Predicting Aggressive and Socially Disruptive Behavior in a Maximum Security Forensic Psychiatric Hospital
Predicting Aggressive and Socially Disruptive Behavior in a Maximum Security Forensic Psychiatric Hospital ~ Clinical studies have indicated that psychiatric patients pose an increased risk for disruptive and assaultive behavior. For instance, Menuck reported that more than one-half of psychiawic patients either seen in emergency settings or admitted to hospitals are physically aggressive. Werner, Yesavage, [...]
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Long-Term Memory Underlying Hippocampus-Dependent Social Recognition in Mice
Long-Term Memory Underlying Hippocampus-Dependent Social Recognition in Mice ~ Social recognition is critical for the structure and stability of the networks of relationships that define societies. For animals such as mice, recognition of conspecifics may be important for maintaining social hierarchy and for mate choice (Berry and Bronson, 1992; Jiming et al., 1994). In the [...]
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Environmental Health Risk Of Chronic Exposure To Nitrous Oxide In Dental Practice
Environmental Health Risk Of Chronic Exposure To Nitrous Oxide In Dental Practice ~ Nitrous oxide and oxygen are widely used for conscious sedation in dental surgeries in many countries. Desire for stress reduction conduced to the popularity of this method. Inhalation of nitrous oxide is administrated via a special nosepiece. The gases are inhaled continually [...]
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Evidence to Support an Individualized Approach to Modification of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for Ambulatory Oral Surgery
Evidence to Support an Individualized Approach to Modification of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for Ambulatory Oral Surgery ~ The question of whether modification of oral anticoagulation (OA) is necessary for oral surgical procedures has been debated for some time. There are numerous references advocating various protocols and management therapies for anticoagulated patients requiring surgical procedures. Over [...]
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Tranexamic Acid Mouthwash Versus Autologous Fibrin Glue in Patients Taking Warfarin Undergoing Dental Extractions: A Randomized Prospective Clinical Study
Tranexamic Acid Mouthwash Versus Autologous Fibrin Glue in Patients Taking Warfarin Undergoing Dental Extractions: A Randomized Prospective Clinical Study ~ Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to compare the effectiveness of a 4.8% tranexamic acid mouthwash versus an autologous fibrin glue preparation to control hemostasis in patients therapeutically anticoagulated with warfarin who required [...]
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Management of Dental Patients on Warfarin Therapy in a Primary Care Setting
Management of Dental Patients on Warfarin Therapy in a Primary Care Setting ~ Warfarin works by acting as an inhibitor of vitamin K. Vitamin K is required by blood coagulation factors II, VII, IX, X and protein C (which are produced by the liver) for their activation from profactors to their active form as shown [...]
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Systematic Review: Bisphosphonates and Osteonecrosis of the Jaws
Systematic Review: Bisphosphonates and Osteonecrosis of the Jaws ~ Bisphosphonates are used to treat osteoporosis, Paget disease of bone and other metabolic bone diseases, multiple myeloma, and skeletal events associated with metastatic neoplasms. Their primary mechanism of action is inhibition of osteoclastic resorption of bone. Within the past 2 years, an increasing body of literature [...]
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Antiplatelet Drugs : Is There a Surgical Risk?
Antiplatelet Drugs : Is There a Surgical Risk? ~ Hemostasis is a process encompassing the various mechanisms that stop the bleeding when the vascular wall is ruptured. A number of factors, including the endothelial wall, the platelets, and the proteins of the coagulation cascade and of fibrinolysis, play essential roles in this function. A congenital [...]
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Dental Bioaerosol As An Occupational Hazard In A Dentist’s Workplace
Dental Bioaerosol As An Occupational Hazard In A Dentist’s Workplace ~ The dental unit is the main element of dental surgery equipment, being a multifunctional set of tools which enable a dentist to perform basic procedures. It consists of a dental chair, usually integrated with an instrument console, an operation lamp and a spittoon. According [...]
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Intra-operative blood loss and operating time in orthognathic surgery using induced hypotensive general anaesthesia: prospective study
Intra-operative blood loss and operating time in orthognathic surgery using induced hypotensive general anaesthesia: prospective study ~ Maxillofacial orthognathic surgery is widely practised globally, and it is well established because of its capacity to correct many dentofacial deformities. Although surgical precision is important, clinicians should also pay attention to other parameters such as the operating [...]
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Dental management of patients using antithrombotic drugs: critical appraisal of existing guidelines
Dental management of patients using antithrombotic drugs: critical appraisal of existing guidelines ~ Antithrombotic drugs, such as aspirin and warfarin, are frequently prescribed to avoid primary or secondary thromboembolic events. When patients have to undergo invasive dental or maxillofacial treatment, dentists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, physicians, and patients have to decide whether to continue the [...]
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Bisphosphonates, Osteonecrosis, Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Dental Extractions: A Case Series
Bisphosphonates, Osteonecrosis, Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Dental Extractions: A Case Series ~ The purpose of bisphosphonate therapy is to slow the rate of bone resorption. Mostly, this therapy is used to treat different types of cancers (myelomas, metastatic breast or prostate cancers), bone diseases or severe osteoporosis.1,2 Since 2003, when the link between bisphosphonate therapy and [...]
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