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Clinical case of co-infection: Dengue fever and respiratory mycoplasmosis in a child.
Respir Med Case Rep
December 2024
Central RI [Research Institute] of Epidemiology, Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor), Moscow, Russia.
According to WHO, dengue fever (DF) is currently endemic to more than 100 countries in various regions of Africa, America, and Asia; outbreaks have been reported in Europe. In the Russian Federation, there is a much smaller proportion of children among those infected due to the imported nature of the infection. We described a clinical case of imported dengue fever in an adolescent girl in Moscow after a 5-day vacation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvaluating the Acceptance and Usability of an Independent, Noncommercial Search Engine for Medical Information: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study and User Behavior Tracking Analysis.
JMIR Hum Factors
January 2025
Institute of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Background: The internet is a key source of health information, but the quality of content from popular search engines varies, posing challenges for users-especially those with low health or digital health literacy. To address this, the "tala-med" search engine was developed in 2020 to provide access to high-quality, evidence-based content. It prioritizes German health websites based on trustworthiness, recency, user-friendliness, and comprehensibility, offering category-based filters while ensuring privacy by avoiding data collection and advertisements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeaningful change threshold estimation for the non-small cell lung cancer symptom assessment questionnaire (NSCLC-SAQ): psychometric analysis from a phase 3 trial (LIBRETTO-431).
Qual Life Res
January 2025
Adelphi Values, Adelphi Mill, Bollington, Cheshire, UK.
Purpose: Meaningful change thresholds are important to help interpret patient-reported outcome scores. To date, meaningful within-patient change (MWPC) thresholds have only been proposed for NSCLC-SAQ total score. This study proposed clinically MWPC thresholds, and group-level minimal important change/difference (MIC/MID) thresholds for both improvement and worsening for the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer- Symptom Assessment Questionnaire (NSCLC-SAQ) total and symptom scores.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinicians knowledge of cancer: A study in Ghana's Bono region.
J Oncol Pharm Pract
January 2025
Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Background: Cancer is a growing public health concern in Ghana, with rising prevalence, incidence, and mortality rates. Clinicians play a crucial role in cancer prevention and control by providing accurate information and early detection services. This study assessed the level of cancer knowledge among a cross-section of clinicians in the Bono region of Ghana, focusing on their knowledge of cancer, signs, symptoms, and risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUse of Lung Volume Recruitment Technique in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Disease Among Brazilian Health Professionals.
Pulm Med
January 2025
Post Graduation Department, Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde (ESCS), Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
Lung volume recruitment (LVR) is a stacked-breath assisted inflation technique in which consecutive insufflations are delivered, without exhaling in between, until the maximum tolerable inflation capacity is reached. Although LVR is recommended in some neuromuscular disease guidelines, there is little information detailing when and how allied health professionals (AHPs) prescribe LVR. This study is aimed at describing the use of LVR in practice across Brazil.
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