Carotid wave analysis in young adults with a history of adolescent anorexia nervosa: a case control study.

Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with abnormalities that may increase the risk of future cardiovascular disease. This study assessed the cardiovascular health of individuals who recovered from AN during adolescence by conducting wave power analysis.

Methods: Former AN patients discharged from the Royal Children's and Monash Children's Hospitals (N = 17) in Melbourne, Australia underwent ultrasound imaging of the right carotid artery.

Long-term cardiovascular consequences of adolescent anorexia nervosa.

Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with maladaptive cardiovascular changes. This study investigated whether individuals who recovered from AN during adolescence experience long-term cardiovascular risk in early adulthood.

Methods: Former AN patients discharged from the Royal Children's and Monash Children's Hospital Eating Disorder Services in Melbourne, Australia underwent cardiovascular testing.

Family-based treatment for adolescents with anorexia nervosa: A long-term psychological follow-up.

Aim: Family-based treatment (FBT) has the greatest evidence base for the treatment of adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). However, little is known about the long-term outcomes for patients who receive FBT. The current study aimed to investigate the long-term psychological health of former patients who received FBT for AN during adolescence.

Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa presentations to an Australian tertiary paediatric hospital.

Aim: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to increased concerns about adolescent mental health. This study aimed to determine the effect of the pandemic on adolescent eating disorders (EDs) by measuring changes in the number and severity of presentations to an Australian paediatric ED service that utilises a standardised approach to triage and assessment.

Methods: A 4-year retrospective chart review (2017-2020) of all patients (n = 457) presenting to the Royal Children's Hospital Eating Disorder Service, Melbourne, was undertaken.

Central aortic blood pressure estimation in children and adolescents: results of the KidCoreBP study.

Background: Central aortic SBP (cSBP) may have superior prognostic value compared with peripheral SBP (pSBP), but noninvasive cSBP measurement techniques have not been formally validated in children and adolescents.

Method: This study assessed the accuracy of two automated devices and the radial tonometry/transfer function method (RT-TF) for estimating central pressures and pulse pressure amplification (PPA) in this population, with adherence to validation guidelines for central pressure devices. In 69 children/adolescents aged 3-18 years undergoing clinically indicated aortic catheterization, high fidelity ascending aortic cSBP was measured with a micromanometer-tipped wire and compared with values from SphygmoCor XCEL, Mobil-O-Graph (systolic/diastolic calibration, MoG-C1, or mean/diastolic calibration, MoG-C2) and RT-TF.

Response of pre-crystallized CAD/CAM zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate glass ceramic to cyclic nanoindentation.

This paper reports on a cyclic nanoindentation approach of a pre-crystallized zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate glass ceramic (ZLS) to understand its material behavior associated with its machinability in dental CAD/CAM diamond abrasive milling. The material response to the cyclic nanoindentation using a Berkovich diamond tip was quantitatively determined in terms of the indentation contact hardness, elastic modulus, elasticity and plasticity for each loading cycle at peak loads of 2.5-10 mN.

Nano-scale mechanical behavior of pre-crystallized CAD/CAM zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate glass ceramic.

This paper reports on the mechanical behavior of pre-crystallized CAD/CAM zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate glass ceramic (ZLS) using nanoindentation with a Berkovich diamond tip and in situ scanning probe microscopy (SPM). The indentation contact hardness, the elastic modulus, and the elasticity and plasticity of the material were determined using the Oliver-Pharr method, the Sakai model and the Meyer's law at peak loads of 2.5-10 mN and a loading rate of 0.