Transient Hemodynamic Changes upon Changing a BCPA into a TCPC in Staged Fontan Operation: A Computational Model Study by Fuyou Liang, Hideaki Senzaki, Zhaofang Yin, Yuqi Fan, Koichi Sughimoto, Hao Liu

“…The findings may help physicians to assess the perioperative risk of the TCPC surgery based on preoperative measurement of cardiovascular function.…”
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Application of Handheld Tele-ECG for Health Care Delivery in Rural India by Meenu Singh, Amit Agarwal, Vineet Sinha, Rohit Manoj Kumar, Nishant Jaiswal, Ishita Jindal, Pankaj Pant, Munish Kumar

“…The data were then transmitted to physicians in Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, for their expert opinion. …”
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Spindle Cell Melanoma Presenting as an Ulcer in a Black Diabetic by D. A. Gaskin, D. Brathwaite, N. Depeiza, P. S. Gaskin, J. Ward

“…A 57-year-old overweight woman presented to The Maria Holder Diabetes Centre for the Caribbean with a nonhealing ulcer of the right heel after being treated by various primary care physicians over the preceding year. Her general and systematic examinations were unremarkable. …”
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Novel Antiplatelet Agent Use for Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department: A Review by M. Curial, E. Nath, E. Lang

“…Emergency department (ED) physicians are on the front lines of ACS management. …”
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Mental health challenges faced by professional athletes by Dawid Szczepanek, Katarzyna Szczurek, Adrianna Biecka, Mikołaj Wyrzykowski

“…Therefore, the potential risk factors for developing mental disease should be known to coaches and physicians to provide adequate help for athletes. …”
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Bioethical Lens by Arcangelo Liso, Margherita Neri, Francesca Maglietta, Raffaele La Russa, Emanuela Turillazzi

“…In this discussion paper, we outline the ethical issue-facing physicians involved in HSCT. Currently, HSCT is a widely accepted treatment for many life-threatening diseases. …”
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Wilson’s Disease: Diagnosis of Wilson’s Disease in Ethiopian Young Sisters by Nebiyu Bekele, Frew Ewnetu, Tigest Hailu, Zerubabel Tegegne, Abilo Tadesse

“…Wilson’s disease, declared to be an orphan disease, requires clinical acumen of physicians and expensive investigation modalities for prompt recognition and is inaccessible as required, lifelong drugs for treatment.…”
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Switching Stable Kidney Transplant Recipients to a Generic Tacrolimus Is Feasible and Safe, but It Must Be Monitored by Fernando González, René López, Elizabeth Arriagada, René Carrasco, Natalia Gallardo, Eduardo Lorca

“…Switching from brand name tacrolimus to a generic tacrolimus (Sandoz) is feasible and appears to be safe, but it must be monitored carefully by treating physicians.…”
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A Rare Case of Glioblastoma Multiforme with Osseous Metastases by Rubens Barros Costa, Ricardo Costa, Jason Kaplan, Marcelo Rocha Cruz, Hiral Shah, Maria Matsangou, Benedito Carneiro

“…Results were that of metastatic GBM and were reported after the patient expired. Physicians caring for patients with GBM and new nonneurologic symptoms may contemplate body imaging.…”
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Medication adherence and non-adherence in arterial hypertension: a narrative review by Claudio Tomasino, Marco Tomasino

“…Poor adherence is linked to increased cardiovascular risks and is compounded by clinical inertia among physicians. Addressing barriers to adherence and implementing evidence-based interventions can significantly reduce the global burden of hypertension and its associated complications. …”
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Structural and Functional Fundamentals of Alcoholic Disease by V. S. Paukov, T. M. Voronina, Yu. A. Kirillov, E. M. Malysheva

“…It is concluded that the forms of the disease that involve the described morphological changes in organs and systems should be primarily treated by physicians, not by psychiatrists and narcology practitioners who are only capable of dealing with the psychological aspect of the problem.…”
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Delayed Cerebral Radiation Necrosis after Neutron Beam Radiation of a Parotid Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Christopher S. Hong, Hamza N. Gokozan, José J. Otero, Michael Guiou, J. Bradley Elder

