Identifying Implementation Drivers for Teen Sexual Health Education Curricula.

This article focuses on examining the implementation of evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programming in a select school district. Results are presented based on the following implementation drivers: (1) actions taken by leadership to make decisions, provide guidance, and support how the school site and community-based organizations are functioning in support of implementation; (2) actions taken to ensure competent staff delivery of the curricula; and (3) actions taken to create and sustain a hospitable context in order to implement the interventions at the school site. The need for adolescent sexual health education is evident in this geographic location where Hispanic or Latino teens consistently have higher birth rates among race and ethnicities that are routinely reported.

Who Needs Surgical Stabilization for Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis? Retrospective Analysis of Non-Surgically Treated Patients.

Study Design: Retrospective case series analysis.

Objective: To identify relevant clinical and radiographic markers for patients presenting with infectious spondylo-discitis associated with spinal instability directly related to the infectious process.

Methods: We evaluated patients presenting with de-novo intervertebral discitis or vertebral osteomyelitis /discitis (VOD) who initiated non-surgical treatment.

Toxicological effects of silver nanoparticles and cadmium chloride in macrophage cell line (RAW 264.7): An in vitro approach.

Background: Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) are largely used in nanotechnological products, but the real risks for human and environment are still poorly understood if we consider the effects of mixtures of AgNP and environmental contaminants, such as non-essential metals.

Methods: The aim of the present study was to investigate the cytotoxicity and toxicological interaction of AgNP (1-4 nm, 0.36 and 3.

Comparing Combined Anterior and Posterior to Posterior-Only Decompression and Fusion Crossing the Cervico-Thoracic Junction in Octogenarians.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to compare early complication, morbidity and mortality risks associated with fusion surgery crossing the cervico-thoracic junction in patients aged over 80 years undergoing combined anterior and posterior approach versus a posterior-only approach.

Methods: We retrospectively identified octogenarian patients with myelopathy who underwent fusion crossing the cervico-thoracic junction.

Space-Occupying Lesions of the Retropharyngeal Space: An Anatomical Study With Application to Postoperative Retropharyngeal Hematomas.

Study Design: Cadaver study.

Objective: The retropharyngeal space's (RPS's) clinical relevance is apparent in anterior cervical spine surgery with respect to postoperative hematoma, which can cause life-threatening airway obstruction. This cadaver study aims to establish guidance toward a better understanding of the tolerance of the RPS to accommodate fluid accumulation.