J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A
June 2024
A ban on neodymium magnets was lifted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in 2016.
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February 2023
Settings: Postoperative pain management is an ever-growing challenge with the rise of the opioid crisis. Ketamine is an NMDA channel blocker, considered an alternative to perioperative opioid use; small concentrations are safe. Objective: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of perioperative ketamine administration on postoperative opioid use and the length of hospital stay in bariatric patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt has been progressively recognized the importance of including users and their perspective in the evaluation of health and mental health services. This paper develops some ideas related to the involvement of users in the service improvement process -from their participation as consumers up to their citizens' place in full exercise of rights-; and the way in which they perceive received services and attention, as well as some discussions about the possibilities and difficulties for taking into account that perspective.
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