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• Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Around HIV/AIDS and other STIs Among Syrians: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Hidar Alibrahim, Sarya Swed, Haidara Bohsas, Khaled Albakri, Bisher Sawaf, Mohamed Elsayed

  S209

• Learning of Intimate Area Examination Amongst Pakistani Medical Students: KAP Study

  Masooma Bakhtiari, Muhammad Tayyab Ijaz, Rana Muhammad Umar Farooq, Muhammad Imran Hameed Daula, Amna Shahab

  S118

• Lifesaving Sonography Protocols: A Pilot Course Involving Undergraduate Medical Students

  Jakub Wisniewski, Hanna Garnier

  15-18

• Man Versus Machine: Can Artificial Intelligence Distinguish Between the Quality of Online Health Information on Social Media?

  Christian A. Persichetti

  S103

• Med Moth: A Storytelling Platform for Improving Wellness in Medical Education

  Michelle Silver, Sarah Ohnigian, Hugh Silk, Michael Ennis, Judith Savageau

  300-303

• Medical Student POCUS Peer-to-Peer Teaching: Ready for Mainstream

  Mazen El-Baba, Kathryn Corbett, Kate Dillon, Claire Heslop

  11-14

• Medical Student Teleconferencing Experiences and Financial Status: A Cross-Sectional Survey

  Ivy A. Huang, Yasmeen Dhindsa, Alina J. Chen, James Wu, Justin P. Wagner, Areti Tillou, Formosa Chen

  56-62

• Medical Students’ Awareness About Value-Based Health Care in Brazil: A Cross Sectional Study

  Gustavo Hirt, Fernanda Gushken, Guilherme Borges Gomes da Silva, Daniel Lacerda Heringer, Luciano Castro Gomes de Mello, Daniel Tavares Malheiro, Marcia Makdisse

  129-138

• Medical Students’ Perception Towards the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico: Distance Learning, Assisting Hospitals, and Vaccination

  Edgar Botello-Hernández, Patricio Garcia-Espinosa, Juan P. Ruiz-Padilla , Gabriela Torres-Hernández, Luis E. Fernandez-Garza

  33-36
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  Medical Students’ Stress Levels Are Correlated with Their Sleep Quality and Life Satisfaction

  Ervin Ozdemir, Yigit Yazarkan, Bilge Pehlivanoglu

  53-59

• Meloxicam Decreases the Formation of Peritoneal Adhesions in an Experimental Surgical Model in Rats

  Luis Alfredo Hernandez Villarroel, Henry Fernandez, Luisa Cesin

  6-13

• Men’s Experiences with the Hockey Fans in Training Weight Loss and Healthy Lifestyle Program

  Stephanie Brianne Muise, Dawn P. Gill, Ashleigh De Cruz, Brendan Riggin, Roseanne Pulford, Shannon L. Sibbald, Robert J. Petrella

  91-95

• Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: What We Can Learn From a Qualitative Study of Patient Perceptions Following Emergency Department Discharge

  Kate Ziqiu Wang, Marcia Ward, John Macfarlane

  S168

• Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Obtained from Hemodialyzed Patients at the Hospital de Clínicas of Paraguay: A pilot study

  Rubén Arturo Silvero Isidre,, Fátima Rodríguez Acosta, César Rodrigo Cristaldo Vargas, Genaro Américo Velázquez Romero, José Félix Plans Perrota, Rosa María Guillén Fretes

  14-19

• Monkeypox Awareness Among the Syrian Doctors and Medical Students: A Cross Sectional Study

  Sarya Swed, Hidar Alibrahim, Haidara Bohsas, Mohammed Amir Rais, Sheikh Shoib, Yazan Khair Eldien Jabban, Lazaward Kazan, Noor Hussain, Bisher Sawaf

  S206

• Multilayer Perceptron Artificial Neural Networks and Tree Models as Multifactorial Binary Predictors of Heart Disease and Failure

