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Headache is a common symptom in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Often, pain control is difficult and opioid use can have a complicated effect on the patient's state of consciousness. In this study of 2 cases, opioid consumption was reduced while effective pain control of headache occurring after endovascular treatment of an intracranial aneurysm was achieved using an ultrasound-guided, bilateral greater occipital nerve (GON) block. Case 1 was a 59-year-old male patient with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 13 who was diagnosed with Fisher scale grade 3 SAH. Coiling and stenting were performed for an anterior communicating artery aneurysm. Cerebrospinal fluid drainage was provided with a lumbar spinal catheter. Case 2 was a 55-yearold male patient with a GCS of 15 who underwent coiling of a fusiform aneurysm in the left basilar artery and stenting of the stenotic region due to a basilar artery aneurysm. After the procedure, the visual analog score (VAS) of the patients was 9 and 7, respectively, and a bilateral GON block was performed with ultrasound guidance. The VAS score of both patients decreased to 3 and did not exceed 3 during follow-up in the intensive care unit, eliminating the need for additional analgesics. A bilateral GON block provided effective analgesia and significantly reduced the need for other pain relief in both cases.The development of a sinus fungus ball (FB) is a form of non-invasive fungal sinusitis that generally affects immunocompetent individuals. In this report, 3 cases of maxillary sinus FB are described, including 1 bilateral maxillary sinus case. The fungal debris was cleared using endoscopic sinus surgery in each case. No recurrence was observed in follow-up at the 6th, 7th, or 26th month. The headache and facial pain symptoms of the patients improved. Efficient cleansing of the maxillary sinus, particularly the anterior wall, improves the recurrence ratio.The practice of anesthesia can include the need to accommodate surgical interventions on multiple extremities in a single procedure. General anesthesia is usually preferred in such cases in order to prevent an overdose of local anesthetics. One of the major benefits of using ultrasonography to provide regional anesthesia is that it facilitates reducing the local anesthetic drug dose required to obtain a successful block. The use of multiple, ultrasound-guided extremity blocks can be a reasonable alternative approach to general anesthesia, especially in high-risk patients. This report describes the case of a patient with malignant melanoma of the left lateral forearm. Surgical resection of the lesion, dissection of the axillary sentinel lymph node, and grafting from the lateral left thigh were planned. As the surgical procedure involved more than one extremity, a combination of anesthetic blocks was applied using ultrasound guidance. The use of supraclavicular, intercostobrachial, and lateral femoral cutaneous blocks is explained in the context of the literature.<br /><br /> Recent studies have shown a more frequent occurrence of sexual dysfunction in patients with headache. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of demographic and clinical characteristics and psychiatric symptoms on sexual dysfunction in Turkish female patients with migraine.<br /><br /> In all, 18 sexually active patients with episodic migraine (EM), 12 patients with chronic migraine (CM), and 22 healthy controls of similar age were enrolled in the study. A numeric rating scale was administered to assess pain intensity. The psychiatric symptoms and sexual function of all of the participants were evaluated using the Beck depression and anxiety scales and the Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS).<br /><br /> The mean GRISS subscale scores did not differ significantly between the migraine groups and the control group (all p values &lt;0.05). A positive correlation was found between the duration of headache and GRISS subscales of noncommunication, dissatisfaction, vaginismus, and anorgasmia in EM patients.tients with EM and CM.<br /><br /> Vertebral compression fractures due to osteoporosis are seen frequently. Osteoporotic compression fractures can cause severe pain, limitation of physical activities and impairment of quality of life. Kyphoplasty, a minimally invasive procedure, could be effective in many cases and can provide fast pain relief.<br /><br /> A patient with a history of falling from a height of 8 months duration visited our pain clinic. Opioids and anti-inflammatory analgesics were administered together with physical therapy and facet joint injections with no improvement. Radiological examination of the patient showed collapse fracture of L2 and L4 vertebrae on top of severe osteoporosis. Kyphoplasty was performed at the level of L2 vertebrae followed by 50% relieve in her pain (VAS score reduction from 8 to 3) and hence she was capable to resume her daily activities.<br /><br /> Percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty is a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of elder patient with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.<br /><br />Percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty is a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of elder patient with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.Pediatric postoperative pain management may require a multimodal approach. Single injection erector spinae plane (ESP) block may provide prolonged opioid-sparing postoperative analgesiain pediatric patients. We present a pediatric case of ESP block for postoperative analgesia after intussusception surgery.Surgical reduction was planned for 9-month-old patient after a trial of hydrostatic enema reduction had failed.We performed ultrasound guided unilateral bi-level ESP block. ESP block provided effective postoperative visceral and somatic pain relief and opioid sparing analgesia in our case.