Macroscopic characterization of injuries produced in fights with medical-legal implications. Mexico State, 2023 by Crhistian Adán Hurtado, Georgina Jiménez Estrada, Víctor René Navarro Machado

“…Information was obtained from interviews and clinical examinations conducted by the lead author in a doctor's office. For statistical analysis, absolute frequencies and percentages were used.…”
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Factors influencing health service utilization among 19,869 China’s migrant population: an empirical study based on the Andersen behavioral model by Yalin Song, Jingru Liu, Shuming Yan, Mingze Ma, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Yiyang Chen, Yanhong Lai, Xinghong Guo, Jian Wu, Beizhu Ye

“…Chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression were used to explore the group difference and the associations between demographic characteristics and utilization of health service.ResultsThe study revealed significant underutilization of health services among the migrant communities, with only a minority having established health records or engaged with family doctors. Additionally, there existed a notable disparity in health education and the proactive pursuit of health knowledge. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram to predict the probability of death after surgical evacuation for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage by Yan-Chao Zheng, Jun-Wei Qian, An-Ni Li, Yi-Nuo Yuan, Sen-Lin Ma, Mingquan Chen

“…Decision curve analysis indicated that the nomogram is clinically useful when the patient or doctor’s threshold probability ranges from 10 to 100%. …”
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Experience of COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers in Iran: a descriptive phenomenological study by Atefeh Torknejad, Sima Babaei, Zahra Hadian, Amir Shahzeydi

“…Methods: A qualitative, descriptive phenomenological approach was employed to carry out the present investigation. Twelve medical doctors and nurses who previously administered the vaccine or are still unsure about administering it have been chosen using a purposive sampling method. …”
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How faculty with critical care specialties learn in a university hospital: a qualitative phenomenological study by Hyeyoon Jeong, Hyena Cho, Kyoung-Woo Seo, Janghoon Lee, Miran Kim, Jihye Yu

“…Objectives The study aims to explore the workplace learning experiences of medical faculty in critical care specialties at a university hospital, focusing on how they develop their professional identity and construct the meaning of their work.Design Qualitative, phenomenological study.Setting The current study was conducted at a university hospital in South Korea between November 2022 and October 2023.Participants Five faculty members (two males and three females) from critical care specialties (eg, emergency medicine) with over 15 years of experience, each having served as faculty at a university hospital for more than 5 years.Results Six key themes emerged: cultivating ‘doctor-ishness’ in the realm of critical care, beacon of inner drive: guiding professional growth, nexus for leveraging expertise and fostering professional growth, the challenging reality of becoming an ‘ideal’ faculty, the shifting tides of the medical profession’s role and weaving workplace learning into a unique rhythm of practice. …”
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ADOPTERs of Innovation in a Crisis: The History of Vera Gedroits, Kanehiro Takaki and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 by Pratik Raichurkar, BMed, Devesh Kaushal, MBBS, MS, FRACS, Robert Beaumont Wilson, MBBS (Hons 1), BSc, FRACS, FACS

“…Her techniques were then adopted by the Russian Society of Military Doctors. However, Allied forces took 10 years to adopt operative management of penetrating abdominal wounds over conservative management. …”
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Health system barriers to hypertension care in Peru: Rapid assessment to inform organizational-level change. by Kendra N Williams, Janeth Tenorio-Mucha, Karina Campos-Blanco, Lindsay J Underhill, Armando Valdés-Velásquez, Antonia Fuentes Herbozo, Laura K Beres, Lisa de las Fuentes, Lucy Cordova-Ascona, Zoila Vela-Clavo, Gonzalo Mariano Cuentas-Canal, Juan Carlos Mendoza-Velasquez, Sonia Mercedes Paredes-Barriga, Raquel Hurtado La Rosa, Makeda Williams, Elvin H Geng, William Checkley, Joel Gittelsohn, Victor G Davila-Roman, Stella M Hartinger-Peña

“…A participatory stakeholder workshop (October 2021) and 21 in-depth interviews (October 2021-March 2022) were conducted with 55 healthcare professionals (i.e., doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, nutritionists), followed by a deductive qualitative analysis of transcripts and notes. …”
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Physician wellbeing in a national rehabilitation hospital, a qualitative study utilizing Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as a framework for analysis by Áine Carroll, Claire Collins, Jane McKenzie

“…Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, an integrated hierarchy of human needs, has been utilised as a framework to assess wellbeing in doctors but not heretofore in Rehabilitation Medicine. …”
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Overwhelming Pulmonary Infection after a Tobogganing Accident by Ravinder Singh, Brian E Louie, William F Bennett, Christopher Allen, Tom Kelly, Christine H Lee

“…He developed dyspnea and felt unwell, but only sought medical attention from his family doctor a few days after the injury, when fever and pleuritic chest pain ensued. …”
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Comparison of AI applications and anesthesiologist’s anesthesia method choices by Enes Çelik, Mehmet Ali Turgut, Mesut Aydoğan, Metin Kılınç, İzzettin Toktaş, Hakan Akelma

