The opioid crisis is impacting people across the country and deserves attention to be able to curb the rise in opioid-related deaths....
To evaluate practice patterns in opioid infusion administration and dosing for patients with acute respiratory failure receiving invasive mechanical ventilation....
Retrospective cohort study....
Patients from 21 hospitals in Kaiser Permanente Northern California and 96 hospitals in Philips electronic ICU Research Institute....
We assessed whether patients received opioid infusion and the dose of said opioid infusion....
We identified patients with a diagnosis of acute respiratory failure who were initiated on invasive mechanical ventilation. From each patient, we determined if opioid infusions were administered and, ...
In the context of efforts to limit healthcare-associated opioid exposure, our findings highlight the considerable opioid exposure that accompanies mechanical ventilation and suggest potential under an...
Caudal epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are commonly employed in the management of low back pain and radiculopathy. Despite their widespread use, practice patterns among physicians performing caudal...
A survey was distributed to a cohort of physicians who regularly perform ESIs. The survey comprised questions regarding the type of needle primarily used, steroid selection, the use of catheters, and ...
The results revealed a predominant preference for the use of particulate steroids (72.41%) when performing caudal ESIs. Additionally, physicians primarily prefer to use spinal needles (72.41%) compare...
This survey provides initial data among physicians who perform caudal ESIs. Our results demonstrate the majority of physicians favor using particulate steroids and a spinal needle, with fewer opting t...
To outline the current status of Shock Wave Lithotripsy (SWL) in stone treatment and the changes in the mode of application after the COVID-19 pandemic along with critical factors affecting the clinic...
The American Board of Plastic Surgery has collected data on cosmetic surgery tracers as part of the Continuous Certification process since 2005. The current study was performed to analyze evolving tre...
Tracer data from 2005 through 2021 were reviewed and grouped into an early cohort (EC) (2005-2014) and a recent cohort (RC) (2015-2021). Fisher exact tests and two-sample t tests were used to compare ...
A total of 2810 suction-assisted liposuction cases were included (1150 EC, 1660 RC). In-office procedures increased (36% EC versus 41% RC). The use of general anesthesia remained the same (63% EC vers...
This study highlights evolving trends in liposuction over 16 years. Liposuction is becoming more common as an outpatient procedure performed concomitantly with other procedures. Despite multiple emerg...
With the publication of the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for Nephrotic Syndrome 2020," we examined nephrologists' adherence to the recommendations of four of its clinical questions (CQs...
This was a cross-sectional web-based survey conducted between November and December 2021. The target population comprised nephrologists certified by the Japanese Society of Nephrology who were recruit...
In total, 434 respondents worked in at least 306 facilities, of whom 386 (88.9%) provided outpatient care for primary nephrotic syndrome. Of these patients, 179 (41.2%) answered that they would not me...
Gaps in recommendations and practices regarding serodiagnosis and treatment of MN (i.e., CQ1 and 4) are observed, suggesting the need to address the barriers to their insurance reimbursement and the l...
After completion of training, anesthesiologists may have fewer opportunities to see how colleagues practice, and their breadth of case experiences may also diminish due to specialization. We created a...
The nationwide epidemiology and clinical practice patterns for younger children hospitalized with urinary tract infections (UTIs) were unclear....
We conducted a retrospective observational study consisting of 32,653 children aged < 36 months who were hospitalized with UTIs from 856 medical facilities during fiscal years 2011-2018 using a nation...
We observed marked male predominance among children aged < 6 months, slight female predominance among children aged > 12 months, and summer seasonality among children hospitalized with UTIs. Most phys...
Our study provided novel insight into the epidemiology and practice patterns for pediatric UTIs. Time-series clustering can be useful to identify the hospitals with aberrant practice patterns to furth...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious public health issue which is exacerbated by increased inappropriate use of antibiotics for common eye infections. This cross sectional survey was to assess ...
The medical records of all patients who sought eye care between January 2022 to December 2022 and were prescribed antibiotics were extracted from the hospital's electronic database. Descriptive, bivar...
A total of 1925 patient medical records were extracted, whose median age was 40 years (IQR 26-69), and were mostly females (58.91%, n = 1134/1925). The eye condition commonly treated with antibiotics ...
The level of appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions for eye infections was sub-optimal. Antimicrobial stewardship programs, including prescriber education on guidelines and prescription audit to ...
Clinical practice guidelines (CPG) exist for the management of non-specific low back pain (LBP). The objective of this study is to evaluate if Indian physiotherapists' follow CPGs when treating patien...
A cross-sectional survey using an online questionnaire was used to collect demographic information, views, and opinion about acute LBP and CPGs, and management strategies of a clinical vignette presen...
Responses from 328 physiotherapists were included in this study. Eighty-one percent of respondents indicated familiarity with CPGs for LBP and 75.3% (n = 328) respondents indicated that their interven...
In general, the study showed adherence to guidelines; however, there were areas that did not align with established evidence, especially referral for radiology and use of electrical modalities....
Infections, particularly those involving the respiratory tract, are associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular events, both de novo and as exacerbations of pre-existing cardiovascular di...
