Esophageal 99mTc-pertechnetate uptake mimicking an autonomous thyroid adenoma in a patient with subacute thyroiditis: a case report.

Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is one of the most common causes of thyrotoxicosis. Thyroid scans with radioiodine or technetium-99m pertechnetate (99mTc) are often performed in the workup of patients with thyrotoxicosis, particularly to differentiate between SAT and Graves's disease. Although very helpful, thyroid scans are prone to pitfalls that may occasionally lead to misdiagnosis.

The perspectives of physicians regarding antidiabetic therapy de-intensification and factors affecting their treatment choices-A cross-sectional study.

Aims: Comprehensive diabetes management may include treatment intensification or the administration of antidiabetic combination therapy. However, this may be associated with an increased risk of adverse events and death. The aim of this study was to understand physicians' perspectives regarding treatment de-intensification, HbA1c goals individualisation, and factors affecting their treatment choice for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of patients with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly spreading global pandemic. The clinical characteristics of COVID-19 have been reported; however, there is limited research investigating the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in the Middle East. This study aims to investigate the clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of patients diagnosed with COVID19 in Saudi Arabia.

Epidemiology and treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with type 2 diabetes in the UK, 2001-2016.

Patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have an increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence and treatment of AF in patients with T2DM, assess the impact of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) introduction on oral anticoagulant (OACs) prescribing rates, and factors associated with OAC initiations in patients with T2DM and AF. The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database (2001-2016), was used to examine the annual prevalence and treatment of AF in T2DM.

Consequences of access to water from managed aquifer recharge systems for blood pressure and proteinuria in south-west coastal Bangladesh: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial.

Background: Drinking-water salinity has been associated with high blood pressure (BP) among communities in south-west coastal Bangladesh. We evaluated whether access to water from managed aquifer recharge (MAR)-a hydrogeological intervention to lower groundwater salinity by infiltrating rainwater into the aquifers-can reduce community BP.

Methods: We conducted a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial with five monthly visits between December 2016 and April 2017 in 16 communities.

Mental health status of the general population, healthcare professionals, and university students during 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak in Jordan: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The emergence of COVID-19 global pandemic coupled with high transmission rate and mortality has created an unprecedented state of emergency worldwide. This global situation may have a negative impact on the psychological well-being of individuals which in turn impacts individuals' performance. This study aims to explore the prevalence of depression and anxiety among the GP, HCPs, and USs during COVID-19 outbreak, and to identify key population(s) who might need psychological intervention.

Cost of hospitalisation and length of stay due to hypoglycaemia in patients with diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study aims to estimate the length of stay and hospitalisation cost of hypoglycaemia, and to identify determinants of variation in the length of stay and hospitalisation cost among individual patients with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using inpatients records for patients with diabetes mellitus who had been hospitalised due to hypoglycaemic events in two private hospitals in Amman, Jordan between January 2009 and May 2017. All hospitalisation costs were inflated to the equivalent costs in 2017.

Genomic analyses of KEL alleles in alloimmunized thalassemia patients from Iran.

Objectives: Serological methods are unreliable for red blood cells (RBCs) antigen typing in multi-transfused thalassemia patients due to the presence of donor RBCs in the recipient's circulation and interfering antibodies. Kell blood group system is important in transfusion medicine and Kell antibodies have shown as the most prevalent antibodies in thalassemia patients. We intended to determine the genotype of Kell antigens among Iranian alloimmunized thalassemia patients using molecular methods and compare the results with serological phenotyping.

Plant traits and phenotypic variability effect on the phytomass production of (Desf.) De Winter.

A process of continuous degradation of plant communities, due mainly to long-term overgrazing has been revealed by most ecological studies in North African arid climate. Notably, this degradation appeared across the depletion of perennial grass species exhibiting low density in the majority of range ecosystems. This study aimed to examine the phenology and the aboveground phytomass production of (Desf.

Prevalence of Muscular Skeletal Disorders among Qualified Dental Assistants.

Unlabelled: The occupation of dental assistants (DAs) involves many health risks of the musculoskeletal system due to static and prolonged work, which can lead to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of MSDs in DAs in Germany.

Methods: For this purpose, an online questionnaire analyzed 406 (401 female participants and 5 male participants, 401w/5m) DAs.

Trends in oral anticoagulant prescribing in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a population-based study in the UK.

Objective: To evaluate oral anticoagulant (OAC) prescribing trends in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the UK from 2001 to 2015.

Design: A cross-sectional drug utilisation study.

Setting: Electronic health records from The Health Improvement Network primary care database in the UK.

Management of peels for protection and treatment against gastric ulcer induced by ethanol in rats.

Stomach ulcer is one of the most prevalent disorders worldwide. The study was aimed to isolate and characterize the major polymethoxylated flavonoids in peels petroleum ether extract and investigate its protective and curative effect on gastric ulcer. Some spectral analyses were used for identification of the isolated compounds from the petroleum ether extract of peels.

Modeling the Relationship of Groundwater Salinity to Neonatal and Infant Mortality From the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey 2000 to 2014.

