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Proportions and determinants of successful tuberculosis treatment among tuberculosis patients with comorbidity registered in National Tuberculosis Registry in Negeri Sembilan from year 2018-2023.
Med J Malaysia
January 2025
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health Medicine, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major global health challenges and concerns. Despite the availability of effective treatment in Malaysia, it remained a consistently high notification rate of TB cases. The objective of this study was to determine the proportion of successful TB treatment outcomes and its determinants among TB with comorbidities patients in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrognostic factors of the survival of pancreatic cancer patients in peninsular Malaysia: A survival analysis.
Med J Malaysia
January 2025
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Faculty of Medicine, Kampus Perubatan, Jalan Sultan Mahmud, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.
Introduction: Pancreatic cancer incidence in Malaysia is steadily on the rise, now ranking as the 14th most common malignancy in the country. Despite this upward trend, research on prognostic factors affecting pancreatic cancer survival remains limited, highlighting the need for ongoing investigation to improve patient survival outcomes.
Materials And Methods: This study was conducted retrospectively by reviewing records of pancreatic cancer patients hospitalized between January 2011 and December 2018 across multiple health centres in Malaysia.
Sex differences in response to HBV vaccination in a cohort of health care workers.
Vaccine X
January 2025
Reference Center for Gender-specific Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità [Italian National Institute of Health], Rome, Italy.
Globally, healthcare workers (HCWs) are at greater risk of contracting Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection than the general population, due to their frequent contact with blood or body fluids. For this reason, WHO underlined the importance of HBV immunization for all HCWs. Although sex is now considered one of the key factors influencing the intensity and duration of the immune response to vaccines, sex-specific analysis of vaccine-induced anti-HBs antibodies is rarely conducted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPredicting colorectal adenomatous polyps in patients with chronic liver disease: A novel nomogram.
World J Gastroenterol
January 2025
Clinical School of the Second People's Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300192, China.
Background: Colorectal polyps are commonly observed in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) and pose a significant clinical concern because of their potential for malignancy.
Aim: To explore the clinical characteristics of colorectal polyps in patients with CLD, a nomogram was established to predict the presence of adenomatous polyps (AP).
Methods: Patients with CLD who underwent colonoscopy at Tianjin Second People's Hospital from January 2020 to May 2023 were evaluated.
Trends of alkaline phosphatase to prealbumin ratio in patients with hepatitis B linked to hepatocellular carcinoma development.
World J Gastroenterol
January 2025
Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, Liaoning Province, China.
Background: Chronic hepatitis B often progresses silently toward hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Early detection of HCC is crucial, yet challenging.
Aim: To investigate the role of dynamic changes in alkaline phosphatase to prealbumin ratio (APR) in hepatitis B progression to HCC.
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