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Cureus
December 2024
Family Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, PAK.
Introduction Depression is a prevalent and debilitating condition that often requires long-term medication management. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are commonly used but have limitations in efficacy and tolerability for some individuals. New antidepressant drugs targeting multiple pathways have shown potential in recent research.
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January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL, 61637, USA.
Background: Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is a rare, often underrecognized complication of long-term lithium therapy. Lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus results from chronic renal exposure, leading to significant polyuria, dehydration, and hypernatremia.
Case Presentation: We describe a case of a 55-year-old White caucasian male with a schizoaffective disorder managed with lithium who presented with altered mental status and electrolyte abnormalities following a recent stroke.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak
January 2025
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83, Zhongshan East Road, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550000, China.
Background: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly utilized in healthcare settings. Postoperative pathology reports, which are essential for diagnosing and determining treatment strategies for surgical patients, frequently include complex data that can be challenging for patients to comprehend. This complexity can adversely affect the quality of communication between doctors and patients about their diagnosis and treatment options, potentially impacting patient outcomes such as understanding of their condition, treatment adherence, and overall satisfaction.
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January 2025
Department of Nursing, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
Objective: This study investigates the influence of structural empowerment and psychological capital on nurse work engagement within the context of rising healthcare demands and nursing staff shortages.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study involving 778 registered nurses from six tertiary hospitals in Hangzhou, China, was conducted. Data were collected using multiple tools, including a demographic questionnaire, the CWEQ-II (Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire II), the PCQ (Psychological Capital Questionnaire), and the UWES-9 (Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9).
Sci Rep
January 2025
Department of Statistics, College of Natural and Computational Science, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
The human immunodeficiency virus systematically undermines the immune system, which serves as our body's inherent safeguard against diseases. Currently, it is the most serious threat to public health. Ethiopia is among the countries with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS.
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