Otology/Neurotology recommendations – Choosing Wisely campaign by Andrew K. Ma, Julian Nedzelski, Joseph Chen, Trung Le, Paul Mick, Jane Lea, David Morris, Margaret Aron, Sumit Agrawal, Lorne Parnes, Tamara Mijovic, Vincent Lin, Otology/Neurotology subspecialty group of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

“…The otology/neurotology subspecialty group within the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Society developed a list of five common otologic presentations to help physicians deliver high quality effective care: (1) Don’t order specialized audiometric and vestibular testing to screen for peripheral vestibular disease, (2) Don’t perform computed tomography or blood work in the evaluation of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, (3) Don’t perform auditory brain responses (ABR) in patients with asymmetrical hearing loss, (4) Don’t prescribe oral antibiotics as first line treatment for patients with painless otorrhea associated with tympanic membrane perforation or tympanostomy tube, and (5) Don’t perform particle repositioning maneuvers without a clinical diagnosis of posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.…”
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Vaccinating Adult Patients with Cirrhosis: Trends over a Decade in the United States by Abhijeet Waghray, Nisheet Waghray, Hicham Khallafi, K. V. Narayanan Menon

“…Vaccination rates within the same or following year of cirrhosis diagnosis were 19.9%, 7.7%, and 11.0% against pneumococcus, HAV, and HBV, respectively. …”
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Canine lung carcinoma—A descriptive review by Aleksandra Marcinowska, Aleksandra Marcinowska, Rodrigo Dos Santos Horta, Felisbina Queiroga, Felisbina Queiroga, Antonio Giuliano, Antonio Giuliano, Antonio Giuliano

“…This review article discusses the etiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, staging, treatment options, and prognosis of primary lung carcinoma in dogs.…”
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The Diagnostic and Predictive Significance of Immune-Related Genes and Immune Characteristics in the Occurrence and Progression of IgA Nephropathy by Jian-Bo Qing, Wen-Zhu Song, Chang-Qun Li, Ya-Feng Li

“…GSE116626 was used as a training set to identify different immune-related genes (DIRGs) and establish machine learning models for the diagnosis of IgAN; then, a nomogram model was generated based on GSE116626, and GSE115857 was used as a test set to evaluate its clinical value. …”
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The liminal space between hope and grief: The phenomenon of uncertainty as experienced by people living with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. by Eva C van Reenen, Inge A M van Nistelrooij, Leo H Visser, Janet W K de Beukelaar, Stephan T F M Frequin, Alistair R Niemeijer

“…Seventeen people with a recent (<1 year) diagnosis of relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis were included. …”
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Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of Three Common Dry Eye Questionnaires in Chinese by Fan Lu, Aizhu Tao, Yinu Hu, Weiwei Tao, Ping Lu

“…The three questionnaires showed fair accuracy in the diagnosis of dry eye. The cutoff values of OSDI changed when applied to Chinese people.…”
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A Case of Atopic Myelitis with Cervical Cavernous Angioma by Miyuki Fukuda, Hiroaki Manabe, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Masayuki Kuroda, Minoru Hoshimaru, Shigeo Ueda

“…At the same time when cavernous angioma had grown, she experienced a numbness in her four extremities, and multifocal peritumoral hyperintense spinal cord signals were seen. The diagnosis of atopic myelitis was made because we observed significantly elevated levels of specific IgE antibody to cat dander. …”
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Gut Microbiome Profiles in Colorectal Cancer Patients in Iraq by Fatima J. Kadhim, Zahid S. Aziz, Khalid S. Ibrahim

“…These findings underscore the potential of microbiome-based diagnostics and therapeutic strategies, with microbial alterations serving as biomarkers for CRC diagnosis. Further research needs to focus on elucidating the causal relationships and therapeutic potential of these microbiome changes in CRC management.…”
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Study of the Influence of Plaque Growth and Hydrostatic Properties in an Atherosclerotic Artery, for the Prevention of Arterial Wall Damage: Application to Vascular Diseases by J. R. Tsafack Nzifack, J. S. Mabekou Takam, R. Moutou Pitti, M. Fogue, P. K. Talla

“…All the results are in good agreement with the expected result of the literature and could play an important role in the diagnosis of the patient with an arterial injury. It will also help the doctor and the surgeon to make a good clinical decision and good treatment planning.…”
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Recent evidence comparing combination of conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs with biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis by Abhishek Zanwar, Sakir Ahmed, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal, Aman Sharma, Anupam Wakhlu, Vir Singh Negi

