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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2024
Chinese Anesthesiology Milestones in Resident Evaluation: Reliability, Validity, and Correlation with Objective Examination Scores: a Cross-sectional Study.
Evaluating competency acquisition during residency training is crucial. The Anesthesiology Milestones have been implemented in the United States. The China Consortium of Elite Teaching Hospitals for Residency Education has also developed the Chinese Resident Core Competency Milestone Evaluation System. Despite this, Milestones tailored for anesthesiology have yet to be implemented in China. To address this gap, we have developed Chinese Anesthesiology Milestones. This study aims to assess the reliability and validity of the Chinese Anesthesiology Milestones and their correlation with objective examinations. ⋯ The Chinese Anesthesiology Milestones demonstrated satisfactory interrater reliability, internal consistency, construct validity, and correlation with objective examination scores within our hospital.
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Multiple preferences exist for embolic materials selection in middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) for chronic subdural hematoma with limited comparative literature data. Herein, we compare different embolic materials. ⋯ We found no differences in radiological improvement, surgical rescue, or major complications between embolic materials in MMAE. Current randomized trials are exclusively using liquid embolics, and these data suggest that future trials involving particles are likely to produce similar outcomes.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2024
Impact of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus on Acute Kidney Injury After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common complications after liver transplantation (LT) and can significantly impact outcomes. The presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection increases the risk of AKI development. However, the impact of HCV on AKI after LT has not been evaluated. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of HCV on AKI development in patients who underwent LT. ⋯ The presence of HCV was associated with increased risk for the development of AKI, 1-year mortality, and graft failure after LT.
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Self-efficacy for pain management is the key to successful pain management, yet little is known about the effect of cognitive performance on self-efficacy for pain management. This study aimed to examine to what extent cognitive performance is related to self-efficacy for pain management in older adults with chronic pain. ⋯ Greater cognitive performance in attention and executive function might be associated with better self-efficacy for pain management. Future longitudinal research is required to investigate the long-term implications of cognitive performance changes on the progress of self-efficacy for pain management in community-dwelling older adults.