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Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.

Aug 19, 2021

The purpose of the study was to assess the epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB).A retrospective insti...

Pooled retrospective analysis of 70 mg erenumab in episodic and chronic migraine: a two tertiary headache centers experience during clinical practice.

Aug 19, 2021

Erenumab is a monoclonal antibody, targeted against the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor. Clinical studies have demonstrated prophylactic efficacy in both episodic (EM) and chronic migr...

Atogepant for the Preventive Treatment of Migraine.

Aug 19, 2021

Atogepant is an oral, small-molecule, calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist that is being investigated for the preventive treatment of migraine.In a phase 3, double-blind trial, we rando...

A qualitative study of risk and resilience in young adult women with a history of juvenile-onset fibromyalgia.

Aug 19, 2021

Juvenile-onset Fibromyalgia (JFM) is a chronic pain condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep difficulties, mood concerns, and other associated symptoms. Although diag...

Spinal Cord Neural Activity of Fibromyalgia Patients and Healthy Controls During Temporal Summation of Pain: An fMRI Study.

Aug 19, 2021

The cause for the increased sensitivity of fibromyalgia (FM) patients to painful stimuli is unclear but sensitization of dorsal horn spinal cord neurons has been suggested. There, critical changes of ...

Prolonged fasting induced hyperketosis, hypoglycaemia and impaired fat oxidation in child and adult patients with spinal muscular atrophy type II.

Aug 19, 2021

This study explored hypoglycaemia and metabolic crises, including hyperketosis, in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).The study comprised four adolescents aged 15-17 and six adults aged 19-37...

Evaluation of the Effect of Continuous Infusion of Dexmedetomidine or a Subanesthetic Dose Ketamine on Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potentials in Adult Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Surgery under Total Intravenous Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Exploratory Study.

Aug 19, 2021

Prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind exploratory study.To compare effects of dexmedetomidine or a subanesthetic dose of ketamine on the amplitude and latency of transcranial elect...

Passive Smoking Throughout the Life Course and the Risk of Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis in Adulthood Among Women.

Aug 19, 2021

To investigate passive smoking throughout the life course and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), while accounting for personal smoking.We analyzed the Nurses' Health Study II prospective cohort, u...

First Report of Pestalotiopsis chamaeropis Causing Leaf Spot on Eurya nitida in China.

Aug 19, 2021

Eurya nitida Korth. belonging to the family Theaceae is an evergreen shrub or small tree and is usually used as a very important ornamental tree and nectar source plant (Khan et al. 1992; Ma et al. 20...

Adherence to self-administered biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs across health-system specialty pharmacies.

Aug 19, 2021

In an effort to expedite the publication of articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic, AJHP is posting these manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been pee...

Enhanced mindfulness-based stress reduction in episodic migraine-effects on sleep quality, anxiety, stress, and depression: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

Aug 19, 2021

Patients with migraine suffer from high morbidity related to the repeated headache attacks, characteristic of the disorder, poor sleep, and a high prevalence of comorbid psychosocial disorders. Curren...

Impact of variability in baseline pain on the placebo response in randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trials in peripheral neuropathic pain.

Aug 19, 2021

Large placebo responses often negatively affect randomized controlled trials within the pain area. Understanding different possible factors that influence the placebo response is therefore important. ...

Immersive interactive virtual walking reduces neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury: findings from a preliminary investigation of feasibility and clinical efficacy.

Aug 19, 2021

Chronic neuropathic pain (NP) is a common and often debilitating secondary condition for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) and is minimally responsive to existing pharmacological and nonpharmacolo...

Tinnitus & Subjective Hearing Loss More Common in Migraine

Aug 17, 2021

“Tinnitus is a condition that affects approximately 10% of the adult population in the United States and can diminish one’s quality of life,” explains Hamid R. Djalilian, MD. “To date, there a...

Investigating a bidirectional relationship between overdose and provision of injection initiation assistance among persons who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada and Tijuana, Mexico.

Aug 16, 2021

Individuals who initiate injection drug use often receive assistance from an injection-knowledgeable peer. Persons who assist peers in injection initiation events often inject frequently, which height...

A comprehensive UHPLC-MS/MS screening method for the analysis of 98 New Psychoactive Substances and related compounds in human hair.

Aug 16, 2021

In this study, a rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for the targeted analysis of 98 New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) from the hair...

Development and feasibility of a soft pneumatic-robotic glove to assist impaired hand function in quadriplegia patients: A pilot study.

Aug 16, 2021

One of the common disorders in people with quadriplegia is having a weak grip strength that can affect activities of daily living (ADL). This study presents the design of a soft robotic glove via pneu...

Neurobiological antecedents of multisite pain in children.

Aug 16, 2021

Altered brain structure and function is evident in adults with multisite chronic pain. Although many such adults trace their pain back to childhood, it has been difficult to disentangle whether centra...

Trajectories of pregabalin use and their association with longitudinal changes in opioid and benzodiazepine use.

Aug 16, 2021

Concomitant use of pregabalin with opioids and/or benzodiazepines is common, despite the increased risks. However, clinical trials suggest pregabalin can have an opioid-sparing effect when treating ac...

Oxidative stress is associated with characteristic features of the dysfunctional chronic pain phenotype.

Aug 16, 2021

The Dysfunctional Chronic Pain (Dysfunctional CP) phenotype is an empirically-identifiable CP subtype with unclear pathophysiological mechanisms that cuts across specific medical CP diagnoses. This st...

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