Point-of-care (POC) devices have grown in popularity due to their ease of use, low cost, and speedy on-site diagnostic capabilities. This study focuses on ketamine detection by colorimetric and lateral flow assays (LFA), with aptamer-based LFA emergi...
BACKGROUND: Effective management of postoperative pain remains a significant challenge in obstetric care due to the variability in pain perception and response influenced by physical, medical, and psychosocial factors. Current standardized pain manag...
The impact of general anesthetics on neurodevelopment is highly controversial in terms of clinical and preclinical studies. Evidence mounted in recent years indicated development of social cognitions was more susceptible to general anesthesia in earl...
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
Dec 9, 2024
BACKGROUND: Craving is a core factor driving drug-seeking and -taking, representing a significant risk factor for relapse. This study aims to identify neuroanatomical biomarkers for quantifying and predicting craving.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Amphetamine-type stimulants are the second-most used illicit drugs globally, yet there are no US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatments for amphetamine-type stimulant use disorders (ATSUD). The aim of this study w...
General anesthesia, pivotal for surgical procedures, requires precise depth monitoring to mitigate risks ranging from intraoperative awareness to postoperative cognitive impairments. Traditional assessment methods, relying on physiological indicators...
Ketamine has recently become an anesthetic drug used in human and veterinary clinical medicine for illicit abuse worldwide, but the detection of illicit abuse and inference of time intervals following ketamine abuse are challenging issues in forensic...
BACKGROUND: Improving safe and effective access to ketamine therapy is of high priority given the growing burden of mental illness. Telehealth-supported administration of sublingual ketamine is being explored toward this goal.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience
May 21, 2024
The underlying brain mechanisms of ketamine in treating chronic suicidality and the characteristics of patients who will benefit from ketamine treatment remain unclear. To address these gaps, we investigated temporal variations of brain functional sy...
Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology
May 13, 2021
BACKGROUND: The effects of ketofol (propofol and ketamine admixture) on systemic hemodynamics and outcomes in patients undergoing emergency decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury (TBI) are unknown and explored in this study.
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