Preparedness for and impact of COVID-19 on primary health care delivery in urban and rural Malawi: a mixed methods study by Tracy Morse, Kondwani Chidziwisano, Gift Kawalazira, Mackwellings Maganizo Phiri, Eleanor Elizabeth MacPherson, Mindy Panulo, Khumbo Kalua, Chawanangwa Mahebere Chirambo, Zaziwe Gundah, Penjani Chunda

“…Frontline workers felt COVID-19 had negatively impacted their lives. They experienced fatigue and stress due to heavy workloads, stigma in the community and worries about becoming infected with and transmitting COVID-19.Conclusion Resource (human and material) inadequacy shaped the health facility capacity for support and response to COVID-19, and frontline workers may require psychosocial support to manage the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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The efficacy of Artichoke leaf extract conjugated with organic zinc nanoparticles on growth, carcass traits and blood biochemical parameters of broilers by Elwy A. Ashour, Ahmed K. Aldhalmi, Mahmoud Kamal, Salem S. Salem, Samir A. Mahgoub, Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani, Mahmoud Madkour, Ahmed A. Elolimy, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack, Ayman A. Swelum

“…The results showed significant changes in LBW on days 28 and 31 of their lives, with the ZnO-Nano-ALPE groups showing the greatest changes. …”
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Four decades of phenology in an alpine amphibian: trends, stasis, and climatic drivers by Lenzi, Omar, Grossenbacher, Kurt, Zumbach, Silvia, Lüscher, Beatrice, Althaus, Sarah, Schmocker, Daniela, Recher, Helmut, Thoma, Marco, Ozgul, Arpat, Schmidt, Benedikt R.

“…Phenological shifts in breeding are observed in a wide number of amphibian populations, but less is known about populations living at high elevations, which are predicted to be more sensitive to climate change than lowland populations. …”
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Balance and Gait Improvements of Postoperative Rehabilitation in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Treated with Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation (STN-DBS) by Kazunori Sato, Noriaki Aita, Yoshihide Hokari, Eriko Kitahara, Mami Tani, Nana Izawa, Kozo Hatori, Ryota Nakamura, Fuyuko Sasaki, Satoko Sekimoto, Takayuki Jo, Genko Oyama, Taku Hatano, Yasushi Shimo, Hirokazu Iwamuro, Atsushi Umemura, Nobutaka Hattori, Toshiyuki Fujiwara

“…Postural instability is one of the major impairments, which induces disabilities of activities of daily living (ADLs). The effectiveness of STN-DBS for postural instability is unclear, and the effect of rehabilitation following STN-DBS has remained uncertain. …”
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Assessing the Risk Factors of Violent and Non-violent Suicide Attempt Methods: A Population-based Cross-sectional Study by Amin Moradi, Ehsan Mosafarkhani, Fateme Nikbakht, Zahra Amiri, Ali Vafaee Najar

“…Men, those who had lost their wives, people who lived in suburban areas, and people who had self-employed jobs or were unemployed, had higher rates of attempted suicide using violent methods. …”
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Consensus evidence-based clinical practice guide for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in childhood and adolescence by Yasser El Miedany, Hala Lotfy, Maha El Gaafary, Naglaa Gadallah, Annie Nasr Mehanna, Safaa Mahran, Waleed Hassan, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Samar Abdelhamed Tabra, Mohamed Mortada, Ahmed R. Radwan, Dalia El Mikkawy, S. Esam Maher, Ghada Eldrainy, Hala Abdulhady, Marwa Mahgoub, Youmna Amer, Walaa Elwakil

“…This has been attributed to better survival rates of children living with chronic disorders, the increased use of medications known to have a negative impact on the children’s bones, and the increased preference for indoor activities and sedentary life in healthy children. …”
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Impact of Pandemic Measures on Emergency Department Visits: A Comparative Analysis of Medico-Legal Cases Before and During COVID-19 by Mehmet Berkay Can, Alper Özkök, Mehmet Ali Aslaner, Taner Akar, Birol Demirel

“…Conclusion: During the pandemic, the significant decrease in overall ED visits compared with the number of medico-legal cases and the decline in the behavior of leaving the hospital voluntarily can indicate the high number of unnecessary green zone admissions in ordinary times. The change in living and consumption habits caused by the pandemic may also have changed the frequency and epidemiological distribution of forensic cases, such as motorcycle accidents.…”
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Treatment preferences of patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer: A discrete choice experiment by Liam Mannion, Verity Watson, Vinod Mullassery, Rajesh Nair, Thomas Charlton, Margaret Northover, Deborah Enting, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Muhammad Shamim Khan, Ramesh Thurairaja, Suzanne Amery, Kathryn Chatterton, Kate Smith, Simon Hughes

“…Understanding patient preferences is important for shared decision‐making, which has an impact on quality of care for people living with MIBC.…”
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The impact of war on ACS admissions and triage – a single center experience by Sharon Bruoha, Tatiana Stolichny, Vladimir Chitoroga, Michael Shilo, Michael Friger, Jamal Jafari, Evgeny Chernogoz, Maggie Cohen Grisaru, Amos Katz, Chaim Yosefy, Gili Givaty

“…The Israel-Gaza war that erupted on October 7th, 2023, provided a tragic opportunity to explore the effect of war on the epidemiology, characteristics, and management of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) living in areas of active armed conflict. Methods: All patients admitted with ACS to our medical center, between October 7th, 2023, and January 6th, 2024, were retrospectively included. …”
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Severe pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a patient with bronchiectasis and IgA nephropathy: a case report by Yi Lin, Zhao-Zhao Jiang, Xiao-Qian Chi, Jian-Sheng Chen, Chao Wen, Chao Zhang, Ying-Ying Wang, Guang-Liang Xie

