Students’ perspective on new teaching concepts for medical studies: case- and competency-based learning in radiology by Max Masthoff, Friedrich Pawelka, Gisela Zak, Bas de Leng, Dogus Darici, Philipp Schindler, Walter Heindel, Anne Helfen

“…The new course format was compared with a cohort of students who had previously (May 2022–June 2023) attended traditional lectures (n = 169) and/or seminars (n = 234). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of CART Cell Therapy in Aggressive B‐Cell Lymphomas Involving the Gastrointestinal Tract by Lixia Ma, Yimeng Dou, Rui Liu, Teng Xu, Fan Yang, Peihao Zheng, Shaomei Feng, Yuelu Guo, Hui Shi, Fei Xue, Biping Deng, Xiaoyan Ke, Kai Hu

“…The disease status of patients who failed multiple lines of therapy was progressive disease (PD). …”
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Sexually transmitted infections and associated factors among Wollo University students, Northeast Ethiopia by Hilina Ayalew, Gedefaw Abeje, Elsabeth Addisu, Natnael Kebede, Ayalew Hassen Mohammed

“…Results Self-reported STIs prevalence in the last 12 months prior to the study was 59 (21.5%; 95% CI: 16.5-26.5%) among students who were sexually active. Non-dormitory students (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 4.56, 95% CI: 1.21-17.21%), having sex with a casual partner (AOR = 2.98, 95% CI: 1.14-7.81%), and poor knowledge on STIs (AOR = 2.95, 95% CI: 1.28-6.81%) were found significantly associated with a history of STIs in the past 12 months among Wollo University students. …”
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Minimum acceptable diet and contributing factors among children aged 6–23 months in Afghanistan: insights from the 2022–2023 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey by Essa Tawfiq, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Massoma Jafari, Ghulam Mohayuddin Mudaser, Zainab Ezadi, Sayed Ali Shah Alawi, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Omid Dadras

“…The outcome variable was MAD and was defined according to the WHO and UNICEF recommendations and indicators for young child feeding practices. …”
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Effectiveness of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Exercise After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Elina Jääskeläinen, Mikko Manninen, Heikki Hurri, Mikko Rantasalo, Yun Zhou, Hannu Kautiainen, Leena Ristolainen

“…However, a sedentary lifestyle is rather common among patients who have undergone TKA, with pain often limiting postoperative walking, training, and activities of daily living. …”
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Poor COVID-19 Preventive Practice among Healthcare Workers in Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 by Belayneh Ayanaw Kassie, Aynishet Adane, Eskeziaw Abebe Kassahun, Amare Simegn Ayele, Aysheshim Kassahun Belew

“…The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak affects the global social, economic, and political context and becomes a significant threat to healthcare providers who are among the exposed groups to acquire and transmit the disease while caring and treating patients. …”
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A retrospective cohort study: do patients with graves’ disease need to be euthyroid prior to surgery? by Abrar Al Jassim, Tim Wallace, Sarah Bouhabel, Agnieszka Majdan, Michael Hier, Veronique-Isabelle Forest, Richard Payne

“…Abstract Background The 2016 American Thyroid Association guidelines indicate that patients with Graves’ disease who undergo a thyroidectomy should be rendered euthyroid through the use of antithyroid drugs (ATD) prior to surgery to avoid complications such as a thyroid storm. …”
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Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of 16S rRNA Sequences Identified Two Lineages of Helicobacter pylori Strains Detected from Different Regions in Sudan Suggestive of Differential Evo... by Abeer Babiker Idris, Hadeel Gassim Hassan, Maryam Atif Salaheldin Ali, Sulafa Mohamed Eltaher, Leena Babiker Idris, Hisham N. Altayb, Amin Mohamed Abass, Mustafa Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, El-Amin Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed A. Hassan

“…A total of 75 gastric biopsies were taken from patients who had been referred for endoscopy from different regions of Sudan. …”
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Clinicopathological Characteristics of Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with Colorectal Polyps and Risk Factors of Adenomatous Polyps by Rui CHENG, Rui GONG, Wei JIANG, Shutian ZHANG

“…ConclusionOld age, high body mass index, smoking history, and large polyp diameters are related with a high risk of adenoma in the patients with colorectal polyps. Patients who have satisfactory cognitive function, polyps located in the rectum and polyps of flat type or laterally spreading type are likely to have non-adenoma.…”
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Is there a need for cardiac arrest centers? by Pešić Ivan, Kasap Ana, Crevar Đuro

“…It has been shown that patients who achieved ROSC and were transported to a healthcare facility capable of primary PCI had better chances of survival. …”
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Spectrum and Clinical Characteristics of Renal Diseases in Ghanaian Adults: A 13-Year Retrospective Study by Perditer Okyere, Isaac Okyere, Richard Kobina Dadzie Ephraim, Joseph Attakorah, Charlotte Osafo, Bernard Arhin, Sarah Bachelle, Albert Abaka-Yawson

“…A non-randomized sampling approach was used to include 1426 participants who were diagnosed with AKI, CKD, ESRD, and nephrotic syndrome at the nephrology unit of KATH during the years under review. …”
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Systematic review of reviews on interventions to engage men and boys as clients, partners and agents of change for improved sexual and reproductive health and rights by Sanyukta Mathur, Julie Pulerwitz, Ann Gottert, Jesse Werner, Renay Weiner, Chantalle Okondo, Sarah Magni

