Revisiting medical oaths: how student-driven ethical codes reflect changing values.

Background: Medical oaths and ethical codes play a crucial role in guiding physicians through their professional responsibilities. This study extends prior research on ethical codes created by students at the Medical School for International Health (MSIH) by analysing codes from the years 2007 to 2022.

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate changes in the ethical principles emphasised by MSIH students over time and to compare these with previous cohorts.

Ethnic Disparities of Arrival Following ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in South Israel.

Early activation of the emergency medical service (EMS) is crucial for the care of patients with STEMI. A retrospective cohort study of patients hospitalized with STEMI was conducted. Two groups of patients were compared: Bedouins and Jews.

Clinical and Prognostic Features of Diabetic Ketoacidosis According to the Trigger of the Syndrome.

Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute metabolic, life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus with a mortality rate that now stand at less than 1%. Although mortality is coupled with the etiology of DKA, literature on the influence of DKA etiology on patient outcome is scarce.

Objectives: To study different triggers for DKA and their effect on outcomes.

COVID-Necessitated Online Radiology Elective Improves Student Imaging Appropriateness in Clinical Case Vignettes.

Rationale And Objectives: The use of imaging in medicine has increased considerably over the previous decades, contributing to significant inefficiency of use. Radiology education varies amongst institutions without standardized learning objectives. Consequently, many physicians and student doctors are unprepared to make appropriate choices regarding imaging.

Management of diabetic ketoacidosis.

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute life-threatening emergency in patients with diabetes, it can result in serious morbidity and mortality. Management of DKA requires reversing metabolic derangements, correcting volume depletion, electrolyte imbalances and acidosis while concurrently treating the precipitating illness. There are still controversies regarding certain aspects of DKA management.

Evidence-Based Medicine in the Field of Ophthalmology during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Purpose: To describe the evolution of COVID-19 related publications in the field of ophthalmology.

Methods: All articles published in the field of ophthalmology and relevant to COVID-19 were identified by conducting a search on PubMed and Scopus databases using the string ((ophthalmology) OR (eye) OR (ocular)) AND ((corona) OR (COVID-19) OR (pandemic)). Search was conducted on September 30, 2020.

Diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancy - Case series, pathophysiology, and review of the literature.

Objective: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) during pregnancy is a life-threatening emergency for both the mother and the fetus. The pathophysiology of DKA in pregnancy has its own characteristics due to multiple factors, such as insulin resistance, accelerated starvation and respiratory alkalosis, thus creating ketosis-prone state, with DKA occurring at milder degrees of hyperglycemia, even in normoglycemic levels, which can result in delayed diagnosis and treatment with potential for adverse metabolic consequences.

Study Design: In this article, we presented 8 clinical cases of DKA during pregnancy.

Adapting Surgical Clerkship Curricula in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) impacted medical education and led to the significant modification or suspension of clinical clerkships and rotations.

Objectives: To describe a revised surgery clerkship curriculum, in which we divided in-person clinical teaching into smaller groups of students and adopted online-based learning to foster student and patient safety while upholding program standards.

Methods: The third-year surgery core clerkship of a 4-year international English-language program at the Medical School for International Health at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, was adapted by dividing students into smaller capsules for in-person learning and incorporating online learning tools.

Secondary organizing pneumonia after recovery of mild COVID-19 infection.

A 36-year-old male with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma on maintenance rituximab therapy presented to the emergency department with high fever and fatigue. A chest X-ray showed a lobar infiltrate, 40 days before admission the patient suffered from a mild coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and fully recovered. PCR nasopharyngeal swab was negative for COVID-19.

Predictors and outcomes of recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis in Israeli adults.

Aims: To identify risk factors for recurrent episodes of DKA that may allow the development of an effective prevention strategies.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of admissions for DKA in adult patients between 2004, and 2017 in a tertiary hospital. The clinical characteristics and outcomes of DKA of patients were stratified into an isolated episode of DKA (group 1) and recurrent episodes (group 2).

[ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS].

Background: Previous studies have shown a correlation between acute pancreatitis and several different risk factors that vary in different countries and ethnic groups. The aims of this study are to examine the clinical characteristics and outcomes of acute pancreatitis in patients of Jewish and Bedouin origin.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients hospitalized with acute pancreatitis in the Soroka University Medical Center between the years 2012 and 2016 and compared two groups of patients: patients of Jewish and Bedouin origin.

Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis.

Objective: Acute pancreatitis is a serious diagnosis with an increasing incidence in the Western world. In this study we sought to investigate the incidence of idiopathic AP and to compare clinical and prognostic characteristics of idiopathic cases with cases of AP with known etiology.

Methods: In this retrospective study of adult hospitalized patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis between 2012 and 2015, a comparison was made between admissions of patients with known etiology and those for whom no cause was found.

Evidence-Based Medicine in Ophthalmic Journals During Covid-19 Pandemic.

Background: COVID-19 has erupted into our lives and forced rapid changes in all fields of medicine, causing a rush for publications that inevitably caused a shift away from the paradigm of evidence-based medicine (EBM). The objective of the present report is to assess and quantify this process.

Methods: We compared the levels of EBM of the publications in the ophthalmic literature on COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic and compared it to those of articles published the prior year during April 2019 for the three highest ranking journals in the field of comprehensive ophthalmology.

Age, ageing, ageism and "age-itation" in the Age of COVID-19: rights and obligations relating to older persons in Israel as observed through the lens of medical ethics.

COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has reached pandemic proportions. Although the virus can cause disease in anyone, it is particularly dangerous for those with various "co-morbidities" such as heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and others. Furthermore, advancing age (from about 60 on), even in those older persons without any accompanying illnesses, is a strong and independent risk factor for pneumonia, need for an ICU bed and death from the virus.

Hybrid Telehealth Medical Retina Clinic Due to Provider Exposure and Quarantine During COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: To present our hybrid telehealth medical retina clinic service with intravitreal injections (IVI) treatment as a safe alternative to in-person visits and examination during COVID-19 pandemic disease.

Methods: Due to exposure to a COVID-19 positive retina fellow, our retina service, in quarantine, evaluated patients' medical files and retinal scans using a telemedicine approach. A different protocol for patients coming for IVI during the COVID-19 pandemic was established for IVI administration.

Sex Differences in Infective Endocarditis.

Background: The impact of sex on the presentation, etiology, and outcomes of infective endocarditis (IE) has not been adequately studied. The aim of the present research was to analyze the impact of sex on the presentation, etiology, and outcomes of IE.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 214 adult patients (131 male and 83 female) with IE.

Remote pathology education during the COVID-19 era: Crisis converted to opportunity.

Context: The COVID-19 pandemic led to shutting of education faculties, including clinical clerkships for medical students.

Objective: To review a selective for a course in diagnostic pathology geared toward undergraduate medical students, including its design, technical implementation, instructor and student evaluations, and suggestions for options for further adjusting and optimizing the selective.

Design: Whole slide images (WSI) were anonymized and students were given remote access to university computers, which were prepared with two freely available WSI viewers.

The healthcare worker at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Jewish ethical perspective.

The current COVID-19 pandemic has raised many questions and dilemmas for modern day ethicists and healthcare providers. Are physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers morally obligated to put themselves in harm's way and treat patients during a pandemic, occurring a great risk to themselves, their families and potentially to other patients? The issue was relevant during the 1918 influenza epidemic and more recently severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic in 2003. Since the risk to the healthcare workers was great, there was tension between the ethical duty and responsibility to treat and the risk to one's own life.

Allocation of scarce resources during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Jewish ethical perspective.

The novel COVID-19 pandemic has placed medical triage decision-making in the spotlight. As life-saving ventilators become scarce, clinicians are being forced to allocate scarce resources in even the wealthiest countries. The pervasiveness of air travel and high rate of transmission has caused this pandemic to spread swiftly throughout the world.

Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Older Adults.

Objectives: Much of the research previously done on diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) was based on a young population with type 1 diabetes mellitus (type 1 DM). But substantial numbers of DKA episodes occur in patients with a prior history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM). There is a lack of Data are lacking about DKA in older adults.

High prevalence of fibromyalgia syndrome among Israeli nurses.

Objectives: Stress has extensively been shown to trigger fibromyalgia syndrome (FM). Nursing is associated with high levels of stress. Our hypothesis was that nurses suffer from an increased prevalence of FM symptoms, and that these symptoms correlate with the levels of stress to which they are exposed in the course of their occupation.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by wasabi consumption: can sushi break your heart?

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a left ventricular dysfunction that typically occurs after sudden intense emotional or physical stress and mimics myocardial infarction. We describe a case of a 60-year-old woman that presented to the emergency department with chest pain after she attended a wedding and ate a large amount of wasabi, assuming it to be an avocado. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by wasabi consumption.

Recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine risk factors for recurrence of diabetic ketoacidosis and determine interventions to prevent future admissions.

Materials And Methods: Review article.

Results: Recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis is a serious and not uncommon health problem.