Feasibility of a Mobile App–Based Cognitive-Behavioral Perinatal Skills Program: Protocol for Nonrandomized Pilot Trial by Andrea B Temkin-Yu, Aliza Ayaz, Ella Blicker, Michael X Liu, Ace Oh, Isabelle E Siegel, Meredith J Seewald, Alison D Hermann, Soudebah Givrad, Lara M Baez, Lauren M Osborne, Cori M Green, Maddy M Schier, Alexandra M Davis, Shasha Zhu, Avital Falk, Shannon M Bennett

“…Participants will be recruited from a variety of public and private insurance-based psychiatry, obstetrics, and primary care clinics at a large academic medical center located in New York City. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of 18F Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) PET-CT radiotracers in staging and restaging of high-risk prostate cancer patients and patients with biochemica... by Susan Ahern, Kieran A. Walsh, Lydia O'Sullivan, Andrew Dullea, Máirín Ryan, Kirsty O'Brien, Patricia Harrington, Susan M. Smith, Marie Carrigan, Maeve McGarry

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Using stated-preferences methods to develop a summary metric to determine successful treatment of children with a surgical condition: a study protocol by Nigel Hall, Marian Knight, Nick Lansdale, Lisa Hinton, Charles Opondo, Simon Kenny, Stefano Giuliani, John Buckell, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Kokila Lakhoo, Alexander Macdonald, Crispin Jenkinson, Benjamin Allin, Rema Ramakrishnan, Gregor Walker, Timothy Bradnock, Karolina Kuberska, Benjamin M Craig, Goher Ayman, Anna May Long, Joanne Shepherd

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A Rare Manifestation of Tuberculosis Presenting in the United States by Osman Bhatty, David Waters, Nicholas Wilka, Shradha Samuel, John Horne, Renuga Vivekanandan

“…A 64-year-old Bangladeshi female presented to her primary care physician with a tender right breast lump that had been present for 4-5 days along with subjective fevers and malaise. …”
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Travel with Diabetes: A Comprehensive Review for Clinicians by Venkatraman Rajkumar

“…The increasing number of patients with diabetes mellitus translates to a greater number of travelers with this condition. Primary care physicians have little knowledge to guide patients with diabetes planning travel. …”
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Diabetes Risk Evaluation Using Indian Diabetes Risk Score among Adults of an Urban Slum in Bengaluru, Karnataka by S. Saraswathi, Amita Mukhopadhyay, M. Sumana, Ipsita Debata, Prem Sagar Panda

“…The Indian diabetes risk score (IDRS) by the Madras diabetic research foundation is a validated and useful screening tool that identifies high-risk people in primary care settings. The study aimed to assess the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus among adults in an urban slum in Bengaluru, Karnataka with the Indian diabetic risk score (IDRS). …”
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Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) in Malaysia and Pakistan, Pathophysiology of CKD-Associated Pruritus and Other CKD-Associated Dermatological Disorders by Inayat Ur Rehman, Tahir Mehmood Khan

“…CKD-aP has become one of the upmost distressing cutaneous and most common symptom of chronic kidney disease which is often overlooked by nephrologists, primary care physicians, and other health-care professionals. …”
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Late intervention for type II endoleak is not determined by early sac diameter or volume changes after EVAR by Sneyers Bernard, Verbraeken Viktor, Laenen Annouschka, Coudyzer Walter, Mufty Hozan, Houthoofd Sabrina, Fourneau Inge, Maleux Geert

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Rare or orphan diseases. A review study by Ener Mantilla Horna, Jóhel Osorio Fernández

“…This poses a challenge for both patients and healthcare professionals, as a patient with a chronic rare or orphan disease is often unique in the primary care setting. Mental health care for patients with rare or orphan diseases is essential to improve their quality of life. …”
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Kidney Disease and Youth Onset Type 2 Diabetes: Considerations for the General Practitioner by Allison B. Dart, Elizabeth A. Sellers, Heather J. Dean

“…A general understanding of this complex disease by primary care providers is critical, so that at-risk individuals are identified and managed early in the course of their disease, such that progression can be modified in this high-risk group of children and adolescents. …”
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Graves’ Disease Presenting as a Unilateral Breast Mass by Neeka N. Akhavan, Edlira Maska

“…We report on a 37-year-old male who presented to the primary care clinic with the chief complaint of a tender right-sided breast mass and with an associated loss of appetite and forty-pound weight loss. …”
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Neonatal Testicular Torsion with Hydrocele: A Case Report Underscoring the Need for Early Recognition and Management by Kareem Omran, Sameh Ali Ali, Ehsan Ahmad, Hilal Matta, Wissam Jamal Al Tamr

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Atresia tricúspide diagnosticada em fase pré-escolar: relato de caso by Rebeca Holanda Nunes, Sônia Maria Cavalcante da Rocha, Nabel Anderson de Lencaster Saldanha da Cunha, Genivalda de Medeiros Barros, Mylene Arrais dos Santos, Amanda Carneiro Donato, Henrique Lobo Saraiva Barros, Viviane Portela Queiroz, Aluisio Kennedy de Sousa Filho

“…CONCLUSION: The failure of primary care can delay therapy, prolonging symptoms and increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population, with risks that have not yet been measured.…”
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Setting new standards for health communication in South Africa by Sonja Verwey, Andrea Crystal

“…The challenge the ANC led government faces is to balance the maintenance of tertiary care service with the simultaneous upgrading of . primary care seNices. The strategy adopted by the Department of Health is to regulate the industry and educate the public. …”
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Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in HIV — Investigate or Just Treat? by Steven Kesten

“…The pattern has been so typical of the disorder that empirical therapy without microbiological proof of disease is often imitated by primary care physicians. This strategy has not been tested in controlled clinical trials although decision analysis models have attempted to evaluated it, it's liekly reasonable to choose empirical antimicrobial therapy in specific clinical settings such as: (a) typical radiographic picture in a person with dyspnea and/or nonproductive cough. presence of HIV and a CD4 count of less than 200 cells/mm3:(b) previous PCP, typical appearance and the patient is known to tolerate standard anti-PCP medications: and (c) high clinical suspicion in a patient who refuses bronchoscopy yet desires treatment or where bronchoscopy cannot he performed. …”
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BUILDING RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEMS: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE by Ernawaty

“…Furthermore, it underscores the necessity of developing suitable assessment tools, such as the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT), to evaluate and enhance PHC services tailored to local needs. …”
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Inflammatory Arthritis following Hepatitis B Vaccination in an Infant by Sana S. Rahimi, Barbara E. Ostrov, Maricarmen Lopez-Pena

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Maternal and Pediatric Health Outcomes in relation to Gestational Vitamin D Sufficiency by Stephen J. Genuis

“…With increasing evidence pointing to fetal origins of some later life disease, securing vitamin D sufficiency in pregnancy appears to be a simple, safe, and cost-effective measure that can be incorporated into routine preconception and prenatal care in the offices of primary care clinicians. Education on gestational nutritional requirements should be a fundamental part of medical education and residency training, instruction that has been sorely lacking to date.…”
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La lutte contre le sida au Maroc : opportunités et limites pour l’accès aux soins des personnes en migration by Camille Fidelin

“…In Morocco, the response to HIV has been used as an advocacy opportunity by associations to develop access to primary care for people in migration, in the context of the new migration policy initiated in 2014. …”
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