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A 71-year-old woman presented with acute onset left knee pain and decreased range of motion (ROM) 1.5 years after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) at an outside institution. She underwent arthroscopic lysis of adhesions and manipulation under anesthesia. Intraoperatively, a displaced bucket-handle tear of the lateral meniscus was encountered and excised. At 12-month follow-up, clinical outcomes and ROM were markedly improved. The persistence of meniscus tissue after TKA is rare and should be considered as a possibility for pain and decreased ROM after TKA. This case highlights the value of meticulous removal of meniscus tissue during primary arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic created global disruption in health professions education and healthcare practice, necessitating an abrupt move to digital delivery. A longitudinal survey was conducted to track the evolution of global responses to the pandemic. During the initial stages, educational and health institutions were forced to adapt quickly without careful consideration of optimal pedagogy, practices, and effectiveness of implemented approaches. In this paper, we report the results of Phase 3 of the global survey that was distributed between November 2021 and February 2022 through InterprofessionalResearch.Global (IPR.Global). The Phase 3 qualitative survey received 27 responses, representing 25 institutions from 13 countries in 6 regions. Using inductive thematic analysis, the data analysis resulted in three emerging themes: Impact of the pandemic on the delivery of interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP); Impact of the pandemic on the healthcare system (team, population/client health, clients); and Sustainability and innovation. This study highlights the evolving nature of health education and collaborative practices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. IPECP educators need to be resilient and deal with the complexities of face-to-face and digital learning delivery. Preparing for emerging forms of teamwork is essential for new work contexts and optimal health services.

Les bâtiments du secteur tertiaire ne représentent qu’un quart du parc de bâtiments existant, mais sont, aujourd’hui, responsables d’un tiers de sa consommation énergétique. La réduction de leur consommation et de leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre est donc un enjeu important. Aussi, des objectifs de réduction élevés sur cette catégorie de bâtiments ‒ de 40 % à l’horizon 2030, de 50 % en 2040, et pouvant atteindre jusqu’à 60 % en 2050 par rapport aux niveaux de consommation de 2010 – ont été formulés dans la loi Elan, dont le décret d’application, le « Décret Tertiaire », est entré en vigueur en septembre dernier. Pour avancer dans tous les types d’habitations et tout de suite, tous les propriétaires et occupants ont la possibilité de mettre en place des actions simples permettant des économies significatives et un retour sur investissement rapide. Par ces actions à « faible investissement », le concours CUBE, (le concours Usages Bâtiment efficace) représente ce qui peut être réalisé immédiatement et dans tous les bâtiments afin d’accélérer ou d’initier la démarche d’économie d’énergie. C’est ainsi que certains participants au concours réalisent, en seulement un an, des économies représentant une réduction de plus de 40 % de leur consommation énergétique, soit l’objectif fixé par le Décret Tertiaire pour 2030.

ABSTRACTObjective: Our institution implemented six multimodal, sliding scale protocols for managing pain in non-surgical inpatients. The purpose of this study was to compare the use of these acute pain protocols with traditional prescribing in regard to pain management efficacy and safety measures.Methods: This retrospective cohort study evaluated hospital in-patients who were prescribed one of the protocols during the first 6 months following implementation, admitted to the hospitalist service, and had received at least two doses of PRN analgesic medication within a 24-hour period. Data collected included baseline demographics, verbal pain rating scores to determine time to achieve analgesia, total opioid use in oral morphine equivalent doses (MEDs), and safety measures. A sample of patients admitted during the same time frame, meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria, but who received traditional analgesic prescribing served as controls.Results: Forty-six adult, non-surgical patients were included in the analysis, and 46 served as controls. The average baseline pain scores were similar between groups (7.26 in protocol, 7.43 in control, p = 0.684). Protocol patients required significantly less time to achieve meaningful analgesia (average 507.52 min) compared to the control group (894.33 min, p = 0.045). Patients in the protocol group used an average of 35.81 MEDs per day compared to 65.77 MEDs in controls (p = 0.019). Patients in the protocol group used significantly fewer PRN analgesic doses (12.70 vs. 24.02, p < 0.0001).Conclusion: Analysis of the implementation of acute pain management protocols indicates that using standardized pain management protocols of opioids, non-opioids, and medications to prevent opioid-related adverse events is more effective than traditional analgesic prescribing for our patient population.

