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Patellar instability is one of the most prevalent knee disorders, with dislocations occurring in 5 to 43 cases per 10,000 annually. Traumatic patellar dislocation can result in significant morbidity and is associated with patellofemoral chondral injuries and fractures, medial soft tissue disruption, pain, and reduced function, and can lead to patellofemoral osteoarthritis. Chronic and recurrent instability can lead to deformation and incompetence of the medial soft tissue stabilizers. Despite recent gains in understanding the pathoanatomy of this disorder, the management of patients with this condition is complex and remains enigmatic.Coronal malalignment of the patellofemoral joint may contribute to both instability as well as pain and joint overload. The use of distal realignment procedures has evolved to include uniplanar and multiplanar osteotomies, which allows patient-specific treatment. With a careful understanding of the complex pathoanatomy, including osseous, soft tissue, and dynamic muscular factors, an appropriately designed tibial tubercle osteotomy (TTO) is an invaluable tool for the orthopedic surgeon to improve joint biomechanics and off-load articular injuries. Current techniques have improved TTO surgery to limit complications and produce reliably good results.Cartilage defects of the patellofemoral joint are commonly found in association with patellar instability owing to abnormal biomechanics. Strategies to address chondral defects of the patellofemoral joint secondary to instability should first address causes of recurrent instability. Most patellofemoral chondral defects associated with instability are less than 2 cm2 and do not generally require intervention beyond chondroplasty. Larger defects of the patella and/or the trochlea can be repaired with osteochondral or surface cartilage repair.Congenital dislocation of the patella is a rare condition characterized by lateral dislocation of the patella that is irreducible without surgical correction. Although there is no clear inheritance pattern, it is associated with several congenital syndromes. Patients often demonstrate flexion contracture, loss of active knee extension, increased tibial external rotation, and absent patella in the trochlea. Treatment requires surgical management and is comprised of lateral release, medial stabilization, quadriceps lengthening, and distal realignment. Results are generally favorable after treatment; persistent flexion contracture and redislocation are the most common complications. Further study is needed to define the optimal timing and treatment strategy for this uncommon condition.Management of the patient with multiple risk factors for recurrent patellar instability is complex. Surgeons must possess familiarity with the anatomic risk factors that are associated with first time and recurrent instability events and weigh them in the patient's individualized surgical "menu" options for surgical patellar stabilization. Addressing individual risk factors, pairing imaging findings with physical examination, and thoughts on prioritizing risk factors to determine which should be prioritized for surgical correction are discussed.Patellofemoral pain is one of the most common symptoms of patients presenting to sports medicine clinics. Obtaining a pertinent history and performing a thorough examination is crucial to identifying the subset of patients with instability who are most likely to benefit from surgical stabilization. A comprehensive radiographic work-up that includes standard radiographs and advanced imaging helps elucidate the diagnosis and provides crucial information for preoperative planning. This article reviews the evaluation, physical examination, and interpretation of radiographic imaging of patients with patellofemoral pain as an introduction to subsequent articles in this issue discussing surgical interventions.

Dementia is associated with sleep disorders. However, the relationship between dementia and sleep arousal remains unclear. This study explored the associations among sleep parameters, arousal responses, and risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Participants with the chief complaints of memory problems and sleep disorders were screened from the sleep center database of Taipei Medical University Shuang-Ho Hospital, and the parameters related to the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI), Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), and polysomnography (PSG) were determined. All the examinations were conducted within 6 months and without a particular order. The participants were divided into those without cognitive impairment (CDR = 0) and those with MCI (CDR = 0.5). Mean comparison, linear regression models, and logistic regression models were employed to investigate the associations among obtained variables.

This study included 31 participants without MCI and 37 with MCI (17 with amnestic MCI; 20 with multidomain MCI). Patients with MCI had significantly higher mean values of the spontaneous arousal index (SpArI) and SpArI in the nonrapid eye movement (NREM) stage (SpArI

) than those without MCI. An increased risk of MCI was significantly associated with an increase SpArI and SpArI

with various adjustments. Significant associations between the CASI scores and the oximetry parameters and sleep disorder indexes were observed.

Repetitive respiratory events with hypoxia were associated with cognitive dysfunction. Spontaneous arousal, especially in NREM sleep, was related to the risk of MCI. However, additional longitudinal studies are required to confirm their causality.

Repetitive respiratory events with hypoxia were associated with cognitive dysfunction. Spontaneous arousal, especially in NREM sleep, was related to the risk of MCI. However, additional longitudinal studies are required to confirm their causality.

To assess determinants of CRP in a cohort of patients referred for investigation of OSA and to determine whether overlap of OSA and COPD (overlap syndrome, OVS) is associated with higher levels of CRP.

