Applying the Technology Acceptance Model to Explore Nursing Students' Behavioral Intention to Use Nursing Information Smartphones in a Clinical Setting.

The integration of mobile devices and nursing information systems has become a trend in modern clinical practice with various information and communication technologies available. Smartphones are gradually replacing notebooks in clinical practice as a medium for nursing information systems. Clinical nursing practicums are a necessary means for nursing students to foster their professional competence.

Nitrogen-doped C as a robust catalyst for CO oxidation.

The O activation and CO oxidation on nitrogen-doped C N fullerene are investigated using first-principles calculations. The calculations indicate that the C N fullerene is able to activate O molecules resulting in the formation of superoxide species ( O2-) both kinetically and thermodynamically. The active superoxide can further react with CO to form CO via the Eley-Rideal mechanism by passing a stepwise reaction barrier of only 0.

Chest compression fraction in ambulance while transporting patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest to the hospital in rural Taiwan.

Introduction: Maintaining the standard two-handed chest compression is difficult in high-speed ambulances in rural areas.

Methods: A retrospective, video-based, observational study was conducted from June to September 2013 in Nantou, a rural county of central Taiwan, to evaluate the chest compression fraction in an ambulance carriage during the travel from the scene to the hospital. The chest compression fraction was calculated as the chest compression time period divided by the ambulance travelling time period; the one-handed and two-handed chest compression fractions were also calculated.

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube as a potential metal-free catalyst for CO oxidation.

We elucidate the possibility of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube as a robust catalyst for CO oxidation. We have performed first-principles calculations considering the spin-polarization effect to demonstrate the reaction of CO oxidation catalyzed by the nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube. The calculations show that O2 species can be partially reduced with charge transfer from the nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube and directly chemisorbed on the C-N sites of the nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube.

Comparisons of mechanical versus phase-array intracardiac echocardiography-assisted transseptal puncture in patients with dilated left atrium undergoing percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy.

Background: Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) is an effective treatment for mitral stenosis, but transseptal puncture carries a certain risk of complications. Our previous report has shown the effectiveness of phase-array intracardiac echocardiography (ICE)-guided transseptal puncture in patients with dilated left atrium undergoing PTMC. However, there are few reports comparing the new-generation mechanical versus phase-array ICE-guided transseptal puncture in PTMC.

Balloon mitral commissurotomy for mitral stenosis after resolution of a large mobile left atrial thrombus by 2-year warfarin treatment.

We report on a patient who was referred for percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy for symptomatic mitral stenosis. However, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography both revealed a large mobile left atrial thrombus, occupying almost half of the left atrial body. Because the patient strongly declined surgical mitral treatment, he was administered warfarin for 2 years.

Short-term follow-up results of drug-eluting stenting in premature coronary artery disease patients with multiple atherosclerotic risk factors.

Background: Premature coronary artery disease (CAD) is a special entity with a strong link to familial hypercholesterolemia, family history of premature CAD, or multiple coexistent atherosclerotic risk factors. Drug-eluting stenting (DES), including paclitaxel-eluting stenting (PES) and sirolimus-eluting stenting (SES), has been proven to have a lower restenotic rate. However, to date, few studies have investigated the clinical and angiographic results of DES in premature CAD patients.

Intra-cardiac echocardiography guided trans-septal puncture in patients with dilated left atrium undergoing percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy.

Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) is an effective treatment for mitral stenosis, but trans-septal puncture carries a certain risk of complications. There have been few reports on phase-array intra-cardiac echocardiography (ICE) guidance in trans-septal puncture for PTMC, especially in patients with dilated left atrium or distorted anatomy. Herein, we report our preliminary experience with ICE-guided trans-septal puncture in patients with dilated left atrium (>or=5.