Breast Cancer: When the Woman You Love Has Breast Cancer by Martha C. Monroe, Barbara F. Shea, Linda B. Bobroff

“…This publication will assist partners in supporting the patient and finding the best ways to help her and also provides tips to help partners cope with the stresses of this period. …”
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Kartagener Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Infertility by Kadir Bakay, Davut Güven, İdris Koçak

“…In this brief case review we aim to share our experience concerning Kartagener’s syndrome from a gynecologic point of view regarding an unexplained infertility patient.…”
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Untangling a case of dapsone-induced acute liver injury by V Meghana, Divya Ravindran, Umapathy Pasupathy

“…This case study involves a 9-year-old female patient presenting with fever and acute liver injury, in which the intake of dapsone was not revealed until much later. …”
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A Case Report of Angiosarcoma of the Tongue: A Diagnostic Dilemma at Presentation by Shilajit Bhattacharya, Ajit V. Koshy, Prachi Baldawa, Samantha Thakur, Amisha Shah, Harshad Bhagwat

“…Angiosarcoma in the head and neck is exceedingly rare, accounting for less than 4 % of tumors.[1] Patient Concern: We report a unique case of angiosarcoma involving the tongue underlying the diagnostic conundrum and pointers towards an accurate diagnosis. …”
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Opportunities for Prevention of Complications in Intestinal Stoma Surgery by V. S. Groshilin, V. D. Kuznetsov, D. V. Kuznetsov, A. A. Pogosyan

“…The average number of hospital-stay days was also less in patients of clinical group 1 — 12.1 ± 3.4 days vs. 16 ± 4.7 in group 2.Conclusions. …”
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Outcomes after Surgery for Malignant Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors by Omar Hama Ghalib Azeez Hawramy, Karzan Seerwan Abdullah, Barham M.M. Salih, Qalandar Hussein A. Kasnazani, Dana Taib Gharib, Dara Ahmed Mohammed

“…One (6.3%) patient had functional tumor, and the rest 15 (93.8%) were nonfunctional tumors; all of the patients were sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. …”
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Protocol on a systematic review of nomenclature and outcomes in children with complex critical illness in Paediatric Critical Care: The basis for consensus definition. by Sofia Cuevas-Asturias, Claire Rafferty, Hannah Mitchell, William Tremlett, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Natalie Pattison

“…There is constant demand for these beds with a mean five-day length of stay and admissions increasing at a greater rate than age-specific population growth. Prolonged stay patients account for approximately half of all PCC patient bed days. …”
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Assessment of students’ ability to represent determinants of health and health systems science content on concept maps in a pre-clerkship curriculum by Tovah Tripp, Miriam Hoffman, Mitchell Miller, Joshua S. Josephs

“…The school has an active learning curriculum partially conducted through a small group modified problem-based-learning entitled Patient Presentation Problem-based-learning Curriculum (PPPC). …”
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Immunoexpression of P16 and Ki 67 in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Association with clinicopathological parameters. by Shadan Mohamad Omer, Payman Anwar Rashid

“…However, (84.0%) of the patients showed negative expression of P 16, while Ki 67 expression was positive among (76.0%) of them. …”
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Social Acceptance of Smart Glasses in Health Care: Model Evaluation Study of Anticipated Adoption and Social Interaction by Niek Zuidhof, Oscar Peters, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Somaya Ben Allouch

“…Furthermore, the intention to use smart glasses despite nonacceptance of smart glasses by the patient significantly influenced the anticipated intention to use. …”
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The First Saint Petersburg Regional Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Registry on the Basis of the Regional Health Information System: Principles of Functioning, Testing Results, Plan of... by Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. M. Sarana, L. N. Melentyeva, A. V. Yazenok, S. V. Petrov, Yu. A. Fominykh, S. V. Ivanov, A. V. Shotik, A. M. Segal, T. V. Gorbacheva, S. D. Plotnikova, K. V. Dronov

“…Aim: to present the principles of functioning of the regional registry of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in Saint Petersburg on the basis of the City Health Information System (Saint Petersburg IBD Registry).Key points. …”
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Characterization of Vaginitis Among Women Complaining of Genital Tract Symptoms by Hemin Muheddin Kareem, Muhammed Saed Qadir, Safa Bakr Karim, Solaf Jawhar Ali

