share their parking spaces. Therefore, this paper used the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and Benefit-Risk Analysis Model (BRA) as the combined theoretical framework (C-UT

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessTherapeutics. Pharmacology

Study and exploration of the pharmacokinetics of traditional Tibetan medicine Ruyi Zhenbao tablets after single and long-term administration

Hongping Hou, Tengfei Chen, Ziying Xu et al. · 2022 · Frontiers in Pharmacology

Tibetan medicine is one of the oldest traditional medicine systems in the world. Taking the Ruyi Zhenbao tablet (RYZB) as an example, which is a widely used classic oral Tibetan medicine, this article discusses the pharmacokinetics of single administration and long-term treatment and analyzed its metabolic properties and tissue distribution in vivo. After single administration, blood samples were collected before administration and at different time points after administration in different groups of rats. In the study of long-term treatment effects, blood samples were collected from the animal

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessTherapeutics. Pharmacology

The effect of adding ivermectin to the standard COVID-19 treatment in intubated patients

Reza Baghbanian, Mohsen Savaie, Farhad Soltani et al. · 2023 · Journal of Nephropharmacology

Introduction: Effective antiviral medications with minimal side effects has received scholarly attention since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ivermectin, a long-time anti-parasitic drug, has been proven through laboratory tests to have anti-COVID-19 effects. Objectives: This study investigated the effects of inclusion of ivermectin to the standard treatment of mechanically ventilated patients. Patients and Methods: This study is a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial that was conducted on COVID-19 patients, in Ahvaz, Iran, from March 2020 to September 2021. Intuba

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMicrobiology

Population dynamics of Brachionus calyciflorus driven by the associated natural bacterioplankton

Yongzhi Zhang, Sen Feng, Lingyun Zhu et al. · 2023 · Frontiers in Microbiology

Zooplankton provides bacteria with a complex microhabitat richen in organic and inorganic nutrients, and the bacteria community also changes the physiochemical conditions for zooplankton, where the symbiotic relationship between them plays an important role in the nutrient cycle. However, there are few studies on the effect of associated bacteria on the population dynamics of rotifers. In order to make clear their relationships, we reconstructed the associated bacterial community in Brachionus calyciflorus culture, and examined the life history and population growth parameters, and analyzed th

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAnimal culture

Feed intake and performance of growing lambs raised on concentrate-based diets under cafeteria feeding systems

A.B. Rodríguez, R. Bodas, B. Fernández et al. · 2007 · Animal

Two trials were undertaken to study the effects of cafeteria feeding systems on the feed intake, animal performance and carcass characteristics of growing lambs. Trial 1 was designed to compare conventional and cafeteria feeding systems in terms of the growth of individually reared lambs. For this assay, 26 weaned Merino lambs (15.5 ± 0.20 kg live weight) were assigned to three dietary treatment groups: (1) a control group fed barley straw and commercial concentrate under a conventional feeding system, (2) group W100S, fed soya-bean meal, whole barley grain and a mineral-vitamin supplement und

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessFood processing and manufacture

Comparative evaluation of Compritol® HD5 ATO with Sodium Stearyl Fumarate and PEG 6000 as amphiphilic, hydrodispersible pharmaceutical lubricants

Chhanda Kapadia, Ketkee Deshmukh · 2017 · Journal of Excipients and Food Chemicals

Hydrophobic lubricants are commonly used to reduce the frictional forces generated during tableting but impart a hydrophobic film on the surface of the powder or granules. This negatively affects the performance properties of the resultant tablets by slowing disintegration and dissolution, which is especially problematic in the case of orally disintegrating tablets. In the present study a comparative evaluation of the lubricant capacity of Compritol® HD5 ATO was performed with commonly used amphiphilic lubricants, sodium stearyl fumarate and PEG 6000. The effect of concentration and mixing tim

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAnimal culture

Effect of commercial guar meal (CGM) on the performance and nutrient utilization in broilers

M HANUMANTH RAO, V RAVINDER REDD, S V RAMA RAO et al. · 2019 · Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

A biological trial was undertaken to study the effect of inclusion of graded levels of commercial guar meal (CGM) in diet on the performance and nutrient digestibility in commercial broiler chickens. A total of 350 oneday- old broiler male chicks (Cobb 400) were reared on wire floor electrically heated battery brooders. The chicks were randomly divided into 7 groups. Each treatment had 10 replicates of 5 chicks each. All the groups received iso-nitrogenous and iso-caloric diets. First group was fed maize-SBM; 2nd, 3rd and 4th groups were fed control diet during pre-starter phase (1–14 days),

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPublic aspects of medicine

Chronic disease and recent addiction treatment utilization among alcohol and drug dependent adults