  Jehad Amer Yasin

  S69

• Near-peer Teaching in Histology Laboratory

  María de los Ángeles Cambrón-Carmona, Carmen Natalia Tallón de Lara, Ignacio Ruz Caracuel, Fernando Leiva Cepas, Rubén Giovanetti González, Soledad Zurita Lozano, Juan Cámara Pérez, Julia Casado Ruiz, José Peña

  14-18

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea In An Indian Population: A Cross Sectional Study

  Asmi Fatima Khan

  S108

• Outcomes of Vascular Intervention in Diabetic Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease

  Mahfujul Z. Haque, Rumyah Rafique, Syeda Reesha, Shahrin Khan, Arif Hussain, Mashkur Husain

  S186

• Pandemic-Related Experiences and Psychosocial Risk Associations Among U.S. Medical Students

  Nathaniel A. Jenkins, Damion J. Grasso

  288-293

• Pap Smear Readability on Google: An Analysis of Online Articles Regarding One of the Most Routine Medical Screening Tests

  Mark J. Parry, Travis S. Dowdle, Jesse N. Steadman, Tiffany R. Guerra, Kim L. Cox

  257-262

• Participatory Learning of Medical Students through Development of Innovative Training Modules for Community Health Workers

  Rahul Ramesh Bogam, Vivek Saoji, Ranjana Sahasrabudhe, Apoorva Saoji

  100-103

• Patient Perception of Physician Attire Before and After Disclosure of the Risks of Microbial Contamination

  Enoch C. T. So, Faraday H. F. Fung, Joshua K. H. Yeung, Lilian H. Y. Chow, Julio S. H. Kwok, Ruby L. Y. Lam, Tommy C. Y. So, Faye S. M. Yu, Dana Vackova, Gilberto K. K. Leung

  109-114

• Patterns of Coronary Artery Dominance and Association with Severity of Coronary Artery Disease at a Large Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan

  Ata ul Haiy, Tehreem K. Ramay, Roshaan Haider, Amna Shamim, Syeda A. Kazmi, Mohammad A. Aslam, Nasiha Khalid

  114-119

• Penile Cancer in Cali, Colombia: 10 Years of Casuistry in a Tertiary Referral Center of a Middle-Income Country

  Lina M. Rengifo, Maria del M. Herrera, Angie L. Rincon-Jimenez, Alberto J. Bermudez-Pupo, Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar

  109-114

• Perception of Medical Students on the Effect of Covid-19 on Medical Education in Nigeria

  Adeleke Victor Fasiku, Ibrahim Abdulsamad, James Kolade Adegoke, Adedeji Samson Afolabi, Samson Olaniyi Adedayo, Ayomide Olanipekun, Temitope Olumuyiwa Ojo

  197-201

• Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) and Stent Implantation in Hemodialysis Patients with Central Venous Stenosis:A Study of Outcomes

  Kahan S. Mehta, Maurya A. Joshi, Hareesha Rishab Bharadwaj, Mohammed Omar

  S107

• Pocket Size Ultra-Sound versus Cardiac Auscultation in Diagnosing Cardiac Valve Pathologies: A Prospective Cohort

  Lior Zeller, Lior Fuchs, Tomer Maman, Tali Shafat, Yaniv Faingelernt, Leonid Barski, Noah Liel-Cohen, Sergio L. Kobal

  294-299

• Predictors of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation Mortality: A Single-center, Five-year Retrospective Study

  Patricio Garcia-Espinosa, Edgar Botello-Hernández, Gabriela Torres-Hernández, Clarissa Guerrero-Cavazos, Estefania Villareal-Garza, Andrea Flores-Rodriguez

  213-218

• Predictors of Early (0-7 Days) and Late (8-30 Days) Readmission in a Cohort of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients

  George Cholack, Joshua Garfein, Rachel Krallman, Delaney Feldeisen, Daniel Montgomery, Eva Kline-Rogers, Geoffrey D. Barnes, Kim Eagle, Melvyn Rubenfire, Sherry Bumpus

