Community-Based Nutrition Risk Screening in Older Adults (COMRISK): An Exploration of the Experience of Being Screened and Prevalence of Nutrition Risk in Alberta, Canada.

The objectives of this feasibility study were to measure the prevalence of nutrition risk in community-dwelling older adults (CDOA, ages ≥ 65 years) and explore the perspectives of CDOA of the acceptability, value, and effectiveness of nutrition risk screening in primary care and community settings. Using the Seniors in the Community: Risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition (SCREEN)© eight-item tool ( = 276), results indicated that moderate and high nutrition risks affected 50 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively, of those screened. Interviewees ( = 16) agreed that screening is acceptable, important, and valuable (Theme One).

Caring for reproductive-aged women with spinal cord injuries: a case report.

In 2008 there were an estimated 259,000 people living in the USA with spinal cord injuries (SCI). The majority of these people are in their reproductive years, and over 19% are estimated to be women. Advances in medical management have allowed many women to live successfully with congenital defects or injuries resulting in SCI that even a few years ago would have been fatal.

Intrapartum umbilical cord rupture.

Background: Surveillance and identification of umbilical cord abnormalities is a challenging problem in obstetrics. Continuous fetal monitoring during active labor helps identify when danger exists for the fetus.

Case: A nullipara underwent emergent cesarean delivery for fetal distress and was found to have a fetus already separated from the completely torn umbilical cord.