Donor milk: what's in it and what's not.

Knowledge and Attitude of Nurses Working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on the Use of Human Donor Milk

Introduction: Donor milk is a new emerging phenomenon in Iran and its banks are currently operating at a limited level. Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward this issue play a very important role in the adoption of human donor milk by families. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitude of nurses working in neonatal intensive care units   regarding the use of human donor...

Syndrome X: what's old, what's new, what's etiologic?

Differences in the What’s My M3? test between pre- and postmenopausal women

Aim of the study To evaluate the differences in the What's My M3 test between pre and postmenopausal women. Material and methods Pre- and postmenopausal women who attended an endocrine gynaecology consultation were studied. In all them, the What's My M3? test was applied. Descriptive statistics, central tendency and dispersion measures were used. Differences between groups were assessed with ...

Depth of anaesthesia monitoring: what's available, what's validated and what's next?

Depth of anaesthesia monitors might help to individualize anaesthesia by permitting accurate drug administration against the measured state of arousal of the patient. In addition, the avoidance of awareness or excessive anaesthetic depth might result in improved patient outcomes. Various depth of anaesthesia monitors based on processed analysis of the EEG or mid-latency auditory-evoked potentia...

PTSD Treatment for Veterans: What's Working, What's New, and What's Next.

More than a decade of war in the Middle East has pushed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the forefront of public health concerns. The author defines the disorder and discusses risk factors, treatments, and the barriers to effective care.