Gut microbial diversity and functional characterization in people with alcohol use disorder: A case-control study.

Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) typically have comorbid chronic health conditions, including anxiety and depression disorders, increased sleep disruption, and poor nutrition status, along with gut microbial dysbiosis. To better understand the effects of gut dysbiosis previously shown in individuals with AUD, gut microbiome and metabolome were investigated between three cohorts. Two groups of individuals with AUD included treatment-seeking newly abstinent for at least six weeks (AB: N = 10) and non-treatment-seeking currently drinking (CD: N = 9) individuals.

[Evaluative research of a mental health urgences protocol for the primary care level].

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Introduction: This research stems from certain obstacles in the implementation of the National Mental Health Law, especially at the primary care level and regarding emergency management, with or without certain and imminent risk. The scarcity of mental health intervention protocols and the perception that they could limit the clinical understanding of each critical situation are challenges identified in practice. However, protocols can be valuable organizational tools in complex circumstances.

Is Active Synovitis of Metacarpophalangeal Joints a Neuropathic Condition in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients? Results from an Ultrasound Study of Palmar Digital Nerves.

(1) : Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease, primarily characterized by pain. A significant proportion of patients report symptoms suggestive of neuropathic pain. The objectives of this study were to investigate the presence of an increased cross-sectional area (CSA) of the palmar digital nerves by ultrasound in patients with active synovitis of the metacarpophalangeal joints and to identify potential predictors of such an increase.

Combined Transpetrosal Approach: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.

Indications Corridor And Limits Of Exposure: This approach is suitable for petroclival lesions medial to V cranial nerve that extend in both middle and posterior fossa. It provides multiple surgical corridors with minimal brain retraction.

Anatomic Essentials Need For Preoperative Planning And Assessment: Several critical neurovascular structures of the petrous bone are at risk during the approach.

Ultrasound reveals a high prevalence of CPPD in consecutive patients with knee pain.

The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of US findings indicative of calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) in patients with knee pain. Consecutive patients with knee pain, equally distributed among males and females in seven different age-decades (21-90 years), were enrolled in a cross-sectional study. The presence of US OMERACT-defined CPPD (medial and lateral menisci and femoral hyaline cartilage) and osteophytes (medial and lateral compartments of the tibiofemoral joint) was scored as presence/absence in both knees.