Two-Way Fluid–Gas Exchange Syringe for Postvitrectomy Patients in Outpatient Setting Pars plana vitrectomy is a surgical procedure for the treatment of diseases such as rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, macular hole, and macular pucker (also called epiretinal membrane). In clinical medical practices, complications such as postvitrectomy vitreous hemorrhage, ...

OBJECTIVE Preparation of drug solutions used with electronic syringe infusion pumps plays a crucial role in the delivery of an accurate drug concentration. Is there a correlation between drug concentrations during syringe pump infusion and preparation protocols? METHOD Norepinephrine, insulin, and sufentanil were prepared in 3 different ways: (1) the drug was taken from the vial, then the sol...

BACKGROUND Syringe sharing is a high-risk practice associated with the transmission of infectious diseases, such as HIV and HCV. While youth who contend with housing instability are known to be more likely to engage in high-risk substance use, the potential relationship between being evicted from housing and syringe sharing has not been examined. This study assessed whether residential eviction...

BACKGROUND This study compared the effectiveness of a Specially Designed Paste Carrier technique with the Syringe-Spreader technique and the Syringe-Lentulo spiral technique in the intracanal placement of calcium hydroxide. METHODS Three groups, each containing 15 single-rooted human anterior teeth were prepared using standardized Mtwo rotary instruments to a master apical file size 40 with 0...

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS Thailand's longstanding HIV epidemic among injection drug users (IDU) has been attributed, in part, to the Thai government's unwillingness to implement evidence-based HIV prevention interventions. This study was undertaken to examine risk factors for syringe borrowing among a community-recruited sample of Thai IDU. DESIGN AND METHODS We examined the prevalence of syringe...