Patient Preferences for Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Stroke Prevention: A Multicountry Discrete Choice Experiment by Thomas Wilke, Anna-Katharina Meinecke, Bernhard Schaefer, Sandra Buchwald, Daniel Eriksson, Sabrina Müller

“…Patients preferred NOAC treatment options characterized by once-daily dosing regimens (42.8%; p<0.001), shorter distance to treating physicians (25.0%; p<0.001), a small-sized tablet (21.5%; p<0.001), and intake independent of food (10.6%; p<0.001). …”
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Quality of Life, Depression, and Healthcare Resource Utilization among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Concomitant Hypertension and Obesity: A Prospective Survey by Andrew J. Green, Debbra D. Bazata, Kathleen M. Fox, Susan Grandy

“…Respondents with T2DM, HTN, and obesity had significantly more resource utilization with respect to physician visits and emergency room visits but not hospitalizations than respondents with T2DM alone (P=0.03). …”
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Current and future perspectives on clinical management of classic 21-hydroxylase deficiency by Analia Yogi, Kenichi Kashimada

“…For the appropriate management of classic 21OHD, the physician has to be well versed in the physiology of the adrenal cortex, growth, and reproductive function. …”
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Determinants of mortality after massive transfusion - A prospective study by Divya Venugopal, Susheela Jacob Innah, Aboobacker Mohamed Rafi, Ramesh Bhaskaran

“…Subgroup categorization of study population was done, and physician-driven ratios of the blood components were calculated for each case. …”
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Active community inquiry facing COVID-19: Experiences in the Cumanayagua municipality, 2020 by Victor René Navarro Machado, Blanca Moracén Rubio, Danays Santana Rodríguez, Oskeymi Rodríguez González, Medelyn Oliva Santana, Guiguiola Blanco González

“…The implemented system was properly articulated to the family physician-nurse program at the primary care level.</p>…”
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Efficacy And Safety Of Low Dose Tofacitinib As Induction Therapy In Moderate To Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Pilot Study by Sadia Ahmed, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Kamran, Misbah Noureen, Iqra Ashraf, Javeria Khan

“…Total Mayo score i.e. stool frequency, Rectal bleeding, Endoscopic findings and physician global assessment and Partial Mayo score i.e. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Medication Errors in Enteral Tube Feeding Among ICU Patients: A Comprehensive Cross-Sectional Analysis by Mansooreh Asghari-Varzaneh, Shirinsadat Badri, Shadi Farsaei

“…Demographic information and details about the prescribing physician and relevant nurses were also recorded. Findings: Our findings show that not washing the tube before gavage was the most frequent error (99.6%). …”
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Considerations for establishment of a private virtual hospital identified using an implementation science approach by Olivia J. Fisher, Caroline Grogan, Andrew Barron, Shanthi Kanagarajah, Sue-Ellen Smith, Ian Smith, Kelly McGrath

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PharmaLLM: A Medicine Prescriber Chatbot Exploiting Open-Source Large Language Models by Ayesha Azam, Zubaira Naz, Muhammad Usman Ghani Khan

“…PharmaLLM aims to facilitate improved patient-physician interactions, particularly in areas with limited healthcare resources and low literacy rates. …”
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Molecular Characterization of Methicillin Resistant and Extended Spectrum ?-Lactamase Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Burn Patients by Shawnm Ahmed Aziz

“…Antibiotic resistance has become a major world health challenge and has limited the ability of physician's treatment. Staphylococcus aureus the most notorious pathogens causes morbidity and mortality especially in burn patients. …”
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Severe Disabling Myalgia as an Initial Presentation of Polyarteritis Nodosa by H. M. Senarathna, C. L. Fonseka, H. A. S. Perera, P. U. T. De Silva, T. P. Weerarathna

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Validating the diagnostic accuracy of medical certification: a population-level comparison between verbal autopsy and Saudi medical records causes of death of deceased with type 2... by Faleh Alyazidi, Deler Shakely, Fawaz R. Alyazidi, Max Petzold, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb

“…Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient was applied to examine similarities of the cause-specific mortality fractions (CSMFs) based on International Classification of Diseases chapters from both verbal autopsy causes of death (VACOD) and the physician review causes of death (PRCOD). Results Overall, the findings demonstrated a moderate level of concordance of COD at the population between VACOD and PRCOD. …”
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A Patient with Corneal Epithelial Disorder That Developed after Administration of a Latanoprost Generic, but Not a Brand-Name Drug, Eye Drop by Yukihisa Takada, Yuka Okada, Norihito Fujita, Shizuya Saika

“…Twenty days after the first consultation, Xalatan eye drops and Latanoprost eye drops were resumed by a physician of internal medicine in the health care facility, but eye pain developed again. …”
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Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Young Marijuana Smoker: A Rare Case of Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Jiten P. Kothadia, Saurabh Chhabra, Alan Marcus, Michael May, Biren Saraiya, Salma K. Jabbour

“…Although rare, a small-cell lung cancer in this patient should alert the physician that cannabis smoking may be a risk factor for lung cancer.…”
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Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation and Constipation-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Derived from a Canadian National Survey and Needs Assessment on Choice... by Yvonne Tse, David Armstrong, Christopher N. Andrews, Alain Bitton, Brian Bressler, John Marshall, Louis W. C. Liu

“…In a national survey, we aimed to evaluate (1) Canadian physician practice patterns in the utilization of therapeutic agents listed in the new ACG and AGA guidelines; (2) physicians satisfaction with these agents for their CIC and IBS-C patients; and (3) the usefulness of these new guidelines in their clinical practice. …”
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Unveiling Wunderlich syndrome: Diagnosis and management of a rare spontaneous renal hematoma by Rebecca Merrill, Pete Jordanides, Jessica Krizo, Erin L. Simon

“…In the ED, WS can present with a variety of non-specific symptoms, making the diagnosis challenging for emergency physicians. Why should an emergency physician be aware of this?…”
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Association between balance ability and cardiovascular disease onsets among middle-aged and older adults: an observational cohort study from the China Health and Retirement Longitu... by Yinghe Lin, Shanshan Zhong, Zhihua Sun

“…CVD was defined as the presence of physician-diagnosed heart disease and/or stroke. Cox proportional hazards models (considering competing risks) and stratification analysis were used to determine the association between balance ability and incident CVD risk.ResultsThe median age of the 10,154 participants was 57.0 (51.0, 64.0) years old, with 51.0% female. …”
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Effectiveness of the Homeopathic Preparation Neurexan® Compared with that of Commonly used Valerian-Based Preparations for the Treatment of Nervousness/Restlessness – an Observatio... by Rainer Hubner, Robbert van Haselen, Peter Klein

“…Choice and doses of study therapies were at the respective physician's discretion. The planned treatment duration was 2 weeks. …”
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Teachers’ pedagogical improvement who participate in the training and specialization of doctors in Venezuela by Felicia Pérez Moya, Nilzer Agramonte Vargas, Silvia Enríquez Vilaplana, Maribel Torres Cobas

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> the Comprehensive Community Physician’s Training and Specialization Programs in Venezuela require teachers with a solid pedagogical preparation, capable of organizing and directing the teaching-learning process with quality.…”
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Serum Vitamin D Level and Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Case-Control Study by Guwani Liyanage, Anusha Kaneshapillai, Suthesan Kanthasamy

“…Hospitalized children between 2 and 60 months with physician-diagnosed, radiologically confirmed severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were enrolled as cases. …”
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