A STUDY ON THE HEALTHCARE SERVICE QUALITY EXPECTATION AND PERCEPTION OF PATIENTS by Gizem Zevde Aydın, Elif Dikmetaş Yardan

“…The study was carried out on adult patients referred to auniversity hospital. The sample size of the study was determined as 552persons. 565 patients participated in the study. …”
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Comprehensive Assessment of the Risk of Symptomatic Embolism in Patients With Infective Endocarditis by Sebastian D. Santos‐Patarroyo, Juan A. Quintero‐Martinez, Brian D. Lahr, Supavit Chesdachai, Daniel C. DeSimone, Hector R. Villarraga, Hector I. Michelena, Larry M. Baddour

“…Our study aimed to define the short‐term risk of symptomatic embolization in patients with IE. Methods and Results The Mayo Clinic IE registry was screened to identify patients from 2015 to 2021 who had undergone transesophageal echocardiography. …”
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The role of the patients register in early diagnostics of familial adenomatosis coli by A. M. Kuzminov, A. V. Karpuhin, Yu. Yu. Chubarov, I. Yu. Sachkov, T. A. Savel’yeva

“…To estimate efficacy of the Register of patients with familial adenomatosis coli.Material and methods. …”
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Fructose and/or Sorbitol Intolerance in a Subgroup of Lactose Intolerant Patients by SR Mishkin, L Sablauskas, S Mishkin

“…In conclusion, additional carbohydrate intolerances contribute to postcibal discomfort in more than 75% of lactose intolerant patients who remain symptomatic in spite of adherence to appropriate measures for this condition. …”
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Comment on “Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease” by Wenwen Lai, Shaohang Cai

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Prevalence of Screening in Patients Newly Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer in Ontario by Chelsea Taylor, Susan E Schultz, Lawrence F Paszat, Susan Bondy, Linda Rabeneck

“…The secondary objectives were to determine the cancer stage at diagnosis and the indications for the procedure in patients who received their first colonoscopy.…”
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Drug Resistance among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Calabar, Nigeria by Akaninyene Otu, Victor Umoh, Abdulrazak Habib, Soter Ameh, Lovett Lawson, Victor Ansa

“…This study aimed to determine the pattern of drug susceptibility to first-line drugs among pulmonary TB patients in two hospitals in Calabar, Nigeria. Methods. …”
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Two Patients with Extremely Elevated Tumor Markers: Where Is the Malignancy? by Patrick P. J. van der Veek, Wouter H. de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel, Alexandra M. J. Langers, Bart van Hoek

“…In this paper, we present two patients with significantly elevated serum tumor markers without evidence of malignant disease. …”
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Physical activity and metabolic syndrome in primary care patients in Spain. by Rafael Manuel Micó-Pérez, Natalia Hernández Segura, Vicente Martín-Sánchez, Alfonso Barquilla-García, Sonsoles M Velilla-Zancada, José Polo-García, Miguel Ángel Prieto-Díaz, Vicente Pallares-Carratala, Antonio Segura-Fragoso, Leovigildo Ginel-Mendoza, Sergio Cinza-Sanjurjo

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>To determine the relationship between self-reported physical activity and the components of premorbid metabolic syndrome in patients treated in primary care according to sex.<h4>Methods</h4>Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted on a sample of 2,359 patients without cardiovascular disease or diabetes, included in the cohort of the IBERICAN study. …”
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Surgical Approach and Laser Applications in BRONJ Osteoporotic and Cancer Patients by Paolo Vescovi, Elisabetta Merigo, Marco Meleti, Maddalena Manfredi, Carlo Fornaini, Samir Nammour

“…Improvement and healing were recorded in 31 (81.5%) and 27 (71.5%) out of the 38 BRONJ sites treated in noncancer patients and in 88 (68.75%) and in 69 (53.9%) out of the 128 in cancer patients.…”
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Derecruitment Test and Surfactant Therapy in Patients with Acute Lung Injury by Alexey A. Smetkin, Vsevolod V. Kuzkov, Konstantin M. Gaidukov, Lars J. Bjertnaes, Mikhail Y. Kirov

“…The aim of our study was to assess the predictive value of a derecruitment test in relation to RM and to evaluate the efficacy of RM combined with surfactant instillation in patients with ALI. Materials and Methods. Thirteen adult mechanically ventilated patients with ALI were enrolled into a prospective pilot study. …”
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Speech Impairment in a Large Sample of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Aileen K. Ho, Robert Iansek, Caterina Marigliani, John L. Bradshaw, Sandra Gates

“…This study classified speech impairment in 200 patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) into five levels of overall severity and described the corresponding type (voice, articulation, fluency) and extent (rated on a five-point scale) of impairment for each level. …”
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Analysis of intracranial lesions in patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis by Wei Song, Li Liu, Tangkai Qi, Zhenyan Wang, Yang Tang, Jianjun Sun, Shuibao Xu, Junyang Yang, Jiangrong Wang, Jun Chen, Renfang Zhang, Yinzhong Shen

“…BackgroundIntracranial imaging abnormalities are commonly observed in patients suffering from HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis, both before and during the treatment period. …”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Patients With Agitation in Alzheimer Dementia by Christie Teigland, Zulkarnain Pulungan, David Bruhn, Steve Hwang

“…Patients with severe psychiatric disorders were excluded. …”
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Thyroid Function after Subtotal Thyroidectomy in Patients with Graves’ Hyperthyroidism by E. J. Limonard, P. H. Bisschop, E. Fliers, E. J. Nieveen van Dijkum

“…Median followup after operation was 54.6 months (range 2.1–204.2 months). Only 6% of patients were euthyroid after surgery. The majority of patients (84%) became hypothyroid, whereas 10% of patients had persistent or recurrent hyperthyroidism. …”
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The Relationship between Spiritual Well-Being and Resilience in Patients with Psoriasis by Mohammadhossein RahimZahedi, Camellia Torabizadeh, Majid Najafi Kalyani, Seyed Alireza Moayedi

“…Psoriasis skin disease affects the patients’ health and quality of life to a great extent. …”
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Model Construction for the Intention to Use Telecare in Patients with Chronic Diseases by Jui-Chen Huang, Yii-Ching Lee

“…Objective. This study chose patients with chronic diseases as study subjects to investigate their intention to use telecare. …”
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Dietary Calcium Intake and Calcium Supplementation in Hungarian Patients with Osteoporosis by Gábor Speer, Pál Szamosujvári, Péter Dombai, Katalin Csóré, Kinga Mikófalvi, Tímea Steindl, Ildikó Streicher, Júlia Tarsoly, Gergely Zajzon, Péter Somogyi, Pál Szamosújvári, Péter Lakatos

“…We conclude that calcium intake in Hungarian osteoporotic patients is much lower than the current recommendation, while routinely applied calcium supplementation will result in inappropriately high calcium intake in numerous patients.…”
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Dropout rates and reasons for dropout among patients receiving clozapine by Sandeep Grover, Eepsita Mishra, Subho Chakrabarti

“…Background and Aim: The present study aimed to assess the treatment dropout rates, reasons for treatment dropout, and clozapine discontinuation rate among patients attending a tertiary care center in North India. …”
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Comment on “Resection Postradioembolization in Patients With Single Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma” by Xu Wang, MD, Li-Heng Liu, MD, Jin-Kai Feng, MD, Shu-Qun Cheng, MD, PhD

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