Assessment of a Biosafety Device to Control Contamination by Airborne Transmission during Orthodontic/Dental Procedures by Josilene Santa Rita de Assis, Aguinaldo Silva Garcez, Hideo Suzuki, Victor Angelo Martins Montalli, Denise Nami Fujii, Michelle Bertini Prouvot, Selly Sayuri Suzuki

“…The vast majority of clinicians and patients understand the importance of controlling the airborne dispersion to avoid contamination.…”
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Personalized Injury Reduction Strategies in Sports Medicine: Lessons Learned from Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment: A Clinical Commentary by Garrett Bullock, Gary Collins, Rober Adams, Charles Thigpen, Ellen Shanley

“… # Clinical Application Applying lessons learned from other healthcare fields could improve shared decision making between the clinician and athlete concerning risk assessment and management. …”
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Assessing Exercise Limitation Using Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing by Michael K. Stickland, Scott J. Butcher, Darcy D. Marciniuk, Mohit Bhutani

“…The cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) is an important physiological investigation that can aid clinicians in their evaluation of exercise intolerance and dyspnea. …”
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Successful Management of Teeth with Different Types of Endodontic-Periodontal Lesions by Hind Alquthami, Abdulaziz M. Almalik, Faisal F. Alzahrani, Lana Badawi

“…Endodontic-periodontal diseases often present great challenges to the clinician in their diagnosis, management, and prognosis. …”
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Examining the relationships between self-stigma, loneliness, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation among people with bipolar disorder by Piotr Świtaj, Paweł Grygiel, Joanna Leciak, Izabela Stefaniak, Sylwia Opozda-Suder, Marta Anczewska

“…A total of 140 patients with BD were cross-sectionally assessed with self-report scales measuring self-stigma, loneliness, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation, and with a clinician-rated scale evaluating overall psychopathology. …”
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HSV-1 Encephalitis: High Index of Clinical Suspicion, Prompt Diagnosis, and Early Therapeutic Intervention Are the Triptych of Success—Report of Two Cases and Comprehensive Review... by Dimitrios Patoulias, Georgios Gavriiloglou, Konstantinos Kontotasios, Mairi Tzakri, Petros Keryttopoulos, Christos Koutras

“…It should be noted that even when Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis seems normal, imaging studies are not specific and HSV Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test is negative; the clinician should be more aggressive, if clinical presentation is indicative for HSV encephalitis, by administrating acyclovir early after patient’s admission. …”
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Multidisciplinary Approach in the Management of a Complex Case: Implant-Prosthetic Rehabilitation of a Periodontal Smoking Patient with Partial Edentulism, Malocclusion, and Aesthe... by Alessandro Lanza, Fabrizio Di Francesco, Gennaro De Marco, Fabio Scognamiglio, Valeria Aruta, Angelo Itro

“…Complex periprosthetic cases are considered as challenges by clinicians. Clinical and radiographic parameters should be considered separately to make the right choice between an endodontically or periodontally compromised treated tooth and implant. …”
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Removal of an Aural Foreign Body by Magnetism by Emily Prentice, Emily Bartlett, Jonathan S. Ilgen

“…Recognizing the metallic nature of the AFB, the clinician held a ceramic donut magnet adjacent to the patient’s ear and subsequently extracted the AFB without complication or patient discomfort. …”
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“Even though Doctor has Advised to Practice Foot Care I have not Practiced Soaking Feet in Lukewarm Water so Far” Self-care Practices, Enablers, and Barriers: A Mixed Methods Study... by Abhay S. Nirgude, TM Revathi, Nagendra Navya, Poonam R. Naik

“…Background: Self-efficacy is the ability by which a person confronts problems in day-to-day life with goal- centered attitude. The clinician plays a vital role in promoting self-care though a series of social, cultural and economic factors also contribute positively towards it. …”
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Translucency and contrast ratio of dimethacrylate resin based dental materials after bleaching: an in-vitro study by Nilgun Akgul, Merve Nur Yilmaz