“…We conducted a review of the effectiveness of interventions to engage men and boys across SRHR domains, lessons learnt about successful programming, and about harms/unintended consequences, in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).Design Systematic review of reviews following Cochrane guidelines.Data sources PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science and Cochrane were searched (18 October–9 November 2022; 9 September 2024).Eligibility criteria Eligible reviews were published since 2015, covered WHO-defined SRHR domain(s) and focused mostly on LMIC.Data extraction and synthesis Data extraction by multiple reviewers focused on intervention effectiveness, implementation best practices, unintended consequences, and quality/risk of bias.Results Thirty-five systematic reviews were included, comprising ~960 primary studies. …”
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Chemical Characterization of Water-soluble Ions and Metals in Particulate Matter Generated by a Portable Two-stroke Gasoline Engine by Jen-Hsiung Tsai, Shui-Jen Chen, Sheng-Lun Lin, Zheng-You Xu, Kuo-Lin Huang, Chih-Chung Lin

“…Our finding for portable engine emission has been rarely considered in the literature but it is unneglectable for labors who are usually exposed to the ions and metals. …”
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Systemic Immune-inflammation Index in Evaluation of Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients by Amela DERVISEVIC, Almir FAJKIC, Elmedina JAHIC, Lejla DERVISEVIC, Zurifa AJANOVIC, Enisa ADEMOVIC, Asija ZACIRAGIC

“…Results: In patients with RA, the SII index was elevated compared with that of healthy individuals and positively correlated with hs-CRP, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, NLR, MLR, PLR, tender joint count, and swollen-to-tender joint count ratio. Patients with RA who had hs-CRP levels of 3 mg/L above exhibited a statistically significant increase in the SII compared with those with hs-CRP levels below 3 mg/L. …”
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Comparing Clinical Outcomes of Five-Strand Hamstring Tendon Autograft and Quadrupled Hamstring Tendon Autograft for Single Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Filip... by Albert Ian Villegas, Emmanuel Roy Mata, Jose Antonio San Juan, John Rey Go, Vick Roland Ladica

“…Methodology: This ambi-directional cohort study involved Asian Filipino patients aged 18–50 with unilateral ACL tears who underwent single-bundle ACL reconstruction with either quadrupled or five-strand hamstring autografts between January 2022 and August 2023. …”
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Clinical features and genetic analysis of 15 Chinese children with dent disease by Qian Li, Zhenle Yang, Ruixian Zang, Suwen Liu, Lichun Yu, Jing Wang, Cong Wang, Xiaoyuan Wang, Shuzhen Sun

“…Objective  The clinical characteristics, genetic mutation spectrum, treatment strategies and prognoses of 15 children with Dent disease were retrospectively analyzed to improve pediatricians’ awareness of and attention to this disease.Methods  We analyzed the clinical and laboratory data of 15 Chinese children with Dent disease who were diagnosed and treated at our hospital between January 2017 and May 2023 and evaluated the expression of the CLCN5 and OCRL1 genes.Results  All 15 patients were male and complained of proteinuria, and the incidence of low-molecular-weight proteinuria (LMWP) was 100.0% in both Dent disease 1 (DD1) and Dent disease 2 (DD2) patients. …”
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Assessment of Hemoglobin Variants in Patients Receiving Health Care at the Ho Teaching Hospital: A Three-Year Retrospective Study by Daniel Kpodji Awaitey, Elliot Elikplim Akorsu, Emmanuel Allote Allotey, David Annor Kwasie, Precious Kwablah Kwadzokpui, Philip Apraku Tawiah, Stephen Adomako Amankwah, Albert Abaka-Yawson

“…A retrospective study design was used to extract information from the Hospital Administration and Management Systems (HAMS) on the hemoglobin electrophoresis results and corresponding full blood count results of the SCD and sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients as well as patients who were asked to do Hb electrophoresis irrespective of their sickling status. …”
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Predictive value of integrated pulmonary index for the outcome of ventilator withdrawal failure in elderly patients with hypoxic respiratory failure by Nan Wu, Jin Liu, Xianrong Feng

“…[Methods] Clinical data of 151 elderly patients with hypoxic respiratory failure admitted to Jinzhou Central Hospital from January 2019 to January 2024 were collected and retrospectively analyzed. Patients who underwent tracheal intubation or tracheotomy again or died within 48 hours after withdrawal were included in the failed withdrawal group (23 cases), and the rest were included in the successful withdrawal group (128 cases). …”
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Serum neurofilament heavy chains as a biomarker of neuronal damage in multiple sclerosis relapse by P. Beliaziūnas, R. Godelienė, L. Malcienė, V. Natkevičius, V. Gintauskienė, B. Šitkauskienė, M. Malciūtė

“…Using random sampling we examined 28 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis who were treated for relapse in the Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Klaipėda University Hospital. …”
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Nephrotic and Non-Nephrotic Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: Clinical Characteristics, Etiology, and Columbia Classification by Gabriel Figueiredo, Luis Yu, Lectícia Barbosa Jorge, Viktoria Woronik, Cristiane Bitencourt Dias

“…All of the non-nephrotic group patients who progressed to renal replacement therapy were analyzed by electron microscopy, the diagnosis of FSGS was confirmed, and there was the finding of high chronicity in these patients. …”
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