We evaluated the relationship of drinking water salinity to neonatal and infant mortality using Bangladesh Demographic Health Surveys of 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, and 2014. Point data of groundwater electrical conductivity (EC)- a measure of salinity-were collated from the Bangladesh Water Development Board and digitizing salinity contour map. Data for groundwater dissolved elements (sodium, calcium, magnesium, and potassium) data came from a national hydrochemistry survey in Bangladesh.

The role of Smyrnium cordifolium Boiss extract and curzerene on withdrawal syndrome in mice.

Morphine is the most effective medication to relieve pain, antinociception and withdrawal syndrome, but clinical application of these compounds is greatly affected by the occurrence of addiction. The aim of this research was the influence of SE and curzerene (Cur) on withdrawal syndrome signs in mice contrasted with clonidine. Extraction of the S.

Polymorphisms in () are Linked to Infection and Osteoporosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

We previously discovered that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in (T-cell negative-regulators) occur in 78% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), along with (MAP) infection in 33% of patients. In Crohn's disease, we reported that SNPs in and receptors () benefited intracellular MAP-survival, increased infection, and elevated inflammatory response mimicking the poor response to anti-TNF treatment in some patients. Here, we studied the frequency and effects of SNPs in in RA including gene expression, MAP infection, and osteoporosis marker levels in blood (54 RA and 48 healthy controls).

Attitudes and perceptions towards hypoglycaemia in patients with diabetes mellitus: A multinational cross-sectional study.

Background: Preventing hypoglycaemia is an essential component of diabetes self-management that is affected by patients' attitudes and perceptions. This study aimed to explore the hypoglycaemia problem-solving ability of patients who have diabetes mellitus and factors that determine their attitudes and perceptions towards their previous events.

Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2017 and May 2018 in three Arab countries (Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait) in patients with diabetes mellitus, who were prescribed antidiabetic therapy and had experienced hypoglycaemic events in the past six months.

Comparison of Urinary Sodium and Blood Pressure Relationship From the Spot Versus 24-Hour Urine Samples.

Background We compared the relationship between sodium (Na) intake and blood pressure when Na intake was estimated from first- and second-morning spot urine samples using the INTERSALT (International Study on Salt and Blood Pressure) formula, versus directly measured 24-hour samples. Methods and Results We collected 24-hour urine and first- and second-morning voids of 383 participants in coastal Bangladesh for 2 visits. We measured participants' blood pressure using an Omron HEM-907 monitor.

Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems Within the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network.

Health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSSs) provide a foundation for characterizing and defining priorities and strategies for improving population health. The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) project aims to inform policy to prevent child deaths through generating causes of death from surveillance data combined with innovative diagnostic and laboratory methods. Six of the 7 sites that constitute the CHAMPS network have active HDSSs: Mozambique, Mali, Ethiopia, Kenya, Bangladesh, and South Africa; the seventh, in Sierra Leone, is in the early planning stages.

Respiratory Therapy Administrators' Perceptions of Effective Teaching Characteristics of Clinical Preceptors.

Background: Clinical preceptors in respiratory therapy (RT) are expected to possess effective teaching skills and qualities that signify their knowledge, expertise, and professionalism. Thus, it is important to determine which teaching characteristics are effective among RT clinical preceptors from the administrators' perspective as well as the predictors for the administrators' decisions.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey study of RT administrators was conducted in hospitals in a major southeastern metropolitan area in the United States.

Groundwater Chemistry and Blood Pressure: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh.

: We assessed the association of groundwater chemicals with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). Blood pressure data for ≥35-year-olds were from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey in 2011. Groundwater chemicals in 3534 well water samples from Bangladesh were measured by the British Geological Survey (BGS) in 1998-1999.

Drinking Water Salinity, Urinary Macro-Mineral Excretions, and Blood Pressure in the Southwest Coastal Population of Bangladesh.

Background Sodium (Na) in saline water may increase blood pressure ( BP ), but potassium (K), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) may lower BP . We assessed the association between drinking water salinity and population BP . Methods and Results We pooled 6487 BP measurements from 2 cohorts in coastal Bangladesh.

Effects of Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in Young Children: A Cluster-randomized, Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh.

Background: We hypothesized that drinking water, sanitation, handwashing (WSH), and nutritional interventions would improve environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), a potential contributor to stunting.

Methods: Within a subsample of a cluster-randomized, controlled trial in rural Bangladesh, we enrolled pregnant women in 4 arms: control, WSH, child nutrition counseling plus lipid-based nutrient supplements (N), and nutrition plus WSH (N+WSH). Among the birth cohort, we measured biomarkers of gut inflammation (myeloperoxidase, neopterin), permeability (alpha-1-antitrypsin, lactulose, mannitol), and repair (regenerating gene 1β) at median ages 3, 14, and 28 months.

Chemical composition and protective role of (L.) C.A. Mey. subsp. against gastric ulcer induced by ethanol in rats.

subsp. (Family; Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant used to treat inflammation. The objective of this study is to explore the protective effect of the ethanol extract of subsp.