Pak J Med Sci
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In China, for economic reasons, induction regimes for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) often involve domestically produced idarubicin (IDA) rather than imported IDA. Our objective was to compare the effectiveness of induction regimens in combination with cytarabine; involving imported or domestic IDA, or daunorubicin (DNR). ⋯ Cytarabine induction regimens showed similar remission rates in combination with IDA produced in China compared to imported IDA and were more effective than DNR.
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To assess learning styles and the association of various teaching methodologies of medical students. ⋯ Students from different years of study at medical school did not have significantly different learning styles though the student's preferences to teaching methodologies seem to change over time in the respective learning style groups. Longitudinal studies are necessary to identify the factors influencing such change and explore the association between learning styles over time on teaching methodologies in medical education.
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To find out medical students' perceptions and attitudes toward medical leadership and management (MLM). ⋯ Many students were well aware of the MLM concepts. However, students agreed that management/leadership skills are important for clinicians, and there should be more leadership training in medical schools.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, has progressed to a pandemic associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Little is known about the healthcare workers who died fighting the disease in China. This paper analyzed the data of 78 Chinese healthcare workers who died in the fight against COVID-19 between 23 January and 2 June, 2020, and revealed the following characteristics. ⋯ Third, although more women than men were involved in fighting the pandemic, more men died. Fourth, more healthcare workers died in Hubei than in other provinces. Fifth, most of the healthcare workers who died directly from COVID-19 were non-professionals.
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In order to understand the incidence and epidemiological characteristics of gestational diabetes mellitus, the ultrasound imaging of support vector machine processing algorithm was used to clarify the outcome of maternal and neonatal gestational diabetes mellitus. ⋯ In maternal gestational diabetes in high risk pregnancies, complications of pregnancy significantly increase the importance of enhancing weight management and blood glucose monitoring to reduce complications.