Practice Changing Updates in Perioperative Medicine Literature 2023. A Systematic Review.

Perioperative medicine is an evolving field, with important publications each year across multiple disciplines. Staying up to date in the field is complicated due to the wide range of journals that publish relevant articles. This review summarizes the most noteworthy perioperative publications in 2023.

Confronting deep uncertainty in the forest carbon industry.

Resilience-based and service-focused approaches could reduce contentions and injustices.

Functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder): A role for microglial-based plasticity mechanisms?

Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder (FND) is a relatively common neurological condition, accounting for approximately 3-6% of neurologist referrals. FND is considered a transient disorder of neuronal function, sometimes linked to physical trauma and psychological stress. Despite this, chronic disability is common, for example, around 40% of adults with motor FND have permanent disability.

Longitudinal trends in the dispensing of psychotropic medications in Australia from 2009-2012: focus on children, adolescents and prescriber specialty.

Objective: Longitudinal trends in the dispensing of antidepressant, antipsychotic and ADHD medications from 2009-2012 were examined according to age and gender of patient and prescriber speciality. Of particular interest were changing trends in the prescription of psychotropic medications to children, adolescents and young adults.

Method: Dispensing data for government-subsidised antidepressant, antipsychotic and ADHD medications were obtained from the database maintained by the Department of Human Services.

Trends in the utilisation of psychotropic medications in Australia from 2000 to 2011.

Objective: This study examined longitudinal trends in the dispensing of psychotropic medications in Australia from January 2000 to December 2011.

Method: Dispensing data for the major classes of psychotropic medications (antidepressants, anxiolytics, sedatives, antipsychotics, mood stabilisers and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications) were obtained from the Drug Utilisation Sub-Committee of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing. Results were expressed in terms of defined daily doses/1000 population/day (DDDs/1000/day).

Misdiagnosis of angle closure glaucoma.

Be suspicious for angle closure glaucoma in patients with headache, blurred vision, or red eye

Fourier analysis of induced irregular astigmatism. Photorefractive keratectomy versus laser in situ keratomileusis in a bilateral cohort of hyperopic patients.

Purpose: To analyze corneal topographic data by Fourier analysis to determine differences in irregular astigmatism following spherical hyperopic correction by photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) or laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom.