Resource constraints, patient emotions, and therapy: experiences of healthcare providers in the screening and management of gestational diabetes mellitus in northern Ghana by Mohammed Bukari, Abdulai Abubakari, Hawa Malechi, Thomas Hinneh, Humphrey Garti, Faith Agbozo

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Patients Hospitalized in General Wards via the Emergency Department: Early Identification of Predisposing Factors for Death or Unexpected Intensive Care Unit Admission—A Historical... by Thierry Boulain, Isabelle Runge, Nathalie Delorme, Angèle Bouju, Antoine Valéry

“…Prospective cohort study in a medical-surgical adult ED in a teaching hospital, including consecutive patients hospitalized on regular wards after ED visit, and identification of predictors by logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards model. …”
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Long-Term Mortality following Acute Noninvasive Ventilation for Obesity-Related Respiratory Failure: A Retrospective Single-Centre Study by Aditya Krishnan, Paul Ellis, Pearlene Antoine-Pitterson, Amy Oakes, Bethany Jones, Alice Turner, Rahul Mukherjee

“…Records from April 2013 to March 2020 were accessed from a NIV quality database at an acute teaching hospital. Adults with hypercapnic ORRF requiring acute NIV were included. pH data were grouped by threshold (pH≤ and >7.25) and correlated with time from presentation to death; multivariable analysis was performed using Cox proportional hazards. …”
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Study on Impression Techniques and Materials for Implant among Dentists in Erbil city: A Survey study. by Shahla Hama Rasheed Omer, Shang Hussein Muhammed, Shayma Abdulamir Mamandi, Zina Zakaria Rashid

“…Around 72 dentists were chosen, 24 of them were inside our teaching hospital, and 48 of them were chosen by random sampling. …”
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Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Screening in Healthcare Workers and Its Correlation with Clinical Presentation in Tertiary Care Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal, from November 2020 to January 2... by Suraj Aryal, Sanskriti Pandit, Sushant Pokhrel, Mandira Chhusyabaga, Pabitra Bista, Mahendra Psd. Bhatt, Dharma Datta Subedi, Basista Psd. Rijal

“…This laboratory-based cross-sectional study was performed in Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu from November 2020 to January 2021. …”
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Multimodal Surgical and Medical Treatment for Extensive Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis in an Elderly Diabetic Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review by Paola Di Carlo, Roberto Pirrello, Giuliana Guadagnino, Pierina Richiusa, Antonio Lo Casto, Caterina Sarno, Francesco Moschella, Daniela Cabibi

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Predominance of OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in a Moroccan Hospital by El Mehdi Belouad, Elmostafa Benaissa, Nadia El Mrimar, Fatna Bssaibis, Adil Maleb, Mostafa Elouennass

“…Our study aimed at investigating the resistance of CPE isolates in a Moroccan teaching hospital using phenotypic and genotypic methods. …”
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A Case of Carbamazepine-Induced Aggravation of Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes Epilepsy and Valproate-Induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy in a Child with Heteroz... by Imalke Kankananarachchi, Eresha Jasinge, Gemunu Hewawitharana

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Capnography as a tool for triaging and diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department: A prospective observational study by Suhrith Bhattaram, Varsha Sambhaji Shinde, Princy Panthoi Khumujam, Anjeeth Puthoor Anilkumar, Dhruva Kumar Reddy

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study carried out in the emergency department of a tertiary care teaching hospital from September 2020 to September 2021. …”
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Documenting and Reporting Implementation Strategies of Vaccination Efforts (DRIVE) framework for fostering systems learning to enhance cross-context replication in immunization pro... by Abdu A. Adamu, Amos Petu, Balcha G. Masresha, Blaise Bathondoli, Rabiu Ibrahim Jalo, Duduzile Ndwandwe, Charles S. Wiysonge

