Asymptomatic testing people for SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare facilities: A systematic review by Olabisi A. Oduwole, Glory Bassey, Grace Esebanmen, Samuel Shoyinka, Johnsolomon Ohenhen, Elise Cogo, Nicholas Henschke, Eleanor Ochodo, Martin M. Meremikwu

“…Very low certainty evidence shows a decrease in occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the asymptomatic testing group among patients going for index surgery (OR: 0.05, 95 % CI: 0.00–0.82; 501 participants; 1 study) and among long term care facility staff (OR: 0.31, 95 % CI: 0.18–0.52; 3457 participants; 2 studies, I2 = 89%) than the ‘no asymptomatic testing’ group. …”
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Immediate Respiratory Warm-Up Effect on Dynamic Inspiratory Muscle Strength in Cardiac Surgery Candidates by Bahareh Mehregan Far, Sedigheh Sadat Naimi, Mohsen Abedi, Seyed Ahmad Raeissadat, Mahmood Beheshti Monfared, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban

“…Materials and Methods: This study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial. Forty participants scheduled for heart surgeries were randomly assigned to either the study (RWU between two tests) or control (without RWU) groups. …”
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Association between Circulating B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Chinese Type 2 Diabetic Population by Pijun Yan, Qin Wan, Zhihong Zhang, Yong Xu, Ying Miao, Pan Chen, Chenlin Gao

“…Circulating levels of BNP were measured in 258 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and participants were divided into a DPN group (n=61) and no DPN group (n=197). …”
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The complex relationships among self-acceptance, perceived social support, drug use stereotype threat, and subthreshold depression in people with substance use disorder: exploring... by Yongqiu Li, Rufang Wang, Jun Liu, Zuoliang Li, Yinghua Zhou

“…Line graphs were used to show the buffering effect of perceived social support on the relationship between self-acceptance and subthreshold depression in different groups.ResultsThe results showed that,gender, HIV-positive or not, education and monthly income level affect subthreshold depression in patients with SUD. …”
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OMERACT GCA phantom project: validation of a 3D-printed ultrasound training phantom for diagnosis of giant cell arteritis by Annamaria Iagnocco, Christian Dejaco, Richard J Wakefield, Stavros Chrysidis, Sara Monti, Thomas Daikeler, Esperanza Naredo, Lene Terslev, Wolfgang A Schmidt, Alojzija Hočevar, Christina Duftner, Chetan Mukhtyar, Valentin Sebastian Schäfer, Kate Smith, Eugenio De Miguel, Marcin Milchert, Andreas P Diamantopoulos, Pierluigi Macchioni, Uffe Møller Døhn, George A Bruyn, Verena Tischler, Wolfgang Hartung, Markus Aschwanden, Giuseppe Germanò, Aaron Juche, Rositsa Karalilova, Dennis Boumans, Kresten Krarup Keller, Luca Seitz, Berit Nielsen, Tobias Schremmer, Florian Recker, Cees Haagsma, Pantelis Karakostas, Borsha Sarker

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Effect of baseline values on inpatient rehabilitation outcomes after total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective observational study by Martin Missmann, Michael J. Fischer

“…Furthermore, mobility scores for the range of motion (ROM) and the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test were recorded at the beginning and the end of rehabilitation. Patients were divided into quartile groups based on their initial examination scores. …”
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Aortic stenosis post-COVID-19: a mathematical model on waiting lists and mortality by Chris P Gale, Jonathan Weir-McCall, James H F Rudd, Mamas Mamas, Ramesh Nadarajah, Ben Gibbison, Louise Sun, Christian Philip Stickels, Houyuan Jiang, Kieran J Sharkey, Nick Holliman, Sara Lombardo, Lars Schewe, Matteo Sommacal, Katherine Cheema, Feryal Erhun

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Reducing personal protective equipment waste in the emergency department of a large regional hospital: codesign informed by system science by Mike Forrester, Rebecca Patrick, Steven Allender, Jaithri Ananthapavan, Urvi Thanekar, Hasini Gunasiri, Minoo Naebe, Maryam Naebe

“…Recommendations for priority actions were organised by theme, and at the level of change agent—system/policy level, healthcare organisations and academic organisation. Participants identified five key drivers of single-use PPE waste: (1) centralised state-level procurement processes limited hospital control over reusable or single-use PPE purchasing decisions; (2) lack of clarity of minimum PPE requirements for different clinical scenarios; (3) clinical capacity for cohorting infectious patients in ED; (4) waste management processes not capitalising on recyclable material; and (5) barriers to staff using optimal waste handling processes creating excessive ‘contaminated clinical waste.’ …”
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The Relationship Between Serum 25 hydroxy Vitamin D Deficiency and Dietary Pattern in Baxshin Hospital, Sulaimani City by Mohammed I M Gubari, Jeza Muhamad Abdul Aziz, Fadhil Ahmed Mohialdeen, Khalid Anwar Hama-Ghareeb, Bakhtyar Kamal Muhamed, Hemn Abdalla Omer

