Management and Evaluation of Drug Addiction Treatment Program of MEWA Hospital in Mombasa: A Work-in-Progress Case Study by Abdulnasir Mohamed Issa, Kennedy Mutundu

“…The study will be beneficial to a number of stakeholders including MEWA hospital, the county government of Mombasa, researchers in the field, medical practitioners who deal with drug and substance abuse, drug addicts and their supportive relatives, and the community at large.…”
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Inhalation Techniques Used in Patients with Respiratory Failure Treated with Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation by Patrycja Rzepka-Wrona, Szymon Skoczynski, Dawid Wrona, Adam Barczyk

“…The management and care for patients requiring mechanical ventilation remains one of the greatest challenges for medical practitioners, both in intensive care units (ICUs) and pulmonology wards. …”
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Accuracy of Pelvic Ultrasound in Diagnosing Adnexal Torsion by Labib Ghulmiyyah, Anwar Nassar, Dib Sassine, Sally Khoury, Joseph Nassif, Hadi Ramadan, Elie Najem, Ghina Berjawi

“…This pioneer study will provide valuable information and direction to the medical practitioners and radiologists for better diagnosis. …”
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices toward Knee Pain and Its Various Treatment Modalities among Patients by Akhil Bhalla, Sidharth Verma, Sanjog Ramrao Mekewar, Sasmit Dipak Lotliker, Aanchal Sharma, Oshin Agrawal, Maitri Shah, Hritik Madan, Dhriti Sood

“…The majority relied on medical practitioners for information but also turned to nonprofessional sources. …”
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Navigating the evolving landscape in the prescribing of medications for insomnia in Singapore: Principles and considerations from a psychiatrist’s perspective by Ho Teck Tan, Chao Tian Tang, Shian Ming Tan

“… There are significant challenges for medical practitioners who have to navigate complex clinical, legal, ethical and administrative considerations in the prescription of controlled medications in the treatment of insomnia. …”
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Pathways to Psychiatric Help among Tribal Patients with Mental Disorders in India by Chittaranjan Subudhi, Ramakrishna Biswal, Abhijit Pathak

“…Future studies should try to bring traditional and medical practitioners under one roof to ascertain the patient recovery rate and contribution in removing patient’s load from tertiary care.…”
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Investigating the effects of knee valgus orthosis on knee joint contact forces among subjects with knee osteoarthritis: A case series study by Mohammad Taghi KARIMI, Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH, Hanieh KHALILIYAN, Majid ANSARI, Kavita BATRA, Aanuoluwapo AFOLABI, Olayinka ILESANMI, Lukasz SZARPAK, Hicham KHABBACHE, Gabriella NUCERA, Aldo SITIBONDO, Farhad GHAFFARI, Arash SHARAFATVAZIRI, Francesco CHIRICO

“…Orthosis can be incorporated into the clinical management of subjects with knee OA by medical practitioners.…”
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A narrative review on sexual wellbeing and dysfunctions: Research in the past 15 years by Neena Sawant, Sreelakshmi Vaidyanathan, T S Sathyanarayana Rao, Suparna Telang

“…It further underscores the importance of grassroots-level initiatives working on improving the training of all medical practitioners and postgraduate students, increasing the availability of services for sexual disorders, promoting sexual health research in areas with gaps, and raising awareness in the general population.…”
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Are probiotics useful in the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation in adults? A review of existing systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and recommendations by Mikołaj Kamiński, Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka, Igor Łoniewski, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Wojciech Marlicz

“…Probiotics are often recommended by medical practitioners, but evidence-based utility in adults with CIC is uncertain. …”
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The Impact of Endometriosis on Mental Health - A Literature Review of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms by Julia Woźniak, Sabina Kadłubek, Magdalena Mąka, Natalia Kapturska, Szymon Kalinowski, Kinga Cymerys, Piotr Kardaszewski, Jakub Kamiński, Dominik Sikora, Ewa Góralczyk

“…Literature review emphasizes the benefits of psychological support and empathetic attitude of medical practitioners. Conclusions:  Multidisciplinary team is essential in order to provide intervention strategies leading to greater therapeutic outcomes in endometriosis treatment. …”
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Behçet’s disease: recurrent ischemic stroke as an initial presentation – a case based review by Anwar Albasri, Wesam Gouda, Faisal Alsaqabi, Mahmoud M. Magdy, Ashraf A. Mostafa, Nehal El Ghobashy

“…Our findings also underscore the need for medical practitioners to be more knowledgeable about ischemic stroke in young patients without risk factors from endemic areas of BD, and to develop effective therapy plans. …”
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Rationalising blood tests in a resource-limited emergency unit: A quality improvement project by Renette Esterhuizen, Lilani I. Tribelhorn, Danielle M.J. Thomas, Eugenne Elliott, Talat Habib, Arun Nair

