Protocol for an ambidirectional cohort study on long COVID and the healthcare needs, use and barriers to access health services in a large city in Southeast Brazil by Emma-Louise Aveling, Monica Martins, Margareth Crisóstomo Portela, Meredith B Rosenthal, Maurício Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos, Sheyla Maria Lemos Lima, Bárbara do Nascimento Caldas, Carla Lourenço Tavares de Andrade, Thatiana Lameira Maciel Amaral, Cledir de Araújo Amaral, Michelle Bernardino, Letícia Soares, Elisabeth Stelson

“…The protocol was designed to study long COVID in SUS patients hospitalised for COVID-19 in a large city in Southeast Brazil to capture symptoms and factors associated with the syndrome, effects on quality of life and employment, health needs, use of health services and barriers to accessing necessary healthcare.Methods and analysis An ambidirectional cohort study to capture data retrospectively and prospectively from adults previously discharged from SUS hospitals for COVID-19. …”
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Association between the female hormone intake and cardiovascular disease in the women: a study based on NHANES 1999–2020 by Shenao Qu, Zhixuan Zhang, Ran Ju, Zhuoqun Li, Jing Leng, Zihan Xue, Xuan Han, Shiran Tao, Yi Lv, Nana Zhang

“…In conclusion, while appropriate hormone intake can prevent CVD, its effects vary across different demographic and health backgrounds. …”
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Management of a COVID-19 outbreak using a multidisciplinary approach and infection prevention control practices at a community living center in Veterans Administration Hospital, No... by Ikwo K. Oboho, John Hanna, Denisse Silva-Rodriguez, Angela Christie-Smith, Andrew Psenicka, Ampava Khongmongkhon, Marcus A. Kouma, Sherry Reid, Roger Bedimo

“…Results: From January 12 to February 15, 2022, and June 28–July 14, 2023, 62 adults residing at the CLC were diagnosed with COVID-19. …”
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Is malnutrition screening and risk assessment being conducted according to NICE guidance for patients admitted to care of Elderly wards in Kettering General Hospital? by Yosif Albrahem, Mustafa Mustafa, Ranangai Scott Kusangaya, Aliha Batool, Febin Bilijo, Edwin Aka, Divya Suresh, Jeremy Yarrow, Wagma Azmat, Idowu Afolabi

“…Other secondary measures included whether dietitian referrals were made where appropriate and whether the nursing team informed other multidisciplinary team members (doctors, physiotherapy team, pharmacy, and discharge team) on the electronic Care Flow connect system. …”
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Assessment of Asthma Control and Quality of Life among Asthmatic Patients Attending Armed Forces Referral and Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Tesfalidet Gebremeskel Zeru, Ephrem Engidawork, Alemseged Beyene Berha

“…However, poor patient-physician communication, unavailability of appropriate medications, and lack of long-term goals have made asthma control difficult in developing countries. …”
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Ultrasound and histopathological assessment of benign, borderline, and malignant thyroid tumors in pediatric patients: an illustrative review and literature overview by Dominika Januś, Dominika Januś, Monika Kujdowicz, Monika Kujdowicz, Aleksandra Kiszka-Wiłkojć, Aleksandra Kiszka-Wiłkojć, Konrad Kaleta, Anna Taczanowska-Niemczuk, Anna Taczanowska-Niemczuk, Jan Radliński, Kamil Możdżeń, Zuzanna Nowak, Wojciech Górecki, Wojciech Górecki, Jerzy B. Starzyk, Jerzy B. Starzyk

“…BackgroundThe risk of malignancy in thyroid nodules is higher in children than in adults, often necessitating a more aggressive endocrine and surgical approach. …”
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Study protocol: type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation study of routine functional status screening in VA primary care by Francesca M. Nicosia, Kara Zamora, LauraEllen Ashcraft, Gregory Krautner, Marybeth Groot, Bruce Kinosian, Cathy C. Schubert, Sumedha Chhatre, Helene Moriarty, Orna Intrator, Andrea Wershof Schwartz, Ariela R. Orkaby, Jason Prigge, Rebecca T. Brown

“…Abstract Background Maintaining functional status, defined as the ability to perform daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and preparing meals, is central to older adults’ quality of life, health, and ability to remain independent. …”
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Study on Innovative Practices to Promote Girls’ Retention and Transition to Secondary and Higher Learning Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Ayiga, Natal, Adyanga, Francis Akena, Akello, Jacqueline

