A Case of Attempted Suicide by Cerbera odollam Seed Ingestion by Michelle Bernshteyn, Steven H. Adams, Kunal Gada

“…While the C. odollam plant has multiple practical and ornamental functions, its seeds have traditionally been utilized for suicidal and homicidal purposes in many parts of the world. Physicians should be aware of the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of C. odollam ingestion given the current ease of availability of these seeds in the United States and the increased reports of suicide attempts.…”
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Use of Healthcare Claims Data to Generate Real-World Evidence on Patients With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Practical Considerations for Research by Nicole Stamas, Tom Vincent, Kathryn Evans, Qian Li, Vanessa Danielson, Reginald Lassagne, Ariel Berger

“…**Objectives:** Regulatory bodies, health technology assessment agencies, payers, physicians, and other decision-makers increasingly recognize the importance of real-world evidence (RWE) to provide important and relevant insights on treatment patterns, burden/cost of illness, product safety, and long-term and comparative effectiveness. …”
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Geographical distribution of human pythiosis in the USA by Raquel Vilela, Sue C. Grady, Priscilla Rocha Vilela, Leonel Mendoza

“…Our data showed that P. insidiosum human infections in the USA are diagnosed in the same geographic areas where animal pythiosis occur. Physicians handling clinical cases like those so far reported can use the geographic distribution of pythiosis human cases in this study as a guide in their clinical diagnosis and in the early management of putative cases.IMPORTANCEThe relevance of the study not only resides in the epidemiological distribution of animal human pythiosis in the USA (our team’s recent publication), but also shows physicians the areas where Pythium insidiosum thrive in endemic areas. …”
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Diagnosis and management of septal deviation and nasal valve collapse - a survey of Canadian otolaryngologists by Yiqiao Wang, James P. Bonaparte

“…The Cottle manoeuvre (62.8%) and visual inspection (39.5%) were noted to be the most important diagnostic tools for external and internal NVC respectively. However, physicians often rely on a variable number of different examinations when making a diagnosis of nasal valve collapse. …”
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Equity and efficiency of public health resource allocation in China by Minghua Zhou

“…Results The Theil index of public health resource allocation by population in China ranges from 0.006 to 0.049, and the Theil index contribution rate of the number of beds, health technicians, licensed (assistant) physicians, and registered nurses within region is less than 28.76%. …”
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Types of injuries caused by isolated electric scooter accidents by Kyongwon Yoo, Hyung Il Kim

“…Studies have reported that most such injuries are minor, and physicians may therefore underestimate the severity of such injuries. …”
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Guidelines for Patient-Centered Documentation in the Era of Open Notes: Qualitative Study by Anita Vanka, Katherine T Johnston, Tom Delbanco, Catherine M DesRoches, Annalays Garcia, Liz Salmi, Charlotte Blease

“…Using a structured focus group decision guide, we conducted 4 group meetings with different sets of 27 participants: physicians experienced with writing open notes (n=5), patients accustomed to reviewing their notes (n=8), medical student educators (n=7), and resident physicians (n=7). …”
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Evaluation of Training Family Health Center Practice in Family Medicine Residency Education by Nesibe Derya Bayhan, Abdulkadir Kaya

“…This study assesses the perceived necessity of EFHCs among family medicine specialists and residents.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted among family physicians via Google Forms between February and April 2022. …”
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Deep Learning Models to Predict Fatal Pneumonia Using Chest X-Ray Images by Satoshi Anai, Junko Hisasue, Yoichi Takaki, Naohiko Hara

“…By further improving the performance, AI could assist physicians in the severity assessment of patients with pneumonia.…”
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Monitoring Guidelines for Home and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy by Alain Y Martel

“…When prescribing home intravenous antibiotic therapy (HIVAT), physicians must consider not only the factors normally considered in a hospital setting, but also the limitations and advantages of home therapy. …”
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Voluntary disclosures of payments from pharmaceutical companies to healthcare professionals in Germany: a descriptive study of disclosures in 2015 and 2016 by Marlene Stoll, Lara Hubenschmid, Cora Koch, Klaus Lieb

