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View article: Advancing Psychiatric Education: Leveraging Simulated Patients and Actors at the University of Pécs “Shame dies when stories are told in safe places”
Advancing Psychiatric Education: Leveraging Simulated Patients and Actors at the University of Pécs “Shame dies when stories are told in safe places” Open
Introduction The integration of simulated patients and actors (SPs) into psychiatric education has long been recognized as a transformative pedagogical approach, yielding substantial benefits to healthcare students and professionals. Objec…
View article: Comparison of clinical safety between standard versus extended interval dosing of immune checkpoint inhibitors: a real-world retrospective cohort study
Comparison of clinical safety between standard versus extended interval dosing of immune checkpoint inhibitors: a real-world retrospective cohort study Open
In a real-world setting, according to the regimen chosen by the oncologist based on clinical characteristics, we did not observe an increase in grade ≥3 irAE incidence between the SD and ED regimens.
View article: Alternative Evaluation of the Right Axillary Lymphatic Pathway by Using Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MR Lymphangiography
Alternative Evaluation of the Right Axillary Lymphatic Pathway by Using Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MR Lymphangiography Open
The lymphatic system plays an integral part in fluid homeostasis. Disturbances in lymphatic pathways are congenital, posttraumatic, or posttreatment related, such as after Fontan palliation. Lymphatic pathway evaluation is challenging beca…
View article: Reduced Incidence of Long-COVID Symptoms Related to Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines Both Before COVID-19 Diagnosis and Up to 12 Weeks After
Reduced Incidence of Long-COVID Symptoms Related to Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines Both Before COVID-19 Diagnosis and Up to 12 Weeks After Open
Both clinical trials and studies leveraging real-world data have repeatedly confirmed the three COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use by the Food and Drug Administration are safe and effective at preventing infection, hospitalization, and d…
View article: Effectiveness of Clinical Decision Tools in Predicting Pulmonary Embolism
Effectiveness of Clinical Decision Tools in Predicting Pulmonary Embolism Open
Objective. The Wells criteria and revised Geneva score are two commonly used clinical decision tools (CDTs) developed to assist physicians in determining when computed tomographic angiograms (CTAs) should be performed to evaluate the high …
View article: Primary Choledocholithiasis 15 Years Postcholecystectomy
Primary Choledocholithiasis 15 Years Postcholecystectomy Open
Gallstone disease is extremely prevalent in the western society with laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) being the standard treatment for patients with symptomatic gallstones. The prevalence of common bile duct (CBD) stones with concomitant …
View article: Prediction of Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Using a Combination of 4Ts Score and Screening Immune Assays
Prediction of Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Using a Combination of 4Ts Score and Screening Immune Assays Open
Clinical assessment (4Ts) followed by testing for Heparin/platelet factor 4 (HPF4) antibody in intermediate and high risk patients is the standard algorithm of pretest for Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), and the diagnosis is confir…
View article: Opportunistic Disease or Metastatic Lesions: A Rare Finding in a Patient with Bladder Cancer
Opportunistic Disease or Metastatic Lesions: A Rare Finding in a Patient with Bladder Cancer Open
A 66-year-old male with a history of human immunodeficiency virus infection and metastatic bladder cancer presented to our hospital for a further workup of a focal seizure involving the patients left upper extremity. The patient was underg…
View article: Intensity‐modulated radiotherapy is a safe and effective treatment for localized malignant pleural mesothelioma
Intensity‐modulated radiotherapy is a safe and effective treatment for localized malignant pleural mesothelioma Open
Background Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare disease and management of localized disease is controversial. Radiotherapy has been shown to be useful after extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP), as well as with less aggressive surger…
View article: Pulmonary nodules as incidental findings
Pulmonary nodules as incidental findings Open
About 30% of all chest computed tomography (CT) scans contain one or more pulmonary nodules.[1][1] Larger nodules can also be seen on chest radiographs.[2][2] The most common cause of a pulmonary nodule is a previous infection. Other benig…