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To determine the effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) with hydroxyapatite (HA) carrier augmentation in managing critical-sized bone defect (CSBD) with induced membrane technique (IMT).

Retrospective comparative study.

Academic level I trauma center.Patients/Participants The study included 14 patients who underwent rhBMP-2 with HA carrier (rhBMP-2/HA) augmentation in IMT for managing CSBD (BMP group). Moreover, 14 patients who underwent IMT without rhBMP-2 augmentation were matched by propensity score analysis (non-BMP group).

IMT with or without rhBMP-2/HA augmentation.

Changes in quality and quantity measurements of grafted bone to regenerated bone using serial computed tomography.

In the BMP and non-BMP groups, the changes in densities from grafted bone to regenerated bone were +379.63 Hounsfield unit (HU) and +248.55 HU (P = 0.034), changes in dense bone percentage were +37.52% and +23.31% (P = 0.027), corticalization rates under the plate were 79.70% and 39.30% (P = 0.007), changes in volume were -20.77% and -23.35% (P = 0.812), union rates were 85.71% and 78.57% (P = 0.622), numbers of patients requiring additional procedures were 4 and 3 (P = 0.663), and time to union were 316.3 and 585.45 days (P = 0.040), respectively.

RhBMP-2/HA augmentation increases the density of regenerated bone, enhances corticalization under the plate, and shortens the time to union while managing CSBD with IMT.

RhBMP-2/HA augmentation increases the density of regenerated bone, enhances corticalization under the plate, and shortens the time to union while managing CSBD with IMT.

In competency-based medical education, workplace-based assessment provides trainees with an opportunity for guidance and supervisors the opportunity to judge the trainees' clinical practice. Learning from assessment is enhanced when trainees reveal their thinking and are open to critique, which requires trust in the assessor. If supervisors knew more about how trainees come to trust them in workplace-based assessment, they could better engender trainee trust and improve trainees' learning experience.

From August 2018 to September 2019, semistructured interviews were conducted with 17 postgraduate anesthesia trainees across Australia and New Zealand. The transcripts were analyzed using constructivist grounded theory methods sensitized by a sociocultural view of learning informed by Wenger's communities of practice theory.

Participants described a continuum from a necessary initial trust to an experience-informed dynamic trust. Trainees assumed initial trust in supervisors based on accreditation, reputatining.

While other factors are involved, our results indicate that the trainee behavior observed in workplace-based assessment is a product of supervisor invitation. Supervisor trustworthiness and investment in trainee development invite trainees to work and present in authentic ways in workplace-based assessment. This authentic engagement, where learners "show themselves" to supervisors and take risks, creates assessment for learning.

Most Americans indicate they are religious and/or spiritual and wish to have their beliefs taken into account when engaging with health care providers, yet gaps in medical education and health care practice remain. To underscore the importance of spirituality as a significant social determinant of health, a team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York developed mandatory spirituality and health training for students integrated into all 4 years of the undergraduate medical education curriculum.

From 2014 to 2020, a small group of faculty took an innovative approach, launching the initiative and expanding the team by engaging interprofessional faculty and staff from across the institution. The team used an iterative process to integrate 4 distinct modules into 4 existing courses, spanning the four years of medical school.

The majority of students found that the spirituality and health curriculum was valuable to training and professional development. They appreciated the importance of paific performance assessments to demonstrate achievement of competencies. Professional development efforts will be enhanced so faculty can better model and reinforce the integration of spirituality into health care practices, and expand the curriculum on spirituality and health into graduate medical education.The population of people with physical or sensory disabilities is growing, yet they are underrepresented in the medical and other health professions. At the same time, there is a clear need to enhance didactic curricular content and clinical training experiences that explicitly address the full scope of medical needs that individuals with disabilities have. These gaps represent missed opportunities to advance the health of an important, underserved, and growing population. Based on the authors' experience, the inclusion of people with physical or sensory disabilities in medical education greatly enhances the education of all learners and the professional development of faculty and staff, providing invaluable perspectives on the significant abilities of individuals with diverse physical or sensory disabilities. There are additional efforts and costs associated with the education of a medical student who is blind, is deaf, uses a wheelchair, or has another disability. But based on the authors' experience, it is clear that the societal return on investment is enormous, and the costs associated with a failure to embrace full inclusivity are much greater. Medical education institutions should recognize the population of people with disabilities as a vital component of their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and strive to provide inclusive education for learners with disabilities.

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGD) are common during early childhood. In severe defecation disorders, anorectal manometry (AM) is done to exclude aganglionosis. High-resolution anorectal manometry (HRAM) can probably improve diagnostics but normative data in infants are scarce. This study aims to provide HRAM data in healthy infants overall and in subgroups of infants with FGD, defined as functional constipation (FC), infant colic (IC) and infant dyschezia (ID) (ROME 3 criteria).

This prospective observational cohort study enrolled healthy term infants, having HRAM at 2 and 6 months, using a water-perfused pediatric anorectal silicone catheter. Data was provided for presence of anorectal waves and recto anal inhibitory reflex (RAIR), volume needed to elicit RAIR and anal resting pressure (ARP). Questionnaires at 2 and 6 months identified subjects with FC, IC and ID.

A total of 187 HRAM investigations were done in 107 infants, without any complications. Normal RAIR was found in all, at least at one occasion. Mean ARP increased between 2- and 6-month investigations in infants without FGD. No other differences in HRAM data could be seen between infants with or without an FGD. At 2 months FC, IC and ID were seen (2%, 4% and 17%), whereas at 6-months only FC and ID were seen (7% and 1%).

We can provide data on HRAM in infants at 2 and 6 months of age. When performing repeated HRAM in healthy infants, RAIR was found in all subjects. HRAM is safe, easy tolerable and can be recommended in infants with or without FGD.

We can provide data on HRAM in infants at 2 and 6 months of age. When performing repeated HRAM in healthy infants, RAIR was found in all subjects. HRAM is safe, easy tolerable and can be recommended in infants with or without FGD.An infographic is available for this article athttp//links.lww.com/MPG/C583.

Liver biopsy is the standard in diagnosing liver diseases. Yet, it provides little space to perform comprehensive immune profiling of the liver. Hence, we explored whether fine needle aspirates (FNAs) could be used to elucidate the hepatic immunity in children.

We enrolled 74 children undergoing diagnostic (n = 17) or protocol biopsy (n = 57) following liver transplantation (LT). Matched blood and FNAs were obtained. Additionally, explant liver tissue was collected from children (n = 14) undergoing LT. Immune cells were isolated from peripheral blood, FNAs and explanted livers. Immune-phenotypical profiling was done by flow cytometry.

Biopsied patients (58% female) were at a median age of 46 months (interquartile range (IQR) 12-118) and LT patients (71% female) were 48 months (IQR21-134, p = 0.78) old. CD69, a hallmark of tissue-resident immune cells was expressed in 1.3% of CD3 T-cells from blood being higher in FNA (20%) and tissue (49%, p < 0.001). CD4 T-cell frequencies in tissue (13%) and FNAs (20%) were lower compared to blood (35%, p < 0.001) whereas CD8 T-cells in tissue (33.5%) and FNA (32%) were higher than in blood (25%, p < 0.01). Mucosal associated invariant T cells were enriched in liver tissue (8.8%) and in the FNA (4.4%) compared to blood (1.7%, p < 0.001). Whereas the percentage of total Tregs (CD4+CD25+FOXP3+CD127low/-) decreased, the proportion of activated Tregs (CD4+CD45RA-FOXP3high) increased in FNA and explant. Breg (CD19+CD20+CD24highCD38high) frequencies were similar in all groups.

FNA is a practical method to sample the liver immune system collecting even small cell subsets such as regulatory T/B cells.

FNA is a practical method to sample the liver immune system collecting even small cell subsets such as regulatory T/B cells.In this study, we developed an analytical method for simultaneous determination of 14 quinolones and 4 tetracyclines in livestock and fishery products using LC-MS/MS. The analytes were extracted from food samples with citrate buffer (containing EDTA)-methanol-acetonitrile (3 1 1, v/v/v) in the presence of n-hexane, and the extract was purified with an Oasis PRiME HLB cartridge column. It was suggested that this analytical method can also extract analytes from solid samples containing fat by using n-hexane. In addition, using methanol-acetonitrile (3 7, v/v) containing 0.1 vol% formic acid as an eluent from the cartridge column, the purification effect could be improved, while minimizing the impairment of the recovery rate. As a result of the validation using six types of food samples, trueness (accuracy) was 70.6%-113.8%, the RSD of repeatability was 9.0% or less, and the RSD of within-laboratory reproducibility was 15.5% or less. Using this approach, the standard values mentioned in the Japanese guideline were successfully met.A rapid, easy and versatile, simultaneous analytical method by LC-MS/MS based on extraction of QuEChERS method (EN 156622008) was developed for the determination of residual pesticides in agricultural products. In this method, it allowed to prepare a test solution only dilution without purification using solid phase extraction column. WZ4003 The method was assessed for 210 pesticide residues in 21 kinds of vegetables and fruits at the fortification levels of 0.01 and 0.1 μg/g according to the method validation guideline (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan). As a result, 194 to 210 analytes met the management criteria of the guideline. Thus, the present method could be useful for a rapid simultaneous determination of residual pesticides in agricultural products.