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Prevalence of Leishmaniasis among Blood Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Our study seeks to provide a comprehensive assessment of leishmaniasis prevalence among blood donors, employing rigorous methodologies to inform public health initiatives and transfusion safety measures. A thorough literature search was conducted using electronic databases (Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar) to identify the relevant studies reporting the prevalence of leishmanias...
5 months ago

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How Should Surveillance Systems Account for Concurrent Intravascular Catheters?

The risk of central venous catheter (CVC)-associated bloodstream infections has decreased dramatically.1 The same may not be true for infections associated with short-term peripheral venous catheters.2 The effects of future preventive efforts should be measured using data derived from evidence-based surveillance programs. Dube et al3 describe a multicenter, retrospective cohort study that assessed...
5 months ago

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Challenges in Predicting Lyme Disease Risk

The article discusses the challenges in predicting Lyme disease risk due to incomplete and inconsistent data. Although Lyme disease incidence is increasing, accurate prediction models are hindered by gaps in tick distribution, infection prevalence, and human disease surveillance. The authors emphasize the need for more accurate and standardized data, particularly regarding the presence of infected...
5 months ago

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Managing Uncertainty in Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease

The study focuses on the emotional challenges faced by parents dealing with a prenatal congenital heart disease (CHD) diagnosis, particularly the uncertainty surrounding the condition’s severity and long-term impacts. It suggests integrating palliative care techniques to help pediatric cardiologists support families better. Key recommendations include using more positive terminology like “hear...
5 months ago

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Do Patients Care What Their X-rays Look Like?

The study by Chung et al. shows that radiographic parameters of distal radius fractures have little association with patient-reported and objective functional outcomes. This suggests that surgeons should focus more on low-risk, effective interventions for returning patients to function rather than stressing precise anatomical restoration. Surgical procedures may still be necessary for severely dis...
5 months ago

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Physician Networks and the Complex Contagion of Clinical Treatment

One of the greatest challenges in contemporary research on quality of care is to understand unexplained regional variation in physicians’ use of new medical treatments. Keating et al1 offer valuable new insight into this problem by studying physicians’ uptake of the biological cancer therapy bevacizumab. To identify the sources of variation, Keating et al1 developed a compelling new approach. ...
5 months ago

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The Challenges of Improving Nursing Home Quality

The study by Song et al. explores the relationship between work environment factors in nursing homes and missed or rushed care. Key findings highlight the importance of organizational slack, social capital, and culture, although the unexpected association between organizational culture and rushed care raises questions. The study, however, does not identify causal pathways and only establishes asso...
5 months ago

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Laboratory medicine in arterial hypertension

In the initial diagnostics of arterial hypertension (AH) laboratory medicine is a cornerstone, along with a blood pressure (BP) measurement and an electrocardiogram. It mainly refers to routine blood and urine tests for diagnosis and monitoring primary hypertension and its associated conditions such as asymptomatic hypertension-mediated organ damage, chronic kidney disease and hypertensive disorde...
5 months ago

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Programmatic Implications of a Revised Classification System for Undernutrition

Gausman et al argue that multiple measures of anthropometric failure (AF) are needed to assess undernutrition in the country context and design public health and nutrition programs to reach the most economically disadvantaged children younger than 5 years. But in practice, how can programs use information on AF to improve delivery of crucial interventions?

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Metabolic Surgery in Patients With High BMI and Obesity

The article "Metabolic Surgery in Patients With High BMI and Obesity" by Magnus Sundbom (2024) examines the role of metabolic surgery in individuals with a high body mass index (BMI) and obesity. The study highlights that metabolic surgeries, such as laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, have become standard treatments for severe obesity (BMI ≥35). These procedures have demonstrate...
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