Management of Intolerance to Casting the Upper Extremities in Claustrophobic Patients by Issei Nagura, Takako Kanatani, Masatoshi Sumi, Atsuyuki Inui, Yutaka Mifune, Takeshi Kokubu, Masahiro Kurosaka

“…Introduction. Some patients showed unusual responses to the immobilization without any objective findings with casts in upper extremities. …”
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Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C - Who Should Not Be Treated? by Andreas Schüler, Michael Peter Manns

“…This review focuses on identifying CHC patients who should not receive treatment.…”
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CT Findings and Mortality in Patients with Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Pedro Juan Barrios Fuentes, José Luis Bernal Muñoz, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Anagalys Ortega Alvelay, Liliana Teresa Caneiro González

“…Intracerebral hemorrhage was more common in patients under 60 years old while intraparenchymatous hemorrage predominated in patients from 75 on. …”
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Perioperative Management of Interscalene Block in Patients with Lung Disease by Eric S. Schwenk, Kishor Gandhi, Eugene R. Viscusi

“…Pulmonary physiology and management of these patients will be discussed. A risk/benefit discussion should occur with patients having impaired lung function before performance of interscalene blocks. …”
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Poor quality of life in indian ankylosing spondylitis patients by Latika Gupta, Sakir Ahmed, Gautam Dhar Choudhury, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal

“…Results: Out of the 99 patients, 5 were females and 5 had juvenile onset AS. …”
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Eye Habits Affect the Prevalence of Asthenopia in Patients with Myopia by Jing Wang, Peng Zeng, Xiao-wen Deng, Jia-qi Liang, Yun-ru Liao, Shu-xian Fan, Jian-hui Xiao

“…Asthenopia patients were older than patients without asthenopia (Z = −2.887, p=0.004). …”
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Cognitive Assessment in Chinese Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage by Huilin Cheng, Jixin Shi, Mengliang Zhou

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Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Patients with Thyroid Nodules by Krupal B. Patel, Nicholas Cormier, James Fowler, Allison Partridge, Julie Theurer, Morgan Black, Nicole Pinto, John Yoo, Kevin Fung, Danielle MacNeil, William Stecho, Christopher Howlett, Muriel Brackstone, John W. Barrett, Anthony Nichols

“…Detection of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in cancer patients can potentially serve as a noninvasive, sensitive test of disease status. …”
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Z-Control on COVID-19-Exposed Patients in Quarantine by Nita H. Shah, Nisha Sheoran, Ekta Jayswal

“…In this paper, a mathematical model for diabetic or hypertensive patients exposed to COVID-19 is formulated along with a set of first-order nonlinear differential equations. …”
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Sarcopenia and fat tissue distribution in patients with colorectal cancer by V. K. Lyadov, V. N. Yegiyev, A. P. Seryakov, O. V. Kucheruk, Ye. S. Darda, A. Z. Negardinov

“…Postoperative complications were revealed at 42% of patients, 2,5% of patients died. Sarcopenia was diagnosed in 43% of cases, including for all died patients. …”
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Frequency of Thyroid Nodules among Patients with Colonic Polyps by Cevdet Duran, Huseyin Savas Gokturk, Mustafa Kulaksizoglu, Suleyman Bakdik, Gulhan Kanat Unler, Mustafa Erbayrak, Guven Ozkaya, Baris Onder Pamuk, Mustafa Sait Gonen

“…Sixty-six patients with colonic polyps and 146 patients without colonic polyps enrolled into the study. …”
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Coping Strategies of Family Members of Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients by Phyllis M. Eaton, Bertha L. Davis, Pamela V. Hammond, Esther H. Condon, Zina T. McGee

“…This exploratory research paper investigated the coping strategies of families of hospitalized psychiatric patients and identified their positive and negative coping strategies. …”
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Biological therapy in the reduction of cardiovascular risk in patients with psoriasis by Andrés Tirado-Sánchez

“…This review analyzes recent studies that suggest a protective effect of biologic therapies in the risk of CVD in patients with psoriasis. …”
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Myofascial Pain in Patients Waitlisted for Total Knee Arthroplasty by Richard Henry, Catherine M Cahill, Gavin Wood, Jennifer Hroch, Rosemary Wilson, Tracy Cupido, Elizabeth VanDenKerkhof

“…BACKGROUND: Knee pain is one of the major sources of pain and disability in developed countries, particularly in aging populations, and is the primary indication for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with osteoarthritis (OA).…”
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Pretransplant Evaluation and Liver Transplantation Outcome in PBC Patients by Maja Mijic, Ivona Saric, Bozena Delija, Milos Lalovac, Nikola Sobocan, Eva Radetic, Dora Martincevic, Tajana Filipec Kanizaj

“…Several risk scores are proposed for better evaluation of patients before and during treatment to stratify patients at increased risk of disease progression. …”
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Colchicine plus Dapsone in Colchicine‐Resistant FMF Patients by Farhad Salehzadeh, A. Enteshary, M. Moshkbar

“…Five to ten percent of FMF patients have unfavorable response to the colchicine as a standard therapy. …”
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Coexistence of Takayasu’s Arteritis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by Camilla de Almeida Martins, Ana Elisa Rabe Caon, Carolina Bortolozzo Graciolli Facanali, Carlos Walter Sobrado, Sergio Carlos Nahas, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Reuma Margalit-Yehuda, Uri Kopylov, Natalia Sousa Freitas Queiroz

“…All patients developed IBD first and, subsequently, TA. …”
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Comment on “Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Critically Ill Patients” by Sébastien Champion

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Otologic Manifestations in Patients with Achondroplasia: A Multicenter Study by Dohee Kim, Joonsik Yoon, Myung-Whan Suh, Jun Ho Lee, Moo Kyun Park

“…Myringotomy or ventilation tube insertion was performed on 33 patients (47.1%), and 16 patients (22.9%) required multiple insertions. …”
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Review of Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Radu Sascău, Ioana Mădălina Zota, Cristian Stătescu, Daniela Boișteanu, Mihai Roca, Alexandra Maștaleru, Maria Magdalena Leon Constantin, Teodor Flaviu Vasilcu, Radu Sebastian Gavril, Florin Mitu

“…Abnormal strain values, a marker of subclinical myocardial dysfunction, can be detected even in patients with normal ejection fraction and chamber volumes. …”
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