“…Appropriate bacterial culture methods and efficient identification techniques should be adopted to promptly identify pathogens, and personalized treatment plans should be developed based on antibiotic sensitivity tests to save patients’ lives.…”
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Social determinants of financial stress and association with psychological distress among young adults 18–26 years in the United States by Anaiya Nasir, Umair Javed, Kobina Hagan, Ryan Chang, Harun Kundi, Zahir Amin, Sara Butt, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Zulqarnain Javed, Zulqarnain Javed

“…FS was assessed as an aggregate score (6–24) based on worry about six life tasks: paying for: monthly bills, housing expenses, healthcare, illness/accident, maintaining standard of living, saving money for retirement. Individuals in the highest quartile of the score were defined as having high FS. …”
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Cognitive Decline in Chronic Migraine with Nonsteroid Anti-inflammation Drug Overuse: A Cross-Sectional Study by Xiaoying Cai, Xiaotian Xu, Aiwu Zhang, Jianwen Lin, Xiaojuan Wang, Wen He, Yannan Fang

“…Detailed headache characteristics and evaluation of anxiety, depression, and living and sleep quality were collected. Results. 116 patients were included in this study. …”
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Examining the Emotional and Physical Health Impact in Users of Open-Source Automated Insulin Delivery and Sources of Support: Qualitative Analysis of Patient Narratives by Bryan Cleal, Yanbing Chen, Mandy Wäldchen, Hanne Ballhausen, Drew Cooper, Shane O'Donnell, Christine Knoll, Niklas Krug, Klemens Raile, Tebbe Ubben, Adrian Tappe, Dana Lewis, Ingrid Willaing, Timothy Skinner, Katarina Braune

“…ObjectiveThis study focused on examining the lived experiences, physical and emotional health implications of people with diabetes following the initiation of open-source AID systems, their perceived challenges, and their sources of support, which have not been explored in the existing literature. …”
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Classification of Wheezing Children in Rural Bangladesh by Intensity of Ascaris Infection, Total and Specific IgE Levels, History of Pneumonia, and Other Risk Factors by Haruko Takeuchi, Md Alfazal Khan, Khalequz Zaman, Sayaka Takanashi, S. M. Tafsir Hasan, Mohammad Yunus, Tsutomu Iwata

“…The participants included 219 5-year-old wheezing children who were randomly selected from 1705 children living in the Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance area of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. …”
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Characteristics of subacute stroke patients who achieve earlier independence in real-life walking performance during hospitalization by Kenji Kawakami, Shigeo Tanabe, Daiki Kinoshita, Ryo Kitabatake, Hiroo Koshisaki, Kenta Fujimura, Yoshikiyo Kanada, Hiroaki Sakurai

“…Low activities of daily living independence and “test-setting walking” ability hindered early progress. …”
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Dietary inflammatory index and disability among older adults in Guangzhou: a cross-sectional analysis by Junbin Liao, Junbin Liao, Wenfeng Cai, Danrong Lin, Yuanyun Xiao, Yanxi Liu, Yahui Wang, Yuquan Zhong, Fan Xiao, Heng Fang, Yilu Yao, Yunfeng Lin, Jiewen Su, Siyu Sun, Bo Zhang, Yan Wang, Wei Zhu, Wei Zhu

“…Disability levels were assessed using the “Assessment Standard for Long-term Care Disability” from the Medical Insurance Bureau, including Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Cognitive Ability, and Sensory Perception and Communication Skills (SPCS). …”
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A study protocol for individualized prognostic counselling in the palliative phase by Boyd Noël van den Besselaar, A. Sewnaik, M. C. Dorr, A. Hoesseini, J. A. Hardillo, R. J. Baatenburg de Jong, M.P.J. Offerman

“…Overall, these aspects can contribute to a better quality of life and quality of care for HNSCC patients in the last phase of their lives. Trial Registration This study was registered November 18, 2024, on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT06699316.…”
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Comparative effectiveness of buprenorphine-naloxone versus methadone for treatment of opioid use disorder: a population-based observational study protocol in British Columbia, Cana... by Lawrence C McCandless, Malcolm Maclure, M Eugenia Socías, Evan Wood, Paul Gustafson, Robert W Platt, Bohdan Nosyk, Sander Greenland, Micah Piske, Trevor Thomson, Emanuel Krebs, Natt Hongdilokkul, Julie Bruneau, M Ehsan Karim, Judith I Tsui

“…Our objective is to determine the comparative effectiveness of methadone versus buprenorphine/naloxone, both overall and within key populations, in a setting where both medications are simultaneously available in office-based practices and specialised clinics.Methods and analysis We propose a retrospective cohort study of all adults living in British Columbia receiving opioid agonist treatment (OAT) with methadone or buprenorphine/naloxone between 1 January 2008 and 30 September 2018. …”
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Neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions and emergency admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in children: a longitudinal ecological analysis in England, 2012–2017 by Bernie Carter, Enitan D Carrol, David Taylor-Robinson, Konstantinos Daras, Tanith Rose, Kate Mason, Courtney Franklin, Lateef Akanni

“…Background Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are those for which hospital admission could be prevented by interventions in primary care. Children living in socioeconomic disadvantage have higher rates of emergency admissions for ACSCs than their more affluent counterparts. …”
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Gender inequalities in prescribing and initiation patterns of guideline-recommended drugs after acute myocardial infarction by Irene López-Ferreruela, Sara Malo, Blanca Obón-Azuara, María José Rabanaque, Adriana Gamba, Sara Castel-Feced, Isabel Aguilar-Palacio

“…Overall, age and morbidity burden were the main contributors to differences in the prescribing patterns. Living in an urban area seemed to be a protective or mitigating factor. …”
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