Perceptions of Biosimilars Among Healthcare Providers in Saudi Arabia by Mohammed Alqahtani, Ahmed Al-jedai, Albert Wertheimer

“…Result: Years of practice among physicians significantly influenced their intention to prescribe biosimilars. …”
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Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Rupture: An Unusual Presentation of Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion: A Case Report by Eda-Cristina Abuchaibe, Nancy Dobrolet, Katherine Peicher, Roque Ventura, Elizabeth Welch

“…Chromosome 22q11 deletion could be missed due to either the unfamiliarity of physicians with the syndrome or the variability and subtlety of the phenotype. …”
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Assessment of a Low-Cost Ultrasound Pericardiocentesis Model by Marco Campo dell'Orto, Dorothea Hempel, Agnieszka Starzetz, Armin Seibel, Ulf Hannemann, Felix Walcher, Raoul Breitkreutz

“…As ultrasound guidance lowers the complication rates and increases the patient’s safety, pericardiocentesis should be performed under ultrasound guidance. Acute care physicians actually need to train emergency pericardiocentesis. …”
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Healthcare Professional’s Perception of Patient Safety Measured by the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Julia Hiromi Hori Okuyama, Tais Freire Galvao, Marcus Tolentino Silva

“…Two researchers selected studies and extracted the following data: year of publication, country, percentage of physicians and nurses, sample size, and results for the 12 HSOPS dimensions. …”
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Vascularization, Innervation, and Inflammation: Pathways Connecting the Heart–Brain Axis and Implications in a Clinical Setting by Alexa R. Lauinger, Joseph J. Sepe

“…A better understanding of the heart–brain axis can inform physicians of current and future treatment and preventive care options in heart and brain pathologies. …”
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Simmering Innards: Does Irritable Bowl Syndrome Have an Immunological Basis? by Christopher N Andrews, Eldon A Shaffer

“…Not so long ago, physicians construed the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as being a neurotic trait: it was all in the head. …”
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Real-Life State of Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Drug Choice in Child-Bearing Age Male Patients and Effect on Fertility and Fetal Safety by Zhao X. Hu, Yi N. Ye, Wei G. Wu, Xu J. Liang, Qi W. Wu, Ao Zhang, Xing R. Zheng, Zhi L. Gao, Liang Peng, Chan Xie

“…Moreover, a survey of the knowledge of antiviral nucleoside analogs safety in fertility of male patients was conducted among physicians nationwide. Semen samples of 30 patients were collected. …”
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Efficacy and Cost Benefit of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Patients Considered to Have Mild Asthma in Primary Care Practice by Paul O'Byrne, Lauren Cuddy, D Wayne Taylor, Stephen Birch, Joanne Morris, Jerry Syrotuik

“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of low doses of inhaled corticosteroids (budesonide), supplemented with bronchodilators as needed, provides clinical benefit and is cost beneficial compared with therapy with bronchodilators alone, in patients considered by their physicians in a primary care setting to have mild asthma, not requiring inhaled corticosteroids.…”
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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

“…Various methods have been used for measuring PCC in nurses and physicians (caregivers); however, methodological problems have been raised following the observation of real clinical encounters or standardized patient simulations. …”
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Addressing Obesity in Special Populations by Rachel A. Annunziato, Rachel M. Calogero, Robyn Sysko

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Controversies in the management of anti-TNF therapy in patients with Crohn’s disease: a Delphi consensus by Ignacio Marin-Jimenez, Guillermo Bastida, Daniel Carpio, Fernando Muñoz, Yago González-Lama, Elena Ricart, Daniel Ceballos, Daniel Ginard, Luis Menchen

“…The survey and Delphi process were sent to 244 CD-treating physicians (response rate: 58%). A total of 14 statements were generated. …”
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Usefulness of Magnifying Endoscopy with Narrow-Band Imaging for Determining Tumor Invasion Depth in Early Gastric Cancer by Daisuke Kikuchi, Toshiro Iizuka, Shu Hoteya, Akihiro Yamada, Tsukasa Furuhata, Satoshi Yamashita, Kaoru Domon, Masanori Nakamura, Akira Matsui, Toshifumi Mitani, Osamu Ogawa, Sumio Watanabe, Mitsuru Kaise

“…Cases with D vessels verified by at least two physicians were assigned to group V, and others were assigned to group N. …”
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Learning digital medical environment as a tool of teaching computer science to medical students by Vadim V. Grinshkun, Kristina S. Itinson

“…Using the digital healthcare environment in educational and subsequent professional activities of physicians contributes to improving the quality of medical care and medical services, accessibility of medical services, and reducing the number of medical mistakes. …”
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A phenotype-based AI pipeline outperforms human experts in differentially diagnosing rare diseases using EHRs by Xiaohao Mao, Yu Huang, Ye Jin, Lun Wang, Xuanzhong Chen, Honghong Liu, Xinglin Yang, Haopeng Xu, Xiaodong Luan, Ying Xiao, Siqin Feng, Jiahao Zhu, Xuegong Zhang, Rui Jiang, Shuyang Zhang, Ting Chen

“…Abstract Rare diseases, affecting ~350 million people worldwide, pose significant challenges in clinical diagnosis due to the lack of experienced physicians and the complexity of differentiating between numerous rare diseases. …”
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Hemorrhagic Lacrimation and Epistaxis in Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy by Shireen Mreish, Hossam Al-Tatari

“…Management of these cases has been an area of debate with majority of physicians adopting conservative modalities. We report a case that presented with classic triad of rash, low grade fever, and peripheral edema along with two rarely reported manifestations in literature: hemorrhagic lacrimation and epistaxis.…”
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Protocol for recording physiological signals from the human cerebellum using electroencephalography by Ami Kumar, Yi-Mei Wang, Ming-Kai Pan, Sheng-Han Kuo

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Blood Harmane Concentrations in 497 Individuals Relative to Coffee, Cigarettes, and Food Consumption on the Morning of Testing by Elan D. Louis, Pam Factor-Litvak, Marina Gerbin, Wendy Jiang, Wei Zheng

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Key challenges in providing assisted dying in Belgium: a qualitative analysis of health professionals’ experiences by Madeleine Archer, Lindy Willmott, Kenneth Chambaere, Luc Deliens, Ben P. White

“…Eligible participants were physicians and nurses who spoke English or Dutch and who had been involved in the euthanasia assessment of at least two patients in the past year. …”
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Standards in Neurological Rehabilitation, June 1997 by Michael P. Barnes, European Federation of Neurological Societies Task Force

“…The Task Force also encourages governments to invest in improved legislation for accident prevention. (4) The Task Force has outlined some minimum standards for the staffing of a neurological rehabilitation service including improved training both for neurologists and rehabilitation physicians. Such training could include a cross-national training programme both for physicians and other health care staff. (5) The Task Force supports a two-tier system of neurological services. …”
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Perceptions of ethical decision-making climate among clinicians working in European and US ICUs: differences between religious and non-religious healthcare professionals by Hanne Irene Jensen, Hans-Henrik Bülow, Lucas Dierickx, Stijn Vansteelandt, Rosanna Vaschetto, Gábor Élö, Ruth Piers, Dominique D. Benoit

“…A total of 2,275 nurses and 717 physicians from 68 ICUs representing 12 countries in Europe and the US participated. …”
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