“…Parents of girls, found pregnant are summoned to school to appropriately evacuate them home and plan for the way forward. c. …”
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Exploring the Relationship Between Sleep Apnea, Myocardial Infarct Size, and Coronary Collaterals in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Multidisciplinary Study by Kundel V, Devarakonda K, Khan S, Suarez-Farinas M, Cohen O, Santos-Gallego C, Menegus MA, Kini A, Vengrenyuk Y, Okamoto N, Ueda H, Gidwani U, Kizer JR, Redline S, Kaplan R, Shah N

“…Group differences in Rentrop grade and infarct size were compared using the Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test and Fisher’s Exact test as appropriate, with a significance threshold set at p < 0.05.Results: Among 33 adults, mean age was 54.4± 11.5 and mean BMI was 28.4± 5.9. 8 patients (24%) had no SA, and 25 (76%) had SA (mild n=10, moderate n=8, severe n=7). 66% (n=22) underwent CMR, and all patients had Rentrop scores. …”
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Factors Influencing Drug Prescribing for Patients With Hospitalization History in Circulatory Disease–Patient Severity, Composite Adherence, and Physician-Patient Relationship: Ret... by Tomoyuki Takura, Hiroyoshi Yokoi, Asao Honda

“…These findings may contribute to the appropriate prescription of pharmaceuticals if the policy diffusion of generic drugs begins to slow down. …”
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Evaluation of new or repurposed treatments for COVID-19: protocol for the phase Ib/IIa DEFINE trial platform by Ahsan Akram, Tom Quinn, Jean Antonelli, Oliver Koch, Kevin Dhaliwal, Nik Hirani, Erin Gaughan, Annya Bruce, Vikki Young, Joanne Mair, Claire Mackintosh

“…Secondary analysis will assess the following variables during treatment period: (1) the response of key exploratory biomarkers; (2) change in WHO ordinal scale and National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) score; (3) oxygen requirements; (4) viral load; (5) duration of hospital stay; (6) PK/PD; and (7) changes in key coagulation pathways.Ethics and dissemination The Define trial platform and its initial two treatment and standard of care arms have received a favourable ethical opinion from Scotland A Research Ethics Committee (REC) (20/SS/0066), notice of acceptance from The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) (EudraCT 2020-002230-32) and approval from the relevant National Health Service (NHS) Research and Development (R&amp;D) departments (NHS Lothian and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde). Appropriate processes are in place in order to be able to consent adults with and without capacity while following the necessary COVID-19 safe procedures. …”
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Decomposing the Poor-Non-Poor Gap in the Prevalence of Undiagnosed and Untreated Hypertension Among Bangladeshi Population by Mosiur Rahman, Mahfuza Khatun, Asrafun Naher Pinkey, Syed Emdadul Haque, Farhana Akhter Liza, Md. Nuruzzaman Haque, Prosannajid Sarkar, Tapan Kumar Roy, G. M. Rabiul Islam, Md. Rashed Alam, Mahmudul Hasan, Izzeldin Fadl Adam, Nguyen Huu Chau Duc, Saber Al-Sobaihi, Abid Hasan

“…Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that appropriate policy measures be developed for ongoing care and early identification, especially for older adults, men, and individuals with low levels of education from low socioeconomic backgrounds. …”
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Evaluation of the impact of a digital care navigator on increasing patient registration with digital mental health interventions in routine care by Brittany Jaso-Yim, Mara Eyllon, Pratha Sah, Mariesa Pennine, George Welch, Keke Schuler, Laura Orth, Heather O'Dea, Elizabeth Rogers, Lily H. Murillo, J. Ben Barnes, Georgia Hoyler, Gabrielle Peloquin, Kevin Jarama, Samuel S. Nordberg, Soo Jeong Youn

“…Background: Less than half of adults with mental health disorders in the United States receive appropriate or timely care. …”
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DIVERT-Collaboration Action Research and Evaluation (CARE) Trial Protocol: a multiprovincial pragmatic cluster randomised trial of cardiorespiratory management in home care by John P Hirdes, David Feeny, Gina Agarwal, Chaim M Bell, Susan E Bronskill, Andrew P Costa, Aaron Jones, Darly Dash, Graham Campbell, Veronique Boscart, Paul C Hébert, George A Heckman, Linda Lee, Robert S McKelvie, Lori Mitchell, Samir K Sinha, Joy Davis, Tammy Priddle, Joanne Rose, Roslyn Gillan, Deborah Mills, Dilys Haughton

