Adherence to the ISHLT Protocol for the Referral of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis to the Transplantation Center among of Czech Centers for Interstitial Lung Diseases by Martina Sterclova, Martina Doubkova, Lubica Sykorova, Vladimir Bartos, Monika Zurkova, Vladimira Lostakova, Radka Mokosova, Martina Plackova, Ladislav Lacina, Michaela Cimrova, Radka Bittenglova, Pavlina Lisa, Pavla Musilova, Daniel Dolezal, Jana Psikalova, Petra Ovesna, Martina Koziar Vasakova

“…Thirty percent of potentially eligible patients not referred to the transplant center were considered to have too many comorbidities by the reporting physician, 19% of IPF patients denied lung transplantation, and 17% were not referred due to age. …”
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Association between obstructive sleep apnea and hyperuricemia/gout in the general population: a cross-sectional study by Suyeon Park, Seong-Hyeok Bak, Hyun-Sook Kim, Kyung-Ann Lee

“…Additionally, it had a higher incidence of physician-diagnosed gout than the other groups (6.6% vs. 3.8% vs. 0.8%, respectively, P < 0.001). …”
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Effectiveness of the ARTHE-e app for exercise adherence in people with knee osteoarthritis: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Bruno Pereira, Charlotte Lanhers, Emmanuel Coudeyre, Lech Dobija, Mathilde Pelletier-Visa, Alexis Bonhomme

“…The intervention group will use the ARTH-e application for 6 months, while the control group will follow stay-active advice from their physician. The primary outcome will be the difference between groups in the evolution of the EARS score at 6 months.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the medical ethics committee (Comité de Protection des Personnes) XI of Saint Germain en Laye (27 March 2024) (ID for ethics approval: 24.00330.000201). …”
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Instagram Versus Reality: Who Are Actually Plastic Surgeons? by Nikhi P. Singh, MD, MBA, Mary M. Holohan, MD, Cameron Harmon, BS, Kasra N. Fallah, MD, Jeffrey Gross, MD, Aadarsh Patel, MD, Carter J. Boyd, MD, MBA, Matthew R. Greives, MD, MS, Jorge de la Torre, MD, MSHA, Gayle Gordillo, MD, Timothy W. King, MD, PhD

“…Results:. In total, 1399 physicians practicing within the United States were identified. …”
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Factors affecting patient satisfaction during endoscopic procedures by Maryam Ghazala, E-Hinna Rashk, Sardar Saman, Khan Jahangir, Isram Javaria, Hassan Fayyaz

“…Additionally, the personal manner of the physician and nurses, as well as comprehensive explanations before and after the procedure, were also significant factors. …”
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Pain Reduction in Patellofemoral Knee Patients During 3-Month Intervention with Biomechanical and Sensorimotor Foot Orthoses: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study by Steven Simon, Andreas Heine, Jonas Dully, Carlo Dindorf, Oliver Ludwig, Michael Fröhlich, Stephan Becker

“…In the pre-test, knee pain was evaluated using the Kujala Anterior Knee Pain Scale after the physician’s anamnesis and plantar pressure measurement. …”
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Clinical and Hematological Manifestation of Dengue Patients in 2022 Outbreak: A Tertiary Care Hospital‐Based Cross‐Sectional Study by Md. Jubayer Hossain, Manisha Das, Muhibullah Shahjahan, Md. Wahidul Islam, Syeda Tasneem Towhid

“…Severe cases involve critical plasma leakage, leading to DSS with fluid accumulation, respiratory distress, and potential multiorgan involvement. Enhancing physician awareness regarding dengue case detection and management, along with routine dengue testing, are recommended for early diagnosis and improved patient outcomes.…”
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Characterizing the medical and social complexity experienced by Inuit children and their families from Nunavut who access care at an urban Canadian tertiary level paediatric hospit... by Yipeng Ge, Amanda Mills, Victoria McCann, Sara Trincao-Batra, Deepti Reddy, Dennis Newhook, Richard J. Webster, Stephanie Sutherland, Melissa Weber, Radha Jetty

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Use of a perforator-based flap from the ulnar palmar artery for the repair of defects caused by the treatment of severe contractures due to Dupuytren's disease by Jiangping Dai, Jiangping Dai, Hui Wang, Haifeng Wang, Haifeng Wang, Xinyang Sun, Xinyang Sun, Yihan Zhang, Yihan Zhang

“…Data regarding the degree of contracture, two-point discrimination, and the total active motion (TAM) scale of the affected hand were collected by the same physician at the specified time points (preoperative, postoperative, and final follow-up), along with an evaluation of the donor and recipient areas of the flap. …”
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Regional Medical Campuses in Canada by Aaron Johnston, Amanda Bell, Kristy Penner, Trushar Patel, Grace Perez

