Inclusion of Genetics and Genomics in Baccalaureate Nursing Programs in the United States.

Background: Because of the importance of genetics and genomics for health care, efforts to promote inclusion of genetics and genomics in undergraduate nursing programs has increased in the past 20 years. However, the success of these efforts has not been measured recently.

Method: Information from Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education accredited 4-year baccalaureate nursing programs in the United States was searched, and program administrators were surveyed regarding inclusion of genetics and genomics in program requirements.

A Computer Vision Framework for Structural Analysis of Hand-Drawn Engineering Sketches.

Structural engineers are often required to draw two-dimensional engineering sketches for quick structural analysis, either by hand calculation or using analysis software. However, calculation by hand is slow and error-prone, and the manual conversion of a hand-drawn sketch into a virtual model is tedious and time-consuming. This paper presents a complete and autonomous framework for converting a hand-drawn engineering sketch into an analyzed structural model using a camera and computer vision.

[APPROACH TO ESTABLISHMENT OF INDICATIONS FOR PROGRAMMED SANATION OF ABDOMINAL CAVITY IN DIFFUSE PERITONITIS].

The results of treatment of 33 patients, suffering diffuse peritonitis, with postoperatively applied tactics of the programmed surgical sanation of abdominal cavity were analyzed. Indications for relaparotomy were established, based on the estimation scale for the enteral insufficiency severity. The patients death and the complications causes were analyzed, depending on terms and rates of relaparotomy conduction.

[IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL AND CYTOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL INFLAMMATORY REACTION IN THE EARLY POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY FOR COMPLEX FORMS OF ACUTE PARAPROCTITIS].

The optimal time to fulfill the second (plastic) phase delayed early radical surgery in patients over the complicated forms of acute paraproctitis. On the 7th day after the opening of an abscess in a smear from the surface layer of the wound inflammatory regenerative cytogram type was observed in 66.8% of patients, early regenerative type--at 33.

Childhood depression: a place for psychotherapy. An outcome study comparing individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and family therapy.

Background: Although considered clinically effective, there is little systematic research confirming the use of Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy or Family Therapy as treatments for depression in children and young adolescents.

Aims: A clinical trial assessed the effectiveness of these two forms of psychotherapy in treating moderate and severe depression in this age group.

Methods: A randomised control trial was conducted with 72 patients aged 9-15 years allocated to one of two treatment groups.

Abnormal cardiac function in the streptozotocin-induced non-insulin-dependent diabetic rat: noninvasive assessment with doppler echocardiography and contribution of the nitric oxide pathway.

Objectives: We sought to evaluate in vivo and in vitro left ventricular (LV) geometry and function in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and the possible role of the nitric oxide (NO) pathway.

Background: Diabetes results in cardiac dysfunction; however, the specific abnormalities are unknown. Because decreased NO contributes to abnormal vascular function in diabetics, we hypothesized that NO pathway abnormalities may contribute to diabetic cardiomyopathy.

Acquired dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction complicating acute anterior myocardial infarction: serial echocardiographic and clinical evaluation.

We describe three cases of dynamic outflow obstruction complicating acute anterior myocardial infarction. Serial echocardiography suggests the intraventricular gradient results from basal hyperkinesis, the latter being a reciprocal response to the apical wall motion abnormality.

Rapid Development of a Papillary Fibroelastoma with Associated Thrombus: The Role of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography.

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) are frequently utilized in patient's with suspected cerebral vascular ischemia. We describe a patient with suspected cerebral vascular ischemic event whom was found to have a mobile valvular mass by TTE and TEE. The lesion was unusual due to its rapid development over a period 6 months, which was documented on serial echocardiography.

Cardiac tamponade in association with an atrial septal defect: echocardiographic Doppler and hemodynamic observations.

We describe a case of cardiac tamponade in association with an atrial septal defect, in which pulsus paradoxus and respiratory variations in right and left ventricular filling were absent. Doppler echocardiography of the flow across the atrial septal defect showed bidirectional shunting, explaining the absence of pulsus paradoxus and respiratory variations in chamber filling.

Mycotic aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta: the role of transesophageal echocardiography.

Mycotic aneurysms of the aorta are prone to rupture. Thus rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential so that surgical repair can be undertaken. We report a case of mycotic aortic aneurysm caused by mitral valve endocarditis.

Role of echocardiography in perioperative management of patients undergoing open heart surgery.

TEE has assumed a pivotal role in the perioperative management of patients undergoing open-heart surgery. The information obtained influences important therapeutic decisions in thoracic aortic surgery, valvular surgery, and coronary artery bypass surgery. TEE also assists in determining the reason for failure to wean from cardiopulmonary bypass and allows rapid detection of the etiology of hypotension in the patient after surgery.

Cardiac sarcoidosis masquerading as a metastatic tumor: the role of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.

We present an unusual case of biopsy-proven myocardial sarcoidosis in which the transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic findings suggested metastatic tumor involvement of the myocardium and pericardium. The pathologic, clinical, and echocardiographic features of cardiac sarcoidosis are reviewed, with emphasis on the role of echocardiography.

Effect of cyclosporin A on bone mineral metabolism in experimental diabetes mellitus in the rat.

Cyclosporin A (CsA) is widely used in diabetic transplant patients and early type I diabetes mellitus. Diabetes produces a low-turnover osteopenia, and CsA conversely induces high-turnover osteopenia in rats. We investigated whether CsA would exacerbate diabetic osteopenia.

Influence of age on cyclosporin A-induced alterations in bone mineral metabolism in the rat in vivo.

Cyclosporin A (CsA) administered to actively growing young rats produces a high-turnover osteopenia. We investigated and compared the effect of CsA on the bone mineral metabolism in young rats with that of older rats, which have a lower rate of bone turnover. A group of 24 young (9 weeks) and 24 older (9 months) male Sprague-Dawley rats were orally administered 15 mg/kg of CsA or placebo daily for 24 days.

Lack of change of cancellous bone volume with short-term use of the new immunosuppressant rapamycin in rats.

Immunosuppressants have adverse effects on bone mineral metabolism in animal and human studies, with corticosteroids producing low-turnover osteopenia, and cyclosporin-A (CsA) producing high-turnover osteopenia. Rapamycin (RAPA) is a new immunosuppressant reported to be at least 10 times more potent than CsA, and acts via a different pathway to CsA and the other new immunosuppressant FK506. This study investigated the effects of RAPA on bone mineral metabolism in the rat.