Samet Jeffrey, Allensworth-Davies Donald, Cheng Debbie M et al. · 2011 · Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Abstract Background Chronic medical diseases require regular and longitudinal care and self-management for effective treatment. When chronic diseases include substance use disorders, care and treatment of both the medical and addiction disorders may affect access to care and the ability to focus on both conditions. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the association between the presence of chronic medical disease and recent addiction treatment utilization among adults with substance dependence. Methods Cross-sectional secondary data analysis of self-reported baseline data from alcohol a

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

THE INTEGRATING EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE ON ABNORMAL SHORT-LATENCY SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS IN HUMAN

Dong Chengtung · 1987 · 针刺研究

Somatosensory evoked potentials(SEPs)were recorded simultaneously from the cervical spine and scalp in 10 normal subjects and 22 patients with cerebrovascular attack(9)and syringomelia(13)using median nerve stimulation.Patients were considered as having abnormal studies,if either N_(18) were absent or if their peak latencies were prolonged more than 21.1 msec,or if the difference of (N_(13)-N_(18))conduction time was more than 7.53 msec.In addition,side-to-side value for(N_(13)-N_(18))were compared, these normally differ by less than 1.38 msec. The results may be summarized as followings: Acup

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPsychology

Luminance noise impacts putative luminance components of visual evoked potentials but not chromatic components

Bellany Barbosa Lopes, Terezinha Medeiros Gonçalves Loureiro, Felipe André da Costa Brito et al. · 2025 · Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Abstract Introduction Pseudoisochromatic stimuli are widely used in psychophysical color vision testing and the features of the luminance noise present on these stimuli have been reported modifying the psychophysical chromatic discrimination. Objective The present study investigated how modifications in the luminance noise features (luminance contrast and number of luminance values) affect chromatic visual evoked cortical potentials (VECP) elicited by pseudoisochromatic gratings, aiming to evaluate the influence of luminance contrast and the number of luminance values in the pseudoisochromatic

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effect of Probiotic Dietary Intervention on Calcium and Haematological Parameters in Geriatrics

Manisha Kalpesh Gohel, Jashbhai B. Prajapati, Sreeja V. Mudgal et al. · 2016 · Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Introduction: Probiotics are live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host. Sufficient calcium intake has been reported to support bone growth and prevent bone loss during the ageing process. Aim: To determine the effect of Lactobacillus helveticus MTCC 5463 probiotic dietary intervention on serum calcium & haematological parameters in geriatric population. Materials and Methods: Healthy volunteers with age ranging from 64-74 years were recruited from the nearby residential areas in and around Anand, Gujarat. Study duration was from 2012 to

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessScience

Estimating the whole-body effective dose and health risks as well as introducing a new easy method for eye lens dosimetry in interventional cardiology procedures

Alireza Hatami, Mahmoud Bagheri, Farzaneh Falahati et al. · 2020 · MethodsX

This study aimed to introduce a new method for eye lens thermo-luminescent dosimetry and also estimate the dose associated with induced cancer risk due to the ionizing radiation exposure received by physicians and other staff cooperating in interventional cardiology (IC) procedures. The measurements were performed with six TLDs (thermoluminescent dosimeters): four TLDs for eye lens dosimetry (2 positioned on respiratory/surgical mask under the eye region as the new method; and 2 near the outside border of the eye as the common method) and two TLDs for whole-body dosimetry. Whole-body doses wer

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBusiness

Relationship of job level, burnout to job satisfaction and task performance in functional officers managing goods and services procurement in government institutions

Yuyun Sumirat, Rhian Indradewa · 2023 · Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis

Emotional exhaustion, frustration or emotional or what is called burnout is the cause of bad work attitudes, unfocused concentration, and negative assessment of employees, in the world of work there are many things that affect a worker in achieving job satisfaction, factors that cause leaders and workers itself is not satisfied with the results of the work that has been completed due to fatigue, emotions, frustration. In this study, researchers used a sample of 166 employees of the Goods and Services Procurement Unit with a functional position as Goods/Services Procurement Manager for the Stat

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessTechnology

Causal Dynamic Relationships between Political–Economic Factors and Export Performance in the Renewable Energy Technologies Market

Bongsuk Sung, Cui Wen · 2018 · Energies

This study explores how political–economic forces could affect export performance in the renewable energy technologies market. We conduct panel framework analyses to verify the characteristics of panel data for 19 countries before establishing the panel estimator meant to test the effects of political–economic forces on export specialization. We consider the results of the panel framework analyses and develop an empirical model to test casual dynamic relationships between political–economic forces and export performance. The results from the least squares dummy variable-corre