“…Combined model RMCs, offering both preclinical and clinical education have shown promising results in producing physicians who work in rural and regional settings and are currently a key avenue of expansion of medical training in Canada. …”
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Investigating lung cancer microenvironment from cell segmentation of pathological image and its application in prognostic stratification by Xu Zhang, Zi-Han Zhang, Yong-Min Liu, Shi-Lei Zhao, Xu-Tong Zhao, Li-Zhi Zhang, Chun-Dong Gu, Yi Zhao

“…Currently, the TNM staging system is predominantly used in clinical practice for prognostic evaluation, but its accuracy is constrained by the reliance on physician experience. Although biomarker discovery based on molecular pathology offers a new perspective for prognostic assessment, its dependence on expensive gene panel testing limits its widespread clinical application. …”
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Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia: A Retrospective Claims Analysis of Complications, Resource Utilization, and Cost of Care by Eliza Kruger, Justin Nedzesky, Nina Thomas, Jeffrey D. Dunn, Andrew A. Grimm

“…Healthcare use and costs were assessed by setting of care (inpatient, outpatient, physician office, emergency department, and pharmacy). …”
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Cost minimization analysis of nasopharyngoscope reprocessing in community practice by Ameen Biadsee, Lauren Crosby, Winsion Chow, Leigh J Sowerby

“…Abstract Background Reprocessing of nasopharyngoscopes represents a large financial burden to community physicians. The aim of this study was to perform a cost analysis of nasopharyngoscope reprocessing methods at the community level. …”
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Magnitude and Its Associated Factors of Urinary Tract Infection among Adult Patients Attending Tigray Region Hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2019 by Abrha Hailay, Kidane Zereabruk, Guesh Mebrahtom, Woldu Aberhe, Degena Bahrey

“…It ranks as the number one infection which leads to an antibiotic prescription after a physician’s visit. However, there are limited studies done on UTI in Ethiopia. …”
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Validation of Difficult Airway Physiological Score (DAPS) in Critically Ill Adults Undergoing Endotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department by Shahan Waheed, Junaid Abdul Razzak, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Ahmed Raheem, Asad Iqbal Mian

“…The variables in the score were age, gender, time of intubation, vitals and vomiting at presentation, pH <7.3, fever, physician’s anticipation for patient decline, and agitation. …”
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Evaluation of change in emergency care knowledge and skills among front-line healthcare providers in Ukraine with the Basic Emergency Care course: a pretest/post-test study by Sean M Kivlehan, Amy Allen, Olha Viun, Dmitry A Makarov, Daniel Schnorr, Sonny Patel, Sergii A Ryzhenko, Phuong Pham, Timothy B Erickson

“…The most common participant profession was resident physician (24%), followed by health educator (18%) and prehospital provider (14%).Interventions The 5-day WHO-ICRC BEC course.Primary and secondary outcome measures Change in pre-course and post-course knowledge and skill confidence assessments. …”
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Cost of primary care approaches for hypertension management and risk-based cardiovascular disease prevention in Bangladesh: a HEARTS costing tool application by Andrew E Moran, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Deliana Kostova, Muhammad Jami Husain, Mohammad Sabbir Haider, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Renesa Tarannum, Shamim Jubayer

“…The estimated annual costs per patient treated with medications for hypertension, diabetes and cholesterol were US$18, US$29 and US$37, respectively.Conclusion Expanding the HEARTS hypertension management and CVD prevention programme to provide services to the entire eligible population in the catchment area may face constraints in physician capacity. A task-sharing model involving shifting of select tasks from doctors to nurses and local community health workers would be essential for the eventual scale-up of primary care services to prevent CVD in Bangladesh.…”
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Association between chronic respiratory diseases and frailty in Chinese elderly: a population-based longitudinal study by Ting Yang, Ping He, Dawei Zhu, Dan Guo, Ruoxi Ding, Ke Huang, Yanan Zhao, Xiaolong Guan

“…Frailty was assessed using the physical frailty phenotype scale, and CRDs were conformed by self-reported physician diagnoses. Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine the association between baseline CRDs and subsequent frailty.Results Among participants (mean age 67.07 years, 51.53% male), 497 (15.02%) had CRDs. …”
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Enhancing work environments and reducing turnover intention: a multicenter longitudinal cohort study on differentiated nursing practices in Dutch hospitals by Julia van Kraaij, Neeltje de Vries, Hanna Wessel, Hester Vermeulen, Catharina van Oostveen, RN2Blend Consortium

“…Results showed that, while the overall work environment improved, particularly in the dimensions of staffing and resource adequacy, collegial nurse–physician relationships, and participation in hospital affairs, there were no significant improvements in nursing foundation for quality of care or nurse managers' ability, leadership, and support of nurses. …”
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Effectiveness of implementation of sickle cell disease referral guidelines and other measures in paediatric department at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia by Muhammad Matloob Alam, Abdulrhman Alathaibi, Hamdan Alghamdi, Jean Barrientos De Asis, Reynan Bautista, Mansour Aladwani, Mustafa Mohamed Selim

“…In addition, a dedicated PHO physician was assigned to map all referrals and provide rapid responses or outpatient department appointment dates for daily consultations and referrals. …”
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