COVID-19 and APOL-1 High-Risk Genotype-Associated Collapsing Glomerulonephritis by Sasmit Roy, Srikanth Kunaparaju, Narayana Murty Koduri, Vikram Sangani, Mytri Pokal, Venu Madhav Konala, Mamtha Balla, Sreedhar Adapa

“…The ongoing global pandemic has created healthcare and economic crisis for almost every nation of the world. …”
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Mortality in older adults with epilepsy: An understudied entity by Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Rithvik Gundlapalli, Ifrah Zawar

“…Increasing awareness among healthcare providers and families about the risks and management of epilepsy in older adults, along with fostering collaborative research efforts, is essential to improve mortality outcomes. …”
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Cataract surgery and environmental sustainability: a comparative analysis of single-use versus reusable cassettes in phacoemulsification by Oscar Kallay, Rayane Sadad, Ahmed Zafzafi, Elie Motulsky

“…The machine with daily reusable cassettes also exhibited a 7-minute priming time advantage for 10 procedures, reducing downtime between cases.Conclusions Our findings underscore the benefits of adopting reusable cassette systems: reduced plastic consumption, storage volume and priming time, as well as enhanced efficiency and cost-savings. Healthcare professionals and institutions are encouraged to embrace environmentally conscious initiatives. …”
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Epidemiological Study of Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Conjunctivitis in a Level III Neonatal Unit by Catarina Dias, Márcia Gonçalves, Anabela João

“…Hospital-acquired conjunctivitis was defined in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control/National Healthcare Safety Network (CDC/NHSN) diagnostic criteria. …”
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Factors influencing utilisation of services provided by community midwives and their non-retention in district Thatta, Pakistan: a qualitative study protocol by Anam Shahil Feroz, Sarah Saleem, Bakhtawar M Hanif Khowaja

“…The concerns related to the training, support and acceptability of community midwives need to be studied in order to identify gaps in the provision of skilled maternal and newborn healthcare. Therefore, this study aims to explore factors influencing the utilisation of services provided by community midwives and their non-retention in district Thatta, Pakistan.Methods and analysis The study will use a qualitative exploratory research design. …”
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Nano-technological advancements in multimodal diagnosis and treatment by Dinesh Bhatia, Tania Acharjee, Shruti Shukla, Monika Bhatia

“…Nanomedicine, which is blazing new trails in modern healthcare, exploits the distinctive attributes of nanoparticles (NPs) to reimagine diagnosis and therapy. …”
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Health-related quality of life among adult patients with cancer in Uganda – a cross-sectional study by Allen Naamala, Lars E. Eriksson, Jackson Orem, Gorrette K. Nalwadda, Zarina Nahar Kabir, Lena Wettergren

“…Such strategies include investment in healthcare infrastructure, for example, clinical guidelines to improve pain management, and patient education and support services.…”
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Burn by battery, the dangers of portable devices − A case report by Milly S. van de Warenburg, Sophie A. Riesmeijer, Stefan Hummelink, Dietmar J.O. Ulrich, Mariëlle L.A.W. Vehmeijer-Heeman

“…This case appears to be part of a growing trend of lithium battery-related accidents, which can lead to a combination of flame, chemical, electrical, and contact burns. Healthcare providers must be prepared to manage the distinctive and often complex nature of battery-related burn injuries, which may differ substantially from traditional thermal burns in terms of depth, severity, and the required treatment protocols.…”
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Prompt injection attacks on vision language models in oncology by Jan Clusmann, Dyke Ferber, Isabella C. Wiest, Carolin V. Schneider, Titus J. Brinker, Sebastian Foersch, Daniel Truhn, Jakob Nikolas Kather

“…Abstract Vision-language artificial intelligence models (VLMs) possess medical knowledge and can be employed in healthcare in numerous ways, including as image interpreters, virtual scribes, and general decision support systems. …”
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Association of frailty with physical activity behaviour and well-being in older employees: moderated mediation by functional difficulty by Emelia Danquah, Nestor Asiamah, Reginald Arthur-Mensah Jnr, Alex Sui Wing Chan, Hafiz T. A. Khan

