A Prospective Determination of the Incidence of Perceived Inappropriate Care in Critically Ill Patients by Rohit K Singal, Robert Sibbald, Brenda Morgan, Mel Quinlan, Neil Parry, Michael Radford, Claudio M Martin

“…BACKGROUND: Health care providers’ perceptions regarding appropriateness in end-of-life treatments have been widely studied. While nurses and physicians believe that rationing and other cost-related practices sometimes occur in the intensive care unit (ICU), they allege that treatment is often excessive.…”
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Eagle Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Options by Daniel Swanson, Cole H. Evensky, Shadman Yusuf, Hannah Long, Jamal Hasoon, Mustafa Mohamed, Bruce M. Dixon, Tomasina Parker-Actlis, Michael A. Alvarado, Jaehong Song, Adam M. Kaye, Giustino Varrassi, Alan D. Kaye, Latha Ganti

“…The diagnoses of Eagle Syndrome have recently increased because of increased awareness of physicians of Eagle Syndrome and the earlier identification of the cardinal symptoms of the disease. …”
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Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia for Procedures of the Upper Extremity by Farheen Mirza, Anthony R. Brown

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Healthcare Providers’ Knowledge and Current Practice of Pain Assessment and Management: How Much Progress Have We Made? by Khawla Nuseir, Manal Kassab, Basima Almomani

“…The level of knowledge was the best among physicians, followed by pharmacists specifically in the area of cancer pain management. …”
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Intravascular Lithotripsy for Underexpanded Stent in Heavily Calcified Coronary Artery Disease by Tejas Raxwal, Cauvery Balhara, Dipak Parekh

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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Intestinal Epithelial Cell Function and Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Katherine Luo, Stewart Siyan Cao

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Medical student training with next-generation handheld ultrasound devices – hands on examination of fetal biometry in obstetrics by Ruben Plöger, Julia Matschl, Adeline Walter, Ulrich Gembruch, Brigitte Strizek, Charlotte Behning, Agnes Wittek, Florian Recker

“…Furthermore, the students’ ultrasound results were compared with those of trained physicians by employing the one-sample Student's t-test. …”
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Practice, Knowledge, and Attitude of Health Care Providers regarding Cancer Pain Management: A National Survey by Jinmei Liu, Ming Zhang, Juan Luo, Jiyi Xie, Xu Chen, Hanxiang Wang, Shijun Li, Shengli Yang, Chunfen Peng, Liangle Yang, Bin Deng, Yu Zhang, Cong Wang, Jianli Hu, Chen Shi

“…Results. A total of 1279 physicians, 2267 nurses, and 1466 pharmacists participated in the survey. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns in Men with Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer Receiving Docetaxel by Keith L. Davis, Benjamin Gutierrez, Teresa Zyczynski, James A. Kaye

“…Data were collected by 48 physicians from oncology (patient N=344) and 8 physicians from urology (patient N=50) practices. …”
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Position of the Anaphylaxis, Insect Venom Allergy and Mastocytosis Section of the Polish Society of Allergology regarding the principles of diagnosing hypersensitivity to Hymenopte... by Marita Nittner-Marszalska, Marek Niedoszytko, Ewa Cichocka-Jarosz, Andrzej Bożek, Iwona Poziomkowska-Gęsicka, Radoslaw Gawlik, Marta Chełmińska

“…This requires cooperation between primary care physicians, allergists working in allergy clinics and hospital wards. …”
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Anticollusion Attack Noninteractive Security Hierarchical Key Agreement Scheme in WHMS by Kefei Mao, Jianwei Liu, Jie Chen

“…However, we show that Kim’s cryptographic scheme is vulnerable to the collusion attack if the physicians can be corrupted. Obviously, it is a more practical security condition. …”
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Hereditary Hemochromatosis Unmasked by Yersiniosis: Report of Three Cases by Karam Karam, Elias Fiani

