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The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. During their twice-weekly rounds, Dr Stern and other members of the Consultation Service discuss diagnosis and management of hospitalized patients with complex medical or surgical problems who also demonstrate psychiatric symptoms or conditions. These discussions have given rise to rounds reports that will prove useful for clinicians practicing at the interface of medicine and psychiatry. .
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Br J Nurs
September 2025
Patient Advocate, Ostomy Triathlete.
Many people living with a stoma face challenges beyond their physical needs. Although stoma care products and services have advanced, significant gaps persist in national policies and equitable access. Current policies appear to prioritise cost savings over the wellbeing of people living with a stoma, not appreciating the expertise of specialist stoma care nurses (SSCNs) and the experience of people living with a stoma.
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August 2025
Guangzhou Twelfth People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510700, China.
Objectives: To explore the efficacy of DSA-guided intrathecal drug delivery system combined with Acupoint Therapy for management of cancer pain and provide reference for its standardized clinical application. Methods and.
Results: Recommendations were formulated based on literature review and expert group discussion, and consensus was reached following expert consultation.
Transfusion
September 2025
Infectious Disease Consultant, North Potomac, Maryland, USA.
Background: The Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Monitoring System assesses trends in ~60% of the US blood supply. Donors with high-risk behaviors, including injection drug use, men having sex with other men, or exchanging sex for money/drugs were deferred for 12 months (12M) from 2016 to 2020 and 3 months (3M) from 2020 to 2023. Here we evaluate HIV, HBV, and HCV incidence and window-period residual risk (WPRR) in two ~3-year periods of 12M (2017-2020) and 3M (2020-2023) to identify any differences.
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September 2025
CACI, Inc, Falls Church, VirginiaUSA.
Introduction: Targeted identification, effective triage, and rapid hemorrhage control are essential for optimal outcomes of mass-casualty incidents (MCIs). An important aspect of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) care is field triage, but this skill is difficult to teach, assess, and research.
Study Objective: This study assessed triage efficacy and hemorrhage control of emergency responders from different professions who used the Sort, Assess, Life-Saving Treatment (SALT) triage algorithm in a virtual reality (VR) simulation of a terrorist subway bombing.
J Am Geriatr Soc
September 2025
Frailty Research Center, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Background: Prehabilitation may help older adults recover after surgery, yet adherence has been variable. We assessed the feasibility of a multi-component prehabilitation program.
Methods: This single-arm trial was conducted at an academic medical center to test the feasibility of an individualized prehabilitation program before major surgery.