Reliability and validity of the Lithuanian version of headache-attributed lost time (HALT) index by I. Zagorskienė, E. Abelkis, R. Mameniškienė

“…This questionnaire can become a convenient tool in the daily practice of a physician, assessing the burden of a headache. …”
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Primary Care Perspectives on Surgical Interventions for Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Angel Ogbeide, Devan Munk, Justin Clemow, Stacy Ogbeide

“…Since the family medicine physician is typically the main source of medical knowledge for most patients, the knowledge base of family medicine residents on surgical treatment options to address OSA should be considered of paramount importance. …”
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Engaging Stem Cells for Customized Tendon Regeneration by Hatim Thaker, Arun K. Sharma

“…Patients with tendon microtears or full ruptures are eligible for a wide range of invasive and non invasive interventions, often subjectively decided by the physician. Surgery produces the best outcomes, and while studies have been conducted to optimize graft constructs and to track outcomes, the data from these studies have been inconclusive on the whole. …”
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The Management of Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Erosion and Infection following Iatrogenic Aspiration by Ali Baydoun, Alexander Benben, Matthew Skalak, Jordan Bilbrew, Mazen Abdelhady

“…This case report presents a unique and previously unreported case of malfunction, infection, and erosion of an inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) resulting from iatrogenic injury during a priapism aspiration procedure performed by an emergency medicine physician. The patient, a 75-year-old male with a history of IPP placement for erectile dysfunction, presented with urinary retention and priapism, leading to inadvertent deflation of the IPP during aspiration. …”
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Suicide from a Holistic Point of View by Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

“…The choice of life and dead is real, since responsibility for life is necessary in order to live life and even the best physician cannot keep a patient alive, who deep inside wants to die. …”
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Clinical Evolution of Central Pontine Myelinolysis in a Patient with Alcohol Withdrawal: A Blurred Clinical Horizon by Abdul S. Mohammed, Prajwal Boddu, Dina F. Yazdani

“…Furthermore, clinical evolution of CPM can be difficult to discern from the natural course of alcohol withdrawal delirium, requiring astuteness and maintenance of a high degree of clinical suspicion on the part of the physician.…”
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WEAKLY POSITIVE RH FACTOR, DIAGNOSED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WOMAN DURING PREGNANCY (CLINICAL CASE) by Юлия Сергеевна Фролова, Екатерина Владимировна Грищенко, Светлана Ивановна Елгина, Елена Владимировна Рудаева, Кира Борисовна Мозес

“…The weakly positive Rh factor (Du phenotype) was described by physician and researcher Frederick Stratton in 1946 as a new variant of the antigen that reacts weakly with anti-D identifying sera. …”
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Breast cancer ultrasound image segmentation using improved 3DUnet++ by Saba Hesaraki, Abdul Sajid Mohammed, Mehrshad Eisaei, Ramin Mousa

“…Therefore, computer-aided cancer diagnosis in ABUS volume is highly expected to help the physician for breast cancer screening. In this research, we presented 3D structures based on UNet, ResUNet, and UNet++ for the automatic detection of cancer in ABUS volume to speed up examination while providing high detection sensitivity with low false positives (FPs). …”
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Bilateral Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty and Reconstruction of the Medial Tibial Plateau by an Asymmetric Cone in a Patient with Charcot Arthropathy by Spiros Tsamassiotis, Henning Windhagen, Max Ettinger

“…Charcot arthropathy of the knee is an extremely rare orthopedic disease that is very challenging for the treating physician and is associated with many complications, especially if it is occurring on both knees. …”
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Self-Management for People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Fred Saibil, Emily Lai, Andrew Hayward, Jeanne Yip, Cameron Gilbert

“…Many patients with chronic diseases are ready to participate in the therapeutic decision-making process, and join their physicians in a co-management model. It is particularly useful to consider this concept at a time when physician shortages and waiting times are on the front page every day, with no immediate prospect of relief. …”
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Removal of Foreign Body (Glass of Mirror) in Esophagus with Direct Laryngoscope by Fachzi Fitri, Deni Amri

“…The choice of treatment influenced by many factors, such as the patient’s age and clinical condition, the size and shape of the ingested foreign body, the anatomic location and the skills of the physician. A case of impacted glass of mirror in esophagus and mental disorder in a 38 years old male was reported, which had been perfomed direct laryngoscope and an extraction with Magill forcep.…”
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Regional Variation in Rates of IVF Treatment across Australia: A Population-based Study by Louise Rawlings, Pauline Ding, Stephen J. Robson

“…**Conclusion:** These findings suggest that factors such as physician preference, clinical practice guidelines, and cryopreservation protocols of ART units might explain the national variation in uptake of IVF.…”
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Construction of Nanomaterials and the Role of Rutin in the Treatment of Cerebral Hemorrhage by Xin Li, Zhenzhong Gao

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Rare Form of Erdheim-Chester Disease Presenting with Isolated Central Skeletal Lesions Treated with a Combination of Alfa-Interferon and Zoledronic Acid by E. N. Bulycheva, V. V. Baykov, M. I. Zaraĭskiĭ, G. N. Salogub

“…This creates a challenge for the physician, who is required to recognize and diagnose the disease in the early stages. …”
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Inhaled Drug Delivery: A Practical Guide to Prescribing Inhaler Devices by Pierre Ernst

“…Equivalence of dosing among different devices for inhaled corticosteroids will remain imprecise, requiring the physician to adjust the dose of medication to the lowest dose that provides adequate control of asthma. …”
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Colonoscopy ‘My Way’: Preparation, Anticoagulants, Antibiotics and Sedation by Jerome D Waye

“…The facility with which this technique is performed has been enhanced by vast improvements in instrumentation. In spite of this, physician attitudes concerning colonoscopy have changed little over the past several decades. …”
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Digital health applications and health literacy: an explorative analysis by Aylin Imeri, Sabrina Schorr, Sebastian Merkel

“…DiGA are medical devices based on digital technologies that can be prescribed by physician and psychotherapists and reimbursed by health insurance companies. …”
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Concave Pattern of a Maximal Expiratory Flow-Volume Curve: A Sign of Airflow Limitation in Adult Bronchial Asthma by Akihiko Ohwada, Kazuhisa Takahashi

“…We evaluated spirometric parameters, the MEFV curve, and its concave shape (scoop between the peak and endpoint of expiration) in 27 nonsmoking asthmatic patients with physician-confirmed wheeze and positive bronchial reversibility after a short-acting β2-agonist inhalation. …”
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Legal Protection for Medical Laboratories Concerning Risk-Based Business Licensing Standards and the Fulfillment of Clinical Pathology Specialist by Etik Nunuk Setyorini, Mokhamad Khoirul Huda, Andika Persada Putra

“…The amendment to the Ministry of Health Regulation on the Standards of Business Activities and Risk-Based Licensing in the Health Sector, which requires Clinical Pathology Specialists (DSPK) as the responsible physician, replacing general practitioners, has created difficulties for medical laboratory operators. …”
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Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis and Hydrocephalus in a Vegan Secondary to Acquired Hyperhomocystinaemia by W. D. D. Priyankara, A.V. I. Chandimal, F. G. Sivagnanam, E. M. Manoj

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