“…ABSTRACT Yersiniosis has a causal relationship with hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). Physicians should have a high index of suspicion for the diagnosis of HH when approaching a patient with yersiniosis in the setting of high ferritin levels and increased iron saturation. …”
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Canadian Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of Maraviroc in the Treatment of HIV-Infected Adults by Anita Rachlis, Marianne Harris, Richard Lalonde, Stephen D Shafran, Cécile Tremblay, Mark A Wainberg, Sharon Walmsley

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: A Canadian group, consisting of six physicians and an HIV researcher with significant experience and knowledge in HIV management, reviewed the available data and developed guidelines for Canadian health care providers (who treat HIV infection) on the appropriate use of maraviroc (UK-427,857) in HIV-infected adults.…”
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Ovarian Pregnancy following Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection and Embryo Transfer: A Case Report by Amar Ramachandran, Swati Sharma, Kumar Pratap, Bhakta Rajesh, Vasudeva Akhila, Akhila Ramayapally, Manna Valiathan

“…Ovarian pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy following ICSI-ET, and the diagnosis depends on the physicians suspicion and experience. Preservation of ovarian tissue during surgery is of utmost importance to preserve fertility. …”
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Leprosy—Presenting as Rheumatoid Arthritis Misleading the Correct Diagnosis by Dhakal Sagar, Shrestha Kipa, Gurung Praful, Thapa Durga

“…ABSTRACT Leprosy can present with symptoms resembling rheumatoid arthritis, leading to delays in diagnosis or inappropriate treatment, potentially progressing to lepromatous forms, neuropathy, and disability. Physicians must consider leprosy as a differential for rheumatoid arthritis, especially in endemic regions. …”
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ANALYSIS AND FORECAST OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTH SYSTEMS IN ROMANIA by Lucian MIRESCU, Ana-Maria Camelia POPESCU

“…However, there is still a shortage of physicians in the public sector, even if their number has steadily increased in the last years. …”

Importance and fitness of family medicine milestone project from America to Taiwan by Shih-Ming Li, Yaw-Wen Chang, Ming-Nan Lin, Chi-Wei Lin, Chyi-Her Lin, Cheng-Chieh Li, Ming-Hwai Lin, Yin-Fan Chang, Zih-Jie Sun, Fang-Yih Liaw, Jaw-Shiun Tsai, Shinn-Jang Hwang, Li-Kuang Chen, Jin-Shang Wu

“…Methods We recruited 61 family medicine physicians from 25 hospitals from four major geographic areas for a Delphi round one survey and 72 physicians from 27 hospitals for a Delphi round two survey. …”
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Maintaining operability at a high personal cost – a mixed method study on maternal healthcare workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic by Magnus Akerstrom, Anna Wessberg, Emina Hadžibajramović, Sofie Graner, Ylva Carlsson, Ola Andersson, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Malin Veje, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden

“…Methods Data were derived from the longitudinal COPE Staff study involving midwives and physicians within maternal healthcare. Three focus group discussions with midwives and physicians (n = 13), and open-ended survey responses (n = 604) during the third wave of the pandemic (January to May 2021) were analyzed using deductive content analysis based on the Job Demands-Resources model. …”
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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Associated with Antiepileptic Drugs and Cranial Radiation Therapy by Shereen Elazzazy, Taghrid Abu Hassan, Ashraf El Seid, Cicy Mary Jacob

“…Although TEN is a rare toxicity, physicians should pay a special attention to the monitoring of brain tumor patients on antiepileptic prophylaxis during cranial irradiation; furthermore, patients should be counselled to notify their physicians if they develop any new or unusual symptoms.…”
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A Triage Approach to Managing a Two Year Wait-List in a Chronic Pain Program by Alexander J Clark, Ian Beauprie, Lynne B Clark, Mary E Lynch

“…An innovative recommendation program to encourage and educate referring physicians to continue active care of pain during this waiting period was developed.…”
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