Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding FoodDrug Interaction in the Intensive Care and Emergency Hospitals by Samir Y Lafi, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Bayan Omar Sharif

“…Usually supplement is essential and fundamental components for ensure and creating the human body, also drugs seem to survey the life of each individual and ensure the wellbeing for a long life aimed most of illness, but in case nourishment sedate interaction ignored since of information shortage almost it or any reason maybe lead to futile of medicine for the patients or cause life threatening condition because of that, one of the most significant ethical point in every health care setting in the world is patient's safety;  and  the care for patients must be improved in every country to prevent complication of interaction between food and drug. …”
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Construction of a predictive model for the risk of aspiration in enteral nutrition patients in ICU by CHEN Yue, ZHANG Hui, GUAN Chun, HU Fasheng

“…The independent risk factors were ranked in order of importance from highest to lowest as number of days of placement [OR=1.038, 95%CI(1.024, 1.052)], body position [OR=3.879, 95%CI(2.104, 7.152)], duration of daily enteral nutrition [OR=1.035, 95%CI(1.004, 1.067)], APACHE II score [OR=1.063, 95%CI(1.032, 1.095)], use of sedative and analgesic medication [OR=4.054, 95%CI(1.804, 9.108)], partial pressure of oxygen [OR=0.985, 95%CI(0.974, 0.997)]. …”
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Can Platelet Count and Mean Platelet Volume be Used as Markers of Postdural Puncture Headache in Obstetric Patients? by Osman Uzundere, Cem Kıvılcım Kaçar, Sedat Kaya

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Evaluation of the Relationship Between Histopathological Tissue Diagnosis and Endometrial Thickness in Cases with Postmenopausal Bleeding by Mehmet Şükrü Budak, Mehmet Baki Şentürk, Sedat Akgöl, Mehmet Obut, Ali Emre Tahaoğlu, Cihan Toğrul, Ayhan Yıldırım

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The Egyptian Revolution: First Impressions from the Field by Mohammed A. Bamyeh

“…The Egyptian Revolution, starting on January 25, lacked leadership and possessed little organization; its defining events, on Friday, January 28, occurred on a day when all communication technologies, including all internet and phones, were barred; it took place in a large country known for sedate political life, a very long legacy of authoritarian continuity, and an enviable repressive apparatus consisting of more than 2 million members. …”
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Emergency Department Screening for Unhealthy Alcohol and Drug Use with a Brief Tablet-Based Questionnaire by Joshua W. Elder, Evan F. Wu, James A. Chenoweth, James F. Holmes, Aman K. Parikh, Aimee K. Moulin, Tommie G. Trevino, John R. Richards

“…Subjects were excluded if they had evidence of acute intoxication and/or received sedating medication. Results. A total of 283 (57%) subjects were enrolled over a 4-week period, which represented an increase of 183% over the monthly average of patients referred for SBIRT by the CADC prior to the study. …”
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Propofol Regulates ER Stress to Inhibit Tumour Growth and Sensitize Osteosarcoma to Doxorubicin by Hua Wei, Xinhui Du, Huaping Zhao, Peipei Sun, Jianjun Yang

“…The antitumour role of propofol, a widely used intravenous sedative-hypnotic agent, has been recently reported in different cancer types. …”
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Fetal Tetra-Amelia Birth: A Case Report by Eyob Asefa Belay, Anberbir Girma Asebot, Bezza Kedida Dabi

“…Maternal diabetes, amniotic band syndrome, TORCH (toxoplasmosis, rubella cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex, and HIV) infection, alcohol consumption, and intrauterine exposure to some drugs like thalidomide, glucocorticoids, and sedatives are risk factors for limb malformation. Tetra-amelia can be diagnosed as early as the first trimester of pregnancy. …”
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Indian Psychiatric Society multicentre study: Diagnostic patterns, comorbidity and prescription practices for patients with Dementia by CT Sudhir Kumar, Mathew Varghese, Venugopal Duddu, Sridhar Vaitheswaran, Shrikant Srivastava, KS Shaji, Sanju George, Narendra Kumar Singh, Nishant Goyal, Ajay Bakhla, S Shaji, Vikas Menon, Tajamul Hussain, Sandeep Grover, Aseem Mehra, Lokesh Kumar Singh, A Purushotham, Avinash Desousa, Nilesh Shah, Sagar Karia, I Anand, Shafana Afroon, Ritambhara Mehta, Gargi Kukreja, Dimple Dadarwala, KL Vidya, PT Sivakumar, Preeti Sinha, Shivashankar Reddy, Thomas Isaac, Mina Chandra