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessCytology

Common Bed Bugs: Non-Viable Hosts for Trypanosoma rangeli Parasites

Sanam Meraj, Phillip Phung, Kelvin Lau et al. · 2024 · Cells

The hemoflagellate parasite Trypanosoma rangeli is transmitted by triatomine kissing bugs and may co-infect humans together with its Chagas disease-causing congener T. cruzi . Using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and antimicrobial assays, we studied ( i ) the temporal and spatial distribution of T. rangeli in common bed bugs, Cimex lectularius , following oral ingestion and hemocoelic injection of T. rangeli, and ( ii ) the immune responses of bed bugs induced by T. rangeli infections. Irrespective of infection mode, no live T. rangeli were present in the bed bugs’

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer applications to medicine. Medical informatics

A Survey Study on the Impact of Contextual Variables on Medical Students’ Use of Health Messenger Media

Mehrvash Moradi, Zahra Karimian, Nahid Zarifsanaiey · 2023 · Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences

Background: Medical students receive health information from various media sources and messages. Receiving health information can have a significant impact on the students’ dietary habits and healthy lifestyles. This study aimed to investigate the status of medical students’ use of health media and messaging, as well as the contextual variables that affect it.Methods: A survey study was conducted on 500 students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences during September to December 2022 that were selected by simple random sampling. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire consistin

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBotany

Effects of two foliar fertilizers on fruit quality and volatile flavor compounds in Jinhuangjin peach

YANG Xingwang, WANG Zhiqiang, DUAN Chenlei et al. · 2025 · Guoshu xuebao

[Objective] The cultivation practices for Jinhuangjin peach in Yiyuan County are characterized by family-based operations, with most planting areas being less than 5 acres. The level of mechanization is relatively low, and the average age of fruit farmers exceeds 55 years old. Foliar fertilizer technology is readily adopted in local orchard management, demonstrating high acceptance among fruit farmers. The experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of two foliar fertilizesr on fruit quality and volatile flavor compounds in Jinhuangjin peach in Yiyuan region, so as to provide theoret

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPhysiology

Effect of metformin on transcriptome and adipokinome of adipocytes of local fat deposts of patients with ischemic heart disease

Yu. A. Dyleva, O. V. Gruzdeva, E. V. Belik et al. · 2023 · Ожирение и метаболизм

BACKGROUND: The information available to date on the effect of metformin on the transcriptome and secretory capacity of adipocytes in human adipose tissue (AT) is scarce and contradictory. The study analyzed whether metformin in vitro modulates gene expression and secretion of adiponectin and leptin in the AT of subcutaneous (SAT), epicardial (EAT) and perivascular (PVAT) localization of patients with ischemic artery disease (IHD).AIM: To assess the effect of metformin at various concentrations (1 and 10 mmol / L) on the level of expression of adiponectin and leptin genes and their content in

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

HEART RATE VARIABILITY DURING PHYSICAL EFFORT IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC OVARIAN CANCER AND CONCOMITANT OBESITY

Viktoriia V. Yevsieieva, Volodimyr I. Cherniy, Kateryna V. Kharchenko et al. · 2023 · Клінічна та профілактична медицина

Introduction. One of the main factors affecting postoperative outcomes in patients with advanced ovarian cancer is the cardiopulmonary status. Several studies have reported that preoperative multifactorial rehabilitation and physical fitness can lead to reduced postoperative morbidity, mortality, shorter length of stay, and improved quality of life in cancer patients. The issue of adaptability to physical activity of overweight and obese patients who undergoing debulking surgery is insufficiently studied. The study of compensatory changes that occur in physically inactive obese patients remain

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPublic aspects of medicine

Effect of drug utilization reviews on the quality of in-hospital prescribing: a quasi-experimental study

Chabot Isabelle, Potvin Louise, Moisan Jocelyne et al. · 2006 · BMC Health Services Research

Abstract Background Drug utilization review (DUR) programs are being conducted in Canadian hospitals with the aim of improving the appropriateness of prescriptions. However, there is little evidence of their effectiveness. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of both a retrospective and a concurrent DUR programs on the quality of in-hospital prescribing. Methods We conducted an interrupted time series quasi-experimental study. Using explicit criteria for quality of prescribing, the natural history of cisapride prescription was established retrospectively in three university-aff

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessOrthopedic surgery

The changes in residual volume total lung capacity and vital capacity after the posterior fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

A. Sukru Solak, Erbil Aydin, Ersan Boysan et al. · 2021 · Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Abstract We evaluated pre and postoperative pulmonary functions of 48 patients who underwent posterior fusion for the adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The mean age at the time of surgery was 13±1.5 years. Average follow-up time was 2.7 years. The predicted pulmonary volumes of the patients were used to eliminate any effect of the difference in age. In this study we didn t found any relation between the pre and postoperative frontal and sagittal plane Cobb angles and pulmonary volumes. Only for the residual volume there was a significant increase but the increase for the vital capacity and forc

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