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Diagnostic radiologists are expected to review and assimilate findings from prior studies when constructing their overall assessment of the current study. Radiology information systems facilitate this process by presenting the radiologist with a subset of prior studies that are more likely to be relevant to the current…

BACKGROUND: Within the UK, there are now opportunities for paramedics to work across a variety of healthcare settings away from their traditional ambulance service employer, with many opting to move into primary care. AIM: To provide an overview of the types of clinical roles paramedics are undertaking in primary and…

People interpret verbal expressions of probabilities (e.g. 'very likely') in different ways, yet words are commonly preferred to numbers when communicating uncertainty. Simply providing numerical translations alongside reports or text containing verbal probabilities should encourage consistency, but these guidelines ar…

INTRODUCTION: Geriatric syndromes are multifactorial ageing-related presentations. There is limited consensus regarding which presentations should be considered geriatric syndromes. Clinical codes generated following healthcare contacts are commonly used to identify diverse medical conditions. It is well demonstrated t…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate whether antenatal dietary interventions restrict maternal weight gain in obese pregnant women without compromising newborn birth weight. DATA SOURCES: PubMed and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register were searched using free-text search terms: pregnancy, obesity, overweight, dietary intervention,…

This paper presents experiments in automatic Information Extraction of medication events, diagnoses, and laboratory tests form hospital patient records, in order to increase the completeness of the description of the episode of care. Each patient record in our hospital information system contains structured data and te…

: Nowadays the use of intraoral scanners has become a routine practice in orthodontics. It allows the introduction of many treatment innovations. One should consider to what extent intraoral scanners have influenced the everyday orthodontic practice and in what direction should the further research in this field be con…

Nicotine-free electronic cigarettes (NFECs) are becoming increasingly popular, especially among youth and non-smokers, yet their effects on the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) remain poorly understood. This systematic review synthesizes available in vitro, in vivo, and limited human evidence on NFEC-associated changes in…

BACKGROUND: Text-based patient medical records are a vital resource in medical research. In order to preserve patient confidentiality, however, the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires that protected health information (PHI) be removed from medical records before they can be dissemi…

INTRODUCTION: The tongue is the most common site of oral malignancies, with surgical resection the mainstay of treatment. Tongue cancer resections have significant functional impacts. Ideal reconstruction would restore speech intelligibility, facilitate swallowing of liquids and solids without significant dysphagia, an…

PURPOSE: The Gleason score is an important grading factor of prostate cancer. Gleason scores can be extracted from pathology report texts using regular expressions, but previously developed programmes have targeted only relatively simple Gleason score expressions. We developed a programme capable of extracting also com…

BACKGROUND: Communication challenges contribute to medication incidents in hospitals, but it is unclear how communication can be improved. The aims of this study were threefold: firstly, to describe the most common communication challenges related to medication incidents as perceived by healthcare professionals across…

BACKGROUND: Skilled Birth Attendance (SBA) is important in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3.1. Ghana has made steady progress in SBA, yet, unsupervised deliveries still occur. The introduction of the Free Maternal Health Care Policy under the National Health Insurance Scheme (…

PURPOSE: With decreased physical activity, growing sedentary lifestyle, and high fat diet, obesity has become a pandemic disease all over the world. In this review, we aim to assess the effect of obesity on prone percutaneous nephrolithotomy.(PNL) outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a comprehensive review of…

Concussions are common injuries with increasing diagnostic incidence. The 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport, held in November 2012 in Zurich, revised consensus statements regarding the definition of a concussion, diagnostic criteria, and management. Return-to-play guidelines require a graded return to…

BACKGROUND: The sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease affects relatively young people, causing much nuisance and many lost working days. The ideal treatment should be simple, allowing a speedy recovery with short hospitalization while affording a permanent cure. Currently, many treatment options are available; unfortunately…

AIM: The objective of our study is to present a rare case of two eterochronous primary gynaecological malignancies. CASE: A 65-year-old para-2, white obese female, presented in our department 4 years ago, due to a single event of vaginal spotting. Curettage revealed an endometrial cancer. A total abdominal hysterectom…

BACKGROUND: Depression is seen in many cancer patients. It occurs in approximately 25% of palliative care patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was local, prospective and cross-sectional. It was carried at Department of Clinical Oncology and Radiation Therapy of Charles University Hospital and Faculty of Medicin…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to present a systematic review of the use of three-dimensional ultrasound for the detection and evaluation of intrauterine device malposition in a patient of our department. BACKGROUND: Transvaginal sonography failed to detect IUD misplacement in about 9% of cases. Whereas the thr…

INTRODUCTION: The contractions of urinary bladder smooth muscle are evoked by parasympathetic nervous system, with its main mediator acetylcholine. These contractions can be inhibited by two basic mechanisms--inhibition of contraction (anticholinergic drugs) or inducing the relaxation (sympathomimetics, calcium channel…