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The non-standard emergency medicine services and the limited utilisation of primary care providers in the Philippines may contribute towards the ED being a preferred area for patients with non-urgent conditions. Our study aims to determine the factors associated with non-urgent consultations in the ED of a tertiary hospital in the Philippines.

From 7 January to 15 February 2020, we surveyed non-urgent ED patients (n = 757) presenting to a tertiary hospital in the Philippines. We evaluated the data using descriptive statistics, while chi-squared and multivariate analyses versus urgent ED patients (n = 281) were used to show the association of factors.

Our recruited non-urgent patients were mostly 21-40 years old (n = 576 [76%]), single (n = 437 [58%]), with full-time employment (n = 654 [86%]), have Health Maintenance Organization coverage (n = 684 [90%]), self-referred (n = 498 [66%]), and have private means of getting to ED (n = 414 [55%]). selleck They had moderate scores of social support-seeking behaviours ese factors must be considered in improving the current healthcare management system for the appropriate utilisation of ED in the Philippines.

Non-urgent consultations in ED are attributed to multiple factors encompassing socio-demographic, socio-economic and psychosocial dimensions. These factors must be considered in improving the current healthcare management system for the appropriate utilisation of ED in the Philippines.

This study aimed to clarify (a) the association of the delivery mode (i.e., epidural anesthesia or no epidural) with women's changes in longitudinal salivary oxytocin (OT) levels from late pregnancy to early postpartum, and (b) the association of these changes with postpartum maternity blues (MB) and fatigue.

We used a longitudinal observational design. We performed measurements of the saliva samples at four measurement points (a) 36-37 gestational weeks, (b) 38-39 gestational weeks, (c) 1-2 days after birth, and (d) 4-5 days after birth. The inclusion criterion was low-risk primiparous women who were planning to have vaginal delivery. We used Stein's MB scale to evaluate postpartum data and a visual analog scale to examine "postpartum fatigue". We determined the association between the MB/fatigue scores and the changes in the OT levels by Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.

There were 29 women who delivered with epidural anesthesia and 29 women who did not. A significantly higher mean salivary OT level was observed in the women with epidural anesthesia at 1-2 days after birth than at 36-37 gestational weeks. The mean OT level at 4-5 days postpartum was significantly lower than that at 1-2 days postpartum. The correlation of the MB score with the salivary OT level at 4-5 days postpartum was ρ = -0.33, p = .01.

Early postpartum OT level decreased with epidural anesthesia and showed a negative correlation with postpartum MB and fatigue. Healthcare providers should recognize that women who had epidural anesthesia need specific supportive care.

Early postpartum OT level decreased with epidural anesthesia and showed a negative correlation with postpartum MB and fatigue. Healthcare providers should recognize that women who had epidural anesthesia need specific supportive care.

To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of titanium elastic intramedullary nail (TEN) and open reduction and internal fixation with plate (ORIF) in the treatment of humeral fracture in children.

A retrospective study was carried out in a total of 69 patients who were admitted to the hospital from January 2013 to December 2018. These patients, including 41 males and 28 females, were aged from 6 to 12 years old with a median of 8 years. These patients were diagnosed with humeral fracture and underwent the surgery of ORIF (n = 22) or TEN (n = 47). The intraoperative bleeding, operation time, length of stay (LOS), and fracture healing time were compared between the two groups. The therapeutic effect was assessed by the shoulder range of motion, the elbow range of motion, the UCLA shoulder function score, and the Mayo elbow performance score (MEPS) 6 months after the surgery.

The intraoperative bleeding (97.20 ± 27.83 mL vs 185.60 ± 37.50 mL, P < 0.05), the operation time (53.70 ± 11.87 min vs 73.50 ± 13.nion and two cases (4.25%) of irritation response around the nail. In the ORIF group, complications occurred in four of 22 cases (18.18%), including one case (4.55%) of delayed healing, one case (4.55%) of deep infection, and two cases (9.08%) of radial nerve injury. The complication rate was not significantly different between the two groups.

TEN can be a good technique for the treatment of humeral fracture in children, with the advantages of less intraoperative bleeding, shorter operative time, quicker healing, and better recovery of shoulder range of motion and elbow range of motion.

TEN can be a good technique for the treatment of humeral fracture in children, with the advantages of less intraoperative bleeding, shorter operative time, quicker healing, and better recovery of shoulder range of motion and elbow range of motion.TWIST1 is an important basic helix-loop-helix protein linked to multiple physiological and pathological processes. Although TWIST1 is believed to be involved in vascular pathogenesis, its effects on homeostasis of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) remain poorly understood. Here, we show that TWIST1 protein levels were significantly elevated during SMC phenotypic switching in vivo and in vitro. TWIST1 overexpression promoted phenotypic switching of SMCs, while siRNA targeting of TWIST1 prevented cell transition. Mechanistically, TWIST1 decreased the level of microRNA-143/145, which governs smooth muscle marker gene transcription. In addition, TWIST1 repressed p68 mRNA and protein expression, a crucial modulator of SMC behavior and microRNA biogenesis. Our co-immunoprecipitation assay demonstrated a previously unrecognized molecular interaction between TWIST1 and p68 protein. Finally, we found that TWIST1 triggered SMC phenotypic switching and suppressed microRNA-143/145 expression by promoting the proteasomal degradation of p68.