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[ { "content": "Question: MiraLAX vs. Golytely: is there a significant difference in the adenoma detection rate?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['In recent clinical trials (RCT) of bowel preparation, Golytely was more efficacious than MiraLAX. We hypothesised that there is a difference in adenoma detection between Goly...
[ { "content": "Question: Can the growth rate of a gallbladder polyp predict a neoplastic polyp?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Cholecystectomy for GB polyps that are larger than 10 mm is generally recommended because of the high probability of neoplasm. In contrast, a follow-up strategy is preferred for GB polyps sm...
[ { "content": "Question: Stretch-sensitive KCNQ1 mutation A link between genetic and environmental factors in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['This study sought to evaluate mutations in genes encoding the slow component of the cardiac delayed rectifier K+ current (I(Ks)) channe...
[ { "content": "Question: Biomolecular identification of allergenic pollen: a new perspective for aerobiological monitoring?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Accurate and updated information on airborne pollen in specific areas can help allergic patients. Current monitoring systems are based on a morphologic identifica...
[ { "content": "Question: Can Ambu self-inflating bag and Neopuff infant resuscitator provide adequate and safe manual inflations for infants up to 10 kg weight?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"Manual resuscitation devices for infants and newborns must be able to provide adequate ventilation in a safe and consistent ...
[ { "content": "Question: Does menopausal transition affect the quality of life?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The aim of this study was to investigate the role of menopausal transition and menopausal symptoms in relation to quality of life in a cohort of middle-aged women in Kinmen.', 'A total of 734 premenopausal ...
[ { "content": "Question: Does confined placental mosaicism account for adverse perinatal outcomes in IVF pregnancies?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['IVF singletons have poorer perinatal outcomes than singletons from spontaneous conceptions. This may be due to the influence of ovarian stimulation on the chromosomal c...
[ { "content": "Question: Risk stratification in emergency surgical patients: is the APACHE II score a reliable marker of physiological impairment?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II) score used as an intensive care unit (ICU) admission score in emergency s...
[ { "content": "Question: Is perforation of the appendix a risk factor for tubal infertility and ectopic pregnancy?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To critically assess the evidence that appendiceal perforation is a risk factor for subsequent tubal infertility or ectopic pregnancy.', 'Epidemiologic studies investigati...
[ { "content": "Question: Is trabecular bone related to primary stability of miniscrews?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To compare the primary stability of miniscrews inserted into bone blocks of different bone mineral densities (BMDs) with and without cortical bone, and investigate whether some trabecular properties...
[ { "content": "Question: Are tuberculosis patients adherent to prescribed treatments in China?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"Tuberculosis (TB) patients face numerous difficulties adhering to the long-term, rigorous TB treatment regimen. Findings on TB patients' treatment adherence vary across existing literature a...
[ { "content": "Question: Does induction chemotherapy have a role in the management of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To assess the outcomes of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) whose treatment was determined by computerized tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging stagin...
[ { "content": "Question: Is endometrial polyp formation associated with increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and transforming growth factor-beta1?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Endometrial polyp is a common cause of abnormal uterine bleeding, but the etiology and pathogenesis remain unclear. V...
[ { "content": "Question: Fragility of the esophageal mucosa: a pathognomonic endoscopic sign of primary eosinophilic esophagitis?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Primary eosinophilic esophagitis, a chronic inflammatory disorder of the esophagus, evokes recurrent dysphagia. Endoscopy is often unremarkable, and no cons...
[ { "content": "Question: Preoperative platelet count in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: is it a prognostic factor?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Platelet count is inversely related to prognosis in many cancers; however, its role in esophageal cancer is still controversial. The purpose of this study was to deter...
[ { "content": "Question: Undescended testes: does age at orchiopexy affect survival of the testis?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The optimal age at which to perform orchiopexy for cryptorchidism has long been debated. The aim of this study was to determine if age at orchiopexy affected testicular atrophy.', 'A retr...
