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24-day-old newborn with tinea capitis: A case report. 24日龄新生儿头癣1例。

Malaysian Family Physician Pub Date : 2025-09-16 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.51866/cr.902

Fa'iza Abdullah, Cm Nor Azmi Hani Azmina, Che Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman

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Never lose hope, regardless of how gloomy it gets - Fuji-san. 永远不要失去希望，不管它变得多么黯淡。

Malaysian Family Physician Pub Date : 2025-09-11 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.51866/mol.981

Imran Ahmad, Ruzilawati Abu Bakar

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Association of symptoms and comorbidities with hospitalization among patients infected with coronavirus disease : A cross-sectional study among users of Universitas Sumatera Utara's COVID-19 Telemedicine. 冠状病毒感染患者的症状和合并症与住院的关系：苏门答腊北方大学COVID-19远程医疗用户的横断面研究

Malaysian Family Physician Pub Date : 2025-09-11 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.51866/oa.329

Albert Tanaka, Isti Ilmiati Fujiati

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Prevalence and risk factors of preterm birth among pregnant adolescents in Kuala Lumpur: A cross-sectional study. 吉隆坡怀孕青少年早产的患病率和危险因素：一项横断面研究。

Malaysian Family Physician Pub Date : 2025-09-11 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.51866/oa.711

Nur Aznida Abu Bakar, Dalila Roslan, Nik Nairan Abdullah, Musbahiyah Mat Zainal, Pillai Simon Puvanese Rebecca

{"title":"Prevalence and risk factors of preterm birth among pregnant adolescents in Kuala Lumpur: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Nur Aznida Abu Bakar, Dalila Roslan, Nik Nairan Abdullah, Musbahiyah Mat Zainal, Pillai Simon Puvanese Rebecca","doi":"10.51866/oa.711","DOIUrl":"10.51866/oa.711","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Adolescent pregnancies are often associated with a higher risk of adverse outcomes, including preterm birth, which may lead to severe physiological and psychological health impacts on both mothers and children. Despite the acknowledged risks, there is a knowledge gap regarding the risk factors of preterm birth among pregnant adolescents. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated sociodemographic, maternal, intrapartum and neonatal factors of preterm birth among pregnant adolescents in Kuala Lumpur.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from March to June 2024. Samples were selected using simple random sampling from the Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Department of Health pregnant adolescents' line listing from 2019 to 2023. Simple and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to determine the factors associated with preterm birth.Results: A total of 175 pregnant adolescents were included in the study. The prevalence of preterm birth was 16%. Anaemia at booking (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 7.8; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.53, 23.997), history of preterm birth (aOR: 11.654; 95% CI: 1.517, 89.498), history of smoking (aOR: 6.89; 95% CI: 1.397, 34.002) and low birth weight (aOR: 12.503; 95% CI: 3.858, 40.522) were significantly associated with preterm birth.Conclusion: Targeted interventions to address anaemia, history of smoking, previous history of preterm births and low birth weight babies in adolescent pregnancies are crucial to reduce the incidence of preterm birth and improve maternal and infant health outcomes in this population among adolescents.","PeriodicalId":40017,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Family Physician","volume":"20 ","pages":"60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12510770/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145281478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Factors associated with home blood pressure monitoring practices among patients with hypertension in Putrajaya, Malaysia: A cross-sectional study. 马来西亚布城高血压患者家庭血压监测相关因素：一项横断面研究。

Malaysian Family Physician Pub Date : 2025-09-11 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.51866/oa.889

