Electronic patient-reported outcome measures using mobile health technology in rheumatology: A scoping review. by Jaclyn Shelton, Sierra Casey, Nathan Puhl, Jeanette Buckingham, Elaine Yacyshyn

“…Inflammatory arthritis was the most common rheumatic disease studied. Generic ePROMs were used over three times more often than disease-specific ePROMs. …”
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Racial/ethnic differences in mental health treatment received among people with comorbid cardiometabolic and depressive symptomology: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surv... by Tyra Dark, Rachel Harris, Desiree Burns, Jacob Chernicky, Laura Reid-Marks, George Rust

“…<h4>Results</h4>Primary findings indicate that depressive symptomology only was the most common designation and fewer than half of persons received any mental health treatment. …”
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Mortality trends during the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban district hospital in South Africa: A retrospective comparative analysis by O Hirachund, C Pennefather, M Naidoo

“…Severe ground glass appearance was most common during the second wave (OR 2.37; 95% CI 1.49 ‐ 3.77). …”
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The choice of the content of training process for mass-category athletes in view of the subjectivity of competitive activity by Orlov, Andrey I., Talantseva, Valentina K., Shilenko, Olga V., Petrova, Tatyana N., Kudratova, Lola A.

“…In this context, it is noted that the most common classifications of sports, reflecting mainly the biomechanical and physiological characteristics of competitive activity, do not allow the phenomenology of a particular sport to be fully realized. …”
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Evaluation of phototherapy effects on platelet numbers and volumes in neonates with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in Sulaimani city/Kurdistan region/Iraq by Hayder Fakhir Mohammad, Shano Yassin Abdulqadir, Dea Ali Abdulla, Hawnaz Muhamad Ibrahim

“…BACKGROUND: Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia is a rather common disease that affects 60% of term and 80% of preterm infants within their 1st week of life. …”
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Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Acinetobacter baumannii Infection at a Regional Hospital in Thailand by Sakulkonkij P, Bruminhent J

“…Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) A. baumannii with hospital-acquired pneumonia was the most common presentation. Risk factors for acquiring multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens included previous hospitalization or antibiotic use and the presence of an indwelling urinary catheter, which was common in both survived and deceased groups. …”
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Interdigital and Plantar Foot Infections: A Retrospective Analysis of Molecularly Diagnosed Specimens in the United States and a Literature Review by Aditya K. Gupta, Tong Wang, Sara A. Lincoln, Wayne L. Bakotic

“…Tinea pedis of the web space (interdigital tinea pedis) is a common clinical presentation causing skin macerations and fissures. …”
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Kinesiology Tape: A Descriptive Survey of Healthcare Professionals in the United States by Scott W Cheatham, Russell T Baker, Thomas E Abdenour

“…Patient reported outcomes (80%) were the most common clinical measures. Most respondents provided skin prep (64%) and tape removal (77%) instructions. …”
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Research Progress on Animal Models of Sepsis-Related Organ Injury by YANG Jiahao, DING Chunlei, QIAN Fenghua, SUN Qi, JIANG Xusheng, CHEN Wen, SHEN Mengwen

“…Cecal ligation and puncture and lipopolysaccharide intraperitoneal injection are the most commonly used methods. Secondly, this article summarizes the common modeling methods and evaluation methods for animal models of sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy, acute lung injury, acute kidney injury, acute liver injury, and brain dysfunction. …”
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Enhancing generalization in a Kawasaki Disease prediction model using data augmentation: Cross-validation of patients from two major hospitals in Taiwan. by Chuan-Sheng Hung, Chun-Hung Richard Lin, Jain-Shing Liu, Shi-Huang Chen, Tsung-Chi Hung, Chih-Min Tsai

“…However, KD is frequently misdiagnosed as a common fever in clinical settings, and the inherent data imbalance further complicates accurate prediction when using traditional machine learning and statistical methods. …”
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Evaluating antibacterial and antioxidant properties of sericin recovered from cocoons of Bombyx mori, Gonometa postica and Samia ricini in Kenya. by Mwangi G Kanyora, Timothy M Kegode, Justus Kurgat, Harrison Kibogo, George Asudi, Chrysantus M Tanga, Workneh Ayalew, Subramanian Sevgan, Nelly Ndungu

