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MedEdPORTAL
January 2025
Associate Professor, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
Introduction: Stigmatizing attitudes held by health care professionals against individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) result in worse clinical outcomes. Story-listening has been shown to help mitigate bias for medical trainees. We created a narrative-based small-group facilitated discussion between medical students and an individual in recovery from SUD through a direct partnership with a community peer-recovery organization.
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January 2025
Clinic for Intensive Care, Department of Acute Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Background: Workplace violence (WPV) presents challenges in intensive care units (ICUs) calling for reliable prediction of violence. This narrative review aimed to identify and evaluate risk assessment tools from acute care settings which are or might be used to predict violent behavior in adult ICU patients focusing on their performance and clinical utility.
Methods: A screening of PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar was conducted to identify risk scores used in the acute care setting such as emergency departments, hospitals and ICUs.
Microorganisms
January 2025
Hepatogastroenterology Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Propaedeutic Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. Its pathogenesis involves multiple factors, including visceral hypersensitivity and immune activation. NLRP3 inflammasome is part of the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor (NLR) family, a crucial component of the innate immune system.
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January 2025
Optometry Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia.
Background/objectives: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic, debilitating condition characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, and psychological distress. There is a lack of qualitative studies on the unique experiences of patients with FMS in Arab countries, particularly through social media. Despite the availability of diagnostic criteria, diagnosing and managing patients remains challenging.
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January 2025
2Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; and.
Objective: Spinal fusion is a commonly performed surgical procedure used to relieve pain, deformity, and instability of various spinal pathologies. Although there have been attempts to standardize spinal fusion assessment radiologically, there is currently no unified definition that also considers clinical symptomology. This review attempts to create a more holistic and standardized definition of spinal fusion.
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