RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL ON ANALGESIC EFFECT OF PRE-OPERATIVE FASCIA ILIACA COMPARTMENT BLOCK IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS WITH HIP FRACTURE

Randomized controlled trial on analgesic effect of pre-operative fascia iliaca compartment block in geriatric patients with hip fracture

Objective While most geriatric patients with hip fracture benefit from definitive operative treatment, pre-operative pain management is often overlooked.Conventional oral analgesics may provide suboptimal pain control, resulting in poor morbidity outcomes.Fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) provides a more consistent analgesic effect.This study

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Risk of Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter Associated with Periodontitis: A Nationwide, Population-Based, Cohort Study.

To investigate the risk of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter in patients with periodontitis (PD) in comparison with individuals without PD.We used the 1999-2010 Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database to identify cases of PD in the year 2000 matching (1:1) with persons without PD during 1999-2000 according to sex and individual ag

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Dietary diversity and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia

Sintayehu Hailu,1 Bedasa Woldemichael21Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Goba Referral Hospital, Madda Walabu University, Bale-Goba, Ethiopia; 2Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Goba Referral Hospital, Madda Walabu University, Bale-Goba, EthiopiaBackground: Dietary diversity is a proxy indicator of nutrient ade

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