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We observed a significant trend of abuse of other illicit substances concurrently including cocaine (12; 11.5%), cannabinoids (10; 9.6%), and heroin (5; 4.8%).

Responses of ‘very good’ and ‘good’ were categorized as ‘good,’ and, similarly, responses of ‘strongly agree’ and ‘agree’ were categorized as ‘agreed.’ Responses or ‘very poor’ and ‘poor’ were categorized as ‘poor,’ and responses of ‘strongly disagree’ and ‘disagree’ were categorized as ‘disagree.’ A two-sided p-value of 0.05 was considered significant while a p-value of 0.01 was considered highly significant.

We hypothesized an increasing trend towards early surgery, particularly after 2012 when the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS) was published [ 10 ].

Interestingly, in two scenarios where patients met the inclusion criteria, the paramedics’ performance showed a negative trend after the education delivery.

Therefore, the difference in blood total cholesterol levels as observed in the two time periods is highly significant as shown in Table 3 and Figure 3 .

In addition, a decreasing trend of invasive therapy was observed in both younger and older subgroups.

Conclusions A strong trend of self-medication for acid peptic disease was observed amongst the people of Manawa.

As highlighted, all survey answers demonstrated a clear trend, though no question resulted in statistical significance.

Although our analysis showed an increasing trend towards unstable anginas in the CCTA arm, we hypothesize that this trend is likely the consequence of higher rates of revascularization in the CCTA group.

While going through various clinical trials done by different researches in various setting it was observed that the impact of exercise on slowing AD progression is quite significant.

Interestingly, patients that underwent SCS had a strong trend towards amputation-free salvage of the affected limbs compared to those that were treated with conservative treatment, with many patients having clinical improvement in the ischemic ulcers and improvement from ischemic rest pain to mild claudication [ 25 , 27 - 29 ].

Overall, this systematic review showed a strong trend toward supporting the role of E. faecalis in the failure of endodontic treatment.

There were no statistically significant associations between age or history of serving as CR and rank-order on multivariate analysis, though there was a strong trend of respondents who had served as CR ranking trustworthy and strong clinical skills more highly.

There has been an increasing trend in pacemakers in recent years [ 26 ].

Though the impact of early PTS may be significant, they remain largely theoretical, contributing to the debate around seizure prophylaxis.

There is no guidance as to what other serologic tests to order and when, so there may be significant variation in the extent of the evaluation.

In the West, a decreasing trend of hysterectomy is observed over time, whereas an increasing trend is being reported from Pakistan's neighboring country, India [ 2 , 17 - 18 ].

There has been an increasing trend to utilize FDG-PET in non-oncological fields such as infectious disease, cardiology, neurology, and gastroenterology [ 40 - 43 ].

This predictive value has proved to be even stronger in patients with diabetes, where the CAC score was shown to be a highly significant independent predictor of CHD events [ 27 ].

Subsequently, there has been an increasing trend in the use of SRS as an upfront treatment for brain metastases [ 18 ].

Hypertension, tobacco abuse, and hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipidemia were the most prevalent comorbidities, and comorbid diabetes, hypertension, and obesity had an increasing trend in arrhythmia inpatients with AUD.

The patient had no new complaints, his blood counts showed an increasing trend, the peribag is okay, and there are no leaks seen.

Over the years, there has been an increasing trend of websites that allow patients to review their physicians.

In our study, we found that sepsis (55.93%) was the most common factor precipitating coronary insufficiency, the same condition itself having a pre-mortality rate ranging from 17-41%, with sepsis-related deaths showing an increasing trend annually [ 11 - 13 ].

This observation must be tempered by the fact that this association was only marginally significant when correcting for the known confounding factors of population size and median age.