[ { "content": "Question: Is duration of psychological treatment for depression related to return into treatment?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['There is increasing pressure on mental health providers to reduce the duration of treatments, while retaining level of quality and effectiveness. The risk is that the popula...
[ { "content": "Question: Informed consent for total hip arthroplasty: does a written information sheet improve recall by patients?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To ascertain whether a written information sheet is acceptable to patients and improves recall of the consent interview.', 'Prospective randomised controll...
[ { "content": "Question: Is bicompartmental knee arthroplasty more favourable to knee muscle strength and physical performance compared to total knee arthroplasty?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Bicompartmental knee arthroplasty features bone and ligament sparing as unicompartmental knee arthroplasty and is presumab...
[ { "content": "Question: Can T-cell deficiency affect spatial learning ability following toluene exposure?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The present studywas designed to investigate the possible role of T cells in spatial learning ability in mouse after toluene exposure.', 'Eight-week-old male wild-type (WT) and nu...
[ { "content": "Question: Vertical lines in distal esophageal mucosa (VLEM): a true endoscopic manifestation of esophagitis in children?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['We observed an endoscopic abnormally in a group of children with histological esophagitis. We termed this finding \"vertical lines in esophageal mucos...
[ { "content": "Question: Are high flow nasal cannulae noisier than bubble CPAP for preterm infants?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Noise exposure in the neonatal intensive care unit is believed to be a risk factor for hearing loss in preterm neonates. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices exceed recomme...
[ { "content": "Question: Does the clinical presentation of a prior preterm birth predict risk in a subsequent pregnancy?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The objective of the study was to determine whether risk of recurrent preterm birth differs based on the clinical presentation of a prior spontaneous preterm birth (...
[ { "content": "Question: Does Paget's disease exist in India?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"Paget's disease of bone has been described as a few case reports from India. The aim of the present study is to document the existence of Paget's disease (PD) in India.\", 'We describe demography, clinical manifestations, b...
[ { "content": "Question: The Prevalence of Incidentally Detected Idiopathic Misty Mesentery on Multidetector Computed Tomography: Can Obesity Be the Triggering Cause?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Misty mesentery appearance is commonly reported in daily practice, usually as a secondary finding of various pathologic...
[ { "content": "Question: Percutaneous ethanol injection for benign cystic thyroid nodules: is aspiration of ethanol-mixed fluid advantageous?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['We evaluated the differences between percutaneous ethanol injection with and without aspiration of ethanol-mixed fluid for treatment of benign c...
[ { "content": "Question: Are there associations of health status, disease activity and damage in SLE patients?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"A cross sectional study of 38 patients fulfilling the classification criteria for SLE. The patients visited a rheumatology outpatient clinic in Switzerland between January 20...
[ { "content": "Question: Does intra-abdominal desmoid disease affect patients with an ileal pouch differently than those with an ileorectal anastomosis?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Nobody has analyzed the sequelae of desmoids according to the type of surgery that precipitated them.', 'This study aims to determine...
[ { "content": "Question: Schizophrenia patients with high intelligence: A clinically distinct sub-type of schizophrenia?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"Schizophrenia patients are typically found to have low IQ both pre- and post-onset, in comparison to the general population. However, a subgroup of patients display...
[ { "content": "Question: Steroids in aminoglycoside-containing ear drops: do they reduce cochlear toxicity?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To determine whether betamethasone (BM) reduces the cochlear toxicity of otic gentamicin (GM) if given together.', 'Controlled animal study.', 'Thirty-four mice were assigned at ...
[ { "content": "Question: Is fetal anatomic assessment on follow-up antepartum sonograms clinically useful?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of a fetal anatomic survey on follow-up antepartum sonograms.', \"A retrospective follow-up study was conducted a...
[ { "content": "Question: Does Molecular Genotype Provide Useful Information in the Management of Radioiodine Refractory Thyroid Cancers?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Whether mutation status should be used to guide therapy is an important issue in many cancers. We correlated mutation profile in radioiodine-refracto...
[ { "content": "Question: Could the extent of lymphadenectomy be modified by neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cervical cancer?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) on topographical distribution patterns of lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer was unknown.', 'Patients with FIGO s...
