Publications by authors named "E Martin Vasquez"
Purpose: Renal ultrasounds are performed in patients with myelomeningocele to screen for markers of kidney health, including hydronephrosis. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of hydronephrosis to screen for low kidney function defined by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).
Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study using data from 2 cohorts of children and youth with myelomeningocele.
Article Synopsis
- Rodents are crucial to the ecosystem but also carry diseases that can harm humans, which is particularly concerning for environmental consultants (ECs) in Chile who often work closely with them.
- A study involving a 32-item questionnaire highlighted that while ECs knew about the hantavirus, there were significant gaps in their understanding of other rodent-borne diseases and the specific rodent species that carry them.
- Many ECs reported using live traps and directly handling rodents, leading to injuries; although they frequently used personal protective equipment, they often lacked adequate respiratory protection and disposable suits.
Background: The exstrophy-epispadias complex (EEC) is a spectrum of rare congenital defects affecting the genitourinary system that includes epispadias, bladder exstrophy, and cloacal exstrophy. EEC patients may require several surgeries throughout their lifetime and experience a number of difficulties that may impact their quality of life (QoL), mental health, and psychosocial functioning.
Objective: The purpose of this scoping review is to systematically map existing literature that explores the mental health, psychosocial functioning, and QoL of children and adolescents with EEC.
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- Pre-patterning in embryo development is common in non-mammalian species, but mammals were thought to lack this due to their regulative development, which randomly contributes to the three blastocyst lineages.
- Recent studies show that early blastomeres in mouse and human embryos actually have distinct developmental fates and differences in protein levels, challenging the previous notion of randomness.
- Utilizing advanced proteomics, researchers found that 2-cell embryos contain alpha and beta blastomeres with different protein abundances linked to their developmental potential, with beta blastomeres more likely to produce higher amounts of epiblast cells.