Impact of One Year Covid-19 on Hand and Upper Extremity Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study by Pamudji Utomo, Tito Sumarwoto, Naufal Aminur Rahman, Mochammadsyah Beizar Yudhistira

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Body mass index and B‐lines on lung ultrasonography in chronic and acute heart failure by Philip Brainin, Brian Claggett, Eldrin F. Lewis, Kristin H. Dwyer, Allison A. Merz, Montane B. Silverman, Varsha Swamy, Tor Biering‐Sørensen, Jose Rivero, Susan Cheng, John J.V. McMurray, Scott D. Solomon, Elke Platz

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Mapping Trends and Hotspots Regarding the Use of Lung Ultrasound in the Field of Anesthesiology: A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research by Jiang W, Kang K, Zhou X, Chen X, Yu H, Zhang X

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Risk factors affecting COVID-19 case fatality rate: A quantitative analysis of top 50 affected countries by Poh Hui Goh, Wafiah Ilyani Mahari, Norhadyrah Izazie Ahad, Li Ling Chaw, Nurolaini Kifli, Bey-Hing Goh, Siang Fei Yeoh, Khang Wen Goh, Long Chiau Ming

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Prognostic Factors of Radiofrequency Ablation plus Systemic Chemotherapy for Unresectable Colorectal Cancer with Liver Metastasis by Ky Thai Doan, Long Nguyễn Việt, Thinh Nguyen Tien, Binh Nguyen Canh, Hoai Ngo Thi, Ngoc Nguyen Thanh, Bieu Bui Quang, Quang Le Van, Hyun Woong Lee, Bang Mai Hong

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REPEATED THERAPEUTIC LEUKAPHERESIS - A SOLE TREATMENT DURING PREGNANCY AS A BRIDGE BEFORE TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS FOR A PREGNANT WOMAN WITH CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA – A CASE... by Ivan Tonev, Chavdar Botev, Georgui Balatzenko, Milcho Mincheff

“…Objective: Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a disease, that in cases with high leukocyte numbers, is treated with hydration and cytoreductive therapy. …”
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Hubungan Jumlah Komplikasi Kronik Dengan Derajat Gejala Depresi Pada Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2 Di Poliklinik Rsup Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Try Rahmi Lussii Karsuita, Eva Decroli, Delmi Sulastri

“…The objective of  this  study was to reveal the difference of the number of chronic complications on every single degree of depression in patients with type 2 diabetes. …”
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Potentially Preventable Deaths by Intensive Care Medicine in Mongolian Hospitals by Naranpurev Mendsaikhan, Tsolmon Begzjav, Ganbold Lundeg, Martin W. Dünser

“…Results. 617 patients died (72.9% in and 27.1% outside the ICU) during the observation period. …”
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Spot Versus 24-Hour Urine Osmolality Measurement in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic Test Study by Ayub Akbari, Sriram Sriperumbuduri, Shreepryia Mangalgi, Vijay Joshi, Manish Sood, Amos Buh, Mohan Biyani, Christopher McCudden, Gregory L. Hundemer, Pierre Antoine Brown

“…The study was conducted at a single center. Limited number of patients were on tolvaptan. Conclusions: In adults with ADPKD, important differences exist between the 24-hour urine osmolality and spot urine osmolality that preclude interchangeable use. …”
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Dupilumab in children with eosinophilic esophagitis: a retrospective multicenter study by Mohammed Hasosah, Ghassan Sukkar, Asharf AlSahafi, Ali Zaidan, Nouf Ghous, Abdulmajed Alshahrani, Ziyad Al Zahrani, Naif Hasosah, Mansour Qurashi, Loie Goronfolah, Ali Alsharief, Nagla Kamal

“…In addition to the improvement in EoE, the use of corticosteroids in EoE and inhaled corticosteroids in asthma was decreased for all patients, suggesting that dupilumab may be effective in patients with multiple concurrent atopic conditions. …”
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Phase I study of pembrolizumab in combination with ibrutinib for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma by Yuan Yao, Yiyi Yan, Vera J. Suman, Allan B. Dietz, Courtney L. Erskine, Anastasios Dimou, Svetomir N. Markovic, Svetomir N. Markovic, Robert R. McWilliams, Heather N. Montane, Matthew S. Block, Matthew S. Block

