Factors Affecting ICU Stay and Length of Stay in the ICU in Patients with HELLP Syndrome in a Tertiary Referral Hospital by Elif Ağaçayak, Rezan Bugday, Nurullah Peker, Ugur Deger, Gönül Ölmez Kavak, Mehmet Siddik Evsen, Talip Gul

“…Conclusion. We think that physicians should be careful that maternal morbidity and mortality may increase as the need for erythrocyte suspension transfusion increases in patients with HELLP syndrome. …”
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Barriers to Implementing Intermittent Catheterisation in Spinal Cord Injury Patients in Northwest Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Southport, U.K. by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M. Soni, Gurpreet Singh, Tun Oo, Peter L. Hughes

“…However, spinal cord physicians experienced problems when trying to implement an intermittent catheterisation regime in some spinal cord injury patients in the northwest of England. …”
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Rare Presentation of Cardiotoxicity Related to 5-Fluorouracil by Mariam Charkviani, Natia Murvelashvili, Francisco Barrera, Alisha Sharma, Randa Sharag Eldin, Nur Un Nisa Nabil

“…This case supports the vasospastic hypothesis of 5-FU cardiac toxicity, describes its clinical course, and emphasizes the importance of better awareness and early recognition of the rare side effect as it may allow physicians to reduce the risk of life-threatening complications.…”
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Implementation and Monitoring of a Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Management Program in a Tertiary Hospital in Morocco: Opportunities and Challenges by Imane Khachani, Mohamed Hassan Alami, Rachid Bezad

“…In-depth review of management protocols was carried out, and concise guidelines were developed, with targeted training for physicians. A physical space and a weekly fixed GTD consultation were set, and personalized follow-up was established for each patient. …”
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Clinical Factors Predicting Voluntary Driving Cessation among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Hidetada Yamada, Masahiro Nakamori, Tomohisa Nezu, Teppei Kotozaki, Juri Kitamura, Tomohiko Ohshita, Yoshimasa Sueda, Hirofumi Maruyama

“…FOG was associated with voluntary driving cessation in patients with PD without dementia or severe motor impairment. Physicians should consider providing extensive social support to maintain patients’ mobility and independence, especially if the patients have these clinical factors.…”
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Computed Tomography Analysis of Postsurgery Femoral Component Rotation Based on a Force Sensing Device Method versus Hypothetical Rotational Alignment Based on Anatomical Landmark... by Stefan W. Kreuzer, Amir Pourmoghaddam, Kevin J. Leffers, Clint W. Johnson, Marius Dettmer

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Do Not Miss the Tumor: A Novel Presentation of Osteosarcoma by Michael DePalma, Sachin Gupta, Jie Nguyen, Divya Talwar, Alexandre Arkader, Lawrence Wells

“…Because primary-care physicians and pediatricians may be the first medical providers to encounter patients with osteosarcoma, it is imperative that such clinicians are familiar with the signs and symptoms associated with osteosarcomas in order to reduce the risk of metastasis and disease progression and prevent treatment delays. …”
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A European Approach to Irritable Bowel Syndrome Management by Michel Delvaux, Jacques Frexinos

“…However, multidisciplinary approaches to the treatment of these patients are frequent, and such drugs are often prescribed by home physicians. The results of large surveys estimated the yearly cost of such treatments to be around US$850. …”
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Staging model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Singapore by Yuan Teck Tay, Josiah YH Chai, Kamilah Bte Shekh Jabin, Kexin Ang

“…Introduction: A clinical-based staging model would guide physicians in the prompt management of the evolving symptoms and functional needs of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). …”
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Prediction Models for Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients with Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal by Pengfei Cheng, Pengyu Yang, Hua Zhang, Haizhen Wang

“…Prediction models for the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in patients with cardiac arrest play an important role in helping physicians evaluate the survival probability and providing medical decision-making reference. …”
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Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis incidentally diagnosed by video-associated lung surgery for lung cancer: A case report by Katsuhiro Itogawa, Shintaro Sato, Hideaki Yamakawa, Keiichi Akasaka, Masako Amano, Akiko Adachi, Hidekazu Matsushima

“…Finally, treatment with vutrisiran, a small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting the TTR gene, was successfully initiated. Physicians need to be aware that unidentified amyloidosis may be diagnosed incidentally from a biopsied or resected specimen for another purpose. …”
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Increased Risk of Dementia in Patients with Antidepressants: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Yao-Chin Wang, Po-An Tai, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Md Mohaimenul Islam, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Chieh-Chen Wu, Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li

“…Therefore, we suggest physicians to carefully prescribe antidepressants, especially in elder patients. …”
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IVS1 −397T>C Estrogen Receptor α Polymorphism Is Associated with Low-Grade Systemic Inflammatory Response in Type 1 Diabetic Girls by Monika Ryba-Stanisławowska, Karolina Rybarczyk-Kapturska, Agnieszka Brandt, Małgorzata Myśliwiec, Jolanta Myśliwska

