Recognition at the Heart of the Complex Situations Experienced by People With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.

Objective: Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP) is frequent in chronic diseases, decreasing the quality of life of these patients. In a survey conducted in Belgium in 2019, chronic pain was named by patients as the main factor of complexity in their lives. The objective of our research was to provide elements to understand why and how CMSP contributes to the complexity of these people's lives.

The Beneficial Role of Participation in Decision-Making on Workers' Health and Commitment: A Cross-Sectional Study in Belgium's Health and Homecare Sector.

Objectives: To test the hypothesis of a beneficial role of worker participation in the decision-making process as a buffer against demanding work organisation on mental and physical health and commitment.

Methods: A cross-sectional study (N = 1134) was conducted among workers employed in the health and homecare sector. Multiple regressions and moderation analyses were performed to test whether worker participation in decision-making moderates the association between demanding work organisation and health and whether it directly predicts work commitment.

Outcomes of adjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in melanoma: a retrospective study.

Background: Adjuvant treatment of malignant melanoma has improved the outcomes for patients. However, real-world data on efficacy and safety are limited. We investigated outcomes of melanoma patients treated with adjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in the Ghent University Hospital.

Effectiveness of post-COVID-19 primary care attendance in improving survival in very old patients with multimorbidity: a territory-wide target trial emulation.

Background: Older adults with multimorbidity are at high risk of mortality following COVID-19 hospitalisation. However, the potential benefit of timely primary care follow-up on severe outcomes post-COVID-19 has not been well established.

Aim: To examine the effectiveness of attending general outpatient within 30 days after discharge from COVID-19 on 1-year survival among older adults aged ≥85 years, with multimorbidity.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyls used as cosmetic ingredients - Qualitative study of 765 cosmetic products.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) form a vast family comprising more than 4700 synthetic compounds. Their molecules contain a terminal functional group and a hydrophobic carbon tail (alkyl group) at which the hydrogen atoms are totally (in the case of perfluorinated compounds) or partially (in the case of polyfluorinated compounds) replaced by fluorine atoms. Due to the very specific properties of their structure, they have been used in a vast range of applications over the last 70 years.

Palliative care outpatients and improved documentation-what matters most? Quality improvement project.

Objective: Patients needs should be regularly assessed. We aimed to improve assessment and documentation of needs from baseline 25% in June 2022 to 75% in December 2022.

Methods: The A3, a structured problem-solving continuous-improvement methodology was used.

Design and synthesis of a new bifunctional chelating agent: Application for Al F/Lu complexation.

Theranostic and personalized medicine are blooming strategies to improve oncologic patients' health care and facilitate early treatment. While F-radiochemistry for theranostic application is attractive due to its imaging properties, combining diagnosis by positron emission tomography (PET) via aluminum-fluoride-18 and β therapy with lutetium-177 is relevant. Nevertheless, it requires the use of two different chelating agents, which are NOTA and DOTA for aluminum-fluoride-18 and lutetium-177 radiolabeling, respectively.

Osimertinib-induced radiation recall pneumonitis.

Radiation recall pneumonitis (RRP) is a type of radiation induced lung injury that develops in a previously irradiated lung field and is triggered by administration of chemotherapeutic or immunomodulating agents. To our knowledge there is only one report of Osimertinib induced RRP. The predominant symptoms include dyspnea and cough which usually resolve after stopping the inciting agent and with glucocorticoids.

A review of homemade cosmetics based on a study of 150 blogs and their authors.

Do-it-yourself methods have been used in many fields (cooking, home improvement, decoration, gardening, etc.) for a long time, but their application to the cosmetics sector is relatively recent and seems to be linked to a number of health scandals. The objective of this work is to analyse homemade cosmetics based on a study of blogs and their authors.

First assessment of microplastics in offshore sediments along the Lebanese coast, South-Eastern Mediterranean.

Few studies on microplastics (MPs) in the marine environment have been conducted along the Eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and even fewer along the Lebanese coast. This study aims to determine MPs contamination for the first-time in coastal and continental shelf sediments collected along the Lebanese shores, South-Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Sediments were collected as transects in 10 sites with a total of 23 samples between 2 and 120 m depth and suspected MPs were assessed by moving farther from land-based sources.

Running against the clock: a qualitative study of internal medicine residents' work experience.

Aim Of The Study: While hospitals are adopting strategies designed to increase the overall efficiency of the healthcare system, physicians are facing expanding requirements. Such changes in work environment add new psychosocial and physical stressors. Building on a previous quantitative time-motion study, we conducted a qualitative study to better understand the work experience of internal medicine residents.

Calling: Never seen before or heard of - A survey among Swiss physicians.

Background: Research is needed to gain a deeper understanding of what motivates physicians to do their work and what keeps them in the profession.

Objectives: To explore calling as an approach to work in a sample of physicians.

Methods: We designed an online survey addressing career choice and career calling among physicians in French-speaking Switzerland, and measured associations between calling and categorical variables (participant characteristics, motivations for choosing medicine, career choice(s) and consistency, and definition of calling).

A case of hepatitis induced by herbal medicine in non-small cell lung cancer patient treated by a combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy.

Introduction: Consumption of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely described in cancer patient. However, their composition is not clearly defined and the proofs of safety or effectiveness are quite low. We reported here the case of a CAM-induced hepatitis.

Ethical stakes of penile transplantation: A literature review.

Background: Vascularized composite allotransplantation has become an alternative reconstruction technique for patients with a severe loss of substance. Today, five human penile transplantations have been reported. The objective of this literature review is to offer an updated overview of the technical and ethical questions surrounding penile transplantation compared with conventional phalloplasty.

Scurvy: the almost forgotten disease - a case report.

Hypovitaminosis C, or scurvy, is thought to be an uncommon condition. Although prevalent in the 19th century, its ease of absorption and availability in a general diet has greatly reduced its incidence. Vitamin C is necessary for a number of physiological processes and deficiency can result in a number of complications including bleeding/bruising, anaemia and gingival hyperplasia.

Towards unravelling the Rosette agent enigma: Spread and emergence of the co-invasive host-pathogen complex, Pseudorasbora parva-Sphaerothecum destruens.

The emergence of non-native fungal pathogens is a growing threat to global health, biodiversity, conservation biology, food security and the global economy. Moreover, a thorough understanding of the spread and emergence of pathogens among invasive and native host populations, as well as genetic analysis of the structure of co-invasive host populations, is crucial in terms of conservation biology and management strategies. Here we combined extensive catchment sampling, molecular detection tools and genomic signatures to i) assess the prevalence of the rosette agent Sphaerothecum destruens in invasive and native fish populations in contrasting french regions, and ii) characterize the genetic diversity and population structure of its co-invasive and asymptomatic carrier Pseudorasbora parva.

Varicella gangrenosa: A rare chickenpox complication.

Varicella gangrenosa is a rare but life-threatening dermatological complication of infection with varicella-zoster virus. A healthy 37-year-old male who had been diagnosed with varicella 20 days back was admitted to our hospital with complaints of fever and painful necrotic skin lesions. Physical examination revealed multiple round to oval ulcers covered with eschar predominantly over arms, lower limbs, back of trunk and flanks.

Influence of operating conditions on the persistence of E. coli, enterococci, Clostridium perfringens and Clostridioides difficile in semi-continuous mesophilic anaerobic reactors.

This study examined the combined effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT), organic loading rate (OLR) and heat pretreatment of manure (70 °C, 1 h) on the fate of E. coli, enterococci, C. perfringens, C.

Binding communication to improve peripheral venous catheter monitoring.

Background: Optimizing the monitoring of peripheral venous catheters is essential. We developed a nursing record system at bedside (Patient Smart Reader) to track peripheral venous catheter acts.

Aims: The aim of the present study was to improve peripheral venous catheter monitoring.

Viewing the resurgence of early syphilis in light of increasing male homosexuality and childhood sexual abuse.

Back Ground And Objectives: A rising trend of syphilis has been documented worldwide recently. After decriminalization of homosexuality in India more and more males having sex with males (MSMs) have come out to seek medical advice.

Aim: We evaluated sexual behavior of patients with syphilis attending our sexually transmitted infections (STIs) clinic focusing on the factors associated with the increasing MSM practices and rising trend of syphilis among MSM.