Clinical anxiety among a sample of dental students in South Sinai by Christine Raouf George Mikhail, Mai Hamdy Ragab, Yousra Ahmed, Eman D. El Desouky, Fatma E. A. Hassanein, Mohamed Bekhit, Marwa Hassan Mostafa

“…Participants rated the clinical anxiety precipitating situations in a descending order as follows: extracting wrong tooth (39.5%), giving wrong treatment (37.6%), tearing of the cheek/lips due to catching on a dental burr (35.7%), fracturing a tooth (34.4%), wrong diagnosis (28.1%), inadvertently hurting the patient (22.1%), inability to meet requirements before exams (19.1%), dealing with a fainting patient during dental treatment (18.7%). …”
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Postcholecystectomy syndrome: the modern approach: resolution of Advisory council by V. T. Ivashkin, A. V. Okhlobystin, D. S. Bordin, E. Ya. Seleznyova, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, Ye. V. Bystrovskaya, O. C. Vasnev, M. F. Osipenko, G. H. Musayev, Yu. O. Shulpekova

“…The total number of GSD patients increases every decade no less than twice. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency: clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. V. Okhlobystin, S. A. Alekseyenko, Ye. V. Beloborodova, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…Initial recommended dose of PERT for adult patient is 25’000 lipolytical units per meal that should be subsequently increased up to normalization of patients nutritional status according to both clinical and laboratory scores. …”
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Discrepancies in safety reporting for chronic back pain clinical trials: an observational study from ClinicalTrials.gov and publications by Nick Boyne, Alison Duke, Jack Rea, Adam Khan, Alec Young, Jared Van Vleet, Matt Vassar

“…Inconsistent reporting poses risks to clinical decision-making and patient safety. Adopting standardized reporting guidelines, such as CONSORT Harms, and ensuring transparent updates in publications could enhance the accuracy and trustworthiness of safety data. …”
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Targeting transforming growth factor-β1 by methylseleninic acid/seleno-L-methionine in clear cell renal cell carcinoma: Mechanisms and therapeutic potential by Aseel O. Rataan, Yan Xu, Sean M. Geary, Yousef Zakharia, Eman S. Kamel, Youcef M. Rustum, Aliasger K. Salem

“…In patient samples, TGF-β1 was significantly upregulated in both non-sarcomatoid and sarcomatoid ccRCC tumors. …”
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Effect of icatibant on sweating-induced dermal pain by Shunsuke Takahagi, Shunsuke Takahagi, Daiki Matsubara, Emi Murakami, Yumi Aoyama, Shinya Imamura, Atsushi Fukunaga, Atsushi Fukunaga, Yoshiko Oda, Hiroyuki Murota, Michihiro Hide, Michihiro Hide

“…Among the three patients, the pain-VAS score decreased more with icatibant than with saline in one patient, whereas it decreased more with saline than with icatibant in the other two patients. …”
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Characterisation of internal tremors and vibration symptoms by Harlan M Krumholz, Mitsuaki Sawano, Richa Sharma, Tianna Zhou, Dorothy Massey, Anna D Baker, Diana Berrent Güthe, Nick Güthe, Suzanne Pincus Shidlovsky, Liza Fisher, Connor B Grady, Cesar Caraballo

“…Objectives To describe the experiences of patients who have postacute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection with internal vibrations and tremors as a prominent component, we leveraged the efforts by Survivor Corps, a grassroots COVID-19 patient advocacy group, to gather information from individuals belonging to its Facebook group with a history of COVID-19 suffering from vibrations and tremors.Setting and design A narrative analysis was performed on 140 emails and 450 social media comments from 140 individuals collected as a response to a call to >180 000 individuals participating in Survivor Corps between 15 July and 27 July 2021. …”
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The Role of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) in Enhancing IVF Success in Women With Ovarian Insufficiency: A Cohort Study by Zahra Mohammad Alipour, Farahnazsadat Ahmadi, Sina Mohajernoei, Roghaye Gharaei, Nazanin Hojjati, Elham Shirali, Firouzeh Akbari Asbagh

“…Data collected included patient demographics, hormonal levels, number and quality of retrieved oocytes, fertilization rates, embryo quality, and pregnancy outcomes. …”
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Laminoplasty vs laminectomy in the surgical management of spinal intradural extramedullary tumors by Deepak Kumar Singh, Prevesh Kumar Sharma, Vipin Kumar Chand, Kaif Mohammad, Kuldeep Yadav, Neha Singh

