Breast Cancer. A Characterization in the Decade from 1996-2005. by Lidia Torres Ajá, Julio César Sarmiento Sánchez, Arístides Sánchez Sánchez, Otto Pacheco Ruiz, Nancy Capin Sarría, Práxedes Rojas Quintana

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Drug-Drug interactions prediction calculations between cardiovascular drugs and antidepressants for discovering the potential co-medication risks. by Tie Hua Zhou, Tian Yu Jin, Xi Wei Wang, Ling Wang

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Home admission assessment in a Popular Council. by Silvia L. Pérez Groupierre, Irene E. Delgado Pérez, Alina Moreno Soca, Rubén Darío García Núñez

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> A descriptive study was carried out about the behavior of home admission. 178 patients belonging to 9 General Comprehensive doctor and nurse office in Aguada de Pasajero popular council in the last trimester were taken as sample of this study. …”
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Efficacy of Esthetic Retainers: Clinical Comparison between Multistranded Wires and Direct-Bond Glass Fiber-Reinforced Composite Splints by Andrea Scribante, Maria Francesca Sfondrini, Simona Broggini, Marina D'Allocco, Paola Gandini

“…Moreover the level of satisfaction of the patient about the esthetic result was also analyzed by means of a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). 34 patients (9 boys and 25 girls, mean age 14.3), in the finishing phase of orthodontic treatment, were selected for the study. …”
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Intermittent pneumatic compression for venous thromboembolism prevention: a systematic review on factors affecting adherence by Richard Greenall, Rachel E Davis

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Changes in interpersonal violence and utilization of trauma recovery services at an urban trauma center in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective, comparat... by Kevin Y. Zhu, Kristie J. Sun, Mary A. Breslin, Mark Kalina Jr., Tyler Moon, Ryan Furdock, Heather A. Vallier

“…The perpetrators were primarily partners (27.9%) or strangers (23.3%). During the study period, 266 patients (mean, 14.9 patients per month) presented before the declaration of COVID-19 as a national emergency on March 13, 2020, while 236 patients (mean, 25.9 patients per month) presented afterward, representing a 74.6% increase in victim-of-crime patients treated. …”
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Impact of alternative diagnostic labels for melanoma in situ on management choices and psychological outcomes: protocol for an online randomised study by Brooke Nickel, Lisa Parker, Jon Emery, Richard A Scolyer, Raymond Barnhill, David Elder, Katy JL Bell, Elspeth Davies, Blake O'Brien, Adewole S Adamson, Alexander C J van Akkooi, Farzaneh Boroumand, Zhuohan Wu, Peter M Ferguson, Donald Low, Cynthia Low, Sherrie Liu, Stacey Lewis, Bella Spongberg-Ross

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Exploring fatigue in Marfan and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndromes: an analytical cross-sectional study in two Italian healthcare centres by Rosario Caruso, Alessandro Pini, Gianluca Conte, Arianna Magon, Irene Baroni, Edward Callus, Nathasha Udugampolage, Jacopo Taurino, Alessandra Bassotti, Giada De Angeli, Giulia Paglione, Giuliana Trifirò

“…Additional assessments included the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for depression and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) for sleep disturbances.Results Participants with hEDS exhibited significantly higher median fatigue scores (FSS median=5.9, IQR=5.00–6.44) compared with the MFS group (FSS median=4.0, IQR=2.88–5.00). …”
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Alpha Errors, Beta Errors and Negative Trials by Desmond Leddin

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Multiple time points for detecting circulating tumor DNA to monitor the response to neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer: a meta-analysis by Shuyi Niu, Tie Sun, Mozhi Wang, Litong Yao, Tianyi He, Yusong Wang, Hengjun Zhang, Xiang Li, Yingying Xu

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An Analysis of Biopsies for Suspected Skin Cancer at a Tertiary Care Dermatology Clinic in the Western Cape Province of South Africa by Johann de Wet, Minette Steyn, Henry F. Jordaan, Rhodine Smith, Saskya Claasens, Willem I. Visser

“…The number needed to treat (NTT) for all cancers diagnosed and for MM was 1.5 and 4 respectively. …”
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Health impacts and economic costs of residential fires (RESFIRES study): protocol for a population-based cohort study using linked administrative data by Lara A Harvey, Nargess Ghassempour, Mark Whybro, W Kathy Tannous

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SURVEILLANCE OF PARASITIC DISEASES IN BULGARIA by Rumen Harizanov, Violeta Yakimova, Mihaela Videnova, Ognyan Mikov, Aleksandra Ivanova, Eleonora Kaneva, Raina Borisova, Nina Tsvetkova, Iskra Rainova, Zornitca Traykova

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Diagnosis and clinical significance of prostate calcification using computed tomography by Seong Cheol Kim, Tae Young Lee, Woocheol Kang, Hoyoung Bae, Ji Hyung Yoon, Sungchan Park, Kyung Hyun Moon, Sang Hyeon Cheon, Taekmin Kwon

“…The majority of calcifications were located in the central zone (79.3%), followed by the periurethral (48.6%) and transitional zones (42.0%). Only a small number of calcifications were observed in the peripheral zone (0.9%). …”
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Implementing and evaluating the comprehensive integration of physical activity into a major health system: study design and protocol by Alex Ewing, Mark Stoutenberg, Jennifer L Trilk, Christopher Wichman, Paul A Estabrooks, John M Brooks, Meenu Jindal, James Rosemeyer, Leah M Schumacher, Lia K McNulty, Stephanie Eskuri, Frankie Bennett

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Pharmacist-led DE-eSCALation of opioids post-surgical dischargE (DESCALE) – A multi-centre, non-randomised, feasibility study protocol [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approv... by Ellie Santer, Julie H Hedayioglu, Vanessa J Short, Sabina Hulbert, Emma L Veale, Melanie Rees-Roberts, Johanna Theron

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Canonical correlation analysis of family burden of disease and quality of life in caregivers of people living with schizophrenia: evidence from Schizophrenia-specific cohort in the... by Ximei Wang, Teng Zhang, Mingsong Li, Bo Yang, Liming Wang, Chuanwen Fu, Nishang Zhang, Zhengxu Li, Ce Yang, Zhimin Zhao, Qiong Meng, Yuemei Feng, Jianzhong Yin

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Management of Persistent Epistaxis Using Floseal Hemostatic Matrix vs. traditional nasal packing: a prospective randomized control trial by Scott Murray, Adrian Mendez, Alexander Hopkins, Hamdy El-Hakim, Caroline C. Jeffery, David W. J. Côté

“…Patients were randomized to the Floseal® (Baxter, USA) or traditional packing study arms. …”
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Postcholecystectomy syndrome: the modern approach: resolution of Advisory council by V. T. Ivashkin, A. V. Okhlobystin, D. S. Bordin, E. Ya. Seleznyova, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, Ye. V. Bystrovskaya, O. C. Vasnev, M. F. Osipenko, G. H. Musayev, Yu. O. Shulpekova

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Evaluation of double-balloon enteroscopy in the management of type 1 small bowel vascular lesions (angioectasia): a retrospective cohort study by Suleyman Dolu, Mehmet Emin Arayici, Soner Onem, Ilker Buyuktorun, Huseyin Dongelli, Goksel Bengi, Mesut Akarsu

“…Results A total of 67 patients (mean age 68.1 ± 8.9 years; 44 males) with SBVL, angioectasia was diagnosed in 62 (92.5%) patients, dieulafoy lesion in 1 (1.5%) patient, and arteriovenous malformation in 4 (6%) patients. …”
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