Examining the relationships between patients’ multimorbidity trajectories and prognostic outcomes after the initial hip fracture by Jessica Qiuhua Sheng, Da Xu, Paul Jen-Hwa Hu, Liang Li, Ting-Shuo Huang

“…This study underscores the importance of leveraging the time span, number of chronic diseases, and sequential disease patterns in patients’ multimorbidity trajectory profile to estimate their prognoses within three years of an initial hip fracture, which can support physicians’ clinical decisions and patient management.…”
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Obesity Status and Colorectal Cancer Screening in the United States by Karima A. Kendall, Euni Lee, Ilene H. Zuckerman, Linda Simoni-Wastila, Marlon Daniel, Pauline M. Green, Beatrice Adderley-Kelly, Anthony K. Wutoh

“…Future studies are needed to evaluate physicians’ ordering of screening tests compared to screening claims among Medicare beneficiaries to better understand patterns of patients’ and doctors’ adherence to national CRC screening guidelines.…”
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A Review on Complications and Management of Aluminium Phosphide (Rice Pill) and Zinc Phosphide Poisoning by Khadijeh Saravani, Anahita Alizadeh Ghamsari, Bita Dadpour, Alireza Ghassemi Toussi, Seyed Reza Mousavi, Farah Pouramiri

“…Conclusion: Due to the prevalence of its consumption among young people with low education levels, there was a need for physicians to treat these patients as quickly as possible accurately. …”
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Clinical management of female patients with Fabry disease based on expert consensus by Eva Brand, Aleš Linhart, Patrick Deegan, Ruxandra Jurcut, Antonio Pisani, Roser Torra, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen

“…A European group of 7 physicians, experienced in the management of Fabry disease, convened to discuss patient perspectives and published guidelines. …”
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Teenage Pregnancy: Obstetric and Perinatal Outcome in a Tertiary Centre in Indonesia by Junita Indarti, Adly Nanda Al Fattah, Zulfitri Dewi, Rachmat Dediat Kapnosa Hasani, Fitri Adinda Novianti Mahdi, Raymond Surya

“…Teenage pregnancy carries significant obstetric complications that should draw physicians’ serious attention. A holistic, comprehensive antenatal, and preventive program should be conducted to prevent teenage pregnancy-related adverse outcomes.…”
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A New Diagnosing Method for Psoriasis From Exhaled Breath by Bilge Han Tozlu, Omer Faruk Akmese, Cemaleddin Simsek, Engin Senel

“…It has become a popular approach for physicians as a support system, as it classifies biological data collected without human intervention in various ways with machine learning methods. …”
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Identifying Drug Prescription in Newly Diagnosed Hypertension Patients in India by Thomas Alexander, Jagdish S. Hiremath, Jitendra P. S. Swahney, Subhash Chandra, Peeyush Jain, Praveen Chandra, Nakul Sinha, T. Sashikanth, Yugandhar Bachhu, Anil Balachandran, Pathiyil Balagopalan Jayagopal, T. Govindan Unni, Tiny Nair, Kumaresan Kannan, Dorairaj Prabhakar, M. Chenniappan, Ajay U. Mahajan, Rajiv D. Karnik, Chandrashekhar K. Ponde, Prashant Advani, Idris Ahmed Khan, Brij Mohan Goyal, P. R. Vaidyanathan, Hiren Prajapati, Willem J. Verberk

“…Additionally, it investigated the extent to which physicians adhered to either European or Indian hypertension guidelines. …”
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MORIX: Machine learning-aided framework for lethality detection and MORtality inference with eXplainable artificial intelligence in MAFLD subjects by Domenico Lofù, Paolo Sorino, Tommaso Colafiglio, Caterina Bonfiglio, Rossella Donghia, Gianluigi Giannelli, Angela Lombardi, Tommaso Di Noia, Eugenio Di Sciascio, Fedelucio Narducci

“…This selection is achieved through Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE) using a Random Forest (RF) to train Machine Learning (ML) algorithms and provide a mortality risk (Yes/No) output. To provide physicians with a valuable tool, MORIX was trained and tested on a dataset of MAFLD subjects, comparing five different models: Random Forest (RF), eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), and Light Gradient Boosting Model (LGBM) in a 5-fold cross-validation training strategy. …”
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Protocol for the development of a global core outcome set for the surgical treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer: a literature review and international Delphi survey by Anton F Engelsman, Romana T Netea-Maier, Christiaan F Mooij, Robin P Peeters, Menno R Vriens, A S Paul van Trotsenburg, Schelto Kruijff, Joep P M Derikx, Faridi S Jamaludin, Daniël J van de Berg, Hanneke M van Santen, Sarah C Clement, Eveline Bruinstroop, Frederik A Verburg, Angelique Seur, Els J M Nieveen van Dijkum

