Motivations for Misusing Opioids Among African Americans.

Background: A wide range of opioid misuse motives have been documented in the literature, including to relieve physical pain, feel good/get high, relax, manage feelings/emotions, sleep, and moderate the effects of other substances. Despite a rise in opioid misuse among African Americans over the last 2 decades, their motivations for misuse remain unclear. Much of the research on opioid misuse motivations either rely on samples with little racial diversity or do not stratify their findings by race.

Race and ethnicity define disparate clinical outcomes in chronic rhinosinusitis.

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a common upper airways inflammatory disease requiring multidisciplinary care.

Objective: To evaluate if African Americans (AA), Latinxs, and nonLatinx White (White) patients have different chronic rhinosinusitis outcomes and to identify associated factors impacting these outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a large prospective cohort study of CRS patients who were evaluated and followed for several clinical variables at the initial encounter and after continuous management of CRS for a mean of 40 months.

A 2013 Survey on Pressure Monitoring in Adult Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits: Modes and Applications.

Pressure data acquired from multiple sites of extracorporeal circuits can be an important parameter to monitor for the safe conduct of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Although previous surveys demonstrate that CPB circuit pressure monitoring is widely used, there are very little data cataloging specific applications of this practice. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to survey the perfusion community to catalog 1) primary CPB circuit site pressure monitoring locations; 2) type of manometers used; 3) pressure monitoring interface and servoregulation with pump console; and 4) the rationale and documentation associated with pressure monitoring during CPB.