Burnout and compassion fatigue: prevalence and associations among Israeli burn clinicians.

Acute health care environments can be stressful settings with clinicians experiencing deleterious effects of burnout and compassion fatigue affecting their mental health. Subsequently, the quality of patient care and outcomes may be threatened if clinicians experience burnout or compassion fatigue. Therefore, the aim of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to evaluate the prevalence of burnout and compassion fatigue among burn clinicians in Israel.

The ovarian response in fragile X patients and premutation carriers undergoing IVF-PGD: reappraisal.

Study Question: What is the association between the ovarian response and the number of CGG repeats among full mutation and premutation carriers of fragile X (FMR1), undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) for PGD?

Summary Answer: Ovarian response was normal in full mutation patients but decreased in premutation carriers, although the number of repeats was not statistically significantly associated with the number of oocytes retrieved.

What Is Known Already: There is inconsistent data in the literature regarding ovarian response in FMR1 carriers. Studies exploring the ovarian response of full mutation patients are lacking.

Scaled signal intensity of uterine fibroids based on T2-weighted MR images: a potential objective method to determine the suitability for magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery of uterine fibroids.

Objectives: Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) is a non-invasive method to treat uterine fibroids. To help determine the patient suitability for MRgFUS, we propose a new objective measure: the scaled signal intensity (SSI) of uterine fibroids in T2 weighted MR images (T2WI).

Methods: Forty three uterine fibroids in 40 premenopausal women were included in this retrospective study.

Is epidural analgesia during labor related to retained placenta?

Objectives: To explore the influence of epidural analgesia on the course of the third stage of labor and on the incidence of the complete retained placenta as well as retained parts of the placenta.

Study Design: This is a population-based cohort study in a tertiary medical center. We collected data from all 4227 spontaneous singleton vaginal deliveries during 6 months and compared the incidence of retained placenta in deliveries with epidural analgesia with those without analgesia.

What is the quality of information on social oocyte cryopreservation provided by websites of Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology member fertility clinics?

Objective: To evaluate adequacy and adherence to American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) guidelines of internet information provided by Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART)-affiliated clinics regarding social oocyte cryopreservation (SOC).

Design: Systematic evaluation of websites of all SART member fertility clinics.

Setting: The internet.

Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery using an enhanced sonication technique in a pig muscle model.

The Purpose Of This Study: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of an enhanced magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) emission protocol that results in more extensive treatment by increasing the volume of each focal ablation using the same energy.

Materials And Methods: Six pigs were treated with an MRgFUS system combined with real-time MR, for imaging and temperature mapping, with 102 "enhanced" and 97 "regular" focal ablations performed on both buttock muscles. Real-time imaging, temperature mapping, and acoustic reflected spectrum data enabled immediate evaluation of the results.