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Scoping review of qualitative studies on family planning in Uganda. by Julie M Buser, Pebalo F Pebolo, Ella August, Gurpreet K Rana, Rachel Gray, Faelan E Jacobson-Davies, Edward Kumakech, Tamrat Endale, Anna Grace Auma, Yolanda R Smith

“…Institutional and policy-level factors, particularly a healthcare system's quality and policies, also shaped use. …”
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Overcoming challenges to integration of oral health into geriatric primary care by Alberto Enrique Varela, Donna Baluchi, Timothy W. Farrell, José E. Rodríguez

“…Despite progress, challenges to efficient healthcare collaboration exist, particularly between geriatric primary care and oral health. …”
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Health effects of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS): A study among federal civil servants in Bayelsa State, Nigeria by Endurance Uzobo, Aboluwaji D Ayinmoro

“…The government and key stakeholders should ensure that NHIS provides adequate provisions of drugs, skilled health professionals and equipped healthcare facilities, as proper referral systems could mitigate the effects of health conditions affecting federal civil servants and promote the quality of health-care system.…”
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Follow-up Care among Medicaid Patients with Schizophrenia treated with Antipsychotics in the Inpatient Setting by Amanda M. Farr, David M. Smith, Jacqueline A. Pesa, Zhun Cao

“…Psychiatric-related follow-up outpatient visits within 30 days of discharge were identified from Medicaid claims based on Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set specifications. …”
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Item Selection for a New Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Parkinson’s Disease: The Preference-Based Parkinson’s Disease Index (PB-PDI) by Selina Malouka, Lizabeth Teshler, Nancy Mayo, Marla Beauchamp, Julie Richardson, Ayse Kuspinar

“…This PBM will be critical for informing decisions about the cost-utility of PD treatments, guiding the resource allocation within our healthcare system. Future research will include cognitive debriefing with individuals with PD to refine item response options.…”
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Barriers and facilitators to engagement with between-session work for low-intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)-based interventions: a qualitative exploration of practition... by Mia Bennion, Amy Blakemore, Karina Lovell, Penny Bee

“…Abstract Background To address the growing demand for psychological treatment, healthcare providers are increasingly utilising low-intensity interventions, characterised by reduced practitioner contact and emphasis on independent patient engagement with therapeutic materials through between-session work (BSW). …”
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Affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases care by Yaima Alonso Cruz, Ivonne Cepero Rodríguez, Lucia del Carmen Alba Pérez, Vivian Pérez de la Cruz, Leidiana Escobedo Sánchez

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: COVID-19 involves specific challenges for healthcare workers, which represent a greater burden of stress. …”
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mecA and PVL genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens: a cross-sectional hospital based study from Nepal by Sirjana Adhikari, Supriya Sharma, Sanjib Adhikari, Sanjit Shrestha, Dwij Raj Bhatta

“… Background and Objectives: Staphylococcus aureus has increasingly been associated with community and healthcare-associated infections worldwide and contributes to treatment failures due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains. …”
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Implicit bias assessment by career stage in medical education training: a narrative review by Alisha Crump, May Saad Al-Jorani, Sunya Ahmed, Ekas Abrol, Shikha Jain

“…Longitudinal epidemiological research is needed to examine the long-term effect of implicit biases on existing healthcare disparities.…”
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Hand hygiene adherence in intensive care units: comparison before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a municipality of São Paulo state by Vanessa Aparecida Vilas-Boas, Pedro Antonio Teodoro de Moraes, Marcela Grispino Vieira Torres de Lolo, Edinêis de Brito Guirardello, Maria Isabel Pedreira de Freitas

“…Methods: Analytical retrospective study using indirect documentation, with data obtained from a notification spreadsheet for epidemiological indicators of healthcare-associated infection in the state. Data on monthly alcohol-based sanitizer use were collected from the intensive care units of public and private general hospitals of the municipality. …”
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