Medical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease among Canadian Gastroenterologists by J Jones, R Panaccione, ML Russell, R Hilsden

“…BACKGROUND: Little is known about physician perceptions of and practices in using infliximab – a biological agent that was approved in Canada for the treatment of Crohn’s disease in 2001, and for ulcerative colitis in 2006.…”
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Legal liability for offenses in the health care sphere in Ukraine by S. V. Knysh

“…The author has indicated on the existence of three forms of civil legal relations, which may arise in case of a patient’s claimant appeal in regard to a health care institution, namely: 1) between a physician and a patient; 2) between the health care institution and a patient; 3) between a physician and the health care institution. …”
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A study to identify individuals at risk to be affected by late-onset Pompe disease who had previously been given a non-specific or tentative diagnosis for their muscle weakness (Po... by Dawn A. Laney, Kayla A. Banks, Eleanor G. Botha, Maria Keever, Valynne Long, Allison L. Foley

“…One patient was found to have deficient acid-α-glucosidase. Additionally, a physician educated through the program ordered LOPD testing for their patient and diagnosed them with LOPD. …”
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Being there: A scoping review of grief support training in medical education. by Laura Sikstrom, Riley Saikaly, Genevieve Ferguson, Pamela J Mosher, Sarah Bonato, Sophie Soklaridis

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Medical education experts argue that grief support training for physicians would improve physician and patient and family wellness, and should therefore be mandatory. …”
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Complications and Influential Perioperative Factors Associated with SpaceOAR Hydrogel Placement by Kerith R. Wang, Rishabh K. Simhal, Cassra B. Clark, Mark J. Mann, James R. Mark, Costas D. Lallas, Robert Den, Edouard J. Trabulsi

“…The average CCI was 3.2 ± 0.95 for patients who experienced complications; the average CCI was 3.6 ± 1.6 (p=0.48) in the group without complications. Of the physicians with higher procedure volumes, Physician #1 had the highest rate of patient-reported complications at 11 out of 68 (16.2%) and Physician #2 had the lowest rate of complications at 4 out of 96 placements (4.2%). …”
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Evaluation of Dermatology Treatment Satisfaction towards Hospital Reputation among Chronic Skin Disease Patients at An Eastern Indonesian Referral Hospital by Shienty Gaspersz, Ferdi Antonio, Paulus Mario Christopher

“…All six factors and moderation with recurrency (towards treatment effectiveness and physician communication) were significant (P-value<0.05) towards overall patient satisfaction. …”
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Migraine diagnosis in patients with sinus headache symptoms: a cross-sectional study at Khartoum ENT Hospital by Mohamed Salah Mohamed Abdelgafour, Abdelgadir Ahmed Eltayeb, Mohammed El-Awad

“…Conclusion Migraine is not uncommon as 34% of patients with self-reported or physician diagnosed sinus headache meet the International Headache Society (IHS) criteria of Migraine. …”
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Gout Flare Burden in the United States: A Multiyear Cross‐Sectional Survey Study by Jasvinder A. Singh, Amy Morlock, Robert Morlock

“…Reliance on clinical documentation of physician‐reported gout flares is insufficient to assess the true patient burden of gout.…”
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Prevalence of Fracture Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women Enrolled in the POSSIBLE US Treatment Cohort by Nicole Yurgin, Sally Wade, Sacha Satram-Hoang, David Macarios, Marc Hochberg

“…Results were stratified by physician-reported osteoporosis/osteopenia diagnosis. …”
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The Strength of a Story: Partnering With a Community Organization to Destigmatize Substance Use Disorder by Noah Sorkow, Cameron Lauf, Stephen H. Berns

“…Results One hundred twenty-four second-year medical students, 16 attending physician preceptors, and 10 community members in recovery participated in the session. …”
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La déviance dans l’œuvre de Charles Fourier : un symptôme de la société civilisée by Mariana Saad

“…This article shows that Charles Fourier considers the world around him with the eyes of a physician and that he criticises the way society produces its own deviants which he sees as so many signs of malfunctioning. …”
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Doctor, There's a Tadpole in my Feces! by Rosemary Drisdelle, Kevin R Forward

“…A 36-year-old male resident of a coastal Nova Scotia community presented to his family physician after he noted moving objects in his feces (Figure 1). …”
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Initial Presentation of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis with Ocular Lesions by Edward J. Quinlan, Veenu Gill

“…This highlights the need for physicians to have a heightened suspicion for testing for valley fever in patients living in endemic regions who present with ocular inflammation so that rapid and timely initiation of antifungal therapy may prevent loss of vision.…”
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Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen by Fahad Abuguyan, Abdulaziz Alhusainy, Omar Alsuliman, Sarah Alqahtani, Abdulrahman Alrajhi

“…Conclusion: We conclude that in our center, prolonged waiting time and ED overcrowding are the main reasons why patients leave the ED without seeing a physician. Younger patients are more prone to LWBS, with trauma and gastroenterological complaints being the most common presenting symptoms. …”
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Doctor´s formation in Cuba. A critical perspective of its history. by Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Marta Rosa González Debén, Ana Margarita López Rodríguez, Magdalena López Rodríguez del Rey

“…In this work a historic análisis is made about the teaching of Medicine in Cuba, since its beguining back in 1726 until present days, that is why the study has three stages: Colony, Neocolony, and Revolution, with the aim of carrying out a hystorical reflection on the formation of the physician in Cuba. We use history as a methodological criterium, but it is interesting to highlight the evolution of practical and political ideas that mark the tendencies and regularities of the process in question.…”
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Osteoporosis: A silent epidemic by Yusimí Isaguirre Martínez, José Julio Requeiro Molina, Ana María Machado Consuegra, Hugo Jiménez Vázquez, Félix Rodríguez Fernández

“…Thanks to the media campaigns and the family physician activity, there are few transmissible and not transmissible diseases people do not have any reference about. …”
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Appraisal of the risk index as instrument to the stratification of the patient with acquired pneumonia in the community in the emergency department. by Dianelis Sierra Martínez, Orestes Fresneda Quintana, Luis Alberto Corona Martínez, María Caridad Fragoso Marchante, Iris González Morales, Caridad Hernández Abreus

“…Important deficiencies are identified that interfere in the application of this instrument and in its usage for the behaviour decisions taking by the assistance physician, of what comes the necessity of its improvement.…”
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Liquid biopsies coming of age: biology, emerging technologies, and clinical translation- An introduction to the JITC expert opinion special review series on liquid biopsies by Valsamo Anagnostou, Mark D. Stewart

“…Composed of five expert-opinion review articles and five accompanying expert-physician viewpoints, this Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer Special Review Series focuses on capturing and synthesizing the current state of science of liquid biopsies and their clinical relevance for cancer immunotherapy and beyond.…”
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Atypical Focal Osteomyelitis as Initial Manifestation of AIDS by A. Akiki, Y. Bilde

“…Isolation of an atypical Mycobacterium haemophilum in any abscess should lead the physician to accomplish further investigations and look for AIDS even in young healthy subjects.…”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Treatment of Physical Health Problems Without a Known Cause, Exemplified by Hypertension and Tinnitus by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

“…Using the theories and tools of holistic medicine wisely, the physician can often provide treatment for the patient. …”
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