Review
Surgery
Elizabeth F. Yates, Alexis N. Bowder, Lina Roa, Lotta Velin, Andrea S. Goodman, Louis L. Nguyen, Craig D. McClain, John G. Meara, Zara Cooper
Summary: Climate change negatively impacts patient health, with operating rooms being one of the most energy-intensive and wasteful areas of hospitals. The healthcare industry in the US emits 9.8% of the country's greenhouse gases, indicating a significant energy consumption issue.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Gabriela Markova, Lukas Houdek, Zuzana Kocabova
Summary: The present study demonstrates the positive effects of healthcare clown intervention on children undergoing surgeries, with the parent-child relationship playing a significant role in their effectiveness. The clown intervention improved children's emotions and vocalizations, impacting both children and parents' moods. However, the existing parent-child relationship also influences the outcomes of the intervention.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Akos Marton, James Ashcroft
Summary: This article discusses strategies for giving feedback in the operating room, including encouraging a sociocultural process, forming an educational alliance, and sharing training goals. Surgeons need to understand these feedback theories and how they influence surgical training.
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Amr Al Abbas, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Patricio M. Polanco, Jeffrey A. Cadeddu, William Daniel, Vanessa Palter, Teodor Grantcharov, Sonja Bartolome, Priya Dandekar, Kim Evans, Herbert J. Zeh
Summary: The use of the Operating Room Black Box (ORBB) allows for the tracking of checklist compliance, engagement, and quality in surgical procedures. The ORBB provides real-time assessment of compliance and enables the timely addressing of safety threats.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Joanna Abraham, Alicia Meng, Katherine J. Holzer, Luke Brawer, Aparna Casarella, Michael Avidan, Mary C. Politi
Summary: The study findings indicate that surgical patients' attitudes towards remote monitoring in eOR are influenced by familiarity with clinicians and healthcare systems, with a preference for local telemedicine systems over distant ones. However, barriers to eOR remote monitoring predominantly involve organizational policies, environment, culture, personnel, workflow, communication, hardware, and software aspects.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS
(2021)
Article
Dermatology
Dan Zhu, Qinghua Luo
Summary: This study used a meta-analysis approach to evaluate the effect of operating room nursing interventions on the prevention of surgical site wound infections in orthopaedic surgical patients. The results showed that operating room nursing interventions significantly reduced the incidence of surgical site wound infection after orthopaedic surgery.
INTERNATIONAL WOUND JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Tessa Lamberton, Christian de Virgilio, James Terrell, Ashkan Moazzez, Kristen Combs, Revati Nafday, Daniel Salazar, Tajnoos Yazdany, Colonya Calhoun, Amy Yetasook
Summary: Most personnel in the operating room have a positive attitude towards playing music, believing it can help with focus and create a calming environment. However, opinions differ among different professions, with surgeons more likely to believe the decision should be up to them, and anesthesia and nursing staff more likely to support collaborative decision-making.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Haim Shore
Summary: A method is developed to determine the required sample size for estimating the utilisation rate (UR) of a facility. It categorizes work process/job blocks into repetitive, semi-repetitive, or memoryless based on the variability of work content, and uses a recently developed surgery duration model to estimate UR.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Dimitrios I. Athanasiadis, Sara Monfared, Jake Whiteside, Ambar Banerjee, Donna Keller, Annabelle Butler, Dimitrios Stefanidis
Summary: The study focused on observing and recording delays during the preparatory phase of general surgery operations using a novel surgical application. Results showed a significant prolongation in preparatory time for cases with incidents, averaging 18% of the total time. Identifying and addressing these inefficiencies through targeted interventions may optimize preoperative preparation efficiency.
