Group versus Individual Care in Patients with Long-Standing Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: A One-Year Prospective Noninferiority Study in a Tertiary Diabetes Clinic by Joelle Singer, Sigal Levy, Ilan Shimon

“…Group care was not inferior to individual care for any of the above parameters except for the number of visits to a primary care physician. Conclusion. Group care is feasible in a diabetes clinic and is as effective as individual care. …”
Get full text

Computed Tomography Image Segmentation of Lung Corona Virus Infection Region Based on Combination of Grayscale Morphological Reconstruction and Fast Marching Method by Aws Alazawi, Abbas Fadhal Humadi, Huda Farooq Jameel, Huda Ali Hashim, John Soraghan

“…The proposed algorithm applied on archived computed tomography dataset for coronavirus infected patients, results showed consistent determination of ground glass infection region compared to manual delineation of senior physician. The proposed algorithm restricted to empirical adjustment of FMM’s threshold that would be addressed in upcoming study. …”
Get full text

Liver Functions in Type 2 Diabetes Individuals after Pfizer Vaccination in Iraqi Patients by Shrooq Ali Hussein, Ahmed Abdul-Hussein Mohsin, Ahmed Ghazi Sabbar

“…A study was carried out in al Suwayrah hospital, which included 300 patients aged 20 to 70 years old. one hundred were excluded from this study. A physician diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes mellitus (the ADA) (the American Diabetes Association, 2021) was involved in this study from December 2021 to March 2022. results showed that AST and ALT were normal, while ALP was higher in diabetics compared to controls (ALP was higher in both groups of diabetics vaccinated and non-vaccinated with Pfizer vaccine compared to controls). correlation with no significant effect on platelet count and D-dimer. …”
Get full text

ARMC5 Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia Associated with a Meningioma: A Family Report by M. J. Ferreira, J. Pedro, D. Salazar, C. Costa, J. Aragão Rodrigues, M. M. Costa, A. Grangeia, J. L. Castedo, D. Carvalho

“…The identification of the pathogenic variant enables the physician to identify and treat these patients earlier and more effectively. …”
Get full text

Attitudes of Doctors and Nurses toward the Chronic Care Model by Rolando Bonal Ruiz, Meibis Poll Cabrera

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a quantitative and qualitative cross-sectional study was conducted including the 22 family physicians and 26 nurses who provide care to patients with chronic diseases and were at the polyclinic at the time of the study. …”
Get full text

Laryngeal Fracture after Blunt Cervical Trauma in Motorcycle Accident and Its Management by Nuno Ribeiro-Costa, Pedro Carneiro Sousa, Diogo Abreu Pereira, Paula Azevedo, Delfim Duarte

“…Because of the rarity of this injury, physician may be not aware of its existence, leading to a late diagnosis of this entity. …”
Get full text

COVID-19 impact on bladder cancer treatment by Fabrício Kaminagakura, Marcos F. Dall'Oglio, José A. da Silva Jr., Klebson Rodrigues-Barbosa, Jorge Ocké, Luiz J. Budib

“…Materials and methods: We led a prospective study from February 2020 to October 2020, in which three 2nd-year urology residents, guided by one particular attending physician, performed 20 radical cystectomies in an acute public hospital. …”
Get full text

Response to ‘Response to Doctors for Life on Assisted Suicide’ by A Van Eeden, S Nemutandani, M Meiring, L L Honey, H (WJ) Steinberg, T Hardcastle, M Bac, J V Larsen, K Michael, M Louw, W Sieling

Get full text

The Influence of Creatine Use on Performance of Swimmers by Hakan Acar, Erkut Tutkun, Osman İmamoğlu, Tülin Atan

“…Its use should be conducted in normal doses under physician control.…”
Get full text

The Natural History and Treatment Options for Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms by Joshua E. Loewenstein, Shaneze C. Gayle, E. Jesus Duffis, Charles J. Prestigiacomo, Chirag D. Gandhi