“…These reports as well as our patient’s case are reviewed, and additional recommendations are made to minimize the development of CRN after extracranial neutron beam radiation. Physicians should include the possible diagnosis of CRN in any patient with new neurologic signs or symptoms and a history of head and neck radiation that included planned fields extending to the base of the skull. …”
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Multi-stakeholder perspectives of community pharmacies’ extended services in Al Baha province, Saudi Arabia: A qualitative study by Khalid S. Alghamdi, Mahdi H. Alsugoor, Max Petzold, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Christina Ljungberg Persson

“…Several barriers were identified, including a lack of public awareness, public privacy and confidentiality concerns, and inadequate communication and collaboration between community pharmacists and physicians. According to the participants, free training programmes and continuing education for community pharmacists (with a focus on independent and small-chain community pharmacies) and financial support from the government could facilitate extending the roles played by community pharmacists. …”
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Instruments for assessing healthcare professionals’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding deprescribing: a scoping review protocol by Luciane Cruz Lopes, Jardel Corrêa de Oliveira, Luis Phillipe Nagem Lopes, Mariana Del Grossi Moura, Ana Carolina Figueiredo Modesto, Laís Lessa Neiva Pantuzza

“…However, there is a limited exploration of healthcare professionals’ perspectives about deprescribing.Methods and analysis Studies involving healthcare professionals directly involved in the medication use process (nurses, pharmacists and physicians) will be included, while those in which it is not possible to identify the professional will be excluded. …”
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Profile of Skin Disorders in Unreached Hilly Areas of North India by Deepak Dimri, Venkatashiva Reddy B, Amit Kumar Singh

“…Patient details, diagnosis, and treatment provided by physicians were documented in the morbidity register. …”
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COVID-19 in Children with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Multicenter Case Series from Iran by Hassan Esmaeeli, Mehdi Ghaderian, Keyhan Sayadpour Zanjani, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Ghalibafan, Mehrzad Mahdizadeh, Mohammad Hassan Aelami

“…Furthermore, discriminating the direct effects of the virus from those of the underlying diseases can pose a dilemma to physicians. This case series aims to determine the relationship between COVID-19 and various types of congenial heart disease among children. …”
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Salvage of Failed Local and Regional Flaps with Porcine Urinary Bladder Extracellular Matrix Aided Tissue Regeneration by Gregory J. Kruper, Zachary P. VandeGriend, Ho-Sheng Lin, Giancarlo F. Zuliani

“…Such treatments place great time burdens on the patient, physicians, and nurses. Because the face and neck possess a complex three-dimensional topography, wound dressings are inherently complex to design and change. …”
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Fatal Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Patient with Niemann-Pick Disease Type B by Atakan Tanacan, Abdullah Yalcin, Canan Unal, Seda Banu Akinci, Mehmet Sinan Beksac

“…Conclusions. In conclusion, physicians should keep in mind that patients with a history of splenectomy and/or uncontrollable hemorrhage must be carefully evaluated for rare diseases like lysosomal storage diseases and that NPD B can cause mortality because of postpartum bleeding. …”
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Definition of clinical immunology around the globe by José C. Crispín, José C. Crispín, José C. Crispín, Tineke Cantaert, Tineke Cantaert, Alberto Pinzon-Charry, Alberto Pinzon-Charry, Alberto Pinzon-Charry, Domenico Mavilio, Domenico Mavilio, Domenico Mavilio, Ahmed Seri, Ahmed Seri, Pierre Miossec, Pierre Miossec

“…Roughly two thirds of respondents were physicians directly involved in patient care. We found that though the number of diseases and processes in which immune mechanisms are involved has considerably grown, 90% of participants agree with the 1993 World Health Organization definition of Clinical Immunology. …”
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The health and social situation of the mother during pregnancy and global quality of life of the child as an adult. Results from the prospective Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort 1959-19... by Søren Ventegodt, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…Two sets of questionnaires were used with one filled out by physicians during pregnancy and one filled out by the adult children 31-33 years later. …”
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