Physical measures of physical functioning as prognostic factors in predicting outcomes for neck and thoracic pain: Protocol for a systematic review. by Rabea Begum, Alison Rushton, Alaa El Chamaa, David Walton, Paul Parikh

“…Findings will inform researchers about gaps in existing evidence, and clinicians about factors to aid their clinical decisions and to enhance the overall quality of care for individuals with neck and thoracic pain.…”
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Professional Identity and Self-efficacy Among Occupational Therapy Students Engaged in Objective Structured Clinical Examination Utilizing Simulation Learning by Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak PhD

“…OSCE utilizing simulated-based learning plays a supportive role in forming occupational therapy students’ identities as clinicians and can potentially enhance their overall self-efficacy, professional identity and growth. …”
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Generalized Pruritus and Gradual Loss of Vision as the Presenting Complaints of Acute HIV Infection: Management Challenges during COVID-19 Pandemic by Shrebash Paul, S. M. Mahbubur Rahman, Rajibur Rahman, Mahbubur Rahman, Quazi Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, Rafiqul Alam, Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury

“…Ongoing COVID-19 pandemic put many challenges to ensure optimum care, especially for patients with long-sufferings like HIV. Clinicians have to have a very high degree of suspicion while dealing with patients presented with rare manifestations, particularly in a low endemic clinical setting.…”
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Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis in diagnostic accuracy studies: A guide to interpreting the area under the curve value by Şeref Kerem Çorbacıoğlu, Gökhan Aksel

“…By understanding these metrics, clinicians can make informed decisions about the use of index tests in clinical practice.…”
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Histological changes of endocervical polypoid lesions in women at reproductive age by Muna Zuhair Al-Hamdany, Mustafa Salah Fadhil

“…The objective is to assist the clinicians to decide whether the cervical polyps should be excised or not. …”
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, a Sequel of Untreated Childhood Onset Growth Hormone Deficiency Developing in a 17-Year-Old Patient by Rohan K. Henry, Ram K. Menon

“…This illustrates the natural history of untreated CO-GHD and shows that though hepatic IR can be ameliorated by GH, full reversal of T2DM may be prevented with irreversible hepatic changes (fibrosis). Clinicians caring for pediatric patients and otherwise should remember that, even in patients beyond the cessation of linear growth, GH can have a crucial role in both glucose and lipid metabolism.…”
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Invasive Aspergillosis in a Patient with Stage III (or 3a or 3b) Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Durvalumab by Ashish Gupta, Aung Tun, Katy Ticona, Aam Baqui, Elizabeth Guevara

“…However, the increasing use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in oncology requires increased awareness by clinicians of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) due to opportunistic infection.…”
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Welcome Note by Faisal Masud Faisal Masud

“…Still, on the other hand, clinicians have been forced to stay abreast with up-to-date information in their respective fields. …”
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Sevelamer Carbonate Crystal-Induced Colitis by T. Lai, A. Frugoli, B. Barrows, M. Salehpour

“…Recognition of this underreported complication of sevelamer carbonate, phosphate binder, is of utmost importance in directing appropriate therapy with cessation of this medication in the setting of gastrointestinal complaints or more specifically enteritis and colitis. Clinicians providing care to end-stage renal patients taking either sevelamer and/or sodium polystyrene sulfonate should have increased awareness of the possible gastrointestinal side effects.…”
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Dermatological Disorders following Liver Transplantation: An Update by Dipesh Kumar Yadav, Xue li Bai, Tingbo Liang

“…Our goal is to give an outline of the dermatological manifestation associated with LT for the clinicians by collecting the published data from all archived case reports.…”
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Determination of Cystatin C Level in a Sample of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Maryam Noman Salman, Ashwak Jasim kzar, Alaa S. Hamzah

“… Chronic kidney disease (CKD) effects around one-third of the population and is frequently under recognized by patients and clinicians. GFR of less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, A minimum of 30 mg of albuminuria per 24 hours, Hematuria or structural abnormalities are signs of kidney damage such like polycystic kidney disease or dysplastic kidneys that persists for more than 3 months. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Patients With Chronic Graft-vs-Host Disease by Adrian Peacock, Frances C. Dehle, Oscar A. Mesa Zapata, Francesca Gennari, Maro R.I. Williams, Nada Hamad, Stephen Larsen, Simon J. Harrison, Colman Taylor

“…Mycophenolate, tacrolimus, and cyclosporin comprised second-line standard of care based on a survey of Australian clinicians. Health states in the model included treatment response, disease progression, and death. …”
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Canadian Expert Panel Recommendations on the Management of CNS Symptoms Related to Efavirenz by M John Gill, Anita Rachlis, Sharon Walmsley, Mark Halman, The Efavirenz Consensus Working Group

“…It is hoped that these practical recommendations will aid clinicians in minimizing and improving patient tolerance of side effects, thereby achieving improved adherence and patient outcomes.…”
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Heart Shaped Anterior Neck Lipoma Mimicking Thyroid Mass: A Case Report by Abdus Samad Ansari, Dhiraj Chaurasia, Bikash Yadav, Season Shrestha, Inku Shrestha Basnet

“…Awareness of anterior neck lipoma is vital among clinicians for early diagnosis and optimal management. …”
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The Utility of Fecal Calprotectin in the Real-World Clinical Care of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Esmail Abej, Wael El-Matary, Harminder Singh, Charles N. Bernstein

“…FCAL is a useful marker of disease activity and a valuable tool in managing persons with IBD in clinical practice. Clinicians have to be cautious in interpreting FCAL results in small bowel CD.…”
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Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema following Tube Thoracostomy in a Pediatric Patient with Anterior Mediastinal Mass by Sung-Wook Choi, Deborah A. Romeo, David A. Gutman, Jennifer V. Smith

“…The rapidly progressive nature of the disease makes it important for clinicians to appropriately diagnose and manage patients who develop RPE. …”
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Management of the Pregnant Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient on Antitumour Necrosis Factor Therapy: State of the Art and Future Directions by Yvette PY Leung, Remo Panaccione, Subrata Ghosh, Cynthia H Seow

“…Because IBD affects women in their reproductive years, clinicians have and will continue to be asked in the future about the safety profile of these agents and their potential impact on pregnancy, the developing fetus and newborn. …”
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Are Anthropometric Measures, Range of Motion, or Movement Control Tests Associated with Lumbopelvic Flexion during Barbell Back Squats? by Lars Berglund, Fredrik Öhberg, Edit Strömbäck, Daniel Papacosta

“… # Conclusions The results suggest that strength and conditioning professionals and clinicians who instruct and assess lifting technique in the BBS and/or use the BBS to assess performance or as an intervention should recognize that a higher range of motion in the ankle joints might affect lumbopelvic flexion during the BBS. …”
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Electromyographic Evaluation of Early-Stage Shoulder Rehabilitation Exercises Following Rotator Cuff Repair by Peter K Edwards, Patrick Wai Hang Kwong, Timothy Ackland, Allan Wang, Cyril J Donnelly, Jay R Ebert

“…Knowledge of EMG activity during passive and active-assisted exercises may help guide clinicians when considering exercise prescription in the early post-operative period…”
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Do orthodontists consider endodontic complications in their orthodontic management of teeth with a history of dental trauma? A vignette survey by Kinda Awad, Ammar Al Hourani, Dariusz Kasperek, Fadi Jarad, Sondos Albadri

“…In addition, 32% (n = 24) of clinicians felt that there is a lack of guidance in the orthodontic management of traumatised teeth and pulpal sequelae. …”
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