Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

The Paradox of Medical Education: Lifestyle and the Sense of Self-Efficacy and Locus of Health Control Among Medical Students in the Eastern Borderlands of the European Union

Abstract Aim This cross-sectional study evaluated health behaviors, diet, physical activity, and psychological determinants (self-efficacy, life satisfaction, health locus of control) among medical and health sciences students across seven EU borderland countries to investigate t...

Advanced Pulmonary Drug Delivery Systems: A Narrative Review

Pulmonary drug delivery systems have gained increasing attention as an effective strategy for the treatment of both respiratory and systemic diseases by enabling targeted, noninvasive, and efficient drug administration through the lungs, with advantages including rapid onset of a...

Reversed intestinal malrotation with volvulus in an adult: A case report

Congenital intestinal malrotation is a rare developmental anomaly of midgut rotation and fixation, with an estimated incidence of 0.2–0.5% in the adult population. Reversed intestinal rotation represents the rarest variant, accounting for approximately 2–4% of all malrotation cas...

CT-based radiological score (AMESI CT-score) for severity of bowel injury in acute mesenteric ischemia

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether common bowel-related CT signs alone can reliably identify irreversible bowel injury in acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) and to develop a radiological score to enhance reporting and assist clinical decision-making. METHODS: This ancillary analysis of th...

The Role of Pyrrolidine in Antibacterial Drug Discovery: Clinically Approved Antibiotics, Novel Derivatives, and Future Perspectives

Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health challenge that has created an urgent need for new antibacterial agents capable of overcoming emerging resistance mechanisms. Among nitrogen-containing heterocycles, pyrrolidine has been widely investigated in medicinal chemistry d...