COVID-19 infection during pregnancy and risk of early and late spontaneous miscarriages: A matched case-control population-based study.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of COVID-19 during the first trimester on the rate of first- and second-trimester miscarriages. Secondary aims include the effect on stillbirths and the correlation between symptom severity and pregnancy outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective matched case-control population-based study extracted data from electronic medical records of a nationwide database of the second largest healthcare organization that provides medical services to over 2 000 000 patients in Israel.

Physical work environment and burnout among primary care physicians in Israel: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Physician burnout remains a prevalent issue globally, negatively affecting work satisfaction and patient care. However, exploration of the physical work environments of physicians, a potential influencing factor for burnout, remains scarce. The physical work environment is everything that surrounds the physician, including the doctor's office, the clinic, the clinic's building, the waiting, and staff rooms.

Masked anemia and hematocrit elevation under sodium glucose transporter inhibitors: findings from a large real-world study.

Aims: Sodium glucose transporter inhibitors (SGLT2i) therapy is associated with an increase in hematocrit as a class effect. There is a lack of information regarding the clinical magnitude and significance of hematocrit elevation, especially cardiovascular outcomes in patients with polycythemia and possible masking of lower hemoglobin levels as a sign of potential severe disease.

Methods: A retrospective study utilizing large community healthcare provider electronic database.

Methylphenidate use and misuse among medical residents in Israel: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Methylphenidate (MPH) and other stimulants may be misused, mainly as cognitive enhancers and recreational drugs. Data regarding misuse among medical residents are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of and main reasons for methylphenidate (MPH) use and misuse among Israeli medical residents.

A Retrospective Database Analysis of Before and After Social Distancing in Relation to Pediatric Infection Rate and Healthcare Services Usage During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

Background: Social distancing policy was introduced in Israel in 2020 to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of social distancing on other infections in children, by comparing disease rate and healthcare utilization before and after social distancing.

Methods: This was a before-and-after study.

The psychological effects of Intifada Al Aqsa: acute stress disorder and distress in Palestinian-Israeli students.

The study assesses the effects of exposure to nationality-related and personal stressful events, threat appraisal and coping strategies on level of distress of Palestinian Israeli students. One hundred forty-eight Palestinian Israeli students filled out a battery of questionnaires that tapped their exposure to stressful life events, terrorism and political related violence, their primary and secondary appraisals, and coping strategies. Level of distress was evaluated by (1) acute stress disorder, and (2) psychiatric symptomatology.