“…Out of the 56 patients undergoing surgery for spinal IDEM, “En-bloc osteoplastic laminoplasty” with titanium microplates was performed in 26 patients, while 26 patients had laminectomy without disrupting the facet joints, and 4 patients required fusion with screws and rods along with laminectomy. …”
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Variability and performance of NHS England’s ‘reason to reside’ criteria in predicting hospital discharge in acute hospitals in England: a retrospective, observational cohort study... by Elizabeth Sapey, Simon Ball, David McNulty, Felicity Evison, Suzy Gallier, Katherine Reeves

“…Objectives NHS England (NHSE) advocates ‘reason to reside’ (R2R) criteria to support discharge planning. The proportion of patients without R2R and their rate of discharge are reported daily by acute hospitals in England. …”
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Spatially mapping the tumour immune microenvironments of non-small cell lung cancer by Lysanne Desharnais, Mark Sorin, Morteza Rezanejad, Bridget Liu, Elham Karimi, Aline Atallah, Anikka M. Swaby, Miranda W. Yu, Samuel Doré, Saskia Hartner, Benoit Fiset, Yuhong Wei, Baharak Kadang, Roni Rayes, Philippe Joubert, Sophie Camilleri-Broët, Pierre-Olivier Fiset, Daniela F. Quail, Jonathan D. Spicer, Logan A. Walsh

“…Recognizing these distinctions is essential for designing precision therapies tailored to each subtype’s unique immune architecture, ultimately enhancing patient outcomes.…”
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Assessment of Hand-Hygiene Practices Among Health Care Workers at Kisoro Hospital, Kisoro District. by Nsenga, Alex

“…The study findings revealed that 91(85.8%) of the respondents had good knowledge about hand hygiene. 83 (96.7%) of the respondents had high awareness in respect to practice of hand washing before touching a patient and lowest awareness in respect to practice of hand hygiene after exposure to immediate surroundings of a patient. …”
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Radiology in gastroenterology (According to data of the 16th Russian gastroenterological week, Moscow, October 11–13, 2010) by Z. A. Lemeshko

“…The further improvement and application of modern radiological methods of investigation will promote improvement of diagnostics of diseases of digestive organs that allows to prescribe adequate treatment and to provide correct patient management approach.…”
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Excessive Belching: a Separate Syndrome or Another Symptom of Functional Dyspepsia? by A. A. Sheptulin, O. A. Storonova

“…Interpretation of published evidence on the relationship between the excessive belching syndrome and functional dyspepsia (FD) and their management in patient care.Key points. According to the Rome IV criteria of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID), excessive belching in the absence of other dyspeptic symptoms is to be considered a manifestation of the excessive belching syndrome, which can be of gastric or supragastric nature. …”
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The Art of Managing Various Ocular Defects in Different Clinical Scenarios: A Case Series by Apurva Verma, Ramya Srinivasan, Kaushal Kishor Agrawal, Bhaskar Agarwal, Diksha Singh

“…This may lead to poor prosthesis adaptation and a lack of patient acceptance of the prosthesis. To combat the most common problem of dryness, patients are advised artificial tears to use as teardrops or ocular prostheses along with a tear reservoir. …”
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Severe Groin Pain Following Transobturator Tape Procedure Necessitating Partial Removal of the Tape by Gökçe Anık İlhan, Orhan Ünal

“…We present a case with severe groin pain after uncomplicated TOT in which the patient could not stand the pain despite conservative treatment. …”
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Immunosuppressive metabolites in tumoral immune evasion: redundancies, clinical efforts, and pathways forward by David Munn, Maria Rain Jennings, John Blazeck

“…We hypothesize that prior lukewarm results may be attributed to redundancies in each metabolites’ synthesis or signaling pathway and highlight routes for how therapeutic development and patient stratification might proceed in the future.…”
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Primary Anterior Abdominal Wall Leiomyoma - a Rare Case with a Common Approach by Muhammad Izzuddin Hamzan, Ariffuddin Ishak, Normala Basiron

“…We report a rare case of abdominal wall leiomyoma developing in a fertile woman with no known predisposing factor and highlight the common approach to establish the diagnosis so as to deliver appropriate treatment to the patient. …”
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A comprehensive review of urinary tract fistulas: the evolution of etiologies, surgical techniques, and contemporary outcomes by Noah Nigro, Gary Shahinyan, Shujian Lin, Rohan G. Bhalla, Brian J. Flynn

“…UTFs result in significant personal, social, and financial challenges to patients worldwide. This review investigates the various causes, risk factors, symptoms, and historical evolution of repair techniques of UTFs. …”
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Median Mandibular Cleft in SAMS Syndrome – A Rare Case Report by S. M. Balaji, Preetha Balaji, Chris Joseph, Sachin Nishanth, Varsha Christy Balaji

“…Outcomes: Early intervention for MMC in SAMS syndrome patients can offer promising outcomes.…”
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