  38-48

• Preliminary Insights into JWH182: a Synthetic Cannabinoid’s Neuroprotective Role Against Paclitaxel-Induced Neuronal Toxicity

  Mălina Maria Cernătescu, Ioana Creangă-Murariu, Bogdan Ionel Tamba

  S85
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  Prevalence and Burden of Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction Among UK Medical Students

  Lydia C. Brown, Imran Aziz

  43-52

• Prevalence and Correlates of Internet Gaming Disorder Among an Advanced Level Student Population from Colombo, Sri Lanka

  Minura Manjitha Manchanayake, Thalpe Guruge Madara Malsirini, Ashan Manelka Vithanage, Dushyanthi Jayawardene

  165-174

• Prevalence and Progression of Ametropias in Medical Students

  Gustavo Costa Santos, Rafael Cunha de Almeida, Willany Veloso Reinaldo, Fernando Rocha Oliveira, Shaun Schofield, Roberto Conde Santos, Glaucia Luciano da Veiga, Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca, Vagner Loduca Lima, Renato Galão Cerquinho Leça

  112-116

• Prevalence and Side Effects of Energy Drink Consumption among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia

  Naif A. Bawazeer, Najmah A. AlSobahi

  104-108

• Prevalence of Depression among Infertile Couples Attending a Tertiary-Care Infertility Clinic

  Gayathri S Hari, Indu D, Parvathi S Hari, Sudha P

  S53
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  Prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Associated Risk Factors Among Medical Students in Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study at Omdurman Islamic University

  Khalid Osman Mohamed, Ahmed ALemam Ahmed, ElShimaa Ammar Zaki, Sozan Mudather Soumit, Wamda Ahmed Ali, Asmaa Mohamed Abbas

  14-21

• Prevalence of Impostor Phenomenon among Medical Students in a Malaysian Private Medical School

  Muhammad Yassin Ikbaal, Nurhazirah 'Aqilah Salim Musa

  66-70

• Prevalence of Intestinal Coccidia: First Description of Cyclosporidiosis Associated with Diarrhea in Children in Colombia

  Maria Camila Cortes Montoya, Humberto Alejandro Nati Castillo, Jessica Triviño, Ana Sofia Orozco Cano, Simon Gonzalez Naranjo, Juan Felipe Caicedo Olaya, Juan Francisco Amaya Amezquita, Karen Sofía Ayala Girón, Laura Losada, Davidshon Steven Montes, Yimmi Pinto Valencia, Marcela Fama Pereira, Nancy Yhomara Cabeza, Fabiana Lora Suarez, Jorge Enrique Gómez Marín

  S215

• Prevalence of Psychological Distress Among Quarantined People in Trivandrum District During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study

  Sneha S Prakash, Sneha Sabu, Jayaprakash Raghavan, Chintha Sujatha

  269-273
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  Prioritizing Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Investigation of Depression Prevalence and Risk Factors among Medical Students in Peshawar, Pakistan

  Nida Gul, Ayaz Ali, Rizwanullah, Khayam, Manahil Saeed Khan, Faiza Gul, Aiysha Gul, Shehriyar, Kashif Ali, Syed Owais Haseeb

  22-28

• Prognostic Factors in Patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  Hiram J. Jaramillo-Ramírez, Jeremy J. Hernández-Ríos, Fátima M. Martínez-González, Luz A. Gutiérrez-Bañales, Eliot R. García-Valenzuela, J. Andrés Beltrán-López, Jorge L. Peterson, Flor M. Yocupicio, Rodolfo Ruíz-Luján

  107-110
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  Prognostic Factors of Survival in Veno-Arterial ECMO Patients: A Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis

  Andrew Jones, George Olverson IV, Wayne Wong, Rohun Bhagat, Clauden Louis

  285-293

• Rationalizing the Pediatric Emergency Department Workload: An Epidemiological Profile of Presentations Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Hannah Farley, Helen Bennett, Sahana Rao

  69-73

• Red Eye: Next Steps for Conducting Research in Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Ophthalmology

  Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Hugo H. Ocampo-Dominguez

  24-27

• Reddit Users' Questions and Concerns about Anesthesia

  Khalid El-Jack, Korey Henderson, Anietie U. Andy, Lauren Southwick

  370-374

• Reddit Users' Questions and Concerns about Anesthesia

  Khalid El-Jack, Korey Henderson, Anietie U. Andy, Lauren Southwick

  S236

• Reliability and Discriminant Validity of a Checklist for Surgical Scrubbing, Gowning and Gloving

  Stephen P. Canton, Christine E. Foley, Isabel Fulcher, Laura K. Newcomb, Noah Rindos, Nicole M. Donnellan

  18-24

• Reliability Generalization of the Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire

  Mason A. Montano, Samuel A. Montano, Jennifer L. Harrison, Trisha M. Kivisalu

  25-31

• Research Experience of Medical Students Collaborating in an International Peer Research Mentorship Program

  Purva C. Shah, Kajal Patel, Akshata K. Suvarna, Aysha Zulfiqar, Tejaswini Ashok, Amna Siddiqui

  432-435
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  Residency Program Website Content May Not Meet Applicant Needs

  Sangrag Ganguli, Sheena W. Chen, Sam Maghami, Florina Corpodean, Paul P. Lin, Yolanda C. Haywood, Khashayar Vaziri, Juliet Lee, Hope T. Jackson

  60-68

• Risk to Develop Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus according to FINDRISC tool in Guatemalan Physicians aged 40-60 years

  Estuardo Daniel Castro, Gamaliél Alejandro Velásquez,, Edgar Lineker Santos, Gustavo Adolfo Oliva, Clara Elizabeth Chang, Harry Francisco Soto

  20-25

• Roles and Functions of a Non-Academic Medical School Facebook Page from the Student Perspective: A Study of Usage and Survey Data

  Qi Zhuang Siah, Ella Sykes, Caitlin Golaup, Julie Browne

  243-251

• SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Healthcare Workers in Tijuana, Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Study

  José Adrián Yamamoto-Moreno, Cecilia Pineda-Aguilar, Samuel Ruiz-Pérez, Gloria Liliana Gortarez-Quintana, Marco Antonio Ruiz-Dorado

  220-230

• Satisfaction of Medical Students with Surgical Training: A Survey of Northern Italy

  Gabriela Azevedo Sansoni, Patrizia Borzi, Preetha Karki, Shahzeen Khan Sajid, Anastasia Semikhnenko, Aswathy Varma

  277-287

• Scatterplot Variations Seen in Malaria Using Automated Hematological Analyzers: A Series of Ten Cases

  Ronit Juthani, Tavish Gupta, Debdatta Basu

  21-24

• Self-medication among Undergraduate Medical Students of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine: Where do We Stand?

  Marwa Ramadan, Asmaa Eltaweel, Tamwe El Nakhal, Hanan Hemead, Abdelrahman Maraqa, Doha Abish, Rana Essam, Azza Baraka

  52-55

• Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Infection among First-Time Blood Donors in Faridpur, Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study

  Tonmoy Biswas, Sunil Kumar Biswas

  9-13

• Should Research Thesis be a Prerequisite for Doctor of Medicine Degree? A Cross-sectional Study at Jordan University of Science and Technology

  Aisha Gharaibeh, Yazan S. Mousa

  8-12

• Sixth Class Students' Performance and Confidence Levels Before and After Training in Clinical Skills Laboratories

  Ali Mustafa Abualhayja'a, Handan Ankarali, Ramez Alyacoub,, Ala' Abudayeh, Sara Alsaoud,, Omar Majed Alsaeidi, Moaath Alsmady, Islam Massad, Orhan Alimoglu

  26-31

• Smoking habits among medical students: a survey at the University of Prishtina Faculty of Medicine

  Albina Fejza, Fatjeta Maraj, Hajrullah Fejza

  18-20

• Social Determinants of Health Amplify the Association Between Ethnicity and COVID19: A Retrospective-Cohort study

