The Safe Resumption of Elective Plastic Surgery in Accredited Ambulatory Surgery Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) a worldwide pandemic, resulting in an unprecedented shift in the Canadian healthcare system, where protection of an already overloaded system became a priority; all elective surgeries and non-essential activities were ceased. With the impact being less than predicted, on May 26, 2020, elective surgeries and non-essential activities were permitted to resume.

Objectives: The authors sought to examine outcomes following elective aesthetic surgery and the impact on the Canadian healthcare system with the resumption of these services during the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.

Low-noise time-resolved optical sensing of electromagnetic pulses from petawatt laser-matter interactions.

We report on the development and deployment of an optical diagnostic for single-shot measurement of the electric-field components of electromagnetic pulses from high-intensity laser-matter interactions in a high-noise environment. The electro-optic Pockels effect in KDP crystals was used to measure transient electric fields using a geometry easily modifiable for magnetic field detection via Faraday rotation. Using dielectric sensors and an optical fibre-based readout ensures minimal field perturbations compared to conductive probes and greatly limits unwanted electrical pickup between probe and recording system.

Non-specific mechanisms in orthodox and CAM management of low back pain (MOCAM): theoretical framework and protocol for a prospective cohort study.

Introduction: Components other than the active ingredients of treatment can have substantial effects on pain and disability. Such 'non-specific' components include: the therapeutic relationship, the healthcare environment, incidental treatment characteristics, patients' beliefs and practitioners' beliefs. This study aims to: identify the most powerful non-specific treatment components for low back pain (LBP), compare their effects on patient outcomes across orthodox (physiotherapy) and complementary (osteopathy, acupuncture) therapies, test which theoretically derived mechanistic pathways explain the effects of non-specific components and identify similarities and differences between the therapies on patient-practitioner interactions.

Depression and anxiety in prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence rates.

Objectives: To systematically review the literature pertaining to the prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with prostate cancer as a function of treatment stage.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Participants: 4494 patients with prostate cancer from primary research investigations.

Professional kinesiology practice for chronic low back pain: single-blind, randomised controlled pilot study.

Background: Chronic low back pain is a highly prevalent condition with no definitive treatment. Professional Kinesiology Practice (PKP) is a little known complementary medicine technique using non-standard muscle testing; no previous effectiveness studies have been performed.

Methods: This is an exploratory, pragmatic single-blind, 3-arm randomised sham-controlled pilot study with waiting list control (WLC) in private practice UK (2007-2009).

A pilot feasibility study of a questionnaire to determine European Union-wide CAM use.

Background: No questionnaire specifically measuring the core components of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use has been validated for use across European Union (EU) countries. We aimed to determine the face validity, acceptability and the participants' comprehension of a pre-existing questionnaire designed to measure 'CAM use', to provide a comparative, standardised questionnaire for use by health care providers, policy makers and purchasers throughout Europe.

Methods: Established procedures were employed to translate the questionnaire into 4 EU languages.

A systematic literature review of complementary and alternative medicine prevalence in EU.

Background: Studies suggest that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used in the European Union (EU). We systematically reviewed data, reporting research quality and the prevalence of CAM use by citizens in Europe; what it is used for, and why.

Methods: We searched for general population surveys of CAM use by using Ovid MEDLINE (1948 to September 2010), Cochrane Library (1989 to September 2010), CINAHL (1989 to September 2010), EMBASE (1980 to September 2010), PsychINFO including PsychARTICLES (1989 to September 2010), Web of Science (1989 to September 2010), AMED (1985 to September 2010), and CISCOM (1989 to September 2010).

Measuring quality of service for children and families: the Healthcare Commission's programme.

Children's health services are changing and in its watchdog role the Healthcare Commission seeks to develop improved systems and data collection to measure what matters most in these services. The forthcoming Health Strategy from the Department of Health and the Department for Children, Schools and Families offers an opportunity to raise the profile of children's services and ensure that young people's health and well-being is a priority for health organisations. The Healthcare Commission welcomes views from health professionals on priorities for children's services.

Birth weight references for triplets.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to formulate growth references that reflect triplet fetal and neonatal populations at each gestational age by combining serial ultrasonographic estimates of fetal weights and measured birth weights.

Study Design: This historical cohort study was based on 188 pregnancies of live-born triplets of > or =23 weeks' gestation. Ultrasonographic fetal weight measures were modeled as a function of gestational age for each infant.

The association between maternal factors and perinatal outcomes in triplet pregnancies.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations between maternal factors and outcomes in triplet pregnancies.

Study Design: This was a historic cohort study of 194 triplet pregnancies of >or=24 weeks of gestation that were delivered from 1983 through 2001 from five medical centers.

Results: In analyses that were limited to pregnancies with all live-born triplets (178 pregnancies), women with a previous good outcome (>2500 g + >37 weeks of gestation) had longer gestations (+7.

Prevention of neonatal macrosomia in gestational diabetes by the use of intensive dietary therapy and home glucose monitoring.

This study was undertaken to determine if intensive dietary therapy, home blood glucose monitoring, and the selective use of insulin can be effective in preventing fetal macrosomia. All patients were screened at 24 to 28 weeks' gestation using a modification of O'Sullivan's criteria. The 153 patients diagnosed as gestational diabetics by the study protocol were placed on a 1800 to 2000 Kcal American Diabetes Association diet and taught home glucose monitoring.