“…Thus, we believe that AI can serve as a valuable assistant rather than replacing doctors.…”
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Constipation at endocrine diseases by Yu. O. Shulpekova, A. G. Komova

“…Many endocrine diseases are oligosymptomatic for a long time. Doctor should pay special attention to constipation development and try to find other concomitant signs indicating systemic nature of disease. stepwise treatment of constipation is necessary.…”
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Effect of morphology on electron drift mobility in porous TiO2 by B. O. Aduda, P. Ravirajan, K. L. Choy, J. Nelson

“…We have employed three different techniques namely, electrostatic spray assisted vapour deposition (ESAVD), D.C. reactive sputtering, and doctor blading of sol-gel dispersions to deposit thin TiO2 films onto indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrates. …”
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Hypertension Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Adult Hypertensive Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka by Udaya Ralapanawa, Kameera Bopeththa, Noorika Wickramasurendra, Sampath Tennakoon

“…Almost all (95%) patients had checked their blood pressure (BP) during the previous 12 months, and almost the same percentage had visited their doctor for BP checkups every 1–3 months. Conclusion. …”
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Tradition and Innovation Dialectics in Russian Dissertation Culture by P. I. Kasatkin, E. A. Antyukhova

“…According to the model developed by the MGIMO University, awarding an academic degree comes by the results of the defense of a thesis at a meeting of the dissertation committee of 5 doctors of science, three of which are employees of the MGIMO University, and two are invited scientists from other organizations. …”
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Rectal Application of Ozone to Patients with Diabetes Mellitus by Omar Morejón Barroso, Imandra María García Menéndez, Leticia Varela Castro, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a quasi-experimental study was carried out with pre and post therapy, where the universe consisted of 121 diabetic patients from the family doctor's office, number 15 of the José Luis Chaviano Community Teaching Polyclinic in Cienfuegos, applying rectal ozone therapy prior medical evaluation for 15 sessions twice a year. …”
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Use of antibiotics in a Cienfuegos municipality population by Diana Rosa Fernández Ruiz, Zaida Pérez Meneses, Olga Lidia Cuevas Pérez, Maira Quirós Enríquez, Belkis Barrios Romero, Yeni Dueñas Pérez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> The 148 people (90, 2%) declared having used antibiotics in the last six months, the drug that they most reported consuming was amoxacillin (29, 7%); Tonsillitis (31.7%) was the main condition that motivated the use of antibiotics and the moment the patient stopped taking it was when he was advised by his doctor (66.2%). The highest percentage of use was by medical prescription (75.7%); the 23.7% self-medicated and the people who did it the most were female (71.4%) and with a level between pre-university (34.3%) and university (51.4%).…”
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Various Specialties of Medical Practice (Literature Review and Expert Council Resolution) by V. T. Ivashkin, V. V. Fomin, O. N. Tkacheva, O. S. Medvedev, E. A. Poluektova, D. I. Abdulganieva, S. R. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alexeeva, S. A. Alekseenko, D. N. Andreev, A. Yu. Baranovsky, M. S. Zharkova, O. Yu. Zolnikova, K. V. Ivashkin, I. L. Kliaritskaia, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammaev, R. V. Maslennikov, R. G. Myazin, M. V. Perekalina, A. V. Povtoreyko, A. I. Ulyanin, M. V. Fadeeva, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov, O. S. Shifrin

“…Today, in many regions of the Russian Federation, there are limitations for instrumental diagnosis of this disease — lack of awareness among doctors, unavailability of gas analyzers for diagnosing SIBO, lack of information about the need to diagnose SIBO in the standards of compulsory health insurance. …”
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Vaccinating in Different Settings: Best Practices from Italian Regions by Carlo Signorelli, Flavia Pennisi, Anna Carole D’Amelio, Michele Conversano, Sandro Cinquetti, Lorenzo Blandi, Giovanni Rezza

“…., local health authority vaccination centers for childhood and adolescent immunizations, and family doctors for adults and the elderly). These strategies suggest the efficacy of specific local approaches favored by regional autonomy in optimizing vaccine distribution and coverage.…”
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Identification of Individuals at Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes by Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Ernesto Vicente Peña, Aylín Altuna Delgado, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> a cross-sectional study was conducted in nondiabetic individuals served by the family doctor-and-nurse offices No. 32 and 33 of the Cecilio Ruiz de Zárate Polyclinic in Cienfuegos between October 1st, 2011 and May 31st, 2013. …”
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Evaluation of the strategy for implementing the GLA:D programme in Switzerland: protocol for an implementation-effectiveness hybrid type 3 design study with a mixed-method approach by Karin Niedermann, Lea Ettlin, Marina Bruderer-Hofstetter, Anne-Kathrin Rausch-Osthoff, Irina Nast, Olivier Gaugler

“…The study population will be the healthcare professionals who are involved in the conservative management of knee OA in Switzerland, that is, physiotherapists and medical doctors, and their patients.Ethics and dissemination The use of the registry data containing data of patients participating in the GLA:D Switzerland OA programme does not fall within the scope of the Swiss Human Research Act (BASEC-Nr. …”
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