  Nicholas Verdini, Jessica LeClair, Elizabeth Quinn, Amer El-Haddad

  282-287
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  Stereological Estimation and Zonal Distribution of the Hepatotoxic Effects of Doxorubicin on the Female Albino Rat (Rattus Norvegicus)

  Khulud Nurani, Anne Pulei, Beda Olabu, Jeremiah Munguti, Talha Chaudhry, Vincent Kipkorir

  184-190

• Stress Levels and Coping Strategies in Medical Students and its Association with Salivary IL-6 Levels

  Monica Karanth, Anahita Shenoy Basti, Chandralekha N, Cleeta Reberio

• Student Heart Failure Intervention Pilot (SHIP): A Study of Risk Factor Analytics and Population Outreach

  William Byron Reichert, Gerard Hoatam, Emily Schmidt, Michael Leher, Arathi Gorur, Anna Jones, Anantharam Kalya, Priya Radhakrishnan

  68-73

• Sub-tenon Anaesthesia versus Intracameral Anaesthesia in Patients Undergoing Cataract Extraction: A Comparative Study of the Level of Pain, Visual Perception and Anxiety

  Mushawiahti Mustapha, Muhammad Hazzril Hamzah, Soon Ken Chow, Nur Syuhada Zulkifli, Zalikha Abdul Latiff, Diana Melissa Dualim, Su Gaik Cheah, Mae Lynn Catherine Bastion

  49-52

• Survey Among Medical Students During COVID-19 Lockdown: The Online Class Dilemma

  Andrew Thomas, Mohan T. Shenoy, Kotacherry T. Shenoy, Sruthi Suresh Kumar, Aboobakker Sidheeque, C. Khovidh, Jayakumar Parameshwaran Pillai, Pramod Murukan Pillai, Shana Sherin CH, Anna Mathew, Twinkle Zakkir, Sreelakshmi Dileep, Victory Mekha, Sony Raju, Mohammed Junaid K., Sivendu P.

  102-106

• Survival and Prognostic Factors in Adults Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Retrospective Analysis of 119 Cases

  Alina M Gridjac, Cristian Daniel Pirlog, Anca Simona Bojan

  70-73

• Syrian Health Providers' Knowledge of Palliative Care: An Online Cross‑Sectional Study in Syria

  Nagham Jawish, Haidara Bohsas, Sarya Swed, Hidar Alibrahim, Bisher Sawaf, Yazan Khair Eldien Jabban, Wael Hafez

  S166

• Syrians' Awareness of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Warning Signs: A Cross Sectional Study

  Sarya Swed, Hidar Alibrahim, Haidara Bohsas, Mohammed Amir Rais, Sheikh Shoib, Anas Alali, Mohamed Abdelnasser, Hadeel Fuad Alwan Alsharjabi, Bisher Sawaf

  S205

• Teachers’ View on Online Classes during COVID-19 Lockdown – A Cross-Sectional Study

  Andrew Thomas, Mohan T. Shenoy, Kotacherry T. Shenoy, Sruthi Suresh Kumar, Aboobakker Sidheeque, C. Khovidh, Jayakumar Parameshwaran Pillai, Pramod Murukan Pillai, Shana Serin CH, Anna Mathew, Twinkle Zakkir, Sreelakshmi Dileep, Victory Mekha, Sony Raju, Mohammed Junaid K., Sivendu P.

  32-37

• Teaching Cultural Competency through Global Health Education at Weill Cornell Medicine

  Katharine-Grace Norris, Caitlin Noonan, Roger Ying, Claire T. Kenney, Jennifer Huang, Brienne Lubor, Rohini Kopparam, Elena Beideck, Priyanka Patel, Madelon L. Finkel

  15-19

• The Allele Distribution for the rs7250346 SNP in SLC5A5 among Saudis

  Abdullah T. Eissa

  127-130

• The Association of Blood Banks per City with Mortality Due to Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock in Colombia: A Population-Based Analysis

  Alejandro Munoz-Valencia, Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Juan C. Puyana

  22-28

• The Diet Quality of Medical Students in the United States During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

  Mira Yousef, Birgit Khandalavala

  158-164

• The Education of Medical Students in Human Factors – A National Survey

  Michael Conroy, Joel Chilaka, Gianluca Colucci

  119-128

• The Effect of Early Movements of Swollen Lymph Nodes Caused by COVID-19/ Vaccine of COVID-19 on Recovery

  Usama A. Aljameey, Stephen R. Bergman

  S202
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  The Effect of Spaced Repetition Learning Through Anki on Medical Board Exam Performance

  Spencer Cooper, Nicole Twardowski, Michael Vogel, Daniel Perling, Rebecca Ryznar

  271-275

• The Impact of COVID-19 on People’s Access to Healthcare and Health Behavior in a Sample of Indian Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Shailendra Dandge , Manisha Kanumuri, Akhil Kumar Eppalapally

  S192
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  The Influence of Pre-Trip Medical Spanish Education on a US-Based, Medical Student Service Trip: A Cohort Study

  Maison Evensen-Martinez, Mariangela Santiago, Roger Martinez, Dallin Beck, Ann Trawick, Isain Zapata, Mark Wardle

  35-42

• The Negative Correlation of Spice Intake and Colorectal Cancer: A Statistical Analysis of Global Health Databases

  Shinjit Mani, Nathan Pramanik, Deeksha Rao, Stuti Sharma, Timur R. Akhmetov

  238-244

• The Pandemic Leadership Model: A Study of Medical Student Values During COVID-19

  Alec Bernard, Sarah C. Ortiz, Elizabeth Jones, Michael Heung, Timothy C. Guetterman, Nell Kirst

  274-281

• The Prevalence of Hypomagnesemia in Critically Ill Patients Admitted in Medically Intensive Care Unit

  Maryam Farhan Baloch, Azeem Khalid, Kiran Naimat, Muhammad Usman Khalid, Muhammad Abdul Khaliq Khan, Shahzaib Maqbool

  S217
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  The Role and Impact of Dyslexia Awareness Workshops in the Medical Curriculum

  Mitchell Osei-Junior, Mayya Vorona

  199-205

• The Utility of Recycled Eyeglasses: A Pilot Study at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

  Valerie P. Huang, Mary E. Kim, Sukriti Mohan, Lauren P. Daskivich, Jesse L. Berry

  37-42

• The Weight of Schoolbags and Musculoskeletal Pain in Children of Selected Schools in Thimphu, Bhutan: A Cross-sectional Study

  Thinley Dorji, Saran Tenzin Tamang, Sonam Yoezer, Kuenzang Wangdi

  29-32

• Tobacco Usage among Males in Rural Tamil Nadu, India: A Cross-sectional Study

  Kalaivani Annadurai, Geetha Mani, Raja Dhanasekaran

  18-21

• Training Future Scientists – Enhancing Research Capabilities in Developing Nations

  Emmanuel Coronel, Lorenzo Anez-Bustillos, Felipe Fregni

  64-65

• Trends and Challenges in Rural Homeless Veterans in the United States

  Celena Derderian, Anthony Easterday, David Driscoll, Sriram Ramaswamy

  117-123

• Trends and Factors Impacting Healthcare Charges and Length of Stay for Cholecystectomies: A New York State Population-based Analysis

  Aria Darbandi, Christina Chopra

  202-206

• Understanding Suicidal Behaviour and Distress in Young Muslim Canadians: A Qualitative Study

  Zakia Hussain, Zainab Furqan, Natasha Saunders, Nabiha Madda, Imaan Javeed, Paul Kurdyak, Ishrat Husain, Mark Sinyor, Arfeen Malick, Juveria Zaheer

  S77

• Unilateral Lower Limb Amputations from Traumatic Events: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Phyu Htet, Lubna Mohammed, Khushbu K. Patel

  S182