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Mirror Therapy in Unilateral Amputee Patients With Phantom Limb Pain.
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.
Nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage among hospitalized patients before and after COVID-19 pandemic in a regional hospital in taiwan.
J Microbiol Immunol Infect
March 2025
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Chang Gung University School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Electronic address:
Background: Strict mask wearing and handwashing were implemented in hospital settings during COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan. To explore if nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage rate among inpatients in the hospital changed before and after COVID-19, we conducted this study.
Methods: Patients who were admitted to a regional hospital in central Taiwan during one week in 2012 and 2023, respectively, were enrolled.
Omega-3 index improves upon the pooled cohort equation in predicting risk for CVD.
J Clin Lipidol
February 2025
Fatty Acid Research Institute, Sioux Falls, SD, USA (Drs Tintle, Marchioli, and Harris); Department of Internal Medicine, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD, USA (Dr Harris).
Background: Accurate predictive tools are crucial for identifying patients at increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The Pooled Cohort Equation (PCE) is commonly used to predict 10-year risk for ASCVD, but its accuracy remains imperfect.
Objective: This study examined the extent to which the omega-3 index (O3I; the proportion of eicosapentaenoic acid+docosahexaenoic acid in erythrocyte membranes) improved the predictive capability of PCE.
Treatment indications for antidepressants prescribed in primary health care facilities in Beijing, China.
Int Psychogeriatr
March 2025
Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; International Research Center for Medicinal Administration, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
To examine the prevalence of treatment indications for antidepressants and assessed temporal trends in antidepressant prescribing for depression among adult patients in primary health care facilities (PHFs) in China. Descriptive study of antidepressant prescriptions written by primary care physicians. Setting participants: Patients aged 18 years and above in 67 PHFs in Dongcheng district in Beijing between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffect of implementing training programme for nurses about care bundle on prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia among newborns.
Nurs Crit Care
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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