2021 American Society of Acupuncturists Survey on Acupuncturists' Backgrounds, Interests, and Attitudes toward Conducting Research.

Background: It has been previously reported that acupuncturists internationally can be reluctant to engage in acupuncture research.

Purpose: Assess the beliefs and attitudes of acupuncturists in the United States toward research, along with exploring their backgrounds and interests regarding conducting acupuncture research. We aimed to capture any previous experiences in conducting research, applying research findings in their clinical practice, and their ideas on how research could be used to promote the profession.

Social and Psychological Factors Associated With Health Care Transition for Young Adults Living With Sickle Cell Disease.

Due to advances in disease management, mortality rates in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) have decreased. However, mortality rates for young adults (YA) increased, and understanding of social and psychological factors is critical. The aim of this study was to explore factors associated with health care transition experiences for YA with SCD.

Opioid management strategy decreases admissions in high-utilizing adults with sickle cell disease.

Background: A subset of adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) heavily utilizes the emergency department (ED) and hospital. The objective of our study was to determine the efficacy of a multidisciplinary strategy to address unmet needs in highly utilizing adults with SCD.

Methods: In a prospective study, adults with SCD with ≥10 admissions per year were assessed by a multidisciplinary team for gaps in medical, social, and psychological care.

Maternal opioid dose is associated with neonatal abstinence syndrome in children born to women with sickle cell disease.

The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that higher daily opioid dose is associated with the presence and severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in pregnant women with sickle cell disease (SCD). This was a retrospective study of pregnant women with SCD who required opioids. NAS was evaluated using the Finnegan scoring system and classified as none, mild, and severe.

Modifications to the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) chronic test method to remove mortality due to pathogenic organisms.

Whole effluent toxicity testing is used to evaluate the discharge of materials that may be harmful to indigenous aquatic life. Unlike most environmental analyses, receiving water (the water body into which the effluent is discharged) often is used as dilution water in whole effluent toxicity tests to simulate the aquatic environment into which the effluent is introduced. In approximately 26% of whole effluent toxicity tests conducted by Wisconsin (USA) certified labs between 1988 and 1998, a pathogenic effect caused failure of the receiving water controls during the fathead minnow chronic test (i.