Postgraduate medical journal
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Postoperative recovery, as a window to observe perioperative treatment effect and patient prognosis, is a common outcome indicator in clinical research and has attracted more and more attention of surgeons and anaesthesiologists. Postoperative recovery is a subjective, multidimensional, long-term, complex process, so it is unreasonable to only use objective indicators to explain it. ⋯ We also found that it is urgently necessary to perform further researches and develop a scale that can serve as the gold universal standard to evaluate postoperative recovery. In addition, with the rapid development of intelligent equipment, the establishment and validation of electronic scales is also an interesting direction.
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Performance and selection rate of non-newly graduated physicians in a medical residency admission test as an indicator for the need of continuing education. ⋯ There is an association between performance in a medical residency admission test and academic variables of the candidates: medical school grades and time elapsed from graduation to test taking. The evidence of decrease in retention of medical knowledge since graduation highlights the pertinence of continuing education interventions.
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This study is on the use of the adapted Diabetes Complications Severity Index (aDCSI) for erectile dysfunction (ED) risk stratification in male patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). ⋯ Progression in aDCSI score might be used for ED risk stratification in men affected by type 2 DM.
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Recent reports have suggested a link between COVID-19 infection and subacute thyroiditis (SAT). We aimed to describe variations in clinical and biochemical parameters in patients developing post-COVID SAT. ⋯ Ours is the largest single-centre cohort of post-COVID-19 SAT reported until, demonstrating two distinct clinical presentations-without and with neck pain-depending on time elapsed since COVID-19 diagnosis. Persistent lymphopaenia during the immediate post-COVID recovery period could be a key driver of early,painless SAT. Close monitoring of thyroid functions for at least 6 months is warranted in all cases.