Impact on clinical outcomes, surgical interventions, anaesthetic decisions and complication rates following implementation of the NICE obstructive sleep apnoea guidelines during pr... by Gabrielle Shaw, Ricki Leggatt, Paige Roberts, Amanda Peace Witton, Nicole Moll, Akshay Dwarakanath

“…All patients with a clinical suspicion of OSA based on a STOP-Bang score of 3 or more were referred for an overnight oximetry. …”
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Pathways to mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study from rural tertiary government mental health facilities in India by Jithin Jaise, Kannappa V. Shetty, Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa, Urmila Bamney

“…These routes are commonly referred to as pathways to mental health services. …”
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Surgical treatment of cardiac metastatic melanoma by Robert Kwinta, Katarzyna Kopcik

“…In majority of the patients the diffuse metastatic disease led to their decease despite the surgery.…”
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Lupus Enteritis as an Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Sisira Sran, Manpreet Sran, Narmisha Patel, Prachi Anand

“…Lupus enteritis is generally steroid-responsive, and the route of administration is based on clinical status and organ involvement, with preference for intravenous (IV) route in flares with significant tissue edema. …”
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Skeletal Muscle Metastasis to Vastus Lateralis from a Urothelial Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of Its Diagnosis and Management by A. M. Mainwaring, H. Wells, T. Banks, T. Ellul, P. Bose

“…Urothelial carcinoma is the most frequent type of bladder cancer and it commonly metastasises to lymph nodes, bone, lung and liver by a haematogenous route. Skeletal metastases are very rare and are usually present in patients with advanced metastatic disease. …”
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Virological Mechanisms in the Coinfection between HIV and HCV by Maria Carla Liberto, Emilia Zicca, Grazia Pavia, Angela Quirino, Nadia Marascio, Carlo Torti, Alfredo Focà

“…Due to shared transmission routes, coinfection with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is common in patients infected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). …”
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Strategies to innovate emergency care of status epilepticus by Jaideep Kapur

“…In contrast, overall, 25 ​% of patients in established SE were intubated, and this was in response to respiratory compromise in many patients. …”
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Heat Shock Lipolysis: Radiofrequency Combined with Cryolipolysis for the Reduction of Localized Subcutaneous Fat by S. Abboud, J. P. Hachem

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Review of adult gender transition medications: mechanisms, efficacy measures, and pharmacogenomic considerations by Inder Sehgal

“…The article also addresses gaps within the published literature including optimal routes of administration for individual patients, risks of malignancy and dosing reductions as transgender patients age.…”
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Nutritional Assessment and Management in Paediatric Chronic Kidney Disease by Jumanah Ziyad Azzouz, Osama Yousef Safdar, Farah Idriss Awaleh, Alya Abdullah Khoja, Ali Alawi Alattas, Abdulkarim Abbas Jawhari

“…The review also summarises different factors such as fluid intake, route of feeding, and essential nutrients that require particular attention in paediatric patients with CKD. …”
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Kaposi´s sarcoma, epidemic type. Case presentation by Gilberto Serrano Ocaña, Juan Carlos Ortiz Sablon, Ilen Ochoa Tamayo

“…It is more common in homosexual’s patients, but may appear in any HIV positive individual, in Africa where heterosexual HIV transmission route is the most important can also be found in children and women. …”
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Role of Cyclosporine in Crohn's Disease by CN Williams

“…Once the response is present, the drug may be switched to the oral route, and a pharmacokinetic profile performed. The drug may need to be given three or four times a day in some Crohn's disease patients. …”
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Clinical profile of dengue encephalopathy: A series of twelve cases and a profile of other complications by Biswajit Bhuyan, Bandita Panda, Rabinarayan Rout, Lalatendu Mohanty, Bangam Rajendra Prasad Rao

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Percutaneous Dissolution of Gallstones using Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether by Johnson L Thistle, Bert T Petersen, Claire E Bender, Andrew J Leroy, Timothy M Ridgway

“…Percutaneous transhepatic catheter placement is a well established interventional radiology procedure and is the preferred route for MTBE administration. A small number of patients have been treated using nasobiliary placement of a gallbladder catheter. …”
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Cognitive Impairment in Opium Use Disorder by Hossein Sanjari Moghaddam, Behrang Shadloo, Helen Shahkhah, Abbas Tafakhori, Maryam Haghshomar, Shakila Meshkat, Vajiheh Aghamollaii

“…The most affected cognitive functions in patients with OUD were detected by DBT and DSST. However, we found no significant difference between patients according to the route of administration. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Lymph Node Metastasis Prediction for T1 Colorectal Cancer: Promise and Challenges by Jung Ho Bae

“…Adverse events were assessed in all eligible patients. Results: Fifty-six patients were assessed for eligibility between September 2020 and March 2023; 50 patients were enrolled. …”
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Sonographic Wrist Measurements and Detection of Anatomical Features in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Esther Vögelin, Thomas Mészàros, Franziska Schöni, Mihai A. Constantinescu

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Somatostatin Analogs in the Medical Management of Occult Bleeding of the Lower Digestive Tract by Julie Martin-Grace, Gianluca Tamagno

“…Despite the lack of double-blinded randomized placebo-control trials and despite the limitations of the available evidence in the literature, including small sample size, variable dosing, and administration routes, there is a consistent agreement in the literature that somatostatin analogs are a safe, well-tolerated, and effective therapeutic option for managing refractory or occult bleeding from the lower digestive tract, with particular reference to patients with angiodysplasia, where endoscopic or surgical management is either not feasible or unsuccessful and other pharmacological options are not preferred.…”
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A Review of Amoebic Liver Abscess for Clinicians in a Nonendemic Setting by Terry Wuerz, Jennifer B Kane, Andrea K Boggild, Sigmund Krajden, Jay S Keystone, Milan Fuksa, Kevin C Kain, Ralph Warren, John Kempston, Joe Anderson

“…The authors provide a topical review of ALA and summarize clinical data from a series of 29 patients with ALA presenting to seven hospitals in Toronto, Ontario, a nonendemic setting, over 30 years.…”
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Deciphering the clinical profile and diagnostic framework of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a tertiary care setting by Lipsa Priyadarshini, Meenakshi Mohapatro, Priyadarshini Biswal, Silla Alisha Patro, Devidutta Ramani Ranjan Rout, Simadri Swetapadma Roul

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