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.

Impact of social work on recidivism and non-medical complaints in the emergency department.

Recidivism among patients treated in the hospital Emergency Department (ED) is a significant factor in resource depletion. This study substantiates the efficacy of social work intervention in the ED using recidivism as an outcome measure. Data was collected on all patients seen by social work during the first 12 months of social work services to the ED between the hours of 3:00 p.

A worldwide perspective on the epidemiology and primary prevention of liver cancer.

Liver cancer is one of the ten most common cancers in the world with a pronounced geographic variation. The incidence of hepatocellular cancer is low in the Western countries compared to the high prevalence in South Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Risk factors, early signs and symptoms, and the strategies for early detection are discussed.