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Implementation of mandatory opioid prescribing limits in North Carolina: healthcare administrator and prescriber perspectives

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Recent increases in state laws to reduce opioid prescribing have demonstrated a need to understand how they are interpreted and implemented in healthcare systems.
Natalie A. Blackburn, Elizabeth Joniak-Grant, Maryalice Nocera, Samantha Wooten Dorris, Nabarun Dasgupta, Paul R. Chelminski, Timothy S. Carey, Li-Tzy Wu, David A. Edwards, Stephen W. Marshall, Shabbar I. Ranapurwala   +10 more
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Emapalumab for Immune Effector Cell‐Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis‐Like Syndrome Following CD19‐Directed CAR‐T in Two Patients With B‐ALL: Clinical and Biomarker Correlates

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Immune effector cell‐associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis‐like syndrome (IEC‐HS) is a life‐threatening hyperinflammatory toxicity distinct from cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity following chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell (CAR‐T) therapy. In a single‐institution retrospective cohort of pediatric and young adult patients
Thomas J. Galletta, Jeremy D. Rubinstein, Christopher E. Dandoy, Ruby Khoury, Angela Faulhaber, Christine L. Phillips, Christa Krupski   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Workers compensation-reported injuries among security and law enforcement personnel in the private versus public sectors

Injury Epidemiology, 2018
Background Private and Public security and law enforcement (SLE) sectors perform multiple overlapping job duties. Methods Workers’ compensation (WC) SLE first reports of injury (FROI) data (2005–2015) were analyzed to describe injuries, identify ...
W. S. Witt, T. L. Bunn, S. Slavova
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Therapeutic Apheresis for Intravenous Methylprednisolone‐Refractory Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in a Single‐Center Case Series

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a relapsing autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. High‐dose intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) is the standard first‐line therapy for acute attacks, although some patients remain refractory.
Wataru Horiguchi, Daisuke Katagiri, Takeyuki Watadani, Shunichi Matsuda, Hiroshi Kaneko, Noritoshi Arai   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lightning Injury is a disaster in Bangladesh? - Exploring its magnitude and public health needs [version 1; referees: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2016
Background: Lightning injury is a global public health issue. Low and middle-income countries in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world are most affected by lightning.
Animesh Biswas, Koustuv Dalal, Jahangir Hossain, Kamran Ul Baset, Fazlur Rahman, Saidur Rahman Mashreky   +5 more
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Infection Control Practices for Vascular Access Management in Hemodialysis: Results From a Nationwide Survey of Japanese National University Hospitals

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada, Makoto Harada, Tadahiko Kikugawa, Takeshi Nakata, Koji Hashimoto, Tsuneo Konta, Yuji Kamijo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing injuries in childhood [PDF]

BMJ, 1994
What is the leading cause of death among children and adolescents? Not AIDS, not cancer or diabetes, not cystic fibrosis or heart disease, and certainly not meningitis. For most countries in the developed world, and increasingly in the developing world as well, about one half of all deaths after the first year of life are due to injuries ...
R, Smith, I B, Pless
openaire   +2 more sources

Organ‐specific redox imbalances in spinal muscular atrophy mice are partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotides

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of the Protocol for Trauma Team Activation in Taipei: A Retrospective Study

Emergency Medicine International
Conclusion: The Taipei prehospital field triage guidelines are acceptable but not an ideal tool for identifying patients with major trauma, with an overtriage rate of 48.12% and an undertriage rate of 12.03%.
Wan-Lin Chen, Ju-Chi Ou, Shih-Yu Ko, Wen-Ching Li, Hon-Ping Ma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An early implementation assessment of Ontario’s Healthy Kids Community Challenge: results from a survey of key stakeholders

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In Ontario Canada, the Healthy Kids Community Challenge (HKCC) is a program intended to reduce the prevalence and prevent childhood overweight and obesity through community-based initiatives to improve health behaviours.
Michelle M. Vine, Jocelyn W. Jarvis, Eunice Chong, Rachel E. Laxer, Adam Ladak, Heather Manson   +5 more
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