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Ann Surg Oncol
December 2024
Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Background: Benzodiazepines are the third most misused medication, with many patients having their first exposure during a surgical episode. We sought to characterize factors associated with new persistent benzodiazepine use (NPBU) among patients undergoing cancer surgery.
Patients And Methods: Patients who underwent cancer surgery between 2013 and 2021 were identified using the IBM-MarketScan database.
Talanta
December 2024
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun, 130033, China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing for Optical Systems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China. Electronic address:
Pathogenic bacteria infections are a major public health problem in current society. Rapid and reliable identification of these pathogens can help avoid the misuse of antibiotics and enable precision therapy. In this study, we present a large-spot confocal Raman system based on fiber array (LSCR-FA) for the in situ detection of microbial colonies on agar plates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Med Case Rep
December 2024
School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Background: Long-term use of oral or parenteral corticosteroids is the most common cause of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression and iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome. Still, iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome occurs rarely following the administration of topical corticosteroids.
Case Presentation: This case study discusses the misuse of a high-potency corticosteroid cream by an Iranian 5-year-old male with plaque-form psoriasis, resulting in Cushingoid symptoms including moon face, buffalo hump, red striae, and weight gain.
Anaesthesiologie
December 2024
Deutsche Allianz für Klimawandel und Gesundheit, Regensburg, Deutschland.
Intensive care medicine is an area with a particularly high consumption of resources. This review presents important new findings relating to the environmental sustainability of intensive care medicine. For example, the drugs used in intensive care medicine can end up in the environment and cause relevant ecotoxicity.
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December 2024
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Introduction: Obesity has emerged as a global pandemic, with its prevalence notably increasing during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2019. In response, many individuals have turned to pharmacological interventions, including antidiabetic medications, as means of achieving weight loss with minimal effort. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the Jordanian population regarding the use of antidiabetic agents, specifically glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and biguanides, for weight management.
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