This was a cross-sectional study that included 2352 patients seen at the West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute between 2006 and 2010. All patients had circulating CRP levels, and spirometry performed. OSA was defined apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 5 events per hour and COPD defined as FEV1/FVC ratio <0.70 and age > 40 years. Univariate and multivariate regression analysis were used to identify CRP determinants.

Mean age was 51 years (60% male), median (AHI) was 27 events/h, median 3% oxygen desaturation index (ODI3%) was 24 events/h, mean FEV

was 88% predicted, and median CRP was 3.0 mg/L. In multivariate analyses age, body mass index, female sex, neck circumference, AHI, and desaturation markers (nadir and mean oxygen saturation) were independently associated with higher CRP. Spirometric variables were not predictors. There was no significant difference in CRP among OSA patients with or without co-existing COPD.

Markers of OSA severity (AHI and oxygenation), age, BMI, neck circumference and female sex were independent predictors of circulating CRP levels. OSA overlapping with COPD was not associated with increased CRP compared to either condition alone, suggesting other mechanisms for the increased CVD risk in OVS. Identification of factors that predict CRP will help identify patients at higher risk of CVD and aid risk stratification.

Markers of OSA severity (AHI and oxygenation), age, BMI, neck circumference and female sex were independent predictors of circulating CRP levels. OSA overlapping with COPD was not associated with increased CRP compared to either condition alone, suggesting other mechanisms for the increased CVD risk in OVS. Identification of factors that predict CRP will help identify patients at higher risk of CVD and aid risk stratification.Value-based health care has gained increasing prominence among funders and providers in efforts to improve the outcomes important to patients relative to the resources used to deliver care. In Australia, the value-based healthcare agenda has focused on reducing the use of 'low-value' interventions, redesigning models of care to improve integration between providers and increasing the use of patient-reported measures to drive improvement; all have occurred within existing payment structures. In this paper we describe options for value-based payment reform and highlight two challenges critical for success attributing financial risk fairly and organisational structures.What is known about the topic?'Fee for service' is the dominant payment method in Australia and creates incentives to increase service volume, rewarding inputs rather than improvements in longer-term health outcomes. There is increasing recognition that payment reform is needed to support the shift to value-based health care in Australia.What does this paper add?This paper describes the three main options for value-based payment reform episode-based bundled payments chronic condition bundled payments and comprehensive capitation payments. Each involves some degree of funds pooling, and the shifting of risk from the funder to provider to stimulate the more efficient use of resources.What are the implications for practitioners?We conclude that local hospital authorities in the states, private health insurers and primary health networks could implement reform as payment holders, but that capacity development in coordination and risk adjustment will be required. Successful implementation of payment reform will also require investment in data collection and information technology to track patients' care and measure outcomes and costs.We examined whether crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is present in Trianthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae), a pantropical, salt-tolerant C4 annual herb with atriplicoid-type Kranz anatomy in leaves but not in stems. The leaves of T. portulacastrum are slightly succulent and the stems are fleshy, similar to some species of Portulaca, the only genus known in which C4 and CAM co-occur. Low- level nocturnal acidification typical of weakly expressed, predominantly constitutive CAM was measured in plants grown for their entire life-cycle in an outdoor raised garden box. Acidification was greater in stems than in leaves. Plants showed net CO2 uptake only during the light irrespective of soil water availability. However, nocturnal traces of CO2 exchange exhibited curved kinetics of reduced CO2 loss during the middle of the night consistent with low-level CAM. Trianthema becomes the second genus of vascular land plants in which C4 and features of CAM have been demonstrated to co-occur in the same plant and the first C4 plant with CAM-type acidification described for the Aizoaceae. Traditionally the stems of herbs are not sampled in screening studies. Small herbs with mildly succulent leaves and fleshy stems might be a numerically significant component of CAM biodiversity.Soil salinity is a significant threat to sustainable agricultural production. Selleck MS177 Plants must adjust their developmental and physiological processes to deal with environmental salt conditions. We previously identified 18 serine-arginine-rich (SR) proteins from cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) that play pivotal roles in alternative splicing when encountering the external stress condition. However, functional characterisation of SR proteins is less reported in cassava, which is an important staple crop in the world. In the current study, we found that the expression of cassava spliceosomal component 35-like 30A (MeSCL30A) was significantly induced in response to drought and salt stress. The MeSCL30A overexpressing lines were also obtained in Arabidopsis thaliana L., which flowered earlier when compared with Col-0. Moreover, the MeSCL30A overexpressing lines were hypersensitive to salt and drought stress with lower germination and greening rate in comparison to Col-0. Importantly, soil-grown overexpression lines exhibited salt sensitivity through modulating the reactive oxygen species homeostasis and negatively regulating the gene expression that involved in ionic stress pathway.