Do Not Miss the Tumor: A Novel Presentation of Osteosarcoma by Michael DePalma, Sachin Gupta, Jie Nguyen, Divya Talwar, Alexandre Arkader, Lawrence Wells

“…Because primary-care physicians and pediatricians may be the first medical providers to encounter patients with osteosarcoma, it is imperative that such clinicians are familiar with the signs and symptoms associated with osteosarcomas in order to reduce the risk of metastasis and disease progression and prevent treatment delays. …”
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A European Approach to Irritable Bowel Syndrome Management by Michel Delvaux, Jacques Frexinos

“…However, multidisciplinary approaches to the treatment of these patients are frequent, and such drugs are often prescribed by home physicians. The results of large surveys estimated the yearly cost of such treatments to be around US$850. …”
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Transitioning from Teaching to Mentoring in Medical Sciences by Amod Gupta

“…The transition from traditional teaching to mentoring in medical education is urgently required to create future-ready physicians, researchers, and medical teachers in India. …”
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Staging model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Singapore by Yuan Teck Tay, Josiah YH Chai, Kamilah Bte Shekh Jabin, Kexin Ang

“…Introduction: A clinical-based staging model would guide physicians in the prompt management of the evolving symptoms and functional needs of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). …”
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Reducing door-to-balloon time in STEMI patients through instant messaging: An empirical study during the COVID-19 pandemic by Yi-Chun Yang, Chih-Tsung Liu, Bao-Tzung Wu

“…Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the impact of the LINE instant messaging system on DTBT in STEMI patients, focusing on its role in improving communication between emergency department physicians and catheterization lab personnel. Methods: This retrospective study analyzed data from STEMI patients hospitalized in a regional hospital in central Taiwan. …”
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Non-Optic Glioma-like Lesions in Adult Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Patients by Walter Taal, Bart Zick, Bart J. Emmer, Martin J. van den Bent

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Physicians face clinical dilemmas in the diagnosis of non-optic intraparenchymal lesions on MRI brain scans of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. …”
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Prediction Models for Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients with Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal by Pengfei Cheng, Pengyu Yang, Hua Zhang, Haizhen Wang

“…Prediction models for the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in patients with cardiac arrest play an important role in helping physicians evaluate the survival probability and providing medical decision-making reference. …”
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A worldwide look into long COVID-19 management: an END-COVID survey by Mattia Nigro, Claudia Valenzuela, Francisco Arancibia, Mark Cohen, David C.L. Lam, Ryan C. Maves, Barbara Rath, Steven Q. Simpson, Yuanlin Song, Sotirios Tsiodras, James D. Chalmers, Stefano Aliberti

“…Findings 1015 healthcare professionals from 110 different countries worldwide participated in this study, the majority of them being respiratory physicians (60.6%). A dedicated long COVID programme was present in 55.4% of the investigated institutions, with hospital admission during the acute infection being the main inclusion criteria to access them. …”
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Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis incidentally diagnosed by video-associated lung surgery for lung cancer: A case report by Katsuhiro Itogawa, Shintaro Sato, Hideaki Yamakawa, Keiichi Akasaka, Masako Amano, Akiko Adachi, Hidekazu Matsushima

“…Finally, treatment with vutrisiran, a small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting the TTR gene, was successfully initiated. Physicians need to be aware that unidentified amyloidosis may be diagnosed incidentally from a biopsied or resected specimen for another purpose. …”
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Increased Risk of Dementia in Patients with Antidepressants: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Yao-Chin Wang, Po-An Tai, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Md Mohaimenul Islam, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Chieh-Chen Wu, Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li

“…Therefore, we suggest physicians to carefully prescribe antidepressants, especially in elder patients. …”
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IVS1 −397T>C Estrogen Receptor α Polymorphism Is Associated with Low-Grade Systemic Inflammatory Response in Type 1 Diabetic Girls by Monika Ryba-Stanisławowska, Karolina Rybarczyk-Kapturska, Agnieszka Brandt, Małgorzata Myśliwiec, Jolanta Myśliwska

“…This finding may help the physicians to predict the onset and progression of diabetic microvascular complications.…”
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RatDEGdb: a knowledge base of differentially expressed genes in the rat as a model object in biomedical research by I. V. Chadaeva, S. V. Filonov, K. A. Zolotareva, B. M. Khandaev, N. I. Ershov, N. L. Podkolodnyy, R. V. Kozhemyakina, D. A. Rasskazov, A. G. Bogomolov, E. Yu. Kondratyuk, N. V. Klimova, S. G. Shikhevich, M. A.  Ryazanova, L. A. Fedoseeva, О. Е. Redina, О. S. Kozhevnikova, N. A. Stefanova, N. G. Kolosova, A. L. Markel, M. P. Ponomarenko, Yu. D. Oshchepkov

