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However, after multi-session practice, children were as fast or faster and more accurate in the transfer tasks. By 4-5 weeks post-training, the multi-session practice group showed larger gains in the trained condition, a speed advantage in the transfer tasks, and a significant improvement on the transfer tasks. The results suggest that parsing training over several brief sessions may lead to long-term gains in children's grapho-motor skills. Moreover, multi-session practice protocols may contribute to the potential for transfer and to more effective learning from experiences such as transfer tasks.
People with cystic fibrosis (PWCF) suffer from acute unpredictable reductions in pulmonary function associated with a pulmonary exacerbation (PEx) that may require hospitalization. PEx symptoms vary between PWCF without universal diagnostic criteria for diagnosis and response to treatment.
We characterized sweat metabolomes before and after intravenous (IV) antibiotics in PWCF hospitalized for PEx to determine feasibility and define biological alterations by IV antibiotics for PEx.
PWCF with PEx requiring hospitalization for IV antibiotics were recruited from clinic. Sweat samples were collected using the Macroduct® Sweat Collection System at admission prior to initiation of IV antibiotics and after completion prior to discharge. Samples were analyzed for metabolite changes using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem accurate mass spectrometry.
Twenty-six of 29 hospitalized PWCF completed the entire study. A total of 326 compounds of known identity were detected in sweat samples. Of detected metabolites, 147 were significantly different between pre-initiation and post-completion of IV antibiotics for PEx (average treatment 14 days). Global sweat metabolomes changed from before and after IV antibiotic treatment. We discovered specific metabolite profiles predictive of PEx status as well as enriched biologic pathways associated with PEx. However, metabolomic changes were similar in PWCF who failed to return to baseline pulmonary function and those who did not.
Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of non-invasive sweat metabolomic profiling in PWCF and the potential for sweat metabolomics as a prospective diagnostic and research tool to further advance our understanding of PEx in PWCF.
Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of non-invasive sweat metabolomic profiling in PWCF and the potential for sweat metabolomics as a prospective diagnostic and research tool to further advance our understanding of PEx in PWCF.
Pneumonia in infancy has been linked to long-term consequences for the rapidly developing lung. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/U0126.html We examined the impact of hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) on subsequent respiratory health.
We conducted a retrospective matched-cohort study using the Optum® de-identified Electronic Health Record Dataset (2009-2018). Study population comprised healthy infants hospitalized for CAP ("CAP patients"), and matched comparators without pneumonia ("comparison patients"), before age 2 years. Study outcomes included any chronic respiratory disorder, reactive airway disease (asthma, hyperactive airway disease, recurrent wheezing), and CAP hospitalization occurring between age 2-5 years, and were evaluated overall as well as by age and etiology at first CAP hospitalization.
Study population totaled 1,343 CAP patients and 6,715 comparison patients. Rates per 100 patient-years and relative rates (RR) of study outcomes from age 2-5 years for CAP patients versus comparison patients were any chronic respiratory disorder, 11.6 vs. 4.9 (RR=2.4 [95% CI 2.1-2.6]); reactive airway disease, 6.1 vs 1.9 (RR=3.2 [2.6-3.8]); and CAP hospitalization, 1.0 vs 0.2 (RR=6.3 [3.6-10.9]). Rates of study outcomes were highest among CAP patients who had their initial hospitalization in the second year of life.
Infant CAP foreshadows an increased risk of subsequent chronic respiratory disorders, which may be elevated when CAP occurs closer to pre-school age (i.e., age 2-5 years). These findings are most consistent with the hypothesis that inflammation persists beyond the acute stage of pneumonia and plays a role in the development of chronic respiratory sequelae.
Infant CAP foreshadows an increased risk of subsequent chronic respiratory disorders, which may be elevated when CAP occurs closer to pre-school age (i.e., age 2-5 years). These findings are most consistent with the hypothesis that inflammation persists beyond the acute stage of pneumonia and plays a role in the development of chronic respiratory sequelae.
We report the clinical, radiological, laboratory, and neuropathological findings in support of the first diagnosis of lethal, small-vessel cerebral vasculitis triggered by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a pediatric patient.
A previously healthy, eight-year-old Hispanic girl presented with subacute left-sided weakness two weeks after a mild febrile illness. SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal swab was positive. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an enhancing right frontal lobe lesion with significant vasogenic edema. Two brain biopsies of the lesion showed perivascular and intraluminal lymphohistiocytic inflammatory infiltrate consistent with vasculitis. Despite extensive treatment with immunomodulatory therapies targeting primary angiitis of the central nervous system, she experienced neurological decline and died 93days after presentation. SARS-CoV-2 testing revealed positive serum IgG and positive cerebrospinal fluid IgM. Comprehensive infectious, rheumatologic, hematologic/oncologic, and genetic evaluation did not identify an alternative etiology. Postmortem brain autopsy remained consistent with vasculitis.
