Can oral caffeine decrease postoperative opioid consumption following posterior spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? A randomized placebo-controlled trial by Anne Stuedemann, MSN, RN, CPNP, Richard M Schwend, MD FAAP FAOA, Kenneth A. Shaw, MD, Nicolette Saddler, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, Michon Huston, PA-C, Michael Benvenuti, MD, Julia Leamon, MSN, RN, CPN, Ashley K. Sherman, MA, John Anderson, MD

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Decoding substance use disorder severity from clinical notes using a large language model by Maria Mahbub, Gregory M. Dams, Sudarshan Srinivasan, Caitlin Rizy, Ioana Danciu, Jodie Trafton, Kathryn Knight

“…This study investigates the application of LLMs for extracting severity-related information for various SUD diagnoses from clinical notes. …”
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ASA score is an independent predictor of 1-year outcome after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury by Olivia Kiwanuka, Philipp Lassarén, Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Charles Tatter, Jonathan Tjerkaski, David W. Nelson, Eric P. Thelin

“…Abstract Purpose This study aimed to investigate whether incorporating pre-injury health status, measured by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, improves outcome prediction models for moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI) patients. …”
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Development of a machine learning model related to explore the association between heavy metal exposure and alveolar bone loss among US adults utilizing SHAP: a study based on NHAN... by Jiayi Chen

“…Abstract Background Alveolar bone loss (ABL) is common in modern society. Heavy metal exposure is usually considered to be a risk factor for ABL. …”
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Risk factors for the delayed discharge from anesthesia intensive care unit: a single-center retrospective study by Yue Qian, Jing Hao, Wei Zhu, Yan Yang, Zhuan-yun Zhang, Lu-yang Zhou, Xiao-ping Gu, Zheng-liang Ma, Yu-e Sun

“…Binary multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that younger than 18 years or older than 64 years, the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of class III-IV, body mass index of less than 18 kg/m2 or greater than 25 kg/m2, preoperative complications, emergency surgeries and intraoperative massive hemorrhage were risk factors for the delayed discharge from an AICU. …”
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