Nurses' Expectations of an Inpatient Portal for Hospitalized Patients and Caregivers.

Background: Patient portals are intended to engage patients and enhance patient-centered care. Recent studies suggest that the information within portals could provide benefits to patients and their caregivers during hospitalization; however, few studies have examined nurse and staff expectations of portals when used in the hospital setting.

Objective: This article examines inpatient nurse and support staff expectations of a commercially available inpatient portal prior to its hospital-wide implementation.

Carbaporphyrin ketals as potential agents for a new photodynamic therapy treatment of leishmaniasis.

Dimethyl and diethyl carbaporphyrin ketals inhibit the growth of Leishmania tarentolae promastigotes in vitro. The concentration dependency of the inhibitory effect was tested using the MTT assay. The presence of reactive oxygen species, such as singlet oxygen and superoxide, was detected using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy with selected spin traps and confocal microscopy in cultures exposed to these carbaporphyrin ketals.