[ { "content": "Question: Does prior benign prostate biopsy predict outcome for patients treated with radical perineal prostatectomy?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To determine the effect of prior benign prostate biopsies on the surgical and clinical outcomes of patients treated with radical perineal prostatectomy f...
[ { "content": "Question: Remote ischemic postconditioning: does it protect against ischemic damage in percutaneous coronary revascularization?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Myocardial damage that is associated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) partially affects the results of the procedure, and is relat...
[ { "content": "Question: Attenuation of ischemia/reperfusion-induced ovarian damage in rats: does edaravone offer protection?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Twenty-eight female Sprague Dawley rats were allocated randomly to 4 groups. The sham group (group 1) was only subjected to catheter insertion, not to pneumoper...
[ { "content": "Question: Is there any interest to perform ultrasonography in boys with undescended testis?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To evaluate the accuracy of ultrasonographic examination in boys with an undescended testis.', 'All patients who were referred to the paediatric surgeon after detection of an unde...
[ { "content": "Question: Does Mammographic Density have an Impact on the Margin Re-excision Rate After Breast-Conserving Surgery?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Limited and conflicting data exist on an association between mammographic density (MD) and re-excision rates after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). Addition...
[ { "content": "Question: Suturing of the nasal septum after septoplasty, is it an effective alternative to nasal packing?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To discuss and compare the results of suturing the nasal septum after septoplasty with the results of nasal packing.', 'A prospective study, which was performed at ...
[ { "content": "Question: Internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint: is there still a place for ultrasound?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of articular sounds, standardized clinical examination, and standardized articular ultrasound in the detection o...
[ { "content": "Question: Are serum leptin levels a prognostic factor in advanced lung cancer?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['There are 71 previously untreated patients with cytological or histological evidence of primary lung cancer who were admitted to the oncology department between November 2013 and August 2014. ...
[ { "content": "Question: Serovar specific immunity to Neisseria gonorrhoeae: does it exist?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To determine whether the host immune response to gonorrhoea provides limited serovar specific protection from reinfection.', '508 episodes of gonorrhoea diagnosed at a city centre genitourinary ...
[ { "content": "Question: Do viral infections have a role in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To investigate the role of viral infection in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).', 'In this retrospective study, 483 patients with BPPV were included in the study group. The cont...
[ { "content": "Question: Do cytokines have any role in epilepsy?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['We analyzed cytokines levels in patients with epilepsy and new onset seizure and correlated it with various parameters.', 'After obtaining consent, serum samples from 100 patients with epilepsy or new onset seizure were p...
[ { "content": "Question: Does somatostatin confer insulinostatic effects of neuromedin u in the rat pancreas?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Neuromedin U (NmU) is a neuropeptide with anorexigenic activity. Two receptor subtypes (NmUR1 and NmUR2) confer the effects of NmU on target cells. We have recently demonstrate...
[ { "content": "Question: Location and number of sutures placed for hiatal hernia repair during laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: does it matter?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['It has been demonstrated that hiatal hernia repair (HHR) during laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) decreases the rate of r...
[ { "content": "Question: Can patients be anticoagulated after intracerebral hemorrhage?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Warfarin increases both the likelihood and the mortality of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), particularly in patients with a history of prior ICH. In light of this consideration, should a patient wit...
[ { "content": "Question: Is (18)F-FDG a surrogate tracer to measure tumor hypoxia?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been reported as a surrogate tracer to measure tumor hypoxia with positron emission tomography (PET). The hypothesis is that there is an increased uptake of FDG under hypoxic...
[ { "content": "Question: Treadmill training post stroke: are there any secondary benefits?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To explore the secondary benefits of treadmill training for people in the chronic stage of recovery from stroke.', 'Modified random assignment, matched-pair control group design with repeated mea...
[ { "content": "Question: Orthostatic myoclonus: an underrecognized cause of unsteadiness?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Recently, orthostatic myoclonus (OM) has been suggested as a cause of gait impairment and unsteadiness in neurodegenerative diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of orth...