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Blood Transfusion Frequency and Indications in Yemeni Children with Sickle Cell Disease by Abdul-Wahab M. Al-Saqladi, Dikra M. Maddi, Aida H. Al-Sadeeq

“…A retrospective, descriptive study of all children (≤16 years) with SCD who received blood transfusion therapy during their hospital admissions in the pediatric department at Al-Sadaqa Teaching Hospital in Aden, Yemen, for a period of one year. …”
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Burden of Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana: The Korle-Bu Experience by Eugenia V. Asare, Ivor Wilson, Amma A. Benneh-Akwasi Kuma, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh, Fredericka Sey, Edeghonghon Olayemi

“…Out of the 20,788 clinic visits, outpatient visits were 15,802 (76%), and urgent care visits were 4,986 (24%), out of which 128 (2.6%) patients were admitted to the Teaching Hospital for further management of their acute complications. …”
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A Multicenter Study of Beta-Lactamase Resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Reveals High Level Chromosome Mediated Extended Spectrum β Lactamase Resistance in Ogun S... by Folasoge A. Adeyankinnu, Babatunde O. Motayo, Akinniyi Akinduti, John Akinbo, Joseph I. Ogiogwa, Bukola W. Aboderin, R. A. Agunlejika

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Language and Communication Impact of Hypertension: A Qualitative Study by Cecilia Amponsem-Boateng, Timothy Bonney Oppong, Weidong Zhang, Tanko Abdulai, Jonathan Boakye-Yiadom, Lianke Wang, Emmanuel Kumi Duodu Kyere

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Varied Presentations Of Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – What Makes Pakistani Lupus Patients Different by Muhammad Shahzad Manzoor, Shamaila Mumtaz, Faran Maqbool, Darakhshaan Samar, Muhammad Hammas Adil, Javaria Malik

“…Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional study was undertaken at the Clinic for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Rawalpindi Teaching Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan between January 2020 and June 2023, involving adult patients with SLE (classified based on 1997 revised ACR criteria). …”
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How May Coexisting Frailty Influence Adherence to Treatment in Elderly Hypertensive Patients? by Bartosz Uchmanowicz, Anna Chudiak, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Grzegorz Mazur

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Exploring Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Levels in Iraqi Patients with Stable Angina: Insights from Coronary Angiography Diagnosis by Aseel Ghassan Daoud, Wassan Abdul Kareem Abbas, Ahmed Yousif Hasan, Maha N. Abu Hajleh

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Complications and Mortality Characterization in Acute Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease by Ricardo Leyva Tornés, Lázaro Ibrahim Romero García, Esther Mayor Guerra, Yordanis Páez Candelaria, Karima Gondres Legró, Pedro Alexei Bacardí Zapata

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive study was carried out in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease who leaved from the Neurology Service of the Saturnino Lora Torres Provincial Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital in the 2017-2019 triennium. The variables selected were: sex, type of complications, topography of the lesion by neuroimaging, state at discharge, and direct cause of death. 95 % confidence intervals were computed. …”
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Impact of Post-Thaw Incubation Time of Frozen Embryos on Clinical Pregnancy Rate by G. Geovin Ranji, Kundavi Shankar, Yamini Asokan, Geetha Veerasigamani, Rashmi Gingade Vittal, Nithya M. Naaram, KR Hema Niveda

“…Settings and Design: This was a retrospective, comparative study done at a teaching hospital in assisted reproductive treatment. Materials and Methods: Three hundred and ten FET cycles were analysed, of which 125 had day 2 freezing and 185 had day 3 freezing. …”
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Hysterosalpingography Findings and Jimah Ratio of the Uterine Cavity in Women with Infertility in Central Region, Ghana by Bashiru Babatunde Jimah, Philip Gorleku, Anthony Baffour Appiah

“…We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study to examine 203 infertile women undergoing HSG work-up at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. The exclusion criteria were acute infection of the vagina or cervix and active vaginal bleeding or pregnancy. …”
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