Policies and Practices in a Cohort of Mississippi Birthing Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Guidance around maternity care practices and infant feeding during the COVID-19 pandemic changed over time and was sometimes conflicting. Hospital maternity practices influence breastfeeding, an important preventive strategy against viral illness. Most birthing hospitals in Mississippi are enrolled in CHAMPS, a quality improvement initiative to support breastfeeding and continuously collect maternity care data.

Assessing the impact of a statewide effort to improve breastfeeding rates: A RE-AIM evaluation of CHAMPS in Mississippi.

Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices (CHAMPS) is a public health initiative, operating in Mississippi since 2014, to improve maternal and child health practices and reduce racial disparities in breastfeeding. Using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance framework, this study assessed CHAMPS, which used a Quality Improvement intervention at hospitals, and engaged intensively with local community partners. The study team assessed outcomes through quantitative data (2014-2020) from national sources, Mississippi hospitals, community partners and CHAMPS programme records, and qualitative data from focus groups.

Musculoskeletal disorder risk assessment tool use: A Canadian perspective.

Canadian ergonomics professionals from the Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE) and Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP) participated in a web-based survey of their awareness, use, and factors influencing use of ergonomics musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risk assessment tools. A total of 791 respondents (21.0% response rate) participated in the survey.

Mississippi CHAMPS: Decreasing Racial Inequities in Breastfeeding.

Mississippi CHAMPS addressed racial inequities in breastfeeding by implementing community and hospital-based practice changes in accordance with the BFHI and by parallel community work.

Perspectives of Nurses in Mississippi on Implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.

Objective: To describe the experiences and perceptions of Mississippi maternity nurses in hospitals that gained Baby-Friendly designation, including perceived barriers and facilitators to implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.

Design: Descriptive qualitative study using thematic analysis of focus group data.

Setting: Maternity care services of five Baby-Friendly-designated hospitals in Mississippi.

Understanding patient profiles and characteristics of current chiropractic practice: a cross-sectional Ontario Chiropractic Observation and Analysis STudy (O-COAST).

Objectives: There is no current detailed profile of people seeking chiropractic care in Canada. We describe the profiles of chiropractors' practice and the reasons, nature of the care provided to their patients and extent of interprofessional collaborations in Ontario, Canada.

Design: Cross-sectional observational study.

Retrospective cohort study of compliance with post-deployment screening in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Objective: Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel who return from certain international deployments are required to complete post-deployment screening (PDS) 90 to 180 days post-deployment; the primary goal of PDS is early detection of mental health problems that aims for reduced delays to care provision. We investigated service members' compliance with the PDS completion requirement and the factors associated with this compliance; a secondary objective was to investigate completion timing.

Design: The study used a retrospective cohort of CAF personnel (n=28 460) who had deployments over 01 January 2009 to 31 December 2014; inferences were based on a probabilistic sample (n=3004).

An Investigation of Chiropractor-Directed Weight-Loss Interventions: Secondary Analysis of O-COAST.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate weight-loss interventions offered by Canadian doctors of chiropractic to their adult patients.

Methods: This paper reports a secondary analysis of data from the Ontario Chiropractic Observation and Analysis STudy (N = 42 chiropractors, N = 2162 patient encounters). Multilevel logistic regression was performed to assess the odds of chiropractors initiating or continuing weight management interventions with patients.

Correction to: Are personnel with a past history of mental disorders disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of deployment-related trauma? A cross-sectional study of Canadian military personnel.

Following publication of the original article [1], we have been notified that the copyright holder needs to be changed from ©The Author(s) to ©Crown.

Are personnel with a past history of mental disorders disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of deployment-related trauma? A cross-sectional study of Canadian military personnel.

Background: Past mental disorders predict future disorders, both in the presence and absence of trauma exposure. However, it is not clear whether those with past mental disorders are disproportionately vulnerable to the negative effects of a given level of trauma.

Methods: The data source was the 2013 Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey (CFMHS), of which 1820 respondents had deployed only once in their military careers-all in support of the mission in Afghanistan.

Contribution of mental and physical disorders to disability in military personnel.

Background: Combat operations in Southwest Asia have exposed millions of military personnel to risk of mental disorders and physical injuries, including traumatic brain injury (TBI). The contribution of specific disorders to disability is, however, uncertain.

Aims: To estimate the contributions of mental and physical health conditions to disability in military personnel.

Research priorities of the Canadian chiropractic profession: a consensus study using a modified Delphi technique.

Background: Research funds are limited and a healthcare profession that supports research activity should establish research priority areas. The study objective was to identify research priority areas for the Canadian chiropractic profession, and for stakeholders in the chiropractic profession to rank these in order of importance.

Methods: We conducted a modified Delphi consensus study between August 2015 and May 2017 to determine the views of Canadian chiropractic organisations (e.

The chiropractic profession: a scoping review of utilization rates, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and care provided.

Background: Previous research has investigated utilization rates, who sees chiropractors, for what reasons, and the type of care that chiropractors provide. However, these studies have not been comprehensively synthesized. We aimed to give a global overview by summarizing the current literature on the utilization of chiropractic services, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and assessment and treatment provided.

Effects of hypertonic saline solution on body weight and serum creatinine in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.

Aim: To test the safety and effectiveness of hypertonic saline solution (HSS + F) as a strategy for weight loss and prevention of further deterioration of renal function.

Methods: Patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) who received HSS + F were included in the study. After a period of a standard ADHF treatment, our patients received an intravenous infusion of furosemide (250 mg) combined with HSS (150 mL of 3% NaCl) twice a day for a mean duration of 2.

Quantitative assessment of myocardial fibrosis in an age-related rat model by ex vivo late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging with histopathological correlation.

Late gadolinium enhanced (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging can detect the presence of myocardial infarction from ischemic cardiomyopathies (ICM). However, it is more challenging to detect diffuse myocardial fibrosis from non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) with this technique due to more subtle and heterogeneous enhancement of the myocardium. This study investigates whether high-resolution LGE CMR can detect age-related myocardial fibrosis using quantitative texture analysis with histological validation.

Feasibility of using a sheathless guiding catheter for left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy performed by transradial approach.

The role of endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) in the diagnosis and treatment of adults presenting a newly unexplained cardiomyopathy remains controversial and the clinical indication varies among different centers. Furthermore, the choice of the ventricular site for EMB is still under debate. The right ventricular EMB is commonly used due to safety features and left ventricle (LV) EMB has not yet gained acceptance because of concerns about possible complications.

Acute myocarditis triggering coronary spasm and mimicking acute myocardial infarction.

A 24-year-old healthy man consulted to our center because of typical on-and-off chest-pain and an electrocardiogram showing ST-segment elevation in inferior leads. An urgent coronary angiography showed angiographically normal coronary arteries. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging confirmed acute myocarditis.

[Non-cemented self-locking total arthroplasty of the hip. Clinical and radiological results after three years].

We reviewed 47 patients who had fifty-one (51) primary, cementless biofit total hip arthroplasties (THA) implanted at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital between 1986 and 1990. An independent observer rated the patients on the Harris Hip Score (HHS) by questionnaire, physical examination and radiological assessment. The average follow-up was 40 months.

The efficacy of antiinflammatory medication in the treatment of the acutely sprained ankle.

The value of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in the treatment of various sports-related injuries has been investigated by several groups. Despite these efforts, the experimental results are difficult to interpret, and very few investigations have focused on a single injury type in the acute phase. A double-blind study compared ibuprofen at a dose of 2,400 mg per day and a placebo in the 1st week of treatment of 61 acute ankle sprains with varying degrees of severity.