“…Most patients with RA are seropositive, have significant disease activity at presentation to the Rheumatologist and may have erosions at the time of diagnosis, all of which are poor prognostic factors. …”
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Psychosocial Factors and the Role of Family in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Dhanya Soodhana Mohan, Vani HN, Rajendra Kiragsur Madegowda, Raghupathy Palany

“…Conclusion: Children with T1DM experience considerable stress related to the diagnosis and management. Many families experience significant depression and anxiety which leads to increase in family conflicts which have a negative effect on parenting, the child’s quality of life, and their glycemic control.…”
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Health system interventions and responses to anti-microbial resistance: A scoping review of evidence from 15 African countries. by Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan, Clement Kamil Abdallah

“…Better standardization and reporting of AMR diagnosis while leveraging the available information is needed to improve the optimization of treatment guidelines across Africa.…”
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Gambaran Radiografi Toraks Sebagai Prediktor Outcome Pasien COVID-19 by Bekti Safarini, Dria Anggraeny Sutikno, Dewi Intisari

“…Chest radiographic examination of COVID-19 cases performed to make a diagnosis and monitor therapy. <strong>Objective</strong>: To    evaluated the results of chest radiography examination in COVID-19 cases as a predictor of patient outcome after treatment at the Sultan Agung Islamic Hospital in Semarang. …”
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Prehospital ultrasound from a neurological point of view by Lučić-Prokin Aleksandra, Ružička-Kaloci Svetlana, Živanović Željko, Popović Nemanja, Vlahović Dmitar

“…There is evidence that POCUS improves the accuracy of diagnosis, the initial therapeutic approach and the appropriate decision to transport the patient to the appropriate health facility. …”
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Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to Increase the Sensitivity of Screening Methods for Diagnosing Cancer Cachexia in Patients with Colorectal Cancer by J. Szefel, W. J. Kruszewski, M. Szajewski, M. Ciesielski, A. Danielak

“…Therefore, after the diagnosis CRC, just to monitor the disease advancement and state of CC, it is worth comparing the results of periodically repeated BIA.…”
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Nutritional Condition Characterization of Children Under 5 Years Old with Congenital Heart Disease by Yan González Ramos, Annia Quintana Marrero, Nancy González Vales, Anaelys Acosta Hernández, Belkis González Aguiar

“…<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> nutritional condition is frequently affected in children with congenital heart disease, which has declined in recent years thanks to prenatal diagnosis of critical heart disease, where survival is minimal.…”
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Thyroid Dysfunction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Annia Quintana Marrero, Gerardo Gabriel López Medina, Elodia María Rivas Alpízar, Jan O’neil González Ramos

“…The variables analyzed were: age, sex, personal pathological history, family pathological history, time of diagnosis, presence of thyroid dysfunction and type of thyroid dysfunction. …”
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Diabetes-Resistant NOR Mice Are More Severely Affected by Streptozotocin Compared to the Diabetes-Prone NOD Mice: Correlations with Liver and Kidney GLUT2 Expressions by S. Kahraman, C. Aydin, G. O. Elpek, E. Dirice, A. D. Sanlioglu

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An Appendix Origin Burkitt’s Lymphoma Spreading into Genital Tract by Mustafa Ulubay, Fahri Burçin Fıratlıgil, Uğur Keskin, Ulaş Fidan, Mehmet Gamsızkan, Müfit Cemal Yenen, Ali Ergün

“…Although BL involving the genital tract is a rare condition in patients who have pelvic masses, BL can be one of the diseases that should be considered for specific diagnosis. …”
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A deep learning approach for early prediction of breast cancer neoadjuvant chemotherapy response on multistage bimodal ultrasound images by Jiang Xie, Jinzhu Wei, Huachan Shi, Zhe Lin, Jinsong Lu, Xueqing Zhang, Caifeng Wan

“…Therefore, accurate early prediction of the efficacy of NAC is essential for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients. In this study, a novel convolutional neural network model with bimodal layer-wise feature fusion module (BLFFM) and temporal hybrid attention module (THAM) is proposed, which uses multistage bimodal ultrasound images as input for early prediction of the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) patients. …”
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