BackgroundThere is a lack of research in the USA comparing patient satisfaction with pediatricians and other primary care physicians (PCPs). We examined and compared patient satisfaction toward their pediatricians and PCPs and characterized factors associated with higher patient satisfaction in these two groups.MethodsA random coefficient model with random slope and intercept was fit to the data, with patient satisfaction as a function of pediatrician/PCP, covariates, and physician random effects. Effect heterogeneity was assessed by allowing slope to vary as a function of covariates. Mediation analysis using the random coefficient model was conducted to calculate average total effect, average natural direct effect, and average indirect effect of pediatrician/PCP on satisfaction mediated by waiting/visit times.ResultsPediatricians had higher predicted satisfaction ratings than PCPs (total effect = 4.8, 95% CI 3.7–5.9), with population-averaged mean of 82.2 (0.54) vs 77.4 (0.13). The direct effect was 3.9 (2.8–5.0) and the indirect effect was 0.9 (0.9–0.9), suggesting that part but not all of the total effect can be explained by pediatricians having decreased waiting/visit times leading to increased satisfaction. Predictions by subgroup suggested that pediatricians had lower ratings than PCPs for first visit, but higher ratings for all other covariate strata considered. Having longer waiting times and decreased visit times coincided with closer mean ratings between pediatricians and PCPs, other significant effect modifiers included patient sex, provider sex, and region of practice.ConclusionPediatricians scored higher patient satisfaction ratings than the combined group of other PCPs. Pediatricians had shorter wait times to see their patients compared to PCPs. Shorter wait times and longer visit times were associated with higher patient satisfaction ratings.

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), sometimes called a direct neural interface or a brain-machine interface (BMI), is a direct communication between the brain and an external device.BCIs are often designed to help increase or repair cognitive or human sensomotor functions.Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMI) or Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), also known as neuro-prostheses, are conceived as technological interfaces between a host (typically a computer) and a user's brain.It should allow the use to perform a specific task, usually without performing any motor action.This implies that nerve impulses generated by the user's brain are detected, processed and used by the machine, almost in real time, to perform defined tasks.As an example, information can be processed and used to control mechanical systems (e.g.actuators) or electrical devices (eg electronic devices).It is now very difficult to read the neuroimaging of the brain computer interfacing the human brain.There are several studies that describe the methodology of doing so, but not enough, which leads us to a deliberative study of various brain imaging methods of reading on the human brain's computer interface.This article includes several types of brain imaging methods for the Human Brain (H-BCI) computer interface.

La question de l’énigme engage une réflexion sur le fait qu’un énoncé peut être grammaticalement exact sans que l’on puisse déterminer s’il est vrai ou faux. L’article examine comment, à partir de la réflexion de Platon et d’Aristote, la tradition grammaticale grecque a progressé pour prendre en compte ce que l’on nomme en linguistique moderne “features” pour analyser la pertinence d’un énoncé et son adéquation au réel. Il met ainsi en évidence quatre éléments essentiels : l’analyse diairétique qui correspond à l’analyse en “features”, la phrase comme combinaison de nom et de verbe, la similitude qui est à la source de la métaphore et la métaphore elle-même.

As a home death seems to be the perceived ideal, terminally ill people who live alone are at a disadvantage in terms of their place of care and death and little is known about their end-of-life preferences. This study aimed at eliciting patient preferences for their place of care and death longitudinally at two points during their illness trajectory, and reporting on the extent they were able to achieve their place of choice or congruence between preferred and actual place of death. A questionnaire was administered by a researcher in the patients' homes during two visits, 6-12 weeks apart depending on patient prognosis. Forty-three patients of Silver Chain Hospice Care Service in Western Australia participated during 2009-2010. The results indicated that preferences were in favour of either a home or hospice death, with more preferring home as a place of death rather than a place of care. However, overall congruence between preferred and actual place of death was between 53% and 41% dependent on whether it was based on first or second visit preferences respectively. This is the first longitudinal study to elicit the end-of-life preferences of terminally ill people who live alone. As home may not be the preferred location for dying for many patients (nearly half of the patients in this study), ability to die in the place of choice needs to be looked at as a possible indicator of meeting patient needs or as a quality measure in end-of-life care.

This article reviews current trends for using pharmacotherapy in combination with other weight loss modalities and offers points for consideration by clinicians in practice. Selected evidence-based articles and government websites. Pharmacotherapy as a strategy for managing overweight, obese, and extremely obese individuals remains controversial. Risk versus benefit and overall safety of prescription drugs for weight loss management remains a primary focus for consideration among clinicians and a viable topic for evidence-based outcomes research. Overweight and obesity are well accepted as critical risk factors and predictors of morbidity and mortality in individuals of all ages from childhood to senescence. In the United States, overweight and obesity exist in epidemic proportions. It is critical that primary care providers be knowledgeable about pharmacologic factors related to obesity.