Simulation-Debriefing Enhanced Needs Assessment (SDENA) is a simulation-based approach to prospective hazard analysis that uses simulation and debriefing as a unit-level diagnostic tool. Scenarios address failure modes for health care improvement targets, and debriefing explores unit-specific barriers and resiliencies. Debriefing guides are structured to explore how six drivers of a behavior engineering framework (data, tools/resources, incentives, knowledge/skills, capacity, motivation) influence clinical behaviors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a commonly performed surgery with risk of serious complications. Intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) can mitigate these risks by clarifying the anatomy of the biliary tree and detecting common bile duct injuries. However, mastering IOC interpretation is largely through experience, and studies have shown that even expert surgeons often struggle with this skill.
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June 2024
The WHO recommends mass drug administration (MDA) for intestinal worm infections in areas with over 20% infection prevalence. Recent Cochrane meta-analyses endorse treatment of infected individuals but recommend against MDA. We conducted a theory-agnostic random-effects meta-analysis of the effect of multiple-dose MDA and a cost-effectiveness analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe design of bifunctional compounds is a promising approach toward the development of strong analgesics with reduced side effects. We here report the optimization of the previously published lead peptide , which contains opioid receptor agonist and neuropeptide FF receptor antagonist pharmacophores and is shown to induce potent antinociception and reduced side effects. We evaluated the novel hybrid peptides for their activity at MOP, NPFFR1, and NPFFR2 and selected four of them () for assessment of their acute antinociceptive activity in mice.
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