“…Microbial infections and excessive reactive oxygen species are the primary contributors to delays in wound healing with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus as the common wound infection causing bacteria. In fact, wound management has become more challenging since most of these microbes have developed resistance against commonly used conventional antibiotics thus making it necessary to develop natural products with both antibacterial and antioxidant activities. …”
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Changes in donor lymphocyte infusion for relapsed patients post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a 30-year single-center experience by Yusuke Uchibori, Shuhei Kurosawa, Yuho Najima, Kyoko Haraguchi, Daichi Sadato, Chizuko Hirama, Yasutaka Sadaga, Kaori Kondo, Chika Kato, Satoshi Sakai, Yasuhiro Kambara, Fumihiko Ouchi, Masashi Shimabukuro, Atsushi Jinguji, Naoki Shingai, Takashi Toya, Hiroaki Shimizu, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hironori Harada, Hironori Harada, Yuka Harada, Yoshiki Okuyama, Noriko Doki

“…Regimens including venetoclax and FLT3 inhibitors have been commonly used since 2019 (n = 18). The 3-year OS rate was 29.1% (95% CI, 18.8–40.2%). …”
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A preliminary simulator study on exploring responses of drivers to driving system reminders on four stimuli in vehicles by Zhao Zou, Fady Alnajjar, Michael Lwin, Luqman Ali, Hamad Al Jassmi, Omar Mubin, Muhammad Swavaf

“…This pilot study designed to explore which type of driving system reminders, namely Text display, Image display, alarm notification, or humanoid voice command, provokes stronger preferences and higher rates of cooperation from drivers. …”
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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES RELATED TO THE DISPOSAL OF EXPIRED AND UNUSED MEDICATIONS IN HOUSEHOLD IN DUHOK CITY, KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ by Najmaldin Ezaldin Hassan, Sonia Khalil

“…This study revealed that the most common ways to dispose of unused, unwanted, and expired medication were tossing them in the trash and storing them for later use. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychotropic prescribing: a systematic review by Nikolaos Mastellos, Marie line El Asmar, Kanika I Dharmayat, Antonio J Vallejo-Vaz, Ryan Irwin, Swettha Mahesarajah

“…Given its long-term impact, it has become critical to evaluate whether changes in health delivery during the pandemic have had an effect on prescribing patterns for commonly prescribed psychotropic drugs. This study aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on changes in psychotropic prescribing patterns in adults, as well as differences in prescribing in different healthcare delivery approaches across various geographical contexts.Design and eligibility requirements Systematic review of cohort, interrupted time-series and cross-sectional studies examining prescribing trends for at least one commonly prescribed psychotropic drug during and after COVID-19 in accessing care remotely or face to face between 1 January 2020 and 17 June 2022.Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, HMIC and PsycINFO databases were searched in addition to citation chaining of relevant reviews.Extraction and analysis Study screening, data extraction and quality assessment were completed by two independent reviewers. …”
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Prognostic factors for head and neck cancer of unknown primary including the impact of human papilloma virus infection by Lars Axelsson, Jan Nyman, Hedda Haugen-Cange, Mogens Bove, Leif Johansson, Shahin De Lara, Anikó Kovács, Eva Hammerlid

“…In the last decade, human papilloma virus (HPV) has been identified as a common cause of and important prognostic factor in oropharyngeal cancer, and there is now growing interest in the importance of HPV for HNCUP. …”
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Accidental findings of maxillary sinuses in dental patients on CBCT images. A retrospective study by Fedil Andraws Yalda

“… Background and objective: Maxillary sinus pathology is a common finding on routine CBCT scans of the maxilla. …”
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A comparative analysis of methods of preinduction cervical ripening and induction of labor in Poland and in Germany (Part II): maternal and neonatal outcomes by Agnieszka K. Kleszcz, Dorota Ćwiek, Olimpia Sipak-Szmigiel

“…The levels of haemoglobin were comparable in both countries. The most common postpartum complications in Poland and Germany were first-degree perineal tears, episiotomies and anemia. …”
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Bacterial Profile among Patients with Suspected Bloodstream Infections in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Birhan Alemnew, Habtamu Biazin, Asmamaw Demis, Melese Abate Reta

“…Similarly, the common Gram-negative bacterial isolates and their estimated pooled prevalence were E. coli 1.69% (95% CI: 1.21–2.16%), Klebsiella species 7.04 % (95% CI: 5.37–8.72%), Pseudomonas species 0.39% (95% CI: 0.08–0.70%), Salmonella species 1.09% (95% CI: 0.79–1.38%), and Streptococcus pyogenes 0.88% (95% CI: 0.54–1.22%). …”
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Outcomes of oncologic arthroplasty in children and adolescents with malignant limb tumors: a systematic review by Vyacheslav I. Zorin, Sergei V. Vissarionov, Alexandr Y. Makarov, Timofey S. Rybinskikh, Kristina N. Rodionova

“…Osteosarcoma was the most common diagnosis, accounting for 716 (88.8%) cases, followed by Ewing sarcoma with 67 (8.3%) cases. …”
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