[ { "content": "Question: Outcomes of severely injured adult trauma patients in an Australian health service: does trauma center level make a difference?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Trauma centers are designated to provide systematized multidisciplinary care to injured patients. Effective trauma systems reduce pat...
[ { "content": "Question: Is there a uniform basal endometrial gene expression profile during the implantation window in women who became pregnant in a subsequent ICSI cycle?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To understand which genes are really involved in the implantation process, we planned to study the gene basal ex...
[ { "content": "Question: Antiretroviral therapy related adverse effects: Can sub-Saharan Africa cope with the new \"test and treat\" policy of the World Health Organization?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Recent studies have shown that early antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation results in significant HIV transmis...
[ { "content": "Question: Could chest wall rigidity be a factor in rapid death from illicit fentanyl abuse?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['There has been a significant spike in fentanyl-related deaths from illicit fentanyl supplied via the heroin trade. Past fentanyl access was primarily oral or dermal via prescripti...
[ { "content": "Question: Do women with ovaries of polycystic morphology without any other features of PCOS benefit from short-term metformin co-treatment during IVF?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Women with ovaries of polycystic morphology (PCO), without any other features of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), respo...
[ { "content": "Question: Can EMS Providers Provide Appropriate Tidal Volumes in a Simulated Adult-sized Patient with a Pediatric-sized Bag-Valve-Mask?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['In the prehospital setting, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professionals rely on providing positive pressure ventilation with a bag-v...
[ { "content": "Question: Does a colonoscopy after acute diverticulitis affect its management?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"Medical records of 220 patients hospitalized for acute diverticulitis between June 1, 2002 and September 1, 2009 were reviewed. Acute diverticulitis was diagnosed by clinical criteria and cha...
[ { "content": "Question: Is cardiovascular evaluation necessary prior to and during beta-blocker therapy for infantile hemangiomas?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Although consensus guidelines for pretreatment evaluation and monitoring of propranolol therapy in patients with infantile hemangiomas (IH) have been form...
[ { "content": "Question: Can Roux-en-Y gastric bypass provide a lifelong solution for diabetes mellitus?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The surgical treatment of diabetes had witnessed progressive development and success since the first case of pancreatic transplantation. Although this was a great step, wide clinica...
[ { "content": "Question: Could ESC (Electronic Stability Control) change the way we drive?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['ESC (Electronic Stability Control) is a crash avoidance technology that reduces the likelihood of collisions involving loss of control. Although past and emerging research indicates that ESC is e...
[ { "content": "Question: Can clinical supervision sustain our workforce in the current healthcare landscape?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"Clinical supervision is widely recognised as a mechanism for providing professional support, professional development and clinical governance for healthcare workers. There have...
[ { "content": "Question: Some aspects of social exclusion: do they influence suicide mortality?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"The current study is aimed to assess the relationship between the 'economic/employment' and 'social/welfare' dimensions of social exclusion and suicide mortality in Europe.\", \"Suicide rat...
[ { "content": "Question: Ultrasound in squamous cell carcinoma of the penis; a useful addition to clinical staging?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['As part of the staging procedure in squamous cell carcinoma of the penis, we assessed the role of ultrasound examination, in particular its role in assessing the extent a...
[ { "content": "Question: Metered-dose inhalers. Do health care providers know what to teach?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The specific aim of this investigation was to evaluate the proficiency of health care providers and patients in the proper use of metered-dose inhalers.', 'Health care providers, which include ...
[ { "content": "Question: Does transverse apex coincide with coronal apex levels (regional or global) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Cross-sectional.', 'To identify the regional and global apexes of curves in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and to compare the levels of those with t...
[ { "content": "Question: Diagnostic characteristics of child bipolar I disorder: does the \"Treatment of Early Age Mania (team)\" sample generalize?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To examine the representativeness of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) sample versus one obtained by consecutive new case ascertainment...
