Urgent care centres for reducing the demand on emergency departments: a scoping review of published quantitative and qualitative studies

AbstractObjectives To find published research that looked at the influence of urgent care centers on the frequency of visits to emergency departments (EDs) or the experiences and perspectives of patients and practitioners on urgent care centers as alternative sources of health care and guidance. Study design: Scoping evaluation of qualitative and quantitative research published till August 28, 2024. Data sources include the MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PsycINFO, and CINAHL databases, as well as grey literature searches.

Podocyte infolding glomerulopathy after 25 years of clinical remission of lupus nephritis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report and review of literature

Podocyte infolding glomerulopathy (PIG) is an uncommon degenerative condition that has lately received more attention. The majority of documented occurrences have been related with connective tissue illnesses, particularly systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We present the first instance of Infolding Glomerulopathy linked with SLE in the Middle East.

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soil organic carbon in coastal wetland

Tidal marshes, which act as substantial carbon (C) sinks, are under growing threat from global changes such as nitrogen (N) loading and sea-level rise. Our findings revealed that the combined effects of N loading and higher inundation resulted in a novel reaction that could not have been expected by their separate impacts alone, with implications for tidal marsh management under concurrent global change scenarios.

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