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Gac Sanit
March 2025
Financial Economics and Accounting Department, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Objective: To review several behavioral economics-based interventions ("healthy nudges") aimed at mitigating the overuse and underuse of healthcare resources -phenomena associated with poorer health outcomes and increased costs.
Method: A comparative case study approach is used to assess the effectiveness of ten studies designed to improve treatment adherence and prevent underuse, as well as those focused on improving prescribing practices to address overuse.
Results: First, healthy nudges are generally effective, although there is considerable variability in their outcomes.
Pain Manag Nurs
March 2025
Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery Department, Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address:
Unlabelled: Up to 90% of amputee patients have phantom limb pain (PLP), which is difficult to treat. The aim of this study was to assess the medium and long-term efficacy of mirror therapy (MT) in unilateral amputee adults with PLP.
Methods: We carried out an uncontrolled prospective longitudinal study.
J Microbiol Immunol Infect
March 2025
Chang Gung Microbiota Therapy Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Electronic address:
Background: Clostridium innocuum is a vancomycin-resistant pathobiome associated with poor clinical outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In ulcerative colitis (UC), it correlates with reduced remission rates, while in Crohn's disease (CD), it is linked to creeping fat formation and intestinal strictures. Notably, some patients experience refractory or recurrent C.
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March 2025
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Innovation and Portfolio Management, Canadian Blood Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address:
The global infrastructure supporting nearly 100 million transfusions annually relies on the ability to store red cell concentrates (RCCs) for up to 42 days at hypothermic temperatures or indefinitely at low sub-zero temperatures. While these methods are generally effective, there is both an opportunity and, in specific settings, a need to refine storage techniques that have remained largely unchanged since the 1980s. Recent research has identified ways to address limitations that were not fully understood when these methods were first implemented in blood banks, with much of it focusing on modifying conventional storage strategies, while some studies explore alternative approaches.
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March 2025
Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhur University, Damanhur City, Egypt.
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a frequent and severe complication among newborns in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). It is associated with elevated morbidity and mortality rates, more extended hospital stays and increased health care costs. Implementing preventive care bundles and structured sets of evidence-based practices reduces VAP incidence.
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