“…To optimize patient outcomes, the physician must weigh aneurysmal rupture risk associated with observation against the complication risks associated with intervention. …”
Get full text

Computed tomography reconstruction and morphometric analysis of the humerus and femur in new zealand rabbits by Muhammet Lutfi Selcuk

“…<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> It was thought that this study would provide the basis for studies and experimental models on rabbits by revealing the morphological features of the humerus and femur and would help the physician in the diagnosis of diseases by forming the basis of the data obtained with the imaging systems used in the clinical field.…”
Get full text

Pharmacotherapy of Peptic Ulcer Disease by F Molina, MM Vohra, CN Williams

“…The choice of therapeutic agent is generally made according to patient compliance, medication cost, side effects, effectiveness, relapse rate and physician experience with the drug. Long term maintenance therapy is effective in the prevention of ulcer relapse and is especially recommended for selected patient groups, including patients with recurrent or bleeding ulcer, patients with concomitant nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, and elderly women. …”
Get full text

Dengue Viral Myositis Complicated with Rhabdomyolysis and Superinfection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Vinothan Sunderalingam, Thirumavalavan Kanapathipillai, P. A. S. Edirisinghe, K. M. M. P. Dassanayake, I. H. G. S. Premawansa

“…Dengue is endemic in Sri Lanka and the physician should be aware of different and unusual presentation of the illness. …”
Get full text

A Population-Based Study of Peyronie's Disease: Prevalence and Treatment Patterns in the United States by Dana Britt DiBenedetti, Dat Nguyen, Laurie Zografos, Ryan Ziemiecki, Xiaolei Zhou

“…Of participants who sought treatment for penile symptoms (𝑛=128), 73% initially saw a primary care physician, 74% did not receive treatment from their first doctor, and 92% were not diagnosed with PD. …”
Get full text

In Peritoneal Dialysis, Is There Sufficient Evidence to Make “PD First” Therapy? by Pranav Dalal, Harbaksh Sangha, Kunal Chaudhary

“…There are many reasons preventing the PD first initiative including the increased numbers of in-center hemodialysis units, physician comfort with the modality, perceived superiority of HD, risk of peritonitis, achieving adequate clearances, and reimbursement incentives to providers. …”
Get full text

A Curious Case of Hemolytic Anemia with Pseudoreticulopenia by Scott Mayer, Nikhilesh Srinivasan, Jenny Nguyen, Ryan Spilman, Dmitriy Scherbak

“…The interaction of these multiple coexisting disease processes is not previously described in the literature. Increased physician awareness of steroid-refractory, Coombs-negative AIHA, and the development of pseudoreticulopenia as a laboratory finding in pernicious anemia may help to improve patient outcomes.…”
Get full text

Appearances Can Be Deceiving: What Is the Diagnosis for this Community-Acquired Pneumonia? by Frank YH Lin, Coleman Rotstein

“…The diagnosis was an upper respiratory tract infection, made by the local physician; the patient was treated with a 10-day course of cephalexin. …”
Get full text

Response to ‘Response to Doctors for Life on Assisted Suicide’ by A Van Eeden, S Nemutandani, M Meiring, L L Honey, H (WJ) Steinberg, T Hardcastle, M Bac, J V Larsen, K Michael, M Louw, W Sieling

Get full text

Influence of an Infectious Diseases Specialist on ICU Multidisciplinary Rounds by David N. Gilbert

“…To ascertain the influence of a physician infectious diseases specialist (IDS) on antibiotic use in a medical/surgical intensive care unit. …”
Get full text

Rare but Not so Rare? The Evolving Spectrum of Whipple's Disease by John M Conly, B Lynn Johnston

“…He reported the case of a 36-year-old physician with "a gradual loss of weight and strength, stools consisting chiefly of neutral fat and fatty acids, indefinite abdominal signs, and a peculiar multiple arthritis" (1). …”
Get full text