Success and Challenge When Returning to Clinical Practice: A Case Series in Anesthesiologist Re-Entry by Michael S. Green, Usama Iqbal, Christopher R. Hoffman, Parmis Green, Nielufar Varjavand

“…Methods. We launched the physician re-entry program in 2006. This individualized program re-educates physicians who left clinical practice for any reason and are seeking to return. …”
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Preenrichment with Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells Improves Fat Graft Retention in Patients with Contour Deformities of the Face by Muhammad M. Bashir, Muhammad Sohail, Fridoon J. Ahmad, Mahmood S. Choudhery

“…The percentage reduction in the volume of injected fat, physician satisfaction scores (Ph-SCs), and patient satisfaction scores (P-SCs) were also recorded. …”
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Medical professional image in the social media by Muscovites: managerial and methodological aspects by I. V. Bogdan, A. A. Dreneva, D. P. Chistyakova

“…The basis of the study is a sample of posts published by Muscovites in social media containing keywords associated with physician and nurses. In addition, another survey on people’s associations with these professions was conducted in order to compare the image in social media to the image held in the mass consciousness. …”
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Acute kidney injury and ANCA positivity in a patient treated with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir: a case report by Lawrence Hyun Kwon, Jennifer Griffiths, Lanny DiFranza

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Characterization of children’s prospective prescription review and exploration of factors influencing the success of interventions by Qiang Wen, Chuang Yang, Bangjian Deng, Yi Zhang, Lin Song

“…Data were collected using the PASS PharmReview system, including patient information, medication indications, prescribing physicians, intervention pharmacists, prescription rationality rate, and medication costs. …”
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Oral Contraceptives, Sex, Pregnancy and Breast Feeding in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by RN Allan

“…This paper summarizes the scientific basis for advice to inflammatory bowel disease patients concerning oral contraceptives, sex, pregnancy and breast feeding. The physician counselling any individual patient must clearly convert this information into a format suitable for that patient and his family. …”
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Importance of the cardiovascular physical examination in the diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta by Ana Rachel Carvajal Palacios

“…In the study of cardiovascular diseases, the importance of the medical history and physical examination cannot be underestimated. The primary care physician plays an important role in the assessment of neonates and the use of the clinical method is very important in this regard. …”
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Treatment Inertia and Symptom Burden in Anemia of CKD: Insights from the SATISFY Survey in the Middle East, South Africa, and Türkiye by Arici M, Al-Ghamdi SMG, Assounga AG, El-Koraie AF, McMillan A, Camidge LJ, Sumarsono B, Blogg M, Ng DB, Lansang EP

“…Median hemoglobin thresholds that physicians reported using for initiating treatment (NDD: < 10.5 [interquartile range, 9.5– 12.0] g/dL; DD: < 9.3 [9.0– 10.0] g/dL) were higher than actual test levels at treatment initiation (NDD: 9.2 [8.7– 10.0] g/dL; DD: 9.0 [8.1– 10.0] g/dL).Conclusion: Treatment inertia is apparent despite high symptom burden in the Middle East, South Africa, and Türkiye, and disagreement was seen in physician and patient perspectives on symptomology. …”
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Infection Control During Gastrointestinal Endoscopy by Douglas B Nelson, Paul C Adams

“…Dr Douglas Nelson is a staff physician in the department of gastroenterology at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center (Minnesota, USA) and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota (USA). …”
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Clinical Trials in Chronic Liver Disease - What Do They Achieve? by Jenny Heathcote

“…The advantages associated with therapeutic trials in chronic liver disease, or any other disease for that matter, go far beyond potential benefit to the individual patient, other beneficiaries include the treating physician, the sponsoring agency and their investors, the institution/university and the general public. …”
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Medical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease among Canadian Gastroenterologists by J Jones, R Panaccione, ML Russell, R Hilsden