This is the first pediatric presentation to suggest that SARS-CoV-2 can lead to a fatal, postinfectious, inflammatory small-vessel cerebral vasculitis. Our patient uniquely included supportive cerebrospinal fluid and postmortem tissue analysis. While most children recover from the neurological complications of SARS-CoV-2, we emphasize the potential mortality in a child with no risk factors for severe disease.
This is the first pediatric presentation to suggest that SARS-CoV-2 can lead to a fatal, postinfectious, inflammatory small-vessel cerebral vasculitis. Our patient uniquely included supportive cerebrospinal fluid and postmortem tissue analysis. While most children recover from the neurological complications of SARS-CoV-2, we emphasize the potential mortality in a child with no risk factors for severe disease.We studied 79 patients with AML-MRC or RAEB-T, who were later reclassified according to the WHO classification. Marrow slides were examined cytomorphologically with regard to dysplasia. Patients were followed up until March 2020. Thirty-one patients underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation (median survival (ms) 16 months), 14 were treated with induction chemotherapy (ms 8.4 months), 18 received hypomethylating agents (ms 9.2 months), 16 received low dose chemotherapy or best supportive care (ms 2.4 months). Only 30.4 % fulfilled the morphologic WHO criteria. 46.8 % were classified as AML-MRC by an antecedent MDS, 54.4 % of the pts were classified by MDS-related chromosomal abnormalities. 5 % did not fulfill any of the criteria and were entered based on 20-29 % medullary blasts. There was no difference in ms between pts presenting with > 50 % dysplasia as compared to pts with dysplasia between 10 % and 50 % (ms 9.1 vs 9.9 months, p = n.s.) or for pts with antecedent MDS (ms 9.1 vs 8.9 months, p = n.s.). Myelodysplasia-related cytogenetic abnormalities were associated with a worse outcome (ms 8.1 vs 13.5 months, p = 0.026). AML-MRC in its current definition is a heterogenous entity. Dysplasia of ≥ 50 % in ≥ two lineages is not helpful for diagnostics and prognostication and therefore should be deleted in future classifications. We recommend utilizing the WHO guidelines for defining dysplasia (10 % or greater in ≥ 1 of the three myeloid cell lines) assisting in establishing the diagnosis of MDS.Media pressure from gambling advertising has reached worrying levels. It constitutes a risk to the mental health of young people and adolescents by promoting a favourable attitude towards gambling, a higher frequency of gambling and a perception of greater accessibility. Currently, there is no instrument available to assess the impact of gambling advertising.
The present study aims to adapt and validate the Impact of Gambling Advertising Scale (IGAS).
The IGAS scale was translated from English ensuring its linguistic, conceptual and metric equivalence. The psychometric properties were then tested. SITE Comunidad Valenciana (España).
1724 adolescents with a mean age of 16.52 years (SD=.759).
Self-administered, paper-based questionnaire in a single measure.
Advertising impact, and gambling intention, severity and availability.
Internal consistency and two-half reliability were good, Cronbach's α=.782 and α=.70, respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis concluded that the Spanish version replicates the original three-dimensional version. Convergent validity analyses showed direct and significant relationships with different aspects of gambling behaviour, and other predictors.
The adapted version of the IGAS is a reliable and valid measure for the assessment of the impact of advertising on adolescents. The scale is a useful instrument for the diagnosis of risk level and the evaluation of preventive interventions.
The adapted version of the IGAS is a reliable and valid measure for the assessment of the impact of advertising on adolescents. The scale is a useful instrument for the diagnosis of risk level and the evaluation of preventive interventions.
To identify the main conditioning factors that Primary Care professionals indicate when implementing and developing interventions on isolation and loneliness.
Qualitative research with grounded theory, systematic analysis and narrative design of topics.
Developed in 12 Primary Care centres of the Health District of Córdoba and Guadalquivir, covering urban and rural areas.
Three profiles were identified family medicine/community care, community nursing and case management nursing. The selection was carried out among those who showed greater motivation and commitment to an intervention on isolation/loneliness.
Purposive sampling. The work was based on individual in-depth interviews, focus groups and dialogic interviews.
(a) Distorted images persist about loneliness/social isolation and living alone that make it challenging to identify; (b) the main disruptive determinants in the structure and organization of the care system have to do with the absence of screening programs, the hegemony of the biomedical model and the deficit of resources (in light of this model); (c) the main facilitators are linked to the nursing role, privileged for these interventions according to the participants; and, finally, (d) personal components are necessary, both from the older adult and from the professionals.
Intervention on social isolation and loneliness in Primary Care is conditioned by organizational and structural, professional and personal factors. It is essential to take them into account in order to guarantee their feasibility.
Intervention on social isolation and loneliness in Primary Care is conditioned by organizational and structural, professional and personal factors. It is essential to take them into account in order to guarantee their feasibility.