Publications by authors named "A D T Short"

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  • The study investigates the optimal timing for administering intravenous dexamethasone to prolong pain relief after supraclavicular brachial plexus blockade.
  • Participants were randomly assigned to receive dexamethasone at various times relative to the block, with 158 patients included in the analysis.
  • Results showed no significant differences in pain relief duration, opioid use, or adverse effects among the timing groups, indicating that dexamethasone can be effectively administered at multiple times without impacting pain management outcomes.
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In this contribution we describe and illustrate for the first time the larvae of three species of Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 (P. agallithoplotes Gustafson, Short & Miller, 2016, P. bakewelli (Clark, 1863), and P.

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Hematologic malignancies are often unpredictable, aggressive, and may require treatments such as hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT). Although morbidity and mortality are significantly amplified during the HSCT process, palliative care (PC) services are historically underutilized by HSCT providers for issues such as symptom management, prognosis understanding, goals of care, and advanced care planning. This review aimed to assess the impact of PC on the adult HSCT standard of care and examine the effects on patients' quality of life during the acute phase of allogeneic HSCT.

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Background: Exposure to adversity, including unpredictable environments, during early life is associated with neuropsychiatric illness in adulthood. One common factor in this sequela is anhedonia, the loss of responsivity to previously reinforcing stimuli. To accelerate the development of new treatment strategies for anhedonic disorders induced by early-life adversity, animal models have been developed to capture critical features of early-life stress and the behavioral deficits that such stressors induce.

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  • The study aimed to examine the causes of vaginal bleeding and discharge in prepubescent girls and assessed the effectiveness of vaginoscopy for diagnosis.
  • Conducted over 14 years in two pediatric hospitals in Sydney, the study involved 104 girls who underwent a total of 120 vaginoscopy procedures.
  • Results showed that vaginoscopy provided a positive diagnosis in 43.3% of cases, with common causes including foreign bodies and vulvovaginitis, highlighting its significance in confirming diagnoses and ruling out malignancies.
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