Assessing Patient-Centred Care for Chronic Pain: Validation of a New Research Paradigm by Emilie Paul-Savoie, Patricia Bourgault, Emilie Gosselin, Stéphane Potvin, Sylvie Lafrenaye

“…BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a complex phenomenon resulting from biological, psychological and social factors, and the use of patient-centred care (PCC) appears to be a promising avenue for its treatment. …”
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Targeted Anterior Cervical Epidural Blood Patch in a Patient with Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension by Ravindra Singh Shekhawat, Ming Hui Yong, Si Ying Julienne Keong, Kunihiko Chen, Chow Wei Too, Shahul Hameed

“…After this attempt, the patient experienced complete relief of his symptoms, and the headache eventually resolved.…”
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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire to the Cuban context by Rosa María Blanco Quintana, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Tania Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago, Liuva Miriela Navarro Martiatu, Yoslaidy Guerra Insua, Zenia Tamara Sánchez García

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> patient safety culture is the product of values, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions, norms, procedures, competencies and patterns of individual and group behavior, which determines the commitment of a health organization to the management of patient safety.…”
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Doctor-patient interaction and informed consent in pediatric surgery: theory and reality in the regional practice by Sergio Luis González López, Carlos Alberto Cabrera Machado, Guillermo Cortiza Orbe, Zoe Quintero Delgado, Bertha Emelina Fonseca Romero, Yordan Ponce Rodríguez

“…It is widely accepted that the recognition of patient´s autonomy and the informed consent process have led to a change in the doctor-patients interaction, which is closely linked to the pediatric surgical practice in the particular Cuban modern environment. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Comparative Study between Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients by Shayesteh Khalili, Tahereh Sabaghian, Meghdad Sedaghat, Zahra Soroureddin, Elham Askari, Neda Khalili

“…The risk factors for acute kidney injury (AKI) development in patients with diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19 have not been fully studied yet. …”
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Early Detection for Better Patient Outcome: A Case Report on Two Patients Presenting With Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia by Alazar M. Haile, Abrham W. Azale, Birhanu Ayana

“…This report is aimed at summarizing the typical presentation of the disease and at highlighting the harmful interventions one should avoid in such patients. We also hope that this report serves as an entry point to try to find more patients with this similar condition early in their clinical course. …”
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Jaundice on Presentation Is Associated with Higher In-Patient Mortality and Complications in Patients Admitted for Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Study Based on National Inpatient Sample Database by Nishit Patel, Krishna Bodrya, Kirten Patel, Nishi Patel, Dhruvanshu Patel, Ronak Modi, Ayaz Matin

“…We hypothesized that the presence of jaundice is associated with worse outcomes in patients admitted with pancreatitis. We conducted a retrospective analysis using the National Inpatient Sample, inquiring about patients admitted with pancreatitis with and without jaundice between October 2015 and December 2017. …”
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Integrating general practitioners’ and patients’ perspectives in the development of a digital tool supporting primary care for older patients with multimorbidity: a focus group study by Ingmar Schäfer, Vivienne Jahns, Valentina Paucke, Dagmar Lühmann, Martin Scherer, Julia Nothacker

“…IntroductionThe web application gp-multitool.de is based on the German clinical practice guideline “multimorbidity” and supports mutual prioritisation of treatments by GPs (general practitioners) and patients. The application facilitates sending hyperlinks to standardized assessments by email, which can be completed by patients on any suitable digital device. …”
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Association Between Patient-Reported Pain and Remission or Low Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from RA-BE-REAL Prospective Observational Study by Peter C. Taylor, Walid Fakhouri, Samuel Ogwu, Ewa Haladyj, Inmaculada de la Torre, Bruno Fautrel, Rieke Alten, Peter Nash, Eugen Feist

“…Abstract Introduction We aim to assess the association of patient-reported pain and remission or low disease activity (LDA) at 3 months (M) in patients receiving baricitinib or other treatments in RA-BE-REAL. …”
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The Status of Assessments and Treatments for Osteoporosis in Patients 5 Years after Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Cross-Sectional Survey of 194 Post-THA Patients by Keiji Kamo, Hiroaki Kijima, Koichiro Okuyama, Shin Yamada, Natsuo Konishi, Hitoshi Kubota, Hiroshi Tazawa, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Yoichi Shimada

“…Assessments for osteoporosis in patients who have undergone total hip arthroplasty (THA) are very important with respect to the clinical results. …”
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Etiological, Clinical, and Epidemiological Characteristics of Acute Viral Gastroenteritis in an Adult Population in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Spain by Sara Herranz-Ulldemolins, Anna Sellarès-Crous, Miriam J. Álvarez-Martínez, M. Eugenia Valls, Marta Aldea Novo, Anna Vilella Morató, Laura Rodriguez, Mireia Navarro, Roser Vendrell, Josep Barrachina, Miguel J. Martínez, M. Ángeles Marcos

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Examining the challenges encountered by community health workers and empowering them to address mental health disorders: A qualitative study in Indonesia by Rizki Fitryasari, Marthoenis Marthoenis, Sri Warsini, Kim Usher, Hanik Endang Nihayati, Winda Kusumawardani, Hasmila Sari

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Chronic Microvascular Complications in Sulfonylureas-Treated Diabetic Patients: Correlations with Glycemic Control, Risk Factors and Duration of the Disease by Luminita-Georgeta Confederat, Roxana Stefan, Mihaela-Iustina Condurache, Oana-Maria Dragostin

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Assessment of nurses’ knowledge and practice of pressure injuries prevention for critically ill patients in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study by Sophie Mukantwari, Emmanuel Bikorimana, Liberatha Rumagihwa, Ime U. Akaninyene, Christian Ntakirutimana, Joseph Mucumbitsi, Thierry Claudien Uhawenimana, David Ikwuka

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Computational Simulation of Virtual Patients Reduces Dataset Bias and Improves Machine Learning-Based Detection of ARDS from Noisy Heterogeneous ICU Datasets by Konstantin Sharafutdinov, Sebastian Johannes Fritsch, Mina Iravani, Pejman Farhadi Ghalati, Sina Saffaran, Declan G. Bates, Jonathan G. Hardman, Richard Polzin, Hannah Mayer, Gernot Marx, Johannes Bickenbach, Andreas Schuppert

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Professionals’ perception on nutritional care of adult patients in comprehensive specialized hospitals of East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia by Birtukan Kebede Moti, Gudina Egata Atomsa, Desalegn Wirtu Tesso

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Age-related and Gender Aspects of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in the Republic of Dagestan by S. Sh. Akhmedkhanov, G. H. Abakarova, A. T. Beibalayeva, B. S. Abdullayeva, Z. M. Saidova

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Effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on perioperative neurocognitive disorder in elderly patients undergoing major surgery and associated genetic variant analysis: a randomized clinical trial by Feifei Xu, Tingting Liu, Huiqing Liu, Jiao Deng, Shan He, Zhihong Lu, Haopeng Zhang, Hailong Dong

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Assessment of asymptomatic fungal infections in COVID-19 positive and COVID-19 negative pneumonia: A comprehensive epidemiological analysis by Dheerendra Kumar Mishra, Pramod Kushwaha, Pooja Gangwar, Ajeet Singh, Umesh Pratap Singh

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Acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD-NET): a naturalistic pilot trial during the COVID-... by Elisabeth Kohls, Sabrina Baldofski, Julia Scholl, Oskar Flygare, Lina Lundström, Ursula Beyrich-Kolbus, Marc Steinbrecher, Christian Rück, Christine Rummel-Kluge

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