Articles: function.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Physiological effects and tolerance of wearing surgical and N95 masks during sleep in normal individuals and patients with mild-moderate obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized crossover trial.
In certain situations, masks are worn during sleep to prevent respiratory infections. However, the effects of mask wearing on cardiopulmonary function during sleep are unknown. This study aimed to determine whether wearing masks during sleep has an impact on cardiopulmonary function, including in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. ⋯ Wearing masks during sleep at night does not adversely affect cardiopulmonary function but they can be uncomfortable, especially the N95 mask. Thus, in circumstances where wearing N95 masks during nocturnal sleep proves intolerable, we recommend the use of surgical masks as a more comfortable alternative.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Nov 2024
Using Bibliometric Data to Define and Understand Publishing Network Equity in Anesthesiology.
Anesthesiology departments and professional organizations increasingly recognize the need to embrace diverse membership to effectively care for patients, to educate our trainees, and to contribute to innovative research. 1 Bibliometric analysis uses citation data to determine the patterns of interrelatedness within a scientific community. Social network analysis examines these patterns to elucidate the network's functional properties. Using these methodologies, an analysis of contemporary scholarly work was undertaken to outline network structure and function, with particular focus on the equity of node and graph-level connectivity patterns. ⋯ The highly modular network structure indicates dense author communities. Extracommunity cooperation is limited, previously demonstrated to negatively impact novel scientific work. 2 , 3 Inequitable node influence is seen at both author and institution level, notably an imbalance of information transfer and disparity in connectivity patterns. There is an association between network influence, article publication (authors), and NIH funding (institutions). Female and minority authors are inequitably represented among the most influential authors. This baseline bibliometric analysis provides an opportunity to direct future network connections to more inclusively share information and integrate diverse perspectives, properties associated with increased academic productivity. 3 , 4.
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To evaluate the effect of dienogest on urinary symptoms and sexual functioning within a 6-month follow-up period. ⋯ Our study demonstrated that DNG could not only alleviate endometriosis pelvic pain but reduce urinary symptoms within the 6-month follow-up as well. DNG did not affect sexual function as measured by the FSFI score, although some adverse effects were recorded.