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Assessing Perioperative Multimodal Analgesia in Patients With Burns

Mar 03, 2021

Postoperative pain has been shown in prior research to be a major challenge for patients with burns who undergo autologous skin grafting. Burn injuries cause severe pain, with many patients requiring ...

Remote medulla ablongata ventral acute subarachnoid hemorrhage following cervical spinal surgery: A case report.

Mar 01, 2021

The incidence of remote intracranial hemorrhage (RICH) in patients during spinal surgery is rare and the detailed mechanism remains unclear.A 55-year-old man had undergone cervical discectomy and fusi...

Sex differences in US emergency department non-fatal visits for benzodiazepine poisonings in adolescents and young adults.

Mar 01, 2021

Benzodiazepine (BZD)-related overdose deaths have risen in the past decade and BZD misuse contributes to thousands of emergency department (ED) visits annually, with the highest rates in adolescents a...

Lipid metabolism in cartilage and its diseases: a concise review of the research progress.

Mar 01, 2021

The homeostasis of the vertebrate body depends on anabolic and catabolic activities that are closely linked the inside and outside of the cell. Lipid metabolism plays an essential role in these metabo...

Core outcome set for pediatric chronic pain clinical trials: results from a Delphi poll and consensus meeting.

Mar 01, 2021

Appropriate outcome measures and high-quality intervention trials are critical to advancing care for children with chronic pain. Our aim was to update a core outcome set for pediatric chronic pain int...

Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC) in individuals with opioid use disorder.

Feb 25, 2021

Resilience is defined as the capacity for an individual to maintain normal functioning and resist the development of psychiatric disorders in response to stress and trauma. Although previous investiga...

Comparison of psychological symptoms and cognitive functions in patients under maintenance treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, current opioid users and healthy subjects.

Feb 25, 2021

Methadone and buprenorphine can affect the psychological symptoms and cognitive functioning of substance users. This study aimed to compare psychological symptoms and neuropsychological functioning in...

Brain glycogen metabolism: A possible link between sleep disturbances, headache and depression.

Feb 25, 2021

The functions of sleep and its links with neuropsychiatric diseases have long been questioned. Among the numerous hypotheses on sleep function, early studies proposed that sleep helps to replenish gly...

Treatment of headache disorders with acupuncture: a 6-year retrospective study.

Feb 25, 2021

Existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses indicate that acupuncture has similar clinical effectiveness in the prevention of headache disorders (HDs) as drug therapy, but with fewer side effects. A...

Anatomical variations of the foramen transversarium of cervical vertebrae from the ancient population of Herculaneum (79 CE; Naples, Italy).

Feb 25, 2021

Variations in the number, size and shape of the foramina transversaria of cervical vertebrae can affect the anatomical course of vital blood vessels and nerves, with the risk for pathological conditio...

Acupuncture Effects on Blood Parameters in Patients with Fibromyalgia.

Feb 25, 2021

Acupuncture reduces pain and symptoms significantly in fibromyalgia (FM). Currently, there are no laboratory markers to monitor treatment effectiveness. This study measured differences in biomarkers ...

Impact of isometric and concentric resistance exercise on pain and fatigue in fibromyalgia.

Feb 25, 2021

The aim of this study was to determine the local and systemic effects of isometric and concentric muscle contractions on experimental pain and performance fatigability in people with and without fibro...

Randomized clinical trial of fibromyalgia integrative training (FIT teens) for adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia - Study design and protocol.

Feb 25, 2021

Juvenile-onset fibromyalgia (JFM) is a chronic debilitating pain condition that negatively impacts physical, social and academic functioning. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is beneficial in reduci...

Opioid Mortality Following Implementation of Medical Cannabis Programs in the United States.

Feb 25, 2021

The United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. Emerging evidence suggests that medical cannabis (MC) may reduce use of opioids for pain in some individuals, with potential impacts o...

No Association of Plantar Aponeurosis Stiffness with Medial Longitudinal Arch Stiffness.

Feb 25, 2021

Lower stiffness of the medial longitudinal arch is reportedly a risk factor for lower leg disorders. The plantar aponeurosis is considered essential to maintaining the medial longitudinal arch. It is ...

Validation of Self-Reported Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Medicare Claims: A Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study of Older Adults.

Feb 25, 2021

To determine the validity of self-reported physician diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using multiple gold-standard measures based on Medicare claims in a nationally representative sample of olde...

Distal fibular excision: A review of the literature and presentation of our reconstruction technique case series.

Feb 25, 2021

Distal fibula resection is a procedure that has been described as early as 1938 for the treatment of neoplastic lesions. There have been several techniques described for the reconstruction of the rema...

Subgroup analysis of the relationship between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and rheumatoid arthritis: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2014.

Feb 25, 2021

The present study examined potential effect modifiers between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure and the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and elucidated the relationship between PA...

Delta opioid receptor regulation of CGRP dynamics in the trigeminal complex.

Feb 25, 2021

Migraine is highly prevalent and is the sixth leading cause worldwide for years lost to disability. Therapeutic options specifically targeting migraine are limited, and delta opioid receptor (DOP) ago...

Effect of Telephone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Older Adults With Osteoarthritis Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Feb 25, 2021

Scalable delivery models of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), an effective treatment, are needed for widespread implementation, particularly in rural and underserved populations lacki...

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