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Jaesang Park, Byung-In Kim, Myungeun Eom, Byung Kwan Choi
Summary: Operating rooms are crucial facilities in hospitals, and efficient scheduling is necessary for optimizing hospital profits and providing good healthcare services. This study focuses on OR scheduling for a Korean university hospital, considering surgeons' preferences and cooperative operations. A mathematical programming model and solution approach were proposed, demonstrating the algorithm's effectiveness in generating superior schedules compared to manual or mathematically generated ones.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Timothy Wong, Erik J. Zhang, Andrea J. Elhajj, Donna M. Rizzo, Kevin A. Sexton, Jaideep J. Pandit, Mitchell H. Tsai
Summary: The Acute Care Surgery model has direct implications on tactical and operational processes in perioperative services, indicating characteristics of a complex adaptive system. The study demonstrated that the power law relationships present in the system impact the decision-making process and potential improvements in perioperative services. Elements of complex adaptive systems in healthcare can be identified through analysis of inter-event times and understanding system-specific behaviors.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Joanna Abraham, Alicia Meng, Arianna Montes de Oca, Mary Politi, Troy Wildes, Stephen Gregory, Bernadette Henrichs, Thomas Kannampallil, Michael S. Avidan
Summary: This study evaluates the impact of the Anesthesiology Control Tower (ACT) on clinical workflow and patient safety by assessing nonroutine events (NREs) and analyzing risk alerts triggered by the ACT. The results show that ACT plays a crucial role in supporting patient safety by offering backup support and fresh perspectives on OR decisions. However, there are challenges such as message timing and cognitive lapses. Suggestions for improvement include tailoring ACT message content and incorporating predictive analytics. The study concludes that incorporating similar remote technology into routine perioperative care can greatly enhance safety and quality for surgical patients.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Menghan Li, Hongjian Tian, Zhangning Wei, Qiang Zhang, Boxiong Shen
Summary: This study analyzed the emissions of ammonia and nitrous oxide in steady-state and transient test cycles using natural gas engines with TWC system, finding that NH3 emissions are highest at low-speed high-load conditions, and N2O emissions mainly occur during engine starting, with high caloric value fuel beneficial for reducing N2O emissions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Thorsten Jentzsch, Lucas Kutschke, Patrick O. Zingg, Mazda Farshad
Summary: This study investigated the potential risk of different operating room architectures for Surgical Site Infections (SSI) and found no significant difference in SSI revision rates between open-plan and closed-plan operating rooms. Age and gender were not risk factors for SSI revision, while American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification and Body Mass Index (BMI) were identified as independent risk factors for SSI revision.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Orthopedics
Jeremy T. Smith, Lorraine A. T. Boakye, Marco L. Ferrone, Gregg L. Furie
Summary: Hotter global temperatures and climate change have negative impacts on human health. This article focuses on the environmental effect of orthopaedic operating rooms and efforts to improve sustainability in these facilities, with a particular emphasis on patient safety and cost savings. Orthopaedic surgeons have the opportunity to lead initiatives in improving environmental sustainability and combating climate change.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Ayat Kaeidi, Saeed Semnanian
Summary: The noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC) are affected by the orexin-A, which has an excitatory effect on the firing rates of action potentials. This effect is enhanced when the concentration of calcium is low, and it also affects the depolarization and afterhyperpolarization of the neurons. Additionally, orexin-A enhances the frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSC) in low external calcium conditions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE RESEARCH AND THERAPEUTICS
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Seyed Asaad Karimi, Fatemeh Kazemi, Hamidreza Komaki, Masoumeh Kourosh Arami, Siamak Shahidi, Alireza Komaki
Summary: The chronic administration of verapamil and acute administration of URB597 individually disrupted the induction of LTP in the DG, with verapamil significantly decreasing fEPSP slope and PS amplitude, and URB597 decreasing them compared to the saline group. Additionally, the combined treatment of URB597 and verapamil resulted in a greater decrease in fEPSP slope and PS amplitude compared to the saline group. These findings suggest an interaction between Ca2+ channels and the endocannabinoid system in regulating synaptic plasticity.
NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Alireza Komaki, Masoumeh Gholami
Summary: Synaptic plasticity, a crucial mechanism in learning, is closely associated with addictive behaviors. Long-term exposure to addictive drugs leads to persistent memories of drug experience, and relapse is often triggered by cues related to drug experience. Preventing drug-induced synaptic modifications may be beneficial for the treatment of addiction.
NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Neurosciences
Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Alireza Komaki, Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast
Summary: This article summarizes the importance of dopamine in learning and memory, particularly its role in spatial learning and memory. Through the study of dopamine system signaling, it explores the relationship between dopamine and various types of memory, such as reward signaling, working memory, long-term plasticity, and memory consolidation. It also analyzes memory impairment in dopamine-related neurological disorders.
CNS & NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS-DRUG TARGETS
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Mojgan Oshaghi, Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Maryam Roozbehkia
Summary: Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases are a group of disorders characterized by cellular homeostasis alterations. Neurotransmitters play a role in immune function regulation, and there is a crosstalk between inflammation and neurotransmission.
NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Mansoureh Soleimani, Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Masoumeh Mosleh, Parisa Hayat, Alireza Komaki
Summary: This study investigates the impact of chemical synapses on the expression of connexin proteins in neurons and glial cells. The results suggest that blocking NMDA receptors can prevent the developmental decrease in gap junctions and lead to an increase in the expression of Cx36 and Cx43.
PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Masoumeh Nazari, Seyed Asaad Karimi, Somayeh Komaki, Masoumeh Kourosh Arami, Alireza Komaki
Summary: This study investigated the effects of CB1 and GABAB receptor antagonists (AM251 and CGP55845) on LTP expression and found that the alterations mainly occurred at the postsynaptic site, as the presence of AM251 or CGP55845 did not affect the paired-pulse ratio (PPR).
Review
Neurosciences
Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Alireza Komaki
Summary: Considerable functional and structural alterations in the central nervous system (CNS) contribute to chronic pain syndromes. Sensitization of the peripheral or central nervous system can result in stimulus-induced pain. Disease-induced plasticity at both structural and functional levels is evident in various clinical entities. In this article, we review plasticity-induced pain, the pain matrix, and CNS alterations in long-lasting pain, as well as clinical treatment for pathological pain.
CNS & NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS-DRUG TARGETS
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Maryam Moghimian, Sohrab Azin, Seyed Sajjad Alavi-Kakhki, Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Masoumeh Gholami, Farimah Beheshti, Masoumeh Fani
Summary: The present study examined the impact of vitamin C on memory function and oxidative stress in the hippocampal area of rats. The results showed that vitamin C treatment reversed the memory impairment caused by stress.
NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Meysam Shekarian, Iraj Salehi, Safoura Raoufi, Masoumeh Asadbegi, Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Alireza Komaki
Summary: This study investigated the neuroprotective and therapeutic effects of Vinpocetine on hippocampal synaptic plasticity in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease induced by beta-amyloid. The results showed that Vinpocetine can significantly prevent the effects of beta-amyloid on long-term potentiation, indicating its neuroprotective role in hippocampal synaptic plasticity.
Article
Neurosciences
Masoumeh Asadbegi, Hamidreza Komaki, Nafiseh Faraji, Masoumeh Taheri, Samaneh Safari, Safoura Raoufi, Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Zoleikha Golipoor, Alireza Komaki
Summary: This study found that coenzyme Q10 levels decline in aging animals, leading to the development of neurodegenerative diseases and impairments in memory and learning. However, oral supplementation of coenzyme Q10 can improve cognitive function, learning and memory, and enhance synaptic plasticity in aged animals. Therefore, providing coenzyme Q10 supplements to the elderly may improve their quality of life.
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Neurosciences
Shokufeh Bagheri, Rasool Haddadi, Sahar Saki, Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Masome Rashno, Ali Mojaver, Alireza Komaki
Summary: Neurological disorders can lead to various symptoms, such as muscle weakness, paralysis, poor coordination, seizures, loss of sensation, and pain, due to abnormalities in the nervous system. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) has neuroprotective effects against neuronal damage and is involved in antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, energy production, and mitochondria stabilization mechanisms. This review discusses the association between CoQ10 and neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, depression, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and stroke, and introduces new therapeutic targets for drug discoveries.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nazanin Hatami Bavarsad, Shokufeh Bagheri, Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Alireza Komaki
Summary: Neurological diseases, including various disorders of the nervous system, can be treated with herbal medicine, such as lavender. Lavender contains compounds that have therapeutic effects on anxiety, depression, epilepsy, and other disorders. Clinical studies are needed to further investigate the potential of lavender in treating life-threatening diseases. However, the limitations of this review include the low quality and limited number of clinical studies, as well as the consideration of different administration methods.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Saeed Semnanian, Mohammad Javan
Summary: This study examined the role of NMDA receptors in the expression of connexin proteins in the locus coeruleus of rats. The results showed that NMDA receptor activity may contribute to the downregulation of connexin proteins in the brain.
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Physiology
Masoumeh Kourosh-Arami, Alireza Komaki, Masoumeh Gholami, Seyed Hossein Marashi, Sara Hejazi
Summary: Plasticity is a common feature of synapses, which is regulated by various mechanisms and plays a crucial role in the normal functioning of the brain. Both homosynaptic and heterosynaptic plasticity are essential for the regulation of synaptic function and contribute to the regular action of neural systems and their plastic synapses.
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
