Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Presenting as Electrical Storm: A Case Report.

Introduction: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an important cause of myocardial infarction in patients of younger age without typical atherosclerotic risk factors and can present with ventricular arrhythmia such as ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF). Electrical storm (ES) is defined as greater than or equal to 3 episodes of VT or VF occurring within 24 hours.

Case Report: A healthy 38-year-old-male developed chest pain while exercising at the gym and presented to the emergency department unresponsive in a ventricular arrhythmia defined as ES.

Spontaneous Aortic Rupture: A Case Report.

Introduction: Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) includes the disease processes of aortic dissection, penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer, and intramural hematoma. This case demonstrates an atypical presentation of the disease and offers approaches to potentially prevent missed diagnoses.

Case Report: An 87-year-old female with hypertension and Alzheimer's dementia presented to the emergency department with stable vital signs and a chief complaint of throat pain.

Maximizing the potential of high-throughput next-generation sequencing through precise normalization based on read count distribution.

Next-generation sequencing technologies have enabled many advances across diverse areas of biology, with many benefiting from increased sample size. Although the cost of running next-generation sequencing instruments has dropped substantially over time, the cost of sample preparation methods has lagged behind. To counter this, researchers have adapted library miniaturization protocols and large sample pools to maximize the number of samples that can be prepared by a certain amount of reagents and sequenced in a single run.

Carbon Dioxide Embolism Resulting From Liver Laceration During Peritoneal Optical Trocar Entry.

Venous air emboli have been reported to occur in numerous settings, including trauma, various surgical procedures, both laparoscopic and radiologically, and even idiopathically. In this case study, a liver laceration was made during a robot-assisted left colectomy and colostomy in a 69-year-old female resulting in air embolism during insufflation. A drop in end-tidal CO was noted and the patient went into immediate cardiac arrest.

Well-Being in Anesthesiology Graduate Medical Education: Reconciling the Ideal with Reality.

Addressing burnout through well-being initiatives in anesthesiology residency training has been well described. Our intervention of in-person mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) as a means of addressing burnout among anesthesiology trainees proved unfeasible given attitudinal and logistic variables. We subsequently found success with a "confessions session" model structured as a modification of the Delphi method; this led to organizational changes associated with reduced resident burnout and well-being measured through internal (GME) and external (the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)) annual anonymous surveys.

The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2020.

THIS SPECIAL article is the 13th in an annual series for the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. The authors thank the editor-in-chief, Dr Kaplan, and the editorial board for the opportunity to continue this series; namely, the research highlights of the past year in the specialty of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesiology. The major themes selected for 2020 are outlined in this introduction, and each highlight is reviewed in detail in the main body of the article.

Biomedical Big Data Training Collaborative (BBDTC): An effort to bridge the talent gap in biomedical science and research.

The BBDTC (https://biobigdata.ucsd.edu) is a community-oriented platform to encourage high-quality knowledge dissemination with the aim of growing a well-informed biomedical big data community through collaborative efforts on training and education.

Characteristics Associated with HPV Diagnosis and Perceived Risk for Cervical Cancer Among Unmarried, Sexually Active College Women.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been identified as the leading cause of cervical cancer. While HPV risk factors have been well studied, less is known about those with HPV and their perceptions about health ramifications. The purposes of this study were to examine unmarried college student women's (1) HPV diagnosis status and (2) perceived risk of getting cervical cancer in the next 5 years.

Factors associated with ageist attitudes among college students.

Aim: Ageist views have the potential to deleteriously impact large populations of older adults in the USA and worldwide. The high levels of ageism among young adults might originate from their limited interactions with older adults (individuals aged 65 years and older). The present study examined the factors associated with ageist attitudes among college students.

Biomedical Big Data Training Collaborative (BBDTC): An effort to bridge the talent gap in biomedical science and research.

The BBDTC (https://biobigdata.ucsd.edu) is a community-oriented platform to encourage high-quality knowledge dissemination with the aim of growing a well-informed biomedical big data community through collaborative efforts on training and education.

A systematic scoping review of measures of participation in disability and rehabilitation research: a preliminary report of findings.

Purpose/objective: The concept of participation is emerging as a gold-standard of outcome measurement in disability and rehabilitation. We aimed to assess the status of methods to measure this new concept.

Method/design: We conducted a scoping review and a content analysis to assess the literature on participation.

The effects of cyclic adenosine monophosphate, forskolin, and theophylline on motility parameters in gossypol-treated human sperm.

Objective: To examine the effect of gossypol on human sperm in vitro and the mechanism for the effect.

Design: Fresh sperm ejaculates obtained from normal donors to the University of Kentucky Andrology Donor Program were exposed to gossypol. Motility was studied manually and using computer-assisted sperm analysis.

Simultaneous-successive processing across the life-span: a cross-sectional examination of stability and proficiency.

A cross-sectional comparison of elderly (n = 70, M = 71.55 years) and young adults (n = 157, M = 22.85) was performed employing a battery of tests sensitive to simultaneous-successive cognitive processing as described by the Luria-Das model.