“…Microscopic examination of patient’s vaginal swabs revealed that 63.6% of infectious group had high level of epithelial cells (>10), while the most patients with non-infectious vaginitis had (10) or less epithelial cell in the microscopic field. …”
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The use of veno-arterial extra corporeal membrane oxygenation for hemodynamics support during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention by Wael Samy, Helmy Elghawaby, Akram Abdelbary, Hany Zakaria Mohamed, Alia Hassan Abdel Fattah

“…Aim and objectives The study is designed to assess the outcomes of using V-A ECMO on high-risk PCI procedures. Patients and methods A prospective interventional study performed on patients with viable ischemic myocardium who refused CABG, syntax score>22, excluding scarred myocardium. …”
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Diagnostic Performance of Deep Learning Applications in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Detection Using Computed Tomography Imaging by Enes Şahin, Ozan Can Tatar, Mehmet Eşref Ulutaş, Sertaç Ata Güler, Turgay Şimşek, Nihat Zafer Utkan, Nuh Zafer Cantürk

“…This study leverages the potential of deep learning (DL) technologies, employing the You Only Look Once (YOLO) architecture, to enhance the detection of HCC in computed tomography (CT) images, aiming to improve early diagnosis and thereby patient outcomes. Materials and methods: We used a dataset of 1290 CT images from 122 patients, segmented according to a standard 70:20:10 split for training, validation, and testing phases. …”
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Visual, clinical and quality of life outcomes of a new multifocal IOL with optimized diffractive grating: a non-randomized clinical trial by João Marcelo de Almeida Gusmão Lyra, Mariana Silva Gois de Almeida, Lucila de Albuquerque Barbosa Lira, Laís Oliveira dos Santos, Mateus Lins dos Santos, Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho

“…The evaluations included measurements of patient-reported outcomes using the NEI-VFQ 25 at postoperative day 30 and uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuity and defocus curves at postoperative day 90. …”
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Hypercalcemia and co-occurring TBX1 mutation in Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ib: case report by Zakaria Kasmi, Imane Ain El Hayat, Zahra Aadam, Abderrahmane Errami, Ibtihal Benhsaien, Jalila EL Bakkouri, Dalal Ben Sabbahia, Meryem Atrassi, Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha, Fatima Ailal

“…We report a three-month-old Moroccan female patient presenting with doll-like facies, hepatomegaly, dysmorphic features, and developmental delays. …”
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Epidemiologic features of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Russia by O. M. Drapkina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…To estimate prevalence nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with assessment of age dynamics of distribution, interrelation of stages and value of clinical cardio-vascular markers in patients addressing for medical aid to physicians of polyclinics of Russia.Material and methods. …”
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Case report: an unusual long-term evolution of a diffuse midline glioma, H3K27 altered by Michael Griessmair, Michael Griessmair, Claire Delbridge, Claus Zimmer, Eva Mayr, Arthur Wagner, Julian Canisius, Marie-Christin Metz, Benedikt Wiestler, Benedikt Wiestler

“…Initial MRI showed an irregularly shaped, contrast-enhancing tumor around the third ventricle with central necrosis, most likely originating from the right thalamus. The patient underwent biopsy, followed by microsurgical resection with molecular analysis. …”
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Burnout in Healthcare Professionals during Covid-19 Crisis by Nasim Hajipoor Kashgsaray, Maryam Soleimanpour, Sina Behmanesh, Hassan Soleimanpour

“…As well, there was not a significant statistical difference in terms of work-related, patient-related, and overall burnouts between the two groups (P= 0.066), (P= 0.696), and (P= 0.108). …”
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Case report: Unraveling a unique case of male occult breast cancer with axillary intricacies and a comprehensive literature dive by Xintong Xie, Xiangyi Kong, Xiangyi Kong, Hongnan Jiang, Jidong Gao, Jidong Gao

“…We report an intriguing case of a septuagenarian patient diagnosed with male occult breast cancer. …”
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