[ { "content": "Question: Health care for immigrants in Europe: is there still consensus among country experts about principles of good practice?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['European Member States are facing a challenge to provide accessible and effective health care services for immigrants. It remains unclear how...
[ { "content": "Question: Is the fibronectin-aggrecan complex present in cervical disk disease?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To investigate the presence of inflammatory cytokines and the fibronectin-aggrecan complex (FAC) in persons undergoing surgical treatment for cervical radiculopathy caused by disk herniation....
[ { "content": "Question: Affect-regulated exercise intensity: does training at an intensity that feels 'good' improve physical health?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"Affect-regulated exercise to feel 'good' can be used to control exercise intensity amongst both active and sedentary individuals and should support ex...
[ { "content": "Question: Are hepatitis G virus and TT virus involved in cryptogenic chronic liver disease?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Hepatitis G virus can cause chronic infection in man but the role of this agent in chronic liver disease is poorly understood. Little is known about the relation of another newly ...
[ { "content": "Question: Do somatic complaints predict subsequent symptoms of depression?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Evidence suggests substantial comorbidity between symptoms of somatization and depression in clinical as well as nonclinical populations. However, as most existing research has been retrospective ...
[ { "content": "Question: Acute respiratory distress syndrome in children with malignancy--can we predict outcome?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The purpose of this study was to delineate early respiratory predictors of mortality in children with hemato-oncology malignancy who developed acute respiratory distress sy...
[ { "content": "Question: Inhibin: a new circulating marker of hydatidiform mole?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To define the concentrations of inhibin in serum and tissue of patients with hydatidiform mole and assess their value as a clinical marker of the condition.', 'Prospective study of new patients with hydati...
[ { "content": "Question: Application of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) in MR-mammography (MRM): do we really need whole lesion time curve distribution analysis?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The identification of the most suspect enhancing part of a lesion is regarded as a major diagnostic criterion in dynamic magn...
[ { "content": "Question: Is fear of anaphylactic shock discouraging surgeons from more widely adopting percutaneous and laparoscopic techniques in the treatment of liver hydatid cyst?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Sources of reports about laparoscopic and percutaneous treatment of liver hydatid cysts are limited to...
[ { "content": "Question: Is grandmultiparity an independent risk factor for adverse perinatal outcomes?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To compare maternal and neonatal outcomes among grandmultiparous women to those of multiparous women 30 years or older.', 'A database of the vast majority of maternal and newborn hos...
[ { "content": "Question: Are women with major depression in pregnancy identifiable in population health data?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Although record linkage of routinely collected health datasets is a valuable research resource, most datasets are established for administrative purposes and not for health out...
[ { "content": "Question: Does the manic/mixed episode distinction in bipolar disorder patients run true over time?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The authors sought to determine whether the manic/mixed episode distinction in patients with bipolar disorder runs true over time.', 'Over an 11-year period, the observed ...
[ { "content": "Question: Do general practice characteristics influence uptake of an information technology (IT) innovation in primary care?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Recent evaluations of IT innovations in primary care have highlighted variations between centres and practices in uptake and use. We evaluated whe...
[ { "content": "Question: Predicting admission at triage: are nurses better than a simple objective score?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"In this single-centre prospective study, triage nurses estimated the probability of admission using a 100\\u2005mm visual analogue scale (VAS), and GAPS was generated automaticall...
[ { "content": "Question: Is vitamin D deficiency a feature of pediatric celiac disease?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy characterized by villus atrophy and malabsorption of essential nutrients. Vitamin D deficiency has been described in autoimmune diseases, but its sta...
[ { "content": "Question: Is it Crohn's disease?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Sulfasalazine is a widely used anti-inflammatory agent in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and several rheumatological disorders. Although as many as 20% of treated patients may experience reversible, dose-dependent side effect...
[ { "content": "Question: Do healthier lifestyles lead to less utilization of healthcare resources?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Governments are urged to determine methods to control the use of medical resources and curb the rise of healthcare costs. The question is, do health behaviors have an impact on the use of...
