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Original research

• Delayed febrile response with bloodstream infections in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (29 January, 2019) Free

  Christopher A Wrobel, Mark H Drazner, Colby R Ayers, David D Pham, Ricardo M La Hoz, Justin L Grodin, Sonia Garg, Pradeep P A Mammen, Robert M Morlend, Faris Araj, Alpesh A Amin, William K Cornwell, Jennifer T Thibodeau
• Low-density lipoprotein level on admission is not associated with postintravenous thrombolysis intracranial hemorrhage in patients with acute ischemic stroke (26 October, 2018)

  Chien Tai Hong, Wei Ting Chiu, Nai Fang Chi, Le Yan Lai, Chaur Jong Hu, Han Hwa Hu, Lung Chan
• Association of triglyceride to HDL cholesterol ratio with cardiometabolic outcomes (9 December, 2018)

  May Yang, Joseph Rigdon, Sandra A Tsai
• Relationship between dental loss and health outcomes among hospitalized patients with and without diabetes (21 October, 2018)

  Kenneth Izuora, Ammar Yousif, Gayle Allenback, Civon Gewelber, Michael Neubauer
• Fractional excretion of phosphorus and vascular calcification in stage 3 chronic kidney disease (14 November, 2018)

  Manuel Jiménez Villodres, Guillermo García Gutiérrez, Patricia García Frías, José Rioja Villodres, Mónica Martín Velázquez, Miguel Ángel Sánchez Chaparro, Carmen Pérez López, Pedro Valdivielso
• Significance of biglycan and osteopontin as non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus and chronic hepatitis C virus (31 October, 2018)

  Ali Sobhy, Mohammed Fakhry M., Haitham A Azeem, Ahmed M Ashmawy, Hamed Omar Khalifa
• Continuous low-dose everolimus shrinkage tuberous sclerosis complex-associated renal angiomyolipoma: a 48-month follow-up study (18 November, 2018)

  Chang-Ching Wei, Jeng-Daw Tsai, Ji-Nan Sheu, Sung-Lang Chen, Teng-Fu Tsao, Sheng-Hui Yang, Jeng-Dau Tsai
• Development and validation of nomogram based on SIRI for predicting the clinical outcome in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomas (20 August, 2018)

  Yuan Chen, Wenjie Jiang, Dan Xi, Jun Chen, Guoping Xu, Wenming Yin, Junjun Chen, Wendong Gu
• Clinical features of patients with male breast cancer in Shanxi province of China from 2007 to 2016 (27 October, 2018)

  Weigang Wang, Xiaoqin Xu, Baoguo Tian, Yan Wang, Lili Du, Ting Sun, Yanchun Shi, Xianwen Zhao, Yali Jia, Yanfeng Xi, Jiexian Jing