Working conditions and mental illness among nursing workers.

The growth of mental illness has aroused the interest of the occupational health area in the study of the relationship between work and mental health. Among health workers, nursing represents the largest contingent of workforce in the sector and, due to frequent exposure to numerous stressors, they present a significant increase in work-related mental illness. The objective of this study was to identify the most frequent illness and mental distress processes among nursing professionals in Brazil and relate them to working conditions and coping strategies described in recent scientific literature.

Emergency Department Treatment of Elevated Blood Pressure in the Headache Patient.

Headache accounts for 1 - 3% of emergency department (ED) visits globally and is associated with elevated blood pressure (BP). It is unclear if anti-hypertensive therapy provides benefits. This retrospective study assessed effects of anti-hypertensive therapy in ED headache patients on rescue analgesic need, hospital admissions, and length of stay (LOS).

Equivalence in osteoporosis workup and management after femoral neck fracture fixation and vertebral compression fracture cement augmentation: A single-center retrospective study highlighting persistent Underdiagnosis and Undertreatment.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate pre- and post-fracture medical management of osteoporosis among patients who underwent surgical fixation of femoral neck fractures (FNF) and vertebral compression fractures (VCF), and to investigate if there is a difference in treatment, management, and subsequent fractures between FNF and VCF patients.

Methods: Patients who underwent surgical fixation of FNF or VCF were retrospectively reviewed at a minimum 1 year follow up. Patients were excluded if their fracture was caused by high energy trauma or malignancy, <50 years-old, deceased, or lost to follow up.

Antihypertensive prescription is associated with improved 30-day outcomes for discharged hypertensive emergency department patients.

Background: Hypertension (HTN) is common in discharged emergency department (ED) patients, yet the short-term outcomes of treating HTN at ED discharge are unclear. This study aimed to investigate whether emergency physician (EP) prescription of oral antihypertensive therapy at ED discharge for hypertensive patients is associated with a decreased 30-day risk of the severe adverse events (AEs), death, and revisits to the ED.

Methods: We conducted an observational cohort study assessing the 30-day outcomes of discharged ED patients with HTN, comparing outcomes based on whether antihypertensive therapy was prescribed.

Transient attention does not alter the eccentricity effect in estimation of duration.

Previous research investigating the influence of stimulus eccentricity on perceived duration showed an increasing duration underestimation with increasing eccentricity. Based on studies showing that precueing the stimulus location prolongs perceived duration, one might assume that this eccentricity effect is influenced by spatial attention. In the present study, we assessed the influence of transient covert attention on the eccentricity effect in duration estimation in two experiments, one online and one in a laboratory setting.