BioMed research international
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Primary headaches are underdiagnosed and undertreated, with a significant impact on social activities and work. ⋯ Primary headache prevalence is high in our population. It is not recognised as that requiring care by most of the staff of this tertiary health facility; thus education is required to increase health care utilization.
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Compared to conventional therapies, biologics are more effective but expensive in treating psoriasis. ⋯ Infliximab and ustekinumab 90 mg had the highest efficacy. Meanwhile, adalimumab had the best cost-efficacy, followed by ustekinumab 45 mg and infliximab.
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The aim of this study was to analyze complications of vestibular schwannoma (VS) microsurgery. ⋯ Our study demonstrates that despite the benefits of advanced high-tech equipment, refined microsurgical instruments, and highly developed neuroimaging technologies, there are still various and significant complications associated with vestibular schwannomas microsurgery.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Patient-controlled epidural levobupivacaine with or without fentanyl for post-cesarean section pain relief.
The purpose of this study was to compare the analgesic properties of levobupivacaine with or without fentanyl for patient-controlled epidural analgesia after Cesarean section in a randomized, double-blinded study. ⋯ Our study showed that pure epidural levobupivacaine can provide comparative analgesic properties to the levobupivacaine-fentanyl combination after Cesarean section. Pure levobupivacaine may serve as an alternative pain control regimen to avoid opioid-related adverse events in parturients.
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Clinical Trial
Pediatric Index of Mortality and PIM2 scores have good calibration in a large cohort of children from a developing country.
Our objective was to validate the Pediatric Index of Mortality (PIM) and PIM2 scores in a large cohort of children from a developing country. ⋯ PIM and PIM2 scores had good calibration in our setup.