Epidemiology and associated factors of genital warts among patients in Iran: A cross-sectional study highlighting the impact of education and sexual behavior by Hossein Faramarzi, Hasti Jofreyi, Nahid Heydari Marandi, Mehdi Ghahartars, Nasrin Aliabadi

“…Moreover, 98 (14.4 %) and participants who confirmed eGW suffer from addiction and 2 (0.3 %) from drug Injection. …”
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Adapting and validating the satisfaction, alertness, timing, efficiency, and duration-breast cancer (SATED-BC) scale for measuring sleep health in Spanish women treated for breast... by Ángela González-Santos, Mario Lozano-Lozano, Irene Cantarero-Villanueva, Paula Postigo-Martín, Lydia Martín-Martín, Rocío Gil-Gutiérrez, Roberto Muelas-Lobato, Maria Lopez-Garzon

“…Conclusion: The SATED-BC scale is a reliable and valid tool for comprehensively evaluating sleep health in women who have completed treatment for breast cancer.…”
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Apocalypse—Rise of the World Health Organization Priority Pathogens by Apurva Kawdiya, Swati Bhalse, Gaurav Mogra, Kewal K Arora

“…In 2017, a list of World Health Organization (WHO) global priority pathogens (GPP) was released. …”
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Consequences of COVID-19 for geriatric patients during a pandemic by Ludwig Wemhöner, Charlotte Brandts, Hannah Dinse, Eva-Maria Skoda, Sarah Jansen, Martin Teufel, Hana Rohn, Richard Dodel

“…Long-term survival was higher in patients who received comprehensive geriatric treatment (74.3% vs. 51.8%). …”
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Targeting Cytokine Storm in COVID-19: A Role of Online Hemodiafiltration with Asymmetric Cellulose Triacetate in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients—A Report of 10 Cases by José C. De La Flor, Francisco Valga, Alexander Marschall, Tania Monzon, Cristina Albarracín, Elisa Ruiz, Miguel Rodeles

“…A total of 4 patients developed severe pneumonia (3 of them died) and 1 patient developed moderate pneumonia. Patients who died (n = 3) were more likely to present bilateral pneumonia (100% vs 14.3%) at diagnosis and less reduction in interleukin 6 (IL-6) at day 14, as compared to those who survived. …”
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Utility and clinical significance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition for diagnosing lymphadenopathies in biliary tract cancer by Katsuhiko Sato, Minoru Shigekawa, Syuhei Yamamoto, Takayuki Matsumae, Yu Sato, Teppei Yoshioka, Takahiro Kodama, Hayato Hikita, Tomohide Tatsumi, Tetsuo Takehara

“…All seven FNA cytology-positive patients who were diagnosed with distant metastasis received systemic chemotherapy. …”
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Effect of use and type of helmet on occurrence of traumatic brain injuries in motorcycle riders in Korea: a retrospective cohort study by Sowon Seo, Seok Ran Yeom, Sung-Wook Park, Il Jae Wang, Suck Ju Cho, Wook Tae Yang, Youngmo Cho

“…In addition, the correlation between helmet type and motorcycle accident was determined in 596 patients who knew the exact type of helmet they wore. A total of 710 patients who wore helmet but did not know the type were excluded from this analysis. …”
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Identification of Decision-Making Skills of the High School Students Participating in School Sports Activities by Ayla Karakullukçu, Mehmet Öçalan, Pelin Avcı

“…Another result obtained from the study is that the students who are interested in team sports have higher self-confidence than the students who are interested in individual sports. …”
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Investigating processes to support and improve informed financial consent in Australian cancer services: an implementation process mapping study and analysis by Natalie Taylor, Elizabeth Kennedy, Carolyn Mazariego, Raylene Cox, Kate Whittaker, Megan Varlow

“…The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) informed the development of interview questions and a process map outlining a normative process or workflow for patient consults was used during the interviews.Setting Australian cancer care provider health services.Participants Australian healthcare professionals who provide services to cancer patients and indicated having an IFC process or activities in their service were approached through existing networks to participate in a semistructured interview.Results Ten healthcare professionals who regularly worked with cancer patients were interviewed. …”
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Timing of Tracheotomy in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Morbidly Obese Patients by Ahmad Alhajhusain, Ailia W. Ali, Asif Najmuddin, Kashif Hussain, Masooma Aqeel, Ali A. El-Solh

“…Rates of NP and total duration of MV were significantly higher in those who had tracheostomy ≥ 9 days (P=0.004 and P=0.002, resp.). …”
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Influence of Timing on Surgical Outcomes for Acute Humeral Shaft Fractures by Ryogo Furuhata, Yusaku Kamata, Aki Kono, Yasuhiro Kiyota, Hideo Morioka