“…For this reason, the clinician should take this into consideration, especially when performing office bleaching on teeth with restorations.…”
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Expanding the Role of Primary Care in the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity: A Review of Clinic- and Community-Based Recommendations and Interventions by Michaela Vine, Margaret B. Hargreaves, Ronette R. Briefel, Cara Orfield

“…By aligning the most promising interventions with recommendations published over the past decade by the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other health organizations, we present nine areas in which providers can promote the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity through efforts in clinical and community settings: weight status assessment and monitoring, healthy lifestyle promotion, treatment, clinician skill development, clinic infrastructure development, community program referrals, community health education, multisector community initiatives, and policy advocacy.…”
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Experience with and attitude toward clozapine use among patients receiving clozapine on long term and their caregivers by Sandeep Grover, Chandrima Naskar, Subho Chakrabarti

“…A good level of agreement was seen between the experience of patients, caregivers, and clinician-rated improvement in the psychopathology and functioning.…”
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Short bowel syndrome: pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment by Anna F. Sheptulina, O. Z. Okhlobystina, O. S. Shifrin

“…Patients with the SBS are quite rare in practice of a clinician and, as a rule, require multidisciplinary approach. …”
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Pulmonary Disease Secondary to Reflux Mimicking Interstitial Pneumonia in Systemic Sclerosis: Case Report and Literature Review by Ricardo Azêdo de Luca Montes, Nathalia Mazolli Veiga, Pedro Gemal Lanzieri, Luis Otávio Cardoso Mocarzel

“…Clinical management of patients with collagen diseases requires clinician skills to identify the natural history and understand its nuances. …”
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A deep learning based smartphone application for early detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma using endoscopic images by Yubiao Yue, Xinyu Zeng, Huanjie Lin, Jialong Xu, Fan Zhang, KeLin Zhou, Li Li, Zhenzhang Li

“…Abstract Nasal endoscopy is crucial for the early detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but its accuracy relies heavily on the clinician’s expertise, posing challenges for primary healthcare providers. …”
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Frequency and prescription patterns of laboratory investigations in evaluating physical morbidity among psychiatric inpatients – A cross-sectional study by Gargi Pushpalal, Sivaprakash Balasundaram, Karthick Subramanian, Mohamed Hanifah

“…Hematological tests were the most common, with abnormal or ORR values, followed by imaging and blood biochemistry. Clinician judgment was the most frequent reason for ordering an additional investigation. …”
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Treatment of Urethral Strictures from Irradiation and Other Nonsurgical Forms of Pelvic Cancer Treatment by Iyad Khourdaji, Jacob Parke, Avinash Chennamsetty, Frank Burks

“…Radiation effects on the genitourinary system can manifest early or months to years after treatment with the onus being on the clinician to investigate and rule-out stricture disease as an underlying etiology for lower urinary tract symptoms. …”
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Peran Narrow Band-Imaging pada Karsinoma Nasofarings by Priyanto ., Camelia Herdini

“…This creates on better opportunity of clinician to do more invasive diagnostic testing at earlier stage of the cancer.…”
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Types of Road Traffic Accidents and Emergency Medical Care by Basri Lenjani, Agron Dogjani, Luljeta Abdullahu, Arlind Zeqiri, Dardan Lenjani, Bujar Imeri

“…Targeted approaches to improving the care of the injured victims may improve outcomes. Thus, the clinician should consider the clinical presentation of RTA and give due attention to the identified contributing factors in managing it. …”
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The Difficult Airway Trolley: A Narrative Review and Practical Guide by Martin F. Bjurström, Mikael Bodelsson, Louise W. Sturesson

“…A logically designed, guideline-based difficult airway trolley is a vital resource for any clinician involved in airway management and may aid the adherence to difficult airway algorithms during evolving airway emergencies. …”
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