[ { "content": "Question: Cigarettes and cinema: does parental restriction of R-rated movie viewing reduce adolescent smoking susceptibility?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To examine the relationship between exposure to pro-smoking messages in media and susceptibility to smoking adoption among middle school students...
[ { "content": "Question: Does managed care enable more low income persons to identify a usual source of care?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['By requiring or encouraging enrollees to obtain a usual source of care, managed care programs hope to improve access to care without incurring higher costs.', '(1) To examine t...
[ { "content": "Question: Does topical ropivacaine reduce the post-tonsillectomy morbidity in pediatric patients?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To determine whether post-operative administration of topical ropivacaine hydrochloride decreases morbidity following adenotonsillectomy.', 'Prospective, randomized, double-...
[ { "content": "Question: Is minimally invasive mitral valve repair with artificial chords reproducible and applicable in routine surgery?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Traditional resectional techniques and chordal transfer are difficult to apply in video-assisted mitral valve repair. Using artificial chords appear...
[ { "content": "Question: The effective orifice area/patient aortic annulus area ratio: a better way to compare different bioprostheses?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The aim of this prospective, randomized study was to compare the hemodynamic performance of the Medtronic Mosaic and Edwards Perimount bioprostheses i...
[ { "content": "Question: Are there gender differences in the reasons why African Americans delay in seeking medical help for symptoms of an acute myocardial infarction?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To identify gender differences in delay time and the reasons why African Americans delay in seeking medical care for ...
[ { "content": "Question: Is Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytic Dysfunction in Children With Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis a Forerunner to Bronchiectasis?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Children with recurrent protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) and bronchiectasis share common features, and PBB is likely a forerunner...
[ { "content": "Question: Does multi-modal cervical physical therapy improve tinnitus in patients with cervicogenic somatic tinnitus?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Tinnitus can be related to many different aetiologies such as hearing loss or a noise trauma, but it can also be related to the somatosensory system of t...
[ { "content": "Question: Is aerobic workload positively related to ambulatory blood pressure?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Cardiovascular disease is prevalent among workers with high levels of occupational physical activity. The increased risk may be due to a high relative aerobic workload, possibly leading to inc...
[ { "content": "Question: The secular growth acceleration: does it appear during fetal life?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['To test if secular growth acceleration occurs during fetal life.', \"ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U-test have been used for the biometric characteristics comparison of nowadays fetal po...
[ { "content": "Question: Should prostate specific antigen be adjusted for body mass index?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Obesity may be associated with lower prostate specific antigen through hemodilution. We examined the relationship between body mass index and prostate specific antigen by age in men without prost...
[ { "content": "Question: 30-Day and 1-year mortality in emergency general surgery laparotomies: an area of concern and need for improvement?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Emergency surgery is associated with poorer outcomes and higher mortality with recent studies suggesting the 30-day mortality to be 14-15%. The a...
[ { "content": "Question: Cerebromediastinal tuberculosis in a child with a probable Say-Barber-Miller syndrome: a causative link?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Tuberculosis continues to be a public health problem in emerging countries with a recent evidence of increased incidence of extrapulmonary localization in d...
[ { "content": "Question: Is diffusion-weighted imaging a significant indicator of the development of vascularization in hypovascular hepatocellular lesions?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in predicting the development of vascularization i...
[ { "content": "Question: Should general practitioners call patients by their first names?\n\nContext: {'contexts': [\"To assess the acceptability to patients of the use of patients' first names by doctors and doctors' first names by patients in general practice.\", 'An administered questionnaire survey.', '5 Gen...
[ { "content": "Question: Do ART patients face higher C-section rates during their stage of delivery?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['The mode of delivery depends on multiple parameters. After assisted reproductive technology (ART), previous studies have shown elevated C-section rates but few studies differentiated be...
[ { "content": "Question: Therapeutic anticoagulation in the trauma patient: is it safe?\n\nContext: {'contexts': ['Trauma patients who require therapeutic anticoagulation pose a difficult treatment problem. The purpose of this study was to determine: (1) the incidence of complications using therapeutic anticoagu...