Rosenberg

Over 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain (CP), which causes more disability than any other medical condition in the United States at a cost of $560-$635 billion per year (Institute of Medicine, 2011). Opioid analgesics are frequently used to treat CP. However, long term use of opioids can cause brain changes such as opioid-induced…[Read more]

Many hospitals use rapid response systems (RRSs) to identify and intervene on hospitalized children at risk for deterioration.

To describe RRS characteristics across hospitals in the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) network.

We developed the survey through a series of prospective respondent, expert, and cognitive…[Read more]

A German team published a new meta-analysis on the topic, “Occupational noise and hypertension risk A systematic review and meta-analysis” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health […].General anesthesia in animal experiments is an ethical must and is required for all the procedures that are likely to cause more…[Read more]

05). Those experiencing poor sleep had the lowest QoL among the cancer patients.

Sleep disturbance is a significant problem for Arabic patients diagnosed with breast cancer. The result suggests that sleep disturbance should be routinely assessed in clinical settings. Further research should develop an intervention for management to reduce…[Read more]

punctata), E. coli, Salmonella spp. (including S. choleraesui, S. typhimurium, and S. pullorum), Proteus mirabilis, Vibrio fluvialis, Yersinia ruckeri, Erysipelothrix, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Streptococcus agalactiae (MICs were 0.25~8 μg/mL, MBCs were 1-64 μg/mL). Intermediate bacteria were Enterococcus spp. (including E. faecalis and E. f…[Read more]