“…An educational intervention, featuring informative visual aids was implemented to help guide the medical practitioners in the unit on appropriate blood test ordering. …”
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Ischemic Heart Disease Prognosis: A Hybrid Residual Attention-Enhanced LSTM Model by D. Cenitta, R. Vijaya Arjunan, Ganesh Paramasivam, N. Arul, Anisha Palkar, Krishnaraj Chadaga

“…Recently, researchers have developed several deep learning techniques that take input from medical practitioners, automatically find hidden patterns in enormous volumes of data, and predict heart diseases without human intervention. …”
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Nonacademic predictors of China medical licensing examination by Jie Sun, Yingying Xie, Ningnannan Zhang, Jingliang Cheng, Meiyun Wang, Bing Zhang, Wenzhen Zhu, Hui Zhang, Shijun Qiu, Xiaojun Xu, Yongqiang Yu, Tong Han, Zuojun Geng, Weihua Liao, Bo Gao, Wen Qin, Feng Liu, Meng Liang, Qiang Xu, Jilian Fu, Jiayuan Xu, Mengge Liu, Peng Zhang, Wei Li, Dapeng Shi, Caihong Wang, Xi-Nian Zuo, Quan Zhang, Feng Chen, Jiance Li, Zhihan Yan, Wen Shen, Yanwei Miao, Junfang Xian, Longjiang Zhang, Kai Xu, Zhaoxiang Ye, Jing Zhang, Guangbin Cui, Chunshui Yu, for the CHIMGEN Consortium

“…This study aimed to identify nonacademic predictors of GMKT performance, which would benefit medical schools in designing appropriate strategies and techniques to facilitate the transition from medical students to qualified medical practitioners. Methods In 1202 medical students, we conducted the deletion-substitution-addition (DSA) and structural equation model (SEM) analyses to identify nonacademic predictors of GMKT performance from 98 candidate variables including early life events, physical conditions, psychological and personality assessments, cognitive abilities, and socioeconomic conditions. …”
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Assessment of prevalence of surgical site infections among diabetes patients in Nigeria hospitals by Olaolorunpo Olorunfemi, Oluwaseyi A. Akpor, Kehinde S. Kolapo, Jeminat O. Sodimu, Ngozi R. Osunde

“…This occurs as a result of failure to carry out due diligence and professional responsibility in the acts or omissions of medical practitioners while discharging their duties in the treatment and care of their patients. …”
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What was Killing Babies in Trondheim? An Investigation of Infant Mortality Using Individual Level Causes of Death, 1830–1907 by Hilde Leikny Sommerseth

“…This argument is supported by the fact that the timing of the decline corresponds with the introduction of cause of death certificates issued by medical practitioners, and which most likely resulted in fewer causes of death being reported by lay informants who could only offer vague symptoms rather than informed diagnoses. …”
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Detecting Subtle Signs of School Attendance Issues Using Smartphone-Based Sensing by Viktor Erdelyi, Teruhiro Mizumoto, Yuichiro Kitai, Daiki Ishimaru, Hiroyoshi Adachi, Teruo Higashino, Manabu Ikeda

“…The indicators can then be used to notify at-risk students and medical practitioners, enabling timely intervention. This screening is not intended to replace traditional face-to-face medical examinations, but rather to selectively flag at-risk students and connect them with medical experts.…”
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Patient's Attitudes Towards the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Finland: an Ethnomedical Insight Based on Cancer Narratives by Piret Paal

“…The slow pace of development in social health care held up the treatments given by legally approved medical practitioners. All of which supported a deliberate shift towards the modernisation of the health care system leading to primary health concerns being solved in local health care centres by doctors trained according to the conventions of evidence based medicine. …”
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Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Uptake Among Australian Healthcare Professionals: An Archetype for Success by Caroline M. Hall, Anthony Cotton, Adrian Webster, Mary Bushell, Holly L. Northam

“…Method: A cross-sectional survey was designed and distributed to an Australian HCP sample consisting of practicing nurses, midwives, pharmacists, and medical practitioners. The anonymous online survey measured key characteristics that predict vaccination behaviour and intention. …”
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Artificial intelligence effectivity in fracture detection by V. Boginskis, S. Zadoroznijs, I. Cernavska, D. Beikmane, J. Sauka

“…Moreover, AI systems proved to be capable of detecting fractures that were not initially identified during routine examinations by paramedics and medical practitioners. This emphasized the practicality of expanding the use of these systems in clinical practice. …”
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