“…About 84.6% of participants had severe deficiency of vitamin D and 6.9% of participants had adequate vitamin D. …”
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Evaluating the Efficacy of Combined Intravaginal Estriol Therapy and Kegel Exercises in Managing Menopausal Atrophic Vulvovaginitis by Lucian Șerbănescu, Vadym Rotar, Dragoș Brezeanu, Sebastian Mirea, Elena-Valentina Ionescu, Paris Ionescu

“…In the severe group, complete remission was observed in 40% of patients receiving combined therapy compared to 20% with estriol therapy alone. …”
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Delivery, maternal and neonatal outcomes in nulliparous women with gestational diabetes undergoing epidural labour analgesia: a propensity score-matched analysis by Yu Chen, Xin Ye, Han Wu, Yanqing Chen, Huanghui Wu, Xueling Yuan, Xiaofang Yu, Xiaodan Wu

“…The secondary outcomes assessed included labour duration and maternal and neonatal outcomes.Results A total of 137 propensity score-matched pairs of ELA and NELA patients were analysed. ELA was associated with a decreased rate of caesarean section (18.3% vs 46.0% in the ELA vs NELA cohort, respectively; p<0.05) and an increased occurrence of assisted vaginal delivery (35.8% vs 12.4% in the ELA vs NELA cohort, respectively; p<0.05). …”
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A Multi‐Center Prospective Study on the Healing of Neuro‐Ischemic Ulcers in Singapore: A Prospective Cohort Study by Lingyan Meng, Priya Bishnoi, Zhiwen Joseph Lo, Enming Yong, Tze Tec Chong, David Carmody, Rajesh Babu Dharmaraj, Yi Zhen Ng, Keith Harding, Pei Ho

“…Results In total, 439 patients were recruited. Six months after they seek care in the tertiary healthcare setting, 36.0% of the participants had their ulcer fully healed. …”
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Trend in CT utilisation and its impact on length of stay, readmission and hospital mortality in Western Australia tertiary hospitals: an analysis of linked administrative data 2003... by Rachael Moorin, Max K Bulsara, Jenny Doust, David Youens, Donald Mcrobbie, John Slavotinek, Thi Ninh Ha, Cameron Wright, Sviatlana Kamarova

“…Compared with 2003 while LOS had a greater decrease in those with any CT, 30-day readmissions had a greater increase among those with any CT, while the probability of mortality remained unchanged between the any CT/no CT groups. A similar result was observed in patients with multiple and repeat CT scanning, except for a significant increase in mortality in the recent years in the repeat CT group.Conclusion The observed pattern of increase in CT utilisation is likely to be activity-based funding policy-driven based on the discordance between LOS and readmissions. …”
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Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and risk of nephrolithiasis: a sizeable cross-sectional study by Shengqi Zheng, Tianchi Hua, Guicao Yin, Wei Zhang, Xiaoxiang Wang, Lezhong Qi, Xiayong Jing, Qibing Fan, Xiaoping Yu, Yifan Li

“…Based on ultrasound examination, participants were divided into MAFLD and non-MAFLD groups, and the severity of liver steatosis was determined based on ultrasound images. …”
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One-step diagnosis of infection and lung cancer using metagenomic sequencing by Shaoqiang Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Weilong Li, Xidong Wang, Haoru Wang, Wenjun Sun, Xuefang Cao, Zhengtu Li, Feng Ye

“…Patients were categorized into four groups based on clinical diagnoses: infection, tumor, tumor with infection, and non-infection-non-tumor. …”
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Evaluation of Lacrimal Punctal Changes by Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography after Punctal Dilation Versus Punctal Plug Insertion in Cases of Inflammatory Punctual Steno... by Islam Awny, Elshimaa A Mateen Mossa, Tasneem Mohammed Bakheet, Hany Mahmoud, Amr Mounir

“…It is a prospective, interventional, double-blinded controlled randomized study, which was conducted on two groups of patients, the first epiphora group (EG1 25 eyes), who had acquired punctal stenosis and epiphora and managed by simple punctal dilatation. …”
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A Retrospective Analysis of Thymoma: Clinical Radiological Pathological Features and Treatment Modalities – Insights from a Tertiary Care Center by A. Vasudevan, Keerthi Prakash, Ajay Narasimhan, R. Sridhar, R. Narasimhan, C Ganapathy Arumugam

“…After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 43 patients were included in the study. Results: Thymoma had more incidence in the age group between 30 and 60 years (58.5%). …”
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An assessment of correlation between fingerprint and malocclusion in a sample of Erbil city. by Bahoz Himdad Majeed, Omar Fawzi Chawshli

“…Method: In this cross-sectional study, A total of 1000 finger prints were taken from 100 participants that were students, patients, and staffs of college of dentistry at Hawler Medical University. …”
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Functional Exercise and Physical Fitness Post Stroke: The Importance of Exercise Maintenance for Motor Control and Physical Fitness after Stroke by Birgitta Langhammer, Birgitta Lindmark

“…Stroke patients were recruited and divided into groups related to their functional status at baseline. …”
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Development of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention Using a Model of Actionable Feedback by Sameer J. Patel, Lisa Saiman, Jennifer M. Duchon, David Evans, Yu-hui Ferng, Elaine Larson

“…We learned during focus groups that NICU clinicians strongly resisted assigning individual responsibility for antibiotic prescribing as they viewed this as a shared responsibility informed by each patient's laboratory data and clinical course. …”
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