“…This finding may help the physicians to predict the onset and progression of diabetic microvascular complications.…”
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RatDEGdb: a knowledge base of differentially expressed genes in the rat as a model object in biomedical research by I. V. Chadaeva, S. V. Filonov, K. A. Zolotareva, B. M. Khandaev, N. I. Ershov, N. L. Podkolodnyy, R. V. Kozhemyakina, D. A. Rasskazov, A. G. Bogomolov, E. Yu. Kondratyuk, N. V. Klimova, S. G. Shikhevich, M. A.  Ryazanova, L. A. Fedoseeva, О. Е. Redina, О. S. Kozhevnikova, N. A. Stefanova, N. G. Kolosova, A. L. Markel, M. P. Ponomarenko, Yu. D. Oshchepkov

“…RatDEGdb may be interesting first of all to human geneticists, molecular biologists, clinical physicians, genetic advisors as well as experts in biopharmaceutics, bioinformatics and personalized genomics. …”
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Pilot Validation Study: Canadian Global Rating Scale for Colonoscopy Services by Stéphanie Carpentier, Nour Sharara, Alan N. Barkun, Sara El Ouali, Myriam Martel, Maida J. Sewitch

“…Prospective data collection at three Canadian endoscopy units assessed GRS-C validity, reliability, and responsiveness to change according to responses provided by physicians, endoscopy nurses, and administrative personnel. …”
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Inferior vena cava ultrasound in acute decompensated heart failure: design rationale of the CAVA‐ADHF‐DZHK10 trial by Alexander Jobs, Reinhard Vonthein, Inke R. König, Jane Schäfer, Matthias Nauck, Svenja Haag, Carlo Federico Fichera, Thomas Stiermaier, Jakob Ledwoch, Alisa Schneider, Miroslava Valentova, Stephan vonHaehling, Stefan Störk, Dirk Westermann, Tobias Lenz, Natalie Arnold, Frank Edelmann, Philipp Seppelt, Stephan Felix, Matthias Lutz, Felix Hedwig, Martin Borggrefe, Clemens Scherer, Steffen Desch, Holger Thiele

“…However, ultrasound results will only be reported to treating physicians in the intervention group. Treatment target is relief of congestion‐related signs and symptoms in both groups with the additional goal to reduce the IVC diameter ≤21 mm and increase IVC collapsibility >50% in the intervention group. …”
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Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Society of Surgeons, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the Association of Surgeons-Hepatologists and the Endoscopic Society “REndO” o... by V. T. Ivashkin, A. G. Kriger, A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Anischenko, S. S. Kardasheva, S. A. Alekseenko, S. F. Bagnenko, M. I. Bykov, S. A. Budzinskiy, I.  M. Buriev, V. A. Vishnevskiy, E. I. Galperin, V. P. Glabay, V. R. Goltsov, T. G. Dyuzheva, G. G. Karmazanovskiy, M. P. Korolev, D. M. Krasilnikov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, I. V. Maev, N. A. Maystrenko, M. F. Osipenko, M. I. Prudkov, V. I. Simanenkov, E. G. Solonitsin, A. V. Fedorov, E. D. Fedorov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. V. Shabunin, S. G. Shapovalyants, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…Aim: to present modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis for gastroenterologists, general practitioners and physicians.Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a long-term inflammatory disease of the pancreas, manifested by irreversible morphological changes in the parenchyma and pancreatic ducts, which cause pain and/or persistent impairment of function. …”
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Vitamin E and N-Acetylcysteine as Antioxidant Adjuvant Therapy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Youssef Al-Tonbary, Mohammad Al-Haggar, Rasha EL-Ashry, Sahar EL-Dakroory, Hanan Azzam, Ashraf Fouda

“…Complications of chemotherapy have forced physicians to study antioxidant use as adjunctive treatment in cancer. …”
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Safety profiles of sevoflurane in pediatric patients: a real-world pharmacovigilance assessment based on the FAERS database by Chuang Yang, Bangjian Deng, Qiang Wen, Pei Guo, Xiang Liu, Chen Wang

“…Descriptive analysis revealed a majority of reports from male patients, primarily reported by physicians. Disproportionality analysis identified significant System Organ Classes (SOC) signals associated with sevoflurane, meeting four detection criteria, including “Cardiac disorders,” “Respiratory, thoracic, and mediastinal disorders,” and “Vascular disorders.” …”
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Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis developed during treatment for systemic sclerosis: a case report by Tomoki Kozono, Kentaro Tanaka, Tomoko Yagi, Kazuto Kamikawaji, Masaki Watanabe, Azusa Iwanaga, Minako Hamada, Yoshifusa Koreeda, Hiromasa Inoue, Ikkou Higashimoto

“…Conclusion In patients with interstitial lung shadows who do not improve with immunosuppressive treatment, PAP is one of the differential diagnoses that should be considered. All physicians should be aware that the appropriate diagnosis of PAP and the measurement of serum anti-GM-CSF antibodies will critically affect patient outcomes.…”
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