“…Blood samples were collected after each cycle of treatment for immunophenotyping and Th1/Th2 polarity assessment based on immune response markers.ResultsBetween January 31, 2017 and January 9, 2023, 17 patients were enrolled. The MTD of ibrutinib in combination with pembrolizumab was determined to be 420 mg daily. …”
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Development of a clinical prediction model for benign and malignant pulmonary nodules with a CTR ≥ 50% utilizing artificial intelligence-driven radiomics analysis by Wensong Shi, Yuzhui Hu, Guotao Chang, He Qian, Yulun Yang, Yinsen Song, Zhengpan Wei, Liang Gao, Hang Yi, Sikai Wu, Kun Wang, Huandong Huo, Shuaibo Wang, Yousheng Mao, Siyuan Ai, Liang Zhao, Xiangnan Li, Huiyu Zheng

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Global comparison of the economic costs of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lan Gao, Susan Brumby, Crystal Man Ying Lee, George Mnatzaganian, Suzanne Robinson, Helen Brown, Rachel Huxley, Anna Peeters, Dan Xu, James Boyd, Sean Randall, Adrienne O’Neil, Sangita Shakya, Sarah Gauci, Anita Shrestha, James Lucas

“…The pooled direct annual cost of CHD per patient varied from 4.9% to 137.8% of GDP per capita (Int$ purchasing power parity), with pooled percentage of 21.7% (95% CI 15.3, 28.1) for those with CHD. …”
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Open-label dose-extending placebos for opioid use disorder: a protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial with methadone treatment by Annabelle M Belcher, Thomas O Cole, Aaron D Greenblatt, Stephen W Hoag, David H Epstein, Michael Wagner, Amy S Billing, Ebonie Massey, Kristen R Hamilton, Zofia K Kozak, Christopher J Welsh, Eric Weintraub, Emerson M Wickwire, Eric D Wish, Ted J Kaptchuk, Luana Colloca

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Laparoscopic Reversal of Hartmann’s Procedure: State of the Art 20 Years after the First Reported Case by Adriana Toro, Annalisa Ardiri, Maurizio Mannino, Antonio Politi, Andrea Di Stefano, Zia Aftab, Abdelrahman Abdelaal, Maria Concetta Arcerito, Andrea Cavallaro, Marco Cavallaro, Gaetano Bertino, Isidoro Di Carlo

“…The initial trocar was open positioned in 182 patients (43.2%) through umbilical incision, in 177 patients (41.9%) in right upper quadrant, and in 63 patients (14.9%) in colostomy site. …”
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Participatory epidemiological approaches for risk assessment of bed bug (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cimicidae) infestation in public hospitals in the city of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan by Arzoo Ashraf, Muhammad Sohail Sajid, Hafiz Muhammad Rizwan, Kashif Hussain, Muhammad Asif Mahmood, Muhammad Imran Arshad, Zain ul Abdin, Shumaila Ashraf, Malcolm K. Jones, Dalia Fouad, Farid S. Ataya

“…However, we found bed bugs from only 17 (4.42%) beds and 5 (1.30%) from chairs. A majority of patients (60.9%) reported daily change of bedding; however, a significant proportion (29.9%) reported infrequent changes. …”
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Prediction Tools in Spine Surgery: A Narrative Review by Martin Coia Jadresic, Joseph F Baker

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Prescription of Strong Opioids in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in the Province of Valladolid (Spain) by Rodrigo Enríquez de Salamanca Gambara, Ana María Sierra Santos, Ana María Ruiz San Pedro, Federico Montero Cuadrado, Irene Muñoz León, Miguel Ángel Castro Villamor, Alicia Córdoba Romero, Ana María Del Olmo Tornero, Lucía Pérez Pérez, León Morales-Quezada

“…Of the patients, 62.4% were aged 70 or older, 39.8% lived in rural areas, and 9.9% resided in nursing homes. …”
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Short-term survivors with brain metastases have modest benefits from focal and systemic therapies and remain frequent despite improving treatment landscape by M. Czogalla, J. Stöhr, N. Gleim, K. Papsdorf, S. Klagges, P. Hambsch, T. Kuhnt, F. Nägler, A. Barrantes-Freer, J. Wach, N.H. Nicolay, C. Seidel

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Pengaruh Stigmatisasi Sosial Terhadap Koping Stress Perawat Dalam Penanganan Covid-19 by Tri Winugroho, Arief Budiarto, Sarpono, Arip Hidayat

“… During the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesia also faced a tendency to increase the number of cases. Stigma that arises from the community both to patients and health workers will actually have an impact on nurses' psychology such as feelings of guilt, anxiety, fear, feeling as a source of disease transmission. …”
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