2025 September - 28 articles
Objectives: This study aimed to synthesize evidence of the influence of multilevel social determinants of health (SDOHs) on asthma and allergic disease outcomes and healthcare utilization in children and adolescents, with a specific focus on how thes...
Background: Sacubitril/Valsartan is a first-line treatment for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) according to international guidelines. However, achieving the target doses of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) remains a chal...
Background/Objectives: Discrimination has wide-ranging implications, affecting patients’ trust in healthcare professionals and their intentions to seek care. It can cause barriers that can affect access to care, especially among racial and ethn...
Background: Adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) is associated with improved health outcomes, however limited evidence exists on the socio-demographic and behavioral determinants of MD adherence among university students, a population at risk of...
Introduction: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of developing other autoimmune disorders due to possible shared genetic, environmental, and immunological mechanisms. While autoimmune diseases are frequently observed...
Background: Vaccine hesitancy is a major threat to public health. As part of efforts to increase vaccine uptake, the focus is on optimizing the quality of communication among healthcare workers. Physician shortages and workloads create time constrain...
Background: Tularemia is a rarely identified disease in Slovenia. In summer 2024, we detected a tularemia outbreak in the Kranjsko-Sorško polje, located in North-Western part of Slovenia. Aim: To describe the epidemiological investigations and...
Background: In Italy, workplace safety regulations require the training of first-aid officers to manage medical emergencies, including acute coronary syndromes. Although clinical guidelines recommend the early use of acetylsalicylic acid in myocardia...
Background: Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI or PEI) often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed due to nonspecific symptomatology. Clinicians may focus primarily on symptoms like diarrhea and steatorrhea, potentially overlooking more prevalent symp...
Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the dynamics of Helicobacter pylori infection prevalence among adults in Russia. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, RSCI, and Google Scholar for studies...
Background/Objectives: Infections after stroke are a serious medical problem and have a significant impact on the outcome of stroke, but data regarding the Asian population are limited. This study aims to determine the bacterial and fungal profile of...
Background/Objectives: Anxiety and depression are common among individuals with coronary heart disease (CHD) and pose significant barriers to lifestyle modifications. Evidence on sex-related differences in anxiety and depression following cardiac reh...
Aseptic abscess syndrome is a clinical entity that is being increasingly documented. Unfortunately, apart from the French registry, there are no other studies presenting collective data. In this review, we sought to analyze clinical and laboratory da...
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and self-confidence of physicians and dentists in Croatia regarding the relationship between oral and systemic health, focusing on periodontal disease and oral manifestations of systemi...
Background/Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic caused pronounced disorder in healthcare delivery globally, including ophthalmology. Our study explores how ophthalmologists in Puerto Rico (PR) altered their practices during the pandemic, confronting obs...
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder characterized by vascular abnormalities, immune dysfunction, and progressive fibrosis. One of the most common manifestations of SSc is interstitial lung disease (ILD), known by a pr...
Background/Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly transformed social life worldwide, indiscriminately affecting individuals across all age groups. Children have not been exempted from the risk of severe illness and death caused by COVID-19. Obje...
Objectives: The objectives are to evaluate the influence of different maternal characteristics on ultrasound image quality and operator satisfaction, and to assess, preliminarily, a rating scale to stratify the difficulty level of ultrasound examinat...
Background/Objectives: The aim of this research is to study the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) and overactive bladder (OAB) among female university students in Kazakhstan and to analyze the risk factors associated with these conditions. Meth...
Background/Objectives: Congenital microcephaly is a clinical manifestation with a heterogeneous etiology, and its epidemiological surveillance relies on the systematic identification of cases and investigation of their underlying causes to inform pre...
Background: he surge in the use of Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Systems (EMS) and Emergency Departments (ED) has become a pressing issue worldwide after the COVID-19 pandemic. To address this challenge, we developed an experimental and innovative c...
Background/Objectives: Although the Robin Hood Index (RHI) is increasingly used to quantify geographic health inequality and guide resource redistribution, empirical evidence on whether higher physician density reduces RHI-measured inequality remains...
Background: Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who engage in alcohol and substance abuse face more significant health and social consequences compared to the general population. This study evaluated the prevalence and associated factors of alcoh...
Background/Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical need for accurate predictive models to guide public health interventions and optimize healthcare resource allocation. This study evaluates how the complexity of compartmental infec...
Background/Objectives: The Mediterranean diet (MD) is well-studied for its health-promoting effects, while the factors influencing adherence in children remain an important research focus. This study examines the sociodemographic, maternal, perinatal...
Background/Objectives: Inappropriate use of emergency department (ED) services is widely acknowledged to have a negative impact on health systems as a whole. A minor portion of Frequent User (FU) patients are often responsible for the disproportionat...
Background/Objectives: Mental health conditions represent a growing global health concern, disproportionately impacting populations in low- and middle-income countries like Pakistan. Limited epidemiological data, coupled with recent socioeconomic and...
Aim. This study aimed to assess the SARS-CoV-2 herd immunity in the Republic of Armenia (RA) by late 2022. Materials and Methods. A randomized study was conducted from 28 November to 2 December (2022) by the Saint Petersburg Pasteur Institute (Russia...
