Articles: disease.
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Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an established and successful surgical procedure which is the major treatment for degenerative knee joint diseases. A novel technique to address posterior knee joint pain is the infiltration of local anesthetic between the interspace between the popliteal artery and capsule of the knee (IPACK). The goal of this randomized clinical trial was to assess the efficacy and safety of adding IPACK to adductor canal block (ACB) after TKA. ⋯ It was hypothesized that when combined with a control group, the IPACK block would result in a lower morphine consumption and pain score after TKA.
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Recently, numerous studies have shown that MS disrupts a number of social cognitive abilities, including empathy, theory of mind (ToM), and facial emotion recognition. In contrast to well-documented deficits in the core social cognitive domains of ToM and facial emotion recognition, it is not clear the broad and specific subcomponents of empathy processing affected. In addition, the specific subcomponents of ToM affected in MS are also unclear. The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to characterize the performance of empathy and ToM in MS. ⋯ INPLASY202070029.
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Alzheimer disease (AD) is a leading progressive neurodegenerative disease worldwide, but treating it is challenging in clinical practice. This review is aimed at evaluating the efficacy and safety of herbal medicine for treating AD. ⋯ Ethical approval is not required, as this study is based on a review of published research. This review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and disseminated both electronically and in print.
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Case Reports
Ankylosing spondylitis complicating Turner syndrome: Two case reports and a literature review.
Turner syndrome (TS) is an anomaly caused by loss of part of or all the X chromosomes. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an HLA-B27-associated autoimmune disease with a male predominance. It is widely accepted that TS patients are at higher risk of autoimmune diseases, but AS in TS patients has only rarely been reported. ⋯ Even though AS has a male predominance, clinicians should be aware that AS and TS may co-exist and that the clinical features are atypical in TS patients with AS.
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The impact of vitamin K in ameliorating diabetes-associated complications, especially those linked with platelet activation and coagulation remains unclear. The current study aims to systematically explore and discuss the available evidence on the impact of vitamin K on the diabetes-cardiovascular disease (CVD)-associated complications. ⋯ This protocol is registered on the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) registration number: CRD42020151667.