Association of calcific rotator cuff tendinopathy with nephrolithiasis and/or cholelithiasis: A case-control study.

This study aimed to examine the association between calcific rotator cuff tendinopathy (RCT) and nephrolithiasis and/or cholelithiasis. A case-control study was conducted on patients diagnosed with RCT between June 2016 and June 2022. RCT was confirmed by ultrasound, and patients were divided into 2 groups: calcific RCT (case) and non-calcific RCT (control).

Cardiovascular Safety of Febuxostat in Patients With Gout or Hyperuricemia: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Introduction: To this date, a causal relationship between febuxostat and cardiovascular disease remains controversial as comparison between trials can be challenging and may lead to misleading conclusions, especially when facing heterogeneous cardiovascular outcomes. We aimed to compare the cardiovascular outcomes in the most pertinent trials of febuxostat compared with controls.

Methods: We searched electronic databases using a PICOS-style approach search strategy of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on cardiovascular outcomes of febuxostat in patients with gout or hyperuricemia.

Engagement of medical specialty trainees in research: experience at a Lebanese medical school.

Background: Many challenges exist to engaging medical students and postgraduate trainees in research in low and middle-income countries.

Aims: This study aimed to assess the motivation of and opportunities for postgraduate medical specialty trainees to engage in medical research, and the perceived obstacles to undertaking research in Lebanon.

Methods: A questionnaire-based survey of all postgraduate clinical trainees was conducted at Saint Joseph University of Beirut medical school, Lebanon.

Cricoarytenoid joint arthritis: a possible complication of dermatomyositis.

Cricoarytenoid joint arthritis is most frequently reported in Rheumatoid Arthritis and in other systemic diseases such as Sjogren's syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Ankylosing Arthritis, Juvenile Chronic Arthritis, and autoimmune hepatitis but it has not been reported in dermatomyositis. In this paper, we report the case of a 43 years-old woman treated for dermatomyositis who presented with hoarseness and severe odynophagia. The laryngoscopy revealed the presence of an extensive white swelling of the left cricoarytenoid joint with reduced mobility of the left vocal cord, consistent with left cricoarytenoid joint arthritis, which has not previously been described in dermatomyositis to our knowledge.