Honors and Nursing: Reasons for Enrollment, Persistence, and Withdrawal.

Background: The intertwining of honors within collegiate nursing education can be rewarding and challenging for students. This study examined why students enroll in honors, why students persist in honors, why some students withdraw from honors, and what resources are beneficial to honors success.

Method: An online survey was sent to 130 nursing students enrolled in an honors program at one midwestern university.

Congenital Heart Defects in Patients with Classic Bladder Exstrophy: A Hitherto Neglected Association?

Introduction:  Classic bladder exstrophy (BE) is regarded as an isolated malformation without any further anomalies, but some studies have indicated a higher incidence of cardiac anomalies. This cross-sectional study is planned to evaluate the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) and the clinical relevance for patients with BE admitted for primary closure.

Materials And Methods:  Patients were prospectively recruited between March 2012 and January 2019.

[Rare diseases with clinical relevance-the Silver-Russell syndrome].

The Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a rare imprinting disease associated with pre- and postnatal growth retardation, craniofacial features, and asymmetry. Genitourinary abnormalities are seen in up to 20% of affected individuals. Apart from structural renal anomalies, cryptorchidism and hypospadias occur frequently in boys, while girls often have anomalies similar to those in Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome with congenital hypoplasia or aplasia of the uterus and upper part of the vagina.

No association of IL-12p40 pro1.1 polymorphism with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Background: IL-12p40 plays an important role in the activation of the T-cell lines like Th17 and Th1-cells. Theses cells are crucial in the pathogenesis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. A polymorphism in its promoter region and the genotype IL12p40 pro1.