“…Disclosed payments were higher in male physicians and in physicians with higher academic degree.Conclusions If voluntary, disclosure rates of payments are low and therefore only provide a fragmented picture of interactions between HCPs and pharmaceutical companies. …”
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Role of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine in Community Based Palliative Care - A Position Statement by Srikanth Srinivasan, Vinayagamoorthy Venugopal, Suguna Elayaperumal, Mahendra Singh, Priya Kataria, Rehana Vanaja Radhakrishnan

“…The National Program of Palliative Care (NPPC) envisages incorporating palliative care in undergraduate medical education to improve the knowledge and skills of primary care physicians to provide quality palliative care in the home setting of patients. …”
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Can a theory-based intervention lead primiparous women to decide to have a normal vaginal delivery? A randomized controlled trial by Rashin Pourashraf, Masoumeh Abbasi-Shavazi, Mahboubeh Valiani, Sara Jambarsang, Hossein Ali Sadeghian

“…It seems that the stressful conditions of delivery, along with the final opinion of the physicians, are effective in choosing the final type of delivery.…”
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Patterns of pregabalin prescribing in four German federal states: analysis of routine data to investigate potential misuse of pregabalin by Ronja Flemming

“…The prescribers of those patients potentially misusing pregabalin were more loosely connected within networks compared with prescribers of patients prescribed pregabalin as recommended.Conclusion This study found that patients could exceed recommended doses of pregabalin by getting prescriptions from multiple physicians. Specific patients were at increased risk of potentially misusing pregabalin, and these patients sought to obtain their prescriptions from physicians who were as loosely connected as possible. …”
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MEDICAL STUDENTS’ SUICIDES –A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW by ANNIKA MARTIN, ERIKA JÄÄSKELÄINEN, JOUKO MIETTUNEN, SAARA KAAKINEN, TUULA HURTIG, ANU-HELMI HALT

“…ABSTRACT Objectives: Suicidal tendencies among physicians have been a subject of research and scientific interest for some time, but less is known about suicides and the factors associated with them in the case of medical students, i.e. future physicians, although some interest has been shown in symptoms of depression and suicidal ideation. …”
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Medicolegal aspects of medical malpractice claims following aesthetic interventions in Cairo, Egypt by Ghada Abdelwahed Rawash, Neveen Adel Ibrahim, Islam Mostafa Farrag, Somaya Youssef Mostafa

“…Consultants were the most frequently accused physicians (32.7%). Liposuction was the most frequent procedure (31.6%). …”
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Enhancing accuracy and efficiency in upper extremity disability assessments: development and testing of a desktop application by Emre Ozmen, Gamze Gül Güleç, Hazal İzol Özmen, Melih Civan, Esra Circi, Serdar Yuksel, Alican Baris

“…It could be a helpful tool for physicians in a clinical setting. Level of Evidence: Level IV, Diagnostic Study.…”
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Perceived benefits, costs, and relationships on provincial doctors’ inclination to participate in urban–rural medical consortia in Central China: a social exchange theory perspecti... by Bowen Zhang, Liang Ma, Wenjie Ma, Dingding Kang, Yiqing Mao, Yiqing Mao, Yiqing Mao

“…It is essential for managers to enhance incentive mechanisms, strive to minimize both actual and perceived costs, and facilitate the establishment of high-quality professional relationships between provincial physicians and their counterparts in county-level healthcare institutions.…”
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A case report of atrial enlargement and transitory electrocardiographic changes during labour by Antonio VILLA, Donatella RODEGHER, Valeria BARBERA, Carlo TURRI

“…The cardiovascular system is subject to a reversible series of structural and functional adaptations during pregnancy. Emergency physicians, gynecologists and obste- tricians should be aware of these physiological electrocardiographic changes during pregnancy in order to obtain a correct and an appropriate diagnosis in emergency room.…”
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Mor a lékařská literatura pozdního středověku by David Tomíček

“… This paper deals with the question of contagiousness an communicability of plague in the treatises of late medieval physicians and leads to conclusions that beside the generally accepted miasmatic theory (i.e. plague si communicated by aer) two other conceptions were important. …”
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