Long-term safety of spinal cord stimulation systems in a prospective, global registry of patients with chronic pain.

The availability of long-term (>2 years) safety outcomes of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) remains limited. We evaluated safety in a global SCS registry for chronic pain. Participants were prospectively enrolled globally at 79 implanting centers and followed out to 3 years after device implantation.

Using Key Informants to Evaluate Barriers to Education and Acceptability of the HPV Vaccine in Tanzania: Implications for Cancer Education.

Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer globally, with high mortality when left untreated. In sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania shows higher incidence rates of cervical cancer at 59.1 per 100,000 compared with the global average of 13.

Health-related and sociodemographic factors associated with physical frailty among older cancer survivors.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with frailty in older cancer survivors.

Materials And Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using data from the National Social Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) Wave 2, and includes an in-home, nationally representative sample of community-dwelling adults ≥50 years and older from the United States. Frailty score was computed for each individual using a modified 4-point scale based on the phenotypic frailty.

Dissolution of phenytoin precipitate with sodium bicarbonate in an occluded central venous access device.

Objective: To report a case of restored patency of a central venous access device occluded by precipitate of phenytoin sodium injection.

Case Summary: A patient experienced total occlusion of an implanted subcutaneous port caused by precipitation of phenytoin. Phenytoin sodium injection was mixed inadvertently with dextrose 5% in NaCl 0.