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Provider–Patient Communication About Adherence to Anti-retroviral Regimens...

AbstractDisparities in HIV care and outcomes negatively affect Black and Hispanic patients. Features of clinical communication may be a factor. This study is based on coding transcripts of 404 routine...

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Interventions that Reach into Communities—Promising Directions for Reducing...

AbstractRacial/ethnic disparities in healthcare are widespread in the USA and are prevalent across healthcare organizations, including the “equal access” Veterans’ Affairs (VA) integrated healthcare...

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Epistaxis Due to Leech Infestation in Nose: A Report of Six Cases and Review...

AbstractThe aim of this study is to report unusual cause of epistaxis due to leech infestation in nose in hilly area and its management. The study was carried out for a period of 4 years (2008–2012) in...

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Which Clinician Questions Elicit Accurate Disclosure of Antiretroviral...

AbstractThis study evaluated how clinicians assess antiretroviral (ARV) adherence in clinical encounters, and which questions elicit accurate responses. We conducted conversation analysis of...

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Timeliness of Colonoscopy After Abnormal Fecal Test Results in a Safety Net...

AbstractFecal testing can only reduce colorectal cancer mortality if patients with an abnormal test result receive a follow-up colonoscopy. As part of the Strategies and Opportunities to STOP Colon...

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Molecular characterization and evaluation of the emerging...

AbstractBackgroundGroup A Streptococcus strains causing wide variety of diseases, recently became noticeable in eastern India, are not amenable to standard treatment protocol thus enhancing the...

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The SUMMIT ambulatory-ICU primary care model for medically and socially...

AbstractBackgroundMedically complex urban patients experiencing homelessness comprise a disproportionate number of high-cost, high-need patients. There are few studies of interventions to improve care...

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Correction to: Do Words Matter? Stigmatizing Language and the Transmission of...

In the HTML version of this paper, Ms. Goddu was incorrectly listed. The correct citation should be AP Goddu. Exposure to the stigmatizing language note was associated with more negative attitudes...

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Emotional Communication in HIV Care: An Observational Study of Patients’...

AbstractEmotional support is essential to good communication, yet clinicians often miss opportunities to provide empathy to patients. Our study explores the nature of emotional expressions found among...

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High perceived social support and hospital readmissions in an older...

AbstractBackgroundEarly readmission amongst older safety-net hospitalized adults is costly. Interventions to prevent early readmission have had mixed success. The role of perceived social support is...

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Social connectedness, depression symptoms, and health service utilization: a...

AbstractPurposeOur study explored whether aspects of veterans’ social connectedness (social support, interpersonal conflict, loneliness, social norms, number of confidants) are associated with change...

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Multiple parotid calculi: a rare case presentation

EnAbstractObjectiveThe aim of this study was to present a rare case of multiple parotid calculi (intraglandular and intraductal).Case presentationHere, we report the case of a 35-year-old man...

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Frontal sinus osteoplastic flap: is it relevant today?

AbstractIn the present era where frontal sinus surgery is synonymous with functional endoscopic sinus surgery, we present a case series comprising six cases of varied frontal sinus pathology that were...

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Middle ear myxoma: a diagnostic dilemma and its management, a case report

AbstractThe aim of this study was to present a rare case report of myxoma of the mastoid cleft/temporal bone with intracranial extension and its management and follow-up. A 13-year-old girl presented...

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Patient-clinician communication and patient-centered outcomes among patients...

AbstractAmong patients with suspected early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), we sought to evaluate the association of patient-clinician communication (PCC) with patient-centered outcomes...

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Evolution of primordial black holes in an adiabatic FLRW universe with...

AbstractWe study the evolution of primordial black holes (PBHs) in an adiabatic FLRW universe with dissipation due to bulk viscosity which is considered to be in the form of gravitational particle...

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A Clinicopathological Evaluation of the Correlation of Carcinoma Oral Tongue...

AbstractAimsBeing an important prognostic predictor in carcinoma oral tongue, neck metastasis poses an adverse impact on prognosis.The management of neck is still controversial. Neck metastasis depends...

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Does the Quality of Behavior Change Counseling in Routine HIV Care Vary...

AbstractHIV clinicians face increasing time constraints. Our objective was to describe the prevalence and quality of behavior change counseling within routine HIV visits and to explore whether...

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Submandibular Gland Excision with Facial Artery Preservation: The Argument...

AbstractTo evaluate the difference in average operating time and intraoperative blood loss in transcervical submandibular gland excision for isolated benign submandibular diseases, while preserving the...

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Varying Course of External Branch of Superior Laryngeal Nerve (EBSLN) and...

AbstractSurgical management of a diseased thyroid depends on sonological and pathological evaluation and thereby, planning of the surgery. The definite surgery has two objectives: removal of the...

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