Effect of oral clonidine on pain reduction in patients with opioid use disorder in the emergency department: A randomized clinical trial.

Aims: Pain can create physical and psychosocial discomfort. Pain management of patients with opioid misuse history can be challenging, in part due to their tolerance to opioids. Clonidine is an alpha-2 agonist that has been used for the reduction of anxiety and pain.

Persistence of post-concussion symptoms in patients with mild traumatic brain injury and no psychiatric history in the emergency department.

Purpose: To elucidate the predictive factors for persistent post-concussion symptoms at 1 and 3 months following minor traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) in patients with no psychiatric history.

Methods: This was an observational study in an academic trauma centre including adult patients with a history of mTBI and no psychiatric history. Exclusion criteria were missing the follow-up phone calls, radiologic abnormalities, simultaneous injuries and refusal to participate.

Impact of Education on Trauma Patients' Handover Quality; a Before-After Trial.

Introduction: Poor handover and inadequate transmission of clinical information between shifts cause a lot of problems in patient care and result in significant risks for physicians and patients. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of education and application of handover checklist on trauma patients' handover quality.

Methods: In this before-after trial, handover process of trauma patients in an educational hospital was evaluated before and after education and application of a handover checklist, abbreviated as "WHO MISSED IP?", using a questionnaire that consisted of 10 necessary items, which should be delivered during handover of trauma patients.