<br /><br /> This study was a randomized, controlled examination of the effect of the Buzzy device (MMJ Labs, LLC, Atlanta, GA, USA) in reducing pain during peripheral intravenous cannulation in children. The device uses a combination of highfrequency vibration and cold to block pain.<br /><br /> The study was conducted with 56 children aged 7-12 years who presented at the pediatric emergency department of Trakya University Health Center for Medical Research and Practice. Data were gathered using a family and child data collection form and the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale (Wong-Baker FACES Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA). A vein visualization tool was used in both groups for peripheral intravenous cannulation, and the Buzzy device was also used in the experimental group. The pain of the children was assessed by a nurse and the children. Descriptive statistics, the Wilcoxon t-test, the Mann-Whitney U test, and correlation analysis were used to evaluate the data. The results were evaluated at a 95% confidence interval andus cannulation. The level of pain reported by the nurse was higher than that described by the children. It is recommended that training on pain assessment and the use of distraction methods should be provided to nurses working in pediatric emergency departments.Narcolepsy is an infrequent neurological disorder, included in the catalog of rare diseases. Despite the existenceof precise diagnostic criteria, this entity remains underdiagnosed. It is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness associated with cataplexy; in some cases, hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, and/or delusional ideation may appear. The occurrence of psychotic symptoms makes differential diagnosis extremely difficult (narcolepsy, schizophrenia, or both). Furthermore, therapeutic management may be complex, since the treatment of one of the disorders may worsen the other. Here we describe the case of a patient with this rare comorbidity, which illustrates the major difficulties associated to both differential diagnosis and therapeutic management once a definitive diagnosis has been reached.he present study aims to validate the Spanish version of the Bush Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS).Impairments in Social Cognition (SC) in First Episode Psychosis (FEP) were reported exclusively using neurocognitive tests. Aim of this study is (1) to assess subjective experience of SC in FEP adolescent and young adults compared to non-FEP help-seeking peers, (2) to investigate any significant association of SC with psychopathology and functioning in FEP individuals; and (3) to monitor longitudinally the stability of SC after a 2-year follow-up period.To provide a bibliometric and contents analyses of the Spanish research in the field of gender dysphoria based on a literature review.From the psychosocial rehabilitation perspective, the use of instruments based on a theoretical framework to assess the level of functioning in activities of daily living with good clinimetric properties is essential for people diagnosed with schizophrenia. [https://www.selleckchem.com/products/az32.html https://www.selleckchem.com/products/az32.html] In Spain, scales translated from other languages, usually English, are very frequently used; this involves a process of adaptation, beyond translation. The objective of this study was to review and compare a series of different scales used in psychosocial functioning assessment in the Spanish population focused on daily living activities. The selected instruments have been adapted into Spanish over the last 19 years and are aimed at people diagnosed with a severe mental disorder, usually schizophrenia. The results showed that the number of instruments adapted to the Spanish population was small, with several shortcomings in the adaptation process, either in translation, the confusion of concepts or metric properties of the scale. In conclusion, the conceptualisation and assessment of functioning in this field remains a complex and controversial issue. The development of new instruments based on a theoretical approach, such as the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)1 may be a great help in improving the psychosocial treatment of people diagnosed with a psychotic disorder.The training of future specialists in child and adolescent psychiatry involves the acquisition of the skills required for interacting with the patient, their parents and teachers. These techniques help to direct the anamnesis within in structured manner which focuses on achieving, as early as possible, a proper diagnosis and treatment.The susceptibility of 1st to 4th instars of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1989) (Hemiptera Aleyrodidae) to three isolates of Cordyceps sp. (Hypocreales Cordycipitaceae) was evaluated in screenhouse experiments under variable temperatures and moisture conditions. No differences in susceptibility to the Cordyceps sp. isolates were observed among 1st, 2nd, and 3rd instar nymphs with respect to median lethal time (LT50) values. Confirmed mortalities ranged from 63.7 to 87.8% when the isolates were tested at 5 × 107 conidia mL-1. The 4th instar was the least susceptible to the fungal isolates (≤ 36.6% mortality). However, 60.0 to 99.5% of the adults that emerged from 4th instar nymphs previously treated with the fungus succumbed to the infection. Temperature was more detrimental to Cordyceps sp. virulence towards B. tabaci nymphs than relative humidity (RH). At similar RH, median LT50 for 1st instar (9.4 days) was higher than for 3rd instar (5.3 days) when the fungus was tested at 5 × 107 conidia mL-1; minimal temperatures of ≥ 12.