Coaching inexperienced clinicians before a high stakes medical procedure: randomized clinical trial

How Many Lymph Nodes are Enough in Thyroidectomy? A Cohort Study Based on Real-World Data.

Silicone as a smart solution for simulating soft tissue-an iterative approach to developing a high-fidelity sustainable training model for laparoscopic appendectomy.

Modern Rectal Cancer Management: A Review of Total Neoadjuvant Therapy and Current Practices

Investigating precise control pathway for haemostatic clip usage in laparoscopic cholecystectomy based on patient clinical variations: an exploratory retrospective observational study.

How Accurate Are Surgeons at Assessing the Quality of Their Critical View of Safety During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?

Unveiling the impact of trauma during pregnancy.

Why Your Brain Needs Exercise

Bibliometric analysis of Laryngeal Cancer Treatment Literature (2003-2023)

Curing cryptoglandular anal fistulas—Is it possible without surgery?

Virtual reality for perioperative anxiety treatment in a resource-variable setting: an observational trial

Sustainability in anaesthesia: are South African anaesthesia providers doing their part?

Audiovisual distraction for preoperative anxiety in paediatric patients at a regional hospital

Effectiveness of dissemination strategies of maternal clinical guidelines: A narrative review

 

Adenoma Detection Rates by Physicians and Subsequent Colorectal Cancer Risk

Continuous vs Intermittent β-Lactam Antibiotic Infusions for Sepsis

Continuous vs Intermittent β-Lactam Antibiotic Infusions for Sepsis—Reply

Lithium Use During Pregnancy in 14 Countries

Assisted dying, complex systems, and global equity in palliative care

Hybrid closed-loop insulin therapy and risk of severe hypoglycaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis in young people (aged 2–20 years) with type 1 diabetes: a population-based study

BMJ Christmas 2024: Demedicalising dying—medicine must accept death as a natural part of life

BMJ Christmas 2024: Turn towards the hand in the fire—to care is to witness and condemn atrocities everywhere

Financial impact and healthcare expenditures among surgical patients in Burundi

Emma Rawson-Te Patu: decolonising public health globally

Integrating political prioritisation into national surgical planning: a scoping review of surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia care in Cameroon

The impact of tobacco smoking and smoking cessation on lung cancer and stroke incidence among people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a simulation modeling study 

Medical education fit for the future requires radical change

The cost of waiting: Index vs. delayed cholecystectomy for acute cholangitis

Risk of financial catastrophe for breast cancer patients in Nigeria: A retrospective analysis

Access to results of patient reported outcome surveys did not improve longitudinal patient reported outcomes in breast cancer patients in a randomized controlled trial

Less is more: Overlapping communication in trauma resuscitation

Reducing the risk of preterm birth

Impact of timing of pregnancy and genetic risk on local therapy choices for young women with breast cancer

Reducing barriers through education: A scoping review calling for structured disability curricula in surgical training programs

Does surgeon-performed intraoperative wire localization allow for lower margin positivity rates compared to radiologist-performed preoperative localization in early breast cancer?

Implementing a global mentoring program: A call to action for mentorship in surgery

Practice variations, trends, and outcomes of drain use in thyroidectomy: A NSQIP study

Examining the false-negative rate of a negative axillary node ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy in breast cancer patients undergoing upfront surgery

Clinical risk factors associated with the need for tracheostomy in traumatic cervical and high thoracic spinal cord injury

Primary needle-knife fistulotomy is safer for biliary access.

Construction and evaluation of the prediction model for advanced disease in well-differentiated colorectal neuroendocrine neoplasms less than 2 cm in diameter

Camrelizumab vs Placebo in Combination With Chemotherapy as Neoadjuvant Treatment in Patients With Early or Locally Advanced Triple-Negative Breast CancerThe CamRelief Randomized Clinical Trial

Neoadjuvant Camrelizumab for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

The Low-Cost, Battery-Powered AI-Enabled Ultrasound Device That Could Improve Global Obstetric Care

Diagnostic Accuracy of an Integrated AI Tool to Estimate Gestational Age From Blind Ultrasound Sweeps

Resuscitation With Placental Circulation Intact Compared With Cord MilkingA Randomized Clinical Trial

Integrating a Postpartum Contraception Intervention in the Maternal and Child Health Care System of ChinaA Randomized Clinical Trial

Time for a ‘bespoke’ approach to inguinal hernias – a ‘peek’ into the modern surgeon’s toolkit.

Quality of life following Shouldice Repair: a prospective cohort study among inguinal hernia patients.

Minimally invasive endoscopic retromuscular technique with transversus abdominis release associated (eTEP-TAR) for right subcostal incisional hernias improves postoperative results when compared to conventional laparoscopic incisional hernia repair: a case-control study.

Education and Training in Global Neurosurgery: The Quest for Diversity and Equitable Collaborations

Estimated Vaccine Effectiveness for Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Lower Respiratory Tract Disease

Mobile App–Facilitated Collaborative Palliative Care Intervention for Critically Ill Older AdultsA Randomized Clinical Trial

Rethinking Palliative Interventions in Critical Care—When More Is Not Better

Adverse Obstetric Outcomes in Pregnancies With Major Fetal Congenital Heart Defects

Gaining Insight into Operative Performance: Analysis of an Automated 360-Degree Feedback Tool Among Perioperative Staff

We need to transform women’s healthcare to tackle “medical misogyny”

Advancement in predictive biomarkers for gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosis and related outcomes: a scoping review 

Incidence of pressure injury in patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury: a systematic review

Is It Time to Abandon Surgery for Low-Risk DCIS?

Gestational Diabetes, the Human Milk Metabolome, and Infant Growth and Adiposity

Contextual factors influencing bubble continuous positive airway pressure implementation for paediatric respiratory distress in low-income and middle-income countries: a realist review

Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Incident Comorbidities

Umbilical Cord Care Practices and Associated Factors Among Mothers Who Gave Birth in The Last Six Months in Hetosa District, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia 2021: Community-Based Mixed Design

Cervical cesarean damage as a growing clinical problem: The association between in-labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies

Using knowledge translation to support the use of evaluation findings: A case study of the linda mama free maternity program in Kenya

Economic evaluation of expanding inguinal hernia repair among adult males in Sierra Leone

Prevention of surgical-site infections: paradoxes in surgical dogma and sustainability 

Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension in Mauritius: A cross-sectional study

Mentorship to strengthen health system leadership: A case study of the Walungu rural health zone in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Disposable diaper consumption and waste in urban Ghana and Kenya: The role of manufacturing, distribution, and branding

Water, food, and mental well-being: Associations between drinking water source, household water and food insecurity, and mental well-being of low-income pregnant women in urban Mozambique

Protecting the most vulnerable: The urgent need to include HIV-exposed children in malaria chemoprevention strategies

From short-term engagements to meaningful and equitable global health partnerships

Evaluation of Adherence to the Oral Antibiotic Treatment in Patients With Diabetic Foot Infection.

Efficacy and Safety of Topical Solution of Diperoxochloric Acid for Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcer: Results from a Phase 3, Multicentre, Randomized, Active-controlled, Parallel-group Study.

Psychological Stress on Wound Healing: A Silent Player in a Complex Background.

Defining the contribution of human error to adverse events in a surgical service

Oncological Safety of MRI-Informed Biopsy Decision-Making in Men With Suspected Prostate Cancer

Polygenic Risk Score and Upgrading in Patients With Prostate Cancer Receiving Active Surveillance

Bilateral Mastectomy vs Lumpectomy and Breast Cancer Mortality Risk

Bilateral Mastectomy vs Lumpectomy and Breast Cancer Mortality Risk—Reply

Single-modality endocrine therapy versus radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in women aged 70 years and older with luminal A-like early breast cancer (EUROPA): a preplanned interim analysis of a phase 3, non-inferiority, randomised trial

Optimising therapy and avoiding overtreatment in breast cancer

Where, why, and how is bias learned in medical image analysis models? A study of bias encoding within convolutional networks using synthetic data

Management of Pleural Effusion in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Guideline

“Medical misogyny” leaves many women in pain, MPs’ inquiry finds

Better data sets won’t solve the problem — we need AI for Africa to be developed in Africa

Use of Biologic and Biosynthetic Mesh for Ventral Hernia Repair in Current Practice

Misapplication of Biologic Mesh in Clean-Site Elective Ventral Hernia Repair

Delayed Mortality in Patients Receiving Postoperative High-Acuity Care

Anesthetic Agents Are Not Harmful During Pregnancy

Anesthetic Agents Are Not Harmful During Pregnancy—Reply

Research capacity strengthening methods and meanings: negotiating power in a global health programme on violence against women 

What research evidence is required on violence against women to inform future pandemic preparedness? A scoping review of the research evidence and gaps

Urinary lipoarabinomannan for diagnosis of Tuberculosis in an HIV-negative population: A scoping review

