Rejected

Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of occupational injuries and approximately 10-15% of patients are affected by an adverse event during their hospital stay. There is scarce scientific literature about how HCWs manage these risks in practice and what support they need. This knowledge is needed to improve safety for patients and HCWs. This study explores HCWs' experiences of workplace incidents that led to injury or posed a risk of patient and worker injury, with focus on HCWs' emotions and actions.

Photodermatoses are characterized by the development of skin eruptions following exposure to ultraviolet radiation or visible light. We report here the clinical findings and results of laboratory investigations and phototesting of 6 patients who experience debilitating and excruciating pain after sun exposure ("sun pain") in the absence of any skin eruption. Phototesting with sub-erythemal doses of ultraviolet A radiation triggered localized pain in 4 patients. At follow-up, 3 female patients were found to have developed fibromyalgia, 2 male patients experienced a major depressive disorder, and another male patient had a conversion disorder. One patient also developed allodynia to tactile stimuli and one developed allodynia to thermal and tactile stimuli. Psychiatric conditions should be taken into consideration in patients presenting with excruciating and debilitating pain on exposure to ultraviolet radiation, but with absence of skin eruption. Further research is needed to evaluate whether it represents a type of allodynia triggered by exposure to ultraviolet radiation.

Muscle energy techniques (METs) are used to reduce tension in neck muscles and therefore, can be used together with Swedish massage to enhance its effect. The aim of this study was to assess if using METs combined with massage could improve sleep quality.

Neuropathic pain is characterized by spontaneous painful symptoms. Medical therapies include the use of a capsaicin 8% patch (Qutenza®, Grünenthal Gmbh, Germany), and patients may experience a sharp burning sensation at application and removal of the patch. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of playing a standardized hypnosis recording during application, on the pain and anxiety induced by capsaicin treatment.

Connected devices are dramatically changing many aspects in health care. One such device, the virtual reality (VR) headset, has recently been shown to improve analgesia in a small sample of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical features and outcomes of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS).

Unlike infectious peritonitis, non-infectious eosinophilic peritonitis (EP) in uremic patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) still goes unrecognized, leading to inappropriate management. We report a 56-year-old male with uremia on CAPD exhibiting peritonitis with abdominal pain, fever, and turbid dialysate containing increasing WBCs with neutrophils predominant and growing . Intraperitoneal vancomycin 100 mg administration in each peritoneal dialysis (PD) bag exchange improved clinical and laboratory features initially. However, recurrent turbid dialysate with prominent eosinophils (25%) but negative culture appeared on the 5th day. Despite continuous intraperitoneal vancomycin, persistent turbid dialysate with prominent eosinophils (77%) was notable with peripheral eosinophilia (28%). With the cessation of intraperitoneal vancomycin and the use of oral steroid therapy, EP and eosinophilia completely resolved. Antibiotics (vancomycin)-induced eosinophilic peritonitis should be kept in mind as a cause of recurrent turbid dialysate with higher percentage of eosinophils and negative cultures to avoid unnecessary examination and complication.

To compare the analgesic effects of pregabalin to those of single-shot interscalene brachial plexus block (ISBPB) in adults having arthroscopic RC repair, as well as its effect on postoperative opioid consumption, patient satisfaction, and opioid-related adverse effects.

A chronic expanding hematoma (CEH) enlarges as a result of slight bleeding over several months, and the tissue shows a mixture of blood breakdown products, granulation tissue with capillary ingrowth, and inflammatory tissue. This report presents a case of a subcapsular hepatic CEH that was treated with transarterial embolization (TAE) and hepatectomy.