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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effects of Emergency Department Training on Buprenorphine Prescribing and Opioid Use Disorder-Associated ED Revisits: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Torchiano A, Roberts B, Haroz R et al. · 2025 · The western journal of emergency medicine

Introduction Prescribing patients buprenorphine from the emergency department (ED) is recommended by multiple organizations. However, it is unclear how best to encourage physicians to prescribe buprenorphine from the ED. Our objectives in…

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At 75 Years, Is Lithium the Gold Standard in Bipolar Disorder?

Belmaker RH · 2025 · Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)

Lithium was the first discovered mood stabilizer for bipolar disorder. However, several antiepileptics such as valproate and carbamazepine have also proven to be mood stabilizers in all phases of bipolar disorder with profiles barely…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Comparison of CATCH, PECARN and CHALICE rules in children with minor head trauma.

Ferhatlar ME, Cumhur BA, Koca Y et al. · 2026 · European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society

Purpose The aim of this study is to prospectively compare the diagnostic performance of the PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE clinical decision rules in pediatric patients presenting with minor head trauma, within a rural secondary-level…

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Computer vision for pain detection during procedural sedation.

Zarghami Y, Rad MG, Mafeld S et al. · 2026 · Scientific reports

Continual automated pain detection from facial expressions using computer vision during procedural sedation could optimize sedation dose titration and minimize pain. A prospective observational study was conducted. Participants' faces were…

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Unresponsive Systemic Mastocytosis in a Young AML With RUNX1::RUNX1T1 Fusion With Rare KIT c.1255_1257delGAC Mutation: A Clinical Deadlock.

Balraam Kv V, Nayak AR, Dass J et al. · 2026 · Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology

Background Systemic mastocytosis (SM) with associated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a rare malignancy usually linked to KIT p.D816V mutations. Observations We report a 17-year-old female with RUNX1::RUNX1T1-positive AML and florid mast…

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Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Clinical Findings in 14 Cats With High-Rise Syndrome.

Swanstein HKJ, Gommeren K, Langhorn R et al. · 2026 · Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)

Objective To describe point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and clinical findings in cats with high-rise syndrome. Design Retrospective descriptive study. Setting University hospital. Animals Fourteen cats that fell from a height. Measurements…

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Klossiella equi, an underreported parasite of equids in the Americas.

Zeldenrust EG, Carlton K, Jenkins EJ et al. · 2026 · Veterinary parasitology

Klossiella equi Baumann, 1946 (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) is a globally distributed adeleorinid parasite that infects the kidneys of equid hosts. Considered an uncommon parasite, when K. equi is detected, it is typically an incidental finding…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Progesterone

· 2006

Because of the low reported levels of progesterone in breastmilk, even with the high-dose products, amounts ingested by the infant are small and would not be expected to cause any adverse effects in breastfed infants. The progesterone…

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Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

YTHDF proteins differentially regulate a subset of m6A-modified transcripts to restrain endothelial inflammation during homeostasis.

Shyam Kumar R, Chakraborty S, Jayakumar H et al. · 2026 · Molecular biology reports

Background N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification of mRNAs through METTL3 maintains homeostasis in many cell types. The mechanism by which METTL3 complexes together with reader proteins, especially the YTH domain-containing protein, governs…

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Radiographic Detection of Intrathoracic Lymphadenomegaly in Dogs: How Useful Is It?

Lye G, Pollard RE, Hartman A et al. · 2026 · Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association

The intrathoracic lymph nodes (LN) of clinical interest in dogs are the sternal (STLN), cranial mediastinal (CrMLN), and tracheobronchial (TBLN) groups. Although computed tomography (CT) depicts and measures these nodes well, thoracic…

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Detection of cross-reactivity of antibodies to the N proteins of feline morbillivirus and canine distemper virus in Japanese cat plasma samples

Khin STMM, Jafar SM, Ju M et al. · 2025 · Journal of virological methods

Feline morbillivirus (FeMV) is a globally emerging virus that has been linked to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in infected cats. Immunological assays, such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), are important for studying the virus…

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