“…In addition, we performed subgroup analyses on outcomes in a subgroup of patients who underwent intramedullary nailing and one who underwent plate fixation. …”
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« La baraque [les camps], on y était ! » Faire la preuve administrative de son statut d’enfant de harki by Alice Baudy

“…This article looks at the production and appropriation of an administrative category, that of the child of a harki who has passed through the camps, within the framework of a public action program aimed at repairing prejudices linked to the colonial past. …”
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An assessment of South African policy and strategic framework for the development of a sufficient, equitably distributed and well-performing health workforce for the implementation... by S V Mokoena, P Naidoo

“…They were individuals and stakeholders who interact with and/or are in the employment of statutory health councils, regulatory bodies, medical aid administrators, medical schemes, voluntary bodies/organisations and healthcare workers who are registered with the SA Pharmacy Council, Health Professions Council of SA and SA Nursing Council. …”
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Risk factors for difficult peripheral venous cannulation in hospitalised patients. Protocol for a multicentre case–control study in 48 units of eight public hospitals in Spain by Jose Miguel Morales-Asencio, Ian Blanco-Mavillard, Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Calero, Ismael Fernandez-Fernandez, Luis Javier Molero-Ballester, Catalina Matamalas-Massanet, Luis Moreno-Mejias, Joan Ernest de Pedro-Gomez

“…The control group will be obtained from records of patients who do not meet the above conditions. It has been stated a minimum sample size of 2070 patients, 207 cases and 1863 controls.A descriptive analysis will be made of the distribution of the phenomenon. …”
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Impact of early initiation of renal replacement therapy in patients on venoarterial ECMO using target trial emulation with Japanese nationwide data by Toshihiro Kubo, Tomonori Takeuchi, Norihiko Inoue, Augusto Cama-Olivares, Deepak Chandramohan, Ashita J. Tolwani, Keith M. Wille, Kiyohide Fushimi, Javier A. Neyra, Kenji Wakabayashi

“…This retrospective study investigated adult patients who underwent VA-ECMO between April 2018 and March 2022 and used the clone-censor-weight method to emulate a hypothetical target trial and compare two groups: patients who initiated RRT within 2 days of VA-ECMO initiation (Early) and those who did not (Late). …”
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REFERENCE POINTS OF THE PATHOGENESIS OF THE PHENOMENON OF MODEL FORMATION RISKY REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR TEENAGE GIRLS by Ирина Вячеславовна Бабенко-Сорокопуд

“…Materials and methods The study included adolescents with a gynecological age of at least 2 years who had data on menstrual disorder (MD) and risky sexual activity (RSA) over the past 6 months – group A (n = 257): non-heterosexual (NH), exclusively and predominantly same-sex preference when choosing a potential partner (I, n = 89) and heterosexual (H), who have never had a partner of the same sex (II, n = 168). …”
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Association between health insurance coverage and stage of diagnosis for cervical cancer among females in Indiana from 2011 - 2019 by Mrithula Suresh Babu, Monica L. Kasting, Natalia M. Rodriguez

“…Additionally, Black (OR = 1.98, 95 % CI = 1.21–3.24) and Hispanic females (OR = 2.19, 95 %CI = 1.04–4.61) were significantly more likely to be diagnosed at the regional stage than the in-situ stage when compared to Non-Hispanic White females. Females who are uninsured (OR = 4.43, 95 % CI = 2.23–8.44) and those who have Medicaid (OR = 3.03, 95 % CI = 1.91–4.80) were significantly more likely to be diagnosed at the distant stage than in-situ, compared to females with private insurance. …”
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Distance and Direction Matters: Risk Perception Among Residents Around a Dump Yard in Kerala, India by Payyappilly AP, Babu P, Nair MR

“…The responses of the participants were used to compute a risk perception score, which reflected participants’ risk perception regarding the environment and their health.Results: Among the participants in the study, those who lived within 2 kilometers (2.3 (95% CI 0.96, 3.7; p< 0.001)), those who lived to the east (2.7 (95% CI 1.1, 4.2; p< 0.001)) and those who reported perceiving strong malodor from the dump yard (2.0 (95% CI 0.54, 3.4; p=0.007)), had a higher risk perception in the multivariate linear regression model. …”
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Characteristics and outcomes of the screening program of autism spectrum disorder in Primary Healthcare Centers in Bahrain by Muna A. Almohri, Mahmood A. Alawainati, Zahra A. Ayoob, Nayla A. Nasser, Noof A. Abdulaal, Ahmed A. Aldailami, Donya A. Aldailami

“…The vast majority of children who were positive on screening had a confirmed diagnosis of ASD. …”
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What are the expectations and experiences of a GMH research programme delivered in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia and Uganda? A prospective longitudinal qualitative study by Stefan Priebe, Vian Rajabzadeh, Victoria Jane Bird, Francois van Loggerenberg, Michael McGrath

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