Unimpaired vision is an indispensable prerequisite for safe driving

The Knowledge, Attitude, Practice And Stressors Of Medico-Legal Issues Among Medical Students, Medical Officers And Residents: The Botswana Experience

‘Getting paid to review is justice’: journal pays peer reviewers in cryptocurrency

Mysterious ‘Disease X’ Outbreak Might Be Malaria. What We Know

Low expression of TOX predicts poor prognosis of patients with breast cancer in the real world: a retrospective study

‘Serum resistin increases in gestational diabetes but does not differ among various trimesters’

Pancreatic Fistula Following Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Focus on Drain Amylase Dynamics and Surgical Variables

Role of Verhoeff’s Elastic Stain to Detect Venous Invasion in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

Improving transparency in malaria programme funds: A business case for connected diagnostics in Kenya

 

Imlunestrant and CDK4/6 Inhibitor in Breast Cancer

Blast Injuries

Liberal Transfusion in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Demedicalising dying: medicine must accept death as a natural part of life

Aortic valve replacements … and other research

Endovascular therapy for acute vertebrobasilar occlusion (VERITAS): a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

Colorectal cancer incidence trends in younger versus older adults: an analysis of population-based cancer registry data

Hodgkin lymphoma therapy: minimising clinical and biological harms

Time to regional surgical care in rural South Africa

Experience of a tertiary/quaternary unit with surgery for endocrine hypertension

Epidemiology and anatomic distribution of colorectal cancer in South Africa

Traumatic limb amputations in polytrauma ICU admissions

Communication across surgical generations – suturing the time gap

The Grey Method for communication across surgical generations

The efficacy of negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the prevention of surgical site occurrences in open abdominal surgery: A randomized clinical trial

The Human Pathology Atlas for deciphering the prognostic features of human cancers

Mechanical bowel preparation reduces anastomotic leaks in surgery

Bedside endoscopic ultrasound guided gallbladder drainage in the Intensive Care Unit in critically ill patients.

Neurological Pupil Index and Intracranial Hypertension in Patients With Acute Brain Injury: A Secondary Analysis of the ORANGE Study

Why African men should get tested for prostate cancer

Rises in mechanical power during operating room-to-ICU transition increase mortality odds

Postpartum depression and associated factors among childbearing women from the recent Demographic and Health Survey data of Mozambique: Multilevel analysis

Midwife-led birthing centre in the humanitarian setup: An experience from the Rohingya camp, Bangladesh

Determining optimal timing of birth for women with chronic or gestational hypertension at term: The WILL (When to Induce Labour to Limit risk in pregnancy hypertension) randomised trial

Long-term cognitive effects of menopausal hormone therapy: Findings from the KEEPS Continuation Study

Trials in Critical Care Medicine

Early Restrictive vs Liberal Oxygen for Trauma PatientsThe TRAUMOX2 Randomized Clinical Trial

High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Acute Respiratory FailureThe RENOVATE Randomized Clinical Trial

Outcomes of surgical patients in a tertiary ICU with incidental COVID-19 in comparison with COVID-19 naïve patients

Is High-Flow Oxygen the Standard for All Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure?

Glycemic Control With Layperson-Delivered Telephone Calls vs Usual Care for Patients With DiabetesA Randomized Clinical Trial

Chlorthalidone vs Hydrochlorothiazide and Kidney Outcomes in Patients With HypertensionA Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Time to Command-Following and Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury

Using artificial intelligence technologies to improve skin cancer detection in primary care

Healthcare waste management knowledge, attitudes and practices of laboratory workers at a regional hospital, Lesotho

Determining optimal timing of birth for women with chronic or gestational hypertension at term: The WILL (When to Induce Labour to Limit risk in pregnancy hypertension) randomised trial

Long-term cognitive effects of menopausal hormone therapy: Findings from the KEEPS Continuation Study

Identification and outcomes of acute kidney disease in patients presenting in Bolivia, Brazil, South Africa, and Nepal

Antimicrobial Resistance: Addressing a Global Threat to Humanity

Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control: Targeting the right people, in the right place, and with the right drug(s)

A decade-long overview of adverse events in a tertiary surgical service in South Africa

Physician Reasons for or Against Treatment Intensification in Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

 Determinants of traditional birth attendant utilisation among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis of the 2019 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 

Cost-effectiveness of long-acting progestogens versus the combined oral contraceptives pill for preventing recurrence of endometriosis-related pain following surgery: an economic evaluation alongside the PRE-EMPT trial