“…Overall, 113 (19.3%) patients were on antidepressants, 80 (13.7%) patients were on sedatives/hypnotics, and 16 (2.7%) patients were on mood stabilizers. …”
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Evaluation of Six Patients with Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma with a Literature Review by Sinem Nedime Sökücü, Celalettin Kocatürk, Nur Ürer, Yaşar Sönmezoğlu, Levent Dalar, Levent Karasulu, Sedat Altın, Mehmet Ali Bedirhan

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In vitro evaluation of glutathione implementation on oxidative dna damage and oxidant status in high glucose conditions by Fatmagul Yur, Semiha Dede, Sedat Cetin, Mehmet Taspinar, Ayse Usta

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The effect of interferon alpha administration on cytokine levels in sheep by Devran Coşkun, Merve İder, Mustafa Sedat Arslan, Rahmi Canbar, Enver Yazar

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Hypnotics' association with mortality or cancer: a matched cohort study by Daniel F Kripke, Lawrence E Kline, Robert D Langer

“…HRs were elevated in separate analyses for several common hypnotics, including zolpidem, temazepam, eszopiclone, zaleplon, other benzodiazepines, barbiturates and sedative antihistamines. Hypnotic use in the upper third was associated with a significant elevation of incident cancer; HR=1.35 (95% CI 1.18 to 1.55). …”
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A new approach for detecting HPV DNA in cervical swabs: comparison of nucleic acid extraction with direct PCR by Fatih Çubuk, Muhammet Çağrı Yıldız, Fikrican Balcı, Ahmet İrgin, Savaş Aşkın, Ekrem Sağtaş, Sedat kaygusuz

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Psychotropic Drugs in Dermatology Part 1: Anti-depressants and Mood Stabilisers by Varsha L. Kenkare, Bhushan Madke, Ankita Choudhary, Shiti Bose

“…The review has been divided into two parts, with part 1 consisting of anti-depressants and mood stabilisers and part 2 consisting of anti-psychotics, anxiolytics, and sedative-hypnotic agents used in psycho-dermatology. …”
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Comparison of oxygen supplementation by nasal cannula with suction versus air insufflation without suction under drapes during monitored anesthesia care in adult cataract surgery-A... by Subramaniam Shanmugam Arivazhakan, Hemavathi Balachander, Sakthirajan Panneerselvam, Kirthiha Govindaraj, Priya Rudingwa

“…Fifty-six adult patients with equal gender distribution undergoing cataract surgery with multiple comorbid conditions without sedative premedications were included in the study and randomized into either Group “O” (n = 28) who received oxygen @ 4 l min-1 through a nasal cannula with suction, and Group “A” (n = 28) who received medical air @10 l min-1 through the circle breathing system under the drapes. …”
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Delirium Management Quality Improvement Project to Improve Awareness and Screening in a Medical ICU by Hirsh Makhija, Kyle Digrande, Omar Awan, Russell G. Buhr, Rajan Saggar, Victoria Ramirez, Rainbow Tarumoto, Janelle M. Fine, Atul Malhotra, Dale M. Needham, Jennifer L. Martin, Biren B. Kamdar

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> An interdisciplinary delirium project comprising rigorous lectures on standard-of-care practices can yield significant improvements in documentation and sedative administration. This approach can help ICUs jumpstart efforts to build awareness and address longstanding gaps in standard-of-care delirium practices.…”
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Efficacy of Simple Eye Ointment, Polyethylene Cover, and Eyelid Taping in Prevention of Ocular Surface Disorders in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Mehdi Ahmadinejad, Esmat Karbasi, Yunes Jahani, Maryam Ahmadipour, Maryam Soltaninejad, Zahra Karzari

“…However, patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for several reasons including loss of consciousness, receiving sedative and neuromuscular blocking agents, and mechanical ventilation may lose eye-protective mechanisms causing exposure keratopathy. …”
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BRAF Inhibitors for BRAF V600E Mutant Colorectal Cancers: Literature Survey and Case Report by Yasar Subutay Peker, Mehmet Fatih Can, Ismail Hakki Ozerhan, Gokhan Yagci, Nazif Zeybek, Kutan Kavakli, Sedat Gurkok, Alper Gozubuyuk, Onur Genc, Gokhan Erdem, Ahmet Ozet, Mustafa Gerek, Yusuf Peker

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A Scoping Review of Factors Associated with Delayed Extubation in Post Cardiac Surgery Patients by Kumalasari RI, Kosasih CE, Priambodo AP

“…The factors most commonly reported to influence ED include preoperative factors (age ≥ 60 and EF < 50%), intraoperative factors (duration of surgery ≥ 7 hours, use of IABP and sedatives), and postoperative factors (BNP≥ 806 pg/mL). …”
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