Venipuncture-Induced Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Foad Elahi, Chandan G. Reddy

“…The inciting incident in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) can often seem far too trivial to result in a condition with such severe pathophysiologic effects. The practicing physician has little information available to enable early recognition of the condition, initiation of multidisciplinary treatment modalities, and proper referral to pain specialists. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Chronic Infections and Autoimmune Diseases by Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

“…From our clinical experiences, there is hope for improvement from a number of diseases caused by disorders affecting the regulation of the immune system when the physician includes the holistic medical approach.Our scientific understanding of the connection between consciousness and cellular order is still limited. …”
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A Case of a Spinal Extradural Arachnoid Cyst by Yousuke Kojimahara, Shintaro Tsuge, Keiji Hasegawa, Katsunori Fukutake, Kazumasa Nakamura, Akihito Wada, Hiroshi Takahashi

“…Percussion tenderness of the spinous process was observed and a T1-low, T2-high cystic lesion was detected on the dorsal side of the dural canal at the 12th thoracic vertebral level on MRI performed by a previous physician. Plane CT showed severe scalloping at the same level. …”
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Active Liver Bleed Caught During FAST Exam from Spontaneous Hemangioma Rupture: A Case Report by Raul Rodriguez, Nicole Aviles

“…During the resuscitative efforts, a FAST exam performed by the emergency physician showed grossly positive free fluid in various quadrants and active flow around the liver concerning for active bleeding. …”
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Social and structural factors that influence refugee women’s use of mental health care services in Canada: A narrative review by Shreya Mahajan, Samantha B. Meyer

“…Additionally, culture and cultural competency as they are regarded in health care offer insightful explanations for understanding the relationships between patient and physician which ultimately influences use of services. …”

Access improvement in healthcare: a 12-step framework for operational practice by Allen M. Chen

“…The core themes could be broadly categorized into the following: workforce adequacy, patient experience, physical space utilization, template optimization, scheduling efficiency, process standardization, cost transparency, physician engagement, and data analytics. Sixty publications (13%) focused at least in part on equity issues, structural racism, and/or implicit bias; and 25 publications (5%) addressed disparities in education, training, and/or technical literacy. …”
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Vitreous Hemorrhage following High-Altitude Retinopathy by Arjun Shrestha, Rinkal Suwal, Biju Shrestha

“…The Mantoux test and chest X-ray also revealed normal findings. Physician consultation did not reveal other abnormalities. …”
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Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques for Surveillance of Dysplasia in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by M Iacucci, T Uraoka, M Fort Gasia, N Yahagi

“…However, there are several limitations to this approach including poor physician adherence, poor sensitivity, increased procedure time and considerable cost. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Iguratimod for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Jiangtao Li, Hejuan Mao, Yan Liang, Yanrong Lu, Shuo Chen, Nanping Yang, Guixiu Shi

“…Meta-analyses showed that, after 24-week therapy, ACR20, tender joint count, swollen joint count, rest pain, physician and patient global assessment of disease activity, HAQ score, ESR, and CRP in iguratimod group were better than those in placebo group and that the difference between those of iguratimod group and those of other DMARDs (MTX and SASP) group was not significant. …”
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Opinions and Practice of US-Based Obstetrician-Gynecologists regarding Vitamin D Screening and Supplementation of Pregnant Women by Sara A. Mohamed, Ayman Al-Hendy, Jay Schulkin, Michael L. Power

“…An online questionnaire regarding physician practice patterns for screening and supplementing pregnant women was administered to 225 randomly selected practicing obstetrician-gynecologists of whom 101 (45%) completed the questionnaire. …”
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Correlating the level of patients’ self-efficacy with paternalistic, consumerist, participative and training doctor relationships in dental offices by Lucian Josan, Alina Ormenisan, Iulia Dumitrescu, Mariana Pacurar

“…The obtained results will follow the correlation of the self-efficacy level of the patients with the paternalistic, consumerist, participative and training physician relationship.…”
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A CADAVERIC STUDY OF THE BRANCHING PATTERN OF RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY IN PAKISTANI POPULATION by Qazi Waheedullah, Farah Deeba, Sadia Shaukat, Samina Zahir, Shazia Iftikhar, Zainab Rehman

“…The knowledge about these variations is unequivocally important for a cardiac surgeon and physician. However, the prevalence of such variations varies among different populations. …”
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Improving the evaluation of non-accidental trauma across multiple specialties at a single institution by Courtney Port, Lani Kroese, William Hauda

“…The aim of this quality improvement project was to increase the percentage of patients for whom there is a concern for NAT who receive a guideline-adherent evaluation from 7.7% to 50% in 6 months’ time.Methods A committee of physician stakeholders developed criteria for a complete NAT evaluation which were integrated into an order panel with built-in clinical guidance for test selection within our electronic medical record. …”
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The Association of Sleep Disorder, Obesity Status, and Diabetes Mellitus among US Adults—The NHANES 2009-2010 Survey Results by Jian Liu, John Hay, Brent E. Faught

“…Diabetes was defined as having one of a diagnosis from a physician; an overnight fasting glucose > 125 mg/dL; Glycohemoglobin > 6.4%; or an oral glucose tolerance test > 199 mg/dL. …”
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Identification of lesion location and discrimination between benign and malignant findings in thyroid ultrasound imaging by Xu Yang, Hongliang Geng, Xue Wang, Lingxiao Li, Xiaofeng An, Zhibin Cong

“…Abstract Thyroid nodules are a common thyroid disorder, and ultrasound imaging, as the primary diagnostic tool, is susceptible to variations based on the physician’s experience, leading to misdiagnosis. This paper constructs an end-to-end thyroid nodule detection framework based on YOLOv8, enabling automatic detection and classification of nodules by extracting grayscale and elastic features from ultrasound images. …”
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The Role of Lung Ultrasound Scan in Different Heart Failure Scenarios: Current Applications and Lacks of Evidences by Alessandro Campora, Matteo Beltrami, Anita Di Renzo, Alessia Petrini, Alberto Palazzuoli

“…Despite the widespread use of LUS in various HF settings, physician adoption and interpretation of LUS findings remain suboptimal. …”
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A Woman with Double Intra Uterine Device: A Case Report by Işık Gönenç, Zeynep Tuzcular Vural, Nurettin Aka, Can Ertuğrul Tüfekçi, Gültekin Köse

“…The patient’s medical history revealed that a copper-T intra uterine device (IUD) had been inserted ten years ago, and that she had a normal vaginal delivery seven years after, when she was informed by her physician that her IUD had been expelled and she conceived afterwards. …”
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Clinical Diagnosis of Scapular Dyskinesis in a Youth Softball Pitcher: A Case Report by Connor Skoumal, Matt Dewald

“…The subject was clinically diagnosed with scapular dyskinesis by her referring physician and demonstrated abnormal scapular movement when elevating and lowering her upper extremity. …”
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Density of Langerhans Cells in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers: A Systematic Review by Joanna Pogorzelska-Dyrbuś, Jacek C. Szepietowski

“…Finally, as at present, there is a paucity of available risk scores for the recurrence or progression of BCC or SCC, the creation of classification stratifying that risk including the density of LCs could bring additional information both for the physician and the patient.…”
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Nutrition in neonatal and pediatric patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A survey of current practice in the US and Canada by Jamie M. Furlong-Dillard, Michael D. Facciolo, Caroline P. Ozment, and the Pediatric ECMO (PediECMO) Subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network and Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO)

“…Results: Of 100 institutions surveyed, 36 physicians and 19 RDs responded yielding a physician response rate of 36% and an RD response rate of 19%. …”
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