“…BACKGROUND: Little is known about physician perceptions of and practices in using infliximab – a biological agent that was approved in Canada for the treatment of Crohn’s disease in 2001, and for ulcerative colitis in 2006.…”
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A Commentary on &ldquo;Pain Reduction and Improved Vascular Health Associated with Daily Consumption of an Anti-Inflammatory Dietary Supplement Blend&rdquo; [Response to Letter] by Hamilton DE, Jensen GS

“…Debby E Hamilton,1 Gitte S Jensen2 1Physician, Holistic Pediatric Consulting, Arvada, CO, 80003, USA; 2NIS Labs, Klamath Falls, OR, 97601, USACorrespondence: Gitte S Jensen, NIS Labs, Esplanade, Klamath Falls, OR, 1437, USA, Tel +1 541 884 0112, Email gitte@nislabs.com…”
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Legal liability for offenses in the health care sphere in Ukraine by S. V. Knysh

“…The author has indicated on the existence of three forms of civil legal relations, which may arise in case of a patient’s claimant appeal in regard to a health care institution, namely: 1) between a physician and a patient; 2) between the health care institution and a patient; 3) between a physician and the health care institution. …”
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A study to identify individuals at risk to be affected by late-onset Pompe disease who had previously been given a non-specific or tentative diagnosis for their muscle weakness (Po... by Dawn A. Laney, Kayla A. Banks, Eleanor G. Botha, Maria Keever, Valynne Long, Allison L. Foley

“…One patient was found to have deficient acid-α-glucosidase. Additionally, a physician educated through the program ordered LOPD testing for their patient and diagnosed them with LOPD. …”
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Being there: A scoping review of grief support training in medical education. by Laura Sikstrom, Riley Saikaly, Genevieve Ferguson, Pamela J Mosher, Sarah Bonato, Sophie Soklaridis

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Medical education experts argue that grief support training for physicians would improve physician and patient and family wellness, and should therefore be mandatory. …”
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Complications and Influential Perioperative Factors Associated with SpaceOAR Hydrogel Placement by Kerith R. Wang, Rishabh K. Simhal, Cassra B. Clark, Mark J. Mann, James R. Mark, Costas D. Lallas, Robert Den, Edouard J. Trabulsi

“…The average CCI was 3.2 ± 0.95 for patients who experienced complications; the average CCI was 3.6 ± 1.6 (p=0.48) in the group without complications. Of the physicians with higher procedure volumes, Physician #1 had the highest rate of patient-reported complications at 11 out of 68 (16.2%) and Physician #2 had the lowest rate of complications at 4 out of 96 placements (4.2%). …”
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Evaluation of Dermatology Treatment Satisfaction towards Hospital Reputation among Chronic Skin Disease Patients at An Eastern Indonesian Referral Hospital by Shienty Gaspersz, Ferdi Antonio, Paulus Mario Christopher

“…All six factors and moderation with recurrency (towards treatment effectiveness and physician communication) were significant (P-value<0.05) towards overall patient satisfaction. …”
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Does Asthma Affect the Risk of Developing Breast Cancer? by Karin B. Michels, Orianne Dumas, Raphaelle Varraso, Carlos A. Camargo Jr

“…We used Cox proportional hazards models to link physician‐diagnosed asthma with subsequent incidence of breast cancer. …”
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Migraine diagnosis in patients with sinus headache symptoms: a cross-sectional study at Khartoum ENT Hospital by Mohamed Salah Mohamed Abdelgafour, Abdelgadir Ahmed Eltayeb, Mohammed El-Awad

“…Conclusion Migraine is not uncommon as 34% of patients with self-reported or physician diagnosed sinus headache meet the International Headache Society (IHS) criteria of Migraine. …”
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Gout Flare Burden in the United States: A Multiyear Cross‐Sectional Survey Study by Jasvinder A. Singh, Amy Morlock, Robert Morlock

“…Reliance on clinical documentation of physician‐reported gout flares is insufficient to assess the true patient burden of gout.…”
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