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A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission Experiences

open access: yesInternational Journal of Medical Students, 2022
Attaining admission into medical school has been described as a very competitive process by successful matriculants. The processes that medical schools use to classify applicants can greatly differ among institutions.
Jack B. Ding   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced urological cancers with pre-existing autoimmune disorders: a retrospective international multicenter study

open access: yesJournal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 2020
Background There is limited experience regarding the safety and efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors (CPI) in patients with autoimmune disorders (AD) and advanced urological cancers as they are generally excluded from clinical trials due to risk of ...
Elaine Lam   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term and serious harms of medical cannabis and cannabinoids for chronic pain: a systematic review of non-randomised studies

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objective To establish the prevalence of long-term and serious harms of medical cannabis for chronic pain.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO and CENTRAL from inception to 1 April 2020.Study selection Non ...
Arnav Agarwal   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selecting medical students [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2008
Tests of cognitive ability are probably the best method at present The selection of the doctors of tomorrow is a subject of constant interest because it raises questions about ensuring equity, predicting human behaviour, and defining the characteristics of a good doctor. In the United Kingdom, it costs about £200 000 (€260 000; $400 000) to train each
Celia A, Brown, Richard J, Lilford
openaire   +2 more sources

Prospective evaluation of an ultrathin strut biodegradable polymer-coated sirolimus-eluting stent: 12 months’ results from the S-FLEX UK registry

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2019
Objective To prospectively evaluate safety and efficacy of the ultrathin strut biodegradable polymer-coated Supraflex sirolimus-eluting stent (S-SES) in ‘real world’ patient population requiring percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).Methods National ...
Scot Garg   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anaesthesia care providers employed in humanitarian settings by Médecins Sans Frontières: a retrospective observational study of 173 084 surgical cases over 10 years

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Objective To describe the extent to which different categories of anaesthesia provider are used in humanitarian surgical projects and to explore the volume and nature of their surgical workload.Design Descriptive analysis using 10 years (2008–2017) of ...
Mike English   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Utility of KI-67 as a prognostic biomarker in pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasms: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objectives Ki-67, a marker of cellular proliferation, is associated with prognosis across a wide range of tumours, including gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs), lymphoma, urothelial tumours and breast carcinomas. Its omission from the
Salma Naheed   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Primacy of Ethics in Aesthetic Medicine: A Review

open access: yesPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Background:. The landscape of modern aesthetic medicine has witnessed a paradigm shift from traditional doctor-led care to a consumer-driven model, presenting a plethora of ethical challenges.
Sylvia Ramirez, MD, MPH, MBA   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stressful Events Reported by Childhood Cancer Survivors and Community Controls From the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort: A Mixed Method Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utility of Computed Tomography Surveillance of Asymptomatic Infection in Children and Young Adults Before Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Asymptomatic infection poses a significant risk for children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Pre‐transplant surveillance computed tomography (CT) is commonly used to identify occult infection, though its diagnostic yield remains uncertain.
Tyler Obermark   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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