3D printing in palliative medicine: systematic review.

Background: Three-dimensional printing (3DP) enables the production of highly customised, cost-efficient devices in a relatively short time, which can be particularly valuable to clinicians treating patients with palliative care intent who are in need of timely and effective solutions in the management of their patients' specific needs, including the relief of distressing symptoms.

Method: Four online databases were searched for articles published by December 2020 that described studies using 3DP in palliative care. The fields of application, and the relevant clinical and technological data were extracted and analysed.

Sex and genetic background influence intravenous oxycodone self-administration in the hybrid rat diversity panel.

Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is an ongoing worldwide public health concern. Genetic factors contribute to multiple OUD-related phenotypes, such as opioid-induced analgesia, initiation of opioid use, and opioid dependence. Here, we present findings from a behavioral phenotyping protocol using male and female rats from 15 genetically diverse inbred strains from the Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel (HRDP).

Enrollment in Medicare is associated with fewer outpatient mental healthcare visits among those with mental health symptoms.

Objective: To test whether enrolling in traditional Medicare (TM) or Medicare Advantage (MA) at age 65 reduces mental healthcare utilization among individuals with mental health symptoms and low or moderate family incomes.

Study Setting And Design: We employ a fuzzy regression discontinuity design, comparing the likelihood of having an outpatient mental health visit or a psychotropic drug fill among individuals younger than or older than the age 65 Medicare eligibility threshold.

Data Sources And Analytic Sample: We analyze 2014-2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data.

Development and confirmation of humanized plasma and epithelial lining fluid exposures of meropenem, cefiderocol and tobramycin in a standardized neutropenic murine pneumonia model.

Background: Murine pneumonia models play a fundamental role in the preclinical development of novel compounds seeking an indication for the treatment of pneumonia. It is vital that plasma exposures in these models are not used as a surrogate for exposure in pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (ELF). Herein, human-simulated regimens (HSRs) in both plasma and ELF of meropenem, cefiderocol and tobramycin are described in the standardized COMBINE murine neutropenic pneumonia model.

Recent cohorts aging into Medicare use more counseling and psychotherapy than past cohorts.

Objectives: Despite recent policy interest in improving access to mental health care in Medicare, little is known about how demand for care will change among the Medicare population as newer cohorts age into the program. We documented the growing rate of counseling and psychotherapy use in the decade prior to turning age 65 years among subsequent cohorts aging into Medicare. We characterized how this growth varied across demographic groups, income levels, and mental and physical health status.