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Risk Factors For Prolonged Opioid Use After Spine Surgery

Global Spine Journal, 2023
Study Design: Retrospective review. Objective: Our purpose was to evaluate factors associated with increased risk of prolonged post-operative opioid pain medication usage following spine surgery, as well as identify the risk of various post-operative ...
Christopher Kowalski MD, Ryan Ridenour MD, Sarah McNutt MD, Djibril Ba PhD, Guodong Liu PhD, Jesse Bible MD, Michael Aynardi MD, Matthew Garner MD, Douglas Leslie PhD, Aman Dhawan MD   +9 more
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Toward Sustainable Healthcare: Examining ESG‐Readiness in Austrian Regional State‐Owned Hospitals

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reporting on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is now an essential part of responsible corporate governance, including in the healthcare sector. This study investigates the ESG reporting practices of Austrian regional state‐owned hospitals (rSOHs), contributing to the growing sustainability literature. Thirteen interviews with
Philumena Bauer, Dorothea Greiling, Hüseyin Celik, Laura Kienast   +3 more
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The mechanism of administrative and legal regulation of state control over the circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors: scientific and theoretical aspects

Проблеми Законності, 2019
The article based on the analysis of scientists' points of view formulated the author’s definition of the legal construction “administrative and legal regulation of state control over the circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and ...
Олександр Михайлович Шевчук
doaj   +1 more source

The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong, Lukas Kornher, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Aslihan Arslan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

TORPEDO: Prospective, double blind, randomized clinical trial comparing the use of Ketorolac verse placebo during live donor nephrectomy for kidney transplant

Transplantation Reports, 2017
The aim of this pilot study was to determine if the use of Ketorolac for donor nephrectomies could decrease the use of narcotics. Methods: This is a prospective, double blind, randomized trial involving patients undergoing nephrectomy for live donor ...
Jeffrey Campsen, Tyler Call, Heather F. Thiesset, Alec Rosales, Robin D. Kim   +4 more
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Preoperative caudal blocks associated with decreased cumulative opioid requirements compared to postoperative caudal blocks in pediatric urologic surgery

UroPrecision, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Caudal blocks (CB) are a cornerstone of pediatric urologic surgery, providing effective analgesia while mitigating potential neurotoxicity associated with general anesthesia and opioids. However, the optimal timing of CB—preoperative versus postoperative—remains controversial.
Jordan L. Mendelson, William Brenseke, Diego Alvarez Vega, William Nguyen, Mohammed Shium, Saige Gitlin, Ronnie G. Fine, Steven C. Friedman, Mark Horowitz, Walter I. Weiss, Raghu Idupuganti, Jordan S. Gitlin   +11 more
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Systematic Literature Review of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients With Chronic Back Pain Without Prior Spine Surgery

Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, EarlyView., 2021
Abstract Objective Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide and one of the most common reasons for seeking healthcare. Despite numerous care strategies, patients with low back pain continue to exhibit poor outcomes. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an evidence‐based therapeutic modality for patients with failed back surgery syndrome ...
Jan M. Eckermann, Julie G. Pilitsis, Christopher Vannaboutathong, Belinda J. Wagner, Rose Province‐Azalde, Markus A. Bendel   +5 more
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Masculinity, Prostitution, and the Imaginary Northwest in Chinese Travel Writings About Shanxi and Western Inner Mongolia, 1920–1949

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

A retrospective cross-sectional study of therapeutic results of single port thoracoscopy in patients with lung collapse due to trauma: comparison of entirely recovered and re-thoracoscopy needed patients

BMC Surgery
Introduction Lung collapse can occur for various reasons, especially trauma. Single-port thoracoscopy is a treatment method that has not been discussed in detail.
Mojtaba Ahmadinejad, Hedieh Soltani, Mojtaba Foroohi, Nafiseh Yousefi Manesh, Hooravash Mohajerani, Izadmehr Ahmadinejad, Javad Zebarjadi Bagherpour   +6 more
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Opportunities and Alliances: The Relational Dynamics of Criminal Collusion in Latin America

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico and judicial wiretap analysis in Argentina, this paper shows that collusion between state actors and violent non‐state actors operates through fluid and competitive relational networks rather than stable hierarchies or fixed institutional arrangements.
Eldad J. Levy, Javier Auyero
wiley   +1 more source