Willingness to use smart fetal heart rate monitoring devices among pregnant women: an extension of the technology acceptance model.

The purpose of this study was to assess the significant factors that impact pregnant women's willingness to use smart fetal heart-rate monitoring devices. We propose a research model that integrates technological factors (perceived compatibility and perceived credibility) and personal factors (health anxiety, personal physiological conditions, health consciousness, and health beliefs). The subjects of this study were Chinese women who were pregnant or had previously given birth.

Effects of different drainage procedures on levels of serum endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor in patients with malignant obstructive jaundice.

Objective: To assess the influence of different drainage procedures on the levels of serum endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in patients with malignant obstructive jaundice (MOJ).

Methods: The levels of endotoxin and TNF in 46 patients with MOJ were measured before and after cholangiojejunostomy (CJ) or external bile drainage (EBD).

Results: In the CJ group, the levels of postoperative serum endotoxin and TNF 10 days after operation were significantly lower than those before operation (P<0.