Effect of Topical Sesame Oil on the Severity of Pain in Patients With Limb Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of topical use of sesame oil on pain severity in patients with limb trauma.

Methods: A placebo-controlled randomized controlled trial was conducted on 120 patients with nonpenetrating upper and lower limb traumas admitted to the trauma emergency department. The patients were allocated to either the sesame oil group or the placebo group using the stratified random sampling technique based on trauma size and age.

Impacts of Occupational Cognitive Failure and Subjective Workload on Patient Safety Incidents among Intensive Care Units Nurses.

Background: Life-saving treatments and high-quality care techniques increase the opportunity for patient safety incidents in Intensive care unit.

Aims: This descriptive correlation study aimed to determine the impacts of occupational cognitive failure and subjective workload on patient safety incidents among intensive care units nurses.

Methods And Material: One hundred seventy-six nurses working in intensive care units were included using census sampling.

Anatomical variations of the saphenofemoral junction in patients with varicose veins.

Varicose veins are an extremely common medical condition (present in 5-30% of adults). Surgery remains the gold standard of care in patients with varicose veins, however several newer interventions have been recently introduced which need to be evaluated. During the standard surgery it is imperative to demonstrate and ligate the tributaries of the saphenofemoral junction in combination with stripping of the great saphenous vein.