Luqman Melissha, Siew Mooi Ching, Mohamad Fadzilah, Hanum Mohd Yusof Hazira

{"title":"Factors associated with home blood pressure monitoring practices among patients with hypertension in Putrajaya, Malaysia: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Luqman Melissha, Siew Mooi Ching, Mohamad Fadzilah, Hanum Mohd Yusof Hazira","doi":"10.51866/oa.889","DOIUrl":"10.51866/oa.889","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: This study primarily aimed to determine the factors associated with home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) practices among patients with hypertension in Putrajaya, Malaysia.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with hypertension aged 18 years and above in a government health clinic in Putrajaya. An adopted and validated questionnaire on the knowledge, attitude and practice of HBPM was utilised. A total of 338 patients with hypertension were recruited.Results: The median age of the participants was 52 years. Approximately 95.3%, 87.3%, 61.2%, 54.4% and 49.4% were Malay, were married, completed tertiary education, were men and were government servants, respectively. The prevalence of good HBPM knowledge, good attitude towards HBPM and HBPM practice among the participants was 79.0%, 57.1% and 81.7%, respectively. Having medical insurance (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 3.05, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.47- 6.29, P=0.003), having diabetes mellitus (DM) (aOR: 4.58, 95% CI: 2.47-8.49, P<0.01), staying with household members (aOR: 2.95, 95% CI: 1.07-8.10, P=0.036), being a non-smoker (aOR: 3.72, 95% CI: 1.41-9.80, P=0.008) and engaging in physical activity (aOR: 2.47, 95% CI: 1.314.65, P=0.005) showed significant associations with HBPM practice.Conclusion: The knowledge and practice of HBPM among patients with hypertension in Putrajaya, Malaysia, were excellent. The significant associated factors of HBPM practice were having medical insurance, having DM, staying with household members, being a non-smoker and being physically active. This study should be extended to the whole nation to obtain a true reflection of HBPM practice among Malaysians.","PeriodicalId":40017,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Family Physician","volume":"20 ","pages":"61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12510775/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145281443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Reply to: 'Postgraduate family medicine training in Southeast Asia' by Wattanapisit et al. (2025). 回复：Wattanapisit等人的“东南亚研究生家庭医学培训”（2025）。

Malaysian Family Physician Pub Date : 2025-09-02 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.51866/lte.979

Schawanya Kaewpitoon Rattanapitoon, Chutharat Thanchonnang, Nathkapach Kaewpitoon Rattanapitoon

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Glycogenic hepatopathy - An underrecognised cause of transaminitis in primary care settings: A case report. 糖原性肝病-初级保健机构中未被充分认识的转氨炎病因：一个病例报告。

Malaysian Family Physician Pub Date : 2025-08-27 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.51866/cr.926

Zainul Abidin Nordiyana, Ying Ying Ng, Zakaria Rosnani, Samsuddin Noor Aellmas

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Case scenario: Management of sexually transmitted infections in primary care based on the fifth edition of the Malaysian guidelines. 案例情景：基于马来西亚指南第五版的初级保健性传播感染管理。

Malaysian Family Physician Pub Date : 2025-08-23 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.51866/cpg.916

Zainal Fitri Zakaria, Rupinder Kaur

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Prognosis of patients with coronavirus disease with or without anosmia: A systematic review. 冠状病毒病伴或不伴嗅觉丧失患者的预后：一项系统综述

Malaysian Family Physician Pub Date : 2025-08-16 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.51866/rv.672

Nabeel Ibraheem Jaafar Albazah, Jie Sin Tiong, Muruganand Yoshana, Azma Aishath, Yu Tzong Yeo, Sherreen Elhariri

{"title":"Prognosis of patients with coronavirus disease with or without anosmia: A systematic review.","authors":"Nabeel Ibraheem Jaafar Albazah, Jie Sin Tiong, Muruganand Yoshana, Azma Aishath, Yu Tzong Yeo, Sherreen Elhariri","doi":"10.51866/rv.672","DOIUrl":"10.51866/rv.672","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: According to numerous research, anosmia has been reported more frequently as one of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) symptoms. However, whether anosmia is a relevant prognostic factor of COVID-19 outcomes is still unknown. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate the relationship between anosmia and COVID-19 prognosis.Methods: PubMed, PubMed Central, Google Scholar and the WHO COVID-19 Research Database were scanned for published literature from September 2021 to December 2022 about the prognosis of patients positive for COVID-19 with anosmia. 'COVID-19' and 'prognosis' were among the search terms used. Pooled estimates of odds ratios (ORs) were then calculated by comparing patients with and without anosmia in terms of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death.Results: A total of 16 full-text articles were included in this systematic review. There were a total of 40 deaths among the patients with olfactory dysfunction and 1681 deaths among those without olfactory dysfunction, with an OR of 0.19 (95% confidence interval: 0.10, 0.34; P<0.0001), indicating that the patients with COVID-19 with olfactory dysfunction had a decreased mortality rate.Conclusion: The good prognosis of patients with COVID-19 with anosmia is demonstrated in our study by the low mortality rate in those with anosmia. However, there is no association between the prognosis and ICU admission among patients with COVID-19 with anosmia.","PeriodicalId":40017,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Family Physician","volume":"20 ","pages":"54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12432341/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Recognising atypical presentations of benign acute childhood myositis: Insights from a case series and literature review. 识别良性急性儿童肌炎的非典型表现：来自病例系列和文献回顾的见解。

Malaysian Family Physician Pub Date : 2025-08-09 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.51866/cr.805

Syed Ahmed Zaki

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