Service availability and readiness to provide maternal and newborn healthcare services in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania: a cross sectional study 

Health and Lifestyle Factors and Dementia Risk Among Former Professional Soccer Players

West African Genetic Ancestry and Breast Cancer Outcomes Among Black Women

Surgical Margin and Other Prognostic Factors of Invasive Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Clinicopathological Mono-center Study

Beyond the Hot Flashes: Exploring the Holistic Approaches to Menopause Management – A Review

Predictors of willingness to patronize traditional bone setters: a cross-sectional study among heads of households in Abakaliki Metropolis, Southeast Nigeria

Allograft bone banking experience in Nigeria: a review of first 2 years

Exploring knowledge, attitude and practices of essential newborn care among puerperal mothers who gave birth at public health facilities of southwest Ethiopia: a mixed study

Viral load suppression among HIV-positive adult patients on the first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen in health facilities in the City of Ekurhuleni, Gauteng province, South Africa

Povidone Iodine vs Chlorhexidine Gluconate in Alcohol for Preoperative Skin Antisepsis

Povidone Iodine vs Chlorhexidine Gluconate in Alcohol for Preoperative Skin Antisepsis

Povidone Iodine vs Chlorhexidine Gluconate in Alcohol for Preoperative Skin Antisepsis—Reply

Physician Reasons for or Against Treatment Intensification in Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Weekly Cisplatin Cycles and Outcomes for Chemoradiation in Head and Neck Cancer

Management of pain and sedation in the intensive care unit

Harnessing faith-based organisations for global health equity

Ensuring Safe Practice by Late Career Physicians: Institutional Policies and Implementation Experiences

Time trends in antithrombotic therapy during pregnancy and maternal and perinatal outcomes in the Netherlands (2013–19): a nationwide cohort study

 Factors associated with declining a menstrual cup among female students and their parents in Ugandan secondary schools: a cross-sectional study 

Pregnancy restructures the brain to prepare for childbirth and parenthood

What is the best time of the month to treat breast cancer?

The respiratory microbiome is linked to the severity of RSV infections and the persistence of symptoms in children

The effect of computer-based Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) approach on the pelvic pain, depression, and anxiety in students with primary dysmenorrhea: a clinical trial study

Teach back educational strategy on knowledge about breast cancer among low health literate women

Regional hotspots for chronic kidney disease: A multinational study from the ISN-GKHA

Food and nutrient intake among non-pregnant, non-lactating women of reproductive age of Mbeya in Tanzania: A repeated 24-hour dietary recall

A global scoping review of the circumstances of care seeking for abortion later in pregnancy

“I can’t make it safe, so I don’t do it”: Exploring obstetricians’ views on barriers and enablers to promoting vaginal birth after caesarean section in Bangladesh

Review of Axial Spondyloarthritis

Redefining Resilience

What Is Chagas Disease?

Alteration of the Tumor Microenvironment With Intratumoral Dendritic Cells Before Chemotherapy in ERBB2 Breast CancerA Nonrandomized Clinical Trial

Estimation of Cancer Deaths Averted From Prevention, Screening, and Treatment Efforts, 1975-2020

Neoadjuvant Exercise Therapy in Patients With Prostate Cancer

Prevalence of cataract and its associated factors among adults aged 40 years and above living in Durame town, Southern Ethiopia, 2023: a community-based cross-sectional study 

Menstrual hygiene practice needs, and depression among refugee women in Jordan: a cross-sectional study

Chronic pancreatitis

Effect of a multicomponent, person-centred care intervention on client experience and HIV treatment outcomes in Zambia: a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial

Improving quality of interpersonal care in HIV programmes

Geographical variation in the incidence of colorectal cancer and urinary tract cancer is associated with population exposure to colibactin-producing Escherichia coli

Comparison of Postoperative Outcomes Among Patients Treated by Male Versus Female Surgeons

Evidence for local anaesthetic transperineal biopsy versus transrectal prostate biopsy

Unusual genetic results in prenatal tests can also flag cancers—in the mom

Urinary lipoarabinomannan for diagnosis of Tuberculosis in an HIV-negative population: A scoping review

Establishment of routine image interpretation presentation for radiographers in the radiology department, Mzuzu Central Hospital

Technical Priorities for Orthopaedic Trauma Care Development in Malawi

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Long-term oncological outcomes of minimally invasive versus open gastrectomy for cancer

Single incision laparoscopic totally preperitoneal hernioplasty (SIL-TPP) for bilateral inguinal hernia repair: initial experience