“…There is a need for more appropriate and targeted supportive chronic disease management for home care clients. …”
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Rationale and population-based prospective cohort protocol for the disadvantaged populations at risk of decline in eGFR (CO-DEGREE) by Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Neil Pearce, Hans Kromhout, Pablo Perel, Liam Smeeth, Cristina O’Callaghan-Gordo, Jason Glaser, Kristina Jakobsson, Dorothea Nitsch, Ben Caplin, Nalika Gunawardena, Adeera Levin, Vidhya Venugopal, Marvin Gonzalez-Quiroz, Sophie Hamilton, Cristina O'Callaghan Gordo, Rajiv Saran, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Ajay Singh, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Emmanuel Burdmann, Rick Johnson, Phabdheep Kaur, Pronpimolk Kongtip, Magdalena Madero Rovalo, Moffat Nyirenda, Dorairaj Prabhkaran, Narayan Prasad, Nalika Gunawardenan

“…Participants will typically receive feedback and advice on their laboratory results, and referral to a local health system where appropriate.…”
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User experience of passive hip flexion device in people with multiple sclerosis: Exploring improvements and overcoming barriers by Sara Liguori, MD, Fausto A. Panizzolo, PhD, Giuseppe Marcolin, BSc, MSc, PhD, Giovanni Micaglio, MD, Margherita Mendicino, MSc, Claudio Semplicini, MD, PhD, Alessio Baricich, MD, PhD, Franco Molteni, MD, Eleonora Guanziroli, PhD, Silvia Ciotti, MD, Mauro Zampolini, MD, Enrico Castelli, MD, Fabrizio Gervasoni, MD, Marcello M. Campagnoli, MD, Marco Quercio, MD, Francesca Gimigliano, MD, PhD

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that primarily affects young adults and causes disability by impairing the central nervous system. …”
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Applicability and validation of different prognostic scores in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) in the post-transplant cyclophosphamide era by María Queralt Salas, Luis Gerardo Rodríguez-Lobato, Paola Charry, Maria Suárez-Lledó, Alexandra Pedraza, María Teresa Solano, Jordi Arcarons, Joan Cid, Miquel Lozano, Laura Rosiñol, Jordi Esteve, Enric Carreras, Francesc Fernández-Avilés, Carmen Martínez, Montserrat Rovira

“…KPS and EASIX maintained appropriate discrimination for OS prediction across the first 2 years after allo-HCT [receiver operating characteristic curve (area under the curve (AUC) > 55 %)]. …”
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Medical Assistance in Dying for Persons Suffering Solely from Mental Illness in Canada by Chloe Eunice Panganiban, Srushhti Trivedi

“…Research provides evidence that MAiD improves autonomy: A study among psychiatric patients found that 8 of 48 psychiatric patients said the mere option of accessing MAiD was enough to assess their future options for living wholly.[8] These findings complement a study entailing interviews with 30 adults who have mental illness, which emphasized that the ability to access MAiD allows individuals to analyze their quality of life, envision their desired future, and make decisions accordingly.[9] Although not all participants agreed that mental illness as the only underlying medical condition was appropriate for MAiD eligibility, many participants agreed that patient autonomy in decision-making was paramount and should be respected. …”
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Early-onset anorexia nervosa: a scoping review and management guidelines by Anaël Ayrolles, Julia Clarke, Nathalie Godart, Céline André-Carletti, Clémentine Barbe, Anne Bargiacchi, Corinne Blanchet, Florence Bergametti, Valérie Bertrand, Emmanuelle Caldagues, Marylene Caquard, Danielle Castellotti, Richard Delorme, Laurence Dreno, Dominique Feneon Landou, Priscille Gerardin, Selim Guessoum, Ludovic Gicquel, Juliane Léger, Stéphanie Legras, Lucile Noel, Anne Fjellestad-Paulsen, Hélène Poncet-Kalifa, Flora Bat-Pitault, Coline Stordeur

“…Current international guidelines generally extrapolate strategies proposed for adolescents and young adults to children with a low level of evidence. Conclusions Continuing research efforts in this specific younger population is needed to validate child-specific care strategies, enabling the establishment of age-appropriate recommendations with a higher level of evidence targeting specific determinants and clinical specificities of EOAN.…”
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O CONCEITO DE “INFÂNCIA” NO CONTEXTO DA MODERNIDADE EUROPEIA (SÉCULOS XVII-XIX) by Dulce Regina Baggio Osinski, Amanda Siqueira Torres Cunha

“…As sources, the discourses of intellectuals involved with childhood and its formation, such as the Masters of Port-Royal, Immanuel Kant, John Locke, Johann Pestalozzi, Friedrich Froebel and Jean Jacques Rousseau, will be analyzed, which put in evidence the construction, maintenance or re-signification of the concept of childhood in the course of time, thanks to movements of circulation and appropriation. It was possible to perceive, in the analyzed period, that the concept of childhood in circulation in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, related to a greater number of negative aspects and conceived as a moment of imperfect, sinful life separated from adult life, gradually gave place, until de nineteenth century, to the idea of a period with its own characteristics and relevant to the realization of the modern man project. …”
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