AVAILABILITY OF AND FACTORS RELATED TO INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES FOR REFRACTORY PAIN IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER: A NATIONWIDE SURVEY

Availability of and factors related to interventional procedures for refractory pain in patients with cancer: a nationwide survey

Abstract Background Cancer pain may be refractory to standard pharmacological treatment.Interventional procedures are important for quality of analgesia.The aim of the present study was to clarify the availability of four interventional procedures (celiac plexus neurolysis/splanchnic nerve neurolysis, phenol saddle block, epidural analgesia, and in

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Safety of uterine fundal pressure maneuver during second stage of labor in a tertiary perinatal medical center: A retrospective observational study

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the conformity of the indications and implementation status of uterine fundal pressure maneuver (UPFM) and to examine its safety according to the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG) guidelines.Materials and methods: We selected all the patients (n = 265) who were treated with UFPM between Januar

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A Collision Avoidance Method Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning

This paper set out to investigate the usefulness of solving collision avoidance problems with the help of deep reinforcement learning in an unknown environment, especially in compact spaces, such as a narrow corridor.This research aims to determine whether a deep reinforcement learning-based collision avoidance method is superior to the traditional

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