Becker’s Nevus Syndrome in a Pediatric Female Patient by Sara Hernandez-Quiceno, Esteban Uribe-Bojanini, Juan Jose Ramírez-Jiménez, Maria Victoria Lopera-Cañaveral, Martin Toro-Ramos, Yuri Usuga-Arcila, Luis Correa-Londoño, Juan Camilo Martinez, Jennifer Monroy, Juan Manuel Alfaro

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Bacteriophage and Phage-Encoded Depolymerase Exhibit Antibacterial Activity Against K9-Type <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> in Mouse Sepsis and Burn Skin Infection Models by Alexander I. Borzilov, Nikolay V. Volozhantsev, Olga V. Korobova, Lyubov V. Kolupaeva, Evgenia S. Pereskokova, Tatiana I. Kombarova, Mikhail M. Shneider, Konstantin A. Miroshnikov, Ivan A. Dyatlov, Anastasia V. Popova

“…<i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> is a widely distributed nosocomial pathogen that causes various acute and chronic infections, particularly in immunocompromised patients. In this study, the activities of the K9-specific virulent phage AM24 and phage-encoded depolymerase DepAPK09 were assessed using in vivo mouse sepsis and burn skin infection models. …”
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Development of an expectation management intervention for patients with Long COVID: A focus group study with affected patients. by Manuel Funk, Max Reinke, Bernd Löwe, Petra Engelmann

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Seizure aggravation by ampicillin/sulbactam in an elderly patient with status epilepticus by Kaoru Obata, Masako Kinoshita, Akiyo Shinde, Toshihiko Suenaga

“…After administration of ABPC/SBT, number of seizures significantly increased from 3.2 ± 4.7 to 7.3 ± 9.7 (mean ± SD, p = 0.047, Wilcoxson’s signed-rank test) per 2 h. …”
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Recurrent Diplopia in a Pediatric Patient with Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis by Scott A. McLeod, Wallace Wee, Francois D. Jacob, Isabelle Chapados, Francois V. Bolduc

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An agent-based model of patient flow to improve operating room efficiency by Seyedeh Raahil Mousavi, Mohammad Mehdi Sepehri, Esmaeil Najafi

“…After performing the required validations, a number of improvement scenarios were developed and evaluated.Findings: A hybrid scenario including modifications to the referral time of the patient by the surgeon, transfer time of the surgical set and supplies to the operating room, and the timing of anesthesia proved to have the most positive impact on the criteria i.e. activities, reducing the average Length of Stay (LOS) by 9.69 minutes. …”
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Does a Provider Contact Wristband Reduce Emergency Department Visit Rates Following Hip or Knee Arthroplasty? by David C. Hein, MD, Ajay K. Srivastava, MD, Seann E. Willson, MD, Paul M. Telehowski, MD, Patrick J. Atkinson, PhD, Theresa S. Atkinson, PhD

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Development of a core patient-reported outcome set for use in HIV care at the individual patient level in Montreal: protocol for a two-phased multimethod project by Bertrand Lebouché, Karine Lacombe, David Lessard, Kim Engler, Romain Palich

“…It will include a systematic search for instruments, an appraisal of the quality and feasibility of the identified instruments and a consensus meeting for the final selection.Ethics and dissemination Research ethics board (REB) approval was obtained on 9 December 2024, from the institutional REB of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (reference number: 2024-9695). …”
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A Comparison of the Morbidities Associated with Different Early Treatments in Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Patients by Sumanta Saha, Sujata Saha

“…CONCLUSION: The current evidence on how these outcomes vary between the juxtaposed interventions received by the tubo-ovarian abscess patients remains inconclusive due to the inadequate number of good quality randomized controlled trials …”
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Enhancing patient engagement: the influence of an in-consult patient decision aid on shared decision-making for lung tumour radiation – protocol for the randomised trial ‘SDM Lung... by Karina Dahl Steffensen, Signe Timm, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Thomas Leth Fink, Charlotte Kristiansen, Torben Schjødt Hansen, Rune Slot Thing

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The Role of the Patient Information Leaflet in Patients’Medication Therapy: A Case Study within the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana by Frederick W. A. Owusu, Genevieve Naana Yeboah, Rahel Adutwiwah Aboagye, Cedric Dzidzor K. Amengor, Philomena Entsie

“…Reading the leaflet did not increase adherence but aroused anxiety and decreased adherence in some patients. A large number of the patients who were given the PI leaflets indicated that it did not provide them with the needed information.…”
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HUBUNGAN KADAR KOLESTEROL DENGAN TEKANAN DARAH PENDERITA HIPERTENSI DI DUSUN SIDOMULYO DESA REJOAGUNG KECAMATAN PLOSO KABUPATEN JOMBANG The Correlation of Cholesterol levels with... by HENI MARYATI

“…The population is all patients with hypertension in Sidomulyo Rejoagung Village District of Ploso Jombang of the total sampling method, a number of 34 people. …”
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Risk assessment of look‒alike, sound‒alike (LASA) medication errors in an Italian hospital pharmacy: A model based on the ‘Failure Mode and Effect Analysis’ by Nestor Ciociano, Lucilla Grisi, Lucia Bagnasco, Maria Giovanna Elberti, Marcello Mazzarella

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Use of virtual consultations in an orthopaedic rehabilitation setting: how do changes in the work of being a patient influence patient preferences? A systematic review and qualitat... by Jeremy Jones, Carl R May, Anthony W Gilbert, Anju Jaggi

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A Case of Abdominal Sarcoidosis in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Vadsala Baskaran, Amanda Goodwin, Lavanya Athithan, Ciro Roberto Rinaldi, Alfredo Addeo

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Multiple Thromboses in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus after Splenectomy by Deng-Ho Yang

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Frequency of Positive Surgical Margin at Prostatectomy and Its Effect on Patient Outcome by Kenneth A. Iczkowski, M. Scott Lucia

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Cost-benefit analysis of VKA versus NOAC treatment in German patients with atrial fibrillation utilizing patient self-testing by Roland Diel, Niklas Lampenius

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A Patient with Eight Intracranial Aneurysms: Endovascular Treatment in Two Sessions by Erol Akgul, Hasan Bilen Onan, Huseyin Tugsan Balli, Nuri Eralp Cetinalp

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An integrated approach to the treatment of a patient with chronic tonsillitis. Clinical case by Khiyir T. Abdulkerimov, Ksenia I. Kartashova

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