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The authors' data reported in the literature show that the prevalence of PrUs increases as an individual ages. The authors gathered data that showed a large area of intervention in managing the prevention of PrUs, such as an adequate use of protective aids, correcting malnutrition, and controlling incontinence. These results suggest that clinicians should focus more on the prevention of PrUs in older adults.
The authors' data reported in the literature show that the prevalence of PrUs increases as an individual ages. The authors gathered data that showed a large area of intervention in managing the prevention of PrUs, such as an adequate use of protective aids, correcting malnutrition, and controlling incontinence. These results suggest that clinicians should focus more on the prevention of PrUs in older adults.
This study aimed at both understanding the experience of informal caregivers of people with pressure ulcers (PrUs), as well as perceiving the relevant aspects of the narratives emerging from the experience of those caregivers.
A qualitative, exploratory, grounded-based theory data analysis was implemented. The authors used NVivo 9 software (QSR International Inc, Burlington, Massachusetts) on semistructured interviews.
The study participants were 9 informal caregivers of people with PrUs.
An individual's personal characteristics, the person he or she is caring for, and social pressure are typically the primary reasons to be a caregiver. In fact, PrUs require specific care associated with an impact on caregivers at different levels, including changes in everyday life, needs and feelings emerging from the care they provide, quality of life conditioned by their professional status, and burdens induced by physical and emotional demands. Oftentimes, family members and external entities--with emphasis on the nursing team--provide support to the caregiver. Caregivers show both satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the care provided, with the evolution of the PrU and with the support of external agents.
The experience of informal caregivers of people with PrUs is based on 5 dimensions (1) reasons to be caregivers, (2) care provided to the PrU, (3) impacts on the caregiver, (4) support to the caregiver, and (5) satisfaction or dissatisfaction of the caregiver.
The experience of informal caregivers of people with PrUs is based on 5 dimensions (1) reasons to be caregivers, (2) care provided to the PrU, (3) impacts on the caregiver, (4) support to the caregiver, and (5) satisfaction or dissatisfaction of the caregiver.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the length of surgery and the incidence of pressure ulcers (PrUs) in cardiovascular surgical patients.
A retrospective analysis was performed among consecutive patients with cardiac surgery in 2012. Propensity score matching was used to control differences in the baseline characteristics between with and without surgery-related pressure ulcer (SRPU) groups.
A total of 286 patients with cardiac surgery were included in the study 47 patients developed 57 SRPUs, with incidence of 16.4% (95% confidence interval, 12.3%-21.2%); 97.9% of SRPUs were Stage I, and the other 2.1% were Stage II. After propensity score matching, statistically significant difference of the length of surgery between the 2 groups was found (195 minutes [30-330 minutes] vs 240 minutes [125-675 minutes], P = .003). However, the length of cardiopulmonary bypass was found to be not statistically significantly different between the 2 groups (37 minutes [15-144 minutes] vs 44 minutes [16-107 minutes], P = .830). The curve fitting showed the SRPU incidence increased gradually with the extension of length of surgery.
The authors' retrospective analysis showed the length of surgery was an important risk factor for PrUs in cardiovascular surgical patients, but not the length of cardiopulmonary bypass. The incidence of SRPUs increased gradually with the extension of length of surgery.
The authors' retrospective analysis showed the length of surgery was an important risk factor for PrUs in cardiovascular surgical patients, but not the length of cardiopulmonary bypass. The incidence of SRPUs increased gradually with the extension of length of surgery.The phylogenetic position of Saccharomycodes sinensis has been debated by yeast taxonomists. In this study, a multigene phylogenetic analysis based on four regions, namely the 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA), the D1/D2 domains of the 26S rDNA, the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II gene (RPB2) and translation elongation factor 1-α gene (EF1-α), were performed to address the phylogenetic placement of S. sinensis. Our result indicated that S. sinensis belongs to Saccharomycetaceae instead of Saccharomycodaceae, and forms a single species lineage divergent from the other genera within Saccharomycetaceae. Yueomyces gen. nov. (MycoBank No. MB 811648) is proposed in the Saccharomycetaceae with Y. sinensis comb. nov. (MycoBank No. MB 811649, type strain CGMCC 2.01395T = IFO 10111T = CBS 7075T) as the type species.With the tremendous number and diverse applications of engineered nanomaterials incorporated in daily human activity, exposure can no longer be solely confined to occupational exposures of healthy male models. STA-4783 Cardiovascular and endothelial cell dysfunction have been established using in vitro and in situ preparations, but the translation to intact in vivo models is limited. Intravital microscopy has been used extensively to understand microvascular physiology while maintaining in vivo neurogenic, humoral, and myogenic control. However, a tissue specific model to assess the influences of nanomaterial exposure on female reproductive health has not been fully elucidated. Female Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were exposed to nano-TiO2 aerosols (171 ± 6 nm, 10.1 ± 0.39 mg/m(3), 5h) 24-hours prior to experimentation, leading to a calculated deposition of 42.0 ± 1.65 μg. After verifying estrus status, vital signs were monitored and the right horn of the uterus was exteriorized, gently secured over an optical pedestal, and enclosed in a warmed tissue bath using intravital microscopy techniques. After equilibration, significantly higher leukocyte-endothelium interactions were recorded in the exposed group. Arteriolar responsiveness was assessed using ionophoretically applied agents muscarinic agonist acetylcholine (0.025 M; ACh; 20, 40, 100, and 200 nA), and nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside (0.05 M; SNP; 20, 40, and 100 nA), or adrenergic agonist phenylephrine (0.05 M; PE; 20, 40, and 100 nA) using glass micropipettes. Passive diameter was established by tissue superfusion with 10(-4)M adenosine. Similar to male counterparts, female SD rats present systemic microvascular dysfunction; however the ramifications associated with female health and reproduction have yet to be elucidated.