“…RatDEGdb may be interesting first of all to human geneticists, molecular biologists, clinical physicians, genetic advisors as well as experts in biopharmaceutics, bioinformatics and personalized genomics. …”
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Pilot Validation Study: Canadian Global Rating Scale for Colonoscopy Services by Stéphanie Carpentier, Nour Sharara, Alan N. Barkun, Sara El Ouali, Myriam Martel, Maida J. Sewitch

“…Prospective data collection at three Canadian endoscopy units assessed GRS-C validity, reliability, and responsiveness to change according to responses provided by physicians, endoscopy nurses, and administrative personnel. …”
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Inferior vena cava ultrasound in acute decompensated heart failure: design rationale of the CAVA‐ADHF‐DZHK10 trial by Alexander Jobs, Reinhard Vonthein, Inke R. König, Jane Schäfer, Matthias Nauck, Svenja Haag, Carlo Federico Fichera, Thomas Stiermaier, Jakob Ledwoch, Alisa Schneider, Miroslava Valentova, Stephan vonHaehling, Stefan Störk, Dirk Westermann, Tobias Lenz, Natalie Arnold, Frank Edelmann, Philipp Seppelt, Stephan Felix, Matthias Lutz, Felix Hedwig, Martin Borggrefe, Clemens Scherer, Steffen Desch, Holger Thiele

“…However, ultrasound results will only be reported to treating physicians in the intervention group. Treatment target is relief of congestion‐related signs and symptoms in both groups with the additional goal to reduce the IVC diameter ≤21 mm and increase IVC collapsibility >50% in the intervention group. …”
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Deep learning approach based on a patch residual for pediatric supracondylar subtle fracture detection by Qingming Ye, Zhilu Wang, Yi Lou, Yang Yang, Jue Hou, Zheng Liu, Weiguang Liu, Jiayu Li

“…On an independent test set, the proposed model achieves an accuracy of 90.5%, with 89% sensitivity, 92% specificity, and an F1 score of 0.906—outperforming the diagnostic accuracy of emergency medicine physicians and approaching that of pediatric radiologists. …”
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Age distribution and types of breast lesions among Afghan women diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) at a tertiary care centre in Afghanistan: a descriptive cross-se... by Ramin Saadaat, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Ahmed Maseh Haidary, Soma Rahmani, Nooria Atta

“…This suggests that physicians should not ignore any breast lump in younger patients and that the possibility of cancer must be considered. …”
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Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Society of Surgeons, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the Association of Surgeons-Hepatologists and the Endoscopic Society “REndO” o... by V. T. Ivashkin, A. G. Kriger, A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Anischenko, S. S. Kardasheva, S. A. Alekseenko, S. F. Bagnenko, M. I. Bykov, S. A. Budzinskiy, I.  M. Buriev, V. A. Vishnevskiy, E. I. Galperin, V. P. Glabay, V. R. Goltsov, T. G. Dyuzheva, G. G. Karmazanovskiy, M. P. Korolev, D. M. Krasilnikov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, I. V. Maev, N. A. Maystrenko, M. F. Osipenko, M. I. Prudkov, V. I. Simanenkov, E. G. Solonitsin, A. V. Fedorov, E. D. Fedorov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. V. Shabunin, S. G. Shapovalyants, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…Aim: to present modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis for gastroenterologists, general practitioners and physicians.Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a long-term inflammatory disease of the pancreas, manifested by irreversible morphological changes in the parenchyma and pancreatic ducts, which cause pain and/or persistent impairment of function. …”
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Role of the hospital pharmacists during COVID-19 pandemic in the RN Macedonia by Zorica Naumovska, Biljana Lazarova, Maja Kovaceva, Aleksandra Kapedanovska Nestorovska, Maja Simonoska Crcarevska, Evgenija Mihajloska, Aleksandar Dimkovski

“…Hospital pharmacists played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, collaborating with healthcare professionals such as nurses, physicians, and respiratory therapists. They contributed to managing COVID-19 treatment protocols, ensuring adequate medication supply, and addressing shortages of essential drugs, medical devices, and personal protective equipment (PPE) by implementing conservation strategies and sourcing alternatives. …”
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Vitamin E and N-Acetylcysteine as Antioxidant Adjuvant Therapy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Youssef Al-Tonbary, Mohammad Al-Haggar, Rasha EL-Ashry, Sahar EL-Dakroory, Hanan Azzam, Ashraf Fouda

“…Complications of chemotherapy have forced physicians to study antioxidant use as adjunctive treatment in cancer. …”
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Safety profiles of sevoflurane in pediatric patients: a real-world pharmacovigilance assessment based on the FAERS database by Chuang Yang, Bangjian Deng, Qiang Wen, Pei Guo, Xiang Liu, Chen Wang

“…Descriptive analysis revealed a majority of reports from male patients, primarily reported by physicians. Disproportionality analysis identified significant System Organ Classes (SOC) signals associated with sevoflurane, meeting four detection criteria, including “Cardiac disorders,” “Respiratory, thoracic, and mediastinal disorders,” and “Vascular disorders.” …”
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