https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38117578
Acupressure applied to specific points during normal labor was found to effectively reduce anxiety and pain levels in primiparous women, with a greater decrease compared to sham acupressure.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38117578
Acupressure applied to specific points during normal labor was found to effectively reduce anxiety and pain levels in primiparous women, with a greater decrease compared to sham acupressure.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38117577
Patients with Parkinson disease who develop disabling blepharospasm or apraxia of eyelid opening after deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus can achieve measurable symptom improvement through a customized treatment approach involving both botulinum toxin injections and surgery.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38117576
The study found that people living with HIV in northwest Spain who are young, male, born in Spain, have severe immunosuppression, prior diagnosis of condyloma acuminata, and HPV-16 infection are at a higher risk for developing anal dysplasia and high-grade squamous-intraepithelial lesions (HSILs).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38117574
Orthopaedic trauma fellows primarily find jobs through word of mouth, with most securing their first choice job but a third still reporting settling for their position, and case volume significantly influencing job choice.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38117573
This study establishes patient-acceptable symptom state thresholds for Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Physical Function and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score following operatively treated tibial plateau fractures, and identifies factors associated with these thresholds.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38117571
This study found no increase in infection risk for anterior plating of pelvic ring fractures in patients with bladder or urethral injuries, but it highlights the overall high risk of infection in such cases and the need for further investigation into the impact of anterior implants and suprapubic catheter use and duration.