The Value of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring During Patient Positioning in Spine Surgery: A Preventive Strategy.

Cervical spine surgery in patients with myelopathy poses a substantial anesthetic challenge, primarily due to the risk of secondary spinal cord injury (SCI). Traditionally, concerns have centered around cervical movements during intubation. However, limited evidence supports a direct link between intubation and SCI, so anesthesiologists must consider other factors, including patient positioning, spinal perfusion pressure, and direct surgical complications.

Could the use of agonist protocols benefit patients who do not respond well to human reproduction treatment?

Objective: The primary goal of this article is to analyze whether there is still room for ovarian stimulation in poor responders prescribed the long protocol.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed the medical charts of patients seen at the Vida Centro de Fertilidade, a private fertility clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from January 2018 to June 2023. It included poor responders described based on the Bologna criteria who were first prescribed conventional treatment with an antagonist protocol, without success, and then the long agonist protocol.

Electrochemical molecularly imprinted polymer sensor for simple and fast analysis of tetrodotoxin in seafood.

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a marine biotoxin whose biosynthesis is associated with the pufferfish. Its distribution is primarily focused in Asian and tropical marine areas. Currently, this group of toxins is classified as emerging in Europe, and its presence could be related to climate change.

Functional capacity using sit-to-stand tests in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its relationship with disease severity-a cross-sectional study with matched controls.

Background: Functional capacity impairment is a crucial consequence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although it can be identified with simple tests, such as the sit-to-stand tests, its prevalence, relation with disease severity, and the characteristics of people presenting this impairment remain unknown.

Objective: To explore the functional capacity of people with COPD.

Beyond pulmonary rehabilitation: can the PICk UP programme fill the gap? A randomised trial in COPD.

Introduction And Objectives: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a fundamental intervention to manage COPD, however, maintaining its benefits is challenging. Engaging in physical activity might help to prolong PR benefits. This study assessed the efficacy and effectiveness of a personalised community-based physical activity programme to sustain physical activity and other health-related PR benefits, in people with COPD.