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Prior research has indicated a varying relationship of food security and obesity risk between men and women yet factors affecting this relationship are unclear.

The objective of this study was to examine factors related to the gender disparity in the food insecurity-obesity paradox within a sample of low-income parents.

Low-income cohabiting mother and father pairs (n = 25) living with their child were interviewed individually using the United States Department of Agriculture Household Food Security Module, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, and Coping Strategies Index to examine gendered factors related to the food insecurity-obesity paradox.

There was a significant (

= .003) difference in report of adults in the household sacrificing consumption to feed young children between mothers (2.91 ± 0.92) and fathers (3.59 ± 0.73), with mothers reporting greater sacrifice and compromised diet quality to feed their children, but no significant correlation among body mass index, depression, and food insecurity was detected.

Food insecure mothers may be more likely to compromise their diet quality to feed their children than fathers. This could help explain why the food insecurity-obesity paradox is significant only in women, and this work gives insights into gender-based differential consequences of food insecurity.

Food insecure mothers may be more likely to compromise their diet quality to feed their children than fathers. This could help explain why the food insecurity-obesity paradox is significant only in women, and this work gives insights into gender-based differential consequences of food insecurity.

Timely identification of palliative care needs can reduce hospitalizations and improve quality of life. The Supportive & Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT) identifies patients with advanced medical conditions who may need special care planning. The Rothman Index (RI) detects patients at high risk of acutely decompensating in the inpatient setting. SPICT and RI among cancer patients were utilized in this study to evaluate their potential roles in palliative care referrals.

Advanced cancer patients admitted to an institution in Baltimore, Maryland in 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Patient demographics, length of hospital stay (LOS), palliative care referrals, RI scores, and SPICT scores were obtained. Patients were divided into SPICT positive or negative and RI > 60 or RI < 60.Unpaired t-tests and chi-square tests were utilized to determine the associations between SPICT and RI and early palliative care needs and mortality.

227 patients were included, with a mean age of 68 years, 63% Black, 59% female, with the majority having lung and GI malignancies. Sixty percent were SPICT +, 21% had RI < 60. SPICT + patients were more likely to have RI < 60 (p = 0.001). SPICT + and RI < 60 patients were more likely to have longer LOS, change in code status, more palliative/hospice referrals, and increased mortality (p <0.05).

SPICT and RI are valuable tools in predicting mortality and palliative/hospice care referrals. These can also be utilized to initiate early palliative and goals of care discussions in patients with advanced cancer.

SPICT and RI are valuable tools in predicting mortality and palliative/hospice care referrals. These can also be utilized to initiate early palliative and goals of care discussions in patients with advanced cancer.

Urinary tract infection (UTI) should be treated before percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). However, the most appropriate treatment strategy in patients with negative urine culture but positive urine dipstick infection test (positive urinary leukocyte or nitrite reaction) remains unclear.

From August 2016 to February 2018, 806 consecutive patients who had undergone the first-stage PCNL with negative urine culture were included. Preoperative urinalysis, antibiotic treatment, intraoperative stone culture, and postoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) were prospectively recorded. The primary outcome was SIRS. The impact of preoperative antibiotics on preoperative urinary tract infection, stone culture, and postoperative SIRS was studied.

Among the 806 participants, the rate of positive urine dipstick infection test and SIRS were 26.8% and 7.2%, respectively. In univariable analysis, positive urinary nitrite (p<0.001), positive urinary leukocytes (p<0.001), positive urine dipstick ih negative urine cultures.

Enhanced preoperative antibiotic treatment based on positive urine dipstick infection tests was insufficient to reduce the incidence of positive stone culture but increased the risk of SIRS after PCNL in patients with negative urine cultures.

There are multiple factors that may cause end-of-life conflict in the critical care setting. These include severe illness, family distress, lack of awareness about a patient's wishes, prognostic uncertainty, and the participation of multiple providers in goals-of-care discussions.

Case report and discussion of the associated ethical issues.

We present a case of a patient with a pontine stroke, in which the family struggled with decision-making about goals-of-care, leading to fluctuation in code status from Full Code to Do Not Resuscitate-Comfort Care, then back to Full Code, and finally to Do Not Resuscitate-Do Not Intubate. We discuss factors that contributed to this situation and methods to avoid conflict. Additionally, we review the effects of discord at the end-of-life on patients, families, and the healthcare team.

It is imperative that healthcare teams proactively collaborate with families to minimize end-of-life conflict by emphasizing decision-making that prioritizes the best interest and autonomy of the patient.

It is imperative that healthcare teams proactively collaborate with families to minimize end-of-life conflict by emphasizing decision-making that prioritizes the best interest and autonomy of the patient.No abstract Keywords.

The present study aims to report the incidence of colorectal cancer patients under 50 years of age and to compare its aggressiveness with colorectal cancer patients over 50 years of age.

Recently, the incidence of colorectal cancer at younger ages has increased, and colorectal cancers in young people have a more aggressive course due to late screening programs.

The files of patients who were operated for colorectal cancer were reviewed retrospectively. Information on the patients such as gender, age, BMI, type and duration of symptoms, location of the tumor, TNM staging, pathology results, operative procedure, morbidity and mortality rates were recorded. Admission complaints, symptom onset time, tumor locations, pathological findings and tumor stages were compared between patients under and over the age of 50.

The incidence of colorectal cancer under 50 was 21 % (56/267). Epigenetic inhibitor order The age group of 40‒49 was found to be the most common age range under the age of 50, with a colorectal cancer rate of 68%. In patients under the age of 50, higher invasion of the tumor to the serosa, low differentiation of the tumor in terms of histological findings in a higher number of patients and higher mucin component of the tumors and higher N2 lymph node involvement ratio and the tumor was located more in the lower rectum were statistically significant when compared to patients over the age of 50 (p=0.