São Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Investigation of the effect of ultrasonography-guided bilateral erector spinae plane block on postoperative opioid consumption and pain scores in patients undergoing hepatectomy: a prospective, randomized, controlled study.
There is still a debate about what constitutes effective and safe postoperative analgesia in hepatectomy surgery. Erector spinae plane (ESP) block may be an important part of multimodal analgesia application in hepatectomy surgery. ⋯ ACTRN12620000466943.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effectiveness of a SNAPPS in psychiatric residents assessed using objective structured teaching encounters: a case-control study.
Residents play the role of teachers in almost one-quarter of their activities in residency programs. ⋯ This study indicates the efficacy of SNAPPS over traditional case presentation in all three settings as assessed by OSTEs and supports its implementation to improve the teaching of clinical reasoning.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Four weeks of exercise regimen for sedentary workers with rounded shoulder posture: a randomized controlled study.
Rounded shoulder (RS) posture causes neck and shoulder pathologies. Mechanical correction taping (MCT) is often incorporated into postural corrective therapies; however, its effects on muscle stiffness are unclear. ⋯ Scapular MCT added to postural exercises did not show any difference between the intervention groups and controls in terms of muscle stiffness and posture in sedentary workers.