a bstract background: mechanical ventilation is one of the supporting treatments that are used for different reasons. to reduce patients’ inconvenience caused due to using tracheal tube and ventilator, sedation is routinely used. using scales for the sedation, for example, richmond agitation sedation scale (rass), may reduce dose of sedation and length of mechanical ventilation.   materials and...

The Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) is considered the gold standard fatigue detection device and is used frequently in fatigue research. With the rapid development of new technologies it is essential to develop PVT available on different platforms such as touchscreen devices. The big advantage of such PVT is that it can be implemented on small devices and can be easily used in field studies. T...

Introduction Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are synthetic derivatives of which frequently utilized in order to increase muscle mass and strength. Estimates AAS abuse vary according different studies. However, a global lifetime prevalence 3.3% has been reported. The increasing illicit use over the years raised serious public health concerns. Objectives To report clinical case review psychopa...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of ketorolac on the incidence and severity of emergence agitation in children recovering from sevoflurane anesthesia. METHODS Eighty-five children aged 3 to 7 years were randomly assigned to the control group or the ketorolac group (1 mg/kg ketorolac). The children were evaluated by the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium Sc...

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Nocturnal agitation is one of the symptoms exhibited by dementia patients. Diagnosing and monitoring the evolution of agitation is difficult because patient monitoring requires a doctor, nurse or caregiver observing patients for extended periods of time. In this work, we propose to use an automatic monitoring system based on wearable technology that complements the caregiver’s work. The propose...

Perhaps one of the most controversial and poorly understood phenomena in brain injury care and research is agitation. There is little consensus about this entity within the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation, let alone consensus among neuroscience professionals. The lack of agreement is so basic that use of the term agitation is questioned. This lack of consensus was the genesis of t...