The application value of 5 Fr non-contact hysteroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of intrauterine diseases in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women

The role of epistemic trust and epistemic disruption in vaccine hesitancy, conspiracy thinking and the capacity to identify fake news

ImpENSA eHealthy Conversation Skills training for healthcare professionals aimed at improving micronutrient status during the first 1000 days in South Africa

Child with Rifampicin‑Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis: A Case Report

Assessment of Oxidative Stress Markers and Antioxidants Status of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients on First- And Second-Line Drugs in a Nigerian Tertiary Institution

Comparative Efficacy of Terbinafine Monotherapy Versus Combined Terbinafine and Voriconazole in Treating Resistant Fungal Infections

Suicide in Malawi- another example of dispensability of men?

Combination Therapy for HBV Infection

Prenatal Screening and Detection of Maternal Cancer

Sepsis and Septic Shock

Axial SpondyloarthritisA Review

Symptom Recovery in Children Aged 5 to 12 Years With Sport-Related and Non–Sport-Related Concussion

Risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage Associated With Direct Oral Anticoagulation vs Antiplatelet TherapyA Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Accuracy in Measurement of Infant Formula Powder and Water by Caregivers With and Without a Crying Baby Present

Effects of Pancreatic Fistula After Minimally Invasive and Open Pancreatoduodenectomy

Double Trouble—Do Smaller Incisions Create Bigger Problems?

Surgical Decision-Making and Umbilical Hernia Repair Outcomes

Neonatal Airways and the Risks of Cuffed Tubes

Neonatal Airways and the Risks of Cuffed Tubes—Reply

Impact of edentulism on community-dwelling adults in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: a systematic review 

TransCatheter aortic valve implantation and fractional flow reserve-guided percutaneous coronary intervention versus conventional surgical aortic valve replacement and coronary bypass grafting for treatment of patients with aortic valve stenosis and complex or multivessel coronary disease (TCW): an international, multicentre, prospective, open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial

TAVI and PCI: redefining treatment for aortic stenosis and complex coronary artery disease

Safety and efficacy of mitapivat in sickle cell disease (RISE UP): results from the phase 2 portion of a global, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

WHO announces first prequalification of a tuberculosis diagnostic test

Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies

When to stop immunotherapy for advanced melanoma: the emulated target trials

Clinicians Struggle to Understand Dramatic Rise in Early Onset Colorectal Cancer

Collaborative Effort Helps Bridge Global Surgery Workforce Gaps

Long-term follow-up of the conventional versus no-touch isolation technique for resection of primary colon cancer (JCOG1006): randomized clinical trial

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Presentation and Challenges Associated with Management Of Children with Craniofacial Anomalies at Kiruddu Regional Referral Hospital: A Case Series Reflecting On Current Service Provision.

The practice and results of age-based coronary study among patients 40 years and above undergoing valve surgery due to rheumatic heart disease: A cross-sectional study

Osteosarcoma diagnosis and treatment at a tertiary hospital in Blantyre, Malawi: A retrospective, descriptive study

Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Zambia’s FlySpec Program in Delivering Specialized Surgical Care to Rural Populations

Changes in the Surgical Management of Melanoma and Measures to Implement Change

ChatGPT turns two: how the AI chatbot has changed scientists’ lives. How many researchers are using the AI tool? Nature gathers data and talks to members of the academic community.

Physicians’ clinical experience and perspectives following a pilot, blended learning, point of care ultrasound course in Ghana- a mixed methods analysis

Rural physicians and social capital: the potential and promises of a rural health research capacity building program

Developing and Evaluating Large Language Model–Generated Emergency Medicine Handoff Notes

Challenges of Surveillance in Implementing Nonoperative Management for Rectal Cancer

Evaluating Bias-Mitigated Predictive Models of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Acceptability of Guidelines to Stop Colon Cancer Screening by Estimated Life Expectancy

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Peer Review Among Top 100 Medical Journals

Cannabis Impacts Brain Plasticity via Astrocyte Receptors

 Temporal trends and spatial heterogeneity of sanitation facilities in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2005–2019 Demographic and Health Surveys

Targeting socioeconomic inequity to reduce liver disease related to alcohol use

Tranexamic acid versus placebo to prevent bleeding in patients with haematological malignancies and severe thrombocytopenia (TREATT): a randomised, double-blind, parallel, phase 3 superiority trial

Antifibrinolytics do not add to the benefits of platelet transfusion

Building resilient surgical systems that can withstand external shocks.