Associations between prior healthcare use, time to diagnosis, and clinical outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease: a nationally representative population-based cohort study by Alex Bottle, Sonia Saxena, Richard C G Pollok, Jonathan Blackwell, Irene Petersen, Hanna Creese, Nishani Jayasooriya, Richard CG Pollok

“…Background Timely diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may improve clinical outcomes.Objective Examine associations between time to diagnosis, patterns of prior healthcare use, and clinical outcomes in IBD.Design Using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink we identified incident cases of Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), diagnosed between January 2003 and May 2016, with a first primary care gastrointestinal consultation during the 3-year period prior to IBD diagnosis. …”
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Exploring drug utilization patterns, healthcare resource utilization, and epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis in Colombia: a retrospective claims database study by Daniel G. Fernández-Ávila, Monica Betancur, Amira Kronfly, Edwin Jáuregui

“…The proportion of patients prescribed conventional synthetic DMARDs and biologic DMARDs decreased over the study period, from 39.23% in 2017 to 28.61% in 2021 and from 6.07% in 2017 to 3.72% in 2021, respectively. …”
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Effect of Low Dose Aspirin in Low Risk Pregnant Ladies with Abnormal Uterine Artery Doppler Results, and the Evaluation of Maternal and Fetal outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Parzhin Jalal Ali, Chro Najmaddin Fattah

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Ectopic Pregnancy: A Review of Prevalence, Clinical Presentation and Outcome in Gusau, Northwest, Nigeria by Shittu MA, Olaoye SO, Aremu-Kasumu YB, Fasanu OT

“…Aim: To determine the prevalence, risk factors, clinical presentation and outcome of patients managed for ectopic pregnancy at the Federal Medical Centre Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria, from January 2014 to December 2020. Methodology: This was a retrospective study of ectopic pregnancies at Federal Medical Centre Gusau, Nigeria from January 2014 to December 2020. …”
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Characterising COVID-19 school and childcare outbreaks in Canada in 2021: a surveillance study by Kaitlin Patterson, Erin McGill, Demy Dam, Anna Bellos, Cameron Mark Coulby, Rachel McCormick

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Mammal tumours in men. A ten years study. by Lidia Torres Ajá

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Isolated Posterior Element Spinal Tuberculosis, Its Management, and Our Experience with Novel Technique of Flipped Repositioning Laminoplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Sumit Kumar, Ravi Sreenivasan, Atul Sareen, Manu B. B. Gowda, Mohit Kumar Patralekh, Tankeswar Boruah, Narendra Kumar

“…Background: Isolated posterior element tuberculosis is atypical and rare with reported incidence of <5% of total cases of spinal tuberculosis. …”
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Fracture Penis: An Analysis of 26 Cases by G.V.Soundra Pandyan, Ahmed Bakeet Zaharani, Mohammed Al Rashid

“…A retrospective analysis of 26 patients with penile fractures treated at our hospital from January 1997 to January 2005 was carried out. We noted an incidence of 3.5 cases per year, occurring more commonly in unmarried men. …”
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Impact of Laser Capsulotomy in the Quality of Life of the Elderly with Posterior Capsule Opacity after Cataract Surgery by Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol, Kattia Molina Castellanos, Inés Zamora Galindo, Alina González Díaz, Maikelyn Rodríguez Hernández

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Effectiveness of Perineal Massage in the Second Stage of Labor in Preventing Perineal Trauma by Suleyman Cemil Oglak, Mehmet Obut

“…The incidence of episiotomy was significantly lower in the massage group (25 patients, 28.7%) than in the control group (64 patients, 76.1%, p<0.001). …”
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Term stillbirths in Eastern Uganda: a community-based prospective cohort study by Martin Chebet, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Andrew D Weeks, Ingunn Marie S Engebretsen, Noela Regina Akwi Okalany, Francis Okello, Thorkild Tylleskär, Kathy Burgoine, David Mukunya

“…Methods This was a cohort study of pregnant women enrolled at 34 weeks of gestation or more and followed to birth between January 2021 and January 2024. Enrolment and follow-up were done in the community by trained midwives. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for the development of obesity in preschool children: a logistic model analysis by Huasheng Jin, Huihui Zhou, Kai Chen

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A Modified Technique Reduced Operative Time of Laparoendoscopic Rendezvous Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Combined with Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Concomitant... by Wei Liu, Qunwei Wang, Jing Xiao, Liying Zhao, Jiangsheng Huang, Zhaohui Tan, Pengfei Li

“…We applied two different LERV techniques, traditional technique and modified technique, in 60 consecutive cases from January 2011 to November 2012. 32 cases who underwent modified technique (group 1) from February 2012 to November 2012 were retrospectively compared to 28 cases (group 2) who underwent traditional technique from January 2011 to January 2012. …”
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Malignant ilnesses in men breast. A twenty-five year study by Lidia Torres Ajá

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Treating Children\'s Diseases in Iran: A Systematic Review by Pouran Varvani Farahani, Candan Ozturk

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Time to Relapse and Relapse Predictors in Patients with Schizophrenia at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia by Habtamu Endashaw Hareru, Kebede Embaye Gezae, Daniel Sisay W/tsadik, Gebremedhin Berhe Gebregergs

“…A retrospective cohort study was carried out among 273 schizophrenia patients discharged from Ayder Comprehensive and Specialty Hospital between January 2015 and January 2019. The data was taken from the patient’s medical record and was chosen using a systematic random sampling procedure. …”
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Eclampsia: a Five-Years Analysis by Viviana Sáez Cantero

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Prevalence of acute kidney injury in Mexico; a systematic review and meta-analysis of pre-pandemic reports by Jose J. Zaragoza, Jonathan S. Chavez-Iñiguez, Armando Vazquez-Rangel

“…There is little available information regarding the characteristics and incidence of AKI in Latin America (LA), especially in Mexico.Objectives Systematically search the literature and perform a meta-analysis of the epidemiology of AKI in Mexico, to provide data on AKI and kidney replacement therapy (KRT) that would contribute to general knowledge in this matter.Methods We performed a systematic search for articles in pediatric and adult patients admitted to the general ward, Emergency Room or Intensive Care Unit published between January 1, 2000, and September 30, 2024. …”
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Separate Vertical Wiring for Comminuted Inferior Pole Fractures of Patella: An Effective Technique by Mugundhan Moongilpatti Sengodan, Yuganeswaran Marasamy

“…Materials and methods: This is a prospective study of consecutive cases of comminuted inferior pole fractures of patella which were treated with separate vertical wiring technique from January 2017 to February 2020. We have operated 32 cases of which only 28 cases available for a minimum follow-up of 2 years were included in the study. …”
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Preventing Hypothermia in Preterm Neonates Using Polyethylene Plastic Bag Wrap: A Systematic Review by Hikmi Muharromah Pratiwi, Desiyani Nani, Saryono Saryono

“…A plastic bag is considered an effective and safe additional intervention for preventing hypothermia in preterm infants less than 28 weeks of gestational age. However, further study could be ensured by performing better-designed studies and a longer follow-up period.…”
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