“…We aim to reach a global consensus among patients and physicians on the COS for the surgical treatment for patients with DTC of all ages.Methods and analysis The DTC-COS development will consist of three phases: first, an extensive literature review will be performed to identify reported outcomes in studies regarding surgical treatment for DTC in patients of all ages. …”
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Development of Korean Teaching Model for Surgical Procedures in Trauma -Essential Surgical Procedures in Trauma Course- by Hohyun Kim, Chan-Yong Park, Hyun-Min Cho, Kwang-Hee Yeo, Jae Hun Kim, Byungchul Yu, Seung-Je Go, Oh Sang Kwon

“…Purpose The Essential Surgical Procedures in Trauma (ESPIT) course was developed as a model to teach necessary surgical procedures to trauma physicians. Its goals are to improve knowledge, self-confidence, and technical competence. …”
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Effects of Pharmacotherapy Training Course on Improving the Drug Prescription Skills of Medical Students: A Pharmacy-based Intervention by Fatemeh Taheri Asl, Mohammadhossein Taherynejad, Maryam Emadzadeh, Mina Akbari Rad, Mohammad Ali Yaghoubi, Amirreza Rostami, Sepideh Hejazi, Mitra Ahadi, Samaneh Sajjadi, Amirali Moodi Ghalibaf, Ali Moradi, Sahar Ravanshad

“…The present findings advocate for the integration of such courses into the medical education curricula, aiming to enhance rational drug prescription practices among future physicians.…”
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Correlation between Maximum Clot Firmness in FIBTEM and Fibrinogen Level in Critical Trauma Patients by Supphamongkhon Khunakanan, Osaree Akaraborworn, Burapat Sangthong, Komet Thongkhao

“…An advantage of FIBTEM is helping physicians make proper decisions for blood component transfusions. …”
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Clinical Predictors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia in Emergency Department by Yongsoon Choi, Jin Hui Paik, Ji Hye Kim, Seung Baik Han, Areum Durey

“…Considering inadequate empirical treatment of Pseudomonas bacteremia has been associated with increased mortality, it is important for emergency physicians to identify infections by P. aeruginosa. …”
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Knowledge, Habits and Attitudes in Photoprotection to Prevent Skin Cancer by Asbely Yera Sánchez, Yanet Blanco Fleites, Yuleydi Alcaide Guardado, Mario Ávila Sánchez, Greta Margarita Arrechea García, Jacobo Cambil Martín

“…Skin cancer prevention campaigns have been shown to be effective and cost-effective. Primary care physicians play an important role in skin cancer prevention. …”
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Efficacy of Trimebutine Maleate (Trimedat®) in the Treatment of Patients with Functional Dyspepsia: Results of the “TREND” Observational Study by S. S. Kardasheva, I. M. Kartavenko, N. B. Maksimova, E. Yu. Yurieva, I. R. Popova, Ch. S. Pavlov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…This research is aimed at investigating the experience of applying trimebutine maleate in the daily practice of physicians managing patients with functional dyspepsia syndrome (FDS).Materials and methods. …”
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Artificial intelligence effectivity in fracture detection by V. Boginskis, S. Zadoroznijs, I. Cernavska, D. Beikmane, J. Sauka

“…Fractures were detected by radiologists, attending physicians, and the AI program, with comparisons made between them. …”
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Determinants of Familiarity and Experience with HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Primary Care Providers in Ontario, Canada by Jorge Martinez-Cajas, Beatriz Alvarado, Carmela Rapino, Emma Nagy, T. Hugh Guan, Nicholas Cofie, Nancy Dalgarno, Pilar Camargo, Bradley Stoner

“…Results: A total of 54 PCPs participated (6% response rate), comprising 80% physicians and 20% nurses. Nearly 30% of the sample worked with key populations, including sexual health clinics and community care centers, 18% of respondents reported high familiarity with PrEP, and 44% reported PrEP experience (referred, started a conversation, or prescribed). …”
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Biomechanical Characteristics of First Coronal Reverse Vertebrae in Lenke Type V Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Study Using Finite Element Analysis by Zhenguo Shang, Zhiyong Hou, Wei Chen, Hengrui Chang, Jiaxin Xu, Di Zhang, Hui Wang

“…These findings could contribute to further treatment planning for the patient and aid physicians' management decision‐making.…”
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B and NK Cells Closely Correlate with the Condition of Patients with Acute Pancreatitis by Xin Wei, Weifeng Yao, Huiping Li, Jingjing Qian, Yaosheng Xie, Zhuo Zhang, Hong Lu, Liang Shi, Xiangyang Lin

“…B cells and NK cells closely correlate with patients’ condition and may help to diagnose AP more accurately and reflect treatment effect of AP in time, affecting the recovery speed of patients with M-AP, which may help physicians to better understand the pathophysiology of pancreatitis.…”
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Prognostic factors of head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review by Joshua Lubov, Mathilde Labbé, Krystelle Sioufi, Grégoire B. Morand, Michael P. Hier, Manish Khanna, Khalil Sultanem, Alex M. Mlynarek

“…Conclusion This systematic review is aimed to aid physicians in assessing the prognosis of HNCSCC and identifying the subsets of patients that are most susceptible to metastasis. …”
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