Self-Assessment of Medical Ethics and Professionalism: Comparison Between Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students by Saima Naz Shaikh, Uzair Abbas, Tazeen Shah, Arsalan Ahmad Uqaili, Hudebia Allah Buksh, Mehreen Fatima

“…METHODS We included 427 medical students including males and females of age 18 and above. They were further divided into preclinical and clinical groups. …”
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Gastrointestinal transit time of radiopaque ingested foreign bodies in children: experience of two paediatric tertiary centres by Chen Xiang Ang, Win Kai Mun, Marion Margaret Aw, Diana Lin, Shu-Ling Chong, Lin Yin Ong, Shireen Anne Nah

“…Results: Of the 2,122 ED visits for FB ingestion, 350 patients who were given outpatient follow-up appointments were reviewed (median age 4.35 years [range: 0.5–14.7], 196 [56%] male). The largest proportion (16%) was aged 1–2 years. …”
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Evaluating short and long term outcomes following pediatric Myringoplasty with Gelfoam graft for tympanic membrane perforation following ventilation tube insertion by Jin Soo Song, Gerard Corsten, Liane B. Johnson

“…Results One hundred twenty patients underwent myringoplasty, with 61 (50.8%) males with a mean age of 8.9 years old. 101 (84.2%) of patients eventually underwent successful tympanic membrane (TM) closure, with 93 (77.5%) demonstrating closure at initial follow up. …”
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Determinants of Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome among Patients Belonging to the Tea Tribe Community in Dibrugarh District of Assam by Bhupendra Narayan Mahanta, Tulika Goswami Mahanta, Nabanita Nirmolia, Swarnali Devi Baruah

“…Introduction: Certain social determinants like poverty, malnutrition, indoor air pollution, male gender, diabetes, and cancer are some identified risk factors of TB. …”
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Epidemiology of notifiable outbreaks in different hospital units in Saudi Arabia: A national descriptive study by Nawal M. Alanazi, Nasser H. Alshanbari, Hala M. Roushdy, Yahya I. Alnshbah, Eman Ali Barnawi, Nawaf M. Almatrafi, Rula Felemban, Zainah M. Al Shahrani, Nadeen Burhan, Aiman El-Saed, Khalid H. Alanazi

“…Results: A total of 1240 outbreaks were notified, including 2392 patients, 2703 infections, and 806 deaths. Males represented 62.3 % of the patients, and the average age was 51.2 ± 27.7 years. …”
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Leiomyosarcomas of the inferior vena cava: diagnostic features on contrast-enhanced CT, ultrasonography and MRI by Xiaolin Xu, Shilei Zhao, Lifang Xue

“…The clinical presentations and diagnostic characteristics were recorded.ResultsThe study involved 16 female and 5 male patients, with an average age of 55 ± 11 years (ranging from 34 to 80 years). …”
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Analysis of quality of life and periodontal health with an eight-unit maxillary fixed retainer through a prospective clinical trial by Mohamed H. Abbas, Essam M. Abdalla, Nadia M. El Harouni, Eiman S. Marzouk

“…A single-arm prospective clinical trial with only twenty-eight test group patients (6 males, 22 females) who finished active orthodontic treatment were recruited. …”
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Escherichia coli in septic arthritis: prevalence and antibiotics susceptibility patterns by Masroora Ali Khan, Muhammad Kamran Taj, Zahid Khan, Imran Taj, Muhammad Naeem, Saima Azam

“…SA due to E. coli was more common in male (6.2%) than female (4.6%) patients with the knee being the most affected joint (6.3%). …”
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Drug Use Evaluation of Beta-Blockers in Medical Wards of Nedjo General Hospital, Western Ethiopia by Ginenus Fekadu, Firomsa Bekele, Kumera Bekele, Sagni Hanbisa, Gemechis Belay, Mudasir Maqbool

“…Out of the total of 149 medical record of patients that contains beta-blockers, 84 (56.37%) were males and about one-third (31.54%) of the patients ages were between 41 and 50 years. …”
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Evaluation of Mast Cells in Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Ashish Shrestha, Shashi Keshwar, Toniya Raut

“…Among 100 cases, 67% were males and 33% were females. The mean age was 41.68 ± 13.39; 55.06 ± 12.55; and 18.4 ± 2.54 years for OPMDs, OSCC, and normal, respectively. …”
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Risk factors and outcomes in patients who switched from peritoneal dialysis to physician-oriented or patient-oriented kidney replacement therapy by Liu Zhang, Xu Guan, Liang Liu, Yinghui Huang, Jiachuan Xiong, Jinghong Zhao

“…The median age at catheterization was 35 years. 69.6% of the participants were male. The median duration of PD was 20 months. 162 participants had patient-oriented KRT conversion, while 95 had physician-oriented KRT conversion. …”
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Earthquake effects on youth: understanding psychological challenges and support needs by Mehmet Şam, Göcan Sever, Habibe Yildiz Yüksel, Ramin Aliyev

“…In addition, the scores of the female students related to the variables such as anxiety, depression, negative self-concept, somatisation, hostility, and impact of events were significantly higher than the male students. Also, the students who lost their relatives due to the earthquake had significantly higher scores than those who did not lose their relatives in all the variables except somatisation. …”
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Examining the Challenges of HIV Positive People With Disabilities in Accessing Medical Services in Rukungiri District: A Case Study of Nyakishenyi Sub-County by Atuheire, Fortunate

“…The study findings on the prevalence rate among persons with disabilities, the prevalence rate of females was high compared to the least number of respondents who were males. The study findings on factors that hinder people with disabilities in accessing medical services were; discrimination due to their disabilities, poor assumptions that persons with disabilities are not at risk of contracting HIV and therefore do not require access to HIV prevention, poverty among the people with disabilities, inaccessibility of health services and exclusion of people with disabilities from sexuality education. …”
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Pain Assessment Following Open Hemorrhoidectomy Under Local Anesthesia Versus Saddle Block: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. by Sikakulya, Franck Katembo, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Okedi, Xaviour Francis, Baluku, Moris, Lule, Herman, Kiyaka, Sonye Magugu, Kyamanywa, Patrick

“…The sex ratio was of 1.15 of female to male and a mean age of 39±13. VAS was found to be different at 2 h post-OH compared to other times of pain assessment but not statically significantly by area under the cover (AUC) (95% CI=486–0.773: AUC=0.63; p=0.09) with a significance by Kruskal–Wallis’s test (p:0.925). …”
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Experiences of HIV Positive Serostatus Disclosure to Sexual Partner Among Individuals in Discordant Couples in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda. by Atwijukiire, Humphrey, Nakidd, Gladys, Tweheyo, Otwine Anne, Kabami, Jane

“…Results: The mean age of the participants was 38 years old, ranging from 20 to 67 years. An equal number of males (six) and females participated in this study. …”
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Monitoring and Evaluation as Key Factor in Performance of Health Institutions, A Case Study of Kigali Health Institute, Kigali Rwanda. by Jean, Pierrekwizera

“…The sample of the study was composed by male and female of lecturers and students from Kigali Health Institute. …”
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Rola polityki regionalnej Unii Europejskiej w rozwoju Górnego Śląska by Jadwiga Gierczycka

“…Są to między innymi: inwestycje służące powstawaniu nowych miejsc pracy, inwestycje w infrastrukturę, działania ukierunkowane na wspieranie małej i średniej przedsiębiorczości. W latach 2007-2013 w ramach Narodowej Strategii Spójności realizowane będą Regionalne Programy Operacyjne (RPO) zarządzane przez Samorządy poszczególnych województw. …”
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Rola polityki regionalnej Unii Europejskiej w rozwoju Górnego Śląska by Jadwiga Gierczycka

“…Są to między innymi: inwestycje służące powstawaniu nowych miejsc pracy, inwestycje w infrastrukturę, działania ukierunkowane na wspieranie małej i średniej przedsiębiorczości. W latach 2007-2013 w ramach Narodowej Strategii Spójności realizowane będą Regionalne Programy Operacyjne (RPO) zarządzane przez Samorządy poszczególnych województw. …”
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Normative Database of Spatiotemporal Gait Metrics Across Age Groups: An Observational Case–Control Study by Lianne Mobbs, Vinuja Fernando, R. Dineth Fonseka, Pragadesh Natarajan, Monish Maharaj, Ralph J. Mobbs

“…Males consistently exhibit faster gait speeds than females across all age groups. …”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Health Care Experience in Those With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Sydora BC, Wilke MS, Ghosh M, Vine DF

“…It is characterized by irregular menstrual cycles, heavy menstrual bleeding, male-pattern hair growth, and acne due to excess production of male hormones. …”
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