Publications by authors named "Carey Ford"
Objectives: For the dental hygiene profession, a need exists to engage students in research experiences as undergraduate students to foster interest in research and improve the implementation of evidence-based practice. The purpose was to explore the relationships between original research experiences and evidence-based practice among undergraduate dental hygiene students.
Methods: This quantitative survey research study of undergraduate dental hygiene students in the USA was conducted in 2021.
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- Clandestine chemists create designer stimulants that imitate traditional stimulants like methamphetamine to evade legal issues, posing potential health risks.
- A study compared the effects of methamphetamine with two designer stimulants, BDB and N-butylpentylone, on human brain vascular smooth muscle cells to assess their impact on vascular contraction.
- Results indicated that both methamphetamine and N-butylpentylone led to loss of cell contractility and metabolism at high doses, while BDB caused significant vasoconstrictive effects even at lower concentrations, suggesting unique dangers to cardiovascular health.
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- Legalization and decriminalization of cannabis may lead to more patients using it, either recreationally or medicinally.
- The text discusses three cases of cannabis-induced hypersalivation after the use of Propofol anesthesia, particularly in oropharyngeal procedures.
- Increased hypersalivation presents a risk during procedures, potentially causing suffocation, prompting an evaluation of the drug interactions and management strategies.
Aim/background: In addition to absorptive disturbances, inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) perturb normal contractility of intestinal smooth muscle. Such motility disturbances may reflect both nervous alterations and increased abundance of cytokines (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDelirium is a major adverse postoperative event in elderly patients. Incidence rates of postoperative delirium are difficult to determine. Because of the accuracy, brevity, and ease of use by clinical interviewers, the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) has become widely used.
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