Depression is the most common mental health disorder among HIV-infected patients. When treating HIV-infected patients with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), potential drug-drug interactions with antiretroviral agents have to be taken into account. We investigated the two-way pharmacokinetic drug-drug interaction and tolerability of concomitant administration of the SSRI citalopram and the HIV-1 integrase inhibitor raltegravir in healthy volunteers.
An open-label, crossover, two-period trial was conducted in 24 healthy volunteers. Subjects received the following treatments citalopram 20 mg once daily for 2 weeks followed by the combination with raltegravir 400 mg twice daily for 5 days and after a washout period raltegravir 400 mg twice daily for 5 days. Intensive steady-state pharmacokinetic blood sampling was performed. Geometric mean ratios (GMRs) of the combination versus the reference treatment and 90% CIs were calculated for the area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC). CYP did not change the pharmacokinetics of raltegravir in a clinically meaningful way. The combination was well tolerated and can be administered without dose adjustments. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01978782.Guastello (2015a) opened the call for articles for this issue with Goldberger (1991) and colleagues' findings of chaotic variability in healthy heart rate, noting, 'the principle of healthy variability has extended to other biomedical and psychological phenomena.' He suggests a dialectical underpinning for optimal variability involving 'a combination of the minimum entropy or free energy principle that pushes in a downward direction, and Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety that pushes in an upward direction.' Each of the papers in this issue addresses optimal variability across a variety of health-related areas. The present article surveys these seven papers in relation to five conceptual questions about optimal variability (a) Is variability a positive or a negative, and how are positive things related to health? (b) How shall we define and measure variability? (c) What constitutes an optimum, and how do we locate one? (d) What is the relationship between optimum variability and health? Finally, it touches on (e) What are underlying principles and phenomena behind healthy variability, and can they inform our vocabulary for health? The paper concludes by discussing practical approaches to dealing with optimization.The healthy variability thesis suggests that healthy systems function in a complex manner over time. This thesis is well-established in fields like physiology. In the field of organizational behavior, however, this relation is only starting to be explored. The objective of this article is threefold First, we aim to provide a comprehensive review of the healthy variability thesis including some of the most important findings across different fields, with a focus on evidences from organizational research in work motivation and performance. Second, we discuss an opposite pattern, unhealthy stability, i.e., the relationship between unhealthy behaviors and lower variability. Again, we provide evidence from diverse areas, from affective processes to disruptive organizational comportments like mobbing. Third, we provide a critical evaluation of current methodological trends and highlight what we believe to be the main factors that are stopping organizational research from advancing in the field. Theoretical, methodological and epistemological implications are discussed. To conclude, we draw a compilation of the lessons learned, which hopefully provide insights for prolific research avenues. Our main purpose is to raise awareness of the healthy variability thesis and to enthuse organizational researchers to consider it in order to advance existing knowledge, revisit old theories and create new ones.Linville's theory of self-complexity relies of concepts of information measurement to produce its core measurement of complexity, which is in turn thought to be positively correlated with indicators of psychological well-being. Empirical research, however, has not supported this assertion as it was initially intended. Research with complex adaptive systems, however, shows that self-organized systems generally display mid-range values, whereas low-range values denote stereotypic, rigid, and possibly maladaptive behavior. High-range values, furthermore, tend to reflect disordered systems that could be maladaptive for other reasons. As a result, the linear correlations between metrics of complexity of the self and psychological well-being that were widely assumed in the empirical research are not appropriate. The substantive theory of self-complexity, however, is not inconsistent with expectations from complex adaptive systems. Recommendations are given here to improve the data analysis and interpretation of empirical results currently on record concerning the complexity of the self and mental health outcomes.
