Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Localized in the Greater Omentum by Ryuji Komine, Takashi Kobayashi, Hiro Uehara, Keisuke Minamimura, Kazuhiko Mori, Toru Hirata, Atsushi Shimizu, Masaya Mori

“…This report reminds physicians to consider GPA in the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain or fever of unknown origin.…”
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Varying Presentations of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Temporarily Associated with COVID-19 by Jasmina Krikilion, Lisa Nuyttens, Siel Daelemans, Karlien François, Reiner Mauel, Daniel De Wolf, Gerlant van Berlaer

“…These cases are presented to increase awareness and familiarity among paediatricians and emergency physicians with the different clinical manifestations of this syndrome. …”
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Pulmonary Nocardiosis: Review of Cases and an Update by Malini Shariff, Jayanthi Gunasekaran

“…Nocardiosis is encountered in parts of the world even where it is not endemic due to increased world travel. So physicians and laboratory staff should be aware of this and try to diagnose it. …”
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Development of Phantom Limb Pain after Femoral Nerve Block by Sadiah Siddiqui, Anthony N. Sifonios, Vanny Le, Marc E. Martinez, Jean D. Eloy, Andrew G. Kaufman

“…Further investigation and understanding of PLP itself will hopefully uncover a relationship between peripheral nerve blocks targeting an affected limb and the subsequent development of this phenomenon, allowing physicians to take appropriate steps in prevention and treatment.…”
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Brain AVMs: An Endovascular, Surgical, and Radiosurgical Update by Simone Peschillo, Alessandro Caporlingua, Claudio Colonnese, Giulio Guidetti

“…A multidisciplinary approach is strongly recommended when dealing with bAVMs and should involve physicians expertise in this kind of challenging lesions. …”
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Improving Fertility Treatment Documentation – A Survey by Aby Kottal Koshy

“…Aims: To conduct a survey to understand the information needs of assisted reproductive technology physicians when assessing the reasons affecting treatment outcomes after intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilisation (IVF). …”
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Letter to the Editor of Journal of Otolaryngology regarding “Risk of diabetes in patients with sleep apnea: comparison of surgery versus CPAP in a long-term follow-up study” by Nguyen Truong, Bao Sciscent, F. Jeffrey Lorenz, David Goldrich, Neerav Goyal

“…However, we would like to point out some limitations that warrant attention and caution interpretation of the findings by physicians and patients.…”
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Severe Agranulocytosis following Simultaneous Administration of Chlorpromazine and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole in a Patient with Sepsis: A Possible Toxic Combination by Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James

“…Chlorpromazine and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) are two commonly prescribed medications by physicians. Either of those medications could cause fatal drug-induced agranulocytosis, with an unclear underlying mechanism. …”
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Bridging the Gap: Strengthening Mental Health Support for Female Health Professionals in Pakistan and Türkiye by Komal Atta, Ahmad Atta, Mahnoor Atta

“…This paper addresses the mental health challenges faced by female physicians in Turkey and Pakistan, highlighting the impact of gender-based inequalities in the healthcare system. …”
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Rare forms of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: hereditary lysosomal acid lipase deficiency by M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin, M. S. Zharkova, T. P. Nekrasova, G. I. Ayusheva, R. V. Maslennikov

“…This overview is devoted to more clinically relevant form of DLAL, significant for physicians and gastroenterologists - CESD which is often mistaken for NAFLD, however these diseases have different etiology, pathogenesis, pathomorphology and clinical course. …”
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Imaging Review of Procedural and Periprocedural Complications of Central Venous Lines, Percutaneous Intrathoracic Drains, and Nasogastric Tubes by Hamdan Al-Jahdali, Klaus L. Irion, Carolyn Allen, Daniel Marafiga de Godoy, Ali Nawaz Khan

“…These are standard procedures within the remit of physicians, and other trained health professionals. …”
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A Rare Case of Unrecognized and Uncommon Bladder Perforation after Transobturator Tape Procedure by Ercüment Kılınç, Yaşam Kemal Akpak

“…Complications seem to be rare, but recognizing them intraoperatively is the most significant step because some of the complications which may appear in postoperative period can be challenging for both physicians and patients. The purpose of this case, with this patient who was operated on with open surgery, is to evaluate this rarely seen unrecognized and uncommon bladder perforation after TOT procedure and thus make some contribution to the literature. …”
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A Study on the Application of Explainable AI on Ensemble Models for Predictive Analysis of Chronic Kidney Disease by K. M. Tawsik Jawad, Anusha Verma, Fathi Amsaad, Lamia Ashraf

“…The takeaway from our research is to aid the physicians make an informed decision about the disease and provide a case by case explanation behind their decisions. …”
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Malignant Hyperthermia and Idiopathic HyperCKemia by Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi

“…Anesthesiologists and critical care intensivists as well as primary care physicians should keep this in mind when seeing patients with asymptomatic hyperCKemia and potentially inform them about the possibility of developing MH if exposed to triggering agents. …”
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Detecting Disease in Radiographs with Intuitive Confidence by Stefan Jaeger

“…The paper claims that the proposed confidence is intuitive and can be readily understood by physicians. The paper underpins this thesis with theoretical results in neural signal processing, stating that a sine/cosine relationship between the actual input signal and the perceived (learned) input is key to neural learning processes. …”
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Fenofibrate Therapy in Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase Type 2 Deficiency by I. Hamilton-Craig, M. Yudi, L. Johnson, R. Jayasinghe

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Gendered Experiences of Intravenous Iron Infusion Reactions: A Patient Perspective by Roxanna Nasseri Pebdani PhD, CRC, SFHEA

“…Key points include: healthcare providers should be aware of this potential complication, healthcare providers must be prepared to listen, assess, address, and treat potential hypophosphatemia that occurs after receiving an iron infusion, and physicians should monitor phosphate, particularly in patients who develop fatigue, nausea, bone pain, and other symptoms of hypophosphatemia after receiving an iron infusion. …”
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Role of Regulatory T Cells in Pathogenesis and Biological Therapy of Multiple Sclerosis by Milan Buc

“…Furthermore, we discuss how laboratory immunology can offer physicians its help in the diagnosis process and decisions what kind of biological therapy should be used.…”
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Diagnostic and Prognostic Role of Procalcitonin in Infections by Maria Hatzistilianou

“…The problems with sepsis definitions and diagnoses are indications of the need to focus on biochemical mediators capable not only of distinguishing the inflammatory response to infection from other types of inflammation, but also of indicating the severity and prognosis of the disease. Thus, physicians need an early and rapid marker for detecting bacterial infection and distinguishing it from viral infection. …”
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Managing Cancer Pain - Simple Rules, Major Benefits by Dwight E Moulin

“…In this issue of Pain Research & Management, Gallagher et al (pages 188-194) highlight some of the barriers to adequate cancer pain management based on a cross-sectional survey of British Columbian physicians. The survey response rate of 69% attests to the validity of their findings.…”
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