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Are We Prescribing More Than 3-Days Worth Opioids' Prescriptions To Our Outpatient Surgical Patients When Discharged On Day Of Surgery? A Quality Improvement Study Worth Exploring
Background: Since the time when Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came up with the guidelines [1] to further responsible attitude towards opioid prescriptions in acute pain settings, we have been wondering the status of awareness among opioid prescribers in our institution as well as their responsiveness to the CDC ..
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Personality Disorders: A Review of the Current State of Knowledge
Abstract : Personality disorders are the most common serious mental illness. People suffering from these disorders tend to exhibit emotional patterns and behaviors that seem troubling to the majority of people and are not necessarily explicable by immediate environmental stimuli. Nevertheless, many clinicians are unfamiliar with ..
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Induction of labour in women with nonscarred uterus using balloon catheter: Randomised controlled trial
Abstract : Induction of labour is a common obstetric procedure. At present, different methods are used for induction of labour in women. One of these methods is Foley catheter, which is a low cost method that can induce labour with less risk to the fetus. This is one of the first studies in the Middle East aiming to study efficac..
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Crossed Steinmann Pin Fixation In Supracondylar Femur Fractures In Adults A Case Series
Abstract: Supracondylar femur fractures in adults is a complex fracture constitutes approximately 1% of total fractures and 4-7% of all femoral fractures (Kolmert, 1982)1. There is a bimodal distribution, with ..
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Gait Analysis in Uner Tan Syndrome Cases with Key Symptoms of Quadrupedal Locomotion, Mental Impairment, and Dysarthric or No Speech
Abstract: Introduction: Uner Tan syndrome (UTS) consists of quadrupedal locomotion (QL), impaired intelligence and dysarthric or no speech. Previously, I described the walk of cases with UTS as diagonal sequenc..
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Stress symptoms among students in an elementary school in Kashan, Iran
Abstract: Background Some people think that children’s world is full of games and free from any tension. However, children might feel mental and emotional pressure due to different stressors. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the stress symptoms among students in elementary school in Kashan, Iran. Methods A cross s..
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Duality of stochasticity and natural selection shape the ecology-driven pattern of social interactions: the fall of Hamilton's rule
Abstract: Both competition and cooperation are pervasive at all levels of biological organization. Traditionally, the theory of evolution, understood as “red in tooth and claw” is challenged by the mere existence of cooperation. As a plausible explanation of this conundrum, Hamilton’s rule has dominated sociobiology for 50..
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High Resolution Melt Curve Analysis- An Innovative Approach for Molecular Diagnosis
Introduction : High Resolution Melting (HRM) is a homogeneous, extremely powerful technique for SNP genotyping, mutation scanning and sequence scanning in DNA samples [1]. Enabled by the recent availability of improved double-stranded DNA (dsDNA)–binding dyes and next-generation real-time PCR instrumentation, High Resolution Meltin..
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Comparison of Thrombin Generation Assay (TGA) and Non-Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (NAPTT) for the Assessment of Enhanced Procoagulant Activity in Immunoglobulin Solutions
Abstract: The recent revision of the European Pharmacopoeia stipulates that all intravenous immunoglobulin solutions must be investigated with respect to procoagulant activity. Accordingly, the manufacturing processes must be validated regarding the removal of such compounds, to ensure a minimized thromboembolic risk for patient..
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The Germ-soma Conflict Theory of Aging and Death: Obituary to the "Evolutionary Theories of Aging"
Abstract: Regarding aging, the scientific community persists in a state of collective schizophrenia. This state is owed to the so-called “evolutionary theories of aging”. According to these theories, aging, following the peri-/postreproductive decline of selection pressure, is posited to be haphazard, not selected for, not a..
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The Potential Usefulness of Pre and Post Operative Risk Group Stratification in Predicting PSA Failure after Radical Prostatectomy for Localised Prostate Cancer
Abstract: Background: There is no clear cut way of predicting exactly prior to radical prostatectomy which patients would subsequently develop Biochemical failure post operatively.Aims: To investigate the usefulness of Risk Group stratification based upon: pre-operative PSA, clinical staging and Gleason score assessment of prost..
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Is Your Journal Indexed in PubMed? Relevance of PubMed in Biomedical Scientific Literature Today
Introduction: The arrival and spread of internet has enabled development of better bibliographic scientific databases with significantly improved capacity for storage and retrieval. In recent years, electronic database searching has become the default mode of bio-medical information retrieval. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) ..
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CAGED PARENTS RAVAGED CHILDREN: Time To Inquire About Technology Driven Workaholism While Scoring ACEs/BRFSS
My opinion: Among the eleven questions of Module 21 related to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) questionnaire by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [1], three questions are related to sexual transgression while two questions each are related to aggression..
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A Survey of Gestational Diabetes in Broken Hill
Abstract : Background Gestational diabetes (GDM) is a common health issue in Australia, affecting around 16% of pregnancies. It is a routine to screen all pregnant women with a test known as 75g OGTT. Interestingly, the incident rate of gestational diabetes was found to be relatively similar in terms of remoteness of the area. Th..
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A study on across knee external fixation in adults
Abstract: External fixation is a commonly performed orthopedic surgical intervention . Across knee external fixation is carried out for various indications related to bones , joints and soft tissues . We report our observations on 41 across knee external fixators applied on 39 patients studied over a period of 4 years ...
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A study on across knee external fixation in adults
Abstract: External fixation is a commonly performed orthopedic surgical intervention . Across knee external fixation is carried out for various indications related to bones , joints and soft tissues . We report our observations on 41 across knee external fixators applied on 39 patients studied over a period of 4 years ...
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A Syndromic Approach to the B.1.1.529, 20K (Omicron) Variant Driven SARS-COVID-19 fourth Wave in Patients in a Private Health Care Setting in South Africa
Abstract : Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a global impact on travel, tourism, businesses, economies, and capital in general. In South Africa, COVID-19 continues to impact the economy, lives, and livelihood of its citizens. COVID-19 has also brought on some financial pressures on the health sector with poorly resource..
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Mallampati Score, ASA Physical Status Class, Medical Direction: Should We Overcome The Billable Mirage? Should We Discard The Mandated Redundancies?
My opinion: The question is whether American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is a stakeholder who is consulted before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalizes and publishes its annual policy about Medicare payments for physician anesthesiologists and other anesthesia providers under the Physician Fee..
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Quantifying Limits Of Diversity In The Times Of Digital Singularity Becoming The Biggest Enslaver Ever Known In The History Of Global Humanity
My opinion: It is way too early to raise the question about the ceiling of diversity when even the floor of diversity has not been penetrated although we may never know when we have breached the lower limit of diversity until and unless we have quantified it [1]. In nature, selection pressures seem to automatically define and refi..
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Just Like HeLa Cells, Who Owns Banked Biomes?
My opinion: We grew up in developing countries and knew only about blood “component” banks. Then we moved to a developed country and were introduced to tissue “sperm” banks. Now we are expecting that the developed group of nations may be looking up to the developing group of nations for filling up poop “biome”..