Clinical significance of a new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in patients with vascular disease.

Background: The Cardiovascular Outcomes for People Using Anticoagulation Strategies (COMPASS) trial enrolled patients with vascular disease, but excluded patients requiring oral anticoagulation.

Objective: To explore the clinical significance of a new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF) during follow-up.

Methods: New AF was identified from hospitalization, study drug discontinuation and adverse event reports.

Recurring incursions and dissemination of novel Eurasian-origin H5Nx avian influenza viruses in Atlantic Canada.

Wild birds are important hosts of influenza A viruses (IAVs) and play an important role in their ecology. The emergence of the A/goose/Guangdong/1/1996 H5N1 (Gs/GD) lineage marked a shift in IAV ecology, leading to recurrent outbreaks and mortality in wild birds from 2002 onwards. This lineage has evolved and diversified over time, with a recent important derivative being the 2.

HaKom - the Halle continuum as a postgraduate medical training curriculum, illustrated using the development and delivery of the ready for duty course.

Objective: The Halle continuum (HaKom) is a course for doctors undergoing postgraduate medical training in southern Saxony-Anhalt. It revises the skills and knowledge acquired during undergraduate medical training and develops them on an individual and needs-driven basis. The development and establishment of the three-day ready for (resident on-call) duty () course, which has been held four times a year since 2020, will be used as an example to present the overall HaKom curriculum.

Understanding teachers' perspectives on students with epilepsy in Germany: A survey examining knowledge, experience, and affective, cognitive, and behavioral attitudes to inform teacher training.

The comprehensive teacher survey (N = 210 teachers), conducted in Germany, focused on a broad range of student needs (medical, instructional, and emotional), and captured teachers' knowledge about epilepsy and experiences with students with epilepsy (SWE), alongside multiple attitudes towards SWE. Results reveal gaps in teachers' understanding of appropriate responses to seizures, exemplified by 33 % believing an object should be put into the mouth during